Allsorts #854

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Hope you are well!

 Val is our host this fortnight over at Allsorts, and would like to see By The Seaside! There is also the Anything Goes. Apparently I am In the Sea/Ocean!

I have used a Spellbinders stamp and die set called Seahorse Garden. It's not on the Spellbinders site, but is available elsewhere. Images are colored with Ohuhu markers. The sentiment is from the set too. The embossing folder is Spellbinders!

Prizes for this theme is a Collection of stamps for one winner from Stamp Addicts.

Go see what the other DT have created!

Talk to ya later!

Allsorts Challenge #853 Use Stencils/ Anything Goes

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Donna is the host over at Allsorts; and she would like to see you use stencils on your creation. there is Anything Goes too! 

 

My card is made with Gina K stamps, Stencils and dies.  The set is called Flutterby Friends and was an LST January 2023. I used SU inks. The sentiment is from the same set.

2 winners will receive 3 sets of stencils each. 

Go see what the rest of the DT have created with their stencils!

Talk to ya later! 

Challenge #852 Blooms, Birds and or Bees

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Hope you are all well!

It's Ellies turn to host over at Allsorts, and she has chosen Blooms, Birds and/or Bees.  You can use the Anything Goes option if you like.

I used blooms and bees!

I tried the technique where you smoosh an ink pad over one side of your embossing folder. This EF was call Distressed from SU. I am ok with it; but the first color I used was a purple, and it didn't speak to me! The crocus (and I had trouble with the stamens!) are Spellbinder, and the sentiment and bees are SU!Put is all together with glitter glue, which takes forever to dry, and a few foam pads under the sentiment!

The prize for this challenge Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Glorious Bouquet stamp set available from Buddly Crafts!

Go, see what the rest of the DT have created!

 Please remember, to be eligible you must provide name/makes of products used on your entry (our rules explain why), if missing entries will not be included in winner/Top 7 selections.

This is my first scheduled post so hopefully Blogger will do it's thing! I will be up north, then Bryson will come home with me, so no 'real Gail' posts until September! 

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Allsorts #851 From the Garden or Anything Goes

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Hope you are well!

It's a new challenge over at Allsorts and it's From the Garden or Anything Goes!

 This is a Woodware Stamp called Nature Page. I used an SU stencil and my dirty brushes to do the background. I die cut the Hello 3 times in different colors. All of these things are from the Garden!

Prizes this fortnight are  three die sets from Oakwood Direct and an A5 stamp set from AALL and Create!

Go see what the rest of the DT has created! 

Talk to ya later! 

Happy Birthday Allsorts! Challenge #850

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Hope you are well!

It's our birthday! There are a LOT of prizes so go see the main post over at Allsorts! Lynn is the hostess, and it's Anything Goes/ Birthday!

 

This card has a lot going on! Pris is swinging way up above the tree tops. The forage fairies need to talk. The Bell flower vine is there, Forest Lanterns, and a stampscape stamp for some tree tops. A lot of stickles, a stenciled background and the hello is SU!

Lot's of prizes! Go see what the DT has made, and the GD's!

We Love Stamping May 2026 All Creatures Great and Small or Anything Goes 

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Allsorts #849 Monochromatic

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Hope you are well!

It is Liz over at Allsorts this fortnight and she would like to see monochromatic! There is also the Anything Goes option too! Our guest designer is Kath!

 I am using pink. Again. The SU embossing folder is called Birds and Swirls, and it's a mottled pink card stock.The die is Prim Poppy from Memory Box, and the sentiment is SU, cut out with an SU punch!

2 prizes for #849. An A5 stamp and A6 stamp and stencil.

 

 

 

Allsorts birthday is coming up! We have amazing sponsors year round, and for our birthday AALL and Create  have offered a 15% discount code for participants in our challenge! From May 1st to 31st, 2026 the code is 'AllsortsBD17'. This is so generous of them! There are a LOT of different prizes to be won!

Go see what the rest of the DT have made! 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #819 Birthday 

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Allsorts #848 Shaped/ Anything but Square

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Hope you are well!

It's Christine over at Allsorts, and she would like to see your Shaped cards! Anything but a square. There is also the Anything Goes option too! 

Here's my card!

 I have used a Spellbinders die to make my shaped easel card! I used SU ink to blend a background of green, pink and blue. I didn't add any ink, I just used what was on my brushes! I blocked off where the stamp would go and pushed Brutus Monroe Glitter Glaze through the AALL & Create stencil Circular Disruption. When it was dry, I stamped and embossed in clear AALL & Create Rosey Daze. I colored just the roses with Ohuhu markers. The sentiment is from Gina K.

Prizes are from AALL and Create! 

Go, see what the rest of the DT has come up with!! 

 

Creative Creases  Anything with a fun fold

Die Cut Divas April 2026

NBUS #85 My stamp and stencil on the front are on their first outing! 

Triple B April 2026

We Love Stamping April 2026 Spring or Anything Goes 

 

Talk to ya later! 

Challenge #849 Allsorts In The Garden

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Hope you are well!

It's my turn to host over at Allsorts, and I have chosen In The Garden. That is an open ended challenge, as whatever you can imagine in your garden will work! The possibilities are endless! There is the Anything Goes too.

 I have fairies in my garden! She's from Lavinia and quite large. On my packaging she does not have a name, however, a fabulous fairy told me her name is Luna! This is a 5 X 7 Piece of Lavinia Scene-Scapes called Starbright. I have also stamped the Lavinia Bell Flower Vine up the tree on the right. Lots of stickles on her wings, the tree and a lot of the colored dots! Sentiment is SU!

Prizes this fortnight are 2 prizes of Lavinia stamps! 

 

 Go, see what the  DT and GD have found in their gardens!

We Love Stamping  April Anything Goes/ Spring

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Allsorts #846

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Hope you are well!

It's Brenda this fortnight over at Allsorts!!  She  would like to  see  that it's Springtime! There is also the Anything Goes option!

 I have used the stencil OOPSA from AALL and Create. The background stamp is a new to me stamp of flower names from Great Impressions. I made an envelope with my envelope maker (that's the smallest), and filled it with unknown flowers. Which I think is a Spellbinder die! SU sentiment. 

Was fun to make while I watched Netflix!!

Prizes are: 

 Two Penny Black Stamps available from Buddly Crafts

Go see what the DT have created! They are sure to fill your screen with beautiful flowers! 

Beautiful Blossoms #39  anything floral Goes with Optional Mood Board 

NBUS Challenge #84 Background stamp 

Triple B March 2026 Birds, Butterflies and Blooms 

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Allsorts Challenge #845 Things with Wings

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Hope you are well!

Lynne is the host over at Allsorts and she would like to see Things With Wings. Of course there is the Anything Goes too!

 This card is made with an LST kit from Taylored Expressions!

It''s called Sweet Spring. When I typed that in to their site, I got 306 results for that title! May the odds be ever in your favor! It was a kit from 2024. I'm working on the LST kits! I have not done the class before now, but I have used elements from the kit in the past! I NEED a splatter box! Don't ask me how I know! They laughed at us 'willy nilly' splatterers in the class!

Our prize this fortnight is a Prize of $30 gift card from Taylored Expressions and extra prize of an A4 stamp set.

Go see what the DT have made!  We have Lesley as a Guest Designer this fortnight! Welcome Lesley!

 Talk to ya later!

Allsorts Challenge #844

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Hope you are well!

Sarah is the host over at Allsorts, and she would like to see Ribbons and/ or Bows. There is also the Anything Goes option!

 This card is a kit from LST! It's called Forever Thankful and is by LDRS. The flowers, butterflies and bee are stamps and dies. I made Sympathy cards out of a few. The background pieces are made with a corner rounder and Spellbinder dies. Ribbon and gem from my stash. It's a 5" X 5" card.

Prizes this fortnight are from AALL and Create and Polkadoodles! 

Go see what the GD and DT have created! 

Talk to ya later! 

 

Allsorts Challenge #843 Wet or Dry Embossing

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Hope you are well!

Val is the host this fortnight over at Allsorts, and she would like to see Embossing: Wet or Dry. There is the Anything Goes option too!

I have made a Valentine card!

 I have used dry embossing with a Cricut Cuttlebug folder called Hugs and Kisses. I stenciled the hearts on music paper, and the heart and With Love are dies from LDRS.

Go see what the rest of the DT have created! 

Prizes are Lisa Horton Rambling Woodgrain Rose embossing folder and coordinating stencils. Information on the Allsorts Blog!

Talk to ya later!  

Allsorts Challenge #842 Create Your Own Background

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Hope you are well!

Donna is the host over at Allsorts, and she would like you to create your own background. there is the Anything Goes too! 

 

This is Bryson's Valentine card! I used 2 sizes of heart Stencils/ Sizzix. Did the large one with a light blue ink, and the smaller one with a dark blue ink. I also smooshed Brutus Monroe Galazy Glaze through the small stencil on to  the darker blue. The Hippo and sentiment is from SU and the heart balloon is part of  other balloon dies and I sprayed it with something shiny! That doesn't show up! Haha!

The prize is a set of 4 background stamps from AALL and Create!

Go see what the other DT girls have created! We also have Di as a GD! Check them all out!

Cut it Up Challenge #348 My Heart 

Festive Friday Card Making and Paper Crafting Challenge # FF0202 I have Die Cuts, Hearts and Love Sentiment

Stencil Fun January 2026 Challenge 

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Allsorts Challenge #841

 Happy New Year!

Hope you're all well! 

Ellie is the host over at Allsorts this fortnight! She would like to see creations for men and/or boys! There is the anything goes option too!

 This set of new stamps, stencils and dies are from Hero Arts, and called Snack Attack. Aren't those the cutest little ripple chips! It was a LST from Scrapbook and Cards. They are not available yet on the Hero Arts site. I am just so far behind on my LST kits I didn't sign up for any this year. Yet! I have 5 kits sitting on my desk that I NEED to do, and one is December 2024! Fortunately one is a Valentine kit which is next on the to-do list!

 Two A5 stamp sets from Sweet Poppy

 

Go see what the DT has made! 

Die Cut Diva's  Something New

Sunbird Spark Challenge #57 Focal Point  

We Love Stamping January Challenge something New

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Allsorts Challenge 840 Winter Animals/ Anything Goes

 Happy New Year!

Hope you're all well!

Hope you spent time with family and friends, and wore your stretchy pants!!

Helen is the host over at Allsorts for the first challenge of 2026. Winter Animals. There is the Anything Goes too!

I used a Penny Black stamp called waddling by.

I guess I am saying that penguins are a Winter Animal. I'm not sure! I have seen the Madagascar movies!! And Mr. Popper and his penguins lived in Minnesota..... It just hit me! I have almost froze to death at the penguin exhibit at the zoo! So yes! They are Winter Animals!! The sentiment is Gina K. 

I needed a birthday card just before Christmas. A friend is having a milestone birthday. This is the inside sentiment. It's from Riley and Company. 

 I must have taken this photo at my desk. It's the inside of the above penguin card!

 Visible Image stamps set and coordinating dies

 

 

 

 Go see what the DT have created!

NBUS Challenge #82 Penguin Stamp is new! Happy NEW Year!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge January 2026 Anything Goes or Something New The Stamp is new to me!

Talk to ya later! 

 

 

Allsorts Challenge 839 Create a Scene

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Hope you are well!  

Lynn is our host over at Allsorts  and  she  would like us to Create a Scene. There is the Anything Goes option too. If you're stuck for a scene. Like I was. For weeks!

 

I have used Lavinia Book of Spells and Ink Pot. I have used SU ink, metallic pens, a sentiment from LDRS that was heat embossed. Kraftin Kimmie Whimsical Winds stencil and Recollections bling!

Two prizes of Lavinia, one a collection of mini/small stamps with bottle sticker for scene making and three stamps as second prize (photos not to scale). Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway.

 

 

 Go see what the rest of the design team has created!

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #770 Christmas/ Anything Goes 

Stencil Fun December 2025 anything Goes, Option is Winter

We Love Stamping December Challenge Red and Green or Anything Goes

Talk to ya later!   

Allsorts Challenge #838 Something NEW/ Home, Baby etc.

Hello!

Hope you are well!

It's Liz as the host over at Allsorts!  She would like to see something NEW! There is the Anything Goes option too!

I have made a Christmas card, and before you jump all over me...I was going for a new pet. If that doesn't work, my stamp and stencil are NEW!

 I have used an AALL & Create stencil - Circular Disruption and the cat from Cheesed to Meet You! The sentiment is computer generated, the tree is SU Holiday Happiness. I have stenciled with SU inks, colored with Ohuhu markers, and used glossy accents on his eyes and baubles.

 Two prizes, A4 and A5 stamp sets from AALL and Create 

 

 Go see what the DT have made!

Talk to ya later! 

 

Allsorts Challenge #833 woodland Critters or Anything Goes

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Hope you are well!

Been busy creating!! I missed it! 

Sarah is the host over at Allsorts this fortnight! She would like to see woodland critters. There's the Anything Goes option too!

 I used SceneScapes Autumn Hues. Can't find it on their site. Found it here! Bell Flower Vine, Pipin, Seed Head and Forest Lanterns. I used a stampscapes stamp for the rocks at the base. Sentiment is Concord and 9th.

Whoa, I struggle with little scenes! I love them, they look fantastic; I probably over think them! The paper makes them easier!

Go see what the rest of the DT have created!

World Animal Day is October 4th which fits in so nicely with this fortnights theme. So to celebrate as well as the Lavinia prizes below, there will be some surprise random spot prizes open to all entrants Worldwide.

Two prizes of Lavinia Stamps, stencil and SceneScapes (photos not to scale).

 

 Talk to ya later! 

 NBUS Challenge # 78 Everything is NBUS except the Forest Lantern

Stamping Sensations September CAS or Anything Goes 

We Love Stamping September Make it Cute or Anything Goes 

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Allsorts Week 831 Birthday or Anything Goes

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Hope you are well!

The host for this fortnight over at Allsorts is Donna! She would like to see Birthday or Anything Goes.

We have Carol as our Guest Designer! 

 Must have been in a hurry. My pic is crooked! This is a card made in a class I take online every 2 months from Scrapbook and Cards; called Let's Stamp Together. Stamps, dies and stencils are from Scrapbook and Cards, and were part of their 19 Birthday celebration! Parts of the streamers are glittered with paste! I made 3 cards in this class, there are 2 bonus cards I will make another day!

There are 2 prizes of 2 stamps for this challenge!

 

 

Go check out the rest of the DT!

Talk to ya later! 

Allsorts Week 830 I spy 'B' or Anything Goes

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Hope you are well!

Ellie is the host over at Allsorts this fortnight. She says, I Spy 'B' or Anything Goes.

 I have used 'Butterflies'!

 

I have used a Hero Arts Butterfly Circle stencil. SU inks, And a butterfly and shadow from AALL and CREATE from Nature's Doily #43 set. I used sparkle card stock for the shadow and velum for the butterfly. 

2 prizes of coordinating stamps and dies.

 

Go check out the rest of the DT.

Talk to ya later!