Christmas Robin

Hello there, today I have a card to share that I made for my mum for Christmas. The Concord & 9th Birdhouse Blossoms set can be used all year round, so perfect for both Christmas and summer cards!

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I started off my card by die cutting the birdhouse from the Concord & 9th Birdhouse Blossoms Die Set from Concord & 9th Wheat Cardstock for the main part and Concord & 9th Nutmeg Cardstock for the roof and base. I placed them inside the Concord & 9th Birdhouse Blossoms Embossing Folder and ran it through my die cutting machine to add the woodgrain texture to them. 

I then assembled and adhered it together using Bearly Art Glue. I die cut the bird from white cardstock, Altenew Crafty Necessities: Mocha Cardstock, Spellbinders Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock and Spellbinders Beeswax ColorWheel Cardstock. It was assembled and adhered together using more liquid glue. I die cut the pine branches from Concord & 9th Evergreen Cardstock, the leaves/stems for the flowers from Concord & 9th Parsley Cardstock and the flowers from Spellbinders Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock. 

The berry stems were cut from Concord & 9th Nutmeg Cardstock and the berries from white cardstock. I adhered the flowers, branches and  berries to the a black A2 sized card base first, using a combination of liquid glue and thin foam tape behind the flowers and berries. The birdhouse was then adhered on top using thin foam tape. 

The bird was adhered also using thin foam tape. I cut the heart twice from Spellbinders Poppy ColorWheel Cardstock and adhered it to the house (one on top of another). The sentiment, from Spellbinders Sealed Poinsettia Stems Press Plate, was hot foiled onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Champagne Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I would usually go with lilac flowers for something like this but it didn't feel very Christmassy, so I went with red! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I will be back after Christmas to share some more cards but until then, if you celebrate, I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, if you don't, I hope you have a wonderful festive season! Take care! 

Concord & 9th | Jolly St. Nick

Hello there, today I have my last card to share as a guest designer for Concord & 9th this month. I will have other cards to share using the release but I'll share them at a later date. For now, my last card uses the Jolly St. Nick Bundle. This fun bundle consists of stencils to build a Santa face, coordinating dies and sentiments that can fit inside Santa's beard, or can be used on their own. 

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I started off my card by placing the Concord & 9th Jolly St. Nick Stencils onto a panel of white cardstock to add ink blending to the image with blending brushes. Since I decided to cut the image out with the die, I did not use the layer to ink blend the background, but there is one if you want to make a one layer card! 

I used Concord & 9th Inks in Nectar and Ballet Slipper for the face, Sweet Pea for the cheeks, Dove for the moustache, Black for the eyes and Wildberry for the hat. I then die cut it out using the Concord & 9th Jolly St. Nick Dies. I took the 'Merry Christmas' sentiment from the Concord & 9th Jolly St Nick Stamp Set and stamped it onto his beard using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink. 

I then felt like it was missing something, so I stamped the leaves from the set using Concord & 9th Aqua Sky Ink and the berries using Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Ink onto white cardstock and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I adhered a panel of Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Cardstock onto a US A2 sized white card base and added Santa on top with thin foam tape, cutting off the bottom of his beard using scissors. I then adhered the leaves and berries on top, followed by Concord & 9th Dew Drops on top of the berries. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

A huge thank you goes to Concord & 9th for having me guest with them this month. I have loved playing with the sets and I hope you have enjoyed seeing my cards. Thank you so much for visiting me today, I hope you have a wonderful day and a great week ahead! 

Concord & 9th | Winter Bouquet

Hello there, today I have another card to share using the Concord & 9th September 2025 holiday release as a guest designer. Today's card uses the beautiful Winter Bouquet bundle. There is a stamp set, as well as coordinating dies. 

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I used the packaging as a guide for where to stamp the elements for the bouquet. I first stamped the large background leaves from the Concord & 9th Winter Bouquet Stamp Set onto a panel of white cardstock using Concord & 9th Peacock Ink. I stamped the stems for the flowers and berries in the same colour. 

I stamped the small leaves using Concord & 9th Sprout Ink and the berries with Concord & 9th Aqua Sky Ink. The panel was adhered to a white A2 sized card base. I then stamped the poinsettia flowers on a separate panel of cardstock using Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper Ink for the petals, and Concord & 9th Sunflower Ink for the centres. 

They were die cut out using the Concord & 9th Winter Bouquet Dies and adhered to the card with thin foam tape. I stamped the vase onto more white cardstock using Concord & 9th Black Ink. It was die cut out also and adhered to the card with thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Concord & 9th Dew Drops. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I really love this set! Although I kept to the design on the packaging for this card, I can't wait to try out different arrangements for future cards! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I do have another post going up later but in the mean-time, I hope you have a great Saturday! Take care!

Concord & 9th | Sleigh Full of Cheer

Hello there, I am back with another card that I made as a guest designer for the latest Concord & 9th release. Today I am using the Sligh Full of Cheer Bundle. I absolutely love this set as you can decorate presents/gifts in paper form. I love decorating presents in real-life, so had a lot of fun with this set!

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I started off by die cutting the sleigh from the Concord & 9th Sleigh Full of Cheer Dies. I cut it from Concord & 9th Wheat Cardstock three times and adhered them one on top of another for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment from the Concord & 9th Sleigh Full of Cheer Stamp Set onto a white A2 sized card base using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink. The sleigh was then adhered above it. 

For the bottom aqua present, I die cut the box from Concord & 9th Aqua Sky Cardstock, I then took decorative stamp from the Concord & 9th Sleigh Full of Cheer Stamp Set and stamped it on top of the bottom part using Concord & 9th Oceanside Ink. The top was adhered and then the bow and ribbon cut from Concord & 9th Oceanside Cardstock and adhered on top. 

The pink present on the left was cut from Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper Cardstock. I cut the ribbon at the top from Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Cardstock and the tag from White Cardstock. I stamped the heart on the tag using Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Ink. It was adhered to the present with a thin foam square. I cut the darker pink present from Concord & 9th Sweet Pea Cardstock and the bow from Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Cardstock. 

The aqua present on the top was cut from Concord & 9th Oceanside Cardstock. I stamped the line stamp twice (once horizontal, once vertical) on top using Concord & 9th Oceanside Ink. The holly and berries were die cut from the Concord & 9th Holiday Charm Die from Concord & 9th Sprout and Dragonfruit Cardstock and adhered on top. 

I cut the wreath from the Concord & 9th Accordion Tree Farm Dies from Conocrd & 9th Sprout cardstock for the wreath and Dragonfruit for the bow. The presents were all adhered on top of the sleigh using thin foam squares and the wreath adhered on top. To finish, I added Concord & 9th Dew Drops to the centres of the bows. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I am really hoping to make a few more cards with this set before Christmas. It was so fun to decorate the presents! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day! 

Concord & 9th | Holiday Charm

Hello there, I am back to share another two cards with you that I made using the latest Concord & 9th release that I have the pleasure of guest designing with. This time, I am using the wonderful Holiday Charm Inlay Die. As the name suggests, this is made to be an inlay die but you can absolutely use it in different ways too. I went with the traditional inlay for my cards though. 

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I started off my cards by die cutting the Concord & 9th Holiday Charm Inlay Die 8 times from Concord & 9th Cardstock in Aqua Sky, Oceanside, Peacock, Ballet Slipper, Sweet Pea, Dragonfruit, Silver and White. If you just mixed and matched with what you had, this would give you 8 cards! 

For my first card, I started off with the Aqua Sky base. I adhered it to a white A2 sized card base using liquid glue and then started inlaying all the pieces. I used Silver for the bells and the ornament/bauble toppers, and used Oceanside and Peacock for the foliage. 

I used White for the berries, doves and sentiment, and the ornaments/baubles are Ballet Slipper. The holly berries and ribbon from the doves are Dragonfruit. I messed up here, I should have used the same colour as I what I used on the bow (and candy canes) which was Sweet Pea but I have only just noticed that! Oops! 

For the second card I used White as the base and again used Aqua Sky, Oceanside and Peacock for the foliage. I used Ballet Slipper for the foliage berries and doves and silver for the bells and ornament toppers (I did have to cut these a second time). The ornaments and holly berries are using the Sweet Pea cardstock. 

I used Dragonfruit for the candy canes, sentiment and bow at the top (again I messed up with the lower ribbon parts! I will have to see if I can correct that before I send these out!). 

I used Bearly Art Glue to adhere all the pieces and an embellishment tool came in handy to place all the pieces down! 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

The first card took me a little while but the second went a lot quicker! I have kept all the pieces from the other cardstock colours and so will make the others at some point! Whilst a little time consuming, these would be great to mass produce as once the die cutting is done, it's just a case of popping the pieces in like a puzzle. Also they are completely flat so perfect for posting/mailing! 

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Concord & 9th | Accordion Tree Farm

Hello there, I am both delighted and honoured to be guest designing with Concord & 9th this month for their amazing holiday/Christmas release! I have loads to share with you but first up is the Accordion Tree Farm Bundle. This set is made to be used with the Accordion Card Base Dies but you can use it on it's own too! 

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For my first card, I die cut the base layer of the trees in the Concord & 9th Accordion Tree Farm Die Set from Concord & 9th Wheat Cardstock. I then cut the top layers from Concord & 9th Sprout, Oceanside and Peacock Cardstock. I adhered the tops onto the bases with liquid glue. 

I took the adorable little fox from the Concord & 9th Accordion Woodland Dies and die cut him from Concord & 9th Spiced Cider, White and Ballet Slipper Cardstock. He was assembled and adhered using liquid glue. I then die cut the slope/landscape from the Concord & 9th Sleigh Full of Cheer Dies from white cardstock. 

I die cut a panel of white cardstock and stamped the sentiment from the Concord & 9th Accordion Tree Farm Stamp Set on top using Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink. I then adhered the trees below using liquid glue, as well as thin foam squares. 

The snowbank was adhered on top, followed by the fox. I adhered a panel of Concord & 9th Aqua Sky Cardstock to a white A2 sized card base and then adhered the tree panel on top using thin foam tape. 

For my second card, I die cut the base layer of the trees, as well as the layer with the tree farm stand on, from Concord & 9th Wheat Cardstock. The top layer of trees were cut from Concord & 9th Sprout, Oceanside and Peacock Cardstock. I adhered the trees down first to an A2 sized white card base, followed by the tree farm stand on top. I cut the wreath from Concord & 9th Sprout Cardstock and the bow from Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Cardstock. The wreath was adhered to the stand. 

I took a panel of white cardstock and die cut it using the front oval panel die from the Concord & 9th Accordion Card Base Dies. I cut the string of lights from Concord & 9th White Cardstock and the lights themselves from Concord & 9th Aqua Sky Cardstock. They were adhered together and then adhered so that either side is adhered to the back of the oval panel. 

I added foam tape onto the back of the oval panel and then adhered it on to the card. I cut the car from the Concord & 9th Accordion Tree Farm Die Set from Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper, Buttercup, Black, White and Matte Silver Cardstock. The pieces were adhered together and then I added vellum on the back for the windows. I cut the tree for the top from Concord & 9th Sprout Cardstock and the stump and ties from Concord & 9th Wheat Cardstock. 

It was adhered on top of the car and then the car adhered to the card with liquid glue. I stamped the sentiment from the Concord & 9th Accordion Tree Farm Stamp Set onto Concord & 9th Black Cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Concord & 9th Dew Drops. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the projects. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I absolutely love the cut line detail on those tree dies! They make perfect Christmas trees but trees for all year round too, I think! Thank you so much for visiting me today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Happy Christmas Poinsettia

Hello there, I still have two Christmas cards to share with you, so I hope you are not too bored of them yet! This one uses the Concord & 9th Festive Blooms Dies again. If you didn't see my previous cards using the set, you can see them HERE. I wanted to use the set again, but this time, without the base plate. 

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I started off by die cutting the flowers and foliage from the Concord & 9th Festive Blooms Die Set from cardstock. I cut the poinsettia from Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper Cardstock, the other flower from white cardstock, as well as Spellbinders Chamomile Cardstock (retired) for the flower centre.

The foliage was cut from Spellbinders Peridot Cardstock, Spellbinders Waterfall Cardstock, Concord & 9th Peacock Cardstock and Hero Arts Classic Vellum Layering Paper. The berries were die cut using Spellbinders Waterfall Cardstock and Concord & 9th Dragonfruit Cardstock. 

I adhered the foliage first onto a US A2 sized white card base using liquid glue, the flower pieces were adhered together first and then adhered onto the card base using thin foam tape. 

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Mistletoe Greetings Press Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Champagne Foil and the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System. It was die cut out using the coordinating die and adhered to the card using more foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Gold Color Essentials Gems. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

Whilst not traditional, I really love the colour combo on this card! Apart from maybe the poinsettia, I do think you could use this set all year round. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day. I am off to wrap up some presents! 

Festive Blooms

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the Concord & 9th Festive Blooms die. I was so eager to get my hands on this die back when it was released, even stalking the Seven Hills Crafts website daily, but then once I got it, it just sat in my Rashult for months not being used! Is buying craft supplies and actually using them two completely different things? Haha! Thankfully, last weekend, I finally got a chance to play!

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I started off by die cutting all of the flowers and foliage from the Concord & 9th Festive Blooms Die Set from various shades of Concord & 9th Cardstock, as well as the lighter shade on the poinsettias being Spellbinders Dahlia Cardstock and the flower centres being Spellbinders Chamomile Cardstock (sadly now discontinued). 

I assembled the flowers using Bearly Art Glue and set them aside while I worked on the card base. I folded a panel of Hero Arts Pine Cardstock in half and then placed the large base layer die on top, overlapping the die slightly with the folded edge of the card base to keep it intact. It was then run through my die cutting machine. 

To hide the folded edge, I die cut another of the base layer die from the same Pine Cardstock and adhered it on top. I then adhered the foliage first, followed by the berries and then the flowers. I adhered almost everything with Bearly Art Glue. The poinsettias were adhered with thin foam squares. 

I hot foiled the Spellbinders Mistletoe Greetings Press Plate onto white cardstock using Spellbinders Champagne Foil and the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil System. It was cut out using the coordinating die and adhered to the card with more thin foam tape. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I really wanted to add gems to the centres of the poinsettias but I needed to mail/post these cards out and so wanted to keep them as flat as possible! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day! 

Primrose Garden Birthday Wishes

Hello there, today I have a card to share with you that I made my mum for her birthday. She really loves flowers, so I thought that I would use the Concord & 9th Primrose Garden Die Set for her card. 

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I started off by die cutting the base layer from the Concord & 9th Primrose Garden Die Set twice from Concord & 9th Black Cardstock. I made a score line at the top of one piece and adhered it to the back of the other piece at the top to create a hinge. This created my card base. 

I die cut the flowers in the set from Concord & 9th Lilac, Grape Soda and Ballet Slipper Cardstock. I cut the berries and flower centres from white cardstock and the foliage from Concord & 9th Sprout and Parsley Cardstock. I added ink blending to the pieces using Concord & 9th Grape Soda Ink for the dark purple flowers and Altenew Hydrangea Fresh Dye Ink for the light purple flowers. 

I used Concord & 9th Carnation Ink for the pink flowers and Concord & 9th Sprout, Parsley and Evergreen inks for the foliage/leaves. I adhered the layers to the base using a combination of Bearly Art Glue and thin foam tape. 

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Spellbinders Curved Everyday Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set onto Concord & 9th Grape Soda Cardstock with Spellbinders Silver Foil and the Glimmer Hot Foil System. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Silver Color Essentials Gems. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

I am happy to report that my mum really liked the card! The base probably should be cut from green cardstock for the illusion of more foliage but I went with black for something different! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day! 

Simon Says Stamp | Groovy Blooms

Hello there, apologies once again for my lack of blog posts lately. I had a procedure to try and help with my migraines and unfortunately (although as to be expected), it made them worse for some time. I am finally back in my craft room today and wanted to share a card that I made before the procedure using the latest Simon Says Stamp Be Bold release. They kindly sent me the Groovy Blooms Layering Stencils to play with and they are a lot of fun! 

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I started off my card by taking a panel of white cardstock and placed it in the corner of the Altenew Stampwheel. I then placed the first Simon Says Stamp Groovy Blooms Layering Stencils on top. These stencils are really easy to line up and I think you can use them in any order. 

I then added ink blending on top using Ink Blending Brushes. For the flowers I used Concord & 9th Wildberry Ink, the flower centres use Concord & 9th Buttercup and Creamsicle Inks. For the leaves, I used Sprout & Parsley Inks. It was then cut into panel and adhered to a US A2 (4.25" x 5.5") sized white card base. 

I die cut the 'thanks' sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp CZ Design Basic Trip Dies three times from black cardstock. They were adhered one on top of another and then onto the card using Bearly Art Glue. I stamped a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp Big Thanks Words Stamp Set onto black cardstock using Versamark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. It was cut into a strip and adhered to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Hero Arts Sunset Enamel Dots. 

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Here are the links to what I have used on the project. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.

There are so many colour combinations that can be used with these stencils. I kept the flowers all the same colour, but they can be different colours, you would just have to do a bit of masking. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!