Happy Holidays!

 Celebrating a 10 year anniversary of Kerst Christmas Facebook group!

For 2026, each week we will offer a Digital Download freebie for our followers!

One of our sponsors for April is Last Minute Manda!

I have used:

Last Minute Manda - Christmas Cuties - Mouse Baking

Marianne Designs - cooking mitt, potholder & utensils

This week's freebie at Kerst Christmas Facebook Challenge is:

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Freebie Faux Metallic Plaid (expires April 18)

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

For You!

I have been wanting to play with Lisa Horton - Songbirds for a while and today i had that opportunity!

I did some "altering" with Songbirds. I chose to fussy cut out the bird, after i stenciled and 3d Embossed it.

For the background (Lisa Horton - A Year in Bloom 2026, March) i decided to hand cut out the "window" area and back it with another 3D embossing folder (Tracey Hey/Lisa Horton - Bubbles)

Here is a list of what i used:

Lisa Horton - SongBirds Layering Stencils

Lisa Horton - SongBirds 3D embossing folder w/inset die

Lisa Horton - A Year in Bloom 2026, March - Spring Flowers 3D embossing folder

Tracey Hey/Lisa Horton - Bubbles 3d Embossing folder

Lisa Horton - Mini Tags 3D embossing folder w/inset die

Lisa Horton - Bunting & Banners (used bows)

Lisa Horton - Gift Card Holder Craft Dies (sentiment For You)

Lisa Horton - Cloud 9 Ink - Surf's Up, Eucalyptus Leaves, Woodland Moss, Garden Sage, Dusky Rose, Coral Peach, Dolphin Grey

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

A Little Birdie Told Me...

If you like creating your own card design, you will LOVE this month's NEW Freebie from White Spruce Studio!

You will get 12 different digital downloads garden elements that you can mix and match and create a scene.. or you can just use one by itself!

For this card i first started with a digital paper background (the blue paper is free at Bonnie Kohane Craft Time Page).

I layered the fence on top of the digital paper in my "word/pages" program.

To get the fence to be more transparent, you need to find the "opacity" option. I can find that option on my Mac in Pages under "Format" and then "Style". I reduce the opacity to 22%. I love how that turned out! You can also do this in Photoshop using the opacity.

Next, i combined the Birdhouse and the Wheelbarrow. And because the images are PNG (transparent background) i can layer them on top of each other. I chose to layer the two images separately from the background with the fence, because i wanted some depth. But you can totally add the images on top the fence that has the lower opacity.

I then colored the images with colored pencils and hand cut it out and then layered it on top of the fence with double sided foam tape. (I actually die cut my background and made my card base before i added the cut out images with foam tape)

I have also used:

Spellbinders - Nested Postage Labels for the card base (and small stamp)

Spellbinders - Postage Number

Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges:

Just a Note!

 If you like creating your own card design, you will LOVE this month's NEW Freebie from White Spruce Studio!

You will get 12 different digital downloads garden elements that you can mix and match and create a scene.. or you can just use one by itself!

For this card i first started with a digital paper background (the blue paper is free at Bonnie Kohane Craft Time Page).

I layered the fence on top of the digital paper in my "word/pages" program.

To get the fence to be more transparent, you need to find the "opacity" option. I can find that option on my Mac in Pages under "Format" and then "Style". I reduce the opacity to 22%. I love how that turned out! You can also do this in Photoshop using the opacity.

Next, i combined the mushroom and the snail. And because the images are PNG (transparent background) i can layer them on top of each other. I chose to layer the two images separately from the background with the fence, because i wanted some depth. But you can totally add the images on top the fence that has the lower opacity.

I then colored the image with colored pencils and hand cut it out and then layered it on top of the fence with double sided foam tape. (I actually die cut my background and made my card base before i added the cut out images with foam tape)

I have also used:

Spellbinders - Nested Postage Labels for the card base (and small stamp)

Spellbinders - Postage Numbers

Thank you for stopping by!

Challenges:

Springtime Smiles!

 

I had some fun playing with my Spellbinders stash.

I think a "chocolate" egg can be anytime don't you?

This is what i used to create this card:

Spellbinders - Ears to Spring (bunny stamp and sentiment)

Spellbinders - Embossing folder - Cloud Nine (background)

Spellbinders - Under the Sun - cutting die (substituted leaves for the rays)

Spellbinders - Spring Specs (foliage from this set for the sun rays and to add to the bunny stamp)

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Challenges:

Christmas Wishes

Come and join us at Kerst Christmas Facebook Group!

For the month of April one of our sponsors is White Spruce Studio!

Enter your Christmas card into the Kerst Christmas Facebook challenge and you might win this adorable Christmas Penguin from White Spruce Studio!!

We are also celebrating our 10th anniversary at Kerst Christmas Facebook Group!

Each week for 2026 we will be giving away a digital download freebie!!

This week you can grab, Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Pine Tree Wreath paper

(expires April 11)

Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

April Showers scrapbook page

Would you like...

 to participate in the ONE MORE PAGE scrapbook monthly challenge? It will be an ANYTHING GOES scrapbook challenge and you can enter as many layouts as you want each month.

It will ALWAYS be anything goes if it's a scrapbook page! (any size).

Started scrapbooking again.. I have joined a scrapbooking blog team and will be sharing my scrapbook pages monthly on my blog and in their challenge blog!!

Please come and share your scrapbook pages with us... It is "anything goes" as long as it is a scrapbook page!

I have used:

Spellbinders - Roller Disco Dottie (i didn't used the wheels of the skates)

Memory Box - Happy Cloud

Bonnie Kohane Craft Time - Paper (Denim and Raindrop paper)

Share you scrapbook pages with us here!