Cute

I wanted to make something cute and easy this weekend so I reached for the Mama Elephant stamp set Dandelion Wishes and got crafting. I coloured the images with my Copics and die cut them with their matching dies before adding a bit of white gel pen here and there. The white panels are die cut with Lacy Rectangle Stackables die by Lawn Fawn. I ink blended a bit of pink ink behind the images, adhered the images in their places and added my sentiments - a stamped sentiment in the first card (it's in Finnish and says 'To [my] friend') and a die cut sentiment for the second. I lathered some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen onto the die cut sentiment so it has a beautiful shimmer to it which, unfortunately, does not show in the photo. After adding a bit of patterned paper, I adhered the panels in their places and embellished the cards with some gems.

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* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #296 - Friendship/Encouragement/Support 

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: 4 Legged Friends

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Floral Wreath

 I made a retirement card in a circular shape using the pretty wreath from the Pinkfresh Studio stamp set Rainbow Floral. I coloured the image with my Copics and used the matching die to die cut it. I used a bit of patterned paper for the background, heat embossed the sentiment (it wishes enjoyable retirement days in Finnish) and adhered it with foam adhesives. As embellishments, I used gold thread and some gold half pearls.

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

* We Love Stamping: August - Flowers

Here for You

I made this card inspired by the August challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero where the theme is 'Use a Water Technique or Water Image'. I did both in my card. I used images from the Gardening Tools & Flowers stamp set die cut with the matching cover plate die and watercoloured using my Karin Markers. The panel is die cut with a Spellbinders die from the set Scored and Pierced Rectangles and the sentiment is from the Hero Arts stamp set Here for You. I used a piece of patterned paper in the background and embellished the card with some sequins.

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* Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero: August 2025 - Splish Splash: Use a Water Technique or Water Image

Spotlight

This gorgeous stamp is Floral Trims by Tim Holtz and I think it's one of the most gorgeous floral stamps ever! I made a birthday card with it and decided to use a bit of spotlight technique. I stamped the image on my panel and then die cut a rectangle. I coloured the image in the die cut rectangle, matted the rectangle on a piece of black cardstock and adhered it in its place. I also matted the bigger panel on a piece of black cardstock. The sentiment is Finnish for 'Congrats', and I used some enamel dots to embellish the card. 

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* The Flower Challenge: Challenge #105 - Add Embellishments

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Happy Birthday

* Krafty Chicks Challenge: Challenge #780 - Birthday

Pink for Birthday

Another day, another birthday card, this time for my stash of birthday cards. The stamp I used is an 'oldie' but definitely a 'goldie', it's Mondo Sakura from Ellen Hutson.  I coloured the image with my Copics and cut it with the matching die. I embossed a piece of pink cardstock with an embossing folder from Studio Light and used a Pinkfresh Studio die called Ornate Oval Frame to die cut the frame. The sentiment is heat embossed and it says 'Congratulations'. I embellished the card with some golden half pearls.

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* We Love Stamping: August - Flowers

* Seize the Birthday: Challenge #310 - Use Your Favorite Color (one of my favourite colours is pink)

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

Masculine 50

My husband turned 50 this summer and for his milestone birthday I made two cards (one given to him by us and one by my parents). For the first card I used the gorgeous new Classic Car die from Spellbinders and number dies by Studio Light. The background is created by masking a rectangle and ink blending Distress Oxide inks to it before splattering some water and inks to the rectangle. The sentiment is a sticker and it translates basically as 'Congratulations'.

For the second card, I used Bold Numbers die by Spellbinders. I die cut the numbers several times, once from gold cardstock and then a few times from black cardstock, and adhered them on top of each other to make the numbers a bit bulkier. I used the Woven Lattice Texture die (also by Spellbinders) to add a bit of interest to the background. The two panels are die cut with Pinkfresh Studio's Diagonal Stitched Rectangles dies. The die cut sentiment is Finnish for 'Congrats'.

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

Die Cut Bouquet

I wanted to create an arrangement/bouquet with some die cut flowers and this is what I made. I used my favourite Spellbinders floral dies, Fresh Picked Anemones, along with Spellbinders Gorgeous You Florals dies for the smaller flowers. For the background, I die cut a panel with Scored and Pierced Rectangles die and added a bit of interest with Woven Lattice Texture die, both by Spellbinders. The die cut sentiment is Finnish for 'Congrats'. Lastly, I embellished the card with some gems.

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* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

* Inkspirational Challenges: Challenge #346 - Word Prompt 'Birthday'

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #498 - Birthdays