Thursday

 Good grief! I am so far behind. Let's get started. The disc that is in my computer has a lot of previously made cards. These were the Dreamweaver stencils used and then finished with ultra thick embossing powder. Yes, I'm surprised I still had any.

                          Another brass stencil, done with pigment ink.       

          I did the one on the left & I got the other as a gift card. Been awhile, but they are still pretty cards.

              Below is a Creative Expression die. Easy             

Outlines (miss this company) birthday stamp.

Pinkfresh Studio beautiful oval frame & a bouquet.

           Made these today. Simple. Studio 1 Blossom dies                                Okay that is my mishy mash-up for the day. Just something different. Getting another box ready for Bring Smiles to Seniors. 

                                       Thanks for looking!

                                             Mary

January 1st. 2025

 WOW! What a year, and what a blessing that we are still living life! Thank the Lord for our health, our family and our home! We were pretty busy with the holidays. We hosted both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our Christmas celebration was Christmas eve with 11 family members, and lots of yummy food. 

I am celebrating New Years Day making more Christmas cards. It never ends! I do have one to share for today that I made inbetween the holiday cards. This Spellbinders die set. 'Shine'! It is a celebration set, so very appropriate for today!

         All the same hologram paper! Loved it and just had to use it!!

                         Have a great News Years Day and beyond!

                                        Thanks for looking,

                                                Mary

Saturday December 28th

 Wow, time is passing quickly. I have more cards to share today. I took a break from blogging the Advent calendar. I made it to day #20, then Christmas became the priority. I will get back to the calendar. For today I want to share 'Snowcapped Holidays', a die set from Spellbinders. 

Lets take a look at another favorite!

The layered tree and Santa are Tim Holtz from 2023. I just got around to playing with Santa!

The St. Nick is Spellbinders. 

Pretty cute guy! 

There is more but dinner is here!!

Thanks for looking!

 Mary

Wednesday Dec. 18th

 Yes, I am still working on my Advent Calendar from Spellbinders. We stopped at Day #10 which is the 'just saying hello' dies. Next is Day #11, a geometric embossing folder. I just couldn't get it right! I overworked the first one with ink blending and mica sprays. I'll think of something someday. 

  

The next is for Day #12, the glass, citrus slice & straw. Pretty cute set! This is where I finally used the embossing folder with the 'glass, straw & citrus slice die set. Makes a great background.

Next is Day #14 the little frenchie die. So Cute. Added one of the four words from Day #13 with the doggies. 

Another embossing folder strip for day #15 and again I added Day #16 'You made my day  word dies. 

 Last one for today I used the #17 rectangle tag type dies for a postal collage. I used an old card for the photos in the frames.

Thanks for looking!

Mary

Sunday December 15th

 Today I am going to share cards I've made in the last couple weeks using dies, stamps and sequins from the Spellbinders Advent Calendar set. 

Dawn gave this to me as an early Christmas present so that I could play along and open a new 'door' each day. She gave me last years calendar too. They are totally different, versatile and so much fun!

Starting with day #1. See door #1 on the left. It is for Dec. 1st.

 Hot air balloons on day #1, a corner floral stamp day #2. I made 3-4.25 square cards simply embossed on white with different colored card stock. Check out Instagram for lots of ideas every day! 

                                 

                    

          Both are cards are from 7 tiny cute little flower dies. Day #3
                                                 

 Day # 4 is an assortment of tiny banner word dies. Hello friend, Happy Birthday & Thanks so much. Any of those would have been nice on these cards. You will see, I did use them later. Below is Day #5 squiggly dies. I used it for a border. I saw someone else cut graduated sizes of it and used it as a tree in gold! Pretty!

                     
                     Mr/Ms. Bee is Day #6
                                            

Day #7 is a lovely stencil

Day #8 is this lovely vase and lower arrangement. The 'Just Saying Hello' dies are Day #10 & the yellow sequins are Day #9.

Little vase is so versatile! 

And yes, I did use the banner words from day #4 on this card made with Katie Pertiet rub-ons and digis. Hello Friend. 

 Brings me now to Day #11.

Stay tuned for the next post I am about halfway through! I need to edit a couple cards.

Thanks for looking today

mary

 

                                         

Monday Dec. 9th

 Good afternoon! The sun is shining and, on that note, while I still have beautiful sunlight coming through the window, I will share these 'happy little critters' with you. Spellbinders Festive Friends small die o the month. 

               I couldn't stop making penguins. They are sooo cute!

                                               

                                                

                                         

                                          

                                           Hope you enjoyed,

                                                     and 

                                         Thanks for looking!

Mary