Hello, Kraftie Friends!

I better catch up on my cardmaking if I want to use all my NBUS (never-before-used-schtuff) stash by the end of the year...

I made 2 CAS Cards, using stamps that I bought not too long ago...

Card #1

CTMH In Full Bloom - Cardmaking stamp set + VersaMark ink pad + Ranger Gold Embossing Powder + Heat Tool + Sponge Dauber + Ranger Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink pad + CTMH Avocado ink pad

Card #2

CTMH In Full Bloom - Cardmaking & Dragonfly Sympathy stamp sets + VersaMark ink pad + Ranger Silver Embossing Powder + Heat Tool + alcohol-based markers + metallic paint

Challenges:

Card #1

1. Perfectly CAS #24 - Metallic

2. NBUS Challenge #36

3. STAMPlorations Mar CAS: AGoes + optional Pink & Green

4. Simon Says Mon: Add Some Green

5. Shopping Our Stash #465: Full Metal Jacket

6. We Love Stamping March: Anything (stamped) Spring

Card #2

1. Color Throwdown #683

2. Passion for Markers week #631: CAS (Clean-and-Simple)

3. Little Red Wagon #644: CAS

{Thu} Fancy Fold: Pinwheel Tower + 2 Bridge Fold Cards

  Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This year, I want to try different types of Fancy-Fold Cards...so, here are 2 types to get me started...I usually make them to fit an A2 envelope (4.25" x 5.5"), but I'll have different sizes, also.

First up is a Pinwheel Tower Card:

Card #1

D2059 If Snowflake were Kisses Stamp Set (bundle with Thin Cuts dies available)

Then 2 Birthday Bridge Fold Cards...it's my first time making these:

Card #2

Retired CTMH stamps

The best thing...it folds flat!

Card #3

D1931 Wishing You Everything + Thin Cuts (sentiment + balloons), cake, numbers and Yay! sentiment are retired CTMH stamps.

And if you're patient...I'll eventually have videos showing how I made these cards...

Challenges:

Card #1 

1. Cookie Challenge #164:

2. SOS #461: Something Beginning with Letter S (Snow/Scarf) 

3. ABC Christmas: A & B are for? (A is for Anything Christmas)

4. The Sisterhood of Crafter: The Color Blue

5. Crafty Girls Corner #227: Snow Much Fun

Card #2

1. Double D Party Balloons Challenge

2. Simon Says Mon: Transport It

3. Seize the Birthday #229: AGoes or Blue & Gray

4. Word Art Wed #525-#526: AGoes

5. A Perfect Time To Craft Jan #01-2022: AGoes

Card #3

1. Festive Friday #FF0100 (Numbers/Cake/Fancy Fold)

2. C.R.A.F.T Challenge #623: New (new fun-fold/stamps)

3. The Male Room #158: For a Teenager (11 is almost a teen, right?)

Slimline Birthday Easel Card

 Hello, Kraftie Friends!

Here is a slimline Easel Card I made using retired CTMH stamps:

I took advantage of the patterned paper to create a Winter scene!

Challenges:

Card #1

1. Simon Says Mon: Party!

2. Simon Says Wed: It's Time to Party!

3. Cookie Challenge #163: December

4. AAA Birthday #32: An Easel Card

Flowers For You CAS Card

  Hello, Kraftie Friends!

Here's a quick CAS Card...I inked the stamp with 3 different colors, and added some gold details + sentiment...

Card #1

Stamps are from (retired) Flowers For You - May 2021 Stamp of the Month

Challenges:

1. The Paper Players #563: A Clean-and-Simple Challenge by Jaydee

2. AAA Cards CAS #201: One Corner + optional twist BOO

3. CAS on Friday #216: Autumn or Halloween

4. Unicorn Challenge #70: Autumn and/or Halloween

Big Sentiments Cards

 Hello, Kraftie Friends! 

Here are some cards using big sentiment stamps...or bigger than my usual sentiment stamps...

The first 2 cards were stamped using the masking technique to create the pumpkin border:

Card #1 Thank You

Card #2 Happy Birthday

I used A World with Octobers Stamp Set (with coordinating Thin Cuts available) + Sentiments by Melissa Esplin Stamp Set and alcohol-based markers.

Card #3

I used Floral Borders & Sentiments Stamp Set and alcohol-based markers for this easy card.

Card #4

I stamped the bold sentiment (retired Sep 2021 SOTM Grateful For This Life) on card panel with 2 colors and added shading with alcohol-based markers. Then, I added other stamp images from Embroidered Card Front Stamp Set.

Challenges:

Card #1

1. The Paper Players #562: A Color Challenge from Anne Marie

2. Challenge Up Your Life #140: Pumpkin

3. Word Art Wed #513-#514: AGoes

4. Addicted to Stamps #416: Make Your Mark

Card #2

1. Double D: Owls or Pumpkins

2. AAA Cards #200: Celebrate

3. The Sisterhood of Crafters: Happy Birthday

4. Watercooler Wed Challenge #326: Helen's Challenge - All About Occasions

Card #3

1. Atlantic Hearts Sketch #442

2. Simon Says Monday: Fall Colors Mood Board

3. Creative Moments #224: AGoes

Card #4

1. Less is More #453: Purple & Yellow

2. Cupcake Inspirations #529: AGoes

3. A Place to Start Oct #10 - Purely Handmade

Heat Embossed Cards using Embossing Folders

 Hello, Kraftie Friends!

I saw this challenge at Just Us Girls and thought I would try out my newest CTMH Botanical Embossing Folder and my old Glitter embossing powder.

I made 3 cards with different techniques...

Card #1 

I embossed a panel and tapped VersaMark on gently. Then, I sprinkled and heat embossed it with Glitter Embossing Powder.

For the next 2 cards, I "inked" the embossing folder with VersaMark...one side first then, the other. One will have ink on the de-bossed background areas (Card #2) and the other will have ink on the de-bossed floral details (Card #3)...

Card #2

Card #3

Other Supplies: CTMH Slimline Sentiments, Wild Berry stamp pad, foam tape.

Challenges:

Card #1 

1. Just Us Girls #605: Trend Week - Heat Embossed Embossing Folders

2. A Place to Start Oct #10 - Purely Handmade

3. Word Art Wed #513-#514: AGoes

Card #2

1. The Sisterhood of Crafters: Happy Birthday

2. Watercooler Wed Challenge #326: Helen's Challenge - All About Occasions

3. Let's Squash It! #13: Double Emboss

Card #3

1. The House that Stamps Built Theme Challenge #0621: Think Pink (in honor of Breast Cancer)

2. Cupcake Inspirations #529: AGoes