Charming Floral Border

 I snuck in one last post for the year!  I bought this stamp/stencil set a little while ago, and wanted to pull it out again to try something new.  With the help of my Misti, I stamped out 4 of these, and tried different colour combos, and different jewel designs.  This is the Charming Floral Border set from Pinkfresh Studio, using their inks and jewels as well:

Top Ten of 2022

 Wow!  Always fun to be at this point of the year, and look back at everything I created.  It's great to revisit cards that I loved, and make plans for what I want to create going forward.  A big thank you to those of you who stop by my blog, Facebook or Instagram - and especially if you take the time to leave a comment.  Looking forward to creating more in 2023!  In order of when they appeared on my blog:

January 20th.  Foundations Teapots from Art Impressions.

February 14th.  Butterflies from Pinkfresh Studio.

February 27th.  Conga Line by Anita Jeram/Colorado Craft Co.

April 10th.  Print Shop Spring Mix from The Greetery.

April 23rd.  Toadstool Dies from The Greetery.

May 19th.  Cape Cod Houses and others from Art Impressions.

August 20th.  Chrysanthemum Slimline from Pinkfresh Studio.

October 2nd.  Modern Poinsettia from Pigment Craft Co.

November 24th.  Be Merry from Pigment Craft Co.

December 26th.  Honeysuckle Stems from The Greetery:

Happy New Year!

Framed Butterfly

 I've used the large Butterfly stamp/stencil set from Pinkfresh Studio again.  This was coloured up last summer, and I wanted some quick cards for a gift, so put together a simple card using what I had close at hand.  The sentiment was already stamped & embossed, and I had a scrap of metallic gold cardstock the perfect size to cut my frame.

Honeysuckle Stems

 Oh, how I adore this stamp set!  This is the lovely Honeysuckle Stems stamp set from The Greetery.  It includes three different stems - and this is only one of them.  Expect to see many more of these from me!  I've used Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide inks - and kept the layout clean and simple.  Perfect Sentiments stamps and dies from Pinkfresh Studio were used for the sentiments.

The Crimped Frame die from The Greetery was used to cut my panels out, a few sequins were added, and the panel was adhered with 3D foam adhesive to the base.

Simply Wonderful Birthday

 A few posts back, I used the Simply Wonderful stamp/die set from The Greetery to make some stripy Christmas cards.  This is such a great set, in that it also comes with birthday sentiments.  I had stamped up these 'wonderfuls' a few months ago, and wanted to start building my stash of generic cards, so I put a couple of versions together:

I did some background ink blending to break up the whiteness!  And the die cut was layered to give it a little extra dimension.

Ruscus

My most recent order from The Greetery included this pretty leafy die called "Ruscus Die".  I can only presume that is what this foliage is called, it's not a name I'm familiar with.  But the die is gorgeous!  I started by ink blending Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans and Pumice Stone inks onto my panel, then sprinkled it with a bit of water to get the oxidization going.  I cut the die twice, in vellum and again in some dark silver glitter paper, offsetting them just a little when I adhered them to the base.  I popped up the Perfect Sentiments greeting from Pinkfresh Studio with some 3D foam adhesive.

Another Daisies Card

 This is the second card I made from my October Painted Daisies class with the Papercrafter's Workshop.  All products are from Pinkfresh Studio: Painted Daisies stencil and die set, the Scalloped Frames and Perfect Sentiments.  Their Champagne Pearls finished it off: