It's a brand new month with a brand new release over at Unity Stamp Co.!

2026 Christmas Card Count = 20 + 3 = 23

 It's my friend, Natasha's birthday today! She has a tropical trip coming up and I just couldn't help but picture her when I saw this new set from Unity Stamp Co. being released today!

Another card using a penguin from the newly released Hello Warm Fuzzies set from Unity Stamp Co.!

 Check out this great new beer set, Beer Me, over at Unity Stamp Co. *affiliate link! I was able to make a few of these up to have on hand for birthdays.

 I am thrilled to say that I am now on the Unity Design Team for Unity Stamp Co.! Here is the first project I have created using stamps from the October Kit of the Month! *These are my affiliate links :)

2025 Christmas Tag Count: 4 + 4 = 8

 This past weekend I got to take part in the coolest crafting class I have ever experienced with the amazing Tim Holtz and Heidi Crowl (owner of Simon Says Stamp). I LOVED using this specially curated kit to get started on my Christmas stash for the upcoming season and also learn some new tips and tricks!

2025 Christmas Card Count: 1
2025 Christmas Tag Count: 4

 With another set of swimming lessons complete, I wanted to whip up some thank you cards for the boys swimming instructors.

 I had such a fun time putting these cards together! I took my crafting supplies out to a party and pulled some little helpers to play around with the inks too. They had a blast creating backgrounds and then making them into cards.

 I decided to pull out Mr. Frostie again to make up a birthday card.

 Closing off my 2024 Christmas cards with Mr. Frostie!

Christmas Card Count: 32 + 8 = 40

 It's our baby's 4th birthday today! I was given a lot of requests for this card...unicorns, rainbows, ice cream, blue, volanoes...I managed to fit all but one in!

 It's a special little girl's birthday today and she happens to love ice cream, so I couldn't help but make up an ice cream for her to celebrate!

 It's Harvey's birthday today! This summer we listened to the audio book of the first Harry Potter book, then watched the movie, and now we're reading the book and Harvey is just loving it all!

 Of course when I see a set with typewriter font I immediately fall in love! To start off my Christmas stash this year I took out this amazing stamp set. I have seen some people paint with the new distress spritz sprays so I decided to try it out. I used Mowed Lawn distress spritz for the tree.

Christmas Card Count: 8

 This may be my new favourite distress combo! I started out making a distress oxide blend in Uncharted Mariner + Weathered Wood + Walnut Stain diagonally across my panel.

 This card took awhile for me to put together, but I am thrilled with how it turned out! I started out by trying a technique showcased recently on Jenn Shurkus' Get Crackin' On Christmas. Using distress watercolour pencils, I first created the background. I am hoping to get a reel up soon to show the process!

 Today is our 12th Anniversary! I decided to try out a colour combo I fell in love with from one of RedDirtCrafter creations and am absolutely THRILLED with how it turned out!