Wild Columbine

I'm sharing a card I actually made last year but never shared. I used the gorgeous Wild Columbine stamp set from Hero Arts for this and coloured the image with my Copics before die cutting it with the matching die. I stamped the same flowers on the background twice with grey ink, matted a white panel onto a grey panel and adhered it on top of the florals stamped with grey. I adhered the Copic coloured florals in place and stamped a sentiment from the Hero Arts set Here for You next to the florals. Lastly, I embellished the card with some black gems.

Peonies

I'm sharing a card I made with layering stencils. These are White Cap Peonies from Altenew used with the matching die. The background is ink blended as well using Distress Oxide inks and splatters of gold ink spray. The die cut sentiment says 'On Your Special Day'. I embellished the card with glittery gold gems.

For You

Here's my first card of 2026 using quite a few new-to-me products. I bought this stamp last autumn but haven't had a chance to use it yet so I thought this is the perfect time. The stamp is called Celebrate Today and it's a collaboration between Altenew and Pinkfresh Studio. After colouring the image with my Copics, I die cut the panel using Spellbinders' Scallop Labels and Tag dies (these I bought just recently and it's my first time using them - but I think I'm in love already!). I also die cut a bigger panel of kraft coloured cardstock and adhered the two panels together. The sentiment is die cut, it says 'For You'. I added Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen to the sentiment and it gives a beautiful shimmer to the sentiment which, unfortunately, doesn't show in the photo. I then used a Penny Black embossing folder called Filigree to emboss the background panel before adhering the floral tag on it with foam adhesives. Lastly, I embellished the card with a little twine bow and some half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* All About Papercraft Challenges: Challenge #1 - All About New (my 'new' is new stash: stamp and dies)

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add a Sentiment!

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

Floral Christmas Cards

I'm sharing three more floral Christmas cards while it's still December :) The first two are both made with the gorgeous Poinsettia stamp by Marianne Design, coloured with my Copics. The sentiment on the first one is die cut and says 'Christmas Greetings', on the second one the sentiment is heat embossed and says 'Merry Christmas'. 

The third card features a Penny Black stamp called Winter Garden, also coloured with my Copics. The die cut sentiment says 'Christmas Peace'.

Poinsettias

Here are a couple of cards I made with the Poinsettia stamp set by Waffle Flower. I coloured the images with my Copics and both cards feature the same sentiment die (it says 'Christmas Greetings' in Finnish). I also used Essential Arches dies by Spellbinders for the first card, and Stitched Scallop Circles dies by Pinkfresh Studio for the second card.

Joyful Santa

I've made more Christmas cards than I've had the time to share so I'm trying to share some of them while it's still December. I made this one with my favourite Santa, the Jolly St. Nick from Sizzix and Tim Holtz. The present he's carrying is die cut with Celebrate die set and the stripey background is die cut with Layered Stripes die, both by Sizzix and Tim Holtz. The sentiment die is Jumbo Joy from Penny Black, die cut from coloured cardstock and heavily coated with Rock Candy glitter. As this Santa is a big fella, my cardbase is also big, 5x7 inches. 

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sparkle and Shine

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add a Sentiment!

Golden Holiday Wishes

I have a quick little holiday card to share that I made for the December challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero challenge where the theme is Gold. This also marks my 12th time taking part in the Stay Crafty challenge this year - I've taken part in each and every challenge in 2025 and I've thoroughly enjoyed them all!

For this card, I used the Twinkle Lights Die Set of the Month for October 2025. I die cut the twinkle lights out of gold foil cardstock and the bulbs out of gold glitter cardstock and adhered them together. For the background I used dark brown cardstock that I splattered with gold spray and the frame is die cut with Spellbinders' Essential Arches dies, once out of off white cardstock and once out of gold foil cardstock. After adhering everything in place, I heat embossed the sentiment from the Hero Arts stamp set Merry Foliage using gold embossing powder and adhered it in place and embellished the card with some gold gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: December - Gold