Whimsy Stamps - Gnome One Like You

 Hello!  I am sharing a card designed with Whimsy Stamps products!   Now that the holidays are over, I am full on into Valentines Day cards!  I love creating cards for the various holidays.   I made this slimline card today using: 

Gnome One Like You stamp set 

Connected Hearts Frame die 

Slimline Hearts Background die 

Simple Sentiment Strips stamp 

Simple Sentiment Strips die set 

I ink blended with several pink and red dye inks onto a panel.  I die cut a separate panel with the Slimline Hearts Background die.   I then mounted this onto a card base.  I die cut aqua and white cardstock with the Connected Heart Frames die.   I layered the white interior of the heart frame with the aqua frame and adhered directly to the card panel.   

For my card design, I used the Inspired By Challenge sketch for the foundation of my card. You can find out more about the challenge here!   You can use the photo or the sketch for your inspiration.   

I stamped the Gnome from Gnome One Like You stamp set and colored with my Copic markers.  I trimmed the image with my Scan and Cut.   I added details to the image with a white gel pen and clear sparkle pen.  

    

What are your favorite holidays to create cards for?   Do you send out handmade Valentine's cards? I would love to know.  

Shop at Whimsy Stamps here! 

Inspired by Challenge - Grumpy Christmas

Hello!  I am sharing a new Christmas card that I made with some new to me Taylored Expressions goodies.  I used the Big Grumpy stamp and die set along with the Swirling Snow Background stamp. The theme this week is candy cane.  I used the Big Grumpy Christmas stamp that are Christmas accessories for the Big Grumpy stamp set.  

Such a cute set that has some snarky greetings!  Any for those of us that are perfectionist - most definitely the holidays can bring out the grumpiness when the pressures of doing it all come to a head!  

Thankfully I have managed to keep my sanity this year!  Come play along with this weeks Inspired by Challenge! 

Happy Holidays!

Inspired By Challenge - Stockings

 Hello!  There is a new challenge at the Inspired By Challenge blog! This week's theme is Stocking!  I knew exactly the stamp set that I would use, it is an older one but one that I love so much! It's called Stocking Stuffers from Concord & 9th. I don't see it on their site but you can still find at several stores.  It has an interactive die included.   

The background is also an older Whimy Stamps background that it still one of my favorites to use at Christmas time! I white embossed the Ho, Ho, Ho sentiment from the Stocking Stuffers stamp set.  Everything was colored with my Copic markers.  

I hope you have time to join us for the Inspired by Challenge this week! 

Poppystamps - Cool Yule

 Hello there!  It's time for a new card challenge with Poppystamps!  This month's theme is Cool Yule!  

I created this holiday card with the Wide Pine Needle Shoots Craft die along with the Nordic Doves die.   I love the Nordic dies from Poppystamps with the layers that you can add and the tiny details like in the doves wings.   I did a ombre tree with a variety of green card scraps and die cut with the Wide Pine Needle Shoots die.  I added a tree topper using the star from the XXX and silver cardstock from the Vintage Pastel Mirror card pack.   

My main card panel is a layer of light blue vellum cardstock and underneath I have the Nordic Flourish Background die for a look of lace underneath the panel.   The sentiment is from the Christmas Banners clear stamp and die set.   

Come play along with this month's challenge at Poppy Stamps!  

Thanks for stopping by! 

Inpsired By - Holiday Decor

 Hello!  It's time for an Inspired By Challenge!  This week's challenge is Holiday Decor!  I used some of my new The Greetery products with the Big Beautiful Bow die - isn't it gorgeous!   

I created my card using the Herringbone Parquet die to create my card base and used speckled vanilla cardstock.   I layered BotaniCuts Juniper and BontaniCuts Rowan dies. I love all the layering details.    I added a sentiment from the Four Square Holiday Tag Elements stamp set.  I added some Distress Rock Candy Glitter to the berries!  

Come join in with the challenge here! 

Inspired by Gifts - The Greetery

 Hello!  Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!   I am popping in to share the latest Inspired By Challenge - Inspired by Gifts!   I love to make gift tags for my presents and The Greetery has the best stamps and dies for this!  I used the Tear Strip Tags die and Tear Strip Tags Stamp set for the flag tags - these are super quick to make and so easy when you need a tag quick - one pass of the stamp and die is 4 double tags! 

For the bigger tags, I used the new Wrapped in Love Stamp set and Wrapped in Love die!  I love these!  You get all the little crafty things like the wrapping paper, tape, scissors, washi!  It is so much fun!  I whipped some of these up to add to my tag stash!  

Come join along with this weeks Inspired By Challenge!! I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

Gnome Holiday Hug

 Hello!  I am sharing a card I made for the Inspired By Challenge.   I love this stamp set from SugarPea Designs.  It is one of my favorite gnome sets that I have.  It is still available, it's called Gnome for Christmas!   I paired it with The Greetery Pine & Berry Background stamp.   I colored in with some of my new Olo markers.   

I hope you have a chance to play along with the Inspired By Challenge!