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Sunday, November 1, 2026

CAS CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE ~ REINDEER


CAS CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE ~ HOSTED by Susan needs to have a reindeer on it!

Welcome friends it is November 1 and time for a new challenge. 
This month Susan is our hostess asking you to put a reindeer on your Christmas card for our


I had this beautiful 2 step stamping deer and decided to have a big full moon behind him.
I ink blended some DO inks after masking off the circle.
SSS: Warmth & Wonder (deer)
SSS: Holiday Typewriter Trio (sentiment)


I will look forward to seeing your card in the gallery!
Please check out the rest of the team's cards and our special guest for more inspiration!


Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, October 15, 2026

CAS Christmas card Challenge Mid-October ~ Poinsettia


Hi Friends welcome to our Mid-month inspiration for the CAS CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE looking for the beautiful POINSETTIA on your card!

I ran across some Pinkfresh Washi tape poinsettias that were already cut and ready for a card, so I made a few more!   Here is the one I am posting for your inspiration and showing you the others I made also!


I laid the wreath on the card and placed the sentiment I wanted to use and then stamped and embossed it in gold, then I glued the wreath bouquet down, I decided to frame it with more gold to highlight all the gold in the wreath.


Products used: 
Emily Moore Designs:  Decorative Dies
Penny Black:  Christmas Moments sentiment
gold embossing
flat gold sequins

I hope you are inspired by all these cards from the other design team members and our special guest and will join us with a poinsettia card for this challenge!
Thank you for stopping by, I hope to see you in the gallery!



Heart Hugs, friends!



Thursday, October 1, 2026

CAS CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE ~ OCTOBER ~ POINSETTIA!!


WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE THAT I AM HOSTING ON CAS CHRISTMAS and if you are like me, you will have more than one poinsettia stamp, die or stencil in your stash! I hope you will have no problem coming up with a card with a poinsettia on it!

                                                                                                        
PRODUCTS USED:
Gina K & SSS collaboration:  Grand Poinsettia EF, Stencil, & Die
Gina K & SSS collaboration:  Merry & Light (sentiment)
Gina K:  Master Layouts #1

This was a collaboration with SSS last winter, so it is no longer available for purchase, but the embossing folder and stencil made such magnificent images to color.  



Another card using the same embossing folder, stencils and dies, I used a few more products from the Merry & Light set with the background and the leaves along with the sentiment.

That is it for me, but I will be back with another poinsettia card on Sept 15, I hope you are inspired to get out some of those beautiful poinsettia stamps and join us with this challenge.   As always be sure to head to the blog and see the cards made by the design team and our special guest Fabiolo!
    Thanks for stopping by!

Heart Hugs, friends!



Tuesday, September 1, 2026

CAS CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE ~ SEPTEMEBER ~ WOODLAND CRITTERS



Hi friends!  I had to use this Colorado Craft Co stamp because it has so many awesome woodland critters in it...the fox, the squirrel, there is an owl at the top it can be seen when you open the fold, and then of course the very Nordic deer. This is a one layer card with just the added sentiment strip.   Being called Nordic Ornament, it of course reminds me of designs one would see from Norway!

The CAS CHRISTMAS Challenge this month is to make your card with woodland critters on it!  THE DESIGN TEAM has some wonderful cards for your inspiration as well as our Special Guest, Lynne at Lynne's Craft Haven.   Please head over to the blog and then join us this month for Christmas with woodland critters!   You have all month to make your card and we will have more inspiration for you on the 15th of the month!

Heart Hugs, friends!



Tuesday, August 18, 2026

COLOR HUES # 139 YELLOW & ORANGE

Friends, it is so good to be back making cards and sharing them with you!
I must admit I am trying to use up all my precut and colored images, just to make life a little easier  , but still feel like I have used some creativity!
When I saw the prompt for Color Hues using yellow and orange, I couldn't resist going through my flowers (even though green is NOT a neutral) I still felt like I could use gray and be safe!)  I pulled out an older set from The Greetery called Fleur Impressions, to be honest it was the first one sitting in my box and lo and behold I had so many already stamped and ready to go, I did have to do a few leaves for the gray, but it came together for me!

Thank you Marcia for the color prompt!
I may be back!!
Products used:
The Greetery:  Fleur Impressions
The Greetery:  Windowpane Plaid Background
The Greetery:  Sprinkled with Kindness
The Greetery:  Sentiment Suite Birthday and dies


Thanks for stopping by and having a look!!


Heart Hugs, friends!



Saturday, August 15, 2026

CAS CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE MID-AUGUST ~ SLEIGH


Welcome friends, it is so nice to see you again.   We are halfway through the month of August and we have more inspiration for your Christmas cards with a sleigh!  Go to the CAS CHRISTMAS CARD BLOG  and see what the design team has added for your inspiration.



PRODUCTS USED FOR THIS CARD:
PTI:  Bold Borders Flurries 
PTI:  Serene Sleigh all stamps and dies
Gina K: sentiment



THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VISITING AND PLAYING ALONG WITH US!!


Heart Hugs, friends!