Last Pink Christmas Card for the Cure.

 The last two weeks have been very trying, although the weather is really balmy here in SWO I had already decided to close the cottage for the season and now I have to find homes for 2 of everything I use daily, I'm still dealing with fingers that are non-functioning (you have no idea how long it takes me to do my blog) then my dishwasher has something in the hose so I'm trying to find time to work on it before calling a repair man, Google has been helpful with videos, the refrigerator needs some attention too but probably should just replace it, and if you believe in things come in threes, my coffee maker just flashed me that I needed to descale it. 

Here is the final of my three Pink Christmas Cards,  the September 2024 sheetload tutorial is a great sketch and it is a free download and the instructions clear and easy to follow, instructions for making a single card are there too. Alicia also has a you tube channel and you can follow step by step with her. 

I am not sure of the maker of the sentiment but my guess is Stampendous, if you notice the patterned paper is different than any of the other pieces but this was the reverse of one of the pieces and I really liked it. 

I am adding this to;

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Pink Christmas (for the cure)

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Pink Christmas (for the cure) episode 2

 Back again with my second card for the Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge, Pink Christmas and for every card both Stephanie and Lauren donate $2.00 Each toward Breast Cancer Research, I know more younger women and men are being diagnosed with breast cancer and because of early detection and research it is very treatable. 

Here is the second of my trio of snowmen, I used the same sketch, same papers (the order in which the papers were layered are different and I changed up the placement of the sentient and image. 

Finished the inside of the card with a Stampendous sentiment and of course changed the location of the circle to match the front image.

I'm adding this to:

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Pink Christmas (for the cure)

Again it's nice to have you visit come back any time there is still one more to come.

It is Pink Christmas time at the Jingle Belles ~~ Take 1

 Finally made time to get some cards done for the Challenge at the Jingle Belles. both Lauren and Stephanie donate $2.00 each for every card posted on their blog, the money goes to Breast Cancer Research. As a survivor I like to make as many as I can, sadly I have only managed 3 cards so keep watching I will be posting a marathon for your viewing.

I was so enamoured with the September 2024 Sheetload of cards I just had to use it for some Christmas cards, 3 6 X 6 pieces of patterned paper and 3 8 1/2 X 11 pieces of cardstock and a bit of white and voila 3 adorable mini slimline cards. The stamps are ancient, a quatre of snowmen, I have used them every winter season for over 10 years. Let it snow was cut twice and layered for stability 

On the inside I added an Impression Obsession holiday sentiment. 

I am adding this to:

Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge ~~ Pink Christmas for the Cure

Thanks for stopping by and you still have until 6 p.m. EDT to enter for a good cause.

Birds of a Feather

 Hello and welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash, for this fortnight we want to see Birds or Feathers, since I am still dealing with  non co-operative fingers I have been keeping things simple although I am not too sure why I would attempt a new to me fun fold, if you want to try it you can find it HERE. 

Once all the cardstock was cut it went together nicely, I followed along with the video pausing to do the step before advancing. There is a second version I am going to try too. Of course for my "bird" I had to use one of my many house mouse designs stamps and it has a humming bird. I used a stamp I haven't used in a long time and the cardstock is Stampin'up and I have not clue what the colours are, I also have used some very neglected punches. 

Well this was not the easiest fold to take a photo of, but this is the inside where you add your sentiment.

Side view of the card set up, what is really nice it folds flat for mailing and fits an A2 envelope.

I'm adding this to:

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes or Halloween

Seize The Birthday ~~ Anything Birthday (topping is Dots)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and head over to the SOS blog and check out which of the Design Team used Feathers.

Halloween!!

 Welcome to a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash and it's my great grandson's favourite time in fact his mom said I could make him Halloween cards all year. The prompt is to use the holiday for the theme or use Halloween colours orange, black, green, lime and/or purple, as you see mine is a super cute Halloween card using one of my House Mouse Halloween stamps. So when I saw the September 2024 Sheetload sketch I knew it was perfect. If you follow the full instructions it makes 12 mini slimline cards, I wanted to use up some 6 X 6 Halloween papers so I prepped for 3 but only managed to get one finished, be prepared to see the other 2 soon.

Now isn't Monica just adorable in her butterfly wings. One section on the front is folded back and glued down. I love this slimline design, find the link HERE

I added the Happy Halloween and shadow, this is a very quick and easy fold.

I put a circle where the sentiment will be when I print a suitable one from one of the "free' sites.

Well I couldn't resist a close up of Monica doesn't she make a cute butterly.

I am adding this to:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ Anything Halloween Goes

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge ~~ Anything Goes optional theme "Fall"

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out SOS to see the scary inspiration the design team have created.

H is for Halloween *Pink is Optional

 Another new month another new challenge at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, Edna has gone overboard on her invitation to play along.

Kudos to Lee for the fabulous graphic.

As you see it is H is or Halloween *pink optional I usually make a pink Halloween card but I was just too excited with the snarky Halloween cat.

I have had all the components for the card but the background it seemed so daunting but with Saturday looming I needed to bite the bullet and git 'er done. I ink blended  spun sugar, villanous potion, uncharted mariner and black soot over a circle mask, bats are flat attached but the main image is elevated.

Picture to show the dimension.

The inside is finished with a computer generated verse and a scrap of patterned paper. (not sure I like it either, too late. lol)

I would like to add this to:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge ~~ Anything Halloween

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out the MAIN BLOG and see the fabulous Halloween inspiration the design team have made.

Thankful....

 It seems like it was yesterday I was confessing about my obsession over House Mouse stamps and now we are on to thinking about Leaves which is the new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. Fall colours and pumpkin spice are not any of my favourite things but it had to be done which is why it's called a challenge. I'm Leaf-ing it up to you for the next two weeks to join in the fun.

Pictures do not do the colours of the leaves justice they are far more red/orange than the picture shows. First I made the inky paper, you can check my tutorial Here, I die cut many leaves from a Impression Obsesssion set of 5 leaves. i popped the maple leaves up on the die cut wreath which was flat attached on the Darice autumn embossing folder. I added the small Thankful die cut. (all dies are at least 3 years old and the EF much older, it was time to dust it off and give it some love.

Close up to show the colours and how beautiful my old cuttlebug embosses.

Finished the inside with some oak leaves and a very elderly sentiment. 

Thanks for stopping by today and head over to the Main Blog and check out what the rest of the design team have created. I  hope to see your Leafy creations in our gallery.