Super fun Taylored Expressions’ Spring Chickens clear stamp & stencil set as well as their Happy Hens stamp and die set were used for my card today. Die cut the center and popped it up for some dimension. Backed my chicken friends and sentiment with vellum.

I’ll be sharing my card today with:

Double D Challenges: Collaboration with Altenew/Anything Goes Challenge I need to check my stash again but pretty sure I do not own anything Altenew but I do have stencils to play along with that option of this challenge.

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Is that a chicken joke? LOL

#1 Butterflies — instead of making an offset gatefold card, I decided to cut down the opening and add the inside card butterfly panel so they are displayed when closed.

#2 Butterflies –rainbow ink on kraft layered in black and mounted on kraft card base. A little bit of splatter in white. I don’t use a lot of white and to do over I would probably ink in white pigment first or maybe distress oxide inks.

#3 Butterflies — on white with pixie spray and foil.

All of my butterflies were inked in rainbow colors, some sparkle added and my Buddy Bonnie Butterfly stencil was used for these cards. With the kraft #2 and pixie spray #3 cards, I did ink the backgrounds with the coordinating inks as the butterflies. Same Stencil, same inks and 3 different looks. Thanks again Bonnie for my stencil. I need to pull this one out more and use it. I’ll be sharing my cards today with:

Stencil Fun Challenge and yes Crazy is our fame. — Stencils are our game August Challenge is to use a required stencil with the optional butterfly theme.

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A light ink blended masked background with some silhouette images was the plan for my CAS card today. Using SimonSaysStamps’ Domed Arch Stencils and some light blue and kraft ink with a touch of yellow, I make my background for stamps from Gina K Designs’ Follow Your Dreams illustrated by Theresa Momber. I did add an extra layer to my CAS card as I felt it needed a little color between the focal image and the kraft cardstock.

I will be sharing my card today with:

Simply Clean & Simple: August Challenge with an Outdoors Theme

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A new month so a new Halloween card for my stash. This month’s card is on the sweeter side focusing on a black cat and a fun pumpkin. My stenciled background was made using Taylored Expressions Spooky Nights Layering stencils, The two frames in my stash are also TE’s A2 Thin Frame cutting plate, SimonSaysStamp Halloween sentiment strips and some wink of stella for kitty and pumpkin for shine. Where are my googly eyes when I need them? I’m sure they will appear before Halloween!

I’ll be sharing my card with a few Halloween challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge August 2023 Anything Halloween and with their mood board you can see that I was inspired to use a black cat and a pumpkin

Halloween Crafts All Year ‘Round July 15-Aug 14 Challenge #6 Anything Halloween Goes

Most Magical Time of the Year Challenge #11 Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas

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A birthday card for our youngest grandchild. Time has flown by and this little guy will be one next week. For my card, I decided on bright colors focusing on yellows and greens, Newton Nook’s Love Quarry stamp and die set, Concord & 9th’s Alphabet dies, Stampin Up/Sizzix’s Banner Framelets (trimmed down), patterned paper from my stash and a computer generated (if off center) greeting.

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Colorful Options: August 2023 challenge with this month’s colors Yellow and Green. My card is predominately those colors but I’m sure I fit the option of using Rainbow colors which I have covered. So this card may be a two-fer!!

I’m still in recovery mode after our 5 year old granddaughter and the soon to be birthday boy 11 months old came on vacation to our house for 4 days. Fun but exhausting. Our two older grandchildren came home early from vacation and helped babysit. We all had a wonderful time with 4 grands in the house together. Can you believe our central air went out sometime Friday and Saturday morning we woke up to 80+ degrees in the house. Thankfully the HVAC company came out in the afternoon and made the repairs to the three year old unit and the 86 degrees took about 4-5 hours to drop to normal temps.

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A nautical themed challenge and the required embossing folder had me searching Pinterest for some extra inspiration. My card has bits and pieces from several different nautical cards that peaked my interest. The embossed panel is a Darice woodgrain folder which I opted to used the debossed side for my card. The ocean scene was die cut from some of my favorite patterned paper and layered on a kraft die cut circle. The gull is Gina K Designs red rubber Little Things mini stamp set that was stamped in brown ink and fussy cut. I decided not to color in the gull on his perch but added a grouping of seagulls using GKD’s By the Sea and finally found a small sentiment from a Stampin Up set Blossoms in Bloom to complete my card.

I will be sharing my card today with

Can You Handle the Pressure?: Anything goes with an optional theme of nautical and the required embossing folder. It’s always fun to play along with this challenge and their themes.

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The mood board for this challenge had me flipping back and forth between a wreath and a cocktail so I decided to add both to my card. The wreath is possibly an unbranded die and the stamped images are Michael’s Recollections Christmas Noel stamp and die set. Kept this one simple so I can sent it off to Making Cards for Troops packet which I desperately need to get started on.

My card today will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Christmas in July

and their fun ‘food’ mood board for this challenge.

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Weeding and trimming rose bushes today inspired me to make this card using Inkadinadoo’s Garden Gnome stamp set. Really cute gnome images in this set. Patterned paper was from my stash, Old Olive grosgrain ribbon from StampinUp and die cut panels complete my card.

I will be sharing my card today with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: In the Garden Challenge

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I’ve been inspired to CASE a CASE of a CASE Stamp Buddies card today and while I’m CASE-ing a card I may just as well make it a Christmas in July card. An old Inkadinkadoo red rubber mounted stamp was used to create my scene. The frame was die cut using Art Impressions Rectangle Double Stitched die, a Sizzix embossing folder, sentiment strip from my stash as well as a snowflake and a few other small embellishments complete my card today. But while I was playing with Christmas in July and the CASE why not make another card. So here’s card CASE #2:

This image was another red rubber mounted stamp by Penny Black. It’s a little larger than card #1 so I decided on Hero Arts Wood Frame Infinity die, Spellbinder’s poinsettia and sentiment strip again from my stash. I thought this one needed a little color. Both cards were stamped using Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed ink.

My cards today will be shared with:

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #44

Cardz 4 Guyz #326 Challenge — Masculine Christmas in July challenge

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