Penny Black Daffodil Days birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

The time we're asking you to make your mark with any colouring medium you like, so you can break out your favourite. 

I stamped the Daffodil Days stamp from Penny Black onto Bristol paper and coloured it with Zig Clean Colour pens before die-cutting the image. I die-cut the scalloped oval from Mama Elephant, inked it with blue ink, then placed my image on it. I finished off by stamping the sentiment from Avery Elle and adding a few blue gems.

I'd like to play along at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge # 2617 - - anything goes

Dream Valley Challenge #360 - things with wings

Make My Monday Challenge #276 - birds, and or eggs

Allsorts Challenge #848 - anything but a square

Penny Black Saturday Challenge April - anything goes

All About Challenge #4 - birthdays

I decided to have a mini reorganisation of my craft space over the past week, and you guessed it - mini turned into maxi very quickly, and I got into a right old mess. Of course, once I started, the weather turned glorious, and my husband wanted to make the most of it, so my messy room has had to wait. I hope you are having good weather wherever you are.

Hugs,

Carol x

Kristina Werner Flower Field birthday card

Hello everyone, and welcome to the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

This time, we invite you to break out your dies and/or stencils to make a project you'd like to share with us.

I used some new goodies from Kristina Wener

I stamped the Flower Field stamp and then used the accompanying stencils to colour in. I cut the image with a circle die and matted it onto a larger circle that I coloured with the same pink ink used on some of the flowers.

The sentiments were die cut using KW Big Birthday dies. I placed everything on a 6x6 basecard to finish off.

I'm finding that I like using stencils to colour for a quick finish, but I also like taking the time to colour images from scratch, too. I must try colouring this image with another medium, but I'm finding it more difficult to hand-colour these days as my eyes aren't what they were!

I'd like to play along at

NBUS Challenge #85 - NBUS Stamp, stencil and dies

Allsorts Challenge #847 - In the garden

Crafty Calendar April Challenge - use dies

All About Challenge #4 - all about birthdays

 Sieze the Birthday Challenge #324 - spring garden

Ellibelle's Garden Party - anything from a garden

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

The Greetery Nordic Tree Christmas card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

Fabiola is our lovely host for the April challenge, and she has a prize for the randomly chosen winner 

a 30$  gift card from your favourite store.

Our themes this time are

'H  is for Hat'

&

'I is for Image Only (no sentiment)'

I made a gift tag for my Hat using the Papertrey Ink Tag Sale Quilted die and inked it with very pale blue ink after masking off a small hill. I spattered some white ink for snow, and while it dried, I stamped, coloured and fussy-cut the Hobby Art Rockin' Robin stamp and log.

For my image-only card, I used The Greetery Nordic Christmas Tree cut from green foil card to give it some shine. I embossed a die for the base card and inked it as above, adding a cut from Spellbinders Stylish Ovals, which I embossed with a snowfall E/F. This provided the background for my shiny tree, and I topped it off with a gold star.

I'd like to play along at

Hearts Quest Shaped Cards and Tags #16 - anything goes with a shaped tag

Paper Rocks Scissors April #15 - anything goes using paper and scissors - robin and log fussy cut

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #202 - anything Christmas goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #109 - Brimming with style

Unicorn Challenge #119 - use dies

A Cut Above Challenge - anything with dies - no twist

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Clearly Besotted All in Onesie Easter card

 

Hello friends,

Spring has been a long time coming for me this year, but we are coming up to the Easter weekend, and the daffodils are in full bloom despite the rain. I made a little Easter card for my Granddaughter that fits our new Any Occasion theme at Addicted to Stamps and More.

I don't have many Easter stamp sets, but I found this gorgeous NBUS Clearly Besotted set called All in Onesie: Easter, and happily stamped, coloured with Copics and die-cut the cute duck, sheep and rabbit.

They needed somewhere to sit, so I die-cut a scalloped rectangle and placed an oval mask on it to ink the sky and grass, then stamped a few clouds and some grass detail. I finished off with a little die-cut chick and a greeting.

My talented design teammates have some great inspiration on the ATSM blog, and you can join us in the challenge anytime until 14th April.

I'd like to join in on

Allsorts Challenge #846 - It's Springtime

Star in my pocket challenge #80 - Furry Friends

Dream Valley Challenge #358 - Spring has Sprung

I hope you have a lovely Easter,

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Spellbinders Happy Hello Floral birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

The theme this time is Birthdays, and as I always need more birthday cards, this was a good opportunity to add to my pile.

I stepped out of my comfort zone with a bright orange background card. I found a white die-cut honeycomb panel in my scrap pile and inked it orange to lay over the darker card and add a little more interest. I stamped the Spellbinders Happy Hello Floral stamp, and coloured it with watercolour before cutting it out with the matching die. 

As always, my talented DT buddies have some great inspiration for you over on the ATSM blog,  and we'd love you to join us this week.

I'd like to play along at

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Beautiful Blooms

A Place To Start Challenge March - no squares

We Love to Craft Challenge 2 - anything papercraft goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #39 - anything floral goes

Seize the Birthday Challenge #322 - anything birthday goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

My Favorite Things Elf Christmas card and Kristiner Werner Easy Repeat Holly Background Christmas card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges. I am hosting this time, and I have this gift for the randomly chosen winner, so I hope you will join us.

This time we have 3 themes

E is for Elf,

F is for Foliage,

and

 G is for Gems

This is my E is for Elf card

I used a mix of materials from MY Favorite Things, The Greetery, Penny Black and Papertrey Ink to create a cosy fireplace scene.

F is for Foliage 

 

For this card I used the Kristina Werner Repeat Holly Background stencils to create the background and cut it with dies from my neglected MFT Blueprints 18 set. The sentiment is from the Waffle Flower Oversized Joy set. 

You'll find lots of inspiration over on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog, and you can add your entry over there.

I'd ike to play along at

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #200 - anything Christmas goes

A Cut Above Challenge March 26 - - anything goes with a die cut

Stencil Fun Challenge March 26 - stencil and vinery
 

Neglected Stuff Challenge March 26 - MFT Blueprints dies

Farmquest Home Challenge #7 - anything home related

Christmas Crafts March - E and F ( Elf and Foliage)

Thank you for stopping by, I really do appreciate your visits.

Hugs,

Carol x

The Greetery Shortbread Shapes Snowflakes Christmas card

 

Hello friends, and welcome back to another ATSM Challenge. This time, we have a Christmas theme, and it's a good opportunity to add to your stash for Christmas 2026.

I came up with this card:-

I used some new dies from The Greetery called Shortbread Shapes Snowflakes. I love the pretty embossing, and simply moved the central star shape by one turn, and backed it with some red card. The sentiment is from Kristina Werner, and everything was placed on a 5 x 7-inch base card.

At this point, I thought it looked a bit sparse, so I added red dots in the centre of each snowflake and called it done.

The design team has some great inspiration over on the ATSM blog, and I know they would love to have you visit.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above Challenge March - use die cuts

Peace on Earth Challenge #107  - anything Christmas

Outlaws Christmas Challenge March - anything Christmas goes

12 Months of Christmas Challenge #132 - anything Christmas goes

NBUS Challenge #84 - The Greetery dies

Christmas Bingo Challenge #18 - Row N - Epoxy dots - free - embossing

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #67 - Anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x