*{BYSHC} Sketch #62 Take 2*

 Hello friends... I'm back today with another card following the fabulous October sketch at Build Your Stash Holiday Card Makers...

While I was making my first card (that I shared earlier this month), I had this idea for my second card.  Because I'm menopausal and have post-chemo brain, I took a second to write down my idea so I wouldn't forget.  I'm so glad I remembered what I wanted to do because I LOVE this card!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; gold foil

*Dies:  Hero Arts Joy Stamp 'n Cut

*Embossing:  Gina K Holiday Flora

*Challenges:  Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers #62

*CAS on Friday Challenge #321*

The challenge prompt at CAS on Friday is "birthday"...  My card isn't as clean and simple as I would have liked since this is a clean and simple challenge, but I do love how it turned out!  I am really enjoying these mostly white on white cards lately!  I purchased this die while I was in Ontario visiting my sister.  Stamp Art in London Ontario is in the process of closing so I was happy to have been able to have one more shopping spree in their store. I got this die there.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Tonic Studio Sew Pretty Butterfly Column

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  CAS on Friday #321

*This or That Instagram Hop*

This week on the This or That Instagram Hop, we had to choose between Man or Beast.  I was in a colouring mood so I pulled out this cute stamp set and did a little colouring.  I don't have the dies for this set so instead of cutting out the elf around it's shape, I used a stitched circle die instead.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Granny Apple Green

*Stamps:  MFT Santa's Elves; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Versafine Clair Nocture; Copics

*Dies: MFT Stitched Circles, Stitched Rectangles; The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday

*Embossing:  Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions

*Rainbow Connection Instagram Hop*

 Each month, a group of us gather on Instagram to share cards we've made using the rainbow colours as inspiration.  We try (and sometimes fail) to make these cards clean and simple, but no matter what, the colours of the rainbow make these cards gorgeous!

For my card today, I did some ink blending with some Distress Oxide Inks on a small panel that I then cut my word out of.  I put the card together and it felt like it was missing something so I cut a small strip of the leftover ink blended panel to add.  It made all the difference!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps:  MFT Essential Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Distress Oxide in Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry and Mustard Seed

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Big Happy

*CAS Colours & Sketches #572*

 What a fun new sketch from Suzy over at CAS Colours & Sketches.  I saw it and knew exactly what items to pull from my stash.  I love it when it's that easy!

I pulled out some of  m favourite things from my stash...  this patterned paper, the shade of red and the dies.  They all get used a lot when I'm  making Christmas cards!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler, Soft Succulent

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas

*Stamps: Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies: Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments; Spellbinders Christmas Blassings

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Embellishments:  Kaiser Pearls

*Challenges:  CAS Colours  & Sketches #572

*Atlantic Hearts Sketch #653*

I had an idea pop in to my head when I saw the current sketch at Atlantic Hearts... but I'm not honestly sure how I feel about it.  First, here's the sketch

And this is  my interpretation of it.  It's one of those cards that I thought "oh ya" as soon as I was done making it... but the more I look at it, the more I don't like it!

Card Info

*Cardstock: Stampin' Up! Handsome Hunter, Cherry Cobbler, Certainly Celery

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! True Love

*Stamps:  Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies: Lisa Horton Christmas Floral Builder;  Stampin' Up! Layering Ovals

*Embossing:  Lisa Horton Christmas Floral Builder

*Embellishments:  HAI Supply gold pearls 

*ATCs in to Cards Take 3*

 And finally... the last of the three cards I made using the ATCs I created for a different challenge a few weeks ago.  this card I ran with the black and white theme and used a larger black mat to set everything off.

*ATCs in to Cards Take 2*

 I'm back today with the second card I made using the ATCs I created for a different challenge.

For this card, I chose some extra black matted layers and added a few vertical scored lines down the centre of the one panel to add a little more visual insterest.

*ATCs in to Cards Take 1*

 A few weeks ago, the challenge at CAS on Friday was "anything but a card".  I chose to make some Artist Trading Cards even though I knew I'd never use them as that.  You can see those three ATCs HERE.

Many many moons ago, we called this size of a creation "card candy"... something you could use to make a card.  So that's what I did!  Today I am sharing the first of the three cards I made using those ATCs as my starting point.

For this card, I used a stitched rectangle die to add a little more visual "business" to the card rather than simply laying the smaller piece to my card base.

*BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party*

 This time of the year, it's very easy for me to create a lot of entries for the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmaking Linky Party...  because  I LOVE making Christmas cards!

This is my final card for the linky party (but far from my last Christmas card!)... I love this pattern paper with the dark green and the  gold highlights... and I love how it looked with some kraft cardstock on it/

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake

*Paper:  DCWV December 25th
*Dies:  Hero Arts Joy
*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

*This or That Instagram Hop*

Another Christmas card for you this morning... this time for the This or That Instagram Hop.  This week, we were choosing between scarf or sweater. I was creating at my sisters house when I  made this card, which meant I didn't have my entire stash with me.  I decided to play with this cute snowman and his scarf.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  unknown glitter paper; Stampin' Up! Basic Black

*Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Warmest Wishes

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

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Warmest Wishes; Tutti Snowflake Corner

*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

*BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party*

Another Christmas card for you today...  I used a couple of thin strips of patterned paper to create this cute card. The hardest part about this card was keeping the woven part of the papers together while trying to adhere it to my panel.

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black, Handsome Hunter
*Paper:  DCWV December 25th
*Stamps:  Tonic Studios A Candy Cane Christmas
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies: Spellbinders Bottle Brush Trees
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

 

*Time Out Challenges #300*

 This week, Time Out Challenges is hosting it's 300th challenge!  What an amazing milestone!  Our prompt for this challenge is Autumn Celebrations Around the World. I chose to make a simple thank you card for this challenge as here in Canada, we celebrate Thanksgiving in the fall (in fact it was two weeks ago)

I chose to go super clean and simple, using a large leaf die cut from some fabulous Pinkfresh Studio washi tape.I chose to highlight the gold highlights in the leaves by doing my sentiment in gold as well.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; unknown gold foil

*Stamps:  GinaK Fancy Greetings Mini

*Ink:  Versafine  Claire Nocturne
*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies

*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Big Thanks; Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies

*Tools:  Perfect Layes
*Challenges:  Time Out #300

*BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays 2025 Linky Party*

I'm back with another card for the Falling for the Holidays Linky Party at Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers. If you haven't checked out the gallery of submissions yet, you totally should!  There is so much inspiration there!!

For my card today, I use some of my stash of patterned paper to create a quick and easy card to put together.  Just because it was quick, don't think it is clean and simple!

Card Info
*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black
*Paper:  DCWV December 25th
*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne
*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Christmas Blessings
*Tools:  Perfect Layers
*Etc:  foam adhesive
*Challenges: BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

*Build Your Stash Falling for the Holidays Linky Party*

 I'm here this morning with another Christmas card for the BYSHCardmarkers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party.  I love these little gnomes from PhotoPlay... so cute and easy to colour!

Card Info

*Paper:  DCWV December 25th

*Stamps:  Photo Play Gnome for the Holidays; Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas

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

*Dies:  Photo Play Gnome for the Holidays; Simon Stays Stamp Clean Line Christmas

*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

*Patterned Paper Instagram Hop*

 On the 20th of each month, I play along the Patterned Paper Instagram Hop.  We are a group of creative people who play with our ever growing stash of patterned paper, in hopes of using up some our stash.  I am not playing along with the optional theme of Hallowe'en because I am totally over Hallowe'en at this point... so I used all patterned paper to create a Christmas card.

Card Info

*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas

*Stamps:  MFT Christmas Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair  Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Stitched Rectangles, Christmas Wishes; unknown stitched tree

*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party; Inkspirational #352

*Crushing Christmas Instagram Hop*

It's time for another Crushing Christmas Instagram Hop.  I had to quickly make a new card for the hop because  misread the challenge prompt as "frosty" when it was actually "frosty flowers"  Whoops!  I looked to see if I could add a flower to the card I had made (the snowman I posted earlier today) and it was a no go.

I had a few ideas for frosty flowers, but settled on using a die I'd never pulled out before to cut some vellum pointsettias.

Card Info

*Paper:  vellum

*Stamps: Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles, Additional Circles; Dee's Destinctively Mini Poinsettis; Penguin Palace Magical Christmas Sentiments

*Embellishments:  HAI Supply gold pearls

*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling For The Holidays Linky Party; Inkspirational #352

*BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party*

 I am SO loving being in almost totally Christmas card mode these days.  Christmas is truly my favourite reason to make cards and I love my Christmas stash oh so much!  I made this card for the Crushing Christmas Instagram Hop, but then realized that the prompt was "frosty florals" not just "frosty".  So there's an extra card for me to share.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Blue Shimmer
*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp WarmestWishes; MFT Christmas Wishes

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

*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! Dotted Circles

*Tools: PerfectLayers; Brother Scan 'n Cut

*Challenges:  BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

*My Favorite Instagram Hop*

 This week, the prompt for the My Favorite Instagram Hop is favourite shape.  I couldn't chose a basic shape for myself... but my favourite shape is snowflake.  I think they are absolutely beautiful both in nature and in my creativity.  I don't like the cold weather that comes with snowflakes, but I sure do think they are pretty!

Card Info

*Paper: Unknown silver sparkle

*Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Clean Line Christmas

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Impressions Obsession Snowflakes; MFT Stitched Rectangles

*Embossing:  Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Visions

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  BYSHC Falling For The Holidays; Inkspirational #352

*Create It 3 Ways Instagram Hop*

Today is the 3rd Saturday of the month which means I am here with my cards for the Create It 3 Ways Instagram Hop.  Each month, we create 3 cards using at least one element the same on all three cards.  Our theme this month is Thankful.

I chose to make three cards using all of the same products.  I was visiting my sister when I made these cards so the die is hers and the patterned paper I used from her stash were papers that came from my Mom's stash (she passed away in 2010).

As you can see I used slim strips of the fall coloured patterned paper in a few different ways to create these cards.

*Joy*

 Good morning crafty, friends... I'm here with another card for the BYSHC Falling for the Holidays Linky Party... a super great card today, showing how to use up some smaller scraps of your favourite pattern paper

Card Info
*Cardtock:  Unknown gold shimmer
*Paper:  Stampin' Up! Tidings of Christmas
*Dies:  Hero  Arts Joy; MFT Stitched Rectangles
*Challenges:  Inkspirational #352

*Addicted to CAS #294*

 Happy Saturday, creative friends.  It's time for a new challenge at Addicted to CAS.

I made most of my card simply white... with a bright pop of colour to finish it off. I love the texture I created in the little 1" squares...

Card Info

*Stamps:  Trinity Stamps Autumn Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne.

*Washi:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies

*Dies:  Pinkfresh Studio Fluttering Butterflies; MFT Stitched Rectangles
*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! Dotted Circles

*Challenges:  ATCAS #294

*{BYSHC} Falling For The Holidays 2025 Linky Party*

  Good morning, creative friends... and welcome to day one of the Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Falling For The Holidays Linky Party!!!  For one whole week, we will be sharing Christmas cards with you in the hopes that you will share your Christmas cards with us!  Link up your newly created Christmas cards on the Build Your Stash blog for your chance to win some amazing prizes from some fabulous sponsors!  Be sure to check out the end of my post to see a list of all of our wonderful sponsors!

My first card for this week long party is using these fabulous die cut and embossed pointsettias...  I was visiting my sister at the beginning of the month and this was one of the things she had recently purchased...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler, Certainly Celery, Handsome Hunter

*Stamps:  MFT Christmas Wishes

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Embossing: Lisa Horton Christmas Floral Builder; Stampin' Up! Soft Waves

*Dies:  Lisa Horton Christmas Floral Builder; MFT Christmas Wishes
*Embellishments:  Spellbinders Opal Gems

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Challenge: BYSHCardmakers Falling for the Holidays Linky Party

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*CAS on Friday #320*

 The current challenge at CAS on Friday is to create a clean and simple card featuring feathers.  I am not a big fan of birds, but I think feathers are pretty!  I cut my feather out of a brushed silver cardstock.  To add a little more life to my simple design, I added some scored lines on my front panel.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Basic Black; unknown brushed silver

*Stamps:  MFT Something for Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  MFT Something for Everything; Picket Fence Studio Fanciful Feathers

*Tools: ScorBuddy; Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  CAS on Friday #320

*AAA Colourful #21*

Happy Day, creative friends!  It's the 15th of the month and time for a new colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful!  We are asking you to be inspired by the colours in the graphic to create a card this month

I chose the red, green and a dusty blue to highlight in my card today...  a simple wreath of flowers and some added colourful mats

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Real Red, Wild Wasabi, Misty Moonlight

*Stamps:   Honey Bee Stamps Best of Everything

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Essentials by Ellen Essential Circles; Spellbinders Floral Spray, Be Bold Blooms

*Embellishments:  Kaiser Pearls

*Tool:  Perfect Layers

*Challenges:  AAA Colourful #21; Freshly Made Sketches #708

*CAS Colours & Sketches #571*

 It's time for a new colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches... I can't wait to see what you create!

These colours scream Hallowe'en to me... but I don't love Hallowe'en so I went with something different instead...  I cut the centre portion of the image with a rectangle die and matted it with the darker colour.  I added it back to the centre of my card with some foam adhesive to add a little more interest

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Timid Tiger

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Stampin' Up! Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nested Rectangles

*Stencil:  Picket Fence Studio Sunburst

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Etc:  foam adhesive

*Challenges:  CAS & Colours & Sketches #571

*Atlantic Hearts #651*

Today I'm playing along with the fabulous new sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges...

For many of you, my card will be clean and simple... but it's not.  The all over embossed background means my card is altered, almost entirely, which  means it is not a clean and simple design.  It is crisp and clean though, and that's what I was going for.

Card Info

*Stamps:  The Ton Easy Expressions
*Dies:  The Ton Easy Expressions; Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses

*Washi Tape:  Pinkfresh Studio Vines & Roses

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Leafy

*Challenges:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch #651