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Greetings!  We have an upcoming birthday for my son the week of Christmas! 🤪 Every year we celebrate with the birthday themed kitchen, then he opens his gifts with the fully decked out tree in the living room.  lol.   This card was created for the male in mind for  (Challenge Link) How do you make a card for a guy in December?   My first attempt at this, felt way to Christmas-y.  So, i went back to the drawing board to change some elements.    When I showed the card to my husband, he replied, “that’s a cute reindeer.” 😣 - We had the same problem at Halloween when my son went as a moose to go trick or treating! 😆 I decided to change the color scheme completely.  I originally wanted a winter feel since I was working with the moose, but the color scheme just felt off.  I opted to use a white frame, and brighter colors for the shaker baking inside.   To keep things wintery, I used a white and iridescent snowflake shaker mix.  St...

 Greetings!  Today’s card is inspired from this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches - #762. ( Challenge Link) and, Just Us Girls Challenge #849 - “Merry”  (Challenge Link) For my card, I rotated the sketch and cut 6 - ivory squares (Recollections) from a square nesting die, measuring approximately 1 5/8 inches. (Simon Says Stamp - Basic Shapes - 1384-sd) Then, I embossed the squares with Stampin Up’s - Forever Plaid, Merry Melody, and Cable Knit - Embosding folders. The squares were mounted onto the a pearl shimmer card base.   I die cut mittens from felt using Stampin Up’s - Smitten Mitten Set.   The holly and berries were cut from Concord and 9th’s - Festive Blooms Set. The sentiment “Merry” was cut from the new Kristina Werner /CC&9 - Merry Script dies in red foil cardstock (Recollections).  The twine was a thank you gift from - my order from the Foiled Fox, was the perfect thickness to finish off the card!  Thanks for stopping by! - Valer...

 Hi there! Today’s card is inspired by The Paper Fun Day Challenge - #92 - Anything Goes (Challenge Link) I discovered I am low on birthday cards, so this fun snail from Unity Stamps was perfect for the occasion!  The stamp is called, “Eventually Yours.”   (Shop Here) For the card design, I used EMK’s Sketch #24 with the “It’s my Party” DSP - Paper Pad from Stampin Up.   I assembled the card base and added a scrap strip of Basic Black - Cardstock to the center.   The snail was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored with the coordinating color markers.  The snail was fussy cut, popped up with foam and added to a scalloped contour die from Stampin Up’s Color and Contour set. (Coastal Cabana cardstock - SU) The sentiment was switched up to read “it’s time to celebrate” - from SU’s - Zesty Zebras set.   I created the speech bubble from Kristina Werner’s - “Just Talking” Die set. Thanks for stopping by! - Valerie Kaye

 Hello! Today’s card is inspired from Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge - #501  (Challenge Link) and  Craft Challenge #793 - “Christmas”  (Challenge Link) It has been fun to see holiday themes in non-traditional colors, so I was instantly attracted to the fun pastel trees in the center.   For my card, I found similar colors and created a die cut inlay card front from Concord and 9th’s - Tree Lot Inlay Die.   (Shop Here) I cut 4 - panels of white, peach, delightful dijon, and perfect parakeet. (Stampin Up) I then, rotated the colors on the panel, reassembling the pieces like a puzzle.   (The extra bits will go in a small baggie behind the die for future use!) After the panel was assembled, I added the sentiment from Concord and 9th’ and Kristina Werner Collaboration called - Joyful Holiday.   I cut the shadow from the coordinating cardstock, and cut the “holly jolly” from glossy black cardstock - (Recollections) Dies are from CC&9th’s - Festive...

 Hi there!  Today’s card is inspired from the Tawnie Owl Paperie’s - November Sketch #47. To join in on the fun, click the link  (HERE) Crystal Minkler, who also runs the Build Your Holiday Card Stash, hosts the Falling for the Holidays link party.   It’s a fantastic way to build your holiday stash up, AND have a chance to win from the many sponsors! (Link) I won a gift certificate from Stamping Bella, and used this cute hedgie along with the sketch. (SHOP HERE) For my card, I started building the card base using the Mushroom Meadows - paper pack from Unity Stamps. (SHOP HERE) I stamped the hedgehog with markers and punched the center with a 2 1/2 inch circle punch.  pop I really wanted to include the mushroom but did not want the image to become lost in the patterned paper.  I saved the negative piece and trimmed it down, and used 4 - cut chip board layers as a backing to pop up the center piece.   The sentiment is from - Stampin Up’s - Prairie Grass ...

 Hello! Inside Today’s card is inspired from this week’s sketch at Atlantic Hearts. To join the challenge, click  (HERE) For my card, I began by creating an embossed panel with a starburst pattern from Stampin Up - called Starstruck. I used a scrap piece of Coastal Cabana - card stock (SU) and cut 1/4” piece of paper from the “It’s My Party” DSP - Paper Pad from Stampin Up.  A circle was cut from Daffodil Delight - card stock, and the weenies were added from the - Hot Dog Birthday set from Stampin Up. I used washi tape to mask the sentiment so only “it’s your birthday” stamped on the banner (Lawn Fawn Magic Slider Dies). The inside, I repeated the masking process to read, “Hot Dog”   Thanks so much for stopping by! - Valerie Kaye