December Card Chain Challenge Reveal

After a few months of absence, I joined the Card Chain Challenge again in December. But before I reveal the card I created, I want to wish everyone a magnificent 2026, filled with peace, joy and light.

My December card went to Tina in Slovenia. 

The December prompt was to use NBUS (Never Before Used Stuff), 3 favourite colours AND an animal OR a flower OR a fruit. My NBUS item is this 3D embossing folder by Simon Says Stamp, which I bought over a year ago but never used until now. The topper is from an older paper pack that I bought a few years ago. There's always something festive about the kraft, red and cream combo. I matted the topper with a panel of Crafter's Companion kraft cardstock. I wanted it a bit darker so I did some ink-blending using HA Cup o' Joe dye ink.

Please check out all of the cards that were exchanged in December at the Card Chain Challenge blog.
And there's still time to link up for the January challenge at 

I'm also linking up my card at:

NBUS

One more pink card

This card was really a case of serendipity. I had this pink smooshed panel in my UFO box and a pink oval while experimenting with a frame for my stencil cards in the first post of today's series. And then my eye fell on a tray of elements from a shaker card kit, with these cute polar bears on top of the pile.  All I needed to do was pop up the elements using thin foam tape and adding a sentiment (from an old Winnie & Walter set). 

I'm linking up my card at:

Jingle Belles - Pink Christmas

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Let it snow

This card was created using a very old heat-embossed and ink-blended panel from my UFO box. I paired it with some die-cut trees with gold paint splatters and a strip of gold glitter tape. The sentiment is by MFT and was heat-embossed in gold onto a scrap of watercolour card. I used the same gold paint (Kuretake Gansai Tambi) to add a frame around my panel.

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Jingle Belles - Pink Christmas

Christmas Kickstart - #103 Snow alert