I couldn’t resist ordering Whimsy Stamps’ Lil Witches Quick Card Fronts when I saw them. Spellbinders classic, scalloped and beaded oval dies were used for my focal image. I added some paper spider web doilies to my card base, some die cut spiders to complete my card. Sentiment was included with the quick card fronts. My arm was twisted to order the Lil Warlocks card fronts too and some patterned paper (like I need any more of that!). If do wish my orange cardstock and the sentiment matched better….next time I will switch out the orange with another color.

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Two Old Bats: Halloween Challenge — August 2024 Anything Halloween

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Time is beginning to close in on the number of holiday for which I can make cards. Thank goodness for challenges to help me out to add to my stash of cards. My card is a CASE of one of Taylored Expressions design team cards that I forgot to link but I liked the design and style and tried to do my best to make it my own. TE’s Burlap background stamp was inked in orange, yellow and green shades, cut down and added ivory cardstock, stamped wheat from TE’s Wheatfiled Dreams stamp set in Versamark, adding gold embossing powder and die cut. I stamped the same burlap background over the top of the wheat. Added a few score lines, stamped a Gina K Designs sentiment and some gold cord to complete my card.

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Double D Challenges: Fall Harvest Challenge ( anything doing with Fall Harvest/Fall)

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The Yellow-Green color challenge with Colorful Options made me think immediately of leaves. Using Gina K Designs Skeleton Leaves stamp and die set inking in Key Lime and Wild Dandelion. I then used the same color inks for my large TCW Skeletal Leaf stencil for my backgrond. Anchored the die cuts with a vellum oval and sentiment from a different GKD stamp set that has been misplaced on my desk for the moment or maybe I put it back in it’s place! LOL!! To give a bit of color, I added a partial panel of brown card stock behind the focal image. I wasn’t totally happy with this card but I think it’s growing on me.

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Colorful Options: August 2024 Challenge — Yellow Green

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Debby brought us some much needed rain to my yard the past couple of days. You could still cut the air with a knife but the tornado watch thankfully did not develop.

Celebrating summer with our youngest grandchild’s second birthday with my card design using Gina K Designs Birthday Hoot pure luxury paper and stamp set. Sentiment computer generated and fussy cut owl is on a wobbler. Letters cut from Concord & 9th’s double cut alphabet die without using the border for the letters.

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Love Those Pretty Paper Challenge: August Challenge with a summertime theme.

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Monchromatic stamping on my card today. I was inspired by a recent Gina K Designs YouTube video where she used silhouette stamps however I was looking for a set with a basket and flowers for a challenge when I remembered this GKD set Vintage Summer. This was a card kit from last year. The images and the sentiment font is a fav of mine. I masked off two edges of the focal panel and ink blended ocean mist ink and stamped the bicycle in blue lagoon. A touch of color for the subtle blooms and some wink of stella for shine as well as a few clay embellishments to finish my card. The frame is a Taylored Expressions die set.

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Double D Challenges: Basket full of Posies — I have baskets on my bike and I let’s call them posies to complete the challenge 🙂

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After a day at the beach at the shore, our family would clean up and head the the boardwalk for some shopping for t-shirts and hermit crabs, noise, arcade games and maybe a ride or two describes what USED to be a favorite beach activity. Now, when hubby and I go to the shore the quieter it is the happier we are just watching the ocean and the people…….LOL….

My card today uses an Inkadinkadoo stamp set for my amusement pier and sentiment from a Hero Arts set. I definitely wanted to use this stamp and the idea that formed in my brain and then brain freeze!! So I die cut pieces and layered them to try to make it work.

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As You See It Challenge: Challenge #328 — Fill in the Blank challenge of “My Favorite Beach Activity is: __________________

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A new grandbaby is one the way for a dear friend so I made this card for the little one. Sage green is a favorite color of mom-to-be and found these two patterns in a The Paper Studio Sweet Pea paper pad that was in my stash, Denami Stamps onesie and rattle as well as a sentiment from a Inkadinkadoo stamp that needed some stamp surgery. The split background was made with Taylored Expressions All Planned Out 1 dies and circle punches from my stash.

I did make a card for the “sprinkle” I and my girlfriends had for mom and baby but forgot to take a photo of it. UGH!

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Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #230 Baby

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Taking inspiration from our Buddy Bonnie’s design team card for a balloon card challenge, I pulled out an older die from Serendipity Stamps. This Hot Air Balloon Reverse die has 5 balloons and 3 clouds on the background die plate. So after a little googling I found a card by Lori Craig who used the die as a stencil. Let’s say I pretty much CASE’d her card however using inks instead of copics in the balloon die cuts. Many pieces of sticky notes later to mask off each section of the balloon, my rainbow hot air balloon was finished. Using a cloud stencil, lightly inked clouds on the focal image layer, embossed clouds on the pink layer and swiped white pigment ink over them…..which I know you cannot really make out…..a piece of rainbow blots designer paper from my desk, a TE easy strip die, and sentiment from GKD’s Up & Away stamp set to complete today’s card.

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The Sisterhood of Crafters: July 24 – Balloons challenge

It was fun to use an older set from my stash. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe. Still hot in Pennsylvania and quite frankly I am a little tired about being sweating all the time. Is that too much information? LOL!!! Stay cool.

A new stamp set from Unity “Flock Talk” that tickled my fancy, Cutlebug Pop Culture embossing folder “checked” border which was embossed and then white pigment ink swiped over the top of the embossing and Taylored Expressions Easy Strips 1/4″ Patterns die is what was needed to complete my card today.

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Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge: Anything Goes with a Twist of Stripes and/or Checks.

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