2026 - January - March

I am fortunate to work in the automotive industry where we shut down from Christmas through New Years!  Lots of card making took place during that time.  One goal was to finish using up partially used Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin Kits.  I started with November 2023 Warn Wishes that were meant to be boxes but I used alternative ideas I got off YouTube, primarily from Stamp Your Art Out (Rachel Tessman), she has great alternative ideas.  I got 27 cards out of what I had left of the kit that I hadn't used previously.  I love how they all turned out and I have my 2026 Christmas cards already done for the year.

The stamp set I used for the inside of these is from Clear Designs. The Holly Stamp is from Stampendous.

I used stickles to add sparkle/glitter to these cards and few have embellishments too!  The twine is from Stampin Up.

The inside sentiments on these cards are from Stampendous.

These cards were created with Stampin Up Paper Pumpkin - May 2025 alternate projects again with inspiration from Stamp Your Art Out (Rachel Tessman). A couple I also included stamps from My Creative Time with Emma and other Paper Pumpkin Kits (Stampin' Up! April 2023 Paper Pumpkin - All The Little Things and February 2021 Paper Pumpkin Kit - Bouquet of Hope. I'm thankful to have full stock of cards I can use for males.

My childhood friend's daughter and son-in-law welcomed their first baby, a boy just before Christmas.  I created this card using Stampin Up - All About Baby stamps and dies.  I did a print then cut of the sentiment inside from a verse I found on the internet.

I found inspiration for this card on the internet for a great-great nephew turning 7.  I used Cricut Design Space to cut out the '7" and the Happy Birthday and the print then cut feature for the sentiment inside.

This card is called a Theater Fold Card that I learned to make by watching videos by Dawn Griffith on her Dawn's Stamping Thoughts Blog and her YouTube channel.  I made it for my hubby for Valentine's Day.  The Stampin Up Bee Mine designer series paper I had won from Chic-N-Scratch.  The bees I did print then cut in Design Space along with the sentiment (print then cut) on the back. The first photo is the card closed.

This is the card open.

This is the back of the card.

I created these two cards (one for our great-niece and an extra one for my stash) using Stamin Up Share a Milk Shake stamps and dies. (A goal of mine is to make two similar cards when I create one so that I keep my box stocked.)

The inside sentiment I used AI to create using print then cut.

I found inspiration on Pinterest for this card for our Grandson who is turning 13 in February.  It doesn't show in the photo but the phone screen is glossy as I put packaging tape on it.  Everything was done in Cricut Design Space either a cut out and/or print then cut.

In keeping with making two similar cards when making one, we have a great-great niece turning "7" so duplicated what I did for great-great-nephew, I changed the paper and colors, and added small gems to the center of each flower after the photo was taken. 

We have two-great-great nephews turning 3 years old. I made this pop up truck card from Lori Whitlock for each of them.  The verse on the back I found on the internet and did a print then cut. 

Our Great-Niece will be having her first baby girl in February after having three boys.  I used SU All About Baby Stamps and dies to create this card.  I found the inside sentiment on the internet and did a print then cut.

In keeping with my goal of making two similar card when making one I also used the same SU All About Baby stamps and dies to create this welcome baby card.  The inside stamp I've had for many years and don't remember where it came from.

We have a great-niece getting married sometime early this year - I found this card in Design Space and put my own twist on it.

Great nephew is turning 16 in March, he is a hockey player so I make this box with my own twist from Simply Crafts SVG.  I made the uniform to match his colors.

2025 - November - December

I used Stampin Up Stamp - Catching Butterflies to create this card for a great-great niece.  The inside sentiment is Penny Lane stamps.

I created this card for great niece using Stampin Up Barn Door stamp set and Dies. Inside sentiments are Penny Lane stamps.

This card is for our granddaughter using an embossing folder and balloon dies I've had for a very long time which I also ran through an embossing folder.  The cat is cut out from Design Space using my Cricut and the party hat is punch.  The inside sentiment I upload from the internet and print then cut.

I made this money roll box for our granddaughter, once the sting is removed she will pull on the red bow and the bills come out.  I found the cut file in Design Space.

I used a cut file from Simply Crafts to make this birthday card for my brother-in-law who has a pontoon.  I found the birthday saying on the internet and add it using print then cut.

I found this Christmas money envelope to create this holder for our niece and nephew.

I made 14 of these Hershey Kiss holder (holds 6 and money).  I printed the labels on the bottom and cut with my Cricut.

For my brother and sister-in-law's anniversary, I found this card design in Cricut Design Space which also included using the pen to write the words on the front.  I used a gold ink pen and backed the open cut with glitter gold card stock.  The inside sentiment I found on the internet and punched out the gold hearts with punch.

 

Annually I do floating ornaments as Christmas - these are this years'. This first one is a memorial ornament that I made for each of her kids.  The second one is for a co-work who I made one for his son last year and felt his daughter needed one too.

I failed to get photos of these ornaments before I boxed them up to gift.  This shows what they look like in Cricut Design Space prior to print then cut on transparency sheets.

These two ornaments were purchased but I sized the photos in Cricut Design Space to fit and then did print then cut.