Though the photo is more like Autumn I just couldn’t resist the more Christmas-like feel!
I used:
Tim Holtz tree stencil
Distress sparkle texture paste
Watercolor paper
Distress oxide inks
White and red card stock
Tim Holtz “Big Tidings” desi
Thursday, September 24
mummy…
I always try and find a word that isn’t already on the challenge and this time it was appropriate for the season!!!
I used:
Black card stock
Hero Arts unicorn ink
Clearly Besotted stamp set
Faber Castell black edition pencils
Thursday, September 17
flurried furries…
Soon enough there will be flurries in the air!
I used:
Anita Jeram “Flurries of Fun” stamp set
Blue card stock
Watercolor paper
Inktense water color pencils
VersaFine onyx black ink
leaves…
Thank you to the tress in my area for the beauty they provide at this time of year.
I used:
Cream with brown flecks and kraft card stock
Tim Holtz tree stencil
Hero Arts swirling trees stamp
Distress inks
Distress Oxide ink
Lawn Fawn crunchy leaf ink
Distress crackle paste translucent
Concord & Ninth “Sew Lovely Dies”
Sentiment (unknown company)
dad’s typewriter…
Growing up my Dad had an Underwood typewriter that was so old he allowed me to play on it!
This card reminds me of that.
I used:
Grey and black card stock
Silver ink pad
Tim Holtz “Typewriter Large”3D Texture Fades embossing folder
Simon Says Stamp “Hi There” dies
Tuesday, September 15
witchy woman…
I saw this idea for rubbing white ink on the backside of an embossed piece of patterned paper and thought…witch?!?!?
I used:
Orange and black card stock
Patterned paper
Hero Arts unicorn ink
Tim Holtz “Vault Wicked” die set
Lisa Horton Crafts “September-Zinnia” embossing folder
Sunday, September 13
“Sleepless in Seattle”…
In a bin of assorted Tim Holtz idea-ology items I have I found this postcard relating to Seattle, Wasington and I immediately thought of one of my favorite movies…”Sleepless in Seattle”.
I used:
White and red card stock
Distress embossing pen
Tim Holtz embossing glaze
hooray…
Definitely stripes for my admission!
I used:
Scraps of alcohol ink backgrounds
Black card stock
Rectangle dies (unknown company)
Lawn Fawn “Giant Hooray” die
bliss to me…
The Paper Players Challenge #803
Using more of the Distress ink resist pieces I played with yesterday!
I used:
Cream linen card stock
Distress inks (fossilized amber, rusty hinge, barn door)
Gina K. Designs chocolate truffle ink
The Greetery “Autumn Bliss” stamp set
My Favorite Things “Stitched Basic Edges”
Tim Holtz “Pressed Foliage” stamp set
eek…
With Halloween so close I just have to get a bunch of Halloween cards going!
I used:
White and black card stock
Tim Holtz “Frightful Things” die set
Tim Holtz “Vault Fright & Bones” die set
Tim Holtz “Moon Mask” stencil
Pan Pastel titanium white
s’more…
What would be better than s’mores on Halloween???
I used:
Kraft, white and dark brown card stock
Prismacolor pencils
VersFine onyx black ink
Avery Elle “Halloween S’mores”
Saturday, September 12
autumn…
Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge 9/2026
Sometimes I just want a simple Halloween card all about autumn.
I used:
Penny Black “Winter Ledge” stamp
Penny Black “Curved Stitch” die
Black card stock
Watercolor paper
Distress ink
halloween postage…
Sometimes it takes more than one stamp or stencil to make a card.
I used:
Kraft and black card stock
Distress inks
VersaFine onyx black ink
Waffle Flower Postage Collage die
Waffle Flower “Postage Collage Harvest, Fall & Spooktacular” Stencils
Tim Holtz spider web embossing folder
Waffle Flower Postage Collage”Postage Collage Fall” stamp set
reindeer…
Love when i find patterned paper that goes perfectly with the card I want to make.
Like the footprints in the snow!
I used:
Patterned paper
White and green card stock
Mama Elephant “jingle all the way” stamp set and matching dies
Copic markers
thanks…
This time, still using the Distress paint, I went in a circular motion around the image.
I used:
White and coral card stock
Distress paint picket fence
Distress ink (mustard seed, saltwater taffy, shabby shutters)
Time Holtz “French Garden” stamp set
Sentiment die (unknown company)
dragonfly birthday…
It’s been over a year since I bought some Distress paints to play with and decided to use them for this and the next challenge!
I used:
Distress inks (peacock feathers, tumbled glass, shabby shutters)
Distress paint picket fence
white card stock
Stampers Annonymous Classics #1 stamp set
Sentiment die (unknown company)
Sunday, September 6
flowers…
Changing the actual colors of flowers to fit the challenge!
I used:
Waffle Flower Nesting Postage Collage Die
Waffle Flower NPC - Peony Stencil
Lisa Horton Crafts November-Peony Cluster embossing folder
Light brown and dark brown card stock
Distress ink
sea…
The last weekend for the beach!
I used:
Kraft and white card stock
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die
Waffle Flower Postage Collage Coastal Stencil
My Favorite Things “Itty Bitty Summer” stamp set
Distress Ink
trick or treat…
Love when I see this type pf sketch and know that I can use some of the MANY washi tapes I have!
I used:
Black and white card stock
Assorted washi tapes
Saturday, September 5
pan pastel second…
My cousin went to a stamping convention about 5 years ago and showed me her pan pastels which I immediately went to my local art supply store and purchased…
today I used them for the second time since the purchase!
I used:
Pan pastels
Purple card stock
VersaFine Clair nocturne ink
Tim Holtz “Halloween Sketchbook” and “Halloween Cutouts” stamp sets
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