A School Loving Dragon Card!

Thank you so much for joining the new Critter Challenge! I can't wait to share what I created for the new challenge and see what you all create!! Thank you for stopping by, we (my mom & 1) are so glad you did! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow and you can check out any of our socials: Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube with the Links on the righthand sidebar!

Sabra here, and I am so excited to share my new project for the new Critter Crazy Challenge Blog's #114 Anything Goes Challenge! The challenge starts on September 1 and goes until the 25th! I hope you will check out their fun challenge and join in the fun! 

This card was made with about 90 other school cards! My mother and I saw that Card of Kindness were in desperate need of school themed cards of all kinds! For students, for teachers, graduations, teacher appreciation, school is cool, etc.! So we buckled down and made a bunch of different school themed cards that we actually just mailed off during the first week of August! I loved the Spellbinders adorable dragon, Sir Spelly! I thought that a student would love to get a dragon with glasses and a pencil, of course, on a brightly colored card! So I made this super fun school themed card featuring Sir Spelly, the cutest school loving dragon!!! 

Here is the card:

Some specific products I used:

• Spellbinders Party Time Dragon, Sir Spelly Die Set
• Spellbinders Smart Glasses Die Set
• Spellbinders Classroom Chronicles (Book and Pencil)
• Spellbinders Crayon Creations (Yay! sentiment)
• Echo Park Paper Co I Love School 6x6 Paper Pad
• Picket Fence Studio's Fabulous Foiling Toner Card Stock - Hues of a Rainbow
• Simon Says Stamp Nocturne Black VersaFine Clair Ink Pad
• Tim Holtz Blackstock Cardstock
• Stitched and Nesting Circle Dies
• Various colored cardstock and embellishments from personal crafting stash

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

......and that's it! 

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

I hope you will join us! Here is the Link to the Critter Crazy Challenge Blog: Click Here!

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela

 

I am also joining the Art Nudge Challenge for the Month of September! Link is here!

Here is the inspiration photos: I am joining the #826A Photo with all the bright colors in the color palette!

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

Gopher It! Thank You Card!

Gopher It! Thank You Card!

Thank you so much for joining the new Mix it Up Challenge! We can't wait to share what we created for the new challenge and see what you all create!! Thank you for stopping by, we are so glad you did! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow and you can check out any of our socials: Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube with the Links on the righthand sidebar!

Holly here and I am excited to share my new project for the new Mix it Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB #85 Anything Goes + optional Shape Card! The Mix it Up Challenge blog is a technique challenge blog featuring various techniques on mixed media projects, altered art, and paper crafts such as cards, tags, mini albums, ATCs, 3-D projects, scrapbook layouts, art/junk Journaling, etc! We can't wait to see what you create, so let's get crafty!

I used Whimsy Stamps Gopher it! Stamp set and a fun flower embossing folder to create this card!

Here is the Card:

Here is the complete list of supplies used:

• Whimsy Stamps Gopher it! Stamp Set
• Stitched and nesting hexagon Dies
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink Stamp Pad
• Unity Stamps Monster Mayhem 6x6 Paper Pack
• Sizzix Flower Embossing Folder
• Various colored Markers, cardstock, and embellishments from personal crafting stash 

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

......and that's it! 

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

We hope you will join us! Here is the Link to the Mix it Up Challenge Blog: Click Here!

 

“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you have power over instead of craving control over what you don’t.” - Steve Maraboli

 

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

Iceland Poppies: A Thank You Card!

Thank you so much for joining the new Love to Scrap Challenge! We can't wait to share what we created for the new challenge and see what you all create!! Thank you for stopping by, we are so glad you did! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow and you can check out any of our socials: Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube with the Links on the righthand sidebar!

Sabra here and I am so excited to share my new project for the new Love To Scrap challenge: LTSCB #181 Anything Goes. Love To Scrap is a scrapping challenge blog that is for all types of scrapped projects - cards, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, mixed media, art/junk journals, etc! We can't wait to see what you create, so let's get crafty!

This card actually turned out how I imaged, which is rare! hahaha! I used some green ombre and red floral designer papers from our scrap paper container to create the back drop, then used some scrap velum to place on the

Here is the card:

Some specific products I used:

• Simon Says Stamp Iceland Poppies Wafer Die set
• Simon Says Stamp EZ Strips Rectangles Wafer Dies 
• Tim Holtz Crazy Talk Stamp Set (sentiment)
• Simon Says Stamp Nocturne Black VersaFine Clair Ink Pad
• Squiggle Rectangle Die
• Various colored cardstock, designer paper, and embellishments, from personal crafting stash

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

......and that's it! 

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

We hope you will join us! Here is the Link to the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: Click Here!

"Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you." — Walt Whitman

 

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

Wishing You A Peely Good Day! A Banana Inspired Fun Fold Card!

Wishing You A Peely Good Day! A Banana Inspired Fun Fold Card!

Thank you so much for joining the new Love to Scrap Challenge! We can't wait to share what we created for the new challenge and see what you all create!! Thank you for stopping by, we are so glad you did! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow and you can check out any of our socials: Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube with the Links on the righthand sidebar!

Holly here, I am so excited to share my new project for the new Love To Scrap challenge: LTSCB #181 Anything Goes. Love To Scrap is a scrapping challenge blog that is for all types of scrapped projects - cards, scrapbook layouts, ATCs, mixed media, art/junk journals, etc! We can't wait to see what you create, so let's get crafty!

My daughter and I just got This Calls for Confetti's Banana's About stamp set and you know me! I love fruit themed cards! So I made this Collapsible column card featuring ... Bananas!! 

Here is the Card:

I used:

• This Calls for Confetti Bananas About You Stamp and Die Set
• Lawn Fawn Fruit Salad 6x6 paper pack 
• Simon Says Stamp black ink Stamp pad
• Stitched and nesting Hexagon Dies
• Various colored Markers, cardstock, glitter paper, and embellishments from personal crafting stash 

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

......and that's it! 

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

We hope you will join us! Here is the Link to the Love to Scrap Challenge Blog: Click Here!

 

“Change brings opportunity.” - Nido Qubein

 

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

A Ghostly Boo! A Slimline Card!

A Ghostly Boo! A Slimline Card!

Thank you so much for joining the new Mix it Up Challenge! We can't wait to share what we created for the new challenge and see what you all create!! Thank you for stopping by, we are so glad you did! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow and you can check out any of our socials: Facebook, Instagram, & YouTube with the Links on the righthand sidebar!

Sabra here and I am excited to share my new project for the new Mix it Up Challenge Blog: MIUCB #85 Anything Goes + optional Shape Card! The Mix it Up Challenge blog is a technique challenge blog featuring various techniques on mixed media projects, altered art, and paper crafts such as cards, tags, mini albums, ATCs, 3-D projects, scrapbook layouts, art/junk Journaling, etc! We can't wait to see what you create, so let's get crafty!

I loved making this slimline card! I embossed the black cardstock with a droopy web embossing folder and then spritzed and inked it to bring our the texture. I stamped the ghost and then masked over them and did the ink blending and white splatter background. I then colored the adorable ghosts! I wet embossed the sentiments along with the ghost, sentiment, and spider on the inside of the card. I loved how it turned out! I can't wait to see what you all create for the new Mix it up Challenge!  

Here is the card:

Here are some of the specific products I used:

• Gerda Steiner Ghosts Stamp Set
• Simon Says Stamp Fine Gold Embossing Powder
• Simon Says Stamp Masking Paper
• Simon Says Stamp Droopy Web Embossing Folder
• Ranger Ink Clear Embossing powder
• Tim Holtz Seedless Grape, Shaded Lilac, Villainous Potion, and Wilted Violet Distress Ink Cubes
• Simon Hurly Prom Queen Ink Pad
• Tim Holtz Fossilized Amber Spritz
• Simon Says Stamp Nocturne Black VersaFine Clair Ink Pad
• Various colored cardstock and embellishments from personal crafting stash

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

......and that's it! 

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

We hope you will join us! Here is the Link to the Mix it Up Challenge Blog: Click Here!

 

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." — Sharon Begley

 

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

A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: All 15 Cards!

A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: All 15 Cards!

Hello everyone! We are clearly in the dog days of summer...already! It's so hot! Our garden is thriving and we are trying to do the outdoor stuff in the early mornings and then come inside where is nice and cool and do some crafting (after indoor chores are done)! We are so looking forward to the fall and much cooler weather! Thank you for stopping by, we are so glad you did!

My mom is joining Kendra's Card Challenge #23 you can find the link here or at the end of the post. You can make this set of 15 cards using only six 6x6 papers, however on this set Holly used scraps from our paper scrap container!! They turned out just the cutest!!! This all 15 cards and is Holly's entry for the month of August!  All the links to all 15 of the individual cards and the showcase video are posted below! Check them all out! 

Here is the Card:

Holly used:

• Gerda Steiner Puppy Mail Stamp Set
• Frogs - Random Stamp set from Amazon.com
• Stitched and Nesting Circle Dies
• Various banner dies
• Various colored Markers, cardstock, paper, and embellishments from personal crafting stash 

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

Sketches 1-3:

Sketches 4-9:

Sketches 10-15:

All 15 Cards:

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

Card one link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Doggy Hello!

Card two link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Thank You!
Card three link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Big Doggy Hello!

Card four link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Hello!

Card five link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: It's A Good Day for Happy Mail!
Card six link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Many Froggy Thanks!

Card seven link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Big Hello!

Card eight link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Big Hello!

Card nine link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Friend!

Card ten link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Doggy Happy Mail!

Card eleven link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Hello!

Card twelve link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Doggy Mail!

Card thirteen link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Happy Birthday!

Card fourteen link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: It's A Happy Froggy Day!

Card fifteen link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Froggy Hellos!

All 15 Cards Link: You are here!

Here is the showcase video:

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 our 2026 Entries here: 2026 Kendra's Card Challenges Links

......and that's it! 

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

 

Holly is joining the following challenge(s):

Kendra's Card Challenge: KCC #23 (Dates the challenge is running: July 1, 2026 - September 30, 2026)

We hope you will join us!

 

“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” — Aesop

 

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

A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Froggy Hellos!

A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Froggy Hellos!

Hello everyone! We are clearly in the dog days of summer...already! It's so hot! Our garden is thriving and we are trying to do the outdoor stuff in the early mornings and then come inside where is nice and cool and do some crafting (after indoor chores are done)! We are so looking forward to the fall and much cooler weather! Thank you for stopping by, we are so glad you did!

My mom is joining Kendra's Card Challenge #23 you can find the link here or at the end of the post. You can make this set of 15 cards using only six 6x6 papers, however on this set Holly used scraps from our paper scrap container!! They turned out just the cutest!!! This sketch number 15 and is for the month of August!  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 the Card:

Holly used:

• Frogs - Random Stamp set from Amazon.com
• Stitched and Nesting Circle Dies
• Various banner dies
• Various colored Markers, cardstock, paper, and embellishments from personal crafting stash 

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

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

Card one link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Doggy Hello!

Card two link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Thank You!
Card three link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Big Doggy Hello!

Card four link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Hello!

Card five link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: It's A Good Day for Happy Mail!
Card six link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Many Froggy Thanks!

Card seven link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Big Hello!

Card eight link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Big Hello!

Card nine link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Friend!

Card ten link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Doggy Happy Mail!

Card eleven link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Hello!

Card twelve link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: Doggy Mail!

Card thirteen link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: A Froggy Happy Birthday!

Card fourteen link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: It's A Happy Froggy Day!

Card fifteen link: You are here!

All 15 Cards Link: A Dogs & Frogs Card Set: All 15 Cards!

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 our 2026 Entries here: 2026 Kendra's Card Challenges Links

......and that's it! 

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

 

Holly is joining the following challenge(s):

Kendra's Card Challenge: KCC #21 (Dates the challenge is running: July 1, 2026 - September 30, 2026)

We hope you will join us!

 

“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.” — Eric Hoffer

 

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