Warm Wishes

 I hope everyone had a fun celebration ringing in the new year, and along with the new year comes a cold snap in our weather. As the cold winds start blowing, it's time to share a card sending you some warm wishes. The background was embossed with a Darice Snowflake Swirl ef while the mug of warm cocoa was made with a Penny Black "What's in your Cup" set of dies. The warm wishes sentiment was double cut with a Sweet 'n Sassy set of ticket dies. I added a few drops of pale blue Nuvo drops randomly on the card to match the little blue heart on the cup.

I'm sharing this with -

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G embossing with a twist of "winter"

Word Power January2025 Challenge - showcase the sentiment

I'm taking a break from blogging while I try to sort through a lot of tech issues with my camera and computer. I've also collected a massive amount of crafting supplies through my blogging years since 2009 and it's time to step away from it for a while and clear the clutter.

I don't know when or if I'll be back to blogging cards again, but I never say never. Thanks for all your support and friendship through the years. I appreciate each and every one of you.

I guess I'll see you when I see you, so have a great day and take good care of yourselves in the meantime.

Keep smiling 😊

Carol

Winter Wishes

 Happy Freezin' Season everyone!

I found this stamped image in my stash and decided to color it and make it into a card. I used Copics and glaze pens, adding wink of stella. I found a pre-cut snippet of white to make the snowy border for the penguin to stand on, and added diamond stickles for a little sparkle. The image was die-cut with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die and I added a pre-printed SSS sentiment along with a silver snowflake sticker. The background was embossed with a SU! softly fallen embossing folder.

Sharing this with the Critter Crazy Challenge #70 -A/G featuring a critter

Also with Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G embossing featuring a twist of snow

Thanks for stopping by and do have yourself a grand Monday!

Carol

Happy Winter

 I have a quick and easy card today made with 3 snippets of dsp and 3 die-cut stitched snowflakes made with Lawn Fawn dies. I used a little bit of plaid paper to die-cut the negatives in the large snowflake, and cut the rest with silver mirror card. The 2 smaller ones were cut with red glittered paper, and the sentiment is a pre-printed one from SSS.

I'll share this with the Four Seasons Anything Goes Winter December challenge.

Just a quick one for today and now I'm off to do other things as this week will turn into Christmas in just a few more days!

Thanks for stopping by and do take care and enjoy your day!

Carol 

Peace on Earth

 I pulled out my SU! Perfect Pines Framelits and decided to make a snowy Christmas scene with them. I die-cut  3 trees, then die-cut some hills with Lawn Fawn stitched hillside dies and used a piece of Soft Sky dsp for the sky/background. I dotted the trees with Nuvo Aqua dots, and added 3 glitter red stars cut with a SSS star border punch. The sentiment was stamped with grey ink for a softer look. Now that I see this photo enlarged, I need to trim a little thread of paper on that tree to the right! Oops!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

January Rudolph Days challenge - Christmas a/g

The House that Stamps Built (Repeat Impressions) J2721- a/g

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #MLCCB#30 - Christmas a/g

Addicted to Stamps and More #397 - Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - a/g

Our snow turned out to be rain yesterday, but I hear more of the white stuff is on the way this weekend. Stay warm everyone, and thanks for the visit! Take good care of one another!

Carol

Warm Friendship

 Hello everyone, thanks for stopping by!

Today I have a card I made by following a sketch challenge, but I failed to read the directions that specifically called for hearts or flowers. 😕 

Oh well, it's a card made for winter and we are supposed to get a little snow overnight, so a warm cup of cocoa is always good on a cold night.

I started with an embossed background done with a SU! softly fallen ef. I die-cut a Spellbinders medallion from a snippet of SU!'s soft sky dsp and placed the mug on top of that. The mug, large snowflake, and marshmallows were all cut with the Penny Black "What's in your cup?" die set. The tiny white snowflake was a snippet from my stash, as well as the SNSS sentiment panel that was cut with a set of SNSS ticket punch dies. I added some white Nuvo drops on the side, but they turned out clear instead of white, so my Nuvo drops might be going bad from sitting around being unloved?

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #395 - use your snippets

also the January Penny Black Saturday Challenge - a/g or use something new

Wishing you all a great week ahead and please take care of one another!

Carol

Snow Fun

 I have a fun wintry card to share today, made with a very old SU! set called Holiday Hedgehogs from (gasp) 2001! It's probably the oldest stamp set I have. The image was colored with Copics, adding liquid applique and diamond stickles for snow, along with some clear wink of stella on the hedgie snowman. The papers are from the Fancy Pants Timbergrove paper pad, and the snowflake accent was done with a Lawn Fawn stitched snowflake die. The gemstones are from GinaMarieDesigns and the card base is SU! Pool Party.

I'm sharing this card with 

the Retro Rubber Challenge #150- Winter Wonderland

The Male Room Challenge #146

There's no snow here yet where I live, but I'd imagine we'll have some before winter's over. Thanks for checking in today and I wish you a wonderful weekend ahead!

Carol

It's Getting Cold Out!

I'm the first to admit it - I have a snarky sense of humor. When I recently spotted this new digi from Whimsy Stamps (by Dustin Pike) I had to have it! After printing it, I colored it with Copics, stamping some snowflakes with an older SU! stamp and added some Frosty Stickles to the bottom for some sparkly snow. I enhanced the er....um.....fart.......with some liquid pearls and stickles and die-cut the panel with a MFT stitched square die. I stamped some white snowflakes on the kraft card base, adding a dot of Stickles to the visible one for some sparkle. I die-cut the sentiment panel with a Chalk Talk framelit die from SU! and called this one done.

I had a request for some snarky cards from a customer, so I made another card with this image.

For this one, I used some Island Indigo card stock, and some retired SU! dsp. I used a snowflake punch from Martha Stewart to make the snowflake which I covered with Wink of Stella and adhered with a foam dot. I fussy cut one of the images from the dsp and adhered it to the top along with a frosty clear gem. The banners were done with a retired SU! mini punch using the flip side of the dsp and adorned with more frosty gemstones. The sentiment is slightly different from the first card, as the letters are outlined, so I colored them in with a blue glitter pen.

I'm entering the first card into the following challenges:

Cardz4Guyz#233 - Icy Cold

Cuttlebug Mania - Animals

I'll enter the second card into 

the  2 CraftyCritterCrazies November challenge - use a critter on your card

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Carol

Twofer #22

Hello and happy Wednesday! I managed to find time to play along with the Twofer Challenge #22 which is "Holiday Greenery." There is a twist this time around that you can make both cards the same theme if you wish, since we're all scurrying to get those Christmas cards made and mailed on time.

For my twofer I chose to use a Memory Box Pine Needle border die for the greenery, making one in green for a Christmas card, and one in white for a winter wishes card.

First up is the Christmas card. I used a retired SU! snowflake embossing folder and added some green pines to the top, along with a sparkly strip of washi tape and some silver and white twisted twine tied into a bow. The Kaisercraft die-cut sentiment and punched ornaments (done with a retired SU! mini punch) were done with glittered red card stock.

I'm also going to share this card with the MLCCB #16 - November Anything Christmas Goes Challenge

This long retired image from SU! called "Extreme Snowboard" has been a favorite of mine for years. I stamped and clear embossed the image on white, then sponged in some clouds with Tumbled Glass ink. I added 2 die-cut stitched hillside borders (by Lawn Fawn) along the bottom, and then covered them completely with assorted stickles. I added 3 different colors of blue stickles to get some moving snow action beneath the snowboard. I added another die cut MB pine needle border from white, and completely covered it with white WOS before adding another strip of the sparkly washi tape on the edge. The "snowflakes" were made with small dies from a SB Lotus die set, and a SSS Bella Bloom die set and assorted glittered snippets of card stock. I added clear rhinestones to the snowflakes and pine needle border to finish this one.

I'm also sharing this card with the Cardz4Guyz Challenge #232 which is "All Wrapped up" - people or animals in scarves, coats, hats etc, or featuring parcels

Sharing also with the SOS challenge #408 - snowflakes

Thanks for the visit, it's always great to have you stop by. Happy crafting and have a great day!

Carol

Ice Skating Hedgies

I've always been fond of these Penny Black ice-skating hedgies, so I made a couple cards to use up some Christmas snippets of dsp which I paper-pieced for their scarves. Both the snow and waves embossing folders are from SU! and the stitched snowflake dies are from Lawn Fawn with a tiny red gemstone in the center. The sentiment is from an older MFT stamp set. The blue cardstock is some precious SU! Cool Caribbean I've been hoarding for a long time. This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown #324 - Winter Critters

the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for January - anything goes

CHNC #315 - anything goes (Christmas)

CHNC challenge extra for January - anything goes (Christmas)

Here they are with kraft colored scarves and a slightly different sentiment cut as well as a different smaller snowflake.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you're staying warm where you live!

(Happy Birthday Elvis - today would have been his 82nd birthday)

Carol

Penny Black Winter Cards

I made a couple cards for the PBSC Penny Black Saturday challenge for December which is either a Winter or Christmas theme. I colored this PB image with markers and added layers of Coastal Cabana cardstock and designer paper which were die-cut with Lil Inker stitched rectangles. These were quick and easy to put together and hopefully fun for the kids who receive them.

Here's a 2nd version done with Island Indigo cardstock and SU! dsp. For this one, I wanted more of the snowflakes to show, so I used one less layer than the first card.

I hope everyone is enjoying a nice New Year's day! My husband is ready for football, while I'll be spending some time in the craft room. We'll both be happy that way :)

Thanks for stopping by, and may your new year be filled with everything that makes you happy!

Carol

Snow's on the Way!

I made a set of thank-you note cards for my neighbor (who loves snowmen) and here's one from that set. I used a digital image from Lonnie Olsen that was colored with Copics and matted with black on a Coastal Cabana card base. The sentiment is from SU! and I added some frosty stickles to the fur on his hat and aqua stickles to the snow beneath him.

We're going to be seeing lots of these snowmen IRL soon enough as we're bracing for a big snowstorm coming in later this evening. They're saying we could get up to a foot or more of the white stuff! Brrrrrrr!!!

Thanks for stopping by and stay warm!!

Carol

Greetings of the Season

I've had this unknown pre-colored image in my stash for ages, so I paired it with some navy and white cardstock, cutting the panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies, and finally made a card with it. I added some "buttons" with super shiny red brads, and the sentiment is by Northwoods.

I'm sharing this with the Cards in Envy shiny new year challenge which is to add something shiny to your card.

I'm also sharing it with the Tuesday Throwdown #275 challenge which is "winter wonderland."

Thanks for checking in with me, and I wish you a fantastic day!

Carol

Hedgie Skaters

The Penny Black Saturday challenge for October is "embossing" - either dry or heat embossing. I used a Darice snowflake embossing folder along with this PB image and added a seasonal greeting for a quick and simple card. I colored the image with Copics and matted both panels with red. 

Thanks for checking in and I hope your weekend is a good one!

Carol

What's the Word Bird?

I wanted to play along with this month's Unity Be Inspired challenge, so I used both the sketch and the colors from the photo inspiration. I don't know why my mind went to a winter-themed card with those bright summery colors, but it is what it is :) I used Copics to color this Unity Itty Bitty "What's the Word Bird?" image and sentiment, adding some liquid applique to the fur on their hats. The snowflakes and small circles are all stickers, and I cut the panels with Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies, using bubble gum pink and raspberry blue cardstock for the background.

I'm also sharing this with the Unity Friday Friends with Flair.

                                          

Here's to adding some bright summer color to every season of the year! Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Christmas Puppy

Deedee's digis is sponsoring the Completely Christmas Challenge #52 which is "anything goes with a twist - add texture." I've used Deedee's "Puppy's Christmas" line drawing digi that I colored with Copics. I used one of the fun sentiments included with the set and added a few IO die-cut buttons and a little brad to the present's bow for texture. I shredded some matching green paper and used that to "sew" the buttons on, which are popped up with dimensionals.

I know there are many definitions for texture, so I've made another card with a different type of texture.....

This card was done in colors of lavender and pale aqua, and the background was embossed with a Darice snowflake embossing folder. I used Deedee's digis "Sending My Love" digi set, using the line drawn image and coloring it with Copics. The snowflakes were done with Lawn Fawn stitched snowflakes, and I added some tiny Geo Sparkler stickers to the centers. 

Here's a little reminder that Deedee's February progressive challenge is still open and you have one more day to get your cards entered. Play along this month and win March's featured digi completely free! Click here for details.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great weekend!

Carol

Snowball Fight!

Today I have a card made with one of Deedee's digis new images called "Snowball Fight." I used the pre-colored image and sentiment from the set and added some Copic colors since my printer is running low on ink. The dsp is from EP Winter Wishes with some Elegant Eggplant mats. The aqua panel was embossed with a Darice snowflake swirl ef. I made the snowflake with coordinating papers and card stock using Lawn Fawn stitched snowflake dies and held them all together with a brad.

I'll be taking this over to the Snippets Playground #163 since the papers were all snippets from the paper pad.

Here's a little reminder that Deedee's February progressive challenge is going on right now too! Play along this month and you'll win the March featured digi set completely free!! Get all the details here.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope your weekend is wonderful without too much snow!

Carol

Got a Wild Hare?

I had this cute sledding bunny stamped for a while, so I got out the Copics, colored it, and finally made it into a card. With all the snow & ice we've had lately, the neighbor kids have been sledding down the hill, so I guess it was time to make a card like this.

The image is by Lawn Fawn, as well as the stitched hills and stitched snowflakes. The dsp is BoBunny Enchanted Garden (thanks Donna!) and I used some Island Indigo cardstock, ribbon & ink for the accents. I added some silver stickers by Stampendous to the snowflake centers, and a tiny red heart sticker to that adorable little bunny. I wasn't sure what sentiment to use here, but after digging through my stash of stamps, I found this one from Kitchen Sink Stamps that says "Got a wild hare?" and thought it was perfect :)

I'm chilling today after the hubs and I shoveled slushy snow & ice for 2 hours yesterday. I think I heard my body groan all by itself when I slowly rolled out of bed this morning :)

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Tuesday!

Carol

W is for "Wow, it's Cold!"

Today I have a card for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge - "W is for WOW it's Cold!" I used a SSS Wishing Trees die, cutting with dark green and a lighter green dsp. I added a stitched hillside done with a Lawn Fawn die, and added some sparkly stickles for snow. The lower border was done with a MS punch, and the tiny star is a negative from a SSS star border die. The sentiment is from SU!'s endless wishes and since Christmas is now behind us, you might as well be of good cheer, because who can stop the snow if Mother nature wants to bring it to us?? LOL

Stay warm and thanks for stopping by today!!

Carol

Now THAT'S a fish story!

The final Deedee's Digis monthly challenge has been posted and this adorable new digital image set called "Ice Fishing" is free for everyone to download while the store is still open. If you haven't heard, DeedeesDigis is closing at the end of January due to new European tax laws that are forcing many digital stores to close their doors. Every digi image in her store is on sale, so if you want any of her images, now would be the time to grab them before they're gone!

Since this is the last challenge, everyone who downloads this image (for free) and plays along, will win a $10 gift code to the store, so there's no reason not to play along! You can get all the details on DeedeesDigis blog.

For my card, I printed the pre-colored digi and added some Copic color and Spica glitter pen color too. I used a Lawn Fawn hillside die, along with the Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies. The plum and teal cardstocks were snippets, and the dsp is from the Winter Wishes pad by Echo Park. Lastly, I added a Lawn Fawn stitched snowflake diecut and some geo sparkler stickers to the snowflake, water droplets, and sentiment panel.

I hope you can find time to play along with us this month, and grab some of those adorable images Deedee made before they're gone! This set includes 3 different papers you can print; along with 4 different pre-colored and line images you can color yourself!

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

a Wintry Love Card

The Mod Squad challenge this week is to make your own background paper. I used the GinaK Stately Flowers 6 stamp set, and gold embossed the pinecones on the soft stone cardstock, adding tiny red birds done with a SNSS silhouette stamp set. For the main image, I used the large image from Stately Flowers 6 and embossed it in gold as well, adding a little color with Copics to make it stand out from the background. I dotted everything with liquid applique to look like snow, added a red die-cut bird, a tiny black gemstone for the eye, and lastly a little red bow. The sentiment is also from Stately Flowers 6.

Thanks for stopping by on this very busy weekend and have a wonderful day!

Carol