It’s cold, it’s snowing, it’s cold and it’s going to snow again which will make the third round. We seem to be a repeat mode but not nearly as brutal as some parts of the states which inspired me to include some snow buddies on my card. The background was embossed with a Cutlebug snowflake embossing folder on blue cardstock with white pigment ink swiped over the embossed areas. The Cottage Cutz Peeker Snowmen were die cut and colored but alas they needed something to peek over and I pulled out my much loved Martha Stewart Drippy Goo punch which kind of sort of looks like icicles  Then added a sentiment from Hero Arts Color Layering Waves stamp set. I thought that if that font works for sand it should be ok for snow, too! 

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Can You Handle The Pressure? January 13th 2024 Anything Goes with a Twist of Snow People and of course the required embossing folder. 

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Brrrr….this Halloween kitty looks quite cold out in the forest, doesn’t she? I am playing along with the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and have definitely been inspired by their mood board with today’s card. After inking my card base with some Distress Oxide inks, die cutting Taylored Expressions Birch Tree Border trees and swiping some white pigment ink over them, die cut my kitty from Tim Holtz/Sizzix Toil and Trouble die set adding a little splash of water here and there my card is completed.

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Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge – January 2024 Anything Halloween

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, be safe and stay warm. It was another snow shoveling day today and temps are dropping once again and it may be another round of snow for Friday. My collection of snowmen have had their fun in my front window but it is now time to send them back to the basement and hopefully get out of this cycle. 

Sending a tribe of monkeys with some birthday wishes to my cousin. My card today uses my most used jungle/safari theme stamp set from a My Monthly Hero release from a number of years ago, Taylored Expressions Fineline Vine background stamp, SimonSaysStamp Large Happy Birthday die set. 

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A color challenge with a dreamy mood board of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. Beautiful! I had to restrain myself from adding warm tone colors on my card but finally decided on a variety of blue shades, a touch of green and some light lavender for a touch of purple/pink. My focal image is Spellbinders Circle Sketch clear stamp that was white heat embossed. Gina K Designs sentiment stamped on glitter cardstock, Taylored Expressions frame in frame 2 cutting plate and layered on a dark blue card base. If I can make one I should make two. Here’s the second card with a few tweaks.

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Double D Challenges is celebrating their 8th birthday/anniversary with a mood board representing the traditional gift of bronze. DCWV’s The Natural stack provided my background patterned paper, the Taylored Expressions frame and bow were made by copper embossing a piece of cardstock. Since my card will be given to our granddaughter who is turning 6 in a week, I needed a cute factor so found the SimonSaysStamp Party Like a Puffin stamp and die set. 

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Doubld D Challenges: Double D’s Eighth Birthday/Anniversary Celebration

Congratulations Diane and Darlene and design team for all the inspiration and fabulous mood boards. 

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It’s a New Year and a new challenge from Diane and Darlene and it’s all about Words.

I went through a bunch of stamp sets searching for words of different fonts and size and was determined to use the large Cheers stamp set from Taylored Expressions and it seemed to fit this new Word Power challenge. Sentiments are from Gina K Designs Party Time stamp set and the Taylored Expressions Big Cheers. Lined up all of the sentiments in one Misti and stamped multiple panels and then that meant stamping the big Cheers in my mini-misti and fussy cutting it out times eight. I decided at the last minute and that means after the card was assembled to add some fireworks with Newton’s Nook’s fireworks stencil and TE’s Iridescent Glitter Happy Medium paste. 

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Word Power #1 Challenge

Thanks Darlene and Diane for another fun challenge to play along with.

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P.S. We will probably be shoveling snow this weekend. I would much rather be in my “elf room” but maybe the white stuff will miss us. I don’t mind more rain. 

One last Christmas card for my hubby. I didn’t think we were exchanging cards this year because he’s still recovering from that knuckle replacement surgery and is pretty much in a one handed, non dominate handed state. He didn’t think he would make it to the store to but a card for me so I told him I wouldn’t make one for him. We exchange cards on every occasion. So he walked to the nearby CVS and found a card for me. Then I had to laugh over his outrage at the price of a Hallmark card!!! I told him when he has both hands back he needs to go to the “elf room” and make his own cards in the future.

Using some plaid papers from my supplies and Tim Holtz dies this “winter snow scene”  The black oval piece has some stars printed on it (hard to see) so Santa flying through the night sky over some winter trees makes this a winter/snow scene for me.

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I cannot end the year without playing along with the Two Old Bats monthly challenge. The mood board’s focus is on skulls so I searched the internet for sugar skulls background pattern, then added a clear acetate panel from my local Michaels which also included a skull as well as a SimonSaysStamp pre-printed sentiment strip and a few die cuts to complete my card today. I thought it turned out pretty cool, if I must say so myself. HAHAHA!!!

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Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: December Anything Halloween

It’s always fun to play along with them and their inspiring mood boards.

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Taking inspiration from our Buddy Bonnie and her use of vines/greenery, I stamped my “pine tree” branches on the top portion of my focal panel by layering and overlapping and stamping off at times the same image, then added my “B” bird and sentiment all from Inkadinkadoo “Cool Christmas” stamp set. Making my own Triple B’s of black, branches and bird for my card today and I think it’s one of my favorites of the season.

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Triple B: December 2023 challenge to include Butterfly, Bird and/or Blooms

I did use the December mood board for inspiration with the black and white theme for my card.

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