Peeking Snowman Gift Tags!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

Let the crafting continue.. These tags were created out of necessity, we ran out of our stash of gift tags! So we have made a few tag sets and this is the peeking snowman tag sets. 

Here is the set of gift tags:

Products I used:

• Simon Says Stamp Peeking Snowman Tags Stamp Set
• Various tag and circle stitched dies
• Various colored 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 the tag set:

......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):

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Wrap It Up

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

We hope you will join us!

 

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ” ― Norman Vincent Peale

 

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 & Holly
The Crafting Duo

Caroling Snowmen and Snowflakes: A Christmas Card!

Caroling Snowmen and Snowflakes: A Christmas Card!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! 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 Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Monthly Sketch and the Kendra's Card Color Palette Challenge. We hope you will check out their challenges and join us! Links to all the challenges my mom is joining are near the end of this blog post! This card was made using her brand new (just got for her birthday) die set from Spellbinders, Snow Notes!

Here is the Card:

Holly used:

• Spellbinders The Snow Notes Die Set
• Snowflake Embossing Folder (Unknown)
• Snowflake Dies (Unknown)
• Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Cubes Purple Fields Set
• Tim Holtz Victorian Velvet and Lilac Distress Inks
• Various colored cardstock, Glitter cardstock, paper, ribbon and embellishments from personal crafting stash

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details and the products Holly used to create this card:

Here is the Build your Stash Holiday Cardmakers Sketch:

Kendra's Card Challenges Color Palette Challenge:

The Art Nudge Challenge Inspiration Photo Set: 

......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):

Build your Stash Holiday Cardmakers: Sketch Challenge 64

Kendra's Card Challenges: December 2025 Color Palette Challenge 

Simon Says Stamp Wednsday Challenge: Use Dies in DieCember® featuring Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

Art Nudge Challenge: December 2025 (ARTNUDGE 1225A)

We hope you will join us!

 

“The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear.” — Buddy The Elf

 

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 & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

A Floating Turtle and Balloons for a fun Birthday Card!

A Floating Turtle and Balloons for a fun Birthday Card!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

Let the crafting continue... I am joining the Double Trouble Challenge. We hope you will check out their challenge and join us! Links to the Double Trouble challenge and a few others I am joining are near the end of this blog post! This card was made for my mom! It was her birthday the other day and I wanted to make her a fun birthday card... and yes! I gave her more crafting supplies to play with! haha! 

Here is the card:

Products I used:

• Spellbinders Birthday Bliss Die Set
• Jaded Blossom Sky is the Limit stamp and die set (inside of card)
• Echo Park Paper Away We Go, Flora no. 6, Life is Beautiful and Year in Review 6x6 Paper
• Tim Holtz Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress inks
• Various colored cardstock, glitter, designer paper, 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 this card:

The Double Trouble Recipe and my Recipe:

    3 of Something: 3 Images - Balloons, Turtle and Sentiment

    2 of Anything: 2 Layers - Card base and layered paper

    1 of Everything else: 1 String

    Twisted Sister: 1 silver string/bow and 1 die cut bow for the balloons

The Art Nudge Challenge Inspiration Photo Set: 

......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):

Art Nudge Challenge: December 2025 (ARTNUDGE 1225C)

Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge: Challenge #206 "2025 Wrap It Up" with 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing"

Simon Says Stamp Wednsday Challenge: Use Dies in DieCember® featuring Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

Pearly Sparkles Challenge: Challenge 114 - Silver Bells (Include Something Silver) - The silver Balloon!

We hope you will join us!

 

"Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be." - Lauren Hutton

 

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 & Holly
The Crafting Duo

A Peeking Reindeer: A Christmas Card!

A Peeking Reindeer: A Christmas Card!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! 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 Challenge. We hope you will check out their challenge and join us! Link to their challenge and a few others my mom is joining are near the end of this blog post! We won a Pink and Main Instagram giveaway and we got some new stamps, dies and papers from Pink and Main that we both really wanted to try! We loved their new Christmas release! So many cute things! This card used their new Peeking Reindeer and Die set!  

Here is the Card:

Holly used: 

• Pink & Main Peeking Reindeer and Elf Die Set
• Tim Holtz Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress Inks
• Echo Park Designer Paper
• Stitched Star Die (unknown)
• Stitched Banner Die (unknown)
• Trees Die Set (unknow)
• Various colored cardstock, glitter cardstock, paper, ribbon and embellishments from personal crafting stash

Here are some more photos to show some close-up details and the products Holly used to create this card:

Here is the Double Trouble Recipe and my mom's Recipe:

    3 of Something: 3 Images - Star, Trees, and Reindeer

    2 of Anything: 2 Layers - Card base and designer paper

    1 of Everything else: 1 Sentiment

    Twisted Sister: 1 gold string/bow 

......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 Paper Crafting Challenge: Challenge #206 "2025 Wrap It Up" with 3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing, AnyThing, EveryThing"

Pink and Main Monthly Card Challenge: #11 Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednsday Challenge: Use Dies in DieCember® featuring Simon Says Stamp!

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

We hope you will join us!

 

“Christmas magic is silent. You don’t hear it—you feel it. You know it. You believe it.” — Kevin Alan Milne

 

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 & Sabra

The Crafting Duo

Happy Holidays ATC!

Happy Holidays ATC!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

Let the crafting continue... I am so exited to post my very first ATCs (Artist Trading Cards)! I decided to make them holiday themed and used another one of my favorite Tim Holtz stamp set, Holiday Sketchbook, along with the brand new coordinating die set found only on Simon Says stamp! This stamp set has always been a favorite of mine, it just reminds me so much of Christmas with such simple and beautiful Christmas scenes! Here is one of the ATCs I created. Links to all four are near the end of this post along with some links to a few challenges I am joining! Along with a new video on YouTube! Check it out! 

Here is the ATC:

Products I used:

• Tim Holtz Holiday Sketchbook Stamp Set
• Tim Holtz and Simon Says Stamp Holiday Sketchbook Coordinating Die set
• Tim Holtz idea-ology Ribbons and Bows Adornments
• Tim Holtz ephemera (various)
• Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress Snowfall Grit Paste
• Tim Holtz Peeled Paint, Lumberjack Plaid, and Rustic Wilderness Distress ink
• Tim Holtz Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz
• Tim Holtz Wicked Elixir, Tart Cranberry, and Fresh Balsam Distress Mica Stains
• Tim Holtz Stencils - Various came in Mixed Media Sets
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink stamp pad
• Ranger Ink Mars Stickles
• Dr. Ph Martin Bleed Proof White
• Various colored cardstock from personal crafting stash

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

Here is the set of all 5 Christmas ATCs:

Links to the other ATC's in this set:

A Merry Christmas ATC!

'Tis the Season ATC!

Merry & Bright ATC!

Winter Wishes ATC!

Happy Holidays ATC! (You are here!)

And the video of all 5 ATCs being made:

The Art Nudge Challenge Inspiration Photo Set: 

......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):

Art Nudge Challenge: December 2025 (ARTNUDGE 1225A)

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

We hope you will join us!

 

"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas." - Calvin Coolidge

 

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 & Holly
The Crafting Duo

'Tis the Season ATC!

'Tis the Season ATC!

Hello everyone! December has arrived and we are so excited. We have been a bit busy but we are ready for the Holidays and spending time with Family and Friends! We are so glad you stopped by! If you like our blog & posts we would love for you to give our blog a follow!

Let the crafting continue... I am so exited to post my very first ATCs (Artist Trading Cards)! I decided to make them holiday themed and used another one of my favorite Tim Holtz stamp set, Holiday Sketchbook, along with the brand new coordinating die set found only on Simon Says stamp! This stamp set has always been a favorite of mine, it just reminds me so much of Christmas with such simple and beautiful Christmas scenes! Here is one of the ATCs I created. Links to all four are near the end of this post along with some links to a few challenges I am joining! Along with a new video on YouTube! Check it out! 

Here is the ATC:

Products I used:

• Tim Holtz Holiday Sketchbook Stamp Set
• Tim Holtz and Simon Says Stamp Holiday Sketchbook Coordinating Die set
• Tim Holtz idea-ology Ribbons and Bows Adornments
• Tim Holtz ephemera (various)
• Tim Holtz & Ranger Distress Snowfall Grit Paste
• Tim Holtz Peeled Paint and Lumberjack Plaid Distress ink
• Tim Holtz Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz
• Tim Holtz Tart Cranberry Distress Mica Stain
• Tim Holtz Stencils - Various came in Mixed Media Sets
• Simon Says Stamp Black Ink stamp pad
• Ranger Ink Mars Stickles
• Dr. Ph Martin Bleed Proof White
• Various colored cardstock, old playing face card, and designer paper from personal crafting stash

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

Here is the set of all 5 Christmas ATCs:

Links to the other ATC's in this set:

A Merry Christmas ATC!

'Tis the Season ATC! (You are here!)

Merry & Bright ATC!

Winter Wishes ATC!

Happy Holidays ATC!

And the video of all 5 ATCs being made:

......and that's it! 

......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):

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge: Dazzling Die Cuts

We hope you will join us!

 

"Christmas isn't just a day, it's a frame of mind." - 'Miracle on 34th Street'

 

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 & Holly
The Crafting Duo