Vintage Happy Birthday

At Double D our new theme for the next couple weeks is
Shabby Chic/Vintage!  We have a pretty mood board representing just that,
you can create either vintage OR shabby chic.

I have to say I  did not at all do what I had intended to do for this challenge
but went a whole different direction.
Several years ago I had a love for all the dress form stamps and ended up
collecting quite a few of them but of course never inked them up too much.
I pulled all of them out and decided on this one as it had a nice vintage 'flare' to it.
Prima (2012) and there is no name on the set but has 5 fun rubber stamps in all.
I just lightly colored it in places and layered it with some Tutti Designs
scalloped rectangles.  The sentiment is one left over from my Katy Sue 3D cards.

We would love to have your shabby chic/vintage creations over at
Double D!!

Peaceful Dove

 February brings us a new challenge at
Triple B and we have a fun mood board for inspiration.
However, you can create anything as long as it has
BIRDS~BLOOMS~BUTTERFLIES
You can use one, two or ALL three!!

For my card I started with a textured card stock in red and embossed with an
embossing folder I purchased at Spellbinders from their
Fun Stampers Journey collection.  I also used
My Favorite Things Peaceful Dove but this time instead
of carrying a sprig, he is carrying a heart, after all
February is the month of 'love'!!

We hope you will join us with one of your
Triple B's!!

Thanks A Million

We are back this month with another Stencil Fun challenge
with an OPTIONAL theme of
CREATE A BACKGROUND

For my Create A Background I have another card using my new stencil
Woven Ribbons by Altenew.
This time I used their chart that comes with the stencil for the colors
using Altenew inks
Pink Diamond~Pinkalicious~Soft Lilac~Firefly~Mango Smoothie~Polar Bear.
I love how pretty these pastel colors are together.

I wanted the pretty colors to show through so I die cut Joy Bille's Circle
then added some of my flowers I already had made, some are 
Spellbinders Bold Blooms and the sentiment is Betterpress Always & Forever (I would of preferred a birthday sentiment but I didn't have one left, so I just 'pressed' 3 more sets and if that wasn't enough I ordered another Betterpress set that is mostly birthday, that ought to do me...HAH!).  I also used a Spellbinders A2Curved Matting Basics A
to die cut out the finished stencil with.

For my ANYTHING GOES card I stenciled an
Altenew layered Dahlia (no longer available)
using all red inks.  Funny thing is the colors all came out
more of a coral color then reds.  I created one a long while back
using all coral colors and it reminds me of that one,
I suppose if I put them side by side I might see a difference
but it sure looks more coral then reds to me.
The inks I used were Gina K Cherry Red, Red Hot
and Lisa Horton's Cloud 9 Red Grapefruit and Strawberry Sundae.
The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

Come on over to Stencil Fun and put your stencils to use!

Creepy Fun

 Here we are again in the middle of winter in Michigan
and we are having some year round fun with Halloween
while the snow is blowing and the wind is howling.
What better time to sit in my craft room all cozy and warm
and work on some Halloween cards for our challenge at
Two Old Bats!

We have a rather spooky mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything for Halloween.

Gives you the opportunity to pull out those Halloween
things you have stashed for a year and put them to use!!

I was inspired by those fun spooky pumpkins in the upper
left photo and of course the hearts.
I used a newly purchased paper from last year 

Halloween Inks by Whimsy Stamps.
I added a few 'hidden' tiny glitter hearts spread here and there

and a Spellbinders rub-on sentiment.

I'll be back in a couple weeks with a TOB reminder,

once again using one of these papers, make sure to

stop back and take a peek at it!

Come on over to Two Old Bats and have some spooky
fun with us, we would love to have you!!

Hearts Galore

 A new month, a new challenge at The Neglected Stuff
the challenge that is all about using our old and
much neglected stuff!

I am using an older paper that I purchased back in June 2024,
yep, I would say it is pretty neglected.

I created six cards out of this 12x12 sheet of Reminisce
Hashtag Graffitiheart double Sided paper.
I liked it as it had a sort of masculine feel to it with the kraft
colored background and a few black hearts, not too feminine for the guys!

All the cards were made with bits and pieces from my spare parts bins,
some die cuts, some stickers and so on.

Card #1:

Card #2:

These cards are not my 'usual' type of card I would make

but they were easy and it allowed me to use things that were already 

die cut, not sure of all of the companies but some are 
Tutti Designs, Impression Obsession and more.
These cards allowed me to use up some of my many

neglected already  cut die cuts which is a good thing!!
All the cards look way better IRL!!

Card #3

Card #4

Card #5

Card #6

Get out YOUR Neglected Stuff and come on over and join us!

Peace & Love

 Hello Peace On Earth fans, it's once again a new month
and that means a new challenge at
Peace On Earth!
We have a fun mood board for Inspiration but you can
create anything Christmas themed.

Our design team always tries to use the board for inspiration if possible
and I hit the nail on the head this time with my cute heart balloon snowman
die cut with a Cottage Cutz Woodland Snow Lady which sadly to say
is no longer available for purchase.  She actually comes with a birdhouse
but to fit my theme I added a Poppystamps heart balloon.
The papers are Doodlebug Milk and Cookies (2017) and the

sentiment is Hero Arts Christmas Messages which I thought
was perfect for my card!  She is even holding a bell, adding more
from the mood board!

Come and join us at Peace On Earth and get an early 'jump' on your 2026

Christmas cards, we would LOVE to have you!

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Monday Challenge .... Have  Heart
Cut It Up #338 .... My Heart
Festive Friday #202 .... Die Cuts~Heart~Pink~Love Sentiment

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ....ATG

Winter Wishes

 We are into our last winter season until the end of the year at
The Four Seasons (next one is in December)
and have a mood board for inspiration.

I let all those red berries inspire me by using a VERY old stamp
set from Heartfelt Creations  Holly Berry Filler that I stamped on
a die cut Tutti Designs Scalloped Square and colored in with Copics.
I smeared one berry so I ended up adding a few red sequins here and there
and to cover up my 'oopsie'!  For the background I embossed a snowy
panel using TH Snowfall EB folder.  

Come join in our Winter Fun at The Four Seasons!!