There's a pill for that!

This is using Spellbinders' die and stamp set called "Favorite Side Effect".  

Before you come at me, I've been on antidepressants for many years and probably will be for the rest of my life. I am a big fan.

 

This year is a dumpster fire and even I'm surprised.

 

I didn't expect 2026 to be even more disastrous for our country than 2025, but here we are, shaking our collective heads and wondering how in the heck has it come to this?  I urge you to resist what our government is currently trying to pull off and make your voices heard.  Now is not the time to remain silent.

So, even after I'd taken a whole year off of cardmaking, when I saw this Dumpster Fire stamp and die set from Spellbinders, I had to have it.

The dumpsters are up on action wobbles, which seems appropriate.

I'm working on my own sentiment for Mr. Dumpy that reflects current events, so watch this space for more personal entries. Also, if you pray, please pray for our country.

I'm back! I skipped a whole year!

 I took an entire year off from cardmaking. Life, you know.

Here's my soft entry back.

I used the Hooray, It's Your Birthday die set, which was the Spellbinders Large Die of the Month for November 2024.

I used ancient, printed paper from my stash, pieced together to cover the 5 x 7 card, and the seam of the paper was disguised with the shiney adhesive strips.

Michael's paper pad, "Peppermint Stripe"

 Last year Michael's had a red & white themed paper pad called Peppermint Stripe. It looks like they had another red & white this year but I don't remember the name of it. Anyway, this is the 2023 version. I used the cut-aparts for focal points when I could and supplemented with die-cuts and pre-made sentiments from my stash. 

Michael's "12 x 12 collection" Candy Brights (from 2023)

 

There's not much to say about these. I picked up this "kit" in the week before Christmas last year and never even opened it.  It had 12 x 12 paper, stickers, cardstock ephemera, and plastic self-adhesive "gems" in light green, red, and turquoise blue. 

Some of the inside sentiments are from Sassy's LLC and some of the outside sentiments are from my sentiment box. 

Say Freeze Sheetload of cards edition

 

I tried to do a "Sheetload of Cards" following the instructions on Call Me Crafty Al's YouTube channel. The only thing is, I wanted to use a die to cut out the background paper, then I use scraps to make the stripes for the bottom. In a couple of cases I cut the strips out of the middle of the patterned paper so an image could be seen, like the snowmen in this first example. 

I used a variety of circle dies to back up the focal point or sentiment. Many of the sentiments are from Sassy's LLC.  I also used the sticker pad from a previous Say Freeze version to decorate the card insides.

I am up to 30 cards from this paper pad, so I may give it a rest after one or two that I've already started.

Say Freeze, two more.

 

Featuring Spellbinders' Chill Bear from 2021(?). The inside sentiment is from Sassy's LLC.

Here are some more slippers from Spellbinders' Cozy Toe Slippers large die of the month for October 2024.  The inside sentiment is also from Sassy's LLC, cut with a Spellbinders' fluted circle die.