Month: September 2026

Snowmen & Transport

Hello again. We have a new challenge starting at ABC Christmas Challenge. Or Christmas themes this time are:

S is for Snowmen

T is for Transport

Here are my cards:

For my snowmen card, I used a die and embossing folder set from Simon Says Stamp. The images were die cut, coloured with Copics, ink blended round the edge of each snowman, then ran each through the embossing folder.

The background panel is white glitter card – the oval die cut from the centre before adding the patterned paper – covered up the oval missing piece nicely – oval added, then the snowmen added with 3D foam.

The sentiment was stamped then die cut.

For my second card – very die cut heavy – I used a Spellbinders die set from their ‘All Aboard’ kit from several years ago.

All the elements were die cut and assembled – took quite a while – all those itty bitty pieces – then put to one side whilst I thought about the background

I chose a couple of pieces of patterned paper – cream and a lilac shade -ran through with a Spellbinders embossing folder, cut down to 5×7 inch landscape, adding a strip of gold glitter card.

The train was added with 3D foam – this too was a little fiddly to get everything as lined up as I could, then the glitter words and stars added. These were die cut sticky glitter.

I hope you can come and join us with your Christmas creations following one of both of our themes. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Snowman card:

Peace On Earth – Anything goes Christmas

Christmas Crafts All Year Round – Christmas with R & S – snowman

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

Train card:

Addicted To Stamps & More – dies cuts and/or stencils

Daisy Chain Challenge – transportation

Craft Rocket – use dies

Mix It Up – anything goes, option of embossing taken

Jolly Greetings

Hello again. I may not have posted for a few days, but I have been playing in my craft room. I thought it was time to play with my Spellbinders BetterPress system again, and created a lot of backgrounds and sentiments – all ready to go for future cards.

Whilst playing, I found the package from recent ‘Oh! What Fun‘ event, so decided to use some of the rub-ons and ephemera in the kit to enter the current challenge at 52CCT, which is a sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my card:

The two rectangles and the two squares were die cut with Gina K Designs Master Series dies which gave a stitched edge

Once cut, I then used rub-on images for the squares, adding a rub-on sentiment too. I then chose two ephemera pieces from that kit – larger and longer – more suited to the size of the rectangles.

Before adding the ephemera, I used a Spellbinders embossing folder on a white 7×5 inch panel, and ran a small light blue ink cube over the embossed panel to highlight some of the detail.

I ink blended the same blue along the bottom of each square and rectangle, then ran those pieces through the same embossing folder.

The ephemera were added to the rectangles, and all four pieces adhered to the background embossed panel. The final touch being the sentiment.

As an aside, I am going to join the Mona Toth online class this weekend to teach me how to take better photos of my cards – I really struggle with lighting – so hopefully these will be better once I have completed the class.

I shall be entering the following challenges:

52CCT – sketch

CYHTP – embossing folder, option of bees not taken

Peace On Earth – anything goes Christmas

Christmas Cards All Year Round – Christmas with R & S – rub-ons & snowflakes

Have An Udderly Fabulous Day

Hello again. It is time for the new challenge at The Alphabet Challenge. Having reached the letter ‘J’, Veronika has chosen the theme of:

J is for Just Kidding (a funny one)

Here is my card:

I decided to break out thew Copics for this card and the stamp and die set from Heffy Doodle ‘Udderly Fabulous‘.

The animal images were stamped, coloured, the die cut with the matching dies.

The barn is also from Heffy Doodle ‘Barns & Boats’, a die set which has elements to create a barn or a boat. After I die cut the red for the barn, I ran the piece through a Spellbinders embossing folder to give the plank effect.

The background panels are two pieces of patterned paper, one used for the sky background, and the other for grass – die cut with a Lawn Fawn die.

First I added the blue panel, then the two green grassy pieces, making sure not to glue down completely as I wanted to cow to just be sitting there – as you can see.

The barn was added, the the animals, and then the sentiment was stamped, ;layered with a white piece to make it stand out a little more, then glued down.

I hope to see you in our gallery with your projects following our theme. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Allsorts – all creatures great & small

Critter Crazy – anything goes with a critter

Crafty Animals – anything goes with an animal

Sending Bright Thoughts

It is time for the new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz. Jill has chosen the theme of:

Interactive/Kinetic

Here is my card – using the Lawn Fawn Magic iris dies:

I started by getting all my Magic Iris dies together, and choosing to use the ‘Floral Wreath‘ add-on. All the elements were die cut in Spellbinders card stock, then I took time to watch a YouTube video on the way to put the magic iris together.

The background blue paper and the window paper is also from Lawn Fawn.

The sentiment was stamped at the right time for construction of the card, all things added as you can see.

I hope you can come and join us with your interactive projects. The Design team has some amazing variations on the theme – I look forward to seeing what you create. xx

I shall be entering the following challenges:

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends – anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms – anything goes with florals

Addicted To Stamps & More – die cuts and/or stencils

Love To Craft – anything goes