STAMPlorations Perfect Pairs: Classic Christmas + plus!

 Hello there! I'm back with a couple more cards using

the Perfect Pairs: Classic Christmas along with the

coordinating Ephemera Cuts from STAMPlorations!

This time, I've added more to my cards to kick them up a notch. 😁

A scrap of holiday paper on one edge, repeat stamping of the

definition stamp, and one of the images from the Ephemera Cuts

still makes for a quick card.

For the inside, I stamped the sentiment stamp to finish.

For my second card, I took a piece of kraft paper, glued a strip of

patterned paper on the diagonal, die cut it using one of the

Crazy Double Running Stitch rectangle dies, then die cut it

again using the Circles All Over Texture plate. I added the

Nutcracker in the Ephemera Cuts package with foam squares.

Part of the sentiment was masked off and heat embossed

 in white embossing powder.

If you make quick cards, or like to throw on all the things, the

Perfect Pairs series is entirely capable of doing both! Check

out all four sets at the STAMPlorations store.

If you are in the mood to shop, you can use my discount code

for an extra 20% off.

Thanks for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Card 1:

Ink: Memento - Rich Cocoa

DP: Carta Bella - Farmhouse Christmas

CS: Taylored Expressions, Thunderbolt

Accessories: Coordinating Ephemera Cuts; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - Tape runner & foam squares

Card 2:

Ink: Versamark

DP: Echo Park - A Lumberjack Christmas

CS: Taylored Expressions; Thunderbolt; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Coordinating Ephemera Cuts, Circles All Over texture plate, Crazy double running stitch nesting dies; Stampendous - white EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner & foam squares

STAMPlorations January 2026 Anything Goes Challenge

 

Hello crafty friends and a very happy New Year to you!

I hope that your holiday was fun-filled and magical!

We are starting the new year off with an Anything Goes challenge

over at the STAMPlorations blog! I am so happy and excited

that Shery is re-opening her store and am looking forward

to all the new items she will be adding to it!

But first, here is a card (or five) that I created using items in

both the Christmas mug cuties ephemera pack and the

Christmas ephemera #1 pack.

Most of my cards use the Crazy double running stitch rectangle dies and I also

used the Circles all over texture plate on this one.

This sentiment is from the Yuletide Deer stamp set.

This card uses a sentiment from the Holiday Expressions: Yuletide 

Cheer stamp set that was heat embossed with gold embossing powder.

Are these not the cutest Christmas mug images?!

These next cards use images from the 

Christmas Ephemera #1 package:

Another sentiment from the Holiday Expressions: Yuletide Cheer

stamp set was used on this card. The frame behind this adorable

birdie came from the Succulently coordinating die set.

This was a fun card to make. I created a little "frozen creek"

for the penguin to skate on, then die cut the

Let It Snow phrase die for my sentiment.

There will be prizes awarded for playing along, of course!

One winner will receive a $25 gift code chosen by a STAMPgirl from

 entries that use STAMPlorations products.

Another random winner will receive a $10 gift code. (Need not feature STAMPlorations products)

A few simple rules to play along:

• Anything goes, any type of project or style
• The use of STAMPlorations products is not a requirement
• AI generated and/or free-off-the-internet images/designs are NOT allowed in projects.
• Link back to the challenge post (if blog entry) or tag @stamplorations if joining via IG
• Multiple entries per crafter allowed
• Challenge ends January 31

If you feel the need for some retail therapy at the STAMPlorations store,

feel free to use my discount code for 20% off!

STAMPGIRLCHRIS

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see your creations in the gallery!

Have a wonderful day!

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations - Yuletide Deer, Holiday Expressions- Yuletide

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

DP: Doodlebug Designs; Carta Bella - Farmhouse Christmas; Honey Bee - Holiday Wishes; Craft Consortium - Ink Drops Ocean

CS: Neenah; Thunderbolt; Taylored Expressions; Bazzill; 

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Paper Goods Christmas Mug Cuties Ephemera & Ephemera #1, Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting dies, Circles All Over texture plate, Succulently dies, Let It Snow die; Stampendous - gold EP; Taylored Expressions - Snowfall EF; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares; Bearly Art Glue

Time to get it started

 Hello and welcome!

I'm sharing the second Christmas card

I've made so far this year.

Gulp. Better get going on those now. LOL!

I went riffling through my Christmas stash and rediscovered

this cute, quirky reindeer. I colored him up with Copic markers

then blended Vintage Photo DI around the edge of 

the oval, the back panel and sentiment strip.

Another simple sentiment finishes the inside.

Jingle Belles has a sketch challenge that's just about

ended, so I'm squeaking in at the last minute to enter that.

Thanks for visiting. I hope you have a great day!

Supplies:

Stamps: Cosmo Cricket - Jolly Days; Honey Bee - Inside Holiday Sentiments

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy; Ranger DI - Vintage Photo

DP: Carta Bella - A very Merry Christmas

CS: Spectrum Noir; Taylored Expressions

Accessories: Copic markers; Sunny Studio - Rounded Rectangle Mat & Stitched Oval dies; MISTI

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives - tape runner, foam squares

Joy Christmas card

 Hello and welcome, friends!

This is my second post today, and

it's another Christmas card!

I still used traditional colors, but that black snowflake panel makes

this card a bit more dramatic. 

Here is the inside:

It's been some time since I've made any Christmas cards, so I'm

happy to have this and the one on my previous post done.

I probably only need to make around 100 more, or so. LOL!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great rest of your day!

I'd like to enter this at Christmas Kickstart #88

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee - Peace Love Joy (& dies)

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Farmhouse Christmas

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; Cardstock Warehouse

Accessories: Honey Bee - Pierced Fancy Flakes cover plate; Hero Arts - Wood Frames dies; MFT - Winter Poinsettias dies (berries); Nicole - rhinestones; Spectrum Noir DR7 marker (to color the rhinestones); Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares; Bearly Arts glue

Happy Holidays poinsettia

 Hello and good Monday to you all!

I'm popping in with a card I'd like to share:

I made a bunch of these poinsettias last December and had

this one left to use, so, here it is! LOL!

Here's the finished inside:

This post is short and sweet, as one of the challenges I want

to add this to is about to end. 😄

Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful day!

:

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshly Made Sketches #644

Addicted to Stamps and More #472

Supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bee Stamps - Home for the Holidays

Ink: Versamark; Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Farmhouse Christmas

CS: Thunderbolt; Recollections; scraps

Accessories: MFT - Winter Poinsettias dies, scalloped rectangle die from Blueprints 27; Avery Elle - double pierced rectangle dies; Ranger - gold Stickles: Nuvo glitter drops - white blizzard; Stampendous - Champagne EP; heat gun; MISTI

Adhesives: SA - tape runner; Bearly Arts glue

It's Christmas card making mode now!

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

Look at that, it's already almost halfway through

November, and I'm way behind making

my Christmas cards. My crafty mojo has

been MIA for the last 4 months or so,

and it finally reappeared at the end of October.

I did finally start on cards last month, and will

be posting about them soon. In the

meantime, here's a little something

that I came up with:

I'm finally playing with the Christmas Poinsettias card kit from

My Favorite Things, that I purchased in September. A lot

of die cutting, a snowflake embossing folder, a snippet of

paper, and some gold Stickles. Plus, the sentiment was

first stamped in black ink, then I heat embossed it with

clear embossing powder before die cutting it. 

I used another stamp from the same set to finish the inside:

I'm glad that I saved the cardstock that came with the kit, and

used what I already had on hand, because, you know, I 

really want to make those cards! LOL!

That's it for now. I appreciate that you stopped by for a visit!

Have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at:

Freshley Made Sketches #611

Shopping Our Stash #509 - Emboss Like a Boss

NBUS #56

Happy Little Stampers November ATG w/dies

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Christmas Wishes

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Versamark

DP: Carta Bella - Home for Christmas

CS: Thunderbolt; Neenah; Taylored Expressions; Recollections

Accessories: MFT - Winter Poinsettias & Christmas Wishes dies; Lawn Fawn - scalloped rectangle die; Nicole - scalloped square die; Darice - Snowflake Background EF; Fiskars - corner rounder; WOW! - clear EP; heat gun; MISTI; Ranger - gold Stickles

Adhesives: 3L - tape runner, Thin 3D foam squares; Ranger - MMM

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS #234 - Y is for Yo Momma

 

Hello and welcome back, snarky peeps!

This fortnight's challenge at the

SISTERHOOD OF SNARKY STAMPERS

celebrates all mothers for Mother's Day!

I usually make a pretty card for my Mom,

but this year I decided to go the snarky route:

I used some family themed paper for my background,

then colored one of the ATC's from the

Retro People ATC package.

My sentiment is computer generated.

A simple sentiment finishes the inside of my card:

I hope that you find some time to play along in the Yo Momma challenge

at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

For more inspiration, please do check out what my sisters

and our reigning Queen, Mia,

created for your viewing pleasure!

Thanks for stopping by.

Wishing all Moms a very Happy Mother's Day!

(This post contains affiliate links, at no additional cost to you!)

Supplies:

Stamps - Hero Arts - Happy Mom's Day

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Family Night

CS: Cardstock Warehouse; Darice

Accessories: STAMPlorations - Retro People ATC ephemera pack; Spectrum Noir markers; computer & printer; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares

Bunnies and a basket

 Hello and welcome crafty friends!

I have a card to share using some adorable bunnies:

I've had this stamp set for a few years, and these images

have only just been inked and colored for the first time.

What was I thinking?! LOL!

Once everything was colored, I gave the eggs and the bow

a bit of sparkle with some Nuvo glitter drops.

To ground the bunnies, I stamped the sentiment onto 

green card stock to give the illusion of grass.

These bunnies are just so cute!!

That's all for now. Thank you for stopping by!

I hope that you have a great day!

I'd like to enter this at Freshly Made Sketches #579

Just Add Ink #646

The Paper Players #634

Supplies:

Stamps: Sunny Studio - Chubby Bunny, A Good Egg

Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black

DP: Carta Bella - Flora #5

CS: Spectrum Noir; Neenah; scrap

Accessories: Spectrum Noir markers; GC; Sunny Studio - Stitched Oval #1 & Scalloped Oval mat #2; Nuvo white blizzard Glitter Drops; MISTI

Adhesives: SA by 3L - tape runner, thin 3D foam squares