Clearly Besotted Joy to the World and MFT Winter Birds Christmas cards

 Hello everyone, and welcome back to another fun round at ABC Christmas Challenges!

This month we’ve got two creative themes to play with:

J for Just Enough (CAS)

and/or

K for Knitwear

For my Just Enough card, I dusted off a very old Clearly Besotted stamp and die set called Joy to the World. I used this set so much when I first got it, and it felt like catching up with an old crafty friend. I stamped the wreath in green, cut it out with the matching die, and then added the berries by over‑stamping and heat‑embossing them in white. To stay true to the CAS spirit, I embossed the sentiment — and I actually stopped there. No extra sprinkles, no last‑minute “just one more thing.” I used to make CAS cards all the time, but my style has wandered over the years, so keeping it simple was surprisingly tricky…

For my Knitwear card, I reached for the adorable Winter Birds set from My Favourite Things. I stamped the birds and foliage, coloured them with pencils, and fussy‑cut the whole gang. Then I made a DL card base and used a Pinkfresh Studio die with round windows—perfect little perches for my feathered friends. I ink‑blended some soft blue into the apertures to suggest sky, and arranged the birds and sprigs so they looked right at home.

I'd like to play along at

Stamping Sensations May Challenge - - Cute Creatures

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Things with Wings

Paper Rock Scissors- anything goes with scissors

Triple B Challenge May 2026 - birds

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #204 - anything Christmas goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #110 - Seasons Tweetings

Neglected Stuff Challenge May 2026 - use old - Joy to the World Stamp set

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Concord & 9th Christmas Crackers card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the latest challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This round, we’re focusing on Christmas creations. It may feel a long way off, but that’s exactly why it’s the perfect moment to get ahead and let your festive card pile grow at a gentle, stress‑free pace.

For this design, I reached for my NBUS Concord & 9th Christmas Cracker dies and created a small cluster of crackers to feature on the shaped card front. I added snowflake and bow accents for a touch of seasonal detail and chose a coordinated palette using Papertrey Ink colours. The card shape itself was cut with a Bright Rosa die, and the sentiment comes from Kristina Werner.

I'd like to play along at -

Stamps and Fun 495 - use dies

A Cut Above May Challenge - anything goes with dies

Girlz Creative Christmas 176 - use dies

NBUS Challenge #86 - Cracker dies are NBUS

Peace on Earth Challenge May - anything Christmas goes

As always, my talented Teamies have lots of inspiration for you on the ATSM Blog, and would love a visit from you.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

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