Warm and Cozy

Hello friends, today at Double D we are all about being
WARM & COZY which is our theme this time around!
We have  cozy mood board for inspiration! 

I let the winter scarves inspire me, after all they do keep you warm and cozy!!
I inked a cold and dark sky, cut my snow hill with a Lawn Fawn Stitched Hill die
and created the bears using  a Cottage Cutz Artic Polar Bear & Cub die.
This is the same die we are giving away to one lucky random drawn winner
as our prize, and it's a special one, as it is no longer available for purchase!

The sentiment is an oldie from JustRite.

Come on over to Double D and get 'warm & cozy'
with our teams, we would LOVE to see YOUR
cozy entries!!

Entering the following fun challenges:

A Cut Above .... Warm It Up (optional)

Unicorn challenge .... Winter or Christmas

Make My Monday .... Wild animals

Stencil Fun November 2024

Hello friends, today at Stencil Fun our OPTIONAL theme is 
Make it Sparkle/Shine
but you can create anything as long as a stencil has been used!

For my 'shine' card I used an older Memory Box (2014) Texture Shine stencil with gold metallic stenciling paste.
I was happy it still was plenty wet since I rarely use the
paste to stencil anymore.  I heat embossed my sentiment
with Sparkle N Sprinkle Gold detail embossing powder.
The sentiment is a Sizzix Hello Sunshine stamp set.
I added one of my little handmade flowers.                         

             

For my Anything Goes card I used one of a set of four
background stencils from the February 2024 Spellbinders Stencil club.
stenciled in a pretty pink.
When Simon has their BIG sales (usually a lot for 99cents) I try to keep track
so I don't miss out and get some pretty great deals.  That is where my floral
topper came from, a Stampendeous Quick Cards Hope of Spring.
The sentiment is Pink Fresh Studio.

Come on over to Stencil Fun and join in with us!!

Peace On Earth Challenge #75

 Happy November!!
The holidays are sneaking up on us real fast it seems
and there is still time to get some of those holiday cards
created and entered into our Peace On Earth challenge!

We are an anything goes challenge as long as it is
Christmas themed!
As always we have a fun inspiration board
full of sweet goodness!

I did let all those 'gingers' inspire me and used a fun
Mintay Sweetest Christmas paper for my background.

I used a Tutti Designs postage die cut and all the rest
of the dies are from a Tonic set that makes an actual gingerbread house gift box,
I just used a few pieces of it.
The sentiment is part Hero Arts and part Pretty Pink Post..

Come on over and visit us at Peace On Earth!!

Entering the following fun challenges:

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge.... Anything Christmas

Triple B November 2024

Hello friends, we are already into the 11th month of the year (yikes)
and that means a new challenge for the month of November at
Triple B 
where you can enter your butterfly, bird, and/or blooms into our fun challenge.
As always we have a pretty inspiration board in true fall colors!!

I used mostly die cuts for my card. The white doily cut underneath was already
cut and in my stash of die cuts to use up.  It is a Cheery Lynn Designs
Lords & Commons die.  The flowers are Concord & 9th Picked Posies.
The butterfly is new all favorite Poppystamps Fanfare Nordic Butterfly.
Sentiment is Stampendous.
I could of added a few more florals to it, but decided I liked the eye drawn
to the big boldness of both the butterfly and bloom!

We hope to see YOU at our Triple B challenge with your
Blooms~Birds~Butterflies!!

A Sweet Holiday

 Hello friends,  I am guest designing today at
Send A Smile 4 Kids as I had a Top 3 win back in August.
Their theme is Happy Holiday Cards for Kids

Kids cards are some of the most fun to make for me
as I love the fun cute stamps and dies available!
I purchased this Spellbinders Dancing Figgy Pudding last year
and this is my first time using him, I just couldn't resist his cuteness!

I die cut him entirely out of scraps, colored in some and inked some others.
The sentiment is from Newton's Nook and stamped with
Altenew's Sea Forest ink.

He is an interactive card as his legs swing

I want to thank the team at Send A Smile 4 Kids for having me guest design.  Make sure to come over to the blog and read
what they are all about and join in too!!

Every Flower Is a Soul

 Hello friends, back again in a new month
with a new OPTIONAL theme of use Brown & Yellow at
Love Those Pretty Papers challenge.
I sure hope you have been joining in with us as
I have to admit it has been a blast using my papers
that normally seemed to just sit and multiply
(I can't resist buying more and more)!!

For my brown & yellow themed card I used a sheet of
Crafters Companion Nature's Garden from The Sunflower Collection.
This is an 8x8 Vellum pack of papers and ALL Sunflowers!
I adhered my sunflower paper to a white card stock then
embossed my Spellbinders Garden Favorites sentiment
with Sparkle N Sprinkle Coffee embossing powder.
This has always been my very favorite brown embossing powder,
it embosses perfectly every time!
The sentiment reads 'Every Flower is a Soul' blossoming in Nature.

For my anything goes card I can't tell you whose paper I used
(it's a secret), haha, not really it was a loner pulled from a pack
and I have no idea of whose it is and with all my zillion of
paper packs I am not going to see if I can find it.
I used a 2 piece Altenew die for this card Dog Rose panel A&B
cut from 2 different color of lavender scraps.
I didn't think this card needed a sentiment on the outside.

So what do you say?  Can we see YOU over at
Love Those Pretty Papers??

Two Old Bats November 2024

Happy November my friends!
Yes it is November and we are still creating Halloween at
Two Old Bats
as we are a year round Halloween challenge.
So get those Halloween supplies back out and join in with us,
no need to put all those fun goodies away for a year!!
Below we have a fun inspiration/mood board to give you a
few creative ideas!

I used the upper left corner for my inspiration by die cutting
a few Spellbinders leaves and addling fun pumpkin faces to each.
After i had them all done I noticed I have another single set of pumpkin face dies
that were probably more sizable to my leaves, but these kind of grew on me so I let them be!!  A couple of Halloween scrap papers
were added along with a few die cut bats, some sequins and
a sentiment from AI!

Head on over to Two Old Bats and 'scare' up some fun with us!!