Another Birthday?

Hello all,

I'm playing along with the January 2026 edition of Woodblock Wednesday today. The monthly challenge where Amy gives us the motivation to use our neglected wood mounted rubber stamps. I'm always ready to play along each month.

I've got a punny birthday card today using stamps from Uptown Rubber Stamps and Penny Black. 

I started by finding some background patterned papers in my stash. I paired these with a floral embossing folder from Honey Bee. After stamping the topiary image, I colored it with Copics and mounted it on an espresso frame, cut with a Pink Fresh Studio die. The flowers under the sentiment are from SU.

I split up the sentiment with part on the front and the rest on the inside below. It cracks me up!

Hope you enjoy your Thursday evening and the upcoming weekend.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Topiary stamp from Uptown Rubber Stamps and sentiment stamp from Penny Black

Paper: SU Espresso, Gina K Designs white, Pebbles Treehouse patterned paper

Ink: Gina K Designs and Copic markers

Other: Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder from Honey Bee, Folk Edge Square dies from Pink Fresh Studio, enamel flowers from Stampin' Up, 

Happy Birthday

Happy Hump Day Peeps,

My Bestie got me a Waffleflower gift card back in July for my birthday and I sat on it until this month when the January release caught my eye. I ordered several fun things, including a few of the newest Postage Collage stencils. (Stenciling has become my favorite lately.)

I've used one of the new stencils to make my card for this week's Paper Players Challenge. Jaydee is our hostess with a fun sketch and this new Peony stencil fit her sketch very well. In addition to the Paper Players challenge, it's Anything Goes Stencil week at Just Us Girls so this card works for that challenge too.

I added lots of layers to this card using some older SU dies and a Spellbinders 3D embossing folder. The sentiment strip is a preprinted one from Gina K.

For the inside of the card I used a Gina K stamp, my favorite for birthdays, and another stenciled peony.

Here are a couple of cards made with my new Postage Collage stencil packs. The stamps are also part of the Postage Collage line from Waffleflower.

I couldn't resist these kitties :)

This is the Peony Postage Collage stencil.

Enjoy your Wednesday afternoon!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Gentle Silhouettes set by Gina K Designs, Postage Collage Stamps by Waffleflower

Paper: Gina K Designs

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Waffleflower NPC Peony stencil pack, Postage Collage Meow stencil pack, and Postage Collage Peony stencil pack, Waffleflower Postage Collage Die set, Stampin' Up Scalloped Contours Die set, Spellbinders Petite Bow 3D Embossing Folder, Gina K Designs pre-printed sentiment and Sentiment Strip dies, Blending Brushes, foam tape, Connect Glue

Daisy Garden Window Cards

Hi Peeps,

It's "Anything Goes Stencil Week" at Just Us Girls. I used a new to me stencil set from Concord & 9th to create two 5" x 7" cards.

Using a couple of Gina K Master Layouts die sets, a SSS 3D embossing folder, and a SSS background stamp I made two slightly different window cards.

Card one is a birthday card. I cut the arched window 5 times and layered them together as well as cutting small pieces of foam tape to pop it up over the flower background.

Here's the inside of card one. I used the leftover piece of the stenciled panel for added color along with the GKD sentiments.

Here's card two, a friendship card. I cut this window die five times as well, and also popped it up with pieces of foam tape.

The inside of card two has the same layout as card one.

Enjoy your Tuesday evening! Thanks for checking in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Sweet Garden Background stamp by Simon Says Stamp, Sending Flowers set (outside sentiments), Filled With Sunshine Mini set, Birthday Cheer Mini Set and Floral Friendship set all by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: Daisy Bouquet Stencil Pack from Kristina Werner/Concord & 9th, Simon Says Stamp Stacked Blooms embossing folder, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 8, 17 and 20 dies, Blending brushes, foam tape, Connect glue

Love & Support

 Hello,

Today's card uses a stamp set and stencil set from Concord & 9th, designed by Kristina Werner. I love her designs and seem to not be able to resist buying a few each month.

I've used this week's Freshly Made Sketches layout, popping the circle elements behind the lily. 

Both the front and inside sentiments are from the Lily stamp set. I heat embossed the front sentiment on vellum with black embossing powder. The background is stenciled and I used the corresponding coloring stencils to color the lily element.

Here's the inside, very simple.

I'll add this condolences card to my stash. 

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Long Line Lilies by Kristina Werner/Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th, Gina K Designs Vellum

Ink: Concord & 9th, Gina K Designs embossing ink

Other: Florence Stencil pack by Kristina Werner/Concord & 9th, SSS A2 Scalloped Rectangle dies, Brutus Monroe black embossing powder, blending brushes, Spellbinders Scalloped circle dies

Let It Snow

 Happy Hump Day Peeps,

Yet another Winter Themed challenge for this week, and I have a fun card to share. This is a CASE of a card I saw in Yana's IG gallery from way back in 2022. 

Joanne is hostess for CAS week and her theme is Signs of Winter for the Paper Players.. I've made a single layer card with just stamping and a little Copic coloring. I've used four different GKD stamp sets, but I really like how fun it turned out. I especially like the green and pink colors.

Here's the inside.

It's more tennis watching for me this morning, oh, and some laundry. I hope your day is a good one.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Winter Wishes, Christmas Cheer, Stay Cozy, and Warmer With You sets by Gina K Designs

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Heavy card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Bubblegum Pink and Copic markers

Other: Shimmery Crystal Effects over the heart and snowman's hat

Winter Wishes

Hello Peeps,

I'm playing along with another winter themed challenge today. This time it's for the Inspired By Challenge where the theme is some yummy looking Winter Treats. The sketch is also interesting and I've used it as well to make my card.

The small flags are cut from a teal and lavender ink blended panel. The heat embossed snowflakes are popped up on some punched out circles. I arranged the flags on a dry embossed snowflake card front per the sketch, and added some lavender enamel dots to the tops of the flags.

For the inside of the card, I used another winter sentiment and stamped some of the snowflakes in lavender and teal.

Enjoy your Tuesday!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Folk Art Christmas and Snowflake Kisses sets by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs

Other: My Favorite Things Flag Banner dies, SU small circle punch, Brutus Monroe white embossing powder. Gina K Designs Snowflake embossing folder and pastel enamel embellishments

Stay Cozy

 Happy Monday,

Hi Peeps. I have a card for you this morning that is inspired by two challenges. First, I'm squeaking in under the wire this morning with my card entry for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge. Second, the theme for my card comes from this week's Mood Board Challenge at Just Us Girls. It's a nice wintry mood board with many choices for inspiration. I took the easy route and used all of the pretty trees and greens, but I added a touch of red too.

The stamp set is titled Stay Cozy, which I used for my front sentiment, and it's from Gina K. I decided to use some patterned paper for the background and horizontal element. I really need to use some of my mass accumulation more often!

Here's the inside with a deer image and another sentiment from the Stay Cozy stamp set.

I've enjoyed watching the first two days of the Australian Open matches this week.  More of the same for me later this evening and I think I'll see if I can crochet now that I'm not wearing the brace for my wrist, and I did get the okay from the Physical Therapist, which is probably the important piece, LOL.

Have a great Monday,

Colleen