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  • Snowflake Kisses
    December 26, 2025

    Snowflake Kisses

    On the tops of the “snowflake” letters I mixed some Ranger Stickles in Star Dust into the Glossy Accents. On the bottom letters I included some Ranger Stickles in Gold.

  • Clean & Simple Love Songs
    December 14, 2025

    Clean & Simple Love Songs

    I added red glitter glue to three of the hearts. I was tempted to do more, but I stayed strong. I think it’s more impactful because it’s only three.

  • Perfect Blend
    December 12, 2025

    Perfect Blend

    Then I added lots of Color Essential Gems in the color Spectrum AB. They’re very pretty with a gold toned iridescence.

  • I’d pick you again
    December 8, 2025

    I’d pick you again

    The December BetterPress Kit of the Month includes a plate with 4 sentiments and the coordinating die. They’re all about love and can be used independently from the heart. Very useful!

  • Jaycee’s Infinity Shakers
    December 2, 2025

    Jaycee’s Infinity Shakers

    I started by stamping the larger animals from Simon Hurley’s Woodland Wildlife Stamp Set on watercolor paper with Distress Oxide in Antique Linen.

  • Festival of Lights
    November 22, 2025

    Festival of Lights

    I created this card for an Instagram hop on the theme Festival of Lights. It was meant to be about Hanukkah, but I decided to take the name literally this time.

  • Kristina’s Wreath Stamping
    November 16, 2025

    Kristina’s Wreath Stamping

    Kristina created an A2-sized card, using a stamp set she designed herself. By this time I had run out of A2-sized card bases, so I created a 5-by-7 card instead.

  • Tinsel Tangle
    November 15, 2025

    Tinsel Tangle

    I dragged the edges across my Versamark embossing ink pad and dipped them in the gold embossing powder. After heat setting it, the panel had a grungy gold edge.

  • Washi Fun Fold
    November 9, 2025

    Washi Fun Fold

    All Pinkfresh Washi Tapes are the same size. So you can use any washi for this card!

  • Doggone Style
    November 6, 2025

    Doggone Style

    This little cutie with his fancy purse is part of the November 2025 Stitching Die of the Month from Spellbinders

  • Fave Girlfriend
    November 5, 2025

    Fave Girlfriend

    The sentiments gave me a Breakfast at Tiffany’s vibe, so I watercolored the images in Tiffany Blue and brown.

  • Haunted Mansion Shaker
    October 28, 2025

    Haunted Mansion Shaker

    I filled the shaker well with Kat Scrappiness Silver Bullet Shaker Dots, Sparkling Violet Sequin Mix and Purple Pinwheel Sequin Mix.

  • Made With Snowflakes
    October 11, 2025

    Made With Snowflakes

    My vellum strip was longer than the card panel width, so I bent the edges around the panel and attached them with double-sided tape.

  • Pink Magic
    October 10, 2025

    Pink Magic

    I stitched the circle and reindeer nose with three strands of pink variegated floss. The circle segments I stitched with 2 strands of white embroidery floss.

  • Craftoween 2025
    October 7, 2025

    Craftoween 2025

    The die set for day 2 contains 8 dies that create a raven wearing a monocle, bowtie and top hat, while standing on a skull.

  • Santa’s Helpers
    September 28, 2025

    Santa’s Helpers

    The frame I used is Kat Scrappiness Essential Card Builders #3. It creates four rectangular spaces, two small ones and two tall ones. Perfect for staging critters!

  • Introducing Fergus
    September 17, 2025

    Introducing Fergus

    Stitching is faster and more reliable than gluing. Next time I’ll stitch as much as possible.

  • Autumn Flower Cart
    September 14, 2025

    Autumn Flower Cart

    I want to add some more depth to my composition, so I’m mixing Ground Espresso and Villainous Potion to use as a shadow wash.

  • Variegated Stitched Pumpkins
    September 10, 2025

    Variegated Stitched Pumpkins

    The Spellbinders Stitching Die Set for September 2025 is a fun top-down view of pumpkins in three different sizes. It’s called Stitched Pumpkin Tops.

  • Missing Tile Sympathy
    September 9, 2025

    Missing Tile Sympathy

    I could have used the hexagon die included with the set to create the hole. But I felt that it was too neat. Grief isn’t neat.

  • Peach Pattern Play
    September 2, 2025

    Peach Pattern Play

    When I got the September BetterPress Kit of the Month from Spellbinders, I immediately knew that I wanted to play with the patterns.

  • Little Fish
    August 30, 2025

    Little Fish

    I used the same silver speckled holographic foil and dark turquoise cardstock for one of the sentiments, “Even little fish make big waves.” It’s such a great sentiment!

  • Reindeer Greetings
    August 21, 2025

    Reindeer Greetings

    Finally I tripled the sentiment and popped it up on some foam tape. That was necessary to bring it to the same level as the deer.

  • Stenciled Emboss Resist
    August 6, 2025

    Stenciled Emboss Resist

    Because I love the bat, I chose “You make me batty.”

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