Too Special

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for a friend who appreciates my snark. Sentiment “You are far too special for just a birthday card, so…. please do keep the envelope too.” was found online and I have used it before. Looking through my old card photos, I found one I had made a few years ago with this design and decided to go with that layout again. Patterned paper was found online, scalloped border is a border punch, sentiment was printed on the computer, gems were in my stash and I used a corner rounder punch on the top corners.

We have been very fortunate not needing heat or ac for a couple of weeks, just open windows and fresh air. Feels so good.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Blues!

| Gayle Chrvala

I have had this finished card on my desk for a challenge for a week or so and decided I better post before the challenge closes. For my card I used a variety of blues from a Recollections (Michael’s) cardstock pack. After cutting the three panels to size I embossed each using an older Cuttlebug Pop Culture embossing folder, stamped and die cut The Thing with Feathers Taylored Expressions stamped in more blue. Sentiment precut and in my stash is also TE.

My card will be shared with Can you Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes with a Twist of Blues (monochrromatic)

Last week the air conditioning was used in the house and this week the heat is back on!! It’s an up and down weather pattern for us in Pennsylvania but I guess that’s SPRING! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day.

Split Circle Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our soon to be 17-year-old great-grandson. Embossing folder used is by Cuttlebug, stitched circle dies are non-branded bought on Amazon, center strips were cut on my paper trimmer. I wasn’t too sure of it, but hubby really liked it so I guess it will pass.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have great day and stay healthy & safe.

Happy Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. It feels so good to be back to creating. After a miserable week I finally went to the er and found out I had pneumonia. For this past week I felt a little better each day. Now I finally feel like being in my craft room.

Today’s card is for a busser at our favorite restaurant. On our (hubby & me) birthday last month she had a box of chocolates sitting on our table. We thought that was so sweet I decided she should get a special card for her birthday.

Patterned paper was in my stash, and I was anxious to use one of the new decorative edge dies I recently purchased. No brand name for the dies. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program. It took several tries to get the words curved and placed just right. Pearls are from my stash. The pearls didn’t get placed just right but hubby thinks they look just fine.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Yellow

| Gayle Chrvala

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.

My card will be shared with:

Colorful Options: April 2026 YELLOW

Such an awesome bright sunshining mood board.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day.

Walking in the Rain

| Gayle Chrvala

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

| Gayle Chrvala

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!!

| Gayle Chrvala

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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