Celebrate Christmas

 

Merry Christmas to All and Happy New Year too!

Here is my card that is winging over to Norway. It's for the December 2025 Card Chain Challenge. This challenge has three things that had to be on the card. Something new, but unused, 3 favorite colors and an animal, flower, or fruit.

The fancy DSP from SU is my new, my three favorite holiday colors are red, gold and white, and there are poinsettias in the biggest layering piece. For a 4th favorite thing, love the gold stars decorating the sentiment. The DSP is called Traditions of Christmas and the gold is Gold Foil.

Fun to make but tricky lining up the words and getting the little stars to stick. Inside I stamped Merry Christmas in Encore! Gold. I wish the front Christmas word was better done with the Encore. Oh well, a special card for a special friend.

The base card is SU Real Red and the gold mat from them too. Celebrating another card done!

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Hugs and best crafty wishes to all my visitors.🎄

Snowy Owls

 Happy New Year!

Today I am adding this card to the Snippets Playground: Challenge 522. I am playing just for fun. I love this unmounted stamp that I got on Esty. They called it Winter Owls and said it is from The ArtFloozy. 

Using my MISTI, I stamped with Memento black ink and colored the dressed up owls with SU Blends. I used a couple of brown hues, Granny Apple Green, Light Night of Navy, Light Shaded Spruce, Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, and used Timid Tiger for the noses.  Aren't they cute? They make me smile. 

My snippets are from a nice rectangle piece of white c.s. found in my "to use" bag. I have a bag for each color scraps I use a lot. The branches are also snippets from my stash. 

I fussy cut out the owls and glued them atop branch dies from SU Winter Owls die set. To finish, I embossed an A2 base card with retired Softly Falling embossing folder and put a piece of white card stock inside ready for a note when I send the card. 

It is really pretty outside today, clear blue sky and white snow everywhere. BUT it is cold. Only 10 degrees F. High of 11 or so. Brrr.

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Warm Wishes

 Winter Greetings!

I am  posting in the Snippets Playground Challenge #521. It has been ages since I have joined and it is about time I can hear Sarn and Di say. :-) Can you see my snippet along side the card?

I was thinking of snow (we have so little here right now) and quickly got out an oldie Stampin Up embossing folder to use on my Night of Navy cardbase. Oops, the snow is blue. Being afraid to use paint trying to color them white I used instead Simon Says Stamp powder embossing prep bag. Hard to see on the card but looks a little like snow flakes on the card.

The flying owl is from SU Winter Owls die set. Retired now, but special so I will always keep it. I used Stick It to try and keep all the tiny pieces in place. It didn't work very well. 

The sentiment is another oldie called Warm Winter Wishes by Cut Plorations part of Stamplorations.

I just looked out the window and it is snowing! Yay, a white Christmas after all. Since I don't have a car or drive, I love it when it snows.

Happy and Merry Christmas to all. 🎄

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Joyful Poinsettia

 Holiday Greetings!

This is the last Christmas card I made for2025. It will be mailed soon - locally. My out of town cards went last week.

I had the black A2 card base on my desk so got to work on making a card for the The Flower Challenge #109. They are asking for Christmas flowers, so naturally I dug out one of my poinsettia dies.

The die is from Altenew. I struggled lining up the petals, so cut a bunch of extras trying to make a pleasent bouquet. 

The little Joy die is from an oldie but wonderful set from Queen & Co. Luckily I had a smidgen of gold cardstock handy, so used that for the sentiment and the flower center.

Time to finish this card, stuff my envelopes and find some postage stamps. 

Are all your cards done and mailed? 

It is so sad that this is the last challenge for The Flower Challenge as they are closing down. I've seen many wonderful cards on their posts over the years. Thank you for challenging us.

We are having a mid December thaw for the next couple of days here in my neck of the woods. There is a lot of snow, so not all of it will melt. 

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Naughty or Nice Puppy

 

Hello Again!

First time entering a Penny Black Saturday Challenge, so this link goes to the December 2025 challenge.  I do have a favorite in my collection of PB stamps: Naughty or Nice?  It is from 2009 and I love it. So fun, I think. Do you like it?

I stamped this funny wooden stamp in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored the images with SU Blends. Used Soft Suede, Real Red and Evening Evergreen colors. The Blends are so nice to color with, IMHO. 

I wanted more snowflakes around, so carefully used just part of Catherine Pooler's Swirling Snow Background Stamp. Messed up my big image, so cut it down to just 2"x5-1/2" then matted it with black.

The sentiment is from the SU set called Stars At Night. Inside I stamped Merry Christmas from the same set. This set is retired, but I see it for sale a few places on line. My dog loving friend will be getting this card.

Today we have lovely blue skies with a few clouds. Temps are still cold, but the snow covered view out my window is very pretty.

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My Pink Daisy

 Happy Winter!

Here is my card I finished today with the help of my friend Cheryl W. Thanks again, Cheryl who gifted me some wonderful daisy, stems, and leaf cut-outs. I put my own spin on them to make this card to enter this pink and green challenge.  https://colorhuesthecolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/12/color-hues-123-pink-and-green.html

My card base is PTI White, which is my favorite white card stock. The great dark green ( it looks black here, but isn't) layering piece is from my stash, but am not sure from what company. I have only two 8-1/2 x 11 sheets of it, so will hoard it for Christmas cards. :-)

I am not sure that daisies come in pink, but mine does. I used Pops of Color (they call it dimentional liquid embellishment) in Gloss Dusty Rose to paint over the die cut. Can you see some of the petals are popped up?

The flower is really shiny in real life. I love it! This paint is on sale a couple of places on line. The stem and leaves are probably Old Olive c.s.  I carefully glued them down using my "finger glue". 

To finish I added  the sentiment from SU Inked & Tiled cling stamp set using Hero Arts white pigment ink and was done. I know my photo is a bit blurry. Sorry, my skills with the camera are not up to par these days.

It is very cold and snowy here in Minnesota. I had to turn on the heat AND make dinner in the oven tonight. Staying warm and crafting is the best thing to do these days.

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Lovely Teal & Silver

 

Hello!

Today I made a card to enter the Color Hues: #122 - Teal and Silver challenge. So here is my card. I like it.  You?  It is nice to have another one finished for my Christmas list.

To make the card I used retired Stampin' Up! Taken With Teal cardstock to make an A2 size left folding card. I have only a couple of sheets left, but found some more on-line. Expensive, but that's okay as I love the color. Acturally, any hue of blue is my favorite!

In my huge stash of specialty card stock I found a pack of shiny silver from Erin Lee Creative. Using my Stamp & Cut machine,  I cut out both flower and the greeting. Gluing them was the hard part because as usual, I didn't think to use an adhesive sheet. Sigh. My finger in the glue worked out. :-)

The elegant die is retired from Poppy Stamps called Stained Glass Poinsettia. The word die Joy is an older goodie from Queen & Co. 

Inside is a nice piece of white cardstock with a couple of snowflakes cut from the leftover silver paper. I will write a note before mailing. 

I almost always write a note in my Christmas cards. Do you? A great deal of my friends live out of state.

A cloudy but quite warm for November day here...in the 40's. I am looking forward to some snow, but it probably will be a while yet.

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Hello Friends

 Hello,

This card was made for the October Card Chain Challenge and it is wending its way to Illinois. I hope Ellie likes it.

It was difficult getting a good picture that shows both the embossed flower and stem and the greeting. This shows it fairly well taken with my old Kodak camera. 

The flower and sentiment are both from SU retired set called Inked & Tiled. My cardbase is Not Quite Navy. Using my MISTI, I stamped the flower image with VersaMark and sprinkled on two WOW glitter embossing powders. Metaline Kiwi Krush and Carousel are the colors. 

To cover a boo-boo, I used an old oval punch to cut an opening that turned out to be perfect for my Hello Friend greeting from the above set too. I stamped through the opening onto white cardstock on the inside. Had to use a stamping block for that, something I hadn't used in ages. Do you all use your blocks anymore?

I mimicked the color of the flower with three sticky dots from my bling drawer and was done. I just wrote a note before mailing on the paper inside.

Here are the options for October. I like doing friendship cards.

Theme Options: Wee Folk (Fairies, Elves, Gnomes etc.) / Trees / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Glitter / Splatts

After a lovely autumn day here and it is time to get to bed. Night night and happy stamping!

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A Birthday Princess

 

Hello Again!

I am sharing the card I made for my great-granddaugher's 4th birthday which is soon. She decided she wanted a princess party and a fancy dress and crown to wear. She got both and looked darling.

Hope she likes the card. I do. Do you?

I have had this stamp for years but don't think I ever have used it. So am addding the card to NBUS #79. The stamp is by Hampton Art, but am not sure how old it is. I love my collection of wooden stamps!

The embossed backhround I found in my "to use" stash, so I  covered the A2 whole card front. After coloring the image with my SU Blends, I framed and cropped it with Spellbinders Fluted Classics Rectangles die. That seems to be retired. 

Colors used: Light Pink Pirouette, Boho Blue, and Daffodil Delight along with an old silver Jelly Roll pen. I just stamped Happy Birthday inside.

My great-granddaughter hurried past the card to open her present. Her mother liked my card, though.

It was a lovely, lively, and noisy birthday party yesterday. Fun, but I was glad to get home to the quiet. 😊

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For Halloween

 Boo!

Here is the card I made for my adult grandson who lives nearby. Too old to go trick or treating, I have candy and a beer for him when he comes over! teehee

Wood stamp shown is an oldie from Hero Arts. I think called EEK.  Stamped it on white with VersaFine Onyx Black and added die cuts from my Halloween stash on top. Gray and orange card stock from Stampin' Up! are my frames. A really quick card make.

Submitting card to October Edition/Woodblack Wednesday at the last minute. 

Supposed to cool down this week, but the colorful leaves are still hanging from the trees. So pretty outside.

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I Love Purple

Hello Again,

 After about 20+ pictures taken and cropped, here is my entry to The Flower Challenge #107. * Whew!

I really love any shade/hue of purple but do not have a lot of ink pads. Found a little one by Memories Direct in my stash and used it with a stencil. This stencil is from Uniko called Pure Florals Gerbera. It is still available on their website.

Here is my card...is it Purple enough for this October flower challege? I like the card. You?

The card base is SU, not sure the name, but stamping on a scrap showed me the little ink pad named above would go nicely. It fit well on my A2 side folding card. 

Using the same ink, I then stamped my sentiment right next to the flower. Oops, crooked. So I stamped again on a snippet of white die cut using an oval punch. The sentiment is from the retired SU set called Love & Sympathy. I think purple is a good color for sympanthy cards.

Lastly, I added a little gem found in my drawer of bling. Can you believe I have a whole drawer of bling from many different companies? True story.

Inside is a 4 x 5-1/2 piece of white c.s. ready for a note. Am hopeful I will not need to send the card soon.

Because I used a snippet of paper for the sympathy greeting, I am adding the card to the Snippets Playground #516.  I haven't played there in a very long time. 

That is it from me for now. Take care of yourselves and happy crafting. It is a rainy Autumn day here, so was perfect for making a card.

*Edited to say I notice my card at Flower Challenge is sideways but I haven't found a way to fix that. Maye they will help me, I asked.

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World Card Making Day

 Hi~

With what supplies I had on hand, I tried some of the technique shown by Jay in the UK on his video that was part of the SU special card making day presentations.  Used Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight full size stamp pads.  I smooched the colors onto my glass mat and spritzed them well like he did before dropping a piece of white cardstock on top. That's my whole card front.

See?  

From black cardstock, I die cut the open tree scene from SU In older In The Grove die set but I lobbed off the top part. Like Jay, I put my sentiment in the middle of the trees. Because the dried smooshed part is lumpy, the words are hard to read. Says, "You've been on my mind" from the retired Memorable Blooms stamp set.

To finish, I stamped the moon from Hero Arts in my sunset sky.

Another card for my stash. Maybe it will go to my lovely granddaughter who is away at grad school in upper New York state.

Cloudy and rainy and warm day here in MN. Cool weather is coming this week, thank heavens. I'm ready for Fall now.

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Yellow and Blue Together

 Hi Friends,

This next card is the one I sent to Pat in Texas for the September 2025 Card Chain Challenge. I chose the friendship option for my Spring looking card. Not really ready for Fall quite yet. Are you?

Theme Options: Flamingos / Fish / Friendship this time.

The card was made with the SU Cheerful Daisies stamp and die set. Used Boho Blue, Daffodil Delight and Garden Green blend pens.  

After stamping to make the background, more flowers were done on a small rectangle and strategically placed on top. A strip of ribbon to match was added. 

As I write this, I've forgotten which friend stamp was used. Senior moments...

Thanks for stopping by and leaving comments. Still really warm and sunny here in MN. I am ready for cooler weather, but not winter yet. :-)

Cyber hugs to my readers.

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Sunflower Hello

 Happy Fall!

I received a lovely package of die cuts from Cheryl W. at Paper Panacea after admiring one of her cards. Thanks so much, Cheryl. My card today is a CASEing of her card.

What do you think? I like it and will probably send it off to CA when I get my friend's new address.

To the pale orange die cut I added some darker orange with a colored pencil by Crayola. Not sure why I haven't used my pencils before. But it is fun. Anyway, next I colored the center of the flower with a brown pencil. In real life the flower is really pale orange unlike my picture seems to show. Honest! 

For my background I found an interesting green paper by SU, a DSP called Splendid Autumn from 2024. Like Cheryl, I propped up some of the petals with glue dots beofre gluing the whole flower down. It was difficult doing the stem and leaves I tell you. My card base is my usual basic white from PTI.

To finish up I used a simple greeting from a vintage Gina K set called Vertical Greetings that has had lots of use lately. 

Come to find out, The Color Hues Challenge #117 is asking for orange and green, so am entering my card there before it closes.  First time visiting this challenge. 

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will come by again. Hugs from Minnesota where Fall is so pretty.

Glad You're My Friend

 Hello,

My card for the August 2025 Card Chain Challenge has gone to Oregon. Hopefully the mail is not slow. I put extra postage on the envelope because it was heavier then normal. I didn't use the colors or layout options this month, but the card fits the friendship option. 😊 P.S.  She has received it!

What do you think?  I like the card and I believe Greta likes the colors of blue too.

This wonderful DSP came in a kit that I received from Dawn O. after making a purchase in July. This DSP paper set is called Florals in Bloom, and this is my favorite one as I love these colors together.

The card base is Misty Moonlight and there is a thin layer of the new SU color papr called Timid Tiger for a border. On the rectange I stamped a super greeting from the retired Incredible Like You stamp set. It is still availale a few places online. This friendly greeting is propped up using double sided foam tape.  

 

Inside I wrote a note on a piece of white cardstock.

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Watering Flowers

Hi There!

I have so many wooden stamps, it is hard to chose one for this challenge. The wood stamps are my favorite, next to red rubber. I am adding this card to the August Edition/Woodblack Wednesday challenge.

This watering can stamp is an oldie from Stampin Up dated 1997. I stamped it with VersaMark, added Zing embossing powder in Silver, and heated it with my heat gun. It was really hard getting a nice impression and picture. 

I fussy cut the can out. Next I looked for a flower stamp that wouldn't be over-powered by the big can. Found this crysanthemum in SU's current set called Inspiring Imperfections. I colored the flowers with my SU markers (I hate that they are going away) in Wisteria Wonder, Polished Pink, Daffodil Delight and Cucember Crush. 

Luckily I also have the dies. After die cutting, I placed them under the rim of my watering can and glued the whole thing onto a beige Paper Lattice treillis also by SU. The cardbase is PTI basic white.

The sentiment is from Gina K, her older Vertical Sentiments set. I had to do surgery on the stamp to get it on my card just right.  Whew! Done!

 What do you think? 

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Tulips on Wood

Hello Friends,

Am doing a last minute entry to the July Edition - Throwback Woodblock Wednesday. Just finished the card yesterday and took a photo today.

The wooden stamp is an oldie by Whipper Snapper Designs. I bought it on eBay so don't know how old it is. Cute, though. Right?

Here's my card: 

I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black so I could use SU Blends to color. Used Light and Dark Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink, and Soft Succulent with touches of brown. 

Next I mounted this focal point on black c.s. then embossed the whole thing with my SU Subtle embossing folder. 

For the background I embossed a rectangle of Old Olive with a newer folder by Simon Says Stamp called Floral Festoon. It has tulips and stems that unfortunately do not show much. 

Am quite fond of this card. Left off a sentiment as I couldn't figure out where to put one. Any ideas? Help!

A lovely cool but smokey day here in MN. I love that it isn't so hot today. :-)  A day to create.

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Roses and Pink

 Hi Again,

This rose die cut has been on my desk top for ages and it was time for it to be shown. It was a gift some time ago from my friend Linda W. Scrappin.Bari  Many thanks...I love it and its twin. 

I think this die cut in black and white is lovely without any coloring added. So I just glued it onto a rectangle of SU Pink Pirouette. 

Easy to finish. I mounted the pink onto a sliver of black, then a bit of white. The card base is black. Inside is some white for a message.

To be honest, I goofed and got a smooge on the pink. To cover that up, I found a nice hello stamp that fit on an oldie but goodie SU Oval Tag punch cut out. The hello is from a recent set called Let's Chat. 

Whew!

A lovely summer weekend here in MN. Not too hot and not too humid. My daughter and great-granddaughter visited yesterday which was wonderful.

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CCC July 2025

Greetings!

  

It's time for my Card Chain Challenge July 2925 entry. May and June were busy busy months for me, so here I am for July! I've been doing this challenge for years and have loved making cards to send the world over. I've missed seeing you all with the cards you have made.

I made my card this month for Julia in Massachusetts. Hope she likes it. Do you? She has received it!!

When I looked at the sketch idea my mind saw a vase with a flower, so my card is an interpretation of that. Amongst all my hoard supplies, could not find a vase large enough for the idea in my head.

Searching through my dies, I found a old die from PTI called Mega Mat Stack 2 and voila! I saw a vase! So I die cut 2 from SU Temping Turquoise card stock and  and did some surgery making my vase. I used a circle punch punch to create the curved opening. 

Next I looked and found a NBUS die from Altenew called Streamlined Sprig. I cut two in SU Olive Olive and lopped off the flower. Next I took the separate flower die from the set and cut two from Powder Pink card stock. I cut two of all the elements on this card for some dimension. 

Before assembling the card, I embossed the vase with the retired SU/Sizzix embossing folder called Houndstooth. The sentiment is from the Taylored Expressions Simple Strips stamp and die set.

The card base, an A2 side opening one, is in SU's Smoky Slate card stock that I embossed with the Suble folder. I added a white piece inside and put the last pink flower in the corner. I'll write a note before mailing. I will add this card to NBUS Challenge #76.

Sketch Option:  

 

Color Option:

It has been hot and humid lately here in MN, typical July weather. I'm glad I have air conditioning!

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