1 + 12 ~ Thrives in '25!

 

Hi sweet friends!

Welcome to The Era's Tour! One Plus Twelve,

 my FAVORITE personal card challenge of. the. year!

( I know, I know - not s'posed to have favorites

but I do!  Shhhhhh!)

Once upon a time, I had an idea to take ONE stamp - 

and ONLY one stamp - 

and use it once a month.

This is my 7th year of this challenge ..

that's like a whole CHILD! :)

We spend so much on our crafty supplies 

and often would get a stamp/die/product and use it.

Just once.

So to challenge myself to use my products more than once,

 I came up with

One (stamp) Plus Twelve (months) of cards!

So, you will see today's stamp 11 more times this year.

I invited my dear friends Barb and Jeanette to join me way back 

with this crazy idea and and they said WHAT TIME DO WE POST!

Aren't friends amazing?

This year, I chose another floral.

I ADORED it when it was released during Stamptember

and when chosing a stamp that I want to create cards with 

12 times, I thought of what cards would someone want to receive?

I donate most of my cards to a local nursing home

so flowers are always a joy.

Introducing 2025's Alex Siberia's Stamptember Close At Heart

as my 1 + 12 Thrives in '25:

I decided to ink a distressed background with white ink 

as a contrast against the peachy pinks.

In hindsight (20/20!), I should have heat embossed it

so *note to self!

and use the matching die cut for this floral.

The background is a simple watercolor panel I had in my pile

and I added a lattice die frame underneath.

This set comes with a few sentiments which I'll be switching up

throughout the year but this one says Love You!

I'm excited that this year my friends are joining me again

and you can see what

 Barb and Jeanette 

chose and created by heading to their blogs.

As always, you can find me on Instagram!

Here's to a fabulously creative 2025!