CASE Me a Christmas Card 2026

 Welcome to "Case me a Christmas Card 2026"! 

Hosted by Michelle Luptin!

This is an Instagram hop so if you would like to hop or you would like to hop to win one of the prizes donated by our many sponsors please head over to my Instagram at: 

@traceymcneely

This series features eleven creative hops in November—four on YouTube and seven on Instagram—where we’ll CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) cards from fellow crafters. Make your own unique Christmas card inspired by someone in the hop, upload it via Inlinkz on Michelle’s blog (link in her IG profile), and you could snag a prize from one of our awesome sponsors. Or leave a comment on the stops on the hop! It's all about sharing ideas, connecting with other cardmakers, and sparking your creativity for the holidays!

The person I'm casing is Aileen Ryan which is a name I'm sure many of you know. Here is a picture of the card Aileen made that I am going to CASE using Ardyth Percy-Robb's LIMES method.

My card:

Aileen's card:

I was actually really excited when I saw this card because the first thing I thought of was my new Hero Arts Beep Beep cutting dies!

Here is a list of all of the sponsors for this years hop, but remember than it is an IG hop, you can find me here:

 @traceymcneely

Any comment left here are NOT for a prize, just for me!

To start out with I pulled out Ardyth's LIMES worksheet which you can find on her blog HERE!

List:

• vehicle on beach
• birthday theme
• shaker card
• landscape background

Include:

• vehicle
• landscape
• shaker elements

Modify:

• Christmas theme
• snowy background instead of beach
• people in the car (Santa and Rudolph)
• added shaker element to the card directly, not in a shaker

Exclude:

• shaker card
• background paper

Spin:

• heat embossed background
• accented snowflakes on background with Prisma Glitter
• Stickles - Xmas Red for rudolph's nose
• shaker elements glued directly to my card base rather than in a shaker window

I used product from sponsors Concord & 9th and Hero Arts for my hope card!

A few more photos!

Once again remember the hop is over on Instagram!

@traceymcneely

Color Hues #144

 Hi friends! It's time for a new color duo at the at the Color Hues Color Challenge! Challenge #144 is being hosted by my very talented teammate Bonnie Klass! She has chosen Red and Green for the challenge colours! I can't help but think of the holidays, they come up sooner than you think! It you aren't thinking holidays what else do these colours make you think of? You can do anything you like using red and green!

I used the Concord & 9th North Pole Greetings stamps and dies for my card! Sicking with only red and green cardstock I die cut all the necessary pieces to create the clock tower and the cocoa shop.

The snow drifts are all cut from white sparkle cardstock.

A bit of foam tape behind the cocoa shop and snow drifts for dimension.

The sentiment is from the Co-orinating North Pole Greetings stamp set.

Have a visit if you already haven't done so to the Color Hues Color Challenge blog to see what my talented teammates have made for this challenge.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Color Hues #143

Hello crafty friends! It' time for a new color duo at the at the Color Hues Color Challenge!
Challenge #143 is being hosted by me and I think you may get my spooky vibe! I have chosen Orange and Black as my colors and whether you are thinking spooky or you are thinking something completely different, I cannot wait to see what you do!

I used products from the September My Monthly Hero Kit for my card. The background was the Spiderweb stamp white embossed on black cardstock.

I cut the pumpkins with die from the kit in two shades of orange. I used Concord & 9th cardstock. Both were backed with black.

I added handles to the pumpkin buckets and put there lids back on. I cut the stem die from green paper to attached to the caps.

The three part sentiment is from the Hero Arts Heroween kit stamped in orange and added with foam strips.

Designer Tip:
It you are white embossing on black and you have a few visible lines missing? A white gell pen can be your best friend!

If you haven't had a chance to visit the Color Hues Color Challenge yet to see what my amazing teammates have made for this challenge, I hope you take some time to visit.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Color Hues #142

Hi crafty friends! It' time for a new color duo at the at the Color Hues Color Challenge! Challenge #142 has been chosen by our fabulous teammate Stef Perry ! She chose Amber and Burnt Red for the colours this challenge

For my card I used the Catherine Pooler's Fall Finds stamp set. I created a background of amber and burnt red leaves using Catherine Pooler Inks. Like most people I'm concerned about how fast AI is taking hold. However, what I am enjoying is how helpful AI can be with little things. I put in a Google search for catherine Pooler Inks in the colours of Amber and Burnt Red! It spilled out Sauna and Terracotta from the Spa Collection. So that is what I used. I popped some dots in a few of the open spaces for a bit more detail.

One I had stamped all of my leaves I trimmed my panel down to 5 1/4" x 4". Then the panel as glued to a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" panel of Burnt Red cardstock with liquid glue. What a difference it made when the leaf panel was matted to the darker background!

I stamped the sentiment from the same set, on a piece of white cardstock. I cut the sentiment out with a circle die and added it to the lower right of the card front with foam tape.

Canadian Thanksgiving is coming up fast. This year it is on Monday, October 12th. I have made a few cards this year but not as many as I usually make. I have found that it has taken me some time to get bak to my normal swing of doing things since the wedding. Can you believe that they have been married for 2 months already and still smiling!

If you haven't had a chance to visit the Color Hues Color Challenge yet to see what my amazing teammates have made for this challenge, I hope you take some time to visit.

Thanks for stopping in and have a wonderful day!

Color Hues #140- Dusty Blue and Brown

Hi crafty friends! It' time for a new color duo at the at the Color Hues Color Challenge! Challenge #140 has been chosen by our fabulous leader and teammate Nancy Leppek! She chose Dusty Blue and Brown for the colours this challenge!

I finally took the opportunity to create a card with the PinkFresh Studio Floral Fields die and stencil set. First I die cut the flowers with the die using white cardstock. 

Then I used the coordinating stencil set which has seven layers to colour my field using Catherine Pooler inks in Cove Blue, Stone Blue and Icing on the Cake.

The thank you sentiment is from PinkFresh Studio's Amazing Things! It was heat embossed with Wow Gold Sparkle embossing powder and then cut out with the co-ordinating die.

If you haven't had a chancce yet to see wht the rest of my talented teammates did for this challenge please make sure you stop over at the Color Hues Color Challenge blog to check out their designs!

Thanks for stopping in today!

Color Hues #139

Hi crafty friends! It' time for a new color duo at the at the Color Hues Color Challenge! Challenge #139 has been chosen by my fabulous teammate Marcia Hill  and she has selected Yellow and Orange for us to play with! What a great pairing, perfect for summer or fall or as Marcia suggested even Christmas!

This summer has absolutely flown for me. My daughter, my youngest, got married on July 25th! What a whirlwind the last year and a half has been. Planning and prepping for what was in my opinion an absolutely beautiful wedding! We had a fabulous venue, fantastic weather and everything went exactly as it should! My daughter and our Son-in-Law had smiles that stretched from ear to ear all day long!

With the wedding I haven't been doing a lot of crafting but I still managed to shop! When I saw the colours Marcia chose I was excited to break out the June my Monthly Hero Kit to make a sunny card!

Using cardstock in yellow and orange to create my scene using the Hello Sunshine dies and the Pool Party dies. 

I started off by creating my large 'Hello Sunshine' using yellow as the background and orange for the letters. 

With the Pool Party dies I made the other elements to create the scene of the lady sunbathing with her yellow bathing suit, beach umbrella, hat, towel and flip flops all made with a combination of yellows and oranges. I added a piece of foam tape behind the beach umbrella for a bit of dimension. The lady was cut from kraft which is one of our neutral colours.

When I started putting my card together I had everything on a white background!

Something didn't feel right. I'm sure you all know that feeling when a card seems to be missing that design element that pulls the whole card together. So with everything glued to the card front and the umbrella with the foam tape I threw caution to the wind and I carefully cut an 1/8" from all four sides. Then I cut a panel of orange cardstock to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" and added to a fresh card base with liquid adhesive and then I glued the main panel on to the new orange card front! 

What a difference that made!

I finished it off with a tiny yellow pearl on to the top of the umbrella!

Thank you for stopping in today!

Color Hues #137

Hello Crafty friends! It's time for another new color duo at the Color Hues Color Challenge! Challenge #137 has been chosen by my talented teammate Julie Peddicord and she has selected Black and Red for us to use!

 A great time to put out my Spellbinders Steamboat Willie dies my original plan was to make one character, but once the dies are out to play its way more fun with two! I glued Mickey & Minnie together and then set them aside while I got the card background started.

I matted my 5.5" x 4.25" card base with a heart paper from the Simple Stories Steamboat Willie paper collection. Then I added a 5.25" x 4" white cardstock panel. 

Mickey & Minnie were added to the card front with foam dots for dimension. 

The 'HI' sentiment was cut once from black and once from red cardstock and then overlapped and glued together. The black provides the red with a shadow.

If you haven't had a chance yet, head over to the Color Hues blog to see what my teammates have done! They have done an amazing job once again. I hope to see you play along with us!

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop in today!