*Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #609*

 We have a great new sketch for you at Atlantic Hearts...  

Since it's almost Christmas, I went with a Christmas card for you today. I did one piece of patterned paper and cut some slim strips of cardstock to create the grid that is in the sketch.  This just felt easier than trying to piece together the sizes I'd need.  

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Evening Evergreen; Spellbinders Gold

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Bottlebrush Trees; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday; Pinkfresh Studio Slim Strips

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #609

*Create It 3 Ways Instagram Hop -- Winter Holidays

Today I am participating in the Create It 3 Ways Instagram Hop.  Each month, a group of us make three cards using one common thing in each of our three cards.  We have a different theme to follow each month.  This month our theme was Winter Holidays.

I chose to use the same package of patterned paper as well as the same layout for my three cards.  All three cards use only items from the Echo Park My Favorite Christmas 6x6 paper pad.  I added some Stampin' Up! Basic Black and Real Red cardstock to create some matted layers.

This would be a great stash buster to create a lot of cards out of all of that paper you're hoarding LOL!

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 19*

 Sorry there was no post for day 18 of the Advent Calendar...  I couldn't come up with anything I liked so I skipped it!

But here I am, back with day 19!  I really need to figure out how to better photograph things I've foiled!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Hammermill Premium Colour Copy

*Stamps:  Spellbinders Advent Day 19

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Blooming Ornament

*Hot Foil Plates:  Spellbinders Blooming Ornament, solid

*Foil:  Spellbinders gold

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*December 2023 Sheetload of Cards*

 My stash of cards to share is slowly dwindling... the last week or two I haven't really been in my craft room at all.  Christmas prep has taken my attention (and trying to finish a baby blanket for a baby that arrived almost two months early... I'm almost done!).  

My work week had a mix up this week and I am hopeful that now that my Christmas prep is done that I will find at least a little more time in my craft room over the next week or so.  I am off to work in a few hours and work tomorrow... and then I'm off until the 27th.  We have no real holiday plans so I'm guessing I'll have some time to myself if I want it.

Anyway... a card for you today, not for a challenge or anything... just wanting to use some stuff from my Christmas stash!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Real Red

*Paper:  Doodlebug Home For The Holidays

*Stamps:  Doodlebug Christmas Magic; Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne, Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Design:  December 2023 Sheetload of Cards

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 17*

 Another fun Christmas card using the dies from the Spellbinders 2024 Advent Calendar...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Real Red

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Peaceful Prints

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Spellbinders Advent Day 17; Picket Fence Studio Winter Snowflakes; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 16*

 I will admit, I am not a fan of the style of type for this years Advent Calendar word dies...  So I kind of half-assed this card...  and then I couldn't get a good photo of the beautiful purple foil!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Hammermill Premium Colour Copy; Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Dies:  Spellbinders Advent Day 16

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles

*Foil Plate:  Spellbinders Slimline Confetti Background

*Foil:  Spellbinders purple

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 15*

 It's Day 15 of the Spellbinders Advent Calendar... I used the slim embossing folder to create a clean and simple Christmas card...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Grey, Cherry Cobbler

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday; Simon Says Stamp Lea Snowflake

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Advent Day 15

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*etc:  foam adhesive

*My Favourite Instagram Hop - Christmas Stash*

 It's time for another My Favourite Instagram Hop... and this time we got to use our favourites from our Christmas stash of supplies.  I'll give you 1 guess as to what one of my items was!

Yup, I used my favourite patterned paper... I also made my favourite style of card (clean and simple)... add in my favourite bit of sparkle and my favourite shade of red cardstock.... and then my signature matted layer and a favourite style of sentiment (where they use different fonts in one stamp) and you have my card for today...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler

*Paper:  unknown sparkle; Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas

*Stamps:  Mama Elephant Jingle Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*AAA Colourful #11*

Welcome back to another colourboard challenge with AAA Colourful.  We can't wait to see what you create with this fabulous inspiration.

As it is December, I am still in Christmas card making mode... so this colourboard challenged me just a little bit.  I searched my stash and found this tree stamp and die that I hadn't ever inked up so I decided to do a rainbow (ish) of trees.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Pool Party, Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Basic Black

*Stamps:  Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Holiday; Simon Says Stamp Warmest Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Warmest Wishes; Taylored Expressions Simple Strips
*Tools:  ScorPal; Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  AAA Colourful #11

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 14*

 OMG!  The die set in todays window of the Spellbinders Advent Calendar was just so dang cute!!!  I cut all of the pieces out of white cardstock and coloured them roughly with some Copics.  I of course wanted to make another Christmas card!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  MFT Deck the Howls

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Copics

*Dies:  Spellbinders Advent Day 14

*Embossing:  Sizzix Christmas Tree Pattern

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*CASE It Hop*

I started an Instagram Hop with a couple of friends last month called the CASE It Hop...  we are looking for inspiration from others on Instagram and using one project each month to inspire our own project.  I saw a card by its_soo_crafty and just had to make one of my own!

First... the cards I was inspired by...  I just LOVED this idea for using paper scraps!

Now, truth be told, I did not use scraps!  In fact, I cut in to a brand new 6x6 paper pad for my card... but I used the sheet of paper that has a bunch of different design strips on it!  My card ended up being very much like the inspiration photo... I changed up my papers and the placement of the sentiment ... and I added my "signaure" black matted layer.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Paper:  Die Cuts with a View Dec 25

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 13*

 Day 12 of the Spellbinders Advent Calendar was a small sheet of sentiment stamps.  I put three different stamps on to an acrylic block and stamped them in lines across a panel of white cardstock and then cut it out with a stitched rectangle die.  I then stamped one of the other sentiments on a strip of white cardstock and cut it out and layered a little black behind it.  To add a little more interest to this all black and white card, I did add an embossed panel to the front of the card.

This would be so easy to mass produce....

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  Spellbinders Advent Day 12

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles

*Embossing: Spellbinders Candy Cane Stripes
*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Sending Sunshine Instagram Hop*

 Each month, a group of us post cards to Instagram that are meant to be uplifting or encouraging to others... this is the Sending Sunshine Instagram Hop.

As it's so close to Christmas, I decided to do mine as a Christmas card... a little thinking of you. 

Sadly, my idea didn't come off quite as I had hoped as all of my pastes were mostly dried up!  I was able to salvage just enough of the glitter paste for this card...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings

*Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings

*Stencil:  unknown
*Etc:  Nuvo Glimmer Pasted Moonstone

*This or That Instagram Hop*

It's time for a new This or That hop over on Instagram.  Today we had the choice between ornaments or gifts.  I don't have a lot of this discontinued paper left, but I decided to highlight it on a card for today.  I added some reverse hot foiled side bars and a shiny gold sentiment.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; Spellbinders gold metallic

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! All is Bright

*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Joyful Greetings

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Stampendous Christmas Bright

*Foiling Plates:  Pinkfresh solid; Spellbinders Twilight Sparkle Strip
*Foil:  Spellbinders gold

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 11*

 I managed to make a Christmas card using the item from Day 11 of the Spellbinders Advent Calendar.  It's a great geometric embossing folder that I can see using over and over again, even if it does only emboss a little strip (that will be better for the clean and simple style anyway!).  I added a little sparkle to the card but kept it fairly simple...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  unknown glitter

*Stamps:  MFT Hand Lettered Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Advent Day 11

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Freshly Made Sketches #666*

 I've been struggling to find time to create the last week or so because there is just so much else to do.  I should have done a little wrapping before leaving for work, but instead I decided to make a card using the new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I couldn't pass up a mini-slimline sketch!

If you know me at all, you know that I had to do snowflakes for this sketch...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  unknown shimmer

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Let It Snowflake 2; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Embossing:  Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  FMS#666

*2024 Spellbinders Advent Hop - Day 10*

 Sorry that there was no Advent Day 9 post... I opened the window and was completely uninspired by the gift that was there.  Todays window wasn't much to work with either, but I decided to do a shaker card using the sequins from day 9 and the dies from day 10... not quite my style but I like it!

I cut some very skinny strips of cardstock and adhered them to a scrap of computer paper before cutting out the words so that I could have the words cut as a rainbow.  I like the embossed front panel.... added a little something extra without becoming too busy

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin Up! Poppy Parade, Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, Gorgeous Grape

*Dies: Spellbinders Advent Day 10; Scrapbook.com Nested Hexagons

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Leafy

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #607*

 Is it me, or are these weeks just flying by?  At work, I am struggling to write December.  I think my brain is still back in October somewhere.

I had a busy weekend with work, getting my hair cut and coloured, my Christmas party and a bunch of Christmas baking... so far, no crafting for me.  I can say "so far" because my "weekend" is Sunday to Tuesday.

There's a new sketch challenge over at Atlantic Hearts...   I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

Perhaps my stripes are a little too busy for my poor snowflake swirl...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  unknown blue shimmer; Lawn Fawn holographic

*Paper:  MFT Black & White Stripes

*Stamps:  MFT Christmas Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Hero Arts Snowflake Cluster; MFT Christmas Wishes

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts #607

*2024 Spelbinders Advent Hop - Day 8*

 It's day 8 of the 2024 Spellbinders 2024 Advent Calendar Instagram Hop... another set of dies for today.  I struggle with using vases in my card making... I even messed up placing some leaves in the vase so I covered it up with my sentiment LOL!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Garden Green

*Paper:  unknown Stampin' Up!

*Stamps:  Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Copipcs

*Dies:  Spellbinders 2024 Advent Calendar Day 8; Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Loops

*etc:  foam adhesives

*My Favourite Hop - Christmas Song*

I'm playing along with the My Favourite Instagram Hop today... and we are sharing our favourite Christmas Song.   I have a story....  we've been listening to Christmas music at the office for a few weeks now and they play Feliz Navidad A LOT!  I don't really care for this song, but my coworker sings it as "please feed the dog".  There is a video of Tatum (the sweetest doggo) singing this song and it always makes me smile... so I went with "Feliz Navidog" as my favourite Christmas song...

Before the card... click here to watch Tatum sing!

Card Info

*Stamps:  MFT Deck the Howls

*Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Twisted Citron; Copics

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles; MFT Stitched Rectangles

*Tools:  Brother Scan 'n Cut

*Etc:  Nuvo Shimmer Pen