12-02-25

 Hello from a snowy wonderland.  

Its my first winter in Ohio, and last night we had about 4 inches of snow. It is gonna stick around a bit. Temps are below 30 for the rest of the week.  I love snow especially when we don't have to drive in it and can just enjoy it from inside looking out big windows.

First I have a card for Four Seasons. I need a birthday card for a December birthday, and with my views today its no wonder I went in this direction.

 

 Next I have a card for Colorful Options: I went with the colors of red, white and green from the moodboard.  

 

The next card is for Peace on Earth Christmas. They are celebrating 100 challenges. WOW. Nicely done.

I had a lovely afternoon looking out my window at the snow and sitting warm and cozy crafting up a storm.  Or maybe a tornado....this is my craft table after 3 cards.  I was too in the groove to clean up after each one.

 Thanks so very much for stopping by.

Card 1 
Stamps:  Penny Black Snowy; Pink Fresh Basic Banners Celebrate
Dies: Honey Bee Lovely Layouts Posted ; Pink Fresh Basic Banners Celebrate
Inks: Altenew Artic  Memento Tuxedo Black
Markers: Altenew R502,504, C003; Copic 100, C0,1,3, RV000
Papers: Hammermill, Recollections (Heavy wt for cardbase)
Embellishments: SU
 

Card 2 
Stamps: Greetery Pine and Berry
Dies:Penny Black Immense Joy, Greetery Pine and Berry,
        SSS Pretty Bows 2 
Inks: SU Real Red, SU Evening Evergreen 
Papers: Hammermill Recollections SU Real Red 
Embossing: Honey Bee Snowy Pines

Card 3 
Dies:Penny Black Immense Joy
Papers: Hammermill Recollections SU Real Red
Embossing: Honey Bee Snowy Pines
Embellishment: unknown poinsettia in my stash

 

 

 

12-01-25

 Hi There-

For those celebrating Thanksgiving, I hope it was all you wanted it to be.  Hubs and I celebrated with our niece, her SO, nephew and my MIL. Generally its a much larger crowd, but sickness kept a few away. In any case we had a good time. The rest of the weekend was spent on football and getting this card started. 

 

It took me a day's session just on the paper selection, cutting and gluing all those bits together. My second session this morning was spent on ink blending and putting the card together. This one is labor intensive.  I made 4 (that means 12 cuts of almost every die to get 12 images).  It might make an appearance in next years batch of cards, but no more this year or I might toss the set out. 

I am sending this to NBUS#81 and The Diva's that Cut Paper.  The stamp and die set arrived in the craft room last week and the Diva's would like Christmas or Winter.

 I have sewing projects to work on and get in the mail, those are my next priority.  But I hope to make a few more cards before the year is out. Stamps and Die set:  Spell Binders - The Three Magi

• Inks:  DOX Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick.  Versamark
• Markers: Black Micro Pen; Copic C1, E19, E50, YR20
• Papers:  Hammermill (Base) Recollections Gold mirror card; SU Very Vanilla, Berry Blast, Magenta Madness, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Blueberry, Evening evergreen, Lemon Lime Twist, Granny Apple Green, PTI Lovely Lady.
• Embellishment: TE Gemstone, HA Gold EP

  Thanks so very much for stopping by.