A Christmas Card

 

Today I am showing you a christmas card in non traditional colors.

I choose dark gray and white for my colors. I cut a dark grey cardstock and folded it in half to make the base car. On top of that I added a text designer paper of Nitwit Collections and I cut the corners with a corner punch. On top of that I added a die cut square from a nesting scallop die set. I popped it on some foam for dimension. I added some wax cord underneath the little white tree. The tree is from a Papertrey Ink Trees Of Cheer die set. It has so many cut little dies that you can combine really nice. I added a small little star on top of the tree that I die cut out of silver metallic cardstock. The card pretty much speaks for itself so I added no sentiment to it.

I will be adding this to the following challenge
52 Weeks To Christmas - Kerstkaart Week 5

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Renate

Snowflake Cookies Card

 

Today I am showing you a winter card decorated with lots of snowflake cookies.

The size of my card is 12 by 17 cm. My base card is white smooth cardstock. I added a purple panel on that. On that I added a panel of digital designer papers from the Snow Princess collection of Nitwit Collections. I inked up the edge of the designer paper with Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink. I cut out a snowflake banner of Papertrey Ink and cut it apart to use it as a snowflake border on the top and the bottom. I cut 9 cookie shapes from My Favorite Things Milk and Cookies set. I inked up the cookies with brown shades of Distress Oxide Ink. I also die cut several things to decorate the cookies with along with a whole bunch of snowflakes from the many snowflakes dies I have. The colors are a shade of purple and aqua or blue. I added some pearls in matching colors to the centers of the snowflakes and I added a homemade sentiment to complete the card. The sentiment says Warm Winter Greetings if you were to translate this to English. This one is going in my stash for Christmas for now.

I will be adding this to the following challenges
Color Dare #687 - Color Board
Inspired By #371 - Frozen Treats
A Cut Above January 2026 - AG Using A Die Cut
CD Sunday Plus #175 - AG Using Digital Items
Papercraft #126 - Anything Goes

   

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Renate

A Floral Christmas Card

 

Today I am showing you a card I made from a sample of Melissa Phillips but I used a few different things. She makes such beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration I get from you.

I took a medium blue panel and I stamped the snowflakes using a stencil with Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch. I used an arched nesting die set to cut to panels. The larger is from designer papers of Nitwit Collection and the smaller is just from white cardstock. I stamped a winter sentiment on it.
I then die cut all the pieces for the flowers, leaves, bows and snowflakes. All the is from sets of Papertrey Ink. The two largest leaves are cut from silver metallic cardstock. The snowflakes are die cut from white glitter cardstock. It is hard to photograph that but it looks so beautiful. I also added some splatters on the flower using Distress Oxide Chipped Sapphire. And I added some white half pearls to the centers of the snowflakes.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
The Paper Shelter #663 - Winter Mood Board
Hobby Vision #152 - Sneeuw
Dragonfly Dreams January 2026 - Floral
Cut It Up #347 - Favorite Dies (Papertrey Ink are mine)
Ellibelle's Garden #11 - Anything In Or From A Garden

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Renate

Another birthday card from Scraps

 

Today another simple birthday card made from leftover scraps of papers.

I took a base card and folded it into a square card. For the buttons I used up scraps of digital designer papers from the Abigail collection of Nitwit Collections. I die cut lot of buttons in white also and glue about 3 layers together for each button to give them more dimension. I did print out the pink background papers as my scraps were to small. This is how you keep getting more scraps. I die cut 2 banners. One in pink matching the designer papers and 1 with a homemade sentiment on it. I added them on the left top of the button panel and I also added a little bow made of pink twine.  

Just a nice birthday card that is very suitable to mail because it is not so bulky like some of my cards.

I will be adding this to the following challenge:
CD Sunday Plus #174 - Anything Digital Goes

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Renate

Birthday Scraps Card

 

First of all Happy New Year wishes to each and every one. Today I am showing a birthday card made from leftover scraps of designer papers from Nitwit Collections.

The inspiration for this card is from Pinterest. A great source to get inspiration from. I made my own piercing template by using a piece of acetate. As it is see though you can line it up perfectly for the stitching. I took a white square and added the little squares onto them. I them pierced the holes for the stitching. The quilt squares are made from designer papers of the Annabelle collection of Nitwit Collections. I used some light blue thin crochet yarn to stitch the zigzag lines. When I completed it I added a vellum pointy banner where I printed a birthday sentiment on. I then took a piece of ribbon and a large bow and added that on the left. I added some foam tape on the back of the stitched panel for some dimension. I took a base card and added a piece of designer papers on that and then I added the stitched square on it. For the finishing touch a few pearls here and there. I love the end result of this one.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Girlz Creative Crafts #63 - Anything Goes
Pearly Sparkles #115 - Use Patterned Papers
Simon Says Stamp - Add A Sentiment
Mix It Up #81 - Anything Goes Optional Use Ribbon

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Renate

Christmas Mail for You

 

Today I am showing you a festive christmas card. It will be for next year though as I already mailed and delivered all the cards for this year.

I used designer papers from Nitwit Collection. I added a piece of white cardstock on top of that. I then added the mailbox of the Greetery. I made that quite a while ago and it was still laying around so now I decided to finally make a card with it. I also used the post stamps of the Greetery that I embossed using gold embossing powder. I added some handmade flowers on top. The flowers are from the poinsettia set of Elizabeth Craft Design. I also added some gold glitter to the white flower. I die cut some envelopes from the Greetery also in colors that matched the card.

I did make the card from inspiration I got from Kelly Lunceford who made a card like this in blue with wisterias hanging over the mailbox.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Ruldolph Days December 2025 - Anything Christmas Goes
Christmas Kickstart #105 - Anything Christmas Goes
Sparkles Christmas #179 - Poinsettia
Girlz Creative Christmas #157 - Christmas Mail/Kerstpost

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Renate

A Birthday Card from scraps

Today I am showing you a card I made after seeing a similar one on Shabby Art Boutique. I had some scraps left so I made the flags for the banner with the designer papers from Nitwit Collection.

I printed some background papers and decided to add a stitched border. I pierced and stitched it by hand so no machine. I felt it gave it more of a shabby look. I then added the flag banner and added some die cut buttons to it. I die cut the buttons several times and glued them together to make it look more like real buttons. The text was printed on the design paper and then cut out. All and all a simple yet elegant birthday card. 

I will add this card to the following challenges:
Girlz Rebel Challenge #47 - Anything Goes/Alles Mag
Girlz Creative Fun Art Of Scrap #17 - Anything Goes Using Designer Papers

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Renate

A Christmas Scrapcard

 

Today I am showing you a christmas card in scrap style. I took digital papers from different collections of Nitwit Collections. I distressed all the edges and added stitching on the flower paper. I pierced the holes by hand and also the stitching is done by hand. This took quite a bit of time but it looks so pretty.
I die cut some labels and heart. I punch some holes in the top of the hearts after I added some white ink on the edge of each heart. I then added some jute thread though the labels and the hearts. 
I added some lace and the hearts and labels on top of that. The sentiment was stamped but I don't remember the brand for this one. The inside is decorated as well to match the front.

It is a bit heavy to mail this one but I can always hand gift this to someone.

I will be adding this card to the challenges below:
52 Weeks to Christmas

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Renate

A Kitty Cat Christmas Card

Today I am showing you the card I made as a guest designer for the 52 Weeks To Christmas challenge. The theme is to make a christmas card featuring a cat, dog or hamster. I made it into a rocker card.

I used a bucket of Elizabeth Craft Design. I added a cat from Marianne Design in the bucket. I added this onto some designer papers of Nitwit Collection. I used the text circle of Marianne Design and added a red circle behind it so you would see the white words better. To finish it off I added some holly leaves with berries. 

Hope you all join in this lovely challenge

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Renate

Christmas Sketch Card

 

Today I am showing a card I made using the sketch at the Cheerful Sketches challenge. I still had some images left and decided to use this cute bear holding a mini christmas tree.

I used designer papers for the sketch of Nitwit Collections. I actually used scraps I still had because I hate to throw away leftover pieces. I found some that matched together well along with that cute image of Creative Fabric. I only added a sentiment on top and that is it. Not a lot to say about this one.

I will be adding this to the following challenge:
Cheerful Sketches #149 - Follow the sketch

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Renate

A Cake Pop Halloween Card

 

Today I am showing you a halloween card made with cute cake pops.

I die cut the cake pop dies from Pretty Pink Posh in halloween colors. I added foam tape behind the cake pops. I die cut the sentiment strip from A Pocket Full of Happiness. I added the cake pops and the sentiment onto a piece of vellum. I then added some foam tape behind the vellum underneath the die cuts to adhere the panel to a piece of desinger papers. The paper is a digital paper from the Gnome Halloween collection of Nitwit Collections. I added some glitter enamel dots from Carlijn Design. I adhere everything onto a purple cardstock panel and then onto a white base card. Totally halloween but not creepy. This would be nice to give to a little kid I think.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Cut It Up #341 - Add Embellishments
Paper Craft Crew #643 - Create A Halloween Treat of Favor
Papercraft #123 - Spooky Delights
Double D Challenge - Halloween Colors
Creative Crafting Uncles #70 - Halloween
Shopping Our Stash #558 - Hey Ghoulfriend
Daisy Chain #101 - Halloween and/or Autumn
Crafty Calendar October 2025 - Halloween
The Paper Funday #81 - Anything Goes Optional Cute
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #209 - October Spooky Fun
Simon Says - Add Some Text

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Renate

A Card Made From A Sketch

 

Today I am showing you a card made using the sketch over at 52 Weeks To Christmas challenge.

I made a base slimline card out of kraft cardstock. On that I added digital papers from the Merry Moments Collection of Nitwit Collections. The graphic is from Creative Fabric. They have so many cute and adorable graphics. I inked the circle along the edges with a bit of Pumice Stone Distress Oxide Ink. I don't know the brand of the bow I used. The sentiment is homemade by me.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
52 Weeks To Christmas October 2025 - Sketch
52 Christmas Card Throwdown October 2025 - Colors Red/Green/Brown
ABC Christmas October 2025 - V is For Vertical
Peace On Earth #97 - Inspirational Photo (Santa)
CD Sunday Plus #169 - Anything Digital Goes

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Renate

A Pumpkin Thank You Card

 

Today I am showing a card I made as a thank you card for my husbands brother and his wife who were hosting the annual family day this year. Once a year all the brothers, sister and their spouses get together for a day for family fun and good food. It is usually in the beginning of October when they started the tradition after their mom passed away in 2016. So each year one of us hosts this coming together and I always make a nice card to thank them along with a small gift of appreciation.

So for this card I used a digital plaid background from Nitwit Collection. On that I added a rectangle background frame from Papertrey Ink. I made the pumpkins from an oval nestabilities die. I die cut 5 for the large pumpkin and 3 for the smaller pumpkin. I die cut some flowers and inked them with Distress Oxide Ink. I then stamped the spots in the middle and added a pearl in the center. I die cut some leaves and inked those as well in fall colors. I even used a script stamp on some of the leaves. I die cut a small sentiment in copper metallic cardstock and die cut it a couple of times to stack them on top of each other to get a bit of dimension. I added everything onto a kraft base card. 

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Papercraft #122 - Amazing Autumn
Inkspirational #352 - Seasonal (mine is fall ofcourse)
Pearly Sparkles #112 - Pumpkins and/or Leaves
Unicorn #114 - Autumn and/or Halloween
Craft Rocket #130 - Autumn/Halloween
Four Seasons October 2025 - Fall
Pinspirational #330 - Mine are the pumpkins
Cupcake Inspirations #628 - Fall Harvest
A Place To Start October 2025 - Pump It Up For Pumpkins
A Cut Above October 2025 - Anything Goes With A Die Cut

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Renate

A Pop Up Birthday Card

Today I am showing you a fun pop up card. I saw this model on Pinterest and this is what I came up with when I tried it myself.

I took a square white base card. All the papers and graphics are from the digital kit Timeless Memories of Nitwit Collections. I did cut the flower bouquet a few extra times to get the 3D effect. I made some 2 pop up mechanisms to add behind the half circles to make them pop up when you take the card out of its envelop. It is a quick fun card to make and you can put on it whatever you want for any occasion so I will definately make more of these.

I will be adding this to the following challenge:
CD Sunday Plus #168 - Anything Digital Goes

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Renate

An Upside Down Z-fold Card

Today I am showing you a card with a fun fold I saw on Pinterest and ofcourse had to give this a try.

So I made this by using a large arched nestability and cut the base card. I die cut designer papers from smaller nestabilities and glued these down. I then took an oval nestabilities set that actually matched the shaped of the arched nestabilities set perfectly and I die cut the oval that I felt fitted best. I also die cut a smaller oval in designer papers to decorate the card. I added a fussy cut flower bouquet in 3D. To get the 3D effect I just cut less out of the graphic and then stacked it together.  I also used one of the ready to fussy cut sentiments on top and for the finishing touch a few white pearls. All the graphics I used are from the digital kit Abigail of Nitwit Collections. I love that she still draws her own graphics and no AI is used. You can resize them perfectly to your needs. I love using her stuff. I do draw graphics myself sometimes but I am not as good as her.

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Renate

A Christmas Bunny Card

 

Today I am showing a similar card like the previous post. This time it is a Christmas bunny card.

I took some designer papers with red snowflakes from Nitwit Collections. I added it onto the sentiment circle by Marianne Design CR1595 that I die cut in white. Underneath I added a red circle so you can see the sentiment circle even better. I die cut some balloons of Pretty Pink Posh in red and gold metallic cardstock. I die cut the bunny from Marianne Design COL1463 and the scarf and hat from the set COL1438. I added some embossing to the basket using a 3D embossing folder with a basket pattern. I added it all onto a white scalloped base card.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Girlz Creative Christmas #143 - Christmas Bunny
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes
Critter Crazy 102 - Anything using a Critter Goes
Crafty Animals #98 - Anything Goes Including an Animal

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Renate

A Circle Winter Card

Today I am showing you a round christmas card in a winter theme. I really like how it turned out and probably won't be the last one I am making. 

I made a scalloped circle base card. I added another scalloped circle on top to hide the score line of the base card. I die cut the snowman from Marianne Design COL1413. I die cut the hat and scarf form COL1438. I added some white dots for the eyes with a white gelpen. I did added some foam squares behind the snowman. I also die cut a small tree from the set CR1602. I dont remember the sign post. I used some snowy designer papers from Nitwit Collections and added a die cut snowbank. I glued the little scene onto a LET IT SNOW sentiment circle that I die cut out of metallic silver cardstock. The number of this die is CR1600. Below the sentiment circle I added a blue circle to make the sentiment set stand out even more. I then added this all to the base card and another lovely christmas card is done.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Peace On Earth #96 - Anything Christmas Goes
Jingle Bells - Gold/Silver/Copper or other metallics
The 12 Months Of Christmas #126 - Circles

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Renate

A Floral Christmas Card

 

Hi today I am showing you a floral christmas card. It turned out better then I initially intended so that is realy good.

I used a poppy red base card and put a piece of digital paper on that from the Christmas Romance collection of Nitwit Collections. I love the backgrounds from them so much and use them a lot in my cards. So I don't remember all the brands of the dies I used so lets skip that for now.
I die cut a nesting panel with a lovely lace edge in poppy red. On that I added a white oval panel and I stamped the sentiment on that with black ink. I then cut out a whole bunch of leaves and poinsettias. I inked up some of the leaves and I then made the poinsettias. I die cut the flowers twice in 3 sizes so each of the flower has a double layer. I added the Festive Berries Distress Oxide Ink in the middle of the flowers and added a touch of black on the points. I then sprayed a bit of water on them and shaped the leaves. I added some red stamens to each of the flowers. I used tacky glue to added it all together. I then started to composition everything onto the oval panel and I used quite a bit of foam to add dimension. It is a bit bulky but really beautiful so I think I will hand gift this one instead of mailing this. I decorated the inside to match the front as well.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
The Holly And Ivy Christmas #191 - Anything Christmas Goes
Sparkles Christmas #176 - Let's See Some Holly
CD Sunday Plus #167 - Anything Digitals Goes
Krafty Chicks #785 - Christmas

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Renate

A Lemon Get Well Card

 

Today I am showing you a get well or encouragement card with a lovely die set from Spellbinders.

I took a white base card. On that I added a digital paper from the Freshly Squeezed collection of Nitwit Collection. I pierced a border and then stitched it with white crochet yarn. I die cut 2 panels of an arch nestabilities set and I die cut the larger panel of vellum and the smaller panel out of white cardstock. I die cut all the parts of the Lemon Spritz by Spellbinders. I inked up the leaves, lemons and flowers with different tones of Distress Oxide Ink. I added foam tape to give all the pieces a dimensional touch. The sentiment is homemade.

I will be adding this to the following challenges:
Carlin's Kaartenparadijs #86 - Opkikkertje/Beterschap
CD Sunday Plus #166 - Anything Digital Goes

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Renate

Another Christmas Card

 

Today I am showing you a cute christmas card for my stash for upcoming christmas. The weather is very hot over here but I still like making christmas cards. It has been ages since we have had a good winter. These days it seems more like fall and winter seems to be skipped. We haven't had any snow falling that is worth mentioning. I guess we just need to get used to that.

Anyways for this card I added a digital background from Nitwit Collections. And the lovely cupcakes are all by Cottagecutz. I used some gold metallic cardstock as well as green, red, white and black. Pretty traditional colors. The cute sentiment die cut is from A Pocket Full Of Happiness.

This card makes me smile

I will be entering this one in the BYSH Cardmakers Christmas In July 2025 {BYSHC} Link Party

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Renate