Autumnal Flowers

I think this is pretty much the only autumnal card I've made this year and I need to post it quickly before the autumn season is gone and we're in the Christmas season! The stamp I used on this one is Blossom and Bloom by Altenew, I die cut it with the matching die and coloured it with my Copics. I wanted to keep the background pretty simple so I created an orange panel by stamping, tone-on-tone, with Pinkfresh Studio's stamp Dainty Plaid onto a piece of orange cardstock and layered that panel with a white panel before adhering it all onto my cardbase with foam adhesives. The sentiment is by Penny Black and it is heat embossed. After adhering everything in place, I embellished the card with some pink gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge - Anything Floral Goes

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #506 - Make Your Mark

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Christmas Greetings

I made a clean and simple Christmas card using Hero Arts Merry Foliage stamp and die set. I coloured the image with my Copics, added a bit of white gel pen here and there, and some sparkle using Rock Candy glitter on the red berries and some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen on the yellow berries. I made the red and white panel using some left over cardstock in white and red which I cut into strips and adhered onto a panel creating a kind of a candy cane background. I adhered the panel onto the cardbase with some foam adhesives, I also used foam adhesives when adhering the die cut image onto the panel. As I needed Christmas cards in Finnish, I used a die cut sentiment in Finnish (it says 'Christmas Greetings'). Lastly, I embellished the card with some gold half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: November - Bits and Pieces (Use scraps on your project)

Jolly Santa

This jolly Santa captured my heart the minute I saw him, he is the sweetest Santa ever! He is a Sizzix / Tim Holtz die called Jolly St. Nick and it was so much fun piecing him together. He is a big fella, so this card is the size 5x7. I had him sneakily carry a present behind his back, die cut with Sizzix/Tim Holtz die set Celebrate. I added a piece of patterned paper behind him and a frame die cut with the Penny Black die Frame It. The sentiment is die cut as well, it translates as 'Christmas Greetings'.

I'm entering this to:

* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #301 - Your Favourite Holiday to Celebrate (that would be Christmas in my case)

* Just Us Girls: Challenge #801 - Winter

Father's Day

It's Father's Day in Finland today and I'm sharing the card I made for my Dad.  I think trees are always a good option for masculine cards and especially so for my Dad who likes the forest. I used Sizzix/Tim Holtz die Funky Trees, inked the edges of the foliage pieces lightly and adhered the lighter green parts with foam adhesives. I die cut the window with Spellbinders Essential Arches dies, added a piece of patterned paper behind it and adhered the trees in their places. I also added three little birds die cut with a Memory Box die, embellished the card with clear enamel dots and stamped the sentiment which says 'Happy Father's Day' in Finnish.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Masculine

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #505 - Diecuts and/or Stencils

Christmas Mouse

I adore this lil' mouse so much that I wanted to turn him into a Christmas mouse. He's from the What's Cookin'? stamp set by Hero Arts and I coloured him with my Copics. I then added a scarf and turned oven mittens into winter mittens to give him a seasonal look. For the other elements, I used a mix of products from different companies. The background is embossed with a 3D embossing folder from Nellie's Choice, the frames are die cut with the Pinkfresh Studio die Stitched Scallop Rectangles and the snowflakes are die cut with Penny Black dies form the sets Polar Pair and Dancing Snowflakes. The sentiment is heat embossed and says 'Merry Christmas'.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Some Texture 

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Get Well Soon

I made this little get well card with the fun Classic Casserole die set by Hero Arts. I wanted to take part in the Stay Crafty challenge so I die cut the pieces from yellow and white cardstock and glued them together. For the background, I used a bit of patterned paper and a piece of white cardstock, both die cut with Spellbinders' Scored and Pierced Rectangles dies. The sentiment is from the Hero Arts stamp set Summer Blooms. Lastly, I embellished the card with some yellow half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: October 2025 - Mellow Yellow

Thankful for You

How darling is this little mouse!? Simply the cutest ever! For this card, I used three Hero Arts stamp sets: What's Cookin'? for the little mouse and the pie, On the Shelf for the shelves and everything on them, and Friendship Blooms for the sentiment. I did the colouring with my Copics and added a bit of patterned paper on the background.