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11 November, 2026

Small Moments

 



You've heard of snow bunnies, right?

The background is an embossing folder freebie from a Practical Publishing magazine, swiped with white Hero Arts pigment ink, also splattered snowy with white gouache.  Edges white inked.  The little bunnies are from Colorado Stamps, the tiny bird is from a Lawn Fawn die.  Sentiment typed.

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10 November, 2026

Bookmark Blues

 


Of course blue is my favourite colour!  

This is made using watercolour card, lots of inks  (JuiseyArt hybrid inks) and stamps (postage, stitching & circles) on the background as well as silver stencilling (Tim Holtz) and some ink blending.  The circles and sheep are stamped and fussy cut, the sheep coloured with Copics. Cord with silver metallic thread.

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Leafy Thinking

 


A clean and simple card suitable for many occasions.

I diecut a leafy sprig in a couple of colours of card and stencilled directly onto the white base card with Distress Inks.  A little gilding wax is rubbed to highlight the leaves.  A smart stamped and diecut sentiment (Waffle Flower) finishes it.


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07 November, 2026

CAS Acorn

 


CAS style.

The acorn is a diecut punch-out from Daphne's Diary, a diecut leaf from my Bitz Box, and a simple embossed sentiment.  Faux splatters are handdrawn.

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06 November, 2026

Owl Dare

 


Owls don't usually come in these colours, but hey, I guess they'd like to dress it up sometimes just like we humans.

Owl stamped on various scraps, snippets of paper/card. Tiny diecut heart and snippet of embossed strip (Cuttlebug). Sentiment is bordered in gold embossing.  WoS for shine, white gel pen for highlights.

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Cricket Man

 


I made this for our son who is mad on cricket, has been since a small kid and was an under 18 rep, now in his 50's and still playing.  Cricket season has started here, so we won't see much of him over the southern summer, as in addition to working he practises on a weeknight and then plays at the weekend.  His son plays in the same team.

I made the background using smooshed DI's and black DSpray.  The sentiment is stamped randomly across the outfield and gold embossed; I think it looks like the crowd cheering.  The  cricketer is diecut and coloured with Copics.

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05 November, 2026

Slide & Lock Roses

 


Beautiful roses for a lovely lady.  This fold is the NZ card swap for November, the fancy fold is on youtube called Slide and Lock by Jacque Williams and is easier than it looks.  The centre piece slides and holds the front edges together.  The flowers deserve a butterfly to visit them.

I used watercolour diecut card flowers & leaves (a prize from Stix2Anything) with watercolour paints.  The beautiful papers are fromWeRMemoryKeepers pad, the diecut label is Spellbinders, other diecuts are a flourish and an aqua butterfly (BoBunny) from my Bitz Box.   Stamped sentiment (Rosies Studio) cut to shape has gold heat embossing around the edges.  All put together embellished with gold pearls, a gold brad and Ranger Stickles.  The sliding piece could be re-used if wanted.

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04 November, 2026

Weird Stuff


I made this for our daughter who loves weird stuff, but it would work for a male as well .  I collected a whole bunch of weird sayings and put them on the inside.  NO, I'm not going to show you!  Does coffee make you say weird stuff?

I made my own background paper using Ranger DI's.  Frog stamped and fussy-cut.  Sparkly mist (Lindy's Glitz Spritz), all the frogs I've seen sparkle.

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02 November, 2026

Forest Moonlight

 


A moonlit forest.

Tim Holtz bottlebrush trees stamped with Ranger DOxInks also stencilled with Tim Holtz mixed media stencil.  Corner die: Tim Holtz/Sizzix with an interference gold mist on inset pieces.  Metallic watercolour paint splattered in turquoise and gold.  Panel set on pale blue base card.  Sentiment intentionally left off so it could be used for any occasion.

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Being You

 


Doc Martens, fairly CAS.  Inspired by the SOS challenge.  I didn't realise I had this many shoe stamps!

This could be masculine or feminine.  

Usually workmen's boots, I don't know if these are still a thing or not, but I was always amazed at how young women could wear these with floral skirts and skinny tops and still look gorgeous.

Doc Marten Stamp from Deep Red, left uncoloured.  Stamped sentiment.  Wrapped twine.  Thin strips of dark plum and matt silver laid along the edges.  Card base is glossy purple. That's it.

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Penguin Day

 


Hey-hey it's penguin day!  These penguin wish you a beautiful birth-day.  Aren't they dinky?

A CAS Clean and Simple card.   Stamped and coloured with Copics.  House Mouse sentiment.  Stickles on the heart.

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Leafy Frolics

 



Come join our next Challenge at Critter Crazy Challenge with our theme "Anything Goes with a Featured Critter/s."   Here: crittercrazy
We want to see animals as the focus - whether real or fantasy! 


Just flyin' by to say hi and Happy Birthday...  this is a version of the chicken dance, the bird dance!
Pretty paper dotty background framed in pink on a blue base card.  A diecut bird with a patterned paper scarf dancing on  diecut autumn leaves.  The banner at the top stamped with sentiment is a left over from another die border.  I think it looks festive.  Gems added.   Lots of layers to this one;  2 PP lots of snippets.  I left the ends of the wings free so they stand out.

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28 October, 2026

Simple Pleasures

 


Such pretty words.

Back panel is red, embossed with a scripty EF nibbled at the edges, misted with Ranger Perfect Pearls and put on black card base.  A leafy die cut in three colours,  a sentiment diecut, stamp from PrintWorks. Sentiment 'dirtied' with DI's, perfect pearls,  A tangle of gold thread behind the senti.

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Good Witch Bad Witch

 


It's all about the shoes!  
And the stamps.  These stamps only come out once a year so I may as well use 'em!  I've had this set nearly 20 years and I still like it and think it's fun.

The background is card that has been inked (Ranger DI's & DOxideI's), smooshed, dabbed, ink blended, inked on the edges.  The stamps are all Dare 2B Artsy.  Broom & shoe stamped onto coloured card, with ink blending & gold pen.   Sentiment stamped and gold embossed.  Insert has the second half of the sentiment. Spiders are shiny with Glossy Accents, insert has the second half of the sentiment.  Stars are leftover dropouts from various dies. 

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