Let It Snow

 Hello friends, our Can You Handle The Pressure challenge
begins today with an OPTIONAL theme of
WINTER BLUES!
I think we all have a bit of blues after the holidays wind down and
those of us that live in the BRRR part of the country are wishing for Spring!

Our challenge is all about using your embossing folders,
wet embossing is okay but you MUST use an embossing folder too!

My folder is an oldie and one I use often in the winter months from Darice,
probably one of the first folders I bought when I started out card making along with the dotted swiss folder!
I think the embossing world has been a game changer now
with the option to choose 3D folders 
making our challenge a hit!!
I had saved a 'negative' from one of my snowflake die cuts
thinking it was pretty enough to use on it's own.  
I added P13 North Pole paper underneath and a sentiment stamped
from The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday.

So, get those folders out and come on over to
Can You Handle The Pressure and have
some embossing fun with us!

Cozy Days

Hello friends, it's our last challenge for Peace On Earth
for 2025, but we will be back in full force in 2026!

We have a cozy warm mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything new Christmas themed! 

I used one of my favorite die sets from Pretty Pink Posh Winter Mug
I filled it with some fun things also included in the die set.

The background piece came from my 'spare parts' of die cuts and all was placed on
a background paper 'Noel' that I received FREE from scrapbookdotcom with an order.  The cozy days sentiment is
PPP Fall Additions for the mug.

Take a break from all your Christmas activities and come on over
to Peace On Earth for some challenge fun!

Entering the Following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Jingle Belles .... ATG Christmas
ABC Christmas ....Y is for YUMMY
Christmas Kickstart ...ATG Christmas

Christmas Cheer

 Hello friends, today at Double D we have our last challenge for 2025
and the theme is Santa's and/or Snowmen.
We have a fun and festive mood board for inspiration with the
jolly old fellow and some fun snowmen!

In the summer of 2024 I purchased a fun 12x12 Reminience paper collage of Santa.
I cut each Santa to use on fast cards. 

 It's a really neat paper of Santa's in all sizes.
I die cut a Waffle Flower postage die then cut it apart and used some of the smaller Santa
pieces on each postage piece.  These Santa's remind so much of the vintage Christmas
cards we used to get as a kid, maybe that is why this paper appealed to me so much!
I used a Hero Arts Christmas greeting , added some sparkle-y gems and a twine bow.

Come on over to Double D and join us and the amazing design team

for our last challenge of 2025!!

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Little Red Wagon .... Christmas

Hey Boo

 Hello friends, we are halfway through our year round Halloween 
challenge at Two Old Bats
and have a fun mood board for inspiration!

For my card I used a card front I cut from a Carta Bella 12x12 paper
I purchased last fall just for this purpose.
I layered it on a white card stock
then adhered to a brown card stock base.

Come on over to Two Old Bats

and have some year round fun with us!!

Beautiful Blossoms December 2025

Hello friends, here we are in the middle of December and it is hard to believe
that another year is almost to the end.  At Beautiful Blossoms we have another
floral challenge for you starting today and a beautiful bouquet of flowers for inspiration. 

Last year (winter of 2024) I purchased a set of Katy Sue 3D designs.
They come on a sheet that are numbered that you punch out and
use pop ups in-between each layer.
They are stunning IRL, wish you could really see all the details.
They are also a bit addictive, as soon as I created the three I did I ordered
more, which will or have already shown up on my blog.

When I created these I put each on a different color card base just to change them up a bit.

Here is a look at how the 3D is, but they sure are much more beautiful IRL!

So, come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some 
floral fun with us, you don't have to use our colors,

any colors are okay as long as you have florals on your project!

Much Love

 Hello friends, we have an easy OPTIONAL theme at
Can You Handle The Pressure and it is 
ANY Holiday!

It's optional and you can create any embossed card
but it is Required that you use an embossing folder!

I chose to go with Valentine's Day for my holiday card giving me
a break from the Christmas/Holiday cards!
I purchased this embossing folder in January of 2025 and it is a beauty
from Simon Says called Dotted Hearts.
I used some very old Core' dinations papers on both cards so I could 
sand them and really make the hearts and dies stand out.
The sentiment is an OLD woodblock from the dollar bins that
Michaels used to have.  I embossed with Versamark using an
embossing powder from when SNS was in business, it is called Amour, so pretty.
The hearts came with the embossing folder and are die cut from scraps.

Card #1

Card #2

Have lots of embossing folders?  Then get them out and come and join our fun
challenge at Can You Handle The Pressure!

Angel Ornament Card

 The theme at The Sisterhood of Crafters is
Anything Christmas, easy peasy!
I am sure you have seen over this past year I have been sort of hooked on the
Katy Sue 3D cards , or maybe I should say addicted.  They are fun to do
and I work on them when my mojo isn't in the mood for anything else.
My angels card is one of those.  These cards have layer after layer and take lots
of pop ups for each layer.  My card is a square 4 1/2" x 4 1/2".

Hope to see you over at The Sisterhood of Crafters.

Entering the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG