Some Bunny

Since I am still FREE from DT posts this week I did another
fun challenge that has been on my 'list' to do and that is
Art Impressions monthly challenge.

I used one of my favorite stamp sets from them and it is
Easter Blessings.

I have always loved this set with it's cute bunnies and pretty flowers.
I die cut a scalloped circle die from watercolor paper
then water  colored with TomBow markers
I added a few lavender gems for a bit of sparkle.

Did you know that in addition to the monthly challenge ,
they also have a bi-weekly challenge?
If you hurry there is still a bit of time for the monthly challenge!! 

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Wednesday .... ATG
Word Art Wednesday ....ATG  

Super Star

 It's Woodblock Wednesday at Amy Tsuruta's blog,
the challenge the last Wednesday of the month where
you pull out your woodblock stamps.

 Being January I tried to go with stamps that fit that month and
came up with these OLD hockey stamps that had yet to have seen ink.
Studio G (from Michaels) hockey man and 
Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers (1991) hockey stick.
I die cut a few stars and used a computer generated sentiment.

I think this card will go to my great grandson that is a hockey player.

Come on over to Amy's fun challenge and show us and her
your fun and probably neglected woodblock stamps!

Poppystamps January 2026 Challenge

 Since the month is winding down and all my DT projects are done until
February first I had plenty of time this week to have a bit of fun with a challenge
or two.  I saw the fun challenge at Poppystamps was Shake It Up
and it's been eons since I made a shaker, so long I almost forgot how!!
I have been wanting to do their challenges since forever
so my goal is to try and do it monthly this year, we will see how that goes!
I kept my design pretty simple and let my Poppystamps die
take center stage!

I have a love for their Nordic collection and die cut my
Nordic Fanfare Butterfly from a scrap of white card stock
then inked with a few inks.  I used a flower die to cut the opening
for the shaker and filled it with some tiny little hearts.
I used a rub on for the sentiment and a patterned vellum under the
shaker cut out, both hard to see except IRL.
And the white strip you see on the left, is a glare from my camera,
honestly it is NOT there.

Here is a picture of the card without the strip in the photo above.

You still have a day to join their fun challenge but you'd better get busy
as it ends soon!!

Time To Celebrate

 Hello friends, it's time for our challenge at
Can You Handle The Pressure 
where we are all about embossing folders, you MUST use an
embossing folder for this challenge.

We have an OPTIONAL theme of ALL White cards,
but also we are an anything goes challenge so any EB folder is okay!

Last summer I purchased a new embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp
Seedhead Stems and it is gorgeous.  It makes a larger card then I am used to
but that's okay as I surely didn't want to lose any of the beautiful image
by trimming it off.  I love the sentiment from The Greetery as it can be used
for a birthday, anniversary or any celebration.

We would love to have you come and join our challenge
at Can You Handle The Pressure.

Hello Friend

It's time for our second challenge this month at 
Double D and the theme is FRIENDS.
We have a friends 'mood' board for inspiration.

As a pet owner and how I LOVE my pets dearly I think of my

dear dog Mack as one of my best friends, he is always happy to see me

and is all smiles with everyone he meets so that is where my idea
for my image came from and also the Penny Black Gentle Thoughts
stamp set which is a new one for me.  The sentiment is Spellbinders Little Hello Sentiments.
The die cuts are Tutti Designs.

Here are a few pictures of my Mr. Mack, Mr. Smiley himself
Yes, we let him sit on the sofa, hence the blanket.
He is eight years old and weighs 68#s.
Look at those long legs!!

He scares people with his smile, I don't know why??

Come on over to Double D and make some 'friends' with our
fun challenge theme!

Entering the following challenges:
Penny Black Saturday Challenge   ATG or Something New
NBUS .... Never Before Used Schtuff

Winter Wishes

It's time for another Peace On Earth challenge and I certainly hope
you play along with us this year as then you will be so much ahead
for when the holidays roll around! 

We have a snowy cold cute and fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything as long as it is Christmas themed!

Today's card  uses Northern Lights paper by Recollections (2018).
This pad of papers is getting smaller and smaller and that makes me 'happy'!

I also used a Hero Arts Peeking Snowman Fancy die (2023)
that I have used before but last time I gave him a top hat
but this time made a 'her' making it more girly by adding pinks,
Stickles and some Nuvo drops.
The sentiment is from The Ton.

Come on over to Peace On Earth and have some holiday fun

with us and be inspired by our fabulous design teams!!

Entering the following challenges:
Cut It Up .... Favorite Die
Crafty Gals Corner .... ATG or Snowman
Try It On Tuesday .... It's Cold Outside (and boy is it lol)

Halloween Snow Globe

We are halfway through our year round challenge at 
Two Old Bats and would love to have you join us!
As always we have a fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything as long as it is Halloween! 

I was inspired by the Halloween snow globe in the upper
left corner and let my Cricut help me out with that.
Funny, but I bought lots and lots of new Halloween supplies
the last couple years and had I looked at my Cricut Design space I
could of saved bundles as there is so much fabulous die cuts and print and

cuts there to use!  The Cricut is such an amazing thing but after all my years
of having it I am having to relearn it all over again and with all the updates
things certainly have changed. Anyhow, that is where my witchy snow globe came from,
the sentiment is a very old one from K&C Company, it has glitter all over it.
The design paper is LDRS Creative Haunted Halloween.

Hope to see you over at Two Old Bats!!

You Bring Joy

The fifteenth of every month brings us to a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms, always with a 'mood' board to inspire
but you can create anything with floral  blossoms
as that is what we are all about.

There were some gorgeous colors in this mood board to choose from or work with

and I used a LDRS Joyful Blooms stamp and stencil to create my card.
I used mostly all Altenew inks and one Simon Says ink for my colors.
Once all the stenciling was done I went one step further and

ran my panel thru my Big Shot with a The Greetery Aida Cloth texture plate,

which gave my card a completely different look, which I happen to love.

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and check out all the pretty

inspiration from the Design Team and have some 'floral' fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:
Dragonfly Dreams ... Floral
Art Nudge .... Inspiration photo (bottom left)

Happy Birthday To You

A new challenge is starting this month at
The Sisterhood of Crafters with a super easy theme of
Spots or Dots!  Along with the theme we have a bonus
mood board for inspiration.

My card pretty much originated from my 'spare parts' box, all except
for the Sizzix layered labels die and the Simon Says Stamp Jubilee Sentiment,
A STAMPember 2022 set I purchased during one of their 99cent sales.
The paper was in my basket of papers to use up.

We would love to see YOU over at The Sisterhood.

Happy Birthday To You

 Hello friends, today I have a card I actually created for a
challenge at Make My Monday.  The theme is to use paper with a pattern.
This Brutus Monroe Butterfly Beauty 6x6  paper, 
front and back can be made into a card with nothing more added,
I love the BM papers as they are perfect for cards like this. 
I have a bag of sentiment strips from Katy Sue Designs and
that is where my sentiment is from which I popped up.

This is a challenge that like our own Love Those Pretty Papers
that just can't be resisted as if like me you have LOTS and LOTS
of patterned papers!!!

Hello Dear Friend

 Our Can You Handle The Pressure challenge has an
OPTIONAL theme FRIENDSHIPS but we are an anything goes
challenge as long as you use an embossing folder.

I embossed a pretty Paper Rose Arabella's Garden paper
I received free with an order from scrapbookdotcom
with a never been used before Sizzix embossing folder Flowing Waves.
I added a sentiment from Stampendous True Friends.
The butterfly came from my already die cut stash.

Get out your embossing folders and come and have some
fun with us at our Can You Handle The Pressure Challenge.

Happy Birthday Double D

It's our TENTH birthday at Double D, can you believe we have been
going strong for TEN whole years?  
We are having a celebration with a great prize for one lucky random winner

Mosey on over to the Double D blog to see what it is and celebrate with us!
We have a fun birthday board for inspiration!!
Oh, and if you haven't guessed by now our theme is BIRTHDAYS!

I have to admit I made these cards pretty early last year and wasn't even sure
if I was going to use them, but after a few weeks of sitting around I guess they
kind of grew on me.  I used the Balloon Bouquet stamp & die set from The Greetery
plus their Twisted Crepe die.  I added lots of enamel dots I received free from
Altenew with an order.

I created a second card but kept it a bit simpler using the same stamp and
die set I mentioned and linked above.

Come on over to Double D and have some BIRTHDAY
fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps and More #508 .... Birthdays
Unicorn Challenge .... Birthday

 

Summer Somewhere

Hello friends, at our Stencil Fun challenge our
OPTIONAL theme is Anything With Four Legs
or as always anything goes using a stencil.

It doesn't have to be a stencil with four legs but your focal point can
be the four legs as mine is with my cute Cottage Cutz Folk Cat.
He (or she as the case may be) looked so happy I just had to
use my never been used before Simple Stories Sunshine stencil.
The inks I used were Distress Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed.
The sentiment is The Project Bin Summer Fun,
inked in Dew Drop Truffle.

For my anything goes card I used an also never been used before
Altenew Folk Flowers stencil (2021) all stenciled in Distress inks
Shabby Shutters, Abandoned Coral and Shaded Lilac.
The sentiment is Pink Fresh Studio Simply Sentiments Hello.
I also added some of their gems for a bit of sparkle!

It's January, it's cold, what else do you have to do but join in our
Stencil Fun challenge with us??

You Brighten My Day

 We are already into 2026 and have our first
The Neglected Stuff challenge for the year.

It is always an anything goes challenge using some of your
very neglected stuff that you have never used or have not used
in a very long time.

I am a little embarrassed with my choice of neglected stuff
as I have had this Cheery Lynn Designs Step Card 1 since 2014
and never ever have used it.  During a restless and sleepless night
I remembered I had it and decided right then and there it was
going to be my first TNS project for the year!

Because the die is so long I used an old 12 x 12 for the base
and also for the decorative paper cutting it all on my Sizzix Switch.
What an easy die to use to make an awesome card!!

I also cut a PoppyStamp delightful daisy from scraps of
SU Very Vanilla card stock.  I die cut a second flower for each
and offset it underneath to give a fuller look.
The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

Here is a side view and a tiny peek inside.

We would love to have you join our challenge
as I am sure you have plenty of 'neglected stuff' yourself!!

Entering the following challenges:
Daisy Chain .... Use Dies
Aud Sentiments .... ATG plus a Sentiment
Dragonfly Dreams .... Floral
Creative Creases .... ATG With A Fun Fold

POE Jan 26

 Can you believe it is already 2026, wow, as you get older
the years seem to fly by and we are already into our first
challenge at Peace On Earth.

We have a pretty winter-y mood board to create your holiday
card from if you need the inspiration,
otherwise it's any Christmas creation you would like!

If you follow my blog you know that I was a bit addicted to the Katy Sue 3D
paper kits and have fallen for many of them.  This one is the 
Christmas Flower Pots kit which makes 8 cards with 4 different designs.
I have to admit, I tried numerous times to get good pictures of these
beautiful cards, they are MUCH prettier IRL!
They are also very much 3D.

The back of the card has an easel so the card can display upright.
The tree pulls out of the basket and is attached to a card that

you can write your holiday greeting on.

This is the second card in this design but with a pink bow.

I have six more of these types of cards, maybe you will see them later on,

but I hope to see YOU at Peace On Earth!

Entering the following challenges:

Christmas crafts All Year Round ....B is for BLUE

Make A Wish

I love our challenge at Love Those Pretty Papers as it is required
to pull out those pretty papers and create with them!
We are an ANYTHING GOES challenge with the use of papers
but always have an OPTIONAL theme and for January it is
SNOWMAN.

For my snowman card I used a fun paper I received free with an order from scrapbookdotcom.  Its a pad with fun holiday colors of
pinks, oranges and teals.  It's a small pad 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 perfect for card fronts.  I also die cut a Sue Wilson Build A Snowman die,
one I haven't used for a very long time.  This die comes with several
options to 'dress' your snowman...fun!  The sentiment is
a Spellbinders Betterpress.

For my ANYTHING GOES card I had a piece of Brutus Monroe
Butterfly paper left over along with a textured scrap of orange and decided to
put the two together along with an already embossed scrap piece
from my 'parts' box.  The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

So, get out your pretty papers and come and join us
at our fun Love Those Pretty Papers challenge!

Cheers To You

It's a new year and a new challenge at Triple B
where our challenge is all about
Birds~Blooms~Butterflies 
and we have a beautiful mood board for inspiration.

For my card I started with a beautiful background paper
cut to fit an A2 card.  It is Reminisce 12x12 True Blue paper.
Last year I purchased some 3D images all in these pretty blues
from Find It Trading Blue Meadow Berrie's  Beauties
that I added to a Tutti Designs Dotted Square. and a sentiment
from Spellbinders Betterpress.

It's January, what else do you have to do but
join us with one of your three 'Bs' at Triple B!

Have Fun

 A new challenge today for the month of January at
Simply Clean & Simple with an easy OPTIONAL theme of
SOMETHING NEW.
I say easy as I am sure if like me you always have
something sitting on your work desk that is NEW!

Last year I really decided I loved  'rub on's' and treated myself to many.
One of my newest are these Stamperia Furry Friends dogs.
I first stenciled using a Newton's Nook pawprint stencil,
stenciling in a circle, darker at the edges and lighter in the center
knowing that is where my rub on was going.

Isn't he a cute pup?  I have plenty more to use and also
could not resist their cat rub on's which will appear
I am sure at a later time.

If you like the challenge of CAS then come on
over to Simply Clean & Simple and give it a try!!

Entering the following challenges:
All About Papercrafts #1 .... NEW

Snowy Halloween

 Two Old Bats has a fun mood board for inspiration but you can
create anything as long as it is Halloween!!

I was inspired by the snowy ghost and turned to my poor neglected Cricut
for my fun ghost.  He is all bundled up in his warm hat and has a cup of
hot witches brew,  I had the bright idea to add some stickles to his hat

but found out both my black diamond
and orange peel stickles were all but dried up and empty

so I added some Nuvo drops instead.  The orange peel seems to be discontinued

but I was able to order the black diamond from Simon Says, thankfully!

A snowy embossed background along
with the bats (part of the Cricut design) were added,

in Michigan we have had plenty of Halloweens with snow on the ground,
though the last few years have been much warmer.

We celebrate Halloween year round at Two Old Bats giving

you a year long to use some of your Halloween supplies,
way better then just a few weeks a year,
come on over and have some spooky fun with us!

Warm Winter Wishes

It is our second WINTER season at The Four Seasons 
and we have a super fun mood board for inspiration!
You can however, create anything as long as it is WINTER themed!

Being the animal lover I am, I really loved this mood board and could of gone
several different ways with my card but I had purchased this adorably cute
Crafters Companion polar bears stamp and die set, (that I popped up).  If you aren't familiar,
these small sets that include both the die and stamp can usually be purchased
for under $10, not bad for both the dies and the stamp.  I 'might' have a few
more different sets of these in my stash!

I cut a snowbank from Lawn Fawns Stitched Hillside Border. 
The mountain and trees are Cottage Cutz Campin' Out Mountains & Trees.
The sentiment is from The Ton.

It's WINTER at The Four Seasons and we would love to see you there!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Add a Sentiment
Cut It Up .... ATG with a die cut
Crafty Animals #101 .... ATG With An Animal

Happy New Year

Hello Colorful Options Friends, are you ready for our first challenge in the New Year?
We have a pretty mood board for inspiration but if not a fan you are
always welcome to use rainbow colors!

I was totally inspired by the center snowflake picture as living in Michigan
I know that scene all too well!!  Plus, the fact it gave me an opportunity to pull 

out an older and much neglected snowflake cover plate die from Impression Obsession.
I for one certainly miss that company, it seems we lost a lot of our great
card making suppliers in 2025, sad for us all!
I die cut my panel from a shimmery white card stock, IRL if has a pretty 'glow'
that of course isn't captured in the photo.  I popped the panel up then added a
sentiment stamped and die cut from The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas.

We hope you will join us at Colorful Options for our challenge,

what else do you have to do in January??

Entering the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon .... Use Force (my bigshot)
Just Us Girls ....Die Week~Cover Plate

Awesome Day

 Happy New Year!!

The new year brings us to our first Word Power challenge of the year
where we are all about making your sentiment have center stage,
not those normal small sentiments but a BIG one
that instantly draws the eye to it.

This card is nothing to write home about for sure
and is pretty simple using a few pieces of scrap papers I have
pulled from my scraps I am trying to use up.
The butterfly was sitting on my desk so I added it to the sentiment
that I die cut from a Simon die I purchased during one of their 99 cent sales.
The floral paper has bit of glittery sparkle in it so I added a few gems
to add even more sparkle.

Get your BIG sentiments out and join us over at Word Power.