Hello Pension

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for my niece who is retiring. Again, I did a very simple card. Background paper, image and sentiment were found online. Arched panels are an unbranded die set.

We just had a very fun short visit from one of our granddaughters, hubby and their precious 5-year-old daughter. It was so fun having a little one around.

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Cozy Window

Using Taylored Expressions Window to the World cutting die for my TE Cozy Christmas Create in Quads wreath on which to hang. The wreath was also a TE Foil-It product which was run through my Fuse with gold foil. The background (outside) view of my window is a night sky using Recollections Splatter paper pad from my stash. I did run TE’s Tiny Twinkles embossing folder over the splatter paper and then lightly swiped with a white pigment pad that definitely needs reinking. Sentiment is also TE which was part of the Cozy Christmas bundle. I really enjoy TE’s Create in Quads and their add on products. Nice to stencil four different card fronts at a time. My card will be shared in the:

Doubld D Challenge: Windows 2026 Challenge

As inspiring as these fall windows were on Double D’s mood board I opted for winter. It almost felt like winter today. I was going to join hubby at a car show but with the cold winds and temperatures, I opted to stay in my elf room. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day!

tiny BEE

Well not that tiny but a clean and simple card for today. Cuttlebug Honeycomb embossing folder embossed on a white panel with a Taylored Expressions April critter crew bee stamped and die cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix stacked hexagon tiles. The tiny sentiment was from a Sweet & Sassy stamp set from my stash. I scored a few lines on the card base for a bit more texture.

Today’s card will be shared with:

Simply Clean & Simple October 2026 Challenge with an optional theme of Something Tiny (keep it little and CAS)

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Spooky Fun

A 1st Halloween card for a little one who’s grandmother (my friend) loves to decorate for Halloween. My card uses Whimsy BOO-keh patterned paper and a some Scrapbook.com Willow Lane Rub on transfers. Taylored Expressions Wondy dies for the focal image and the shaped card, too. My card will be shared with:

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge October 2026 with their optional theme of Ghosts/Goblins/Things that go bump in the night. A fun challenge for my ghost floating above the pumpkin house.

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Copper Poinsettias

Using Gina K Designs Yuletidfe Poinssettia & Holly embossing folder and stencils for my focal image. All layers of the stencils were blended using Delicata copper pigment ink.Sentiment is also GKD Snowwy Silhouettes stamp set. A bit of black splatter completes this card.

My card will be shared with:

Peace on Earth Christmas: October 2026 Challenge #121

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B&C Halloween

Two Halloween cards for our oldest grandchildren…..B is Brooke and C is Chase! My patterned paper is from Whimsy Stamps. Tim Holtz Toil & Trouble witch die and Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits Ghoulish for the dracula die. Sentiment stamped and trimmed from stamp sets in my stash.

My card will be shared in the:
Colorrful Options: October 2026 Challenge  fiery orange, smoldering red, haunting black, and ghostly white color challenge.

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First Halloween

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our newest great-granddaughter. Background paper and ghost image were found online. I added the sentiment to the ghost in my Hallmark card program. Arch die is from an unbranded die set from Amazon. I added double back adhesive to a piece of vellum before printing the ghost. Ghost was fussy cut and popped up. I’m happy with it.

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I’m entering this in two challenges

Halloween Crafts All Year ‘Round

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: October 2026 Anything Goes Halloween

Happy 80th Birthday

Hello and welcome. After a wonderful week with my daughter, I’m back to my craft room. Now we’re getting ready for a visit from one of our granddaughter’s, her hubby and their 5 year old. That will be a fun visit.

Today’s card is for my s-i-l. It’s hard to believe the baby of the family is turning 80. I decided on an easel card after seeing one on Pinterest. You can see that one here Create With Stamping Friends Saturday Blog Hop – Debbie Henderson, Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator.

Background paper was found online, die cuts for the labels are unbranded ones I bought on Amazon, sentiment was printed on the computer, and the candles are computer clip art. Numbers were cut on the Silhouette, and I added Wink of Stella for a little sparkle.

I’m now entering this at Cardz 4 Galz: #286 An Easel Card

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Scarecrow and Sunshine

I finished a card this week full of fall and sunshine.

All stamps used are Lawn Fawn…Happy Harvest, 2015, You Crow Girl, 2024. I used a stencil from scrapbook.com called Outdoor Scenes. The dies for the grass is Nature’s Borders, also from SBC.

This will be entered in Retro Rubber Feels Like Fall challenge: https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/2026/10/challenge-282-feels-like-fall.html

It will be entered in Four Seasons Anything Goes Fall: https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2026/10/fall-season-october-2026.html

It will be entered in Triple B: https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2026/10/tb-october-2026-challenge.html

I colored these images last month and put them away. This week’s alphabet challenge at splitcoaststampers is Here Comes the Sun, by The Beatles. It was the perfect opportunity to use my new stencil for the sun and clouds. I stenciled grass also before adding my images. Then I thought something was missing, so I got out my new die set and cut grass. I ink blended everything with Gina K inks and colored the images with alcohol markers. I followed Mindy Eggen in my color choices and placement if the white gel pen.

I still have the make scarecrow and a few other images colored and fussy cut. I will hopefully create with them soon.

Thank you for sharing in my card. I enjoyed creating this one. I snapped a photo before adhering the images so I would remember my layout. I use to do this a lot, but have gotten away from it.