Crafting by MeSi: January 2026

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

I wish it was Halloween already

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter challenge blog and this time our challenge theme is "These are a few of my favourite things. . . "

Well, my favourite things that I go with are green and Halloween - not a very big surprise 😊 I used The Little Witch image and coloured it with alcohol markers. The background I made with stencil and Distress Inks. Then I just added heat embossed sentiment and a few die cut bats and tree branches.

Remember to join our challenge at The Paper Shelter blog. If you use The Paper Shelter digi on your challenge card you can win 6 TPS products.

Products used:

The Paper Shelter - The Little Witch digi stamp
Copic - E04, E21, E11, E00, E000, E79, E77, E71, E40, E31, E15, YG11, Y00, R27, R22, R20, C7
Promarker/brush - Forest green, Bright green, Lime green, Cool grey 1-5, Black
Dutch Doobadoo - Ghosts stencil
Ranger - Distress ink Twisted citron, Chrushed olive, Mowed lawn & Rustic wilderness, Clear embossing powder, Glossy accents
Recollections - Happy Halloween sentiment stamp
Tsukineko - Versafine Onyx black ink pad
Polkadoodles - Tree die
?? - Bats die
Sizzix - Frame die
Foam tape, glue, double sided tape, black and white cardstock, white gel pen

Challenges entered:

Classic design #Jan/feb - Anything goes /Use circles

Creative inspirations #January

Daisy chain #103 - Use dies

Two old bats #January - Halloween

613 avenue #January 2/8

A place to start #January 2/8

Love to craft #90 1/8

Crafty catz #705 2/5

Moving along with the times #185 - Use stencils/dies 1/5

Simon says wednesday challenge - Use stencils 1/5

We love stamping #January 2/3

Creative fingers #314 2/3

Crafts galore #January 2/3

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I'm glad to have you here!

-MeSi-

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

New baby shaker card

Hello!

This time I'm sharing a shaker card I made for a new baby.

I just love this cute sleeping dragon (by Whimsy Stamps) so I had to use it on this card 😊 I coloured it with alcohol markers and added some Wink of Stella glitter here and there (doesn't show very well in the pics).

I die cut a frame from patterned paper and added some "lace" around it. Then I added acetate sheet and foam tape, added some confetti and taped it to the base. I also did the handle part and taped it to the shaker part. Lastly I added some gift ribbon and a flower.

Products used:

Whimsy Stamps - Dreamy Dragon stamp
Tsukineko - Memento tuxedo black
Copics & Promarkers
Crealies - Circle XXL dies
Polkadoodles - Pretty Flower Flourish dies
Wink of stella glitter pen
Acetate sheet, foam tape, glue, paper flower, gift ribbon, patterned paper, confetti

Challenges entered:

A perfect time to craft #January

Classic design #Jan/feb - Anything goes /Use circles

Creative inspirations #January

Craft rocket #132 - Something new

Daisy chain #103 - Use dies

Mix it up #81 1/8

A place to start #January 1/8

Simon says monday challenge - Things with wings 1/5

We love stamping #January - Something new 1/3

Crafts galore #January 1/3

Creative fingers #314 1/3

Crafty catz #705 1/5

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I'm glad to have you here!

-MeSi-

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Fun winter card

Happy Wednesday!

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Shelter challenge blog and this time we would like you to take inspiration from the mood board below.

I made this fun winter themed card. I used the image Whole Lotta Snow! and coloured it with alcohol markers (yes, I finally bought a new printer, yay!). I used a little lighter colours than I usually do because I wanted to follow the delicate colours of the mood board (but did not quite succeed 😁). Then I stamped some snowflakes and sentiment on the background. I also added some glitter glue on the sentiment.