forward….by…to spring! A bit of sun was a welcome sight today with more expected the next few days. I’m inspired to lighten up my mood and get ready for spring with a card using Taylored Expressions Postmarked series of layering stencils, embossing folders, Foil It panels and the original die. This is the fourth in their series and is a cute bunny/spring stamps named Springtime. Using TE’s All Planned Out 3 die set to cut my stenciled panel, then inserted into the embossing folder which lined up quite nicely. The note card was stamped tone on tone using TE’s Tweed background stamp and finished my card with Pretty Pink Posh’s Happy Mail bird adding a small Postmarked envelope to be delivered.

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Double D Challenges: Books/Bookmark and/or Postal/Postage theme

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Playing around with some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide green inks and sprays for my witchy background on today’s card. My main attraction is Tim Holtz/Sizzix witch from Toil and Trouble, the pumpkin was a portion of IO trick or treater trio dies, Whimsy Stamps for the inside curly frame die and Taylored Expressions Squiggly Stacklets die. The Squiggly stacklet die cut was added because I just could cut the focal panel evenly….ugh….so it looks better with some squiggles behind it to my eyes!

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Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: March 2026 Anything Goes Halloween

I was definitely inspired by the green background and of course that witchy witch although I believe my witch is a good witch.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. It’s a Spring Forward for us that still change clocks twice a year!!!! Make it a great day and stay safe.

If this Gina K Designs Foliage Art Stencil inked in Emerald Coast is Vine-like, I’ll be sharing my card in the

Stencil Fun March 2026 Challenge which has a theme of vines/vinery.

As I was searching through my supplies, I wondered what kind of stencil I could find with a WINE theme. Good thing I read the challenge again and realized the theme was VINES not Wine! It has been a long week!! LOL! In addition to my ‘Vine” stencil, I included stamps from Taylored Expressions Framed Flowers stamp and die.

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The images from Whimsy Stamps Sympathy Boquet card fronts pack are a soft print and seem to have a vintage vibe to me. To detail the print more, I used Taylored Expressions Dots of Diamonds Embossing Folder, ink blended the edges with Gina K Designs Cranberry ink and finally swiped Versafine Clair Black ink over the top of the embossing. Sentiment was included with the card fronts. It was difficult to decide on a note card color so I opted for a very light pink and once again ink blended the edges with GKD’s cranberry ink.

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Can You Handle The Pressure?: (2/2026) Anything Goes with a Twist of Sympathy and of course the required embossing folder.

Happy March and hopefully warmer days are ahead of us! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care!

My hubby’s Valentine’s card this year includes a red embossed panel with hearts and X’s using an unbranded embossing folder from my stash. Spellbinder’s heart die was used to cut vellum hearts to back my Gina K Designs 12 Days of Christmas “A Paper Hug” stamp set. Ephemera sentiment was also die cut. It was a sweet card for a sweet hubby.

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Can You Handle the Pressure?: Anything Goes with a twist of Die Cuts

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Our buddy Johanna has daffodils that are coming up in her garden but I’m pretty sure the only flowers to be seen in my neighborhood will be on my card! Maybe more snow for us Sunday into Monday! Sigh! Anyway for a pick me up, I pulled out Taylored Expressions Daisy Dreams Stamp, Stencil and die combo. My background polka dot patterned paper was from my stash. The yellow cardstock is a 65lb layering weight from my local Michaels and the strip is TE’s Easy Strip 1/4″ patterns. Sentiment is also from Daisy Dreams. I can only dream that the snow will finally melt and it’s only 35 days until Spring. My card today will be shared with:

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: February 2026 with a theme of polka dots

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A cute little trick or treater among all the shadows and dark for my card today. Using Whimsy Stamps Lil Friends Quick Card Fronts, Chunky Checkers die and Hero Arts Soft Landscape Window die for my card today. A fun card to make and jumpstart my participation in challenges.

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Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: February 2026 Anything Goes Hallowen

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….10? If you are Double D Challenges….yes you are!! Congratulations Diane and Darlene on Double D Challenges 10th Birthday! My card for the celebration uses Kraft cardstock ( which I rarely use) and Taylored Expressions Hooray Layering Stencil, Postmarked Layering Stencils and die for the happy mail and Simply Sending stamp and die set for the sentiments.

Double D Challenges: Double D Ten Year Birthday 2026

It is our granddaughter’s 8th birthday! Every happy birthday song ends with Are You 1, Are You 2 until they get to your age. She counts by tens for my birthday!! Are you 8! Yay!! Here’s Alexandra’s card using TE products.

The inside has the stenciled Hooray and a few more 8 party balloons. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and keep safe.

I seem to have acquired a lot of Taylored Expressions Foil-it Insider panels. This is the left over portion of a foiled insider message that I foiled on Gina K Designs polyglaze. A two-for-one!!! My card also includes a stamped and fussy cut image from Inkadinkadoo’s Christmas Characters. TE’s Arched die stacklets were used for my image and shaped card as well as a tone on tone starfall background stamp. A few of my favorite snowflake dies and a stitched hill completes my card. My card will be shared with:

Word Power January 2026 Challenge Using a sentiment as the focal point

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