A bundle of joy is on the way

Another non-Christmas card, say whaaaat??

I love this Taylored Expressions baby onesie die. That + patterned paper make this card. No stamping on this one; I created my own digital sentiment because I made a matching inside text that says: Oops! I meant to say... More laundry is on the way! 😄

I am submitting this to:

YNS Challenge #129 - favourite from 2019 (using my favourite new-to-me technique - ink splatter background. I am finally letting go and accepting the randomness - and beauty - of it!)
CHNC Patterned Paper December 2019 Challenge

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #468

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Thinking of you!

Woot woot, putting some of those Black Friday goodies to use already 😉 I've had my eyes on the "Stacked with Fun" and "Cool Tag Banner Sentiments" stamp sets from Your Next Stamp for some time!

Inspired by this week's MFT sketch challenge and I am lovin' how it turned out. (Also lovin' using up some scraps of the Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather patterned paper.)

I am submitting this to:

YNS Challenge #129 - favourite from 2019 (I think this is my favourite card this year. My husband says this is possibly his "favourite card ever" lol!)
CHNC Patterned Paper December 2019 Challenge

MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #467

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Warm wishes

 

Kristina Werner is right (of course she is!) - card challenges get you out of card slumps! I had this Craftin Desert Divas Java Fox coloured and lying around for a few weeks with no idea how to put it on a card, but this week's MFT Wednesday sketch challenge was just the inspiration I needed:

 

 

Thank you Craftin Desert Divas for the wonderfully cute image :) (and the sentiment too!)

 

This card is going to Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts winter card drive - I encourage you to check it out!

 

I am submitting this to:
Coffee Loving Cardmakers - Caffeine Fuelled Paper Play
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes
MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #456
CHNC Challenge 457

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Wishing you comfort and joy

It makes me so happy when a card comes together quickly. Bonus when it uses up scrappy pieces that have been lying around for a while! (Don't tell me I'm the only one who cuts up lots of die cut pieces and then don't know what to do with them 😅)

The "falling snow" on the top and bottom edges - it could also pass for coffee beans! 😄

I am submitting this to:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper September 2019 challenge 
CHNC Challenge #454
SSS Monday Challenge - Something clear (clear gems, wink of Stella, and glossy accent)
MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #453

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Many thanks

Saying thanks is such a simple thing to do. I am grateful for so many things and I really need to "say" it more often!

I am submitting this to:
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August 2019 challenge 
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Clean and simple
MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge - sketch #451

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Sending warm fuzzies

My little Lawn Fawn Sweater Weather paper pad is dwindling, but it was good to use up some of the scraps in this card; I even did a bit of paper piecing on the toque and scarf. I like how this one turned out :) As usual, those YNS Christmas chickies crack me up!

I am submitting this to:
YNS Challenge #109 - Patterned paper
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #378-379
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge - March 2019
MFT Card Challenge - sketch #428

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Let it snow...

The idea for this card came from an MFT sketch from a few weeks ago. I finally completed it after getting the YNS snowy mountains edge die (woot woot for sales). I can now make lots of fun winter scenes for those mischievous YNS Christmas chickies, yay!

Based on sketch:

I am submitting this to:
SSS Monday Challenge - Whatever the weather
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Create a scene
YNS Challenge #109 - Patterned paper
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #376-377
Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge - March 2019


Thank you as always for stopping by!

This little panda is going to...

This little panda is going to... Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts card drive - heart-themed cards, collecting until Jan 31st. Do check it out!

Christina was so sweet to send me the MFT Tiny Hearts background stamp, which made the perfect background for this adorable panda digi (also from Christina). #craftyfriendsarethebest

I am submitting this to:
SSS Work It Wednesday - Try Something New (new stamp)
YNS challenge #104 - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #366-367
MFT sketch challenge #416

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Happy Father's Day

This is meant to be a personalized father's day card :) The koalas represent my two siblings and I - two gals and a guy - and that's why two of the koala cuties are wearing flowers!

I am submitting this to:
SSS Monday Challenge - Masculine
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - June 2018
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #336-337
MFT sketch challenge #387

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Special delivery... Happy Birthday

Hello friend! Thank you for visiting my blog today. I pinned this card eons ago and I have finally CASE-ed it :) It's such an elegant and beautiful design.

I used the big bloom from Verve's "Surely Goodness" and Concord and 9th's "Perfectly Penned". I love how the sentiments intended for the envelope work so well on this card! Easy-peasy and finished with some rhinestones.

I am submitting this to:
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle and shine
SSS Monday Challenge - Flower power
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #330-331
Your Next Stamp Sketch and Colour Challenge #87

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Birthday "hi"!

Crafty friends are the best! Christina (of Christina Hor Designs) (she organizes the Cards for Little Hearts card drive!) recently gifted me the MFT balloon shaker die and it was very handy for this pint-sized card, for a pint-sized person :)

I also followed Christina's sponged sky background tutorial!

The card measures 3 1/2 x 6 3/8. The koala is from MFT Cuddly Koalas, the "BIRTHDAY" is from Lawn Fawn's So Much To Say, and I generated the rest of the sentiment on the computer. "1st!" are some leftover stickers from Michaels.

I started with the sketch from Your Next Stamp's challenge #86, but it got a bit lost along the way, haha. The colours are still there though!

I am submitting this to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Happy Birthday!
SSS Work It Wednesday (ink-blended background)
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #328-329
Your Next Stamp Sketch and Colour Challenge #86

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Thinking of you

This month's GSD challenge image had me stumped for quite some time, but I quite like how this card turned out!

I am submitting this to:
Gerda Steiner Designs March Challenge
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG
SSS Happy National Card Month
Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #328-329
MFT Sketch Challenge #378

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Let it snow

Is it ever too early to start on Christmas cards? I'm going to say no :) I've had enough of snow for now though!

Love this faux metal embellishments technique from the ever-amazing Jennifer McGuire. It's my first time to do it and I am already itching to emboss more of these MFT snowflakes!
I am submitting this to:
Word Art Wednesday #324-325
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #375
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
SSS Monday Challenge - whatever the weather
SSS National Craft Month
MFT Card Challenge Sketch 374

 
Thank you as always for stopping by!

Just because...

... the monthly images from Gerda Steiner Designs are so stinkin' cute! Enough said!! :)

I am submitting this to:
Gerda Steiner Designs February Challenge
Word Art Wednesday #322-323
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper February 2018 Challenge
MFT Sketch Challenge #373

Thank you as always for stopping by!

Panda hugs

Playing along at the Gerda Steiner Designs' monthly challenge with a rather CAS card. This panda is so super cute! I hoped to give him a bamboo-looking background with the Altenew watercolor stripes stencil, but these must be super bamboos because they grow horizontally 😂 

I am submitting this to:
Gerda Steiner Designs January Challenge
SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG


Thank you as always for stopping by!

Hello!

I am following A Blog Named Hero's current challenge to copy a designer. I used an old Hero Arts set called Happy Day Animals, and changed the colours from red/black to yellow/grey, to make this sweet and easy card.

Here are the designers I was inspired by:

In retrospect, the original red/black definitely has more oomph!

I am submitting this to:
A Blog Named Hero - Copy a Designer
Word Art Wednesday #310-311
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper November 2017 Challenge
Send A Smile 4 Kids - AG
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday


Thank you as always for stopping by!

Holiday wishes

I feel card makers sometimes skip seasons altogether. Last week, I was in full summer mode for the coffee lovers blog hop; now, I am diving back into Christmas cards! This card is for Christina Hor's Cards for Little Hearts card drive.

The patterned paper with the adorable reindeer is from Michaels. The sentiment is from Hero Arts' Layering Christmas Tree. Overall, a pretty easy-peasy card.

I am submitting this to:
SSS Monday Challenge - Red White and / or Blue  (red)
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Wonderful Wednesday 
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper July 2017 Challenge
CHNC Challenge 340 - AG Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra - July
YNS Sketch Challenge #67

Thank you as always for stopping by!