The Greetery and Spellbinders Happy Hello Birthday Card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome back to a brand‑new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time we’d like to see you Make Your Mark — that lovely open theme where you can use any medium you like to add colour to your project. Markers, pencils, inks, paints… if it leaves a mark, it counts.

For my card, I reached for the Spellbinders Happy Hello stamp and die set to create a birthday card. I stamped the floral image and coloured it with Copic markers. Once it was coloured, I die‑cut the image and decided where to place it on the card.

To build the background, I started with a scalloped base panel for a pretty, decorative frame. On top of that, I added an oval layer from The Greetery, which I inked lightly and then embossed with the matching embossing folder to give it extra texture and interest before adding some ink splatter.

For the finishing touch, I stamped the sentiment with a Betterpress plate and fussy-cut it.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above Challenge September 26 - anything die-cut goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #45 - anything floral goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #329 - anything goes

Seize the Birthday Challenge #334 - anything birthday goes

My talented DT friends have some inspiration for you over on the ATSM blog, and you can link your entry there.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Lisa Horton Basket of Love birthday card

 

Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This week we’re celebrating Birthdays, and we’d love to see your creative takes on this ever‑popular theme.

For my card, I used the Lisa Horton Basket of Love set — embossing folder, stencil, and die — to build a pretty floral basket for a friend who loves pink roses. The background is simply white card spattered with yellow ink and embossed with a Cuttlebug dot folder for soft texture.

I framed the basket with a John Next Door die‑cut frame in pink, tucked a happy birthday tag into the flowers, and finished with a Celebrate sentiment from The Greetery.

We can’t wait to see your birthday creations. Come join us over on the ATSM blog and share what you make!

I'd like to play along at

Try it on Tuesday: - Make it colourful

Stencil Fun Challenge August 26 - use stencils

Triple B Challenge August 26 - Blooms

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #283 - - anything goes

Moving Along With the Times ~192 - Feminine

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

The Greetery Tangled Tulips birthday card

Hello everyone, and welcome to the latest challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. Our theme this round is Birthdays, and we’d love to see your creative interpretations. From clean and simple to full‑on celebratory layers, anything birthday‑themed is welcome.

My card features several products from The Greetery. I used the Capsule Basics Oval die to create the mat and embossed it with the coordinating Capsule Basics 3D folder. The Tangled Tulip dies were cut and coloured, then arranged in the oval with space left for the sentiment from Papertrey Ink, which was embossed in white. I completed the design with the Regency Bow 1.

You’ll find plenty of inspiration from the design team over on the Addicted to Stamps and More blog, and we’d absolutely love to have you join us for this challenge. Whether you’re adding to your birthday stash or just fancy a creative play, we can’t wait to see what you make.

I'd like to play along at

Dream Valley Challenge #364 - embossing wet and dry

Make My Monday Challenge #278 - say it with flowers

613 Avenue Create Challenge May - optional flowers

Dragonfly Dreams May Challenge - use die cuts

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #41 - use flowers

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

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

Penny Black Favorite Flowers birthday card

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

This time we are looking for anything you can use to make your mark. Paints, alcohol markers, coloured pencils, ink - the world's your oyster. I went with watercolour for my card.

I used the floral arrangement from Penny Black's Favorite Flowers stamp and die set, stamped in Toffee Crunch ink. I coloured with Sakura Koi watercolours and then die cut the flowers. I wasn't happy with a couple of the small flowers and made the mistake of going back in to try and improve them. Bad idea! The whole thing almost went in the bin until I thought of covering the mistake with the sentiment, and I think it worked.

My talented DT friends have some great inspiration for you over on the ATSM blog, and it would be great to see your entry in the gallery.

I'd like to play along at

Make My Monday Challenge -#271 - use 2 dies

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #272 - anything goes

We Love Stamping February 26 - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #38 - floral project

Penny Black Saturday Challenge February 26 - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

 

The Greetery Floral Arches birthday card

 

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

This time, we look forward to seeing die-cuts and/or stencils in your project, and I used both on my card.

   

I used The Greetery Floral Arches Stamps and Stencils with inks from Papertrey Ink, and die-cut the resulting image. The central arched shape and sentiment are from the Arched Sentiments set.

I cut the background with a Capsule Basics oval die from white card and inked it up to tone with the leaves. I then embossed it with a very old Cuttlebug 2D embossing folder from my stash, and it was placed on a 5 x 7 basecard.

My talented teammates have some great inspiration over on the blog, and we'd love to see what you can come up with.

I'd like to play along at,

Stencil Fun Challenge February 2026 - anything stencil

Hearts Quest Celebration of Love Challenge Feb 26 - birthday

Triple B Challenge February 26 - blooms

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2605 - anything goes

Neglected Stuff Challenge February 26 - neglected Cuttlebug E/F

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge February 26 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

The Greetery holiday borders and Papertrey Ink birthday card

Hello friends. Happy New Year, and I really hope it's going to be a good one for you. There is such a lot of sadness around for so many people, both nearby and across the world, and my hope is that we all get some comfort and kindness this year. One way to escape from reality when it is hard to face is to spend time playing with your crafty stash and create something to gift and hopefully, bring a smile to the recipient's face. I plan to do more of this on these cold and dark January/February days when I want to hibernate until spring comes, because I know it always lifts my spirits (at least until I have to do the clean up lol!). 

We have the first challenge of the year at Addicted to Stamps and More, and we'd love to see some of your birthday creations.

I have 3 January birthdays for friends, so it is the perfect challenge for me, and I came up with this card.

I used my new The Greetery's Capsule Basics collection and die cut the scalloped oval from white card before embossing it with the 3D embossing folder. I coloured the card with Rustic Wilderness Oxide ink and a Pinkfresh Studio large blending brush, and I was very pleased with the smooth finish. The smaller oval is from the same die set, and I stamped it with the Holiday Borders fern stamp. Instead of using the accompanying berries stamp to fill in the gaps, I used a tiny flower from another set, which made it more suitable for a birthday card. I wanted to add a flower sprig, so I scoured my stash for a suitable one and found this stamp from Papertrey Ink Bitty Bouquets. I finished off with the sentiment which is from The Greetery Birthday Blooms stamp and die set, and placed it all on a 5x7 notecard.

I'm off to play at

Heart's Quest Celebrations January 26 BEWAS - birthday

Triple B Challenge January 26 - blooms

Daisy Chain Challenge #103 - use dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #269 - anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams: January 26 - floral

Crafty Calendar Challenge January 26 - anything new (stash)

There is lots to inspire you over on the ATSM blog, and I hope you will be able to join us this time.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

 

Penny Black Floral Vines Birthday card

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new challenge at

This time we have a birthday challenge and I came up with this 5 x 7 card:-

 

I began by cutting a rectangular aperture from card to use as a stencil for inking the lilac background. I next added some stamping using Kristina Werner Splatter stamps. The flowers (from Penny Black Floral Vines Frames) were stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with watercolours before being die cut. The sentiment was in my bits box, and I coloured it with green ink and then added some sparkle pen. To finish off, I added the frame, which was cut using my neglected Waffle Flower Lacy Layers dies.

I'd like to play along at

Neglected Stuff Challenge 10/25 - Lacy Layers dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #263 - anything goes

Hearts Quest Celebrations of Love #10 - birthday

Triple B: October 2025 - blooms

The Flower Challenge #107 - add purple

Why not head over to the ATSM blog to see some more inspiration, and if you want to join this time, you can link up your entry there.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Sizzix Hedgehugs and Lisa Horton birthday card

 

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

This time, you can go to town with whatever colouring medium you like to produce a card for our challenge.

I have had these cute Sizzix Hedgehogs in my stash for quite a while now, and I decided it was time to pull them out and ink them up.

This is a very simple card. Just a little ink blending for the background, the addition of a couple of sentiments, and a stitched square die to make a mat. The hedgehogs were stamped, fussy cut, and I added some gloss to the nose and feet with a black glaze gel pen. The mat was placed on a Lisa Horton Bubble die cut, and a couple of tiny butterflies finished it off.

 

I'd like to play along at

Neglected Stuff Challenge September 2025 - hedgehugs stamps

Paper, Rock, Scissors Challenge September #8 - fussy cutting on hedgies

Farmquest Challenge #32 - anything farm or country goes

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge September - Happy Birthday

Pattie's Creative Design Challenge #234 - - anything goes

Creative Inspirations Challenge #30 - - anything goes

I love autumn, so the arrival of September is always good for me. I always look for something new to try too - I think it is the start of a new academic year that does it. Are you trying anything new?

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 Tulips in Bloom birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the birthday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. I made this for a friend who has a spring birthday, so it is a little late being shown here, but flowers are welcome any time of year, and they are only one season late!

I stamped the Penny Black Tulips in Bloom stamp onto watercolour paper and coloured it with Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. I still struggle with watercolouring, but I was pleased with how this one turned out. My brush does insist on colouring every part of the image, though, no matter how hard I try to leave a little white space. This stamp has a die available for it, and I was pleased to have it because of the intricate bits, not being the best fussy-cutter.

For the background, I used the Penny Black Delicate Octagon frame dies, cutting two and overlapping them. The fallout from one of these was used for the background, which was simply brushed with ink, and a Papertrey Ink sentiment finished it off. 

The Design Team has some great inspiration for you over on the blog, and you can enter your card there if you decide to join us.

I'd like to play along at

The Outlawz Challenge Monday Greeting - birthday

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #258 - anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams July Challenge - use polygons

https://girlzandtheartofletter Challenge 6 - Letter F for flowers

Penny Black Saturday Challenge July - 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