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

Woodware Ribbon Tree Christmas Card

 

Hello friends, and welcome to the final challenge of the year at Addicted to Stamps and More.

As we're in December, it's great that we have a Christmas theme, and I came up with this card.

I've had this Woodware Ribbon Tree stamp in my stash for a very long time, and I love the quirky look it gives. I used the Lisa Horton/Spellbinders Scalloped and Stitched Oval dies and cut the layers in white before colouring the visible edges with Copic markers, and to continue the pastel look, I used them to colour the tree too. A sentiment from Clearly Besotted finished it off .

You'll find lots of last-minute Christmas inspiration from my talented Teamies over on the ATSM Blog.

After this challenge, we'll be taking a Christmas break and be back on 6th January.

I'd like to play along at

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - use dies in Diecember

Make My Monday Challenge #266 - Christmas Trees

Neglected Stuff Challenge 12/25 - My ribbon tree

Die Cut Divas Challenge December -Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #65 - Anything Christmas Goes

Peace on Earth Challenge #100 - - anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Spellbinders Colorful Expressions Blossom card

 

Hello everyone, 

I always find this a funny old time of the year. The clocks have changed, and we have darker evenings, so the days seem shorter even though it's the same number of hours. I am someone who tends to want to hibernate until spring, but I also love crisp, sunny autumn days when the trees are displaying their wonderful colours, and leaves are crisp underfoot. I like to spend more time crafting and reading, and this year, I want to try my hand at crochet if I can find someone to teach me. Do you notice changes like this, and have you any plans to learn something new over the autumn/winter?

Anyway, welcome to the new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time, we are looking for creations using die-cuts and/or stencils.

I came up with this card using dies

Spellbinders recently had a sale, and I snapped up the Colourful Expressions Blossoms stamp and dies. I'm not in their club, but this was a good opportunity to try their stamp of the month from a while ago.

I stamped and coloured the lovely flowers, then die-cut them with the matching die. I rooted through some old supplies and found the Pinkfresh Studio Braided Tag die offered a good mat for the background. This die cuts a hole at the bottom, so I covered that with my sentiment made with a Betterpress plate and die-cut. I will add this to my cards that can suit several occasions, depending on what I stamp inside.

The design team has lots of inspiration for you over on the ATSM Blog and we'd love you to join in with us this time.

I'm off to play at

Triple B Challenge November - blossoms

A Cut Above Challenge :November - use a die cut

hA Place to Start November - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #265 - anything goes 

Dragonfly Dreams November Challenge - feminine

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Spellbinders Joy Christmas card and Papertrey Ink Mistletoe Christmas card

 

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

This time there are 2 themes, 

U for Uncluttered

and/or 

V for Vertical

If you want to join us, you can choose either theme, or both if you need to get working on your Christmas pile.

I came up with these cards using older things in my stash that needed some love, as I haven't used them in a long while.

U for Uncluttered CAS

I stamped and die-cut the mistletoe from Papertrey Ink and added a bow from Clearly Besotted. The sentiment is also from Clearly Besotted. I used a Papertrey Ink canvas impression plate on the background card to add a little texture, but keep an uncluttered look. To finish off, I added some tiny pearls as berries.

V for Vertical

For this one, I cut a stitched rectangle and some pretty paper and layered them onto a DL card base. I used the Spellbinders vertical Joy die, cut from red card and added it to the base. The die set has small flowers and leaves, and I cut several of these and added them here and there. For the JOY letters, I cut several white ones for stacking so they would stand proud of the base, and topped them with some red holographic card to make it pop.

I'd like to play along at:-

Farm Quest Country Christmas Challenge #25 - country Christmas card

The Holly and Ivy Challenge #193 - Anything Christmas goes

A Cut Above Challenge October - anything with a die cut

Neglected Stuff Challenge 10/25 - papers and dies have not been used in a long time

Girlz Creative Christmas #145 - anything Christmast-anything.html

Cut it up Challenge #340 - use more than one die

I do hope you'll join us - we love looking at your entries.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Spellbinders Daisy Trio card

 

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and getting some crafty time to yourself. We are starting a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More, and this time you can make a design for any occasion.

 

I created a card with a general sentiment on the front, allowing me to add a more specific sentiment inside to match the occasion.

I die-cut a rectangle of white card and used a Betterpress Plate called Daisy Trio by Yana Smakula.I used the coordinating stencils to add the colour, and finished off with the die-cut sentiment which is from the Pinkfresh Studio My Favourite Sentiments Pressplate. 

We're in chaos at home with a refurbishment of our bedroom happening next week. I can't believe how much stuff was tucked away in that room! We've had to empty it completely because it needs to be replastered, and all the stuff is now scattered around the house. I feel a decluttering session coming on lol!

I'd like to play along at

Cut it Up Challenge #336 - add a sentiment

Creative Inspiration Challenge #29 - anything goes

Triple B Challenge August - blooms

Creative Inspirations Challenge August - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

 

Penny Black Tulip birthday card

 

Hello all, and welcome!

Despite the droopy hot weather, we're back with a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More,

and this time we are asking you to make your mark with any colouring medium you fancy.

I came up with a landscape shape card for a change.

I used my new Penny Black tulip 3d embossing folder and die, and then used the accompanying stencils, to colour the image with pink, purple and green inks.

I used the Spellbinder Essential Petal dies to cut the layers and coloured the bottom one with the same ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I'm sorry the photos aren't very sharp - I'm not sure what I did wrong here:-(

We had some great entries last week, so thank you if you joined us, and there's lots to see on the ATSM blog if you'd like some inspiration.

I'd like to play along at

Stencil Fun Challenge July 2025 - anything goes with a stencil

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge July - anything goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

The Greetery and Avery Elle candle Christmas card and music Christmas card

Hello everyone, and I hope you are well and happy. How can half the year have gone by so quickly? We are at our mid-year challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges, and this time we have 

L for light

and/or 

M for Music

Helene is our host this time, and she has a lovely prize for the randomly drawn winner

 

This is what I came up with for my Light card

I cut the window (The Greetery) in white card and coloured the frame with grey ink to resemble an old church window. I inked the panes in blue and yellow before placing them back in the frame.

The candles come from an NBUS stamp and die set called Candlelight Christmas, and I coloured the images with Copic markers. I layered the branches over the candles and topped it all with the pretty bow before adding the sentiment from the same set. I then added the window to a scallop-edged stitched rectangle die-cut, which I had blended with the same blue ink.

My M for music card also used some products from the Greetery.

I began by using a Spellbinder Press Plate called Lest Us Adore Him, and passed it through the Betterpress after inking. I then cut the card with one of the Nordic Frames dies and layered it onto silver card.

The Music clef and notes come from the Greetery, Let Heaven and Nature Sing dies, and I finished off by adding a trio of die-cut circles.

You can see the shine a bit better in this photo.

As always, the design team have some great inspiration cards for you on the ABC blog, and we'd love to visit if you decide to join us this time. 

I'd like to play along at

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #89 - anything Christmas goes

Jingle Belles Challenge - Music

Fab n Funky Challenge #618 - use your dies

NBUS Challenge #75 - my candle stamps and dies are NBUS

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #186 - anything Christmas goes

The Crafty Calendar Challenge June - add a sentiment

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

Crafter's Companion Snowman and Honeybee Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to February at ABC Christmas Challenges.

This time we have

 C for Cute 

and/or

 D for Die-Cuts

Lynda is our lovely host this time and she has a great prize up for grabs for the winner.

This is my C for Cute

I inked up some white card with blue inks and then used a Honeybee snowflake embossing folder. I inked over the raised snowflakes to add some more colour and used them as the background. The snowbank was cut from Spellbinders glitter foam with a Penny Black Festive Family die set, and the penguins were cut from the same set. The cute snowman is from Crafters Companion, and I finished it off with a sentiment die from Spellbinders.

 

D for Die-Cuts

For this quick one, I cut a square of blue glitter card and added snowflakes cut with the Card Making Magic Dashing Through The Snow die set. The corner was cut 4 times and placed around the edges of the card to frame the Simon Says Stamp sentiment. 

There is a lot of inspiration on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog and you can add your card there if you want to join in the fun.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #177 - anything goes

A Cut Above Challenge February - Anything goes with die-cuts

Outlaws Challenge Monday - wonderful greetings

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #184 - January Blues

Can You Handle The Pressure February - anything using an embossing folder

Creative Moments Challenge #267 - Cute

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

 

The Greetery and Spellbinders Christmas money envelope

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

This time we are looking for diecuts and/or stencils on your design.

One of my sons requested cash for his Christmas present because he was saving for a computer. I don't know why, but I don't really like giving cash for presents and I wanted to pretty it up when I gave it to him, so I made a gift envelope to put it in.

 

I began by stencilling some blue snowflakes onto white card using the Snowfall stencil from Honey Bee.

To make the envelope, I used The Greetery Stationery Box Die. I trimmed the sides of the box into an envelope shape and cut out a half-circle with one of the dies.

   

To enable the envelope to open without having to tear it, I made a large sentiment from the Spellbinders Stylish Merry Christmas die and tucked the flap behind it.

 

I'm sorry that the photos aren't good - it was a really dark day and I had to use flash which changed the colours. The snowflakes are brighter and the sentiment is a Christmas red irl!

I'd like to play along at

Girls Creative Christmas Challenge #109 - snowflakes

Inkspirational Challenge #333 - snow 

Rudolph Days Challenge January - anything Christmas

My Time to Craft Christmas #104 - rectangle base

Creative Moments Challenge #266 - winter blues

Craft Challenge #747 - Christmas

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black and bear Christmas Card

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

For our penultimate challenge of the year, we have 2 themes to use from

W for Watercolour 

and 

X for Xylophone with this great inspiration photo to spark your creativity

I went for Watercolour and came up with this card

This cute image has been in my collection for many years. It was originally on a wooden block and, in a fit of trying to be better organised, I removed all such stamps from their blocks thinking I would remember what they were called. Hahaha.... - I should have known better! I now have a bunch of orphaned stamps that I can't part with but rarely use, so I decided to give this one an outing.

I used my Zig Watercolour pens to colour the image and placed it behind my NBUS Penny Black All-in-One Hexagon die which dry embosses a lovely border. The sentiment is from Spellbinders.

I'd like to play along at

NBUS Challenge for November

Can You Handle the Pressure - - warm drinks

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes

Daisychain Challenge #91 Christmas/winter

Craft Rocket Challenge #120 - Christmas/winter

Thanks for stopping by,

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