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The Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas | October 2026 Edition | Hanukkah Cards

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the October 2026 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with Deb and Lisa .  If you are new here, o n the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards, hoping to inspire you to make your own.  I've been a really bad Jew this year and have neglected to make many Hanukkah cards.  I think it's because most of the Hanukkah papers I see all begin to look the same.  But with AI being adopted by so many Etsy sellers, I have started seeing some beautiful papers sold that are perfect to use for cards or albums.     One collection I recently found and fell in love with is THIS collection of 111 Watercolor Hanukkah/Chanukah Digital Papers from Old Market on Etsy - and this is what I used for the 4 cards I made for today's post.     Cards 1 and 2 To make these cards: I made two top-folding A2 cards - one in navy blue, the other silver. I printed the two images I wanted to use ...
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Coffee and Cards with Deb and Celeste | Breast Cancer Awareness Month | Hope Card

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  Hello, y'all.  Welcome to October, aka Breast Cancer Awareness Month, or in the USA, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Every October, major breast cancer charities around the world organize this campaign to increase awareness of the disease and raise funds for research.  My friends Deb ( Meticulosity ) and Celeste ( Crafting Junky ) asked me to join them this month for their monthly card collab, "Coffee with Deb and Celeste", where this month's theme is Breast Cancer Awareness.  Of course, I said YES! Did you know that a woman in the U.S. has about a 13% chance of developing invasive breast cancer during her lifetime?  That's about 1 in 8 women.  The overall 5-year survival rate is 91.9%, rising to 99% if the cancer is caught early.   Since there is HOPE, I made a mini slimline HOPE card.   I made a card base, 3" x 7", using white cardstock. I cut a piece of pink cardstock, 3" x 7", a piece of white cardstock, 2.75" x 6.75"...
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A Perfect Time To Craft October Card Challenge | 3D Christmas Cards | Anne Constantly-Carding

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  Hello everyone!  Welcome to the October 2026 A Perfect Time to Craft Card Challenge .   This is an "anything goes" card challenge that begins on the 1st of each month with two sponsors each month.  The Design Team shares what they have made and then, if you want a chance to win one of the Sponsors' prizes, you can make a card and upload it to the card challenge blog.        For October, the Sponsors are Anne Constantly-Carding and  .b eat.paper .  For this month, I made  3 3-D Christmas cards using the Snowtime Christmas Card Topper Set  from Anne Constantly-Carding .  This set has everything you need to make several Christmas cards - 3D or flat.  You get 3 different designs that you print, fussy-cut, and layer onto a card front.     I printed the card-topper pages, fussy-cut the different layers for each card, added small foam squares to the back of each, adhered the layers together, and m...
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The Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas - September 2026 Edition | Puppy & Presents Christmas Cards

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2026 Edition of the Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas with Deb and Lisa .  If you are new here, o n the 25th of each month, we (the Crafty Elves) post one or more holiday cards, hoping we inspire you to make your own cards for the holidays.  I've been super busy lately getting this place ready for my cousins who are coming to visit Brasil (and me) for the first time!  They actually arrive tonight!  Yay!  So I needed a quick card.  Stat!   I made these two cards using one of the images from  Whimsical Christmas Doodles from Pink Lake Studio on Etsy.  This collection has 156 images - traditional images of stockings, Christmas trees, reindeer, wooden soldiers, and lots of Santa images, as well as fun and quirky images of dogs, cats, women shopping, having coffee - there are so many to choose from.    To make these cards: I made two top-folding A2 cards using red cardstock. ...
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3D Funky Fall Pumpkin Card | KCS Designs by Kim Design Team Project

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Hello everyone and Happy Monday.   It has been really chilly, overcast, and rainy here in the countryside of Brasil and it feels like an autumn October day.  This weather reminds me of pumpkin picking, apple picking and watching the leaves change color.  Not here.  But I can make a pumpkin card.   For this card I am using one of the images from the Fall Pumpkins Fussy Cuts set from KCS Designs by Kim on Etsy.   There are 36 different pumpkins to choose from and it won't be easy.  Trust me.   I chose Pumpkin No. 7 in the set, printed 4 of them at 100% on a sheet of white cardstock, then fussy-cut the 4 pumpkins.   I kept one pumpkin as a whole image.  For the other 3 pumpkins, I fussy-cut the different layers from each image, added foam squares to the back of each layer, and adhered them together to form a 4-layer pumpkin.   Using purple cardstock, I made a top-folding A2 card.   I printed on...
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A Perfect Time To Craft September Card Challenge | Halloween Cards | Anne Constantly-Carding

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  Hello everyone!  Welcome to the September 2026 A Perfect Time to Craft Card Challenge .  I am happy to announce that, after sharing my cards in the challenge, the owner of the card challenge blog asked me to be on the Design Team, and I happily accepted.  This is my first month with the team.  Each challenge lasts a month, there are always prizes to be won by that month's sponsors, and all you need to do is make a card and link it up in the challenge.   For September, the Sponsors are Anne Constantly-Carding and Moondrea Designs on Etsy.  For this month, I made t hese 4 Halloween cards using the Spooky Season Halloween Bumper Set from Anne Constantly-Carding .  This set has everything you need to make cards or other Halloween papercrafts: 5 sheets of Halloween-patterned paper, 4 sheets of card toppers, and a sheet of clipart.   To make these cards: I printed the card-topper and decorative pages for each image.  Each card-t...
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August 2026 Woodblock Wednesday Card | Merry Christmas Santa Card

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   Hello everyone! I hope y'all are doing well.  Today I am sharing my August 2026 Woodblock Wednesday card.  What is "Woodblock Wednesday", you ask?  Well, it's the day of the week to dust off and ink up a woodblock stamp, and make something with it.  And, o n the last Wednesday of the month, my friend Amy celebrates her love of woodblock stamps with a post on her Woodblock Wednesday Instagram page. If you make a card of your own, you can link it to her card HERE   by Monday, August 31st at 5am Pacific for a chance to win a small prize.     I have not had much free time this month but I wanted to make a fun, quick, and easy Christmas card for today.  I think I have achieved everything with this card.  I used the Rectangle Peek-a-Boo Window die from MFT/Die-namics along with "All Tied Up", a woodblock rubber stamp from Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  Sadly, both companies have closed.  Here's how I made the card: Using red c...
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