Berry Fun Fold

| Gayle Chrvala

After seeing this fun fold several times on Pinterest, I decided to give it a try. I decided on some Gina K Designs Pure Luxury patterned papers, You’re The Sweetest stamp set and Tiara frame for my card today. It’s a bit tricky to open and close but I have been practicing. I believe the tutorial I found was from a Stampin Up designer but I forgot to save the link.

My card will be shared with:

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge May 2026 Challenge with an optiional theme of a fancy fold card ass well as the required patterned paper.

I was thrilled that my card last month was chosen as a Top 3. It’s fun to be using patterned papers with this challengee.

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

Spiders And Skulls

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. The spider web background was found online but I decided to print it on gray cs instead of white and I kind of like it. Spiders and skulls are from an old metal die by Provo Craft. I added Wink of Stella to the die cuts and popped up the spiders. To make the eyes more interesting I added green Stickles. Since I didn’t want to get too much of the Stickles on, I used a toothpick to put it through the tiny holes. Goo border is a Martha Stewart punch and I used a cotton ball and black stamp pad to darken it a bit.

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I’m now entering this at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: May 2026 Mid Month Reminder

Pine Trees And Reindeer

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. For today’s card I used the Santa’s Sleigh stamp set from Stampin Up. I’m sure this set has been long retired. Images were stamped and cut with the matching dies. For the sky background I used a cotton ball and Bashful Blue stamp pad, the little snowy hills were fussy cut and very lightly colored with a cotton ball and Soft Sky stamp pad. I wasn’t too sure if I liked it, but when hubby said he liked it I thought it must be ok.

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This will now be entered into Peace On Earth Christmas : Peace on Earth Challenge #112

I’m also entering this at The Neglected Stuff Challenge: Neglected stuff May 2026 Challenge

May Pink Spiders

| Gayle Chrvala

Playing along with The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and taking inspiration from their pink mood board by blending Distress Oxide pinks in the center of my focal panel and some smoky black on the edcges. A layered spider doily from my stash was added to the corner and spiders are from Picket Fences web die. To continue with the pink theme, I die cut the Whimsy Stamps word die from white and pink. Added some shine to the web and spiders with Wink of Stella silver glitter pen and also used as some spatter on the background.

It’s always fun to play along with this monthly challenge and their inspiring mood board. My card will be shared with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: May 2026 Anything Goes Halloween

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. It’s another hot, hot day in Pennsylvania but apparently that’s going to change in time for the rest of the week. Take care and make it a great day.

Snowman Puzzle

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. While looking for Christmas scene images online I saw one that looked like it was a puzzle. Remembering the Puzzle Pieces Thinlits die set from Stampin Up I thought it would be fun to make one.

Even though this is a small puzzle I had a hard time putting the pieces where they belonged. Hubby is the puzzle maker in this family. lol I adhered the pieces to a piece of cs using Tombow liquid glue then trimmed the edges. Sorry but I don’t have a name for the ef used for the background layer. I’m really happy with how this turned out.

Because our 5-year-old great-granddaughter likes to make puzzles this card will go to her. She will be visiting us in Oct. and plans on challenging great-grandpa to make a puzzle.

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Tastes and Smells Like Wine

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card has a little sarcasm for our neighbor who knows a lot about wine. I’m the kind of person who goes for the cheapest wine on the menu. Whenever this neighbor asks me what I think of the wine he’s serving I just tell him it tastes like wine.

Since he likes my sarcastic cards when I found this image online I thought it would be perfect for his birthday card. The Happy Birthday script is computer clip art that I fussy cut and popped up, and pp was also found online. Dies used are Spellbinders Labels.

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Beachcomber

| Gayle Chrvala

We in Pennsylvania refer to our nearest beaches as “heading to the shore” which is in New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean. It is always fun to dig my feet in the sand and stroll the shoreline looking for shells. Today, my umbrella is up and my chair is in place to watch the waves. After masking off my card with post it tape, I created sand, sea and sky, then added Gina K Designs die cuts and stamped some grass. Sentiment is also a GKD. My card will be shared with:

As You See It Challenge: Challenge 372 – Beach Combing

I did add a few shells to the inside of my card. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day.

Mysterious & Fascinating

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. When I found this sentiment “When I said I wanted to be mysterious & fascinating, I didn’t mean medically.” I thought it would be good for d-o-s’s chuckle card. My family has always said that I’m a medical mystery. There have been many times my doctors just couldn’t’ explain what was going on.

Sentiment, image and border print were found online, and this went together pretty quick. I think it’s time I get myself away from easy cards.

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Twinkly Eye Santa

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Since I don’t have any birthday’s coming up soon, I decided to get a head start on Christmas cards.

Background paper and Santa clip art image were found online. I hadn’t planned on making a square card till I found this pp. Santa image and sentiment were added using my Hallmark Card Program.

I’m entering this at Peace On Earth Christmas : May 2026 Peace On Earth Challenge # 111

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