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 Hello and Welcome! Saturday October 8th was World Cardmaking Day. It was started as an official start to making your Christmas/holiday cards. Were you participating in WCMD '23? I managed to make 7 Christmas cards and a general thinking of you. The card I'm sharing today is by far my favorite! It's a blend of Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts, Honey Bee, AltENew, Pink and Main, and Gina K Designs. Phew! I don't always remember to mix and match my stash. I often get set locked - in that I'll start with one stamp or die set and can't see past it to use anything outside the set or provided examples.  The Hero Arts peeking reindeer and candy canes are from their Holiday Shop box on a limited release to select retailers. I'll have links below. I cut the reindeer from Gina K Designs Kraft & Warm Cocoa cardstock and also scraps of red and green metallic for the collar. After applying glue to his antlers, I dipped it in Pink & Main white flock. The candy cane was cut fr

Hello and welcome!  Today I have two Mama Elephant cards to share with you. The first is the Pop-Up Trellis . I'm a sucker for 3 dimensional cards and this looked so sweet I just had to invest in adding this to my stash. The background is the Lawn Fawn Quilted Backdrop  on Gina K I nnocent Pink cardstock .  The sentiment is from Gina K Designs Poly Glaze Radiant Roses , foiled with Passionate Pink fancy foil. I haven't jumped on the Glimmer Foil system bandwagon just yet and for now stick with my $20 laminator from Amazon that is 15 years old. It's amazing how easy the poly glaze sheets are to use and get a crisp clean look every time, especially once you find the setup that works for your laminator.  (Hint, for my old Scotch laminator, my sweet spot is the 5mil heat setting. The carrier sandwich I use is folded parchment paper with the foil, poly glaze, and lightweight cardstock shim.) There are so many ways to use this pop up that I made several and will add a sentiment