Monday, February 2, 2026

Made with Love! A Valentine's Day Card!

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! 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: 

......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

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

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! 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: 

......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

Sunday, February 1, 2026

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

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