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Tuesday, May 20, 2025

*Crushing Christmas Instagram Hop*

 I joined a new monthly Instagram Hop where we make Christmas cards each month... this month our theme was Reindeer!

I chose to use both a reindeer patterned paper and a gorgeous gold die cut reindeer for my creation...

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black, unknown gold mirror
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Wrapped in Plaid
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Penny Black Reindeer Leaps; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday; Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles


Saturday, May 17, 2025

*Addicted to CAS #283*

 It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS....  this time with a birthday theme!


I make a lot of birthday cards, so this shouldn't have been a difficult challenge for me.  But I honestly had creative block the day I sat down to create this card.  I decided to pull out a die cut I had done at my sisters a year ago and then struggled with it LOL.  I think part of it is that I haven't been making a lot of clean and simple cards lately... I've been doing a lot more cards that aren't clean and simple! It took me a while, but I came up with this clean and simple design.  I have no ink colours for you for the ink blending as I just used whatever leftover ink was on a few of my blending brushes.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Spellbinders Celestial
*Stamps:  Studio Katia Birthday Greetings
*Ink:  Versafine Claire Nocturne
*Dies:  I have no idea LOL
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Challenges:  Addicted to CAS #283


Friday, May 16, 2025

*CAS on Friday #309*

 Good morning... the challenge at CAS on Friday is to play with things with wings!  My first thought was "butterflies" but I use butterflies so much... so instead I pulled out a new to me stamp and die set that has little winged dragons instead!

Card Info
*Paper:  Cocoa Vanilla Sunkissed
*Stamps:  Clearly Besotted Hot Stuff; MFT Something for Everything
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Memento Tuxedo; Copics
*Dies:  Clearly Besotted Hot Stuff; MFT Stitched Rectangles; Scrapbook.com Nested Hexagons
*Etc:  foam adhesive
*Challenges:  CAS on Friday #309


Thursday, May 15, 2025

*This or That Hop*

 This week, the This or That Instagram Hop choices were flowers or geometric.  I figured that since I almost always do flowers, it would be fun to do something geometric.  I started with this fun paper with watercolour squares on it and I cut it at an angle to create diamonds instead.  I also used a radiating dots embossing folder to add a little more interest...

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Full of Life
*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Big Old Birthday
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Rectangles
*Embossing:  Spellbinders Sun Rays
*Tools:  Perfect Layers


*AAA Colourful #16*

 It's time for a new colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful.  This one was fun for me as I love cards with just a hint of colour.  


When I look at this colourboard, I see black, white, purple and a little bit of gold... I had some fun with some concentric circles and a pop of purple!  Although I will admit, my purple is a little too bright and maybe a little too prominent.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Spellbinders gold foil
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne; Copics
*Dies:  Essentials By Ellen Essentials Circles; A Jillian Vance Design Daisies; The Ton Easy Expressions
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Embellishments:  Kaiser Pearls
*Challenges:  AAAColourful #16


Tuesday, May 13, 2025

*CAS Colours & Sketches #560*

 There's a new sketch to play with at CAS Colours & Sketches... it's a square card this month!


When I saw this card, I had an immediate idea so I went with it... and yes, I used more of those Pinkfresh butterflies.

Card Info
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies
*Dies:  The Ton Easy Expressions; Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies
*Etc:  foam adhesive


Monday, May 12, 2025

*Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #629*

 It's Monday which means there is a new sketch to play with at Atlantic Hearts....


I was able to keep my card fairly clean and simple... and used a little more of the die cut Washi I have in my stash.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Spellbinders Indigo
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses
*Dies:  Stampin' Up! Tasteful Labels; Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses; The Ton Easy Expressions; MFT Stitched Rectangles
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts #629


Sunday, May 11, 2025

*My Favourite Instagram Hop*

 This week on the My Favourite Instagram Hop, we are celebrating Mom.  We each have used a favourite Mom themed stamp or die set.

I have been LOVING all of the Pinkfresh Studio washi tape that I have in my stash. I use the washi with the dies way more often than I use the stamps!  So that's what I went with today...

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black
*Stamps:  Photoplay Mom & Dad Sentiments
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses
*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses; Photoplay Mom & Dad Sentiments
*Tools:  Perfect Layers


Saturday, May 10, 2025

*CASE It Instagram Hop*

 This month, for the CASE It Instagram hop, I have created a simple one layer mini slimline card.  Each month, each of the participants finds a card created by someone else and shared on Instagram.  We then put our own spin on that creation to create a card.  We aren't trying to copy the card completely, but we want to take the essence of the card to create something of our own.

First, let me show you the card created by pristinepaperco...


I loved the simplicity of the card with the big bold sentiment and simple colours...  for my card, I chose to eliminate the extra layer as well as the layers of leaves and the secondary sentiment.  I also overlapped my sentiment and leaves.  My card is pretty close to the original, but I did make it my own by making some easy changes...

Card Info
*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Big Old Birthday
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies
*Des:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies; Simon Says Stamp Big Old Birthday
*Embellishments:  HAI Supply


Friday, May 09, 2025

*Sending Sunshine Instagram Hop*

 Each month, a group of us posts as part of an Instagram Hop.  We make cards meant to be sent to someone who might be struggling, who might need an encouraging word, who might just need a piece of mail to brighten their day.

I know that my card today isn't bright and shiny.  It isn't colourful and fun.  But I think the simplicity of it packs a punch... 

Card Info
*Paper:  MFT Black & White Stripes
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Spellbinders Floral Spray; The Ton Easy Expressions
*Embellishments:  Kaiser Pearls


*{BYSHC} Sketch #57*

A new month means a new sketch at BuildYour Stash Holiday Card Makers.... and of course I'm going to enter it in to the Spring Into Christmas Linky Party!


I started with a white card base and added a gold foil layer to it  then I used small squares of this fabulous Die Cuts With A View paper  a quick gold embossed sentiment finished it all off.

Card Info
*Cardstock: Spellbinders gold foil
*Paper:  DCWV December 25th
*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Good Cheer
*Ink:  Versamakr
*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! 



*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 9*

 Today is the final day to get your entries in to the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Spring Into Christmas Linky Party!  I had so much fun making all of the cards I've shared with you this week!  Today I have one more clean and simple card to share with you...  with another scrap of patterned paper!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Lawn Fawn Iridescent
*Paper:  Simple Stories Winter Wonder
*Stamps:  MFT Christmas Wishes
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  MFT Let It Snowflakes 2
*Tools:  Perfect Layers



Thursday, May 08, 2025

*This or That Hop*

 This week for the This or That Instagram Hop, we got to choose between fun fold and clean and simple.  You will be SHOCKED to learn that I did not go for clean and simple... instead I went looking for a new fun fold to try.  I found this one from Tarabeth Stamps and I knew I wanted to try it.

I have two photos of this card... one tucked in and closed up, one untucked so you can sort of see what it does...


With this second photo, you can see that the front of the white part is tucked in to that cute little raised corner...  the white is actually a small card that opens the opposite way.

Card Info
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Full of Life
*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies
*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies; MFT Something for Everything
*Etc:  Foam Adhesive


*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 8*

 This card for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Spring Into Christmas Linky Party seems clean and simple... but it's not.  Too much of my card front is covered to truly be considered as clean and simple.  But it has a lot of clean lines and some great white space... and some will swear it is clean and simple.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler, Handsome Hunter, Basic Black; Spellbinders gold foil
*Stamps:  Simon Says Good Cheer
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Slim Strips
*Tools:  Perfect Layers



*Time Out Challenges #288*

 Time Out Challenges has been really challenging me this year!  There have been so many prompts and themes that are outside of my wheelhouse.  I can skip, but I don't like to do it too often.  So for todays card I had to stretch it more than a little.


I know that there are stamps out there that I could have used, but nothing that I have in my stash.  And I don't want to buy items for my stash that I will use once in a blue moon (I am a little frugal with my stash spending I guess).  I thought about Star Wars and along with the title image (like the graphic above), my first thought was the opening sequence with the stars and the open black space...  I created my stars on black cardstock with a white gel pen and an Aqua Shimmer pen.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Spellbinders gold foil
*Ink:  white gel pen
*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Big Thanks
*Etc:  Nuvo Aqua Shimmer
*Challenges:  Time Out #288


Wednesday, May 07, 2025

*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 7*

I went back and forth between clean and simple cards and not clean and simple cards for my creations for the Build Your Stash Holiday Card Makers Spring Into Christmas Linky Party... today you get clean and simple.  I tried so hard to make it just one layer but I just felt like this card needed a layer...

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Lawn Fawn Iridescent
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Impression Obsession Snowflakes; The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas
*Embossing:  Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions



Tuesday, May 06, 2025

*Just For Giggles Instagram Hop*

Through this Just for Giggles Instagram Hop, I have discovered that I have two types of humour... dirty and sarcastic.  I struggle as I have a lot funny and snarky and dirty sentiments, but not much to support them.  So for today, I sent with a super pretty floral card and added a fun sentiment to it.

Card Info
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Flower & Field
*Stamps:  Picket Fence Studio Levels of Friendship
*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles


*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 6*

It was a fun time, creating all of these Christmas cards as spring was showing us what she might be like... some days it was sunny and warm, some days we had snow!  Welcome to spring in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies LOL!  

Another card using a piece of paper from my favourite package... one piece, cut in to strips to create a window effect...  I love the Spring Into Christmas Holiday Linky Party!!!  So many amazing entries so far!!!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stamin' Up! Cherry Cobbler; Spellbinders Gold Foil
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas
*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Spellbinders Christmas Blooms; The Ton Easy Expressions Christmas
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Embellishments:  HAI Supply

Monday, May 05, 2025

*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 5*

 Yup, two cards today... like I said, I made an extra card for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Spring Into Christmas Linky Party and I thought today would be a great day to share the extra one!

I love this Gina K embossing folder.  This time I used it with the debossed side up.  That's new for me!  And there's nothing like gold mirror cardstock at Christmas!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Spellbinders gold mirror; Stampin' Up! Handsome Hunter
*Stamps:  Hero Arts Joy Stamp n' Cut
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Squares; Hero Arts Joy
*Embossing:  Gina K Holiday Flora
*Etc:  foam adhesive



*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 4*

 Another Christmas card for you today... once again playing along with the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Spring Into Christmas Linky Party.  More of my favourite paper, using up some of the smaller scraps that I have held on to.  I saw this idea on Pinterest and am so glad I tried it!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas
*Stamps:  Paper Trey Ink Signature Chrsitmas
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Tools:  Perfect Layers



Sunday, May 04, 2025

*Spring Into Christmas 2025 {BYSHC} Linky Party Take 3*

 I love the simplicity of this card for the Spring Into Christmas Linky Party over at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers.  I had this little scrap of patterned paper in my stash and it was perfect for this idea...

Card Info
*Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler, Evening Evergreen
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas
*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Good Cheer
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Spellbinders Christmas Blooms
*Tools:  Perfect Layers; Scor Buddy