Crafty Gals Corner #282 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - 'Tis the Season to be Jolly!

      Hello crafting friends and welcome to our monthly challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner.

  Yes, it is already Christmas on my blog! And in my home too!! Life has been a little crazy at the moment and I didn't get the chance to go from Halloween to Thanksgiving to Christmas.  Since I'm not hosting Thanksgiving, I skipped and went straight to Christmas, my favourite time of the year!!! 🎄🎅🎄

 

  The theme for our challenge this month is

 ~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - 'Tis the Season to be Jolly! ~

Christmas is just around the corner and due to life matters, my crafting has had to take a back seat.  I recently realized that my Christmas card stash is very low.  Looking for some kits, because they go so much faster, I found this Pearl & Diamond Painting kit of 12 cards on Amazon.  I must admit that I'm enjoying it very much.  Not my normal colourful cards, but I think they look very elegant 😀

Each card takes about half an hour to complete and it's 30 minutes of relaxation at the end of the day that I very much crave at the moment.  Each card has a different Christmas themed image.  I will share the others as I go along.  The insides of the cards are plain white, but on this card I used a navy blue cardstock mat to add a little more interesting.  I stamped the sentiment using VersaFine Clair Blue Belle ink.  The stamp is from the Christmas Sayings stamp set by Creative Expressions.

 That is it for today folks.  I'd like to remind you that Crafty Gals Corner will be taking our Winter Break during December, so we get to spend more time with our families to celebrate Christmas.  We will be back in January with fresh inspiration for you.

We would love to see you play along with us.  You have until noon, CST, on 12 January 2027, to link your project to our challenge. Remember that although we're on a break, prize winners will still be picked and will be announced in January 2027.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and may the New Year bring you all that makes you smile!!!

Hugs,

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ V, W is for ...

   Hello and welcome to this month's challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Our challenge this month is V, W is for ...

V is for ... Vixen, Virgin Mary, Village

W is for ... Winter Wonderland, Wisemen, White Christmas

I made two cards for this challenge.

Card no. 1 ~ V is for Village

Here is the list of crafty goodies I used to make this card:

Studio Light - Star Folding Card

Maremi's Small Art - Essential Backgrounds - Whispers of Christmas Book

Maremi's Small Art - Bits & Bobs - Christmas Edition Book

Marianne Design - Bows Punch Die

CardzTV Stamps - Tiny Tidings

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Card no. 2 ~ W is for Winter Wonderland

This card was made using the Festive Diorama Concept Card Kit from Hunkydory.

On the back I used a stamp from CardzTV's Tiny Tidings stamp set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  We'd love to have you play along with us.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #281 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - Trick or Treat

      Hello crafting friends and welcome to our monthly challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

 

  The theme for our challenge this month is

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Trick or Treat ~

With only a couple of weeks left to Halloween, I'm catching up on some cards. This is the card I made for hubby.

I used a file from Silhouette to cut all the elements on this card.  Then I followed Gina's instructional video to put it together. It is a 5" x 7" card and about 1/4" thick when folded for mailing.  All the cardstock I used is from The Paper Studio. The greeting was Silhouette generated, printed onto the grey cardstock and cut using the print and cut feature.  It was a little time consuming, but think it was very worth it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  We would love to see you play along with us.   You have until noon, CST, on 10 November 2026, to link your project to

our challenge.

I'm playing along at

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenges

Happy Halloween!

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round ~ T, U is for ...

  Hello and welcome to this month's challenge at Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Our challenge this month is T, U is for ...

T is for ... Tennenbaum, Three Kings, Tinsel, Toys

U is for ... Under the Tree, Ugly Sweater, Up on the Rooftop

I made two cards for this challenge.

Card no. 1 - T is for Tennenbaum

Stitch Pattern - Stitch & Do Kit No. 207

Trees - Hearty Crafts 3D Toppers - X-mas Trees

I love the layers on the Hearty Crafts 3D toppers. I adhered each layer to each other using 1 mm foam squares.

Dies used on inside of the card:

Cottage Cutz - Merry Christmas

Marianne Design - Forest Trees

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Card no. 2 - U is for Ugly Sweaters

I used a file from Silhouette to create the base of the card.  The cute sweaters were made using the Cottage Cutz die set called Ugly but Cute Sweaters.  I added a few shiny dots/circle stickers from a Hobbyjournaal's Shiny Details in Silver sheet.

I used a Wink of Stella pen to add a little sparkle to the words.

I resized this card to be 9" x 4" and it fits perfectly into a business sized envelope.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Now it's your turn to make a Christmas project and join in the fun.  You have till the end of the month to link your project to our blog at  Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round.

Hugs,

Fall Pearl Painting - Squirrel & Fox Set

 Hello crafting friends.  Since I enjoyed the pearl painting suncatchers, I decided to try out the canvas pearl painting option, and it was just as fun  :-)

I think they're both super cute but I must admit that I'm disappointed with the colours of the beads, especially the ones for the Squirrel.  I purchased these as a set, thinking that their colours would match, but as you can see, the pumpkins on the Fox look much better than the ones on the Squirrel canvas.  I'm also disappointed at the colours the manufacturer chose for the Squirrel.  It doesn't really stand out, does it?

As I mentioned before, I'm going thru a learning curve of what brands I like and the ones I don't.  I love the design of these two, but not so much the colours of pearls they sent with them.  Since by next week, the Halloween decorations will go up, I'm going to leave these up on my wall for now, and maybe next year, I will try something different.

You're probably wondering what happened to my card making ~ I'm still making cards but I'm having fun on these new hobbies of mine too :-)

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll chat to you again soon and share a new project.

Hugs,

Book Nook ~ Magic Station

 As I mentioned before, hubby is retired now and this is a hobby that we enjoy doing together. With him being a Mechanical Engineer, it helps a lot when we have gears, motors, lights and sound boxes to put together to make things move and play :-)

This book nook came out beautifully and was easy-ish to put together.  Not quite happy with just how it would light up, hubby decided that it would be so much better to add the Hedwig melody to it since there is a sign that says 9 3/4 station :-)  So after a little investigation, he got a sound module, recorded the song and voila, now it lights up and plays the song and it is absolutely stunning!

Another addition to this book nook that hubby made was to replaced the 2 x AA battery pack with a USB connection, and it is now connected to a power bank, which helps with the hassle of having to replace batteries frequently :-)

We are busy with another book nook which will be a piece of Halloween home décor, rather than a normal book nook.  I will come back and share it with you once it's made.  This one is proving to be a little more difficult - lots of tiny pieces and the quality of the materials are not as good, but that is one of the problems we've encountered so far.  Different brands equals different quality of materials and ease of it all coming together nicely.  We are both very persistent, so it will get done :-)

This is all I have to share for today.  I hope you had fun visiting.

Hugs,

Another New To Me Hobby :-)

 Hello crafting friends.  I know that Diamond Painting has been around for a few years now, but I just did not think that I had the patience required to spend hours placing little gems in a row to create a picture.  Having said that, I have seen some AMAZING art work done by some of you that I absolutely WOW about, but I always thought that it wasn't for me. Well, I saw these Halloween decorations on Amazon, and having just the right place in the house for them, I thought I would give it a try.  They will go perfectly with the rest of my Halloween decor which I put out on the very first day of October 👻🎃

I loved working on them!!!  Now, bear in mind that they are not an entire row by row canvas, just a few gems to fill in an image.  Honestly, I still don't think I would enjoy doing a large canvas, but with these much smaller ones, I'm having fun.  These are 10" x 10" acrylic suncatchers.  I'm having so much, that I ordered a few Christmas "Pearl Painting" ones.  I've completed one and I can honestly say that it was as much fun as these ones. I will share them once I'm finished "painting" them.

As I mentioned above, these are actually suncatchers, but I have the 2" slatted blinds on all the windows in my home.  These blinds diminish the suncatcher effect as you get dark stripes, across the picture, 2" apart from each other.  I think that hanging them up on my light painted wall makes them pop beautifully. The colour of my wall is actually somewhere between the top pic and the two bottom ones.  Not sure why taking a pic of both changed the wall colour.

Well, friends, that is all I have to share with you today.  I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back soon.

Crafty hugs,

Crafty Gals Corner #280 ~ Anything Goes w/twist - Fall Foliage

     Hello crafting friends and welcome to our monthly challenge

 at Crafty Gals Corner! 

 

  In just a couple of weeks or so, Fall officially begins, so with that in mind, here is the theme for our challenge this month.

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist - Fall Foliage ~

Sometimes, I gather bits and pieces that are laying around on my desk and put them together to make a card.  This is such a card.  The problem with this is that I have no clue where the stitching pattern came from.  I also don't remember from which cutting sheet, this fox layered image came from.  So I apologise in advance, but I don't have too many details to give you on this card.

On the inside, I stamped the greeting using the Thankful for You stamp set from Cardz TV.  I added a couple of little Fall leaves to both sides of the sentiment for a little interest.  I punched these out using a punch from Recollections.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  We would love to see you play along with us.   You have until noon, CST, on 13 October 2026, to link your project to

our challenge.

Hugs,