Papertrey Ink and Altenew Christmas Snowglobe card

Hello everyone, and welcome to a brand‑new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges!

This month we’re inviting you to play along with three festive themes — choose your favourite or join in with all of them:

P is for Penguins

Q is for Quartet (Four of Something)

R is for Rectangles

Our lovely host this time is Helen, and she has a gorgeous gift ready for one lucky winner, so don’t forget to link up your creations.

P is for Penguin

For my penguin card, I dusted off an old favourite — the Papertrey Ink Snowglobe die set — and turned it into a snowy shaker.

 Inside the globe, I stamped the sweet Altenew Warm Heart mother‑and‑baby penguin pair, which fit the little scene perfectly. I filled the shaker with glitter and glass drops to create a frosty swirl when you give it a shake. I lightly inked the inner circle to give a little halo around the penguins, and used a snowy acetate for the front.

 

R is for Rectangles

For my rectangles card, I used a My Favorite Things die to create a panel of rectangles — ideal for this theme.

I backed the openings with patterned paper from my stash and fussy-cut one of the poinsettia flowers to add to the bottom-right rectangle. To finish, I stamped and heat‑embossed the sentiment for a touch of shine, then added a few die‑cut snowflakes with jewelled centres to complete the frosty look.

We’d love to see what you create — whether you’re feeling penguin‑playful, quartet‑clever, or rectangle‑ready. Join in the fun, share your makes, and you might be the lucky winner of Helen’s lovely prize.

I'd like to play along at

52 Weeks to Christmas August Challenge - use a snow globe

Krafty Chicks Challenge #833 - Christmas

A Cut Above Challenge August - use die-cuts

Cut it Up Challenge #362 die cuts with a sentiment

I hope you've been coping with the excessive heat if you are in the UK. I never thought I'd ever say I'm so ready for some cooler days and a bit of rain!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Concord &9th and Happy Little Stampers Christmas card

🎄 Addicted to Stamps and More – Christmas Challenge

Hello everyone, and welcome to the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. We’re diving into our Christmas theme this time, and there’s nothing nicer than watching that festive card pile quietly grow while I'm sheltering in my craft room from the excessive heat outside.

✂️ My Card for the Challenge

For my card, I decided it was high time to show a little love to an old, neglected embossing folder that’s been sulking in a drawer for far too long. I think it was a Cuttlebug folder, but I can't be sure because it has no label. It has a pretty border of snowflakes framing a raised central panel, and although it is only a 2D folder, there is enough dimension for me.

In that central space, I stamped and embossed Merry and Bright from Happy Little Stampers in red ink with clear embossing powder on top

To finish things off, I added a cluster of die‑cut poinsettia and greenery from Concord & 9th. The pops of colour against the snowy white embossing give the whole card a fresh, crisp look — festive without being fussy, which is always my favourite balance. I added a scalloped die-cut panel from My Favorite Things.

🎁 Join the Fun

I hope you’ll play along with us this week. Whether you’re deep into Christmas crafting already or just dipping a toe into the festive season, we’d love to see what you create. Dust off something neglected, pull out a favourite, or try something new — it all counts, and it all inspires. Our design team members have lots of inspiration for you over on the ATSM blog.

I'd like to play along at

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #207 - anything Christmas goes

Make My Monday Challenge #282 - Christmas in July

Neglected Stuff Challenge July 26 - old embossing folder

Peace on Earth Challenge #116 - anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

My Favorite Things and Lisa Horton robin Christmas card

 

Hello again, and welcome to the August challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

Our themes this time are 

P is for Pastel Colours.

Q is for Quick

and/or 

R is for Robin

I went for R is for Robin

I cut a Lisa Horton scalloped oval die and inkblended on it with blue and green ink before using a snowfall stencil to add the snow. The robins are from a My Favorite Things stamp set called Winter Birds, and I coloured them with pencils before fussy-cutting them out. The branches were found in my leftovers box, and the sentiment is from an old Lawn Fawn set.

I'd like to play along at

Alphabet Challenge - I is for Ink Blending

Outlawz Festive Friday Challenge - Christmas

Paper Rock Scissors Challenge #7 - anything goes - fussy cut birds

Farmquest Country Christmas Challenge #23 - country Christmas

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Altenew Just Jasmine greetings card

 

Hello everyone. I hope you had a lovely Easter and are enjoying the spring weather, if it is spring in your part of the world. We are starting another challenge at Addicted to Stamping and More, and this time you can pull out any colouring medium you like to make your mark.

I came up with this CAS design

I used the Altenew stamp and die set called Just Jasmine and used Copic pens and coloured pencils to colour it.

I inked inside a rectangle mask to frame the image, and also inked the scalloped mat with the same colour ink to coordinate.

You will find lots of inspiration on the ATSM blog, and you can link up your entry there too. 

I'd like to play along at

Altenew Inspiration Challenge April - Pretty in Pink Blooms

Unicorn Challenge #108 - use dies

CAS Colours and Sketches challenge #558 - sketch

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Blooming Blooms

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #252 - anything goes

Crafty Catz Challenge #692 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Poppystamps Woven Basket and Spellbinders pop up birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and I hope you are well. We've been enjoying some fabulous spring weather in my neck of the woods, so I'm glad I made this card a little while ago, allowing me to get out and enjoy it while it lasts. Our new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More starts up today, and this time we are looking for you to use die cuts and/or stencils.

I used both on this pop-up card

I used the Poppystamps woven basket pop-up die set to create the card, and for the basket, I left the die in place after cutting and inked some brown ink through it to highlight the basket weave.

I lightly stencilled some blue ink on the background before filling the basket with flowers and leaves from a couple of Spellbinder sets.

I used the sentiment from MFT to create the stopper and finished off with a bow.

As always, the DT has some great inspiration over on the blog and I look forward to seeing your entries if you decide to join us.

I'd like to play along at

Hearts Quest Celebration of Love #4 - spring

The Flower Challenge #101 - spring colours

Daisy Chain Challenge #95 - not a square

Lets Create Challenge #218 - anything goes with adding flowers

A Cut Above Challenge April - anything goes with die cuts

Crafty Calendar Challenge:5th April - feminine

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carolx

Mama Elephant Reindeer and Decorate the Tree Christmas card

 Hello everyone and I hope you are well and happy.

Well, the year has whooshed by and we have come to the final challenge of the year at ABC Christmas Challenges.

This time the themes are 

Y for Your favourite colours

and/or 

Z for Zoo animals

I love traditional colours at Christmas so I went for mostly red and green.

I used a couple of Mama Elephant stamp and die sets - Reindeer and Decorate the Tree. After stamping and die-cutting the elements, I coloured them very simply with Copic markers and arranged them on the card. I found the mat in my leftovers box and can't remember which die was used to cut it. I must finally get around to organising my dies next year!!!

To finish off I added a silver star to the top of the tree and added some gloss pen to the light strings.

We have a ton of inspiration for you over on the ABC Christmas Challenge blog and it would be lovely to see your festive cards in the gallery.

I'd like to play along at

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #93 - if it Christmassy, link it up.

The Cutie Pie Challenge #201 - cute Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties #88 - cute and Christmas

Peace on Earth Challenge #77 - - anything Christmas goes

Dragonfly Dreams December Challenge - Christmas

Colourful Options December - use the colours red green and gold

I'd like to thank you all for visiting my blog over the past year and send only good wishes for a very Happy Christmas and a healthy 2025. Of course, a bit of world peace wouldn't go amiss as well!

Love and hugs,

Carol x

Spellbinders Sweet Blooms Border Rocker Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

This time we want to see you make your mark with any colouring medium you choose and I came up with this card

I found the foiled flower image in my snippets box where it had been placed because some of the foiling had gone wrong. They reminded me of a Christmas Lily so I coloured them with Zig watercolour markers and cut out the best section with a die from the MFT Stitched Arch Stax dies. Because of the shape, I decided to make a circular rocking card with circle dies. The sentiment is from the Clearly Besotted Most Wonderful stamp set.

I'd like to play along at

Snippets Playground Challenge #493 - the damaged foil flower was from my snippet box

I forgot to take a photo of the foiled snippet so I deserve to be given lines 😟

Allsorts Challenge #806 - Christmas

Polkadoodles Challenge Wk45 - anything goes

Craft Rocket Challenge #120 Christmas card

Unicorn Challenge #104 Christmas/winter

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Papertrey Ink Quilled Elegance birthday card

 

Hello everyone and I hope you are well. Welcome to the new Birthday Challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

I used some old stamps from Papertrey Ink called Quilled Elegance for a CAS design and I really like the modern look these little hearts give.

I stamped and embossed the image and then coloured it with Copics before going over it with a glitter pen and die-cutting a stitched rectangle around it. It was too plain, so I impressed it with a PTI Linen Impression Plate to add some texture.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and the scalloped rectangle is from one of the MFT Blueprints die sets.

I'd like to play along at

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #234 - anything goes

Crafty Calendar July Challenge - add a sentiment

My Time to Craft #538 - CAS

Simply Clean and Simple July - use hearts

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Clearly Besotted Thinking of you card

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

I'm back from my hols and finally got some time to spend in my craft room to make a card for our Make Your Mark Challenge.

I used the lily stamp from the Clearly Besotted Thinking of You stamp set and embossed it in black ink. I coloured initially with Copic markers and then added coloured pencil shading and added the dots with a brown fine liner pen. I kept the layout simple - I just cut the panel and scalloped rectangle with some dies from the MFT Blueprints sets.

This is one of those cards that can be useful for several occasions depending on what you stamp inside, so I think I'll keep it in my stash until I need a sympathy or get-well card.

Over on the ATSM blog, the DT has lots of inspiration for you, and you can post your entries there too.

I'd like to play along at

Lil Patch of Craft Friends #232 The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping June Challenge - Fabulous Florals

Stamping Sensations June Challenge - anything goes 

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Honey Bee Holiday Bells Chrsitmas card

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

This time we have our Christmas Challenge 

and I came up with this card.

I used my NBUS Honeybee Holiday Bells dies and cut them out from different shades and silver mirror cards before layering them together to create the pretty pair of bells and the bow. I used a textured card with a slight sheen, which looks very pretty IRL. I placed the bells on the white card which I cut with the MFT Chain Oval Frame die but left the fallout piece in place and stamped sentiment from Papertrey Ink. This was all placed on a stitched rectangle mat and then on the base card.

As always, my talented Teamies have some great cards to show you over on the blog and you can link up your entries there too.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #145 - anything Christmas goes

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge - - August - anything goes

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge # 45 - anything Christmas goes

We have been having some very wet weather in my neck of the woods but today was actually sunny at times, so I had the chance to get some laundry dried outdoors - I lead an adventurous life lol! I hope you are having good weather where you are.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black Stocking Stuffers and Spellbinders Sugarplum Tweets Christmas cards

Hello crafty friends and welcome back to another challenge over at ABC Christmas Challenges.

We had a tremendous response to our January Challenge with 158 entries! You submitted some fantastic designs so please go to the blog to see if you were a winner if you joined us. 

Our host this time is the very talented Lynda from Loopylou

and she has this fabulous prize for the winner

Our themes this time are

C is for Checks

and/or

 D is for Die Cuts

I came up with these designs.

C for Checks

 

For this card, I stamped and white embossed the All Lined Up Background stamp from My Favorite Things onto a piece of kraft card. I then cut a white panel using the MFT Stitched Scallop Basic Edges die. The bird is from the Spellbinders Sugarplum Tweets die set and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

D for Die-Cuts

For this card, I cut the panel from some cream card, and before I removed it from the die, I inked around the edges with some brown ink to give a vintage look. I then stamped some sprigs and swirls around the card and stamped the sentiment from an old WPlus 9 stamp set called Pretty Patches.

I took some watercolour paper and painted on some red ink so I had a textured base and then cut the stockings and heart from it. The foliage and stockings are from the Penny Black Socking Stuffers die set and the heart is from my stash.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #133 - anything Christmas Goes

Peace on Earth Challenge #33 anything Christmas goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge 4th February - anything goes or hearts and flowers

Most Magical Time of Year #5 - anything Christmas or Halloween goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - 2 of something

We've had some wonderful weather over the past week - cold but sunny and the best part is that it isn't dark at 3.30pm any more. I smell spring in the air!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

 

Spellbinders Gnome Tree and Lawn Fawn Christmas Cards

Hello everyone and I hope you are well at this very busy time of year. We've reached the end of the alphabet for our last challenge of the year over at ABC Christmas Challenges and we have a good one for you!

Our themes are:

Y - Youngsters (For or featuring a child)

Z - Zoom (Mode of transport)

Our host is the lovely Wendy and she has a great gift for the winner

I made a gnome tree card for my Y for Youngsters





using dies from Spellbinders and My Favorite Things, along with an

embossing folder from Crafter's Companion for the background.


This is my Z for Zoom card



using stamps and dies from Lawn Fawn on an oxide inked background.

You'll find some amazing card ideas over on the ABC Christmas Challenges Blog and I'd like thank the team for the wonderful inspiration they have given us over the last 12 months. A very big thanks too to Helen who runs everything behind the scenes and does a great job of keeping the challenge going.

I'd like to play along at

Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies

Let's Squash it #27 - snowflakes and stars

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #69 - anything Christmassy

Dream Valley Challenge #284 - Christmas

Use Your Stuff Challenge 473 - anything Christmas


Thanks for stopping by


Hugs
Carol x