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July 17, 2026

Grand Dahlia Birthday

Hello everyone.  I am sharing a floral birthday card made for a crafty friend whose birthday was yesterday... hope it was awesome, my friend!  I used the gorgeous Grand Dahlia layering die set from Altenew (ALT) in her favourite colour red for her card. 
 
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The petal layers and leaves were die cut from white paper and ink blended with distress inks (DI).  When done, splattered them with diluted white gouache paint for some texture.  

DI used:
petals - Salwater Taffy, Lumberjack Plaid, Black Soot 
leaves - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn 
 


Next, embossed a Bristol panel with the Traces of Yesterday 3D embossing folder (EF).  Love how "timeless" (pun intended) and versatile this EF is!  Assembled the card ono a white card base then added a Happy Birthday foil greeting white tab from Memory Box to finish.  


Main products used for my card are linked below.  Please note compensated affiliate links are used in this post at no extra cost to you should you make a purchase through them.  I appreciate your support.  Thank you for stopping by. 





*products may be available at Simon Says Stamp*
Challenges
Tic Tac Tac Toe - #297 Featured Designer Team O (left diagonal down - Friendship, Free, Embossing &  middle row across - Any Color, Free, Sentiment) 
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March 15, 2026

Guest Designer for AAA Colourful March 2026 Challenge - Colourboard #26


Hello everyone.  I’m delighted to be guest designing (GD) at AAA Colourful (AAACF) for their COLOURBOARD #26 challenge. 


I had planned on creating a personalized 80th birthday card for my FIL (father-in-law), but sadly, he passed away unexpectedly one day shy of this milestone and on his sons’  birthday (yep, hubby has a twin and they lost their dad on their birthday).  So I pivoted slightly and made the card generic instead.


The Celebration Balloons from Memory Box (MB) and box pieces from Spellbinders (SB) Birthday Wreath Add-on were die cut from Bristol smooth paper and ink blended with Speckled Egg, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans or Lost Shadow distress inks (DI).  Tip: Leaving a highlight will give them dimension.  The sentiment was die cut from black cardstock and the back shadow piece from gold foil paper.  The streamers and stars, also from Birthday Wreath Add-on, were die cut from MB gold Festive Glitter paper,  


Next, Black Soot DI was ink blended around the perimeter of a dark gray panel.  Arranged and adhered the box and balloons onto it, then splattered with gold Metallic Watercolor for confetti.  Assembled the card onto a white card base then finished by adding shading with cool gray Copic Sketch markers (C0/1/2/3/4/5/6) to ground it. 

I want to thank Jane and the AAACF team for having me GD.  Please note compensated affiliate links have been used in this post when possible at no extra cost to you.  Your support is appreciated.   This monthly challenge is open till April 14, 2026, so plenty of time to enter!  Huope to see you in the gallery. Thank you for stopping by.


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May 27, 2025

Guest Designer for Try It On Tuesday May 2025 Challenge - Things With Wngs

Hello everyone.  I’m delighted to be guest designing (GD) at Try It On Tuesday (TIOT) this fortnight for their THINGS WITH WINGS challenge. 


Here’s my card.


Nothing complicated here.  My card was created from only Bristol paper and ink blending with Wilted Violet distress ink.


All products, except for the Spellbinders Stylish Ovals, are from Memory Box.  These products are linked below. 


I want to thank Helen and the TIOT team for this GD opportunity.  Hope you join in the fun.  Thank you for stopping by. 







*affiliate links are used in this post when possible.  By clicking on these links and making a purchase, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you.  Your support is appreciated*

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October 27, 2023

Guest Designer for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown October 2023 Technique Challenge - Shaker Card

Hello there.  I’m excited to be back guest designing (GD) at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (52CCT) for their SHAKER CARD technique challenge. 


Wanting to celebrate the late Janis Woolbright again this month over at Christmas Kickstart, I used On the Table and Peeking Friends (sentiment) stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs to create a CAS (clean and simple) CAT-mas (cat Christmas) tag shaker card. 😉   


Started by stamping the Santa hat with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap of alcohol marker friendly cardstock.  Masked it and stamped that fun cat face.  Removed the mask and coloured with Copic Sketch markers, then fussy cut it out.

Copic markers used:
hat brim/Pom Pom - C00/0/1/2/3 
hat - R14/27/37/39 
cat - W00/1/3/5, R81 


Stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a scrap of Bristol paper and heat embossed it with clear glitter embossing powder.  Die cut it out with a tag dies (retired Blueprints 4 die set from My Favorite Things).  Die cut a second tag from Whimsy Stamps Blurry Flurries pattern paper for the backing.  Added acetate and foam tape strips to the back of the tag to form the shaker part of the card.  Did not have any ribbon, so die cut a bow from shimmer white cardstock using new-to-me Fit to be Tied die set from The Greetery.  Assembled the card onto white woodgrain paper adhered to a white card base to finish.


I want to thank Andreja and the 52CCT team for having me GD with them.  To see their card inspirations and/or link up your own Christmas shaker card, click HERE.  Thank you for visiting.






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October 01, 2023

Guest Designer for Color Hues Challenge #73 - Coral and Blue


Hello everyone.  I’m excited to be guest designing (GD) today at Color Hues (TCH) for their challenge #73 - Coral and Blue. 


My first idea didn’t pan out, so I put a couple of new products from a recent Hero Arts order to work.  I used the gorgeous Color Layering Poinsettia Window stencils with a sentiment from the Winter Foliage stamp and cut XL set to create a non-traditional colour Christmas card.


To be honest, this well-designed stencil set did most of the work and made the creating process pretty easy.  Distress inks (DI) and blender brushes were used to apply inks through  the stencils onto an A2 size Bristol panel.  A quick side note… the berries were coloured with Abandoned Coral DI then darkened with residual Black Soot DI left on the brush.

DI included:
corals - Saltwater Taffy, Abandoned Coral, Black Soot 
blues - Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire 
grays - Lost Shadow, Black Soot  


I have the complementary die, but opted to keep it simple by stamping the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink directly on the panel and heat embossing it with clear glitter embossing powder for some sparkle.  Adhered the panel onto a white card base, then added a highlight dot to the berries with a white gel pen and clear jewels by Memory Box to the poinsettia centers to finish.

I want to thank Nancy and TCH team for this GD opportunity.  For more inspirations and/or to link up your card, click HERE.  Products used for my card are linked below.  Thank you for stopping by.






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Challenges:
NBUS #55 - new stencils, stamp

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