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Thursday, December 10, 2020

First Guest Designer at Let's Squash It!!

Hey crafty friends and sister Squashettes - I'm Guest Designing this month at Let's Squash It!! following a win at their inaugural challenge back in October with my robot card. Thanks to Gail and Jo for offering this fun challenge! For December - challenge # 3 - they chose the theme of Embossing Folders with Die cutting or fussy cutting. Both must be on your card - here's my creation:


Supplies: Paper - Paper Studio A2 card and solid papers;
Basic Grey Aspen Frost patterned papers;
Dies - My Favorite Things Square Grid Cover Up (retired)
Embossing Folders - Stampin' Up Subtle 3D;
Taylored Expressions Nordic Holiday




I started out with a grid die thinking it would be fun to emboss the different squares. While I used two embossing folders, I decided not to emboss every square. I embossed the grid outline piece with Stampin' Up's Subtle 3D folder; just love the soft texture it adds! Both the soft mint and aqua squares are embossed with Taylored Expression's Nordic Holiday - such a fun one! I did pretty well aligning the reindeer squares; the poinsettia ones didn't fit on the squares neatly and I was fine with that bit of randomness. I die cut an entire cover-up using two patterned pieces of Basic Grey's Aspen Frost paper and then mixed them with the embossed pieces to fill the grid windows. A pre-made sentiment strip finished the card.

Thanks again to Gail and Jo for inviting me to Guest Design! Thanks to you for stopping by and I hope you'll pop over to Let's Squash It!! to link up your cards using embossing with a die cut or fussy cutting. You have until 23.59 GMT on the 31st to play. If you need some last minute Christmas cards, now's a perfect time to opt in, although any occasion is welcome! Happy crafting!!

I was the Empress of Squash
for October 2020!!










13 comments:

ionabunny said...

Hi Linda, awesome card. Love those little squares, especially the ones with the reindeer!! So cute. This would be a great way to use some of those scraps I have hanging around! Thank you for being our very first guest designer over at Let's Squash It! Hugz

Dotty Jo said...

Love your card, Linda! What a great take on the challenge. Love the mix of patterns and colours. I'm a former quilter (although I still have my material stash!) so this one really calls to me. Thanks for being our guest - great to have you! Jo x

Lin said...

Oh what a great design, Linda - of course this makes me think of a quilt, and your choice of papers and colors is lovely!

Cindy C. said...

Congrats on being the GD at Let's Squash It!! Love you beautiful grid card!!

Betty said...

what a fun inspiration card for your GD spot - very clever and creative!

Cat Craig said...

Linda congrats on the GD! What a fun card you made. Love it.

HilaryJane said...

What a very special guest designer card, such a good idea and executed brilliantly, well done xx

Jean said...

Fantastic collection of embossing folders!

Rosemary said...

congrats on your guest designer spot, linda! what a fabulous design!

Dawn T said...

very exciting Linda. Congrats on your guest spot. And what a stunner of a card too.

Trina P. said...

Congratulations on GD - the first ever at that! 🎉🎉🎉 Such a cool Nordic card.

CinnamonSally said...

Congratulations Linda on your guest design spot, love your card , looks like a beautiful quilt. I will be sure to play along!!

Greta said...

Congrats, Linda! Super card--love the colors, images, grid--everything!