Always & Forever

 4 challenges inspired today's card...

Festive Friday Challenge // #FF0175 ...An "inspo list" challenge!!  From the inspo list honoring National Winnie the Pooh Day, choose 3 elements to use on your card.  I picked red, brown, and twine.  Winnie the Pooh is all about celebrating the love!!

Color Hues // #TCH101 ...A color challenge!!  Red and Kraft are the colors called for in this current challenge!!  Perfect for my country wedding card!!

Just Us Girls // #JUG756 ...A theme challenge!!  It is DIE week on the JUG blog and they are wanting to see die cut out on our cards.  I love this floral heart die from Stampin Up that retired several years ago but is a real keeper!!

Time Out Challenges // #TOC279 ...A theme challenge!! BEGINNINGS is the theme for this current challenge!!  Wedding make a beginning of a new phase of life!!  This card was made for a country wedding being held in a barn.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Thinking of You

 

3 challenges inspired today's card...

Can You Handle The Pressure // 28DEC24 ...An embossing challenge with an optional twist!!  WINTER is the optional twist for this current challenge.  I used mini winter woodland folder and layered it on a jumbo snowflake, making my embossed panel the focal point.

Color Throwdown Challenge // #ctd824 ...A color challenge!!  Black, White, and Gray are the colors called for in challenge #824.  A very wintery color combo...don't you think?!?  I used Basic Black and Basic Gray...kinda wishing I would have used a lighter gray so that my smaller black snowflakes would have shown up better.  Oh well...

Freshly Made Sketches // #FMS667 ...A sketch challenge!!  I followed this first sketch of 2025 very closely...one jumbo snowflake and 3 more snowflakes in differing sizes.  This sketch made for a nice, wintery, thinking of you card.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Playful Penguins

 

4 challenges inspired today's card...

ABC Christmas Challenge // 11DEC24 ...An alphabet Christmas challenge!!  Y is for "your favorite color" & Z is for "Zoo Animals"!!  One of my favorite colors is red, and I love the combination of red, black and white...such a classic!!  The zoo is the only way I am ever gonna get to see penguins...so penguins seemed perfect for this Christmas card challenge.

Splitcoast Stampers // #SC1042 ...A sketch challenge!!  This sketch was perfect for showcasing multiple embossing folders and my playful penguins.  Thanks for the inspiration and being the building block for today's card.

Can You Handle The Pressure // 28DEC2024 ...An embossing challenge!!  I used 4 different embossing folders on today's card.  Each panel felt a little different kind of pressure and gave my card lots of texture.

Jingle Belles // #JB2501 ...A year round Christmas challenge with a theme!!  The theme for this current challenge is "something old & something new".  My "old" is the embossing folders and penguin stamp from Stampin' Up's Snow Place stamp set.  My "new" is the glittery stars that I used to accent my panels.

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)

Happy 2025!!

 Happy New Year!!

2 challenges inspired today's card...

INKspirational Challenge // #IC331 ...A technique challenge!!  Use Stencils!!  I used this fun beach scene for today's card and stenciled it using Stampin Up's Mango Melody & Pool Party.  

Addicted to Stamps & More // #ATS&M483 ...A theme challenge!!  BIRTHDAY is the theme for this current challenge!!  Starting a new year mean I need to start building my birthday stash!!

Verse of the Day: (courtesy of YouVersion)