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.

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

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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.

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Colorful Options: June 2026

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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.

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

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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.

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Cardz 4 Galz #2778 Seaside/Coastal Challenge

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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.

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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!

Although, I have never canned jams or jellies, I do enjoy them on a piece of toast. My card features a recent kit from Tayloed Expressions “Let’s Jam”. It was something different than what is in my stash and I was inspired to add it to my colllection. The background was stamped tone on tone with TE’s Checking In background stamp.

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Double D Bows Challenge

My jam jar bows were part of the TE kit. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day.

Our grandson’s vacation card after a super freshman year in high school. He played two high school sports and had straight A’s in all his classes. I was looking for a tropical vibe for his card and found this old Stamp Oasis Party Tiki red rubber stamp. After stamping and coloing, I added Hero Arts Beach Frame fancy die to the front and cut apart a sentiment from a stamp set that was gifted to me. The last think he shared with me before leaving for vacation was that he won a bet with his dad and is owed a Hulu Pie from Duke’s.

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The Neglected Stuff Challenge June 2026 Challenge

I have been thinning out my supplies and am glad that I kept this fun stamp and decided to ink it up. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and make it a great day!!

Unfortunately, I’m not the one on vacation but the grandkids are finished with school and taking a break from their sports and headed to Hawaii with their parents. They finally arrived after a four hour delay in Dallas and I’m sure they are snorkeling or trying their turn at surfing. This card was for our granddaughter and uses a Cuttlebug embossing folder, patterned paper from my stash, Hero Arts Seashells fancy dies and the sentiment from a stamp set gifted to me. I think it should fit the requirements for the sketch challenge which I switched around a bit but if it doesn’t it was still fun to create. And the best thing is that I finally like the seashells that I added. LOL!

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As You See It Challenge #374 Sphere of Influence

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I do love patterned papers and this Divinity Designs Peaceful Pastels paper pad is just lovely with perfectly in the Taylored Expressions Arched Nouveau die sets. The background Diamonds Piercing plate as well as the butterfly and sentiment are also Taylored Expressions. I fell in love with these papers and made serveral cards in a varient of cardstock colors.

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Love Those Pretty Papers June 2026 Challenge with the optional theme of Pastels.

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