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

 

Good morning! This is my first share of the last month of 2024! Wow!

I decided on a lovely stamp set by Pink fresh studio, called Happy For  you. The flowers a lovely and the words in the set are  

    I stenciled and die cut the flowers on these. I used a rounded verse from a different set. The red & yellow flowers below are a mix of stenciling and copic markers.
                                                                    

Again, I love this set! I used a butterfly from a 49th & market rub-on sheet. I love the yellows!

I will be back later with some cute, yes cute cards!

Thanks for looking!

Mary