A Critter’s Sweet Christmas

Hello, friends! I have such a sweet little card to share with you today, made with the adorable Just For You stamp set by SweetMissDaisy Designs. This one truly made me smile the whole time I was creating it — I love when a card feels like a little story unfolding.

My inspiration came from several places — #ArtNudge1025C, the Winter Friends Notepad, and the SCS IC1037 Challenge, which featured the cutest Christmas Critter air freshener! That tiny image sent me straight to my stamps, and before long, this penguin and reindeer were posing for their holiday “selfie.”

To carry the design inside, I tucked a small piece of notepad paper and echoed the same Peacock Feathers color I had ink blended on the card front. The matching tones really tie everything together. I added a few soft snowflakes around the selfie frame and a little garland for festive sparkle.

Finally, I stamped “Have a Sweet Christmas” right on the frame — simple, cheerful, and full of holiday warmth.

This card was such a joy to make, combining favorite colors, cute critters, and art challenges that always stretch my imagination. It reminds me how creative inspiration can come from the smallest things — even a fun air freshener!

You can find the Just For You stamp set, notepads, and other fabulous designs in the SweetMissDaisy Etsy shop.

And if you love a good creative challenge, be sure to join the Art Nudge Challenge for a chance to win a prize!

Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing a bit of the season with me. Wishing you a cozy, joy-filled winter card-making season! 💙

 

Cozy Woodland Holiday

The enchanting new October release from Pajama Crafter Stamps, is here! This cozy collection blends festive cheer with playful winter friends—perfect for creating cards, tags, and handmade gifts that capture the magic of winter.

Today I’m featuring the super sweet Woodland Christmas Eve stamp set. I love all the little extra images in this set—each one adds storybook charm! For my card, I paired it with a piece of the Winter Parade Paper for the background.

I cut a 3" x 4½" panel and stamped the adorable bear and rabbit right onto it. Then, I fussy cut a little plate of cookies and gave them to the bear—because what’s a cozy winter night without treats to share? I think these two festive critters are ready for a holiday gathering!  I placed the stamped layer at the upper portion on the card and added a small scalloped border.  

To finish, I stamped and trimmed the sentiment, then popped it up with foam for a bit of extra dimension.

Woodland Christmas Eve stamp set:

Winter Parade Paper Pack: 

Here’s how to join the hop and see these adorable sets in action! Follow along, HERE on IG, comment, and maybe even win some goodies from @pajamacrafterstamps! Be sure to stop by the Pajama Crafter Stamps store to explore everything new for the October release and more!

Feathers, Sunflowers, and a bit of Courage

🐓  Hello friends!

I’m having such a delightful time creating with SweetMissDaisy Designs this month!

For today’s project, I made a top-fold card using a piece of patterned paper from the Sunflower Fields paper pack for the background. The Waffle Flower Postage Collage Die is one of my favorites—it offers so many possibilities for unique designs!

I die-cut a layer with the Postage Collage Die, then cut a large square to fill the bottom portion of the design. Onto that square, I stamped the rooster from the Rooster and Sunflowers stamp set by SweetMissDaisy Designs + Serendipity Stamps. On the die-cut frame itself, I added sunflowers in the upper rectangle and a few vintage-style numbers from the same set in the small right corner. I also stamped Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 in the corresponding spaces for a fun scientific-illustration look.

To complete the design, I stamped the word “courage” from the same set. The rooster is colored in warm, vivid shades of yellow, orange, and red, while his body and tail feathers are rich blues—a striking contrast to the ochre sunflowers in the background.

#ArtNudge 1025A inspired this card 1025A. Be sure to check out the link party on the Art Nudge blog for a chance to win!

Shop the October Release and so

 much more in the SweetMissDaisy Etsy Shop.

Sunflowers to Snowmen - October SweetMissDaisy Release

 SweetMissDaisy October Release Day – 3 Cards to Share!

Hello friends, and welcome to the October SweetMissDaisy Designs Release Day!

This month’s release is packed with fabulous new stamps, papers, and notepads that are sure to spark your creativity. I have three projects to share today, each featuring one of the beautiful new background stamps plus some sweet details from the coordinating sets.

🌻 Sunflower Tile – Be Still

For my first card, I pulled out my embossing powder. The Sunflower Tile background stamp transferred beautifully to cardstock — no patchy spots, just a crisp design! I heat embossed it in gold and then ink blended Wild Honey and a touch of Vintage Photo Distress Inks across the panel. For the sentiment, I used “Be Still” along with the sentiment frame from the Rooster & Sunflowers set. A little ribbon tucked behind the sentiment finishes the design.

 I love the shine and texture!

⛄ Snowman & Plaid

Next up is a fun take on the ever-popular postage stamp style. I inked the Sketchy Plaid background stamp in Peacock Feathers Distress Ink, cut it with the Postage Stamp die, then trimmed along the perforations to create individual “stamps.” I paired those with the sweetest snowman from the Just For You stamp set — perfect for both tags and cards. I filled the other postage areas with images from Rooster & Sunflowers, Correspondence Bits, and a few snowflakes from Just For You. A sentiment tag tied with red ribbon pulls it all together. Snow much fun!

🌲 Woodgrain Winter Tag

My last card features the fabulous Woodgrain background, stamped in brown on kraft and splattered with white paint for a snowy look. I added a die cut tag using patterned paper from the Winter Friends paper pack — such a sweet design with the little characters from Just For You! 

For the inside, I couldn’t resist adding a piece of the coordinating Winter Friends notepad for a surprise detail. Rustic, festive, and oh-so-cozy.

I’ll be sharing more projects all month long, but you don’t have to wait! Head over to the SweetMissDaisy Designs Etsy shop to see the entire October release, including stamp sets, paper packs, and notepads.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Fun Patterned Paper Hack

The F4All Challenge this week is all about patterned paper—and do I have a fun way to use it! I started with a 6x6 sheet of Halloween paper from SweetMissDaisy Designs called Ghostly. By simply folding the paper in half, I created a 3" x 6" card base. Since the paper is double-sided, there’s a surprise patterned inside, too!

On the front, I layered a panel cut to 5 5/8" x 2 5/8" for my image. The star of the card is the pumpkin trick-or-treater from the SweetMissDaisy Designs Trick or Treat stamp set. I colored him in playful shades of blue, purple, and green—topped off with a bright orange pumpkin head, of course! To set the spooky scene, I stamped part of a spiderweb in the corner and dangled a creepy-cute spider from it.

Adding the sentiment was bittersweet. It reads, “Trick or Treat, Smell my feet, give me something good to eat.” A relative I grew up with used to say this every Halloween, and while he’s no longer with us, the memory brings a smile to my face and a little laughter to my heart.

For the inside, I added a coordinating layer on the right side of the fold and stamped a bat along with some twinkly star sparkles, while leaving plenty of space for a handwritten message.

Always fun to play along with the colors or theme from the Art Nudge blog! The challenge encourages any art form, simply make art, following the prompts, link your project in the blog post and you just might win a prize!  

This card was such a joy to make, and it’s the perfect kickoff to a creative weekend. Tomorrow is not only World Cardmaking Day, but also the October SweetMissDaisy Release Day! Be sure to stop by and see what’s new—you won’t want to miss it.

So tell me… do you have any plans for World Cardmaking Day?

Sweet Sips & Holiday Sparkle!

October 1st is here, which means a new Christmas Challenge has begun for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club.

I began by blending Uncharted Mariner, Broken China, and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks together for a frosty background. To add sparkle and texture, I splattered White Gold paint, water drops, and a bit of white paint across the panel. Once it was dry, I cut the panel with an arch die and layered it onto an arched A2 card base (a little trick: I placed the card base just inside the far-right edge of the die so the fold remained intact, giving me the shaped card I wanted).

Now for the fun part—building the cocoa scene! My cup is adorned with whipped cream, candy cane, holly, and red berries. I tucked peppermint candies and jingle bells around the saucer for extra holiday cheer.

It’s a sweet and festive way to celebrate this month’s challenge. Be sure to check out the Fan Club Christmas Challenge for all the details—we can’t wait to see how the inspiration photo sparks your creativity!

Thanks for stopping by!

Fall Fun

 Hello friends!

We have a fun F4A Challenge this week at Splitcoaststampers: Geometric Shapes!

My funny little pumpkin-head trick-or-treater from Trick or Treat by SweetMissDaisy Designs is practically a study in geometry. He’s topped with a triangular party hat, has a circular pumpkin head, and even his shorts look like little squares with a plaid design! To make sure I really hit the challenge prompt, I also added a triangle of plaid patterned paper at the top of my card.

For the details, I used the Precision Glue Press to add the tiniest border, then pulled out a triangle from the Creative Corners to help line up my sentiment along the diagonal edge. The MISTI was my absolute best friend here—it made stamping the three dangling spiders from the Open if You Dare set perfectly even, and it gave me flawless results with the little star-sparkle image every time. (A small stamp like that is so easy to mis-stamp by hand, and no one wants to start over after that!)

I finished my dapper pumpkin-head guy in oranges and blues—he looks ready to party! 🎃✨

Stamps used: Trick or Treat and Open if You Dare by SweetMissDaisy Designs.

You can find all the marvelous MISTI tools HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Autumn Leaves and Pumpkins Please

Today I’m sharing a card for this week’s CAS Fall Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. I also couldn’t resist playing along again with the #ArtNudge 925B prompt—it’s such a beautiful source of inspiration!

For my card, I reached for the adorable Happy Harvest stamp set by SweetMissDaisy Designs, partnered with Serendipity Stamps. This set is full of charm, and I thought the sweet scarecrow was the perfect focal point for a clean and simple fall design. The colors are pulled directly from the #ArtNudge inspiration, keeping everything cohesive and seasonal.

To stay true to the CAS style, I kept the layout simple: a kraft card base topped with my stamped and colored image layer. The sentiment, “Autumn Leaves and Pumpkins Please”, is so bold and beautiful that it needed to be popped up.  

🍁 There’s still plenty of time to join in on the September Art Nudge Challenge—and you might even win a prize! You can enter here.

If you’re looking for more fall goodness, you can find lovely stamps, papers, and more in the SweetMissDaisy Etsy shop.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope this little scarecrow brings a smile to your fall crafting. 🍂✨