Matching Pairs

 

Time for the first card challenge  of the New Year at Allsorts. This week our 

theme is matching pairs  or option of anything goes.  

I choose to design with two new Lavinia stamp sets I got with recent 

sales, Lavinia Moss Flowers and Heartfelt versus.  Both very 

versatile sets.  My patterned paper is from doodlebug designs. 

Flowers colored with Copic markers, centers done with a yellow

Gelly Roll glitter pen.   I matched my envelope to go with the card.

Wishing you all a happy, healthy and crafty New Year!

This week we have three prizes from Lavinia stamps;

 

A few fun challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms # 24-inspired by the florals  1/15

Love Those Pretty Papers: January 

NBUS challenge: January  2/1

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  1/9

Triple B: January

Word Art Wednesday  #681-682  1/5

Joy

 

Sharing more of my Christmas cards.  I enjoyed using this Penny Black

Immense Joy die, every card was different.  I used previous years

Christmas cards for many of the centers, dies for some.  I also

went for my fancy shimmery papers instead of saving them

for a special occasion.

A few fun challenges:  Bear card-last one posted:

Simon Says Stamp, Wednesday-use dies 1/1 

A Cut Above - December  12/28

ABC Christmas Challenge: Letter Z (zoo animal) 1/1

Dies/Anything Goes at Allsorts

  I am excited to be joining the Allsorts Design Team.  The challenge today

was picked by Sarah.  You can follow the theme of dies, or choose

anything goes.

  I choose to use Penny Black's Immense Joy die cut out of

a shimmery scrap I had, and the cute little penguin, Sizziz Cozy Penguin also

 die cut, also out of snippets.  The card stock already had shimmer and 

strands in it.  I did add a few Pixie Pebbles by Pawsitively Pawsome

Designs.  

3 prizes of Oakwood dies and coordinating stamps:

You may enter here.

A few fun challenges:

Ally's Angels # 89  1/1 

Birds, Butterflies & Blooms December  1/1

Critter Crazy Challenge #93 12/25

Penny Black Saturday Challenge December 1/1

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: use craft dies 12/25

2 Sisters on the blog #92: use blue  1/1

Word Art Wednesday #679-680 1/1

Spellbinders Advent Calendar

 

I am having so much fun creating with the 2024

Spellbinders Advent calendar.  It is filled with dies,

sentiments, stamps, sequins and all are fabulous (yes I

opened them all right away)  In the above image I

used Day 8-vase and flower dies,  Day 4 sentiment,

Day 5, the fabulous squiggle embellishment and the

orangish strip is embossed with Day 15 bookmark size

embossing die.  White oval is from Quick Cutz and

papers are from my stash.   

 

I will be back this Saturdaywith another post.

A few fun challenges:

Allsorts Challenge 811 12/20 

A Cut Above-December 12/30

Beautiful Blooms #24  1/14

Can You Handle the Pressure-optional Poinsettias 12/26

Love Those Pretty Papers- December 1/1

Word Art Wednesday 679-680 1/1

Candy Tins

 

 

 

 

 I decorated these Hershey Nuggets and Peanut Butter Cups and the tin for some

friends.  Tuesday, the 10th is my mom's first heavenly birthday and her and

I always went shopping and out to lunch on her birthday.  Some mutual

friends and I are continuing the tradition on mom's birthday. I thought this 

would be a nice little Christmas gift for them. Tags were in a pack

of patterned paper and paper is retired from The Angel Company.

A few fun challenges:

Top card: Christmas Wishes:

Allsorts Challenge 810  12/15

Aud Sentiments #320 Nontraditional Christmas Colors 1/1

Love Those Pretty Papers: December  1/1

MTTC #548  Anything but a card 12/12

Word Art Wednesday Week 677-678 12/18

Teachers Christmas

 

This is a catch up post on some things I have been making.  I make

cards and gift tags for the grand kids teachers.   This year 8 were needed

as their preschool has a lot of fabulous teachers.  No two are alike. The penguin

tags are made from an old Angel Company set Perky Penguins, the

scarfs are paper pieced and fussy cut, and glitter glue on the scarf and pom pom.

 I have posted one of the hot cocoa

prior but I changed up the pattern for these, such a great stamp set

by Momenta that I got on clearance a couple years ago.  I hope you

are enjoying your Christmas crafting as much as I am!

A few fun challenges:

Penguin Tag 3:

Alphabet Challenge: Q is for quick and easy   11/27

Aud Sentiments #319-Glitter/Christmas/Sentiment  11/30

Allsorts Challenge week 808: Ribbon or twine

Cocoa card 2:

Love Those Pretty Papers November Challenge 12/1

Die Cut Diva's: November-any holiday 12/3

Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes 12/4

Rudolf Days November 12/1

A Cut Above: Warm It Up  11/30

Thinking of you

 

I had several backgrounds similar to this one and decided to use them.  The 

turtles were already colored  (except the flower) and the sentiments in my sentiment 

binder.  I embossed the background, die cut the circles and the

green piece behind the sentiment and was ready to assemble.  My snippets

were, the white for the sentiment and behind the turtle, and the

embossed background as it had been around for

quite while.  It'salways nice to have a few any occasion card to send out.

Other ones:

A few fun challenges:

A Cut Above: ATG with die cuts  11/28 

Snippets Playground #493 11/23

Can You Handle the Pressure (option coffee, cocoa, warm drinks) 11/22

Word Art Wednesday #673-674 11/20