Yellow

The bottom card with the white heat embossed image on my Tim Holtz Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide blended panel was my first make. I thought I would love this; but I did not. The white embossing just got lost in the yellows and the splatter didn’t help much. I then figured if I stamped the sentiment in black it would work but unfortunatetly the sentiment did not have a matching die and the fussy cutting didn’t work either. Back to the drawing board and ink blended a second background and this time stamped in black ink. Much better to my eyes. The stamp I used is a Gina K Designs Frame Floral from the Luck & Love card kit from 2022.

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Colorful Options: April 2026 YELLOW

Such an awesome bright sunshining mood board.

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Walking in the Rain

Another month and a new Halloween card is the project for today.

The Two Old Bats April 2026 Anything Goes Halloween Challenge mood board features April Rain and Umbrellas. I opted to do this fun background patterned paper technique popping up every other panel. The patterned paper is Whimsy Stamps Haunted Houses. The lines in the background reminded me of rain. The clear Michael’s Recollections Skeletons are from my stash and sentiment Creepy Cute SimonSaysStamp. Sentiment may not completely match my image but there may be a witch with candy somewhere!!!

Always fun to play along with this monthly challenge.

I would use that awesome black and orange umbrella any day! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day!

Bee-lieve

A beary cute card for our grandson just because! I’m shopping my stash and pulled out Sweet N Sassy Bee Happy Rhubarb stamp set. Cuttlebug embossing folder, Taylored Expressions Hexagon dies and TE Cloud Nine Stencil. Using the debossed side of my cardstock I swiped some Gina K Designs Honey Mustard ink over the top of the debossing. Colored Rhubarb, added clouds and “freehanded” grass.
My card today will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure: (3/2026) Anything Goes with a Twist of Kids

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Parents!!

I am debating whether I will add a Happy Mother’s Day greeting to this card for our daughter or save it for her December birthday. Either way it fits her and hopefully she will get a chuckle out of this card. Oh, and by the way, she’s just like her Father!! My card today uses an image and sentiment from a very old Inkadinkadoo stamp set that has a bunch of funny and sometimes snarky sentiments and images. The background is embossed with a SimonSaysStamp’s Star Lattice embossing folder. These Inkadinkadoo sets have always been on my favorites list and I will be sharing with:

Double D Challenges: Double D Humor Challenge 2026

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Embossed Happy Birthday

Hello and welcome. Being in need of a masculine birthday card I thought a black & white, fractured card would be good. Unfortunately, I don’t have a brand name for the ef. Center image is computer clip art, die used is Stitched Squares by Die-namics, 1/4 ” strips cut with my paper trimmer. This was way too quick and easy to make, but I do like the end result. Knowing the recipient, I think he will like it.

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Happy Anniversary

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our son & d-i-l. When I found this piece of pp in my scrap pile, I thought it would be perfect for an anniversary card. Sentiment was printed on the computer, pearl gems are from my stash. The edge die used is one from a set I just bought on Amazon, GLOBLELAND brand. This is the first time I used an edge die and I’m very pleased with the end result.

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Paper Circles

Two cards from one design. The challenge is patterned paper and a circle theme. Do you believe I just donated almost all of my 12×12 sheets of patterned papers? I did keep a few of the paper pads though and came across this mod circle pattern design from an older The Paper Studio Uptown Flair paper pad. It took quite a few times to try to figure this design out but it’s not too bad to my eyes….I think the abstract glitter circles help. Sentiments are a combination of Taylored Expressions that I have been saving in my stash.

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Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: ATG March – Circles

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Pastel Spring

Taylored Expressions’ Fields Aflutter background stamp in vermark ink and heat set in white embossing powder and ink blended in soft colors created the focal image of my card today. TE’s Arched Stacklets die then embossed with TE’s Tiny Twinkles embossing folder for some extra dimension. SimonSaysStamp Whirl Butterflies die cut in the smallest die and ink blended with the same colors of my background. My card will be shared in a color challenge that uses Stampin Up colors but I don’t have any of those lovely colors so my take on the color challenge was GKD’s Light Cranberry, Applemint and Blue Lagoon. I am really liking this background stamp.

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As You See It Challenge: Challenge#369 Soft Spring Colours

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