Holiday tag cards

Hello. I'm adding a couple of holiday tag cards to the mix for the 2025 fall/winter coffee lovers blog hop.

Stamps and dies are from Hero Arts.  The gingham designer paper is from My Favorite Things.  The baker's twine and the red grosgrain ribbon is from PTI.

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Happy Anniversary - TFC#105

Hello.  Welcome back to our new challenge over at The Flower Challenge. This month, we are looking for you to add embellishments to your cards.  

The washi tape and die are from Pink Fresh Studio.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts, and those cute little ladybug dies are from Gummiapan.

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Fall thank you

Hello. Playing in a few challenges today with this clean and simple card.

The leaf stamp is an oldie but goodie from Papertrey, Ink.  I used Simon Says Stamp saturated inks on them. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the dot stitched border die is from Jillian Vance Designs.

Enter this into:

CAS on Friday - Leaves

Simply clean & simple - signs of fall

Hero Arts - Anything goes

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Congrats - SSC339

Hello and welcome to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  Here is what I made using the inspiration color prompt photo below.

The balloon background stamp is from Hero Arts. I heat embossed it in white, spritzed it with a blue mica spray (came in the HA kit) then used Tim Holtz mica sprays to water color in the colors from the inspiration photo below.  

The die is also from Hero Arts. I used vellum for the shadow and plain white for the congrats!

 

Link up here. Sunday Stamps

 

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Time to relax

Hi everyone,

I'm sharing a card I created for my chiropractor and his wife for their retirement. 

The stamps are from Hero Arts and stamped in Versafine ink. I ink-blended the background with Tumbled glass distress oxide ink and latte ink from Simon Says Stamp. The clouds are done using the cloud stencil from A Color Life.  To get the shadows under the swing and palm trees, I used a detail blending brush from Waffleflower and a darker shade of brown ink. Really happy with how the shadows turned out. Used the dot stitched die from Jillian Vance designs to cut the scene out and matted it with black cardstock. 

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Hello

Hello. Playing in the TGIF challenge of pocket full of posies today. 

The envelope die is from Hero Arts (I believe). All the flower dies are from Concord &  9th. The small hello is from Altenew.  I used an old cuttlebug plaid embossing folder in the background for dimension. 

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Wreath cards

Hello. Made a few Holiday cards using this lovely die from Lawn Fawn.

The sentiment is from Hero Arts and heat embossed in gold. I used light and dark green cardstock and switched up the orders to get two for one, if you will. I also added a bit of sparkle on the berries with a bit of a wink of Stella. 

Entering these into the following challenges.

Allsorts challenge blog: Week 757 🪡

CAS on Sunday (cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.com)

Most Magical Time of the Year!

Simply Clean & Simple (scscards.blogspot.com)

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Winter snowflake mittens

Hi everyone. Playing in the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players today, the sketch is down below.

Do you ever have one of those days where everything is stacked against you when you think you have this fabulous idea for a card?  That was me on this one.  I was bound and determined to use this older mitten stamp and die set from Hero Arts. I was having a difficult time choosing the cardstock colors to match the designer paper from Gina K Designs. Should I go with a light or a dark-colored cardstock? I think I waffled on this three times before landing on the dark color.   I heat-embossed the stamp design using white detail embossing powder onto peacock cardstock from C&9th. 

I used an old snowflake embossing folder from Provo Craft for the background. 

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Thinking of you

Hello. Playing in a couple of challenges today with the following fall card.

I started off using the sketch over at Sunday Stamps. The background stamp is from Simon Says Stamp. I heat embossed it with white detail embossing powder onto watercolor paper. Then I used Tombow markers in fall colors to watercolor it. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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Sunday Stamps

The Paper Players

Enjoy

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More.  We are doing another Alphabet challenge and we are on B - for beach.

The beach-themed shells and starfish are from The Angel Company which is no longer in business. The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  I created the foam on the sand using grit paste. 

Here is the cue card.

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

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Hello bee-autiful

Hello. Playing in the Wednesday Simon Says Stamp challenge of things with wings today.

The flower stamp, die and stencil is from Honey Bee stamps. I used inks from Simon Says Stamps pawsitively saturated ink to color the flowers. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I purchased the large bee die from Ebay. 

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Thinking of you

Hi there. Playing in the CAS Colours & Sketches #502 challenge today. 

The Flower stamp is from Impress cards & crafts. I used Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated ink in Cherry and sage to stamp the flowers and leaves. Centers are stamped with Versafine Clair.  Thinking of you sentiment is from Hero Arts, as is the red cardstock that I used for the card base.

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Rudolf gift tag

Hello. Here is another tag inspired by Ellen Hutson's 12 tags of Christmas challenge. This one is for the carol - Grandma got run over by a reindeer, which is day #9. 

The Rudolf stamp is from the former Angel Company. I colored him using Copic markers. The pine branch is from Great Impressions and the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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Sending a cup of cheer!

Hi there. Here is another coffee related card for the coffee lovers fall/winter blog hop.

The coffee related cup and sentiment are from Hero Arts. Pawsitively ink used on the cup and the background polka dots.

More to come later. Have a great weekend.

Life is better with sandy feet

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

 

I turned the sketch sideways on this one. Wood embossing folder used with weathered wood distress ink on the backround. Grit paste used on the kraft cardstock to look like sand. Love how it turned out. 

Sentiment is from Hero Arts. I used a die to cut out a medium star from white cardstock and scored it so that I could get it to stand up. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, once again, they have knocked it out of the park.

Betty J . Clarie Grantham . Jeanne Jachna . Jen Mitchell  . Karren Johnson . Linda Callahan . Lyndal Higgins  . Michelle Leone . Michelle Lupton . Tristan Dawes . Wanda Cullen .  Natalie Walsh

 

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Get well soon

Hi all. Playing in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge of making your own background today.

I used an old wood stamp from Poppy Stamps and Simon Says Stamp pawsitively saturated inks in carnation, peony and rose.  Get well sentiment is from Hero Arts. 

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You're one of a kind

Hello. I'm excited to announce that I have joined the Less is More design team. Here is the current challenge.

Flower stamp is from Reverse Confetti. I stamped it in Sugar pink ink from Fresh Ink, added some highlights with a Copic marker (which you can really see) then let it dry. Added the gold embossing (Hero Arts) for the dot details on the flower petals and the sentiment. Added one center gold pearl and framed it up with gold mirror cardstock.  

Check out the rest of the design teams creations here. Less is More

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