First I stamped all four bunnies from Trinity Stamps Baby Bunny Stamp Set a couple of times on Hammermill cardstock with Memento Dye Ink in Rich Cocoa. This is an alcohol marker friendly ink.

To help me stay on track, I’ve designed my own weekly calendar and to-do list. You can print it in color or black and white. It prints in landscape format on letter-sized paper.

I started by stamping and heat embossing the big Poinsettia stamp set twice: once with gold embossing powder on Hammermill and once with Distress Embossing Glaze in Speckled Egg on vellum.

The December 2024 Pinkfresh Challenge Theme is Magical Holiday and the color palette is Mermaid Cove, Cherry Blossom, Berrylicious, Sunkissed, and Spruce Tips. For this card I opted for the theme and a more restrained palette.

One thing I love about Kat Scrappiness is that she has lots of shaker dies! This older Christmas Lantern is one of them.

This year I’m co-hosting an Instagram hop using the Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar. We’re hopping on even days, starting on December 2nd.

I cut out the A2 Cover Die from an old background. The background was stamped with a Taylored Expressions background stamp and heat embossed in light blue. Then I ink blended on it with Pinkfresh Paradise Ink, concentrating on the edges.

I want my Santa to sit at the bottom of an A2 card with the sentiment above him. It’s a pretty big sentiment, so it’s important to plan out my card.

I cut the oval base layer three times from red foil cardstock and once from clear acetate. Next I cut the oval frame three times from red glitter foam. Finally I cut the ornament toppers from gold foil cardstock. There are three of them in the die set, so I only had to run them through my die cutting machine once.

But this blog post is mostly about taking the BetterPress for a spin. I own a number of plates already, because they foil fantastically well. But the first plates I used were the ones that came in the box. I also used the BetterPress ink, cardstock and tape that came in the box. As you can see, it turned out beautifully!

This year I’m co-hosting an Instagram hop using the Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar. We’re hopping on even days, starting on December 2nd.

Today I’m participating in Spellbinders launch of the Love on the Rocks Collection. For this card I used the die set called Love on the Rocks and the press plate sentiments. The sentiment set is called Valentine Happy Hour Sentiments.

I had a dual purpose for these cards. I needed to create a card with an old kit or subscription for an Instagram hop and I needed sample cards for my next giveaway. So I created these three cards with the Spellbinders Large Die of the Month for November 2021. It’s a slimline die set and it’s called Christmas Foliage Strip and Borders. It consists of four curved slimline border dies and layering dies for the Christmas-themed border. See the labeled die set below.

This year I’m co-hosting an Instagram hop using the Spellbinders Stitchmas Advent Calendar. We’re hopping on even days, starting on December 2nd.

These three cards are my entry in the November 2024 Pinkfresh Challenge. I chose to use the challenge palette. It is Pinkfresh Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm. These are not exactly traditional holiday colors. To make it a little more holiday-ish, I used Gold embossing powder for Citron.

These three cards are my entry in the November 2024 Pinkfresh Challenge. I chose to use the challenge palette. It is Pinkfresh Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm. These are not exactly traditional holiday colors. To make it a little more holiday-ish, I used Gold embossing powder for Citron.

These three cards are my entry in the November 2024 Pinkfresh Challenge. I chose to use the challenge palette. It is Pinkfresh Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm. These are not exactly traditional holiday colors. To make it a little more holiday-ish, I used Gold embossing powder for Citron.

I started out by stamping and heat embossing the foliage arrangement (twice) and two sentiments from the Kat Scrappiness Christmas Add-On Stamp for the Holiday Lantern in Silver. Then I colored the arrangement with my Ohuhu Alcohol Markers. See above for the markers I used.

I made these cards for a giveaway on Instagram. You can also watch a video with these cards.