Muffins & Hearts! A Fun Valentine's Day Shaker Card!

Hello everyone! We hope you are enjoying 2026! We are so excited to be invited to join in as guest designers. We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

My mom and I are so excited that we were invited to be Crazy Cousin Guest Designer for the Double Trouble 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge Blog! We love their challenges and love joining in their fun recipe challenges! We are both deigning for the 3-2-1 Recipe - "The Mail Must Go On"  Challenge #209! This Challenge runs from: Monday, February 2nd thru Sunday, February 15th. We hope you will join in the fun! A big thank you to Suzanne and the Double Trouble Design Team for the opportunity to guest design for this month! 

    p.s. if you add hearts to your crafty project, you will be entered in the second random draw! "The Crafting Duo, says, 'Our time we spend with each other make our hearts happy! What better way to share your love then with a little heart? Include a heart, or even a heart word, on your project.'"  

Here is my (Sabra's) card:

Here is the Double Trouble Recipe: 

   3   layers including card base 

     2   Images excluding sentiments 

     1  CAS Clean and Simple Technique 

Products I used:

• Simon Says Stamp Sweet Treat Critters Stamp and Die set
• Heart Embossing Folder
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Stamp Pad
• Hero Arts Unicorn Ink Stamp Pad
• Tim Holtz Blackstock Cardstock
• Tim Holtz Lumber Jack Plaid Distress Ink
• Stitched and Nesting Heart Dies
• This Calls for Confetti Heart Shaker Card Kit
• This Calls for Confetti Heat Glow & Polymer Clay Hearts
• Altenew Red Cosmos Enamel Dots
• Various colored and glitter cardstock from personal crafting stash
• Various colored pencils (Soucolor) and fine-line markers

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of this card:

Here is a quick little video of the card being "Shook":

Here is the Double Trouble Recipe! We really hope you will join in the fun!

Here is a link to Mom's card: 

Made with Love! A Valentine's Day Card!

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and try something new! 

 

Here are the links:

Double Trouble: 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge #209

Try A Sketch on Tuesday: Sketch #688

We hope you will join us!

 

“Today is your day, your mountain is waiting. So get on your way.” -Dr. Seuss

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Sabra 

Sabra & Holly
The Crafting Duo

Made with Love! A Valentine's Day Card!

Hello everyone! We hope you are enjoying 2026! We are so excited to be invited to join in as guest designers. We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

My mom and I are so excited that we were invited to be Crazy Cousin Guest Designer for the Double Trouble 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge Blog! We love their challenges and love joining in their fun recipe challenges! We are both deigning for the 3-2-1 Recipe - "The Mail Must Go On"  Challenge #209! This Challenge runs from: Monday, February 2nd thru Sunday, February 15th. We hope you will join in the fun! A big thank you to Suzanne and the Double Trouble Design Team for the opportunity to guest design for this month! 

    p.s. if you add hearts to your crafty project, you will be entered in the second random draw! "The Crafting Duo, says, 'Our time we spend with each other make our hearts happy! What better way to share your love then with a little heart? Include a heart, or even a heart word, on your project.'"  

Here is my mom's (Holly's) card:

Here is the Double Trouble Recipe: 

   3   layers including card base 

     2   Images excluding sentiments 

     1  CAS Clean and Simple Technique 

Products my mom used:

• Trinity Stamps Made with Love Stamp and Die Set
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Stamp Pad
• Heart and Stars Embossing Folders
• Stitched & Nesting Heart Die
• Trinity Stamps Grape Sparkle Spots Confetti Embellishments
• Various colored and glitter cardstock from personal crafting stash

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of this card:

Here is the Double Trouble Recipe! We really hope you will join in the fun!

Here is a link to Sabra's card: 

Muffins & Hearts! A Fun Valentine's Day Shaker Card!

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and try something new! 

 

Here are the links:

Double Trouble: 3-2-1 Recipe Challenge #209

Try A Sketch on Tuesday: Sketch #688

We hope you will join us!

 

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” ― Dr. Seuss

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly

Holly & Sabra
The Crafting Duo

I Donut What I'd Do Without You! A "Sweet" Valentine's Day Card!

Hello everyone! We hope you are enjoying 2026! We are so excited to be invited to join in as guest designers this year! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

Hello! I am so excited to be invited to be a guest designer for the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog! My mom and I both love their challenges and love joining in (p.s. my mom will be a guest designer for March so make sure to come back on March 1st to check out her card)! A big thank you to Helen and the Pearly Sparkles Design Team for the opportunity to guest design for this month! This months challenge is "Hearts"! A perfect challenge for February! This challenge runs for the whole month of February! We hope you will join in the fun! 

Here is my (Sabra's) card:

Products I used:

• Simon Says Stamp Sweet Treat Critters Stamp and Die set
• Heart Embossing Folder
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Stamp Pad
• Tim Holtz Blackstock Cardstock
• Tim Holtz Lumber Jack Plaid Distress Ink
• This Calls for Confetti Heart die
• Altenew Red Cosmos Enamel Dots
• Various colored and glitter cardstock from personal crafting stash
• Various colored pencils (Soucolor) and fine-line markers

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of this card:

......and that's it! We really hope you will join in the fun!

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and try something new! 

Here is the link to the Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog Challenge 116 - Hearts

We hope you will join us!

 

"I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone." — J.R.R. Tolkien

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Sabra 

Sabra & Holly
The Crafting Duo

Snowball Fight! A Flurry of Fun Winter Card!

Hello everyone! We are finishing up January with a little sickness but we are getting better so yay! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

My mom is joining the Double Trouble Recipe Challenge and the Try a Sketch on Tuesday Sketch Challenges with this super fun and cute card she created! The Links, challenge recipe, and sketch for the challenges she is joining are at the end of the blog post! Check them out and join us in the fun!

Here is the Card:

Holly used:

• Pink and Main Flurries of Fun Stamp and Die Set
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Stamp Pad
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders
• Lawn Fawn Little Town Border
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Tree Border
• Penny Black Wintertime 6x6 designer paper pack
• Various colored Pencils, Markers, cardstock, paper, and embellishments from personal crafting stash 

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of this card:

Here is the Double Trouble Recipe and TSOT Sketch:

& Holly's card's recipe to match:

3 colors: White, Blue and yellow

2 Images: Trees, houses, and Animals

1 Sentiment: Yes!

Twisted sister - Yes!

TSOT Sketch: Yes!

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and try something new! 

 

My mom is joining the following challenge(s):

Double Trouble Recipe Challenge: #208 3-2-1 Recipe "Waddle We Do Next"

Try A Sketch on Tuesday Challenge: Sketch #687

We hope you will join us!

 

"Winter is a season of recovery and preparation." — Paul Theroux

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Holly

Holly & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

P.S. This card made top four and was featured on the Try A Sketch on Tuesday (TSOT) Blog for Challenge #687! A Big Thank you to the TSOT Design Team! I hope you will join us and play along with their amazing Sketch challenges! They are so fun!

Jungle Birthday Cards: All 15 Cards!

Hello everyone! January is coming to a close and Idaho could use some more snow but we are loving the new year with some crafting time! I have been a bit sick, so I haven't been able to post everything and craft like I wanted, but I am on the road to recovery! yay! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

I am joining Kendra's Card Challenge #20 you can find the link here or at the end of the post. This card is one of 15 cards using only six 6x6 papers!!! This is all 15 cards and is for the month of January. All the links to all the individual cards and group card set of all 15 cards are posted below! Check them all out! 

Here is all 15 cards:

Products I used:

• Simon Says Stamp Wild Birthday Stamp and Die set
• Simon Says Stamp Koala-ty Birthday Stamp and Die set
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Stamp Pad
• Echo Park My Little Explorer 6x6 Designer Paper Pack
• Tim Holtz Blackstock Cardstock
• Tim Holtz Twisted Citron Distress Oxide
• Tim Holtz Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink 
• Various Stitched and Nesting Circle Dies
• Various colored cardstock, designer paper, Vellum, and embellishments from personal crafting stash
• Various colored pencils (Soucolor) and fine-line markers

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details of all 15 cards and the sketch sets:

Sketches 1-3:

Sketches 4-9:

Sketches 10-15:

All 15 Cards:

All 15 Cards Showcase Video:

Check out the other cards for the Kendra's Card Challenge:

Card one link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Wild Birthday Card!

Card two link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Tiger Birthday Card!

Card three link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Birthday Wishes From A Giraffe!

Card four link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Let's Party, Monkey!

Card five link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Koala's and A Cupcake!

Card six link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Party Monkey!

Card seven link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Toucan Party!

Card eight link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Partying Giraffe!

Card nine link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Keep The Wild in You!

Card ten link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Have a Koala-ty Birthday!

Card eleven link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Toucan and A Monkey!

Card twelve link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Stand Tall Like A Giraffe!

Card thirteen link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Partying Tiger!

Card fourteen link: Jungle Birthday Cards: Celebrating Koalas!

Card fifteen link: Jungle Birthday Cards: A Birthday Banana Present!

All 15 Cards Link: You are here!

Check out our previous 2025 Kendra's Card Challenge Entries on our pages list on the right or here: 2025 Kendra's Card Challenge Links

......and that's it! 

Happy crafting to you all! We hope you feel inspired to create something and try something new! 

 

I am joining the following challenge(s):

Kendra's Card Challenge: KCC #21 (Dates the challenge is running:  January 1, 2026 - March 31, 2026)

We hope you will join us!

 

“Wander into the jungle, and you’ll leave with your heart wild and free.”

 

As always you can check out Our social Media pages and YouTube channel for more projects and ideas! Links on our blog home page under our bio!

 

See you on the next post!  

Sabra 

Sabra & Holly
The Crafting Duo