18 February 2026

Hearts Mid Month WLSC

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Myself 

Hearts
 
February is the time of professing our love, as I said in my previous WLSC post, but it can be for any occasion. I have two occasions today. I didn't have any heart stamps that were of the right size, so I drew them instead. I then ordered some, well you have to don't you?
 
Firstly, I will show you the card I did with my new stamps. The stamps weren't separate as I thought, but that didn't matter, I used them for an Anniversary card, thinking of our 60th in June. 
 
I went through some papers and found a spotted paper I liked and stamped onto it, then embossed in gold. I had found a banner in some very old stamps and used that with the Anniversary greeting that came with it. 
 
Next I attached it to gold mirror card and then to the base card, a very simple card. I thought I could add the year numbers on top of the banner, there are a few special anniversaries in the family this year, maybe using it for one of those.
 
paper - Craft Sensations, Romantic Florals
heart stamp - Temu Love Stamp
banner stamp - no identity, a gift from my lovely SiL years ago.

 
 This is the card I drew hearts. I wanted a thank you card for a neighbour who has been wonderful and above helpful for me. I cut a piece of card, then drew some lines and 3 hearts with stems. Next I coloured them with 3 different reds, a combination I saw on the web, which I liked. I then used 3 different greens for the stems. 
 
I had already used a sentiment for my last card from this set, so decided to use two more from it. I stamped them to suit, as I thought, then layered them onto red paper which were attached to the base card. 
 
stamp sentiments - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272
inks - Distress inks, ripe persimmon, abandoned coral, fired brick, shabby shutters, bundled sage, forest lodge, and antique linen for the ground.
red paper - Lidl  
 

04 February 2026

CAS TMR

  My DT card today is for 


I've had no mojo, so have been looking at some of my old cards for inspiration. This is from 2010, before I was blogging! The image I've used is very old, but I found it in my files with no identification. The sentiment is the same. I print and cut both with 3 layers each in Silhouette, then I coloured them with DI's.  

Next, I embossed a card cut to size, with a music embossing folder, although you can hardly see it. It was attached to the base card, adding the image and sentiment onto the music. 

images - unnamed
inks - Distress Inks, salty ocean, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral 
embossing folder - Die sire, Embossalicious, Seasonal Music
Silhouette 

01 February 2026

Hearts WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Myself.

Hearts
 
February is the time of professing our love, but this year, I am dealing with a Sympathy card, because I saw the beautiful words on the stamp and had to use it and maybe it's the mood I'm in!
 
I started with looking for stamps with hearts and found a few. I then went searching for a sentiment, but as it happens I found this, thought it lovely, so went with it. In case you can't read it, it says, 
"Wrapping you in Love
at a time when words fall short." 
 Aren't they lovely?
 
I stamped the heart then the sentiment, next I coloured the heart simply. It looked a little plain, so I embossed the top and bottom of the card.  Definitely a CAS card. The card actually went to a lady whose hubby is very ill.
 
heart stamp - Magazine freebie SCP 
sentiment - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272
inks - Distress inks, scattered straw, fired brick
embossing folder - SC&P magazine freebie 
 

I hope to see you at the challenge, what's your take on hearts? 

Our wonderful and beautiful prizes this month are 2 Penny Black stamps and a £10 digital download from Buddly Crafts

 

Penguin CCC

    Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 
Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.
  
A penguin card today, for a Great Niece. It's her birthday in a few days, so I thought a Winter card would be suitable for her, in my files I came across this lovely penguin, suitable for a little girl, with her scarf and flowers. She was taken into Silhouette and print and cut 3 times, the sentiment was also done at the same time, I decided to colour the sentiment the same as the flowers, bringing a little warmth into it.
 
I also had an embossing folder in my subscription magazine for December, so I decided to emboss a piece of card and then swipe ink onto it, to give a little colour. A few snowflakes added to make it more wintry, and some 3D glaze onto the eyes and feet. 
penguin - The Hungry JPEG
embossing folder - Card Making Magic, SCP #278
snowflake dies - Crafters Companion Glittering Snowflakes 
ink - Distress ink - blueprint sketch
3D glaze - Nuvo
fonts -  Ellianarelles's Path & ChrisHmk
label shape - Silhouette 

 
the insert, with a quote from the web
 
What animal will you use?

18 January 2026

All things New WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Mervi  

All Things New
 
I haven't bought any stamps in a while, but these are unused, so new? I found some "happy paper" and went with the colours of that. 
 
The stamps were stamped onto a square die-cut white card and coloured to match the paper. I found a tiny birthday greeting in older stamps, unused, and stamped and coloured the background, then cut it to fit onto the bottle. I hope it works, and my niece won't mind the tiny hand cut sentiment.  Next, the sentiment was stamped to fit inside the square, and I applied ink around the edge.
 
The banner was stamped and die-cut, again with an older, unused stamp and die, then coloured. I attached the paper to a piece of matching plain paper, which was glued to the base card. The square and banner were attached with 3D pads to the patterned paper. I then added 3D glaze to the bottle, the glass, and the stars, which has given them a lovely shine.
 
stamps - Polkadoodles, Cheers, Lovely
stamp & banner die - Crafters Companion, Joyful Birthday 
patterned paper - Craft Sensations, Happy Papers. The Range
 inks - Distress Inks - evergreen bough, carved pumpkin, 
scattered straw, worn lipstick 

 
Have you had any new stamps to show off in our challenge?

 
 
We have two prizes of Tonic Verso dies (ones received may not be the same as the photo below) and a $20 Whimsy gift card for entrants Worldwide.

 

07 January 2026

Add a Tag TMR

 My DT card today is for 


It is my #3 brother's 86th birthday, so I made this card for him. I die cut the man 3 times and layered him, then looked for some paper. I found this striped paper, and embossed it with a happy birthday embossing folding, then layered onto a striped grey paper, and added to the base layer. The words, I didn't think, stood out enough so I rubbed an ink pad over them. 

The die cut man was added onto a line within the ef words. The tag was printed and cut with the Silhouette and layered 3 times, I then inked the edge. I added a safety pin, also cut out with my Silhouette. Then attached to the front of the card.  I hope my brother likes it.

man die - Amazon
paper - B&W Collection, Craft Sensations
embossing folder - Etsy
ink - Distress Ink, hickory smoke 
tag fonts - Bigger lemons thin & Daddy
Silhouette  


04 January 2026

A New Year WLSC

Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Mervi  

All Things New
 
My new things are, stamps I bought in the middle part of last year, which I haven't used. I stamped the clock, hands, and the sentiment onto black card. I always use a black card for the New Year, I don't know why. Anyhow, I decided on this black and gold paper. It was used to back the black card. I then used it to cut stars out of a newish die, not used. 
 
stamps - Polkadoddles - Stamp Soup, Rainbows
paper - Art Deco, label lost 
star die - Crafters Companion 
 


 
We have two Super prizes of Tonic Verso dies (ones received may not be the same as the photo below) and a $20 Whimsy gift card for entrants Worldwide.