Tropics

| Gayle Chrvala

I was inspired by a card on Pinterest for my card today. My tropical leaves are Michael’s Recollections dies cut in three different shades of green cardstock. The hibiscus flowers are from an old Gina K Designs Aloha Diva stamp set and GKD Wealth of Wishes sentiment to complete my card. Lots of green with a pop of color.

My card today will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: (DD 6/26 Tropical Challenge)

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Teal Sympathy

| Gayle Chrvala

Taylored Expression’s monthly Combo Club this month was a stamp/stencil/die combo names Pressed Petals. My flowers were ink blended using TE’s shade sequence of Royal, Icing, Tiki Mule and Sour Gummy inks with a bit of Granny Smith for the leaves. After die cutting, I added the focal image to a piec of Tike Mule cardstock on which I used Quilted Cutting plater for some dimension. A white thin frame was added and all adhered to Tiki Mule note card.

My card if I can get on their blog which is showing an error message will be shared with:

Colorful Options: June 2026

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Pearl Anniversary

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our daughter & son-in-law’s 30 anniversary. I looked up what the symbol was for 30 and found out its pearl. Then I went online and found some pearl background paper. After printing it and going through my cs I couldn’t decide which color worked best I asked for hubby’s advice and we both thought the Smokey Slate was best. The decorative edge die is one from a package I bought on Amazon. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program, and the pearls were in my stash. I’m not sure if I really like it but I’ve got a couple weeks to decide. It’s possible I could make a different one.

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First Mom Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our granddaughter who just had her first baby. For some reason I decided to wish her Happy first birthday as a mom then my daughter suggested also adding and last of your 20’s, so that’s on the inside. Sorry but I don’t have any name of the embossing folder or dies I used. The little gems were found in my drawer. I do like how it turned out.

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Oldometer

| Gayle Chrvala

I thought this would be a perfect card for my “older” brother who still acts like a kid! The idea came from a Natasha Foote YouTube video. Natasha used stickers, however, I used letter and number dies. My background panel is a Tayloreed Expressions Tweed embossing folder on gray cardstoock and then swiped with black ink.

My card today will be shared with:

Can You Handle The Pressure? Anything Goes with a Twist of Boys To Men and the required embossing folder

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Coastal Retirement

| Gayle Chrvala

Using Gina K Designs Ocean Silhouettes stamp set from the Vintage Summer card kit from July 2023 and inspiration from a card on Pinterest, I ink blended my background, cut it into panels and a circle die backed them with black cardstock and added a sentiment from the same stamp set. My card was given to a dear friend who finally decided join in the retirement ranks. We don’t have a view like this at the Jersey shore but if she wants to travel to celebrate her retirement, I hope my card inspires her to do so.

My card today will be shared with:

Cardz 4 Galz #2778 Seaside/Coastal Challenge

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Becoming Grandma

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Since our daughter became a grandma last week and I just happened to see this quote online “Becoming a Grandma Is Magical! One moment you’re simply a mother the next, you’re wise beyond time.” I just knew I had to use it. She knows I can’t resist a little snark. Image was also found online. Frame is Stitched Squares by Die-namics. I used a marker to edge the top layer and scored all edges.

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I’m Not Ready Yet

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Since I’m a classic country music fan the title for today’s card is the title of an old George Jones song. I thought it was appropriate for the skeleton trying to come out of the ground. Background scene and the skeleton were found online. Skeleton was fussy cut and his head is popped up. Small skeleton heads are from an old Sizzix die; bats are from a Tim Holtz die set cut from black glitter paper. For the small skeleton heads, I lightly sponged black ink on white cs before cutting then added Wink Of Stella to them.

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I’m now entering this at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: June 2026 Anything Goes Halloween

Butterfly Palette

| Gayle Chrvala

Gosh, I do love butterflies and they always remind me of my mom. My colorful butterflies were made with Taylored Expressions Butterfly Palette Layering Stencils in persimmon, blue corn, passion fruit and bubblegum inks. I stamped Gina K Designs guaze background stamp in TE sea salt ink over the butterfly images and added a TE sentiment. TE has several layering stencils that also creates a palette of the colors used along with a die to save for future reference.

My card will be share with:

Crazy is our Fame – STENCILS are our Game — June 2026 Stencil Fun with an optional theme of butterflies.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. This was posting overload for me today. I have Taylored Expressions Summer School on line class tomorrow which is all about OLO maker coloring which should be interesting. Hope I get my homework completed quickly. Have a great day and stay cool!