Christmas Cards!!

Happy Sunday Crafty Friends!!

Today I am popping in with some cards for some challenges. My first card I used the Freshly Made Sketches #757 as my inspiration. 

I used the Birch Press Design Simple Evergreen Sprigs and the Block Print Winter Cardinal for my focal point.

The sentiment is the Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. The background circles are from Stampin Up!

I am entering this into this week's Freshly Made Sketches, Just Add Ink-Paper Piecing and Addicted to Stamps & More-Christmas.

My next card I used the Sketch & Scrap Sketch #302 as my inspiration.

I used paper and ephemera from Rosie's Studio.

I had so much fun mixing these fun papers and going through the ephemera to pick the right pieces. 

I added some sparkle and shine with some glitter on the edges of the pines.

For my next card I used the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge as my inspiration. It was to use Pattern Paper on a card. 

I used Rosie's Studio paper and ephemera for this card too.

I used Vintage Photo around the edges of the ephemera and a Distress Tool around the paper.

I added some glitter around the edges of some of the ephemera, as well as some Nuvo Crystal Drops on the gold berries.

That is all from me today. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS night!

Nora

World Card Making Day Cards

Happy Sunday Crafty Friends!!

I am just popping in with two cards that I created yesterday during World Card Making Day. 

 I used this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #756 and Addicted to Stamps #527 Christmas as my inspiration.

I used Birch Press Design's Block Print Ribbed Ornament and Simple Pine Needles dies and scraps of gold and glitter paper for my bauble.

I used an old paper pad in back of the ornament and the sentiment is from Honey Bee Stamps.

I had so much fun creating the first card, I created a second one too!

I swapped the gold out for pattern paper at the bottom and some gold twine at the top. 

I added some gold gems and a darker gold bow to the top of the ornament.

I am going to enter this one in this weeks As You See It Challenge #382.

That is all from me today. I want to thank you for stopping by. Have a GREAT night!

Nora

Happy Sunday with a Couple of Cards

Hell Crafty Friends!!!

I am popping in with a couple of cards for some challenges. I am back to work and don't have a ton of time to craft any more. I liked summer hours better!

My first card I used Freshly Made Sketches #752 as my inspiration.

Below is the sketch that inspired this card:

I had fun using the Ornamental Branch die and the Block Print Winter Cardinal dies from Birch Press Design and a strip sentiment from Taylored Expressions.

My embossed background is from my stash. I have no idea who created it!!

I have to admit that I love making sympathy cards. I am not sure why.

My second card I used TWO challenges to inspire my card. The first is CAS on Friday. Challenge #342 is all about the SEA. I also used a sketch from Sunday Stamps.

I changed it up a little from the posted sketch. I didn't put the sentiment in the same place.

Instead of the oval, I used the anchor. The stamped images are from Pink and Main? I am not sure. They were in my extras!!

The embossed background was created with an embossing folder from Spellbinders.

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

Nora

Happy Sunday with some Cards

Hello Crafty Friends!!

After being away three weeks in July, I was able to get back into my craft room this week. I have made a TON of cards for some of the design teams I am on but I was also able to make a few with some recent challenges.

My first card I created for this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #748.

I have been digging out some of the card kits that have been piling up in my craft room to create cards. For this card, I used the Simon Says Stamp April 2026 "A Little Artsy" kit for this card. 

The paper is Beautifully Imperfect from Spellbinders. The paper was a bit thin so I covered white cardstock with the pattern paper so I can distress the edges of all my pieces.

I added some stamping in black to the background paper using the Simon Says Stamp A Little Artsy stamp set. The sentiment was created using this same stamp set and cut with the matching die.

I am entering this card into the Freshly Made Sketches #748 and this weeks JUGS Challenge #835-Die Week Anything Goes.

The second card I created for this round of the Color Hues Challenge #138 Navy and Teal.

Once again, I used the SSS April 2026 Card Kit to create my card. The butterflies and the sentiment was stamped using the A Little Artsy stamp set.

This was a ton of fun to create. I used the stencil included in the kit to color in the butterflies with Peacock Oxide Ink-also included in the kit. I then added some SSS white splatter medium across the card. 

Once the panel was dry, I tied some teal twine around the card front, added the sentiment and then adhered it to an A2, white card base. My last step was to adhere some teal jewels around the sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges: The Color Hues Challenge #138 and the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #298-the top horizontal line-sparkle, ribbon/twine and butterflies.

My last card I used the August (Pin)spirational Challenge #340 for my colors, The Sisterhood of Crafters July 2026 Challenge-the fun, bright flower mood board and We Love Stamping August 2026-Summer Blooms.

 

Once again I used the April 2026 SSS Card Kit for my card. I stamped the flowers and the print in black on a white card front.

I used the stencil in the kit to shade the flowers in with MFT Coral Crush and Persimmon dye ink.

The background is Salvaged Patina Distress Ink. 

The twine is from my stash and the sequins are from one of the Spellbinders Advent Calendars.

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

Nora

You Make Me Smile Card

Hello Crafty Friends!!

I got home from my vacation on Tuesday after a twenty four hours of travel. My husband and I had a FABULOUS time on our Alaska cruise. We did a small cruise line with less than 750 people. This enabled us to go into smaller ports. I would recommend.

I was finally able to get into my craft room on Thursday and made some cards for some challenges. 

I created this card using the Freshly Made Sketches #745 and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Fabulous Florals.

I started off by dry embossing a piece of purple cardstock using the Spellbinders Intertwined Lattice embossing folder. The frame is from Sunny Studios.

I had created the lavender flowers using a die from The Greetery. I had colored the stems in using Copic Markers and insk smooshing. The sentiment is stamped and die cut using Spellbinders You Make Me Smile Sentiments.

My second card I used the Inspired By Challenge as my start off for my card, as well as the middle across from the Tic Tac Toe Challenge #297-any color, free, sentiment. 

I started off my card by dry embossing the Simon Says Stamps Blooming Wreath on a white card panel. I then used a Distress Tool around the edges. Next I took the Cadet Blue Positively Saturated Ink pad to colored in my flowers with a small blending tool.

I used the Thick and Thin Thanks Dies from Concord & 9th for the sentiment. The butterflies are Poppy Stamps Nordic Cheery Butterflies.

The flower centers are colored in using a YG 21 Copic Marker and some tiny dots of Diamond Stickles.

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

Nora