Have a beautiful day

Today, I'm sharing a rainbow that's not a rainbow! I paired the Rainbow rays stencils from Kristina Werner and Concord & 9th with the Flowering Quince stamp from Altenew, and a sentiment from Hero Arts Lemonade Day. 

Thanks for visiting :) 

 

 

Pastels plus florals plus C&9

I sometimes (*often) get stuck for ideas, and I ask my crafty friends to challenge me to make something. For this card, I was challenged to use something floral from Concord & 9th, and make it pastel. 

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Rainbow delft

 Today, I'm sharing a rainbow stenciled card, using the Hero Arts Color Layering Delft floral stencils. I cut the panel into pieces, and finished with a sentiment from Concord & 9th. 

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Using up leftovers

Spellbinders embossing folders are about twice the size of a standard card. This is useful, as I can generally use up the leftovers on a 2nd card! I used the Four Petal Floral folder from Spellbinders, and finished with the Birthday Script Dies from Concord & 9th, and some sequins from Altenew.  

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Four petal birthday card

 Today, I'm sharing a card I made using the Four petal floral 3D embossing folder from Spellbinders. The sentiment is from Concord & 9th. 

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Stencils, three ways

Today, I'm sharing three cards - I used the Cara Medallion stencil set from Concord & 9th, along with the Birthday Script Dies, and the Birthday Basics stamp set from Simon Says Stamp and CZ design. 

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Hello, my friend

 Today, I'm sharing a quick card video using products from Concord & 9th, Gina K designs and Waffleflower. 

And I made a video! 

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Pristine Poinsettia Christmas card

 Today, I'm sharing a Christmas card I made using the Pristine Poinsettia stamp set from Gina K Designs, and the Joyful and Merry stamp set from Concord & 9th (which I can't find now - does anyone know where it is??) 

 

And I made a video! 

 Thanks for visiting :) 

Using up leftovers

 I recently made some large 5x7 cards for a friend, and I had some leftovers of the patterned panels I made, so here's another "using up leftovers" post! I used Magenta Nuance watercolour powders on these panels. 

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One background, two cards

Today, I'm sharing two cards using the Sweet Stem Dies and coordinating stencils from Concord & 9th, along with sentiments from Taylored Expressions.

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Rainbow wreath

Today, I'm sharing a Christmas card with a rainbow wreath! I used products from Concord and 9th and Spellbinders. 

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Case me a Christmas Card - Hop 5

Welcome to Case me a Christmas Card 2025 - a Christmas Card series! 

Throughout October, there will be a series of 10 hops – two YouTube hops, and eight Instagram hops. Each hop involves participants CASEing (Copy And Selectively Edit) a card from the next person, drawing inspiration while each creating a Christmas Card. And you can join in!

Background

This series began in November 2016 as a personal challenge to explore different Christmas card styles, with friends suggesting creative ideas. Over time, more cardmakers joined, leading to a format where participants CASE each other's cards. A helpful video by Ardyth Percy Robb outlines a 5-step CASE process—check it out HERE.

This year

This year is a bit different, because I'd love for you to join in! You can join in by making your own CASE, or by commenting on the stops on the hop (either on IG or on YT). 

I'm over the moon excited to share that some amazingly generous companies that I love are offering some super generous prizes! 

In Alphabetical order:  

$25 (or £25) gift card from Alex Syberia 

$30 gift card from Altenew

2 x $50 gift cards from Concord & 9th 

$25 gift card from Hero Arts 

$100 gift card from Gina K Designs  

$50 gift card from The Ink Stand 

$100 gift card from My Sweet Petunia   

Online Card Classes will give 3 winners 3 classes of their choice each 

$50 gift card from Paper Rose Studio 

$25 gift card from Pink and Main  

$50 gift card from Simon Says Stamp

$25 gift card from Spellbinders  

$50 gift card from Trinity Stamps

Today's hop

Today, we’re hopping on Instagram – click HERE to start the hop!    

Here's my card for today - I'm CASEing Michelle Peckham!

This is Michelle's card that I CASEd: 

I included the texture in the background, the circular central floral element with the strings of leaves coming out from it. I also included a white sentiment on a black banner. 

Your turn!

Now, you’re invited to join! CASE a card from any hop participant, share your creation via Inlinkz HERE, and you could win a prize from one of our amazing sponsors! Or comment on any of the stops on the hop for a chance to win, too! 

To link up your CASE me a Christmas Card project, first share it publicly somewhere you can copy the link – this can be your blog, Instagram, a Flickr account, your Splitcoast gallery – anywhere that allows you to have a URL or website location to link up, and where we can see your post. 

By linking your project, you are giving me permission to feature your card on my blog and social media, crediting you as the artist.

Entries close on the 7th of November at 6am AEDT (Melbourne time) - which is 6th Nov, 12 noon Pacific Time.  

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

  

Happy birthday, Mitch

 My niece, Caitlin, recently asked me to make a card for her boyfriend, Mitch (but she calls him Mitchy!). She specifically asked for me to include a turtle or tortoise on the card :) 

 Thanks for visiting :)