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

A NEW Challenge-Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #633

Hello Friends!!!

Today I am popping in with a card for the NEW round of the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge!!! Challenge #633 is a COLOR challenge-Grape, Fig and Beige.

This year Cupcake Inspirations has decided to be a monthly challenge. This gives

everyone more time to create and enter a project. I hope to see you there!!

To start 2026, I decided to try to use supplies that I have bought and have not used.

I bought the 2026 Spellbinder’s Advent Calendar and decided to use day 1’s offering.

Isn’t the little puppy cute? I had fun creating the background with a Crackle Paintembossing folder from Spellbinder's.

Below is the Challenge Badge for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge:

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Want to join us this round? To see more details about the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge, 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

A Couple of Cards

Hey Friends!! 

Just popping in with a couple of cards for some challenges!!! I have not been crafting as much as I would have liked as I have been sick.

These two cards I created are very similar. My image is the Tiny Townie Wonderland Playing Card Guard from Stamping Bella. When I saw this image, I HAD to have it. I only got one but want the rest of the set but I am trying not to buy anything new!!

My first card was inspired by the Color Hues Challenge and Freshly Made Sketches #622.

I had a fun time creating the background with a combination of red and pink Distress Sprays.

I colored in my image using Copic Markers. The die cut hearts are from a Mama Elephant die.

My next card I used the Inspired By Challenge IB275. I used the pink and red colors, as well as the sprinkles on the whip cream. 

I splattered pink Oxide Spray and did some hearts with a stencil on background. For some reason, the sprinkles just inspired this.

The sentiment is from the "So Very Lovely" Reverse Confetti sentiment set. I loved this company and miss it!!

Well that is all from me. Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

Nora

There is Still Time to Play Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #537

Happy Valentine's Day!! 

I am just popping in to say there is still another week to play with the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #537. The theme is Valentine Hearts.

I did not make another card this week so I am reposting the card I created last week again.

I used a Digi Doodles Studios Digital Stamp generously gifted to us by our sponsor.

I hope you come on over and play with us at the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #537. 

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

 

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #537-Valentine Hearts

 Hello everyone!! I hope you are all having a FABULOUS day.

It is time for a new Cupcake Inspirations Challenge. The next two weeks it is to create a card using Valentine hearts.

This week the Design Team is using digital stamps by Digi Doodle Designs. 

I was generously gifted Digi Daisy and Darby Dalmatian digital stamp to use on my card. Below is the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Badge #537.

I started off my card by printing out my image and coloring it in with colored pencils. I then die cut it and layered it onto an A2 card front that I had adhered a piece of red cardstock that I had die cut using the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Heart Coverplate and a die by The Greetery.

I finished it off with a retired greeting from My Favorite Things.

I hope that you will join us this week for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #537. I cannot wait to see what you create!!

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

Using my Stash: Valentines

Hello everyone!! I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted ANYTHING on this blog. Moving my craft room from one floor to the next has taken me forever, since I have had to sort through everything and clean out the upstairs room too. It still is not complete BUT I am getting there!!!

In my sorting, I found some things that I decided I wanted to use. I forgot I even had this little kit from Making Memories and so I put it on my desk to remind me to use it when I had time. Well, this weekend I did!

I didn't use everything but I did pull out a lot and made three cards. I added a few things to it here and there but I love what I created!!!

This first card is my favorite. I used some pattern paper from my stash and added the frame, which was in the kit, that I had fussy cut it out. I then used foam adhesive to pop the "adore" bingo card up over it. 

The little ticket and red twine were also from the kit. I added the xoxo that was sitting in my stash. I think it should have been the opposite, though, right? Oh well, it is adhered too well to pull it off!

I finished the card off with a Valentine sentiment stamped using Taylored Expressions Mini Strips: Valentine.

I am going to enter this card into this month's Color Hues Challenge: Red and Pink. I am also going to enter this into Just Add Ink's Challenge: Pick 2-banner, border bow. I have the bow and am counting the strip as my border!

For my second card I used items from the kit AND a stenciled heart background that I created last year and never used.

The little pattern square and ticket were from that kit. I added a doily and the felt heart, two other things I discovered as I was going through my stuff. Everything old is new again!!

That sentiment strips are from my stash as well. I just paired them together. 

I don't do a lot of heavy layering on my cards because it is a pain to send but I love how this came out too!!!

My last card is a sympathy card.

The heart, the button, the twine and ticket were all from the kit. I added a Prima flower from a HUGE jar that I own, as well as some hearts that were die cut using a retired CAS-ual Fridays die.

The sentiment strips are from my stash. I think they are Taylored Expressions? 

The next two cards are kind of random for this post. I created them last month when I was doing this fun, stenciled/stamped/blended winter backgrounds.

The elves are Mama Elephant Little Agenda Elves that were colored and die cut. 

Other images are a combination of My Favorite Things and Lawn Fawn. To see how I created the background, go to this post. I don't have the energy to write it all down again!!!

The beauty of this card was that I had all the little images stamped and colored ahead of time. I just had to die cut the frame and make the background!!!

The last card is in this winter theme as well.

The snow man is from Mama Elephant's Little Snowman Agenda, the hills are from Simon Says Stamp and the trees/house are from Lawn Fawn.

The sentiment is from Hello Bluebird. Out of all the cards I created that day, this one is my favorite for some reason. 

Did I bore you yet with all my cards? This has been kind of a long post but now I am done!!!

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