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Category: Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges

Elegant Pine Snowflakes (for CSF 895)

November 13, 2025 October 28, 2025Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 3
traditional labels, elegant pine snowflakes dsp, beautiful pattern ef, spotlight on nature dies, stylish shapes dies, csf 895, holiday card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Happy Thursday! We have another sketch challenge this week at Create with Stamping Friends. I broke open my new pack of Elegant Pine Snowflakes DSP to use on this fun sketch: Here’s My Card: I made this before looking at next week’s color challenge, and wouldn’t you know? It’s nearly…

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Beautiful Gallery (plus some helpful tips!)

November 6, 2025 October 28, 2025All-Occasion Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 6
branching out, beautiful gallery dsp, csf894, all-occasion card idea, masculine card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Can it really be November already? Yikes! As the time quickly marches on, we have a color challenge today that reads calm and serene to me. “Slow down and enjoy the view.” Cloud Cover, Misty Moonlight, and Pecan Pie took me right to this sheet from Beautiful Gallery that I’ve…

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Modern Christmas (for CSF893)

October 30, 2025 October 22, 2025Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 4
modern christmas suite, ornamental christmas bundle, modern christmas dsp, csf893, christmas card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Tomorrow is Halloween. I’m guessing that you are all done with your Halloween cards, so I’m moving on to Christmas! 😁 Today we have a sketch to provide us with inspiration, and I’ve used products from the Modern Christmas suite to build my card. Here’s our Challenge: And Here’s My…

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Spooky Sweet Trick or Treat

October 23, 2025 October 21, 2025Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Halloween Card 4
fright night bundle, spooky sweet dsp, csf892, halloween card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Today for Create with Stamping Friends, we have a color challenge! At first glance, I would never think “Halloween” when looking at these colors, but thanks to Spooky Sweet Designer Series Paper, it’s the first thing I thought of! We have Granny Apple Green, Petunia Pop, and Pumpkin Pie. Here’s…

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Peace on Earth (for CSF 891)

October 16, 2025 October 12, 2025Christmas/Holiday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 2
peace on earth bundle, peaceful gardens dsp and glimmer paper, stylish shapes dies, csf891, christmas/holiday card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Here’s a card sketch that can be used for an occasion. Today, for Create with Stamping Friends, I’m using Peace on Earth for a Christmas/Holiday card. Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: I love the combination of Secret Sea and Cloud Cover! It’s just so pretty and calming. I…

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Branching Out with Woven Textures

October 2, 2025 October 1, 2025Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Friend Card, Hello 5
branching out bundle, woven textures dsp, heartfelt hexagon, csf 889, friend card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Welcoming October, we have a sketch challenge at Create with Stamping Friends! I’m Branching Out with Woven Textures! Here’s our sketch: Here’s my card: There were so many options of DSP to use for this sketch! I needed a masculine card, so I went straight to Woven Textures. You know…

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Pretty Florals (for csf 888)

September 25, 2025 September 12, 2025Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Thinking of You card 2
tractor & co, pretty florals dies, stylish shapes dies, thoughtful journey dsp, timeless plaid dsp, thinking of you card idea, csf888, stampin' up, karen hallam

It’s our final September post of Create with Stamping Friends today! We have another color challenge. I really like this color combo! I’ve used Pretty Florals to create the focal point of my “Thinking of You” card. Here’s the challenge: And here’s my card: Pretty, yes? Here are my directions,…

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Gathering Moments

September 18, 2025 September 9, 2025Autumn Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Thankful Card 8
gathering moments, splendid autumn dsp, textured notes dies, branching out dies, autumn card idea, csf887, stampin up, karen hallam

It’s Thursday again, already! Time for another Create with Stamping Friends. And we have a fun sketch challenge this week. I’m using Gathering Moments with the fall foliage and the sentiment, “Thankful for you.” Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: The sentiment is a little hard to read in…

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Impressions Abloom (for CSF 886)

September 11, 2025 September 2, 2025Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Get Well Card 1
the right words, impressions abloom dies, stylish shapes dies, cloud cover faux linen ribbon, #csf886, stampin up, karen hallam

It’s Thursday and another Create with Stamping Friends post! This week we have a pastel color palette to work with. When I first looked at it, I thought, “Easter eggs!” No – wrong season… OK, so my next thought was flowers. I pulled out Impressions Abloom Dies with our three…

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Charming (Autumn) Day

September 4, 2025 September 1, 2025Autumn Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Thank You Card 2
charming day bundle, label me grateful dies, splendid autumn dsp, glass & gardens emb folder, thank you card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

Welcome September and our first Create with Stamping Friends this month! We have a sketch challenge this week. I combined Charming Day with Splendid Autumn for a Charming (Autumn) Day! Here’s our sketch: And here’s my card: Purple doesn’t exactly make me think of Autumn, but the touch of Cajun…

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Neutral Colors Sunrise Sailing (for CSF 884)

August 28, 2025 August 26, 2025Congratulations, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 8
sunrise sailing bundle, woven textures dsp, meant to bee dies, forever plaid 3D embossing folder, csf884, congratulations card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

We are finishing up August with a neutral palette this week. We have Basic Beige, Pecan Pie, and Early Espresso. I knew that Woven Textures would fit the bill, but I surprised myself when I reached for Sunrise Sailing for the focal piece! So I have a Neutral Colors Sunrise…

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Wildflower Birthday (for CSF 883)

August 21, 2025 July 14, 2025Birthday Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Slimline Card 2
the right words, wildflower birthday dsp, slimline card idea, birthday card idea, csf 823, stampin up, karen hallam

I haven’t made a slimline card for a very “long” time! But that’s our challenge this week at Create with Stamping Friends, so I “stretched” myself – OK enough with the puns – and made a fun birthday card using Wildflower Birthday products. Here’s our challenge: And here’s my card:…

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Sunrise Sailing (for CSF 882)

August 14, 2025 July 14, 2025best wishes, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 1
sunrise sailing bundle, csf 882, best wishes card idea, stampin up, karen hallam

This week on Create with Stamping Friends we have a color challenge. I had so much fun making this card using Sunrise Sailing! I brushed the Timid Tiger (why do I keep wanting to call it Tony Tiger!?!) for the sunrise, and of course the Coastal Cabana for the water…

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Floral Impressions (for CSF 881)

August 7, 2025 July 12, 2025All-Occasion Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges, Floral 2
impressions abloom bundle, beautiful butterflies stamp set, floral impressions dsp, beautiful bokeh dsp, csf 881, stampin up, karen hallam

We’re starting August off with a sketch challenge! This fun sketch lets us show off both sides of our beautiful DSP. I’ve chosen Floral Impressions for my card. Here’s the sketch: And here’s my card: Recipe: Blackberry Bliss Cardstock base, 11″x 4-1/4″, folded at 5-1/2″ Floral Impressions DSP, 5-1/4″x 4″…

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Celebratory Sips (for CSF880)

July 31, 2025 July 10, 2025Celebration Card, Create With Stamping Friends Thursday Card Challenges 1
cheers & sips, celebratory sips dsp, 2025-27 in color 6"x 6" dsp, csf 880, case the catalog challenge, stampin up, karen hallam

I’m using Celebratory Sips for this week’s Create with Stamping Friends challenge. We are CASEing the catalog one more time and this is a fun one on page 89. Instead of mushrooms I’ve used the colorful beverages from the DSP. I did a little fussy cutting for a fun celebration…

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