Happy Holidays

Hello. Here is another card for the 2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers blog hop.

The holiday coffee/hot choco/tea stamp is from Pretty Pink Posh.  The big snowflake behind it is from Lawn Fawn and the sentiment is from Carta Bella.  I used a 3D embossing folder on the white main panel and stuck it down to a navy card base.

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Spread your wings - TSOT#708

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.

I created the top left and bottom right designer paper myself using a variety of stamps, paint and inks.  The butterfly is a very old one from the former Angel Company.  I used Copic markers to color it.  the sentiment is from MFT stamps.

Here is the link to play along in our challenge. 

Coffee inspired - You're cool beans!

Hello! I'm playing in the 2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with a few cards.

First up is this cluster inspired card.  I dusted off my paper crimper to mimic a sleave and then built it up from there.

Stamps and dies:

Gina K Designs - you're cool beans

Stampin Up! - established: 1873

Darkroom Door - coffee beans

Innovative stamp creations - No.87

Whimsy stamps - postage

The second one:

The ledger designer paper is from Craft Consortium.  Coffee ring stamp is from Altenew.  The daily grind sentiment and the little coffee cup are from Sweet Stamp Shop.  The paper pad die is from Papertrey Ink and the lines were stamped with an old red rubber background die from MFT.

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Happy Christmas

Hi all - here is another card using the current sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.

I created a little mountain scene with this one.  

Sky is ink blended with tumbled glass oxide. I believe the mountain dies are from My Favorite Things as are the little trees, they've been in my stash for a long time.  The bigger trees on the right and the house is fron Gina K Designs.  The sentiment stamp is from Simon Says Stamp.

Added a bit of smoke to the chimney using a pinch off a cotton ball. I added snow to the tops of the mountains using a gel pen then smoothed it out using a glitter brush pen.  The snowflake and trees out the perimeter are dusted with the same glitter brush.

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Let it snow

Hello. I'm off work this week and decided to play in a few challenges with this card.

I started with the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. 

I used tumbled glass oxide ink to blend the background, then added some white splatter to resemble snow using Dr, Ph. Marrtin's bleed proof white.  

The snowman die is an old one from Simon Says Stamp as is the little sentiment. The snowflakes are from various companies, and they are blinged up using a liquid glitter brush. I also added a few marks using a gel pen to his eyes, hat, and buttons.

The challenge over at The Paper Players is to use plaid, so I made his scarf and top hat band out of Christmas plaid.

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Merry Christmas - SSC398

Hello, and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This week we have a sketch to work with. 

I kept this very clean and simple.  The 3D embossing folder is from Sizzix. The sentiment is a die from CZ Designs (Simon Says Stamps) and cut from navy cardstock.  

I dyed three tiny snowflake clay shaker bits (Trinity Designs) navy to use per the sketch below.  

Santa mail - express delivery

Hello.  I'm playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today with the following card.

The postage stamp stamps are from Technique Tuesday.  I used Simon Says Stamp ink to stamp them in and I found postage stamp dies that fit them in my stash.  I have no idea who made them, but thinking it was PTI back in the day. 

Kept this clean and simple too.  Thanks for stopping by.