alex syberia designs bow-ho-ho release & giveaway

I'm thrilled to be joining my friends at Alex Syberia Designs to celebrate their beautiful new Bow Ho Ho release! If you are hopping with us, you should be arriving from my friend Hanh's fantastic blog!

Now before we talk cardmaking, let's talk about something else fun...prizes! 

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a $15 gift certificate to 4 lucky winners!

This giveaway is open internationally. All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this blog hop by midnight BST October 19th. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog Giveaway Winners page on October 20th, 2025.

Ok now let's talk about the cards I've made...

I am crazy about bows so I am LOVING this collection but the Build-A-Bow Christmas Tree might be my favorite! I made two versions of a tree shaker, a "minimalist" and a "maximalist"!

Both have Distress Oxide Cracked Pistachio backgrounds and are filled with a variety of glitter but the minimalist has just one sweet pink bow...

...and the maximalist is packed with bows! I did leave a few bows off because I wanted the shaker bits to show more.

BTW, the tiny "with love" sentiment is from the From Our Hearts set.

Your next stop is Brenda's beautiful blog and I know she is going to have something gorgeous for us!

And here is the whole hop list just in case...

Alex Syberia Designs

Samantha

Nicoletta

Nicky

Martin

Lien

Lea

Hanh

Carly ---> you are here

Brenda

Bobbi

Bibi

Amanda

Thanks so much for hopping with us! Hugs!!!

Carly

altenew garden cosmos layering die set

Altenew has a beautiful new release out today and I have a favorite...the Craft-A-Flower Garden Cosmos Layering die set! Wanna see the cards I made? I'm going to assume you're saying yes and scrolling on, LOL!

I started with something very different for me...

I used a pale blue background, not white. And the colors I used were so different for me too! No pink but Orange Sorbet, Apricot Frost and Coco Cream from the Dessert Dreams palette. (The sentiment is from Craft Your Life Project Kit: Bold & Beautiful.)

It could use a few little tweaks but I like how it turned out!

And then of course I had to make something a little more "Carly"...

I used the Flourishing Garden set as a background (and the sentiment too). Then I added just one of the cosmos on top, which I cut from pink cardstock and shaded with a little Cotton Candy & Coral Red inks.

Which do you like better?

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!!!

Carly

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