Hello crafty friends! It's time again to add to our Christmas card stash by creating cards for the ABC Christmas Challenge! This month's letters are: C is for CUTE &  D is for DIE CUT And luckily for me, my card covers both prompts: I love how this card turned out, using papers from Sweet Miss Daisy, aka Anna Wight, and an adorable snowman in a cocoa mug image from Crafty Stamp Co.  In hindsight, I wish I would have embossed the green panel before adhering it, but it still looks good, I think. The die cut comes from the Wavy Frosting Dies set from Peachy Keen Stamps.  ..read more

 Hello, and welcome back to my blog!  I am a bit late with my ABC Christmas Challenge blog post this month, as I was behind on getting Christmas cards sent out, and on getting some ornaments made for my coworkers.  BUT, that is all done now, so here we go!  This month's letters are: Y is for Your Favorite Colors  and Z is for Zoo Animals  What my favorite colors are can depend on the day, or the mood I'm in, so I chose to create a card with a zoo animal as the focus: EEEEEEEEE, isn't this little polar bear just so cute?!?!?!  I love that this image can be u ..read more

 Hello, crafty friends!  I'm back on the blog today to share my last 2 cards for the November 2024 release at A Colorful Life Designs.  These cards both feature the Geometric Christmas Duo 6x9 stencil.  **Use my code MarieFan10 to save on your complete order when you shop!** The purple card was created by (carefully!) smooshing Versamark ink through the stencil and heat embossing with Ranger's Holographic embossing powder.  I added the panel to a panel of my favorite white glitter cardstock from Walmart's Pen & Gear brand.  To finish this simple card, I a ..read more

 Hello, crafty friends!  Welcome back to the blog.  It's time for the next to last ABC Christmas challenge of the year...can you believe it?  I know I'm finding it hard to fathom that 2024 is almost over, but anyway...this month's challenge is W is for Watercoloring and  X is for Xylophone (inspiration pic) And here is my card: I'm not all that comfortable with water coloring, so I made a card following the X is for Xylophone prompt.  I have to say that this inspiration photo is pretty darn cute, and I had lots of fun making this card! I incorporated the rain ..read more

Hello crafty friends!  Welcome back to my blog!  It's time for another fabulous Linky Party with the Build Your Stash Holiday Card Makers!  Please use hashtag #fallingfortheholidays2024byshclp when adding your cards to social media platforms. Here is my first card: I am killing 2 birds with one stone again by using the current Sketch 50. This sketch is wonderful for mass producing cards, which can be necessary during this time of year!  All you really need is some pretty patterned paper and a sentiment!  I did not use patterned paper for my card; rather I utilized o ..read more

Hello crafty friends!  Welcome back to my blog!  It's time again for a new challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog: U is for UNUSUAL CHRISTMAS COLORS and  V is for VELVET I pondered for a bit how to include velvet on my card, and then the answer suddenly slapped me in the face -- RIBBON!  DUH!!! ?  And of course, out of ALL.THE.RIBBON that I have, I actually had NO VELVET ribbon.  So, a trip to Hobby Lobby was necessary to acquire said ribbon.  I swear that is ALL I bought!! ?  Ok, enough chatter, here is my card: It really makes me happy when I ..read more

Hello, crafty friends!  Welcome back to my blog; it is so nice to have you come by for a visit!  Today, I am sharing the cards I created for the current ABC Christmas challenge: S is for STENCIL and  T is for TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS Here are my cards: These cards were easy and fun to make, using stencils from the amazing A Colorful Life Designs.  For the top card, I used the All Over Trees Stencil and kept it mostly monochromatic with kraft cardstock and Vintage Photo oxide ink, with the exception of that one tree in the lower left center that I sl ..read more

Hello, crafty friends!  Welcome back to my blog!  Today, I'm here to share the card I made as a guest designer for the Rudolph Days Challenge.  I was lucky enough to be chosen by Helen to join her this month, and here is my card: I used the new Waffle Flower Postage Collage Gingerbread Stencil set with the coordinating Postage Collage Die to create my fun, pastel Christmas card.  Anyone who knows me IRL will tell you that I am obsessed with all things gingerbread!  Oh boy, was this quick and fun!  I used oxide inks in Kitsch Flamingo, Salvaged Patina, Vint ..read more

 Hello, crafty friends!  It's time for a new challenge at the ABC Christmas challenge blog, and this month we are featuring the letters P, Q, and R. P is for Pink  Q is for Quartet R is for Rudolph As usual, I was running behind again, so I only managed to make one card for one letter: I used all products from My Creative Time to create my card, and I think it turned out super cute!  I was trying to go for a well-used grandma-looking apron, but I think I just ended up making it look dirty, LOL!  I had a fun time doing all the die cutting and inking for this card, and ..read more

Hello, hello crafty friends!  It's time for the Christmas in July Linky party at {BYSHC}, WOOT!  WOOT!  We have a great lineup of sponsors for our hop again, which you can see in the blog post HERE.  Take note of the dates on the graphic:   Here is my card:   I used a sponsor's product on this card, but you can't see it!  It's called Sticky Lines, and it's from Therm-o-Web.  I had never used the Sticky Lines product before, but I am definitely a fan!  It is supposed to be used to adhere ribbons and borders, and it works absolutely pe ..read more