A January birthday card for a friend’s little boy. This is my attempt to make “bubbles” on my background. After finding lids in different sizes and some Distress Oxide inks, I began inking the edges of the lids and stamped, added some water to try to move the ink around. Not exactly the effect I was looking to achieve…..maybe I need to wet the paper first so the ink moves a bit more. After drying the ink with my heat tool, I embossed this panel using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder with the layering panel in one pass and was pretty surprised how the two layers fit into each other after gluing together. The image is Unity Stamps and a Gina K Designs Winter Blocks sentiment.

My card will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Winter

I was thrilled that my embossed poinsettia card in December’s challenge was chosen as a Top 3. WhooHoo!!!

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A gold embossed snowflake tree layered on dark green SSS cardstock and sentiment. The snowflake tree is a SSS Glistening Snowflakes stamp set and sentiment from their Joyful Season set. The notecard edges were gold embossed also for a bit of a border. Hard to see but there are 5 clear baubles on my tree for decoration. This color reminds me of the car color I wanted when we purchased our first car after getting married……I ended up with a blue car, then a black car or two and now an octane red car but no green one….so this card is for Will (hubby). Wonder if he will follow my train of thought?!?!? LOL!! This is a good color for me!

My card will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Christmas Trees Theme Challenge

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A Taylored Expressions Poinsettia and Pines embossing folder on a piece of glossy foil red cardstock layered on piece of black cardstock creates the focal background of my card today. A piece of black ribbon with some baubles, a TE sentiment and Sizzix poinsettia die completes my card.

Except for a few Christmas tags and a special card from hubby, I’m finished. Moving on to winter theme cards and a ton of January birthdays are up next for me.

My card today will be shared in the:

Can You Handle the Pressure: December 14th 2024 Anything goes with a twist of poinsettias and of course the required embossing folder.

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Imagine my surprise when I shopped at my local Michael’s and saw layering stencils! And on sale no less! This was a nice additon to my ever growing stencil collection and quite a good price point too. A Taylored Expressions sentiment and some gold splatter for a bit of shine completes my card today and it will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Christmas Ornaments Challenge

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. It was two days of rain in Pennsylvania and am very grateful that it was the other 4 letter word. Take care and stay safe.

Combining patterned paper from the Whimsy Stamps Chilling Christmas patterned paper with Halloween Day of the Dead Sugar Skull from my local Michaels for today’s card to be shared with:

Two Old Bats December 2024 Anything Goes Halloween Challenge

Using a Taylored Expressions Wonky Frame die and inking the edges with some purple ink and then a few layers of a TE diaganol stitched die for interest and TE’s Hexagon Stacklets for a landing spot for the wobbler sugar skull. Some extra flowers were popped up on the skull and in the left corner.

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Always fun to play along with the Two Old Bats. My November entry was chosen as a Top 3, too. I appreciate the recognition.

No more Halloween until January but get back and finish those Christmas cards and December/January birthday cards, too.

Classic Christmas colors of red, green and gold with an unconventional patterned paper background with a whimisical die set just about sums up my card. I am determined to use the Whimsy Stamps Chilling Christmas patterned paper pack. It’s oddly cool and I may be ready for some unconventional cards. Aside from the patterned paper is the Tim Holtz/Sizzix Bid Tidings die set and a color theme challenge from:

Colorful Options: December 2024 Challenge The December colors are Red, Green & Gold My gold is the die cut star on the tree and the ‘snowflake’

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Winter can be fun if you are this dressed to impress snow-girl ready to put the star on the wonky tree on a snowy, starry night!!! My wonky tree was stamped and die cut using Catherine Pooler’s Stamp of Approval Hip Holiday set. Next is the snow-girl stamped, colored and fussy cut and popped up on a wobbler is from an Inky Antics Honey Pop stamp set and sentiment from the same set. Honey Pop sets included stamp to include a honeycomb cut out for the inside of your card. Not using the honey pop today though but they are a cute surprise inside. Cuttlebug’s snowflake embossing folder on patterned paper then swiped with white pigment ink to bring the snowflakes to life completes my card.

My card today will be shared in the:

Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge — Anything Goes with a Twist of Winter Fun.

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Speed Challenge — accepted with a theme of Trees! My favorite Stampin Up set is still Lovely As A Tree. After gathering my supplies and starting the timer, I realized that this particular stamp almost lost its rubber backing and needed some temporary adhesive to apply it to the Misti door. To save space, I removed all of my SU stamps from their rubber blocks a few years ago. Next step was to apply versamark ink as I wanted to white heat emboss the tree. My Gina K Designs pad detached from the base so using my fingers I finished stamping with my juicy pad. My inky fingers were able to barely open the lid of the embossing powder and heat set the image. Off to my Big Shot to emboss the white panel with a Darice swirling snowflake folder. Thankfully it was the regular 2D embossing folder so I didn’t have to mess around trying to find the right sandwich. Layered the focal panel on an already die cut panel from my stash, added another layer of green and adhered to the embossed panel and that to the card base. Sentiment!!! Almost forgot about the SU To You and Yours stamp inked in Taylored Expressions Wintergreen ink to match the cardstock and fussy cut. Time: 9 minutes 38 seconds.

I did have to laugh when reading about Buddy Johanna’s speed challenge dilemma after my issues with the embossing pad but these are always fun.

The speed challenge I’m sharing my card with is:

As You See it Challenge: Challenge #337 – Turbo Trees

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My second painted faux dip dye panel using blue as my background for Inkadinkadoo snowflake stamps, Gina K Designs sentiment and Taylored Expressions frame die. The snowflakes were stamped in versamark ink and white heat embossed. I popped a few die cut snowflakes from my go to SimonSaysStamp die to cover up a little oops on the right side of my card.

I will be sharing my card today with:

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge #76

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