January 09, 2026

Guest Designer for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown January 2026 Colour Challenge - Kraft, Green, Gold

Hello everyone and happy new year!  It’s my first post this year and I’m excited to be a guest designer (GD) at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown (52CCT) for their Colour Challenge this month.


I was going in a different direction when I remembered my new Snowbell Bouquet dies purchased in my latest order from Simon Says Stamp (SSS) would be perfect for these colours.  Plus, I love snowdrops!


The snowbell stems and blossoms were die cut from green and white cardstock, respectively. Ink blended  Rustic Wilderness distress ink (DI) on the stems to give them dimension.  Trimmed watercolor paper to a 3.5” square and ink smooshed dilated Rustic Wilderness DI onto it.  Adhered this panel onto white then matted it on a kraft panel.  Arranged and glued the snowbells on, then added the gold foil die cut Joyeux Noel sentiment to finish.  


A big thank you to the 52CCT team for giving me this GD opportunity.  Ready to join in the fun?  For more inspirations and to link up your entry head to the challenge post HERE. BHope to see you in the falkery! 
For easy reference, SSS products used to make my card are linked below. Please note that affiliated links have been used in this post at no extra cost to you.  I appreciate your support.  Thank you for stopping by. 



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December 27, 2025

Whimsy Stamps - Ho Ho Ho

Hello everyone!  For those who celebrated, hope you had a wonderful Christmas.  Have not been feeling great, so I’m a wee bit late posting today’s cards.  Warning: this is a lengthy post. 🫣

This year Whimsy Stamps (WS) released some new stamps with Santa images and I wanted to ink them up before they start collecting dust. 😉   First up is a CAS (clean and simple) card.


This Santa image was created with the new Ho Ho Ho Deer stamp set.  It was fussy cut out and saved from a card that didn’t work out.  Santa was stamped onto an X-Press It A2 panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink then onto NoFuss Mask Sheets to fussy cut out a mask.  Masked Santa then 
 stamped the toy sack before colouring it with Copic Sketch markers.

Copic markers used:
face - E00/01/13 
mouth - E04
beard - W1/3 
suit - R14/27/46/39 
belt/buckle - C8, Y35 
shoes - C3/6/8 
trims/pom-pom- C00/1/3/4 
sack - E43/44/47 
gifts - G05, R27, 0 


Stamped Christmas from Happy Sayings on a Bristol panel with VersaMark ink then heat embossed with Silver Pearl embossing power.  Merry Large word was then die cut twice from Bristol paper and stacked for dimension and give a faux dry embossed look.  Assembled the card onto a white card base, then stamped HO, HO, HO from Simple Sentiment Strips Holidays (SSSH) with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Grounded the image by adding shading beneath with T0/1/3/5 Copic Sketch markers to finish.   



My second card is another CAS card.  The SSSH stamp set and Peace, Love, Joy die were stretched to create a custom greeting.


Masked off areas on Joy to the World and Believe from the SSSH set to stamp “to be” in black on a Bristol panel.  The die cut letters were coloured with the same red Copic Sketch markers listed above.  


The Santa face from Christmas Portraits was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a scrap of X-Press It paper, coloured with the same Copic Sketch markers listed above, then fussy cut out.  Assembled the card onto a white card base and for some sparkle, added clear shimmer to all the reds to finish.


My final card is a postcard design.  Started by stamping the Brushed Stripes Background in red onto a white A2 sized Bristol panel.  


X-Press It paper was then trimmed to 4x5.25-inches.  Stamped the Santa with puppy image from Jolly Puppy Kisses with Memory Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with the same Copic Sketch markers listed above plus E30/31/23/25 for the puppy.  


Stamped and stenciled all the elements and markings in black using the following:
🔹Postage Window Shadow stencil  
🔹Furbabies stencil  
For a vintage-y postcard look, ink blended Memento Toffee Crunch ink around the panel edges and within the stamped postage stamp image.  For the punny sentence, W-O-O-F was die cut from a red foil paper scrap using the Mix and Mingle Alphabet and Numbers dies.  Layered the panel onto the striped background then mounted it into a white card base to finish. 


For easy reference, WS prod used for my cards are linked below. Please note affiliate have been used throughout this post; therefore, if you click on any of them and make a purchase, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you!  Your support is greatly appreciated.  Thank you for dropping by. 

*some products may be available at Simon Says Stamp HERE*
Challenges:
Cards 1&2
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Pick a Previous 2025 Technique Challenge (Nov:Stamps, Oct:Quick Card, May:Dies, Jan:Fussy Cutting)
Card 1
Card 2
CAS Colours & Sketches - #575 Seasonal Challenge (rotated/flipped sketchk #568)
Card 3
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December 19, 2025

Whimsy Stamps - Yeti Snow

Hello everyone.  I have another holiday card to share.  It’s  a punny card… and it looks like I’ve been singing the 🎶“Let It Snow” 🎶sông incorrectly all this time. 🤭😂   I’m using products from Whimsy Stamps (WS). 


The yeti from Don’t Peek Yeti was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It paper, coloured with Copic Sketch markers (BG10/13/09, C1/3) then die cut out with the coordinating die.  The Mix and Mingle YETI letters and Snow sentiment were die cut from Bristol paper and ink blended with teal dye ink. 


For the background, two Bristol panels were trimmed to 3.75x5-inches.  The back panel was ink blended with the same teal dye ink at the top and bottom, spritz with water then dabbed off with a paper towel for some texture.  For even more texture, splattered with diluted teal dye ink and white gouache paint.  The other panel was die cut with the border die from the Elegant Snowflakes and Border set.  Used the same border die to die cut from silver foil paper then fussy cut the snowflakes out to stack on top of their white ones.  Assembled the card onto a white card base, then added clear shimmer to the sentiment for some sparkle to finish. 


WS prod used for my card are linked below. Please note affiliate have been used in this post; therefore, if you click on any of them and make a purchase, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you!  Your support is greatly appreciated.  Thank you for dropping by. 






*some products may be available at Simon Says Stamp HERE*

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December 15, 2025

Whimsy Stamps - Chickadees and Berries

Hello there. I’m popping in quickly to share a super simple holiday card.  I prefer clear stamps over red rubber ones, but I love chickadees and couldn’t pass up buying the beautiful Chickadees and Berries rubber stamp from Whimsy Stamps (WS) in my latest order.  


The image was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto Bristol paper then watercoloured with Zig Real Brush markers. The sentiment from Santa at the Door clear stamp was white heat embossed on black cardstock. Assembled the card to finish. 


WS prod used for my card are linked below. Please note affiliate have been used in this post; therefore, if you click on any of them and make a purchase, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you!  Your support is greatly appreciated.  Thank you for dropping by. 


 
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