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

Penny Black Sleigh Ride Christmas card and Crafters Companion Penguin Christmas card

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

I am hosting this time and I have a little prize for the winner

 This challenge runs from 10th April to 4th May and we are covering two alphabet letters this time.

   The Christmas/December/Winter holidays themes this time round are:                                                    

'H is for Hats'

and

'I is for Inky'

These are my offerings:-

H for hats

For this card, I used the cute Crafter's Companion penguin die, and cut 2 of them, decorating their hats and scarfs in different colours. I stood them in little ice flows from the MFT Polar Pals stamp set and the lower sentiment came from the same set. The background was created by blending a couple of blue inks and adding some splatter.

and I for Inky

I blended several blue inks for this one and then used the Memory Box Pinpoint Burst Impression Plate to add texture. I sprayed the panel with Crafter's Companion Sparkle Spray and although it isn't showing up well in the photos, it looks pretty IRL. The added white splatter was made with watered-down Gouache paint.

The image was stamped with the Penny Black Sleigh Ride stamp set and coloured with Zig Clear Colour Pens. I fussy cut the image and added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to Rudolph's nose.

The Design Team has lots of inspiration over on the ABC blog, and I look forward to seeing your entries if you decide to join us this time.

I hope you are all safe and warm and that Storm Kathleen, which has been buffeting us here today as I write this, hasn't had a big impact on you.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #160 - anything Christmas goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #85 - Santa and his Sidekicks

Unicorn Challenge #97 - Use dies

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge # 61 - Anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

                                                      

Poppystamp Woven basket pop up easel and Spellbinders Bold Blooms Anniversary card

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

This time we are looking for any occasion cards and I made an anniversary card.

I used the Poppystamp Woven Basket Pop Up Easel dies to make the base card in white and cut the basket in kraft card before inking through the die with some brown ink to create the basket weave look.

I filled the basket with flowers and foliage made with the Spellbinders Bold Blooms dies and used lots of snippets of of coloured card from my stash.

 I finished off by adding the bow and the sentiment which I used as a stop for the easel.

As always, you'll find lots of inspiration from the team over on the ATSM blog and you can make your entry over there too.

I'd like to play along at

Pixies Snippets Playground #457 - my flowers and foliage were all snippets of leftover card 

Try it on Tuesday - Summer blooms 

 Dream Valley Challenge #297 - use dies or punches 

Dragonfly Dreams June Challenge - Fancy Folds 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black Hugs and Simon Says Stamp Framed Friendship get well card.

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

This time we are making marks on our cards with items such as paint, markers, inks etc and I came up with this card

I used my NBUS Penny Black Hugs Edger dies and the image is from an older stamp set which was a collaboration between Simon Says Stamp and Altenew, called Framed Friendship. I used Zig Clean Colour Markers to watercolour the flowers and shade the hugs die cut. I really like that the die set includes the edger die to give some shape to the panel and you can then nestle the hugs die cut up against it. I stacked a few of these die cuts to give some dimension and only coloured the top one. 

I inked the base card with some coordinating ink and stamped the Sending sentiment on it before adding the shaped panel. All the sentiment stamps were pulled from different stamp sets to link up the message, and I finished off by splattering some ink droplets onto the panel. I really like this Hugs die because it can be used with or without the edger die and I know that Penny Black has some new words being released this month too.

As always, my talented Design Teamies have some great inspiration for you over on the ATSM Blog and you can link up your entry over there too.

I'd like to play along at

Passion for Markers Challenge week 690 - add a sentiment

Unicorn Challenge #87 - Flowers

Aud Sentiments Challenge #301 - - watercolouring and a sentiment

NBUS Challenge #50 - use new schtuff!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

 

Taylored Expressions Create in Quads Mistletoe and The Greetery Christmas card

 

Hello everyone, I hope you are well and enjoyed the Coronation if you like that kind of thing. I take the view that it's good to celebrate anything you can in this life, so I was there in front of the tv with a paper crown on, enjoying the spectacle and beautiful music. Because it was raining on Saturday evening, our street party was postponed until Sunday when we and our neighbours came together in beautiful sunshine to enjoy some fabulous company, food and wine. Being lightweights these days, John and I rolled home after a few hours but the younger folks caroused on until the early hours so a good time was had by all - even those who were feeling a little bit delicate the next day, lol! We were away on holiday the week before so I'm sorry I haven't been around to see you for a while but I hope to catch up over the next few days.

Anyway, I'm here to welcome you

to a new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges

and the theme for May is:

J for

'Jingle Bells'

&

K for

'Kissing'

(underneath the mistletoe)

Choose one or both, and join in the fun. 

Helene is our lovely host this time and she has these cute stamps as a prize for the lucky randomly chosen winner

I chose to go with the K for Kissing 

under the mistletoe theme

Mistletoe has white berries, of course, but I used some artistic license and went for red ones. I used the Taylored Expressions Create In Quads Mistletoe Stencil set to ink the image with various Altenew inks and then stamped the sentiment in matching red ink. The 'Wonderful' die cut is from The Greetery Simply Wonderful stamp and die set and I stamped this in red and added some clear embossing glitter to glam it up a little. I adhered the panel onto a mat which I inked with red around the edges to make it pop.

 

As always, the team has some great inspiration for you over on the ABC Challenges blog and you can link up your entry over there too. 

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #139 -anything Christmas goes

Try it on Tuesday - use a stencil

Peace on Earth Challenge #39 - anything Christmas goes

Happy Little Stampers May Stencil Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black Nose to Nose and Crafter's Companion Christmas card and Sue Wilson Merry and Bright Christmas card

Hello everyone and welcome to another ABC Christmas Challenge where we are helping you to ease the holiday busyness by getting your festive cards done before Christmas.

Our July challenge runs until 31st July and is hosted by the lovely Wilma 

who has a prize for the lucky winner.

Our themes for this month are

N for North Pole

and/or

O for Off to one side

I came up with these cards

N for North Pole

The background snowflakes are from a Crafter's Companion embossing folder and I decided to use the debossed side for a change. The igloo is also from a CC embossing folder and I shaded it with a little blue ink and added some glitter before I fussy cut it out.

I looked up to ensure that Polar Bears live at the North Pole so I could use this cute stamp from Penny Black called 'nose to nose', and I coloured it with Copics before fussy cutting it and adding it to the front of the card. The sentiment is from the MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins stamp set.

O for Off to One Side

For this card, I used Oxide Sprays to make the background and die cut a rectangle aperture from it. I cut the Sue Wilson Poinsettia Garland die and layered it up before adding some glitter to the veins and some berries with Nuvo Drops. The sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers and I finished off by adding a trio of tiny hearts.

As always, you will find lots of inspiration from my very talented Teamies, over on the ABC Christmas Challenges Blog, and I hope you will join us this time.

I'd like to play along at

 

Dare 2B be Artzy - Christmas in July

Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July

Digi Doodle Challenge #40 - Christmas in July

Christmas with the Cuties #50 - Christmas Cuties

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #126 snowflakes

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Carol x

 

Crafter's Companion and MFT Big Birthday Wishes card

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at Simply Create Too.

This time we would like to make the sentiment the focus of the card so I came up with this card.

I used some Centura Pearl card and embossed the cupcake embossing folder from Crafter's Companion before sanding back some of the surface to reveal the white core.

I love the sheen the pearl card gives and it makes a great background for the simple white sentiment die cut.

The cupcakes are from an ancient Inkadinkado Hi Cupcake stamp set and I stamped the small ones, coloured them before fussy cutting, and added some glossy accents to the icing and cherry.

 You'll find lots of inspiration over on the Simply Create Too blog and you can link up your entries over there if you decide to join us.

Thanks so much for all your kind comments and for choosing to visit me - I really appreciate the time you take to do this💖.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Craft Concept Butterfly Kisses embossed get well card

Hi there and welcome to the new Simply Create Too Challenge.

Our challenge for this month is to use wet and/or dry embossing and I used both on this card.

I used a very old embossing folder from Craft Concepts called Butterfly Kisses and I inked up one side with a couple of blue inks using a brayer, before adding some white card and passing it through the machine. This isn't a 3D embossing folder so you don't get such a deep emboss, but I was quite pleased with how it turned out.

I cut a couple of thin strips of navy card to frame the image and added a half banner from an MFT Blueprints set, on which I stamped and embossed the sentiment in white. 

If you're like me, I bet you have several embossing folders tucked away that are calling to be pulled out and used, so why not join in with us this time?

I'd like to play along at

Mod Squad Challenge - Beautiful butterflies

Unicorn Challenge #63 - make it feminine2021/03/challenge-63-make-it-feminine

Country View Challenge March - Silhouettes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x 

My Favorite Things Santa's Elves Christmas card

Happy New Year!

I hope you've all had a wonderful New Year celebration and there are no sore heads this morning after the night before!

We are at the start of ABC Christmas Challenges 11th Year and we have got some fabulous fun Christmas theme prompts coming to you over the next 12 months. Why not join us in keeping the Christmas spirit going and start as you mean to go on by getting your 2020 Christmas cards started.

Our themes this time are

A for Anything Christmas  goes

and

B for Bingo

Our lovely Helen is the hostess this month 

and she has a gorgeous stamp set prize for 2 winners.

I decided to go for the bingo and used the left-hand column - patterned paper - lots of layers - die-cut,  and came up with this card which will be great for the children.

I used the MFT Diagonal Sentiment Strip Cover-Up die over some red spotty paper for the background, and a sentiment from Happy Little Stampers.

The little elf is from the MFT Santa's Elves stamp set and I coloured it with Copics and a little white gel pen. That elf stamp set is one of my absolute favourites and I must make more use of it this year.

I hope you will visit my Design Teamies for some inspiration over on the blog and you can link up your entry over there.

I'd like to wish you all a very happy, healthy and crafty new year!

I'd like to play along at

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics Challenge #1 - anything festive goes.

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #202 - Tis the Season.

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #108 - for a child

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Sue Wilson, Happy Little Stampers and Crafter's Companion Christmas card

Hello everyone,

I'm afraid it's short and sweet today but I wanted to let you know that it's Holiday week over at ATSM

and I came up with this card:-

For the background, I used Crafter's Companion snowflake paper which I tinted with blue ink. The Sue Wilson snowflake border was cut with blue glitter card and the central panel, again from Sue Wilson was cut from blue mirror card. The sentiment is from the Happy Little Stampers Let it Snow stamp set.

I'd like to play along at

Cute n Crafty Christmas #17 - anything Christmas goes

The Holly and Ivy Challenge #55 - anything Christmas goes

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #104 - winter wishes

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs
Carol x

Crafter's Companion Nordic Bird Christmas card

Hello everyone and welcome to the March challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges

This time we have not two but THREE themes for you to choose from or combine 

E for Embellishments

F for Fabric

and G for Glitz

I went for F for Fabric and came up with this card

I used the bird from the Crafter's Companion Nordic Christmas collection to die cut from burlap and reversed it to get a facing image.

I used Nuvo drops for the eyes and the sentiment is from Happy Little Stampers. A white gel pen finished it off. This is another card that would be easy to mass produce and would be economical to post.

I do hope you will visit my Teamies to see their fabulous inspiration and leave them some love.

I'd like to play along at

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #8 - anything Christmas goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #45 - anything Christmas goes

The Crafter's Cafe # 214 - birds

Die Cut Divas March Challenge  - anything goes


Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs
Carol x