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Today’s card is dear old sister’s chuckle of the month. Frame is Rectangle Stitched Framelits from SU. Image and sentiment (“I was taught as a child to “speak your mind” I was also taught “If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all”. Inside “can you see my problem here”.) were found online.
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Gerry
https://colorfuloptions.blogspot.com/2022/08/august.html
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Today’s post shows the two money holders I made. These are very simple. The pattern I followed had the cs measure 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 but I wanted them to fit in a regular letter size envelope, so I cut the cs 8 1/2 x 6 1/4. I scored the 8 1/2 side at 3 & 6 1/2. The die cut starbursts are from the Silhouette, flowers are a small hand punch, center of flowers are Opal Rounds by SU. Flowers are popped up. The pp is very shiny, so it was hard to photo without getting glare.
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Gerry
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Today’s card is for our daughter who teaches 5th grade. Every year I make her a “back to school” card that we but a donation in to help her get her supplies. Teachers have to use their own money for a lot of their classroom supplies.
Background border was found online, sentiment is actually a Minion quote, teacher image is computer clip art fussy cut and popped up. I decided to use the same border pattern for the inside just to add a little more interest.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe. Let’s hope all these heat waves are coming to an end.
Gerry
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Today’s card is for a very special friend. Knowing how beautifully she crochets I asked if she would crochet me a cell phone pouch to hang around my neck. Actually, she made the strap long enough to hang crossbody, and to my surprise made 4 of them (she said a lady needs choices). While trying to come up with a plan for the thank you card the idea of finding yarn background paper popped into my head. So off to Google I went. This yarn pattern was perfect for adding a sentiment. Sentiment was printed on the computer and crochet hooks are computer clip art.
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Gerry
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Today’s card is for our great-grandson’s 17th birthday. After searching Pinterest for teen age boy birthday cards this is what I came up with. Pp was found online, wonky square is from the Silhouette. One of the cards I saw on Pinterest had the age printed randomly under the sentiment and I thought that was a fun idea, so to the computer I went. Wonky square is popped up. Card base is a random piece of cs found in my stash, mat and wonky square are Smokey Slate cs. For a little texture I scored lines on the center band and square,
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Gerry
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As you can see today’s card will be entered in Make the Cards Challenge #60. Background piece was run through a Sizzix swirly ef. Swirly Scribbles Thinlits by SU were cut from toner paper and foiled with a multicolored foil. Corner stars are from a small hand punch also from toner paper and foiled. The foiled swirlies don’t show up very well in the photo but look kind of cool in real life. I found SU’s Just Jade cs was just right for card base.
Thanks for stopping by. Stay healthy & safe and try to stay cool and dry.
Gerry
https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/07/purple-blue-green.html
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After watching this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGFDhrTDhr8 I thought that might be fun to try. Problem was, I didn’t have the right ribbons, so I just used cs strips. After they were all adhered and run through a Sizzix swirl ef I realized I ended up with the debossed side. Oh well, that works. The frame was cut on the Silhouette then I scored it for a little texture. Sentiment was printed on the computer.
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Gerry
https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2022/07/peace-on-earth-challenge-20.html
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Today’s card will be entered at Peace On Earth challenge. As you can see, I decided to go with the truck in the inspiration photo. Pp was found online, truck is computer clip art, snowflakes are a stamp in Seasonal Sentiments by Gina K. Oval frame is Stitched Ovals by Die-namics. There was a little issue with the license. The photo had 2019 so I had to clone that out to put 2022. Cloning on small areas is a bit of a challenge but I kind of like doing it just to prove to myself I can.
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Gerry
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Today’s card is for one of our grandson-in-laws. I saw a card like this on Pinterest and thought it would work well for him. Background paper is a small piece from my stash. It seemed to need a little dimension, but I thought an embossing folder might be too much pressure, so I scored every 1/4″ across then edged it with black to give the illusion of a mat. Pocket is from my Silhouette. It was cut with both denim print paper and white cs to give it some stability. It looked to clean & neat, so I sort of distressed the edges. Surprisingly I found the brads in my stash. Sentiment die is Stitched Ovals by Die-namics, happy birthday stamp is Gina K’s Birthday Blessings set. Both pocket and die cut are popped up. We will be putting more than a 1$ bill in it.
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Gerry
Stamp Buddies 