Create Your Own Background

 My turn to chose the theme at Allsorts challenge.  I went with create your own

background, of course anything goes is always allowed too!

 

I used AAL L& Creates Cascading Dots stencil, and AALL & 

Creates stamp set Glide.  Die is  Tim Holtz die stacked deckle. 

 

 

I positioned my stencil and pressed Gold Versa Color ink over all the 

dots until I had good coverage, I then embossed it in gold.  I also embossed

the stamp set.  A little die cutting and layering and my card

was complete:

 

 For a chance to win the following from AALL & Create, guest design

or to be inspired visit Allsorts challenge. 

 

A set of four background stamps from AALL and Create

  

 

A few fun challenges:  

Alphabet Challenge: T for texture 2/11 

Crazy is our Fame January -stencils  12/1

Time Out Challenge #305 -favorite card making technique embossing and stenciling 2/5

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Spots and dots  2/9

Triple B  1/31 

Warm Winter Wishes

 

 I'm having fun playing with the new winter/Christmas stamps that I bought this

year.  This darling group of penguins is Crafters Companion Penguin, large snow

flake is Momenta, and little snowflakes are from a magazine set.  Patterned 

paper is embossed with a Cuttlebug snowflake die.  Penguins colored with 

Copics and pencils. 

 

 I used a lot of snippets up on this card:

 A few fun challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge: A for anything Christmas 2/6 

Critter Crazy Challenge 106- Feathered Critter  1/25

Triple B challenge  2/1 

NBUS  #82  2/1

Snippets Playground # 524  2/2

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Things with wings-penguin  1/26 

For Men or Boys

  Time for the next bi-weekly challenge at Allsorts.  Ellie has chosen for men

or boys as the theme or you can use anything goes.  I am looking forward to

some masculine inspiration!

 

 I recently heard about two garage sales of all stamping supplies so

have  a lot of new things to play with this year! This set is from

Fun Stampers Journey and is Journey Birthday 2017-I simply cut the 2017

off of the stamp.  I stamped it in brown on some patterned paper, restamped 

with Versmark, ink and  embossed with clear embossing powder, 

I trimmed my layers with a Tim Holtz die stacked deckle, embossed my 

card front with a Darice Striped  background embossing folder. 

 

I decided to make one more masculine card while I had this stamp set

on my table, this one is embossed in gold and die cut with a

Stampin Up stitched die set.  Edges are darkened with navy blue ink.

 Allsorts has prizes and guest design spots, check out my team mates

fabulous inspiration and join for a chance to win!

  

Two A5 stamp sets from Sweet Poppy

 

 

 A few fun challenges for top card-brown one:

Addicted to Stamps #508 Birthdays  1/21

Can You Handle the Pressure (twist of friendship)  1/20 

Cut It Up #347-Favorite die  1/20 

Daisy Day #103: Use dies 2/1

Double D Challenge 10 Year Birthday  1/20 

Retro Rubber Challenge #263 1/24

 

Floral

 

 I got some new stamping supplies for Christmas so have been

having a crafty week!  Sharing this Penny Black floral with some 

stenciling and embossing today.  I was able to use some snippets for the

flower in the jar and the embossed paper.  I'll add a sentiment when I

have a special occasion for it. 

 

Wishing you a crafty weekend.

 

Another view: 

Embossing Folder: Tim Holtz wood grain texture 

Penny Black Good Wishes Bouquet stamp set

Stencil:  Hand made circle and Catherine Pooler long braid 

 

 A few fun challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure (twist of friendship)  1/22 

Beautiful Blossoms #36  1/13

 

Ellibelle's Garden Pary #11   2/10

 NBUS challenge #82  2/1

Penny Black Saturday Challenge  2/10

 Simon Says Stamp Monday-something new: stamp set  1/12

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday-something new: stamp set  1/4 

Snippets Playground #523  1/11 

Stamping Sensations: Begins with a B-blooms 2/1

Triple B-blooms 2/1

 

 We Love Stamping-something new: stamp set  2/1

 

Winter Animals

  Our first challenge of the year at Allsorts! With as cold as it is Helen

has appropriately picked the theme of winter animals, or ATG's is

acceptable. This was a fun challenge, I combined my two favorite

winter animals: bears and penguins.  I went ahead and cut two

dies of each and made two different cards.   Scarfs are

paper pieced. I thought these would be good masculine 

cards for a winter birthday or next Christmas! 

 

 

 

Supplies: 

Spellbinders Warm Wishes die set

Sizziz Penguin Stocking die set 

 

Check out the great designs of my team mates, enter the challenge

and see the prize from Visible Image at Allsorts challenge blog! 

 

A few fun challenges for the first card:

Cardz4guys: Christmas Critters  1/20

Die Cut Diva's: Something new -glitter paper 2/1

Shopping Our Stash 564: Free is good glitter paper from a friend  1/14

Simon Says Stamp Monday: Sparkle and Shine 1/5

Word Art Wednesday Weeks 730-731 1/7

 

 

 

Christmas catch up

 Sharing a few more Christmas cards:

 

Made with a very old stamp from the Angel Company.
 

 Made with a new set bought from a large stamping garage sale, oh you

should see all I got for great prices!  This set is buried on my desk, I will

try to find the name.  The With Love at Christmas is a Taylored Expressions

sentiment strip. 

 

 This card and other versions of it were my main card, made from

my mom's papers she was going to use last year and a Cottage Cutz Nativity

Noel I inherited from her.

 

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas and best wishes for the New Year! 

 

Create a Scene

This is one of two posts today.  

 

 Allsorts last challenge of 2025 is starting and will run until

December 31.  Hosted by Lynn, the theme is: Create a Scene,

anything goes is always accepted too.

 

I went with a arch shaped card and used Lavinia stamps:

Flower Mini, Leaf 1 Mini and Flutterby Mini.  Dies are

Spellbinders Perfect Touch Arches and Tags.

 

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and blessed holiday

season.

 

To join this challenge visit: Allsorts.

  

 Prizes:

Two prizes of Lavinia, one a collection of mini/small stamps with bottle sticker

 for scene making and three stamps as second prize (photos not to scale).

 

A few fun challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms -Floral, optional mood board #36  1/06

 

Gem of a Challenge #1  1/2 

Triple B: December (optional mood board)  1/2

 

Stamping Sensations (option fantasy)   1/2

 We Love Stamping (option red & green)  1/2

Word Art Wednesday week #730-731  1/2