Happy Sunday!!!

Happy Sunday!!

I am just popping in with some cards for some challenges. I am trying to use some of my stash this year so I dug out a Simon Says Stamp! stamp and die set-Celebrate You (retired).

For my first card, I had fun stamping the candles and coloring them in with Copic Markers. I then embellished them with some different colored Stickles. Using that stash!!

I dug out some stencils and used the stamp Grunge Tones from Visible Image with some Pinkfresh Studio Ink. I then used a Distress Tool and distressed the edges.

I adhered the coral panel onto a white A2 card base and used foam adhesive to pop up the candles and the sentiment.  My last step was to adhere some confetti sequins randomly around the card. I LOVE how this card came out and will be using these candles again.

I am entering this card into the following challenges Just Add Ink #779-Sketch (I used the candles as the rectangle) and The Little Red Wagon #846-Just the Way You Are (how I did the distressed edges-I am into this look!).

 

The second card I created I used the same stamp set as the first. This stamp set has a TON of fun images and sentiments to use on birthday cards.

I used another couple challenges as my inspiration. I used the All Sorts Challenge #843-Embossing (I used dry and heat embossing on my card) and Can You Handle the Pressure?-Dry Embossing, with Die Cuts being a twist (I have both!!), and The Color Hues Challenge #127-Peach and Teal. Yes, I used shades of both the colors but I was inspired by the colors.

I had fun using a stencil on the circles behind my stamped/colored in drinks.

For the dry embossing, I used Spellbinders Intertwined Lattice Embossing Folder on white cardstock.

I used some Glossy Accents on the stamped images and some randomly placed confetti sequins.

For my last card, I originally made for a IG challenge. However, I created a different card instead for that challenge and am posting this here. 

Once again I used the Celebrate You stamp/die set by Simon Says Stamp! for my card. I used the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Postage Stamp Edge Rectangles on the coral cardstock. I then layered this on a white A2 card base. I used a rectangle of pattern paper and then layered some Waffle Flower Stamps over the top.

To finish off my card is to add some star sequins and Glossy Accents around the card front.

I am entering this card into this round of Seize the Birthday #320. I am not doing the topping challenge as it needs to be CAS and Dies. I have the dies, but it isn't really CAS.

Well, that is all from me today. We are bracing for a huge Nor'easter today so I will be back with more cards tomorrow!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Nora

Happy Birthday!!

Hey Crafty Friends!!

Just popping in with a card for the Paper Players Challenge #773-Balloons and Birthdays. 

I have been having fun using supplies that I have but never used. This was stamped from the Celebrate You stamp/die set from Simon Says Stamp. I used the badge below as inspiration for this card.

I used a lighter rainbow of inks for my card. I stamped the balloons over and over with the different ink colors.

I created a thread nest behind the sentiment that was stamped with the same set and used clear heat embossing powder. 

I added a simple silver frame for a little bit of fun.

Well, that is all from me today. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by!!

Nora

A New Challenge Over at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge-Challenge #634

Hello Crafty Friends!!!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #634 is a THEME challenge. Create a project using the theme-LOVE IS IN THE AIR.

Below is the Challenge Badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #634:

Source

I started off my card by embossing a background with the Spellbinder’s 3D Stylized Floral Embossing Folder. I then die cut a heart border using a Mama Elephant Heart Border die and some hoarded Basic Grey patten paper.

I added some thread and different hearts that I die cut with different pink and gold papers.

The sentiment is from the 2026 Spellbinder’s Advent Calendar.

Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #634, head on over to the BLOG. I cannot wait to see what you create!!!

That is all from me. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora

Some Valentine's!!!

Happy Sunday Friends!!!

I am popping in today with some cards that I created. One thing I did was comb thought a TON of previously cut die cuts, stamped images and sentiments for my cards. 

 For my first card, I used the Freshly Made Sketches #722 as my jump off point. I dug through all my die cuts and found heart borders and a rick rack border to use for the stripes on the sketch. I am also entering this into this round of the Color Hues Challenge #126-Pink and Red. The last challenge that inspired this card is this weeks Inspired By...#374 Love Letters. 

The background paper is from an old Honey Bee Stamps-Love Letters paper pad.

I added some extra glitter hearts from another project in some little Altenew Envelopes. 

The little stamp is from my stash and I have not clue where it came from. I have to say, I LOVE how this came out!!! Supplies that I can remember are below:

For the next Valentine, I used the Just Us Girls #809, Try a Sketch on Tuesday #688 and the As You See It Challenge #365-Rhapsody in Red.

Once again, the background is pattern paper from  the Honey Bee Stamps Love Letters Stamp Pad.

The butterflies and butterfly circle is from Waffle Flower Crafts, as well as the stencil and stamp.

The celebrate sentiment is from my stash, the Valentine's sentiment is from Taylored Expressions. 

I used the sketch as a jump off point BUT it is not CAS. Not sure that is a requirement but if it was, I probably should not have used the pattern paper.

Well, that is all from me today. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora

Be Mine!

Happy Monday!

I am just popping in with a quick card I created for some challenges. I have been busy trying to use what I already have, but I have also been buying and am mad at myself because I could open a store with what I already own. Ugg!!!

I created this using the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month from December-Better Together for this card. Aren't these otters so cute?

I created the background using a combination of TWO different stencils. One is an old MFT stencil for the shape and for the water "texture" I used a Tim Holtz stencil from Stampers Anonymous.

The sentiment was stamped using Little Love Notes from MFT. The little word balloon is a die from Spellbinders.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: The Paper Players Challenge #771-Love is in the Air, Inkspirational Challenge #360-word prompt XOXO and the All Sorts Challenge #842-Create your Own Background.

 

I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!!

Nora

Some Cards for Challenges

Hey Crafty Friends!!!

It is a snow day in my world. I am popping in with a some cards for some challenges. I had fun creating with some of my Spellbinder's Club Dies. I used my November and December 2025 Small Die of the Month for my cards.

For my first card, I used this week's Freshly Made Sketches #720 as my inspiration for the layout of my card. I am also entering this into Just Us Girls Challenge#807-Stencil Week.

I had fun using two stencils on this card. I used a Taylor Expressions rectangle stencil with Candied Apple and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink. I then used a heart stencil by Pretty Pink Posh over the red to make my hearts. 

I then watered down some Gold Crush Lunar Paste and a paint brush to splatter my card. It didn't work as well as I wanted but that's okay.

I layered two circles and then my die cut images from November's Let's Do Brunch dies set from Spellbinders. I LOVE how this came out and had SO MUCH FUN making this. I so needed this after Saturday.

For my next card, I used a couple more challenges for inspiration. I used Time Out Challenges #305-Favorite Technique as the initial inspiration. My favorite technique is using die cuts on a card. I am also going to enter this card into Simon Says Stamp's Monday Challenge-Have a Heart.

 

I used the December Small Die of the Month from Spellbinders-Better Together-for my card.

I die cut my owls out of white cardstock and shaded the pieces in with Lost Shadow Distress Ink.

The hearts were die cut from a pinky/purple cardstock and then shaded in with a purple ink from an old WPlus9 ink pad. I miss that company!! I layered my little owls over scraps of pattern paper.

The sentiment is from an old MFT More Essential Sentiments stamp set. I miss this company too!!

My last card is another card that I created for this month's Cupcake Inspirations Challenge. Challenge #633 is to use the colors GRAPE, FIG and BEIGE on a card.

I used a die from Spellbinder's Advent Calendar 2025 for my card. 

Isn't that little dog so cute? I am giving this card to my daughter. She is a dog lover and I know she will enjoy this card.

It is hard to tell but my dog is beige. I used an old We R Memory Keeper's embossing folder for my background and then splattered it with ink.

I am going to be honest with you, these colors were HARD for me to use. I am not a fan of that fig color. It is a bit more orange colored in the challenge badge BUT I didn't have any ink or cardstock that was that color so I used what I had.

Well, I want to enter my cards into the challenges because before they close. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!!

Nora