Krafty Chicks challenge #815 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. We are slowly adding to the Christmas pile, which really takes the stress off later in the year. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I wanted to use this super cute die set for my card this week.  I've had it in my stash for almost a year and hadn't used it so it was about time I showed it some love.  It actually makes three different character mugs so I will definitely pulling it out again soon as the penguin one turned out adorable.  I hope you like it.  

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute penguin mug:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by grabbing lots of coloured card from my scraps bin and die cutting all the pieces for the adorable penguin mug.  I used liquid glue to adhere them together, apart from the face and belly that I added with foam squares.  Next I cut a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and embossed it with a lovely snowflake folder and also die cut a rectangle which had some lovely dot details from vellum.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and cut it out with a rectangle die.  Now it was time to assemble my card.  I added some scrap white card behind the embossed panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape. I adhered the penguin mug onto the vellum with foam squares and then added the vellum panel onto the embossed background with double sided tape.  I added the sentiment in the top right corner with foam squares.  I finished off with some tiny snowflake embellishments.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a left over piece of the embossed background to the bottom with liquid glue.  I die cut 1 more candy cane and snowflake and added them with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  After the initial die cutting the card was fairly quick to put together and I think it turned out super sweet.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist nordic noel 

A Cut Above challenge - ATG use a die cut

As You Like It challenge - simple or fussy (I am a bit like Elaine and feel more comfortable in the 'middle' but can sometimes go full on fussy when the occasion calls for it)

Caffeinated Christmas challenge - anything Christmas/holiday with coffee/tea/cocoa theme #cccc52

CRAFT challenge - seasons/weather/ATG 

Craft Rocket challenge - layer it up

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Crafty Calendar challenge - die cuts/punches

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - no design paper

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - anything food (or drink) related

First Cup challenge - ATG beverage/drink

Girlz & the Art of Letters challenge - Letter X (for Xmas)

Girlz Creative Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Neglected Stuff challenge - use your old, neglected stuff (I've had the die set for nearly a year and this is the first time I've used it)

NBUS challenge - never been used stuff (my die set)

Peace on Earth Christmas challenge - anything Christmas themed optional mood board

Pick 3 challenge - text, die cut, stripes (on scarf and mug handle)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - food and/or drink

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist dies/punches

Try It On Tuesday challenge - make it cute

Unicorn challenge - use dies

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Spellbinders - cocoa greetings die set (DOM-JUL25)

Spellbinders - nordic noel 2D embossing folder (EOM-JUL25)

Spellbinders - Santa's sippin' sayings clear stamp (for both sentiments)

Spellbinders - essential rectangles (for dotty panel)

Spellbinders - classic rectangles large die set (for small rectangle)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Trinity Stamps - vanilla sugar snowflakes embellishment mix

coloured card from scraps bin

Patterned Paper Party IG Hop - January 2026

Hello friends, welcome back to my little blog.  I'm here today to share my card for this month's Patterned Paper Party Instagram Hop.  Do you love patterned paper? Do you have a huge stash that needs using? Well so do we and it's time to get it used! We will be hopping on the 20th of each month to share our ideas. We will definitely be creating cards, but maybe sometimes tags, ATCs, gift bags/boxes, mini albums and scrapbook pages too. We want our patterned paper to be used.

The theme is always 'anything goes' but each month we will have an optional twist that can be used if you like; this month the twist is 'chilly', which is something fun and should be a popular twist, so grab your patterned papers and join in the fun. I only used a tiny bit of patterned paper but I think it packs a punch.  I hope you like it. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and ran it through my die cutting machine with a snow flurry cover plate (it gives a fantastic stitched swirly detail and looks so cool).  I found a small piece of the blue snowflake paper and decided to die cut some letters to spell the word brr; I also cut 2 more words from white card so that I could layer them up using liquid glue.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  I added the letters in the lower half of the panel using liquid glue.  I stamped a thin sentiment and die cut it out using the coordinating die.  I added some slivers of white card behind it and adhered it over the brr word with liquid glue.  I finished off with some white snowflake embellishments.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4" x 5 1/4" and added a strip of the snow flurry background to the bottom and added a thin strip of the snowflake paper above it with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and then adhered the panel to the card base with double sided tape.  A really clean and simple card but one with a lot of impact I think.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - ATG Christmas optional twist snow people

AAA Cards challenge - follow my lead

ABC Christmas challenge - A is for anything Christmas

Christmas (or not) BINGO challenge - Line B - Christmas/non traditional colours/free (although my card would also fit Line N and Line O)!

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round challenge - B is for Brr and Blue

Colorful Options challenge - blue & white

Crafty Calendar challenge - happy new year (my cover plate is new) entry 3 of 3

Creative Knockouts challenge - something to say

Daisy Chain challenge - use dies

Jingle Belles challenge - something old, something new (paper is old, cover plate is new)

Make My Monday challenge - use paper with pattern

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - die cut the letters from patterned paper

Pearly Sparkles challenge - use patterned paper

Simply Clean and Simple challenge - ATG CAS optional theme use something new (cover plate is new)

The Four Seasons challenge - winter season

Word Power challenge - make the sentiment the focus of your card

We hope you will be inspired by our Patterned Paper Party IG Hop and will pop over and check out all the gorgeous creations along the way. If you would like to join us please visit my Instagram pageor use the hashtag #patternedpaperpartyhopjanuary2026 and we will find you.

Thanks for stopping by and take care.

Lots of love

card supplies:

Craft Addiction UK - bold alphabet dies

Time for Tea Designs - snow flurry cover plate die

*Gina K Designs - all at once - holiday season stamp & coordinating die

Gina K Designs - holiday wreath builder stamp (for inside sentiment)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Trinity Stamps - vanilla sugar snowflake embellishment mix

Craft ID paper pad bought from TKMaxx a few years ago

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

Krafty Chicks challenge #794 - Christmas

Good morning lovely friends, I appreciate you stopping by and I hope you're all doing ok. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 2; as always the theme is 'Christmas' and I am your hostess. Scarily Christmas is not that far away now so if you haven't started your cards yet this is the perfect opportunity to begin. Obviously if you have joined in with us since January then it's another card to add to the pile, which really takes the stress off. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I was looking through my stash and found this old metal stencil that I bought quite a while ago but haven't used yet so I thought why not show it some love.  I did mask off parts of the stencil so that I could blend them in different colours but boy was it fiddly; not a card I could mass produce lol!  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 (which I cut down slightly later) and using green and red ink pads blended through the stencil, masking off as I went along.  As I said it was quite a fiddly and tedious process but I think it was worth it as I love the contrast of the green against the red. Once the blending was finished I stamped the cabin image into the bauble with black ink.  I then cut down the panel to 4" x 5 1/4" and added some scrap white card behind it for stability and dimension.  I decided to mat it onto a red layer cut to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" although I could have just cut a red card base but I was in the zone and had already cut my card base from white.  I added the panel onto the card base with double sided tape.  I added some white gelly roll pen 'snow' but didn't feel it was bright enough so after a bit of searching found my white posca pen and added some 'snow' with that too.  I stamped and die cut the Merry word and used a sentiment strip die to cut out the Christmas word.  I added the merry with liquid glue and the Christmas was added overlapping with foam squares.  A final finishing touch was some snowflake embellishments which I added with liquid glue.  For the inside I cut a panel 3 3/4" x 5" and used the stencil to just add some interest to the bottom.  I matted the panel onto a red card layer with double sided tape and stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink.  The panel was then adhered to the card base with double sided tape.  A very traditional Christmas card but I really like it. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up challenge - anything Christmas goes optional twist sleigh

Allsorts challenge - Christmas cards

Aud Sentiments challenge - glitter and/or Christmas + sentiment

Colourful Options challenge - red optional mood board

Craft Rocket challenge - Christmas/winter

Crafty Gals Corner challenge - tis the season

Creative Inspirations challenge - wrapped up in winter

Creative Knockouts challenge - time to be merry

Daisy Chain challenge - Christmas/winter

Farm Quest Country Christmas challenge - anything goes country Christmas 

Just Us Girls challenge - winter

Moving Along With The Times challenge - winter wonderland

Merry Little Christmas challenge - anything Christmas goes

Stamping Sensations challenge - Christmas

Stencil Fun challenge - anything stencil goes optional theme use gold

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use red

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG optional twist merry & bright

Tic Tac Toe challenge - ornament, red, Christmas sentiment

Try It On Tuesday challenge - get ready for Christmas 

Unicorn challenge - Christmas/winter

We Love Stamping challenge - anything Christmas

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Christmas' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori. 

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Sweet Poppy - Christmas snowflake bauble stencil - ? retired

Inkylicious - winter cabin (small) stamp

Kristina Werner with Concord & 9th - joyful & merry stamps & coordinating dies

Gina K Designs - ink pads - cherry red, red hot, Christmas pine

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Sakura - white no.10 gelly roll pen

Posca - PC-5M medium bullet tip paint pen

Trinity Stamps - vanilla sugar snowflakes embellishment mix

red card from stash

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 
Thank you x