Day 1 Homework

| Gayle Chrvala

Holiday Card Workshop 2022 – Day 1 Die Cutting

Jennifer McGuire’s class today was Faux Laser Cut Cards. It was fun and relatively easy to follow once I decided on all of the supplies from my stash. Primarily how to add extra die cuts to a large open die cut area. She made an A2 and a 5×7 card but I opted to stick with the A2. My card uses SimonSaysStamp Holiday Frames die and Tim Holtz greenery dies.

Day 1 – Layers of Die-Cuts

This is an “extra credit” card taught by Dawn Wolesagle to created layered die cuts and add more dimension by adding ink to the die cut pieces. It was a fun card. I had one poinsettia die in my stash however it didn’t include any embossed lines so my poinsettia may be a little on the plain side. The frames were cut using Taylored Expressions Frame in Frame 3 cutting plate, Tim Holtz Festive Trims dies, SimonSaysStamp Christmas Foilage and sentiment from Gina K Designs’s Winter Flower.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

P.S. I wasn’t sure if I would get my homework finished but the World Series game in Philly was canceled due to rain!

Candy Cane Cardinal

| Gayle Chrvala

Peace on Earth Challenge #26

Today’s card is my kick off to Christmas cards 2022. I need to make my list and check it twice and really get hopping with Christmas cards. Normally I’m not a real bird person but these chubby cardinals from Pink & Main’s Winter Cardinals stamp set were really way to cute to pass on. SimonSaysStamps Filigree Snowflakes embossing folder on white shimmer cardstock set my background for the My Favorite Things Merry Christmas Circle Die-Namics die which my cardinal rests on. A layer of black cardstock completed my card today.

There were a lot of wreath’s on the Peace on Earth Mood board for inspiration with this challenge.

I signed up for the OnLine Card Classes Holiday Card Workshop which begins tomorrow and I am going to add this card to the Pre-Class Student Gallery. It should be a fun week in school!!

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

Fall Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

Today’s card is for one of my sisters-in-law. As usual, pp is from online, circle dies are Stitched Circles by Die-namics, sentiment is from an old Stampin Up set Birthday Blossoms, sentiment and background pieces were hand cut. To round the corners on the small pieces I used a nail emery file. Center strip is a 1/8″ strip of Chocolate Chip cs.

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/krafty-chicks-challenge-635-week-4-all.html

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Give Thanks

| Gerry Morse

https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2022/10/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of_01661511860.html

Hello and welcome. With Halloween almost over time for Thanksgiving cards.

Today’s card will be entered in CYHTP with a twist of pumpkins. The background is an embossed piece from my stash. I’m a little confused because in the photo the background looks like the debossed side is showing but not in real life. hmmm. Pp was found online, photo corners are hand cut, center strip was cut on my paper trimmer. Pumpkin is from an online coloring page, colored with Copic’s, fussy cut and popped up. After coloring the pumpkin, and before fussy cutting, I put the paper back in the printer and added the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by your visit means a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Give Thanks Wreath

| Lisa K

I have been creating with the colors Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow, and Mango Melody for the color challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. I chose to make a wreath which fits right in with Double Trouble Paper Crafting challenge.

https://doubletroublechallenge.blogspot.com/2022/10/challenge-123-lets-get-round-to-it.html

In addition to the colors I listed above, I used Soft Suede for the card base as well as the greeting. The stamps and dies were created with SU Arrange a Wreath stamp and die set. I used a retired SU embossing folder in the background. The gold paper is from my stash. I used a gold sharpie marker to color clear gems for the flower centers.

With this challenge, Thing1 said to use a circle or circular element, so my wreath is the circle. Thing3 said to use a fall or Halloween theme, so I chose fall. I missed Thing2 because I placed my greeting in the wrong place. If I had placed it in the center of the wreath, it would have worked. It is still a fun challenge and I enjoyed creating the wreath card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Pumpkin Patch

| Gayle Chrvala

Can You Handle The Pressure

The tractor rides to the pumpkin patch and the corn mazes are beginning to see their last weekend at the local farms in my area but I saved a few pumpkins from the patch for my card today. The challenge with Can You Handle The Pressure challenge blog is Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Pumpkins. My embossing folder partial embossed sections were created by using Darice’s clouds embossing folder and Nature 3 pack embossing folder. Both were lightly inked with some Distress Oxide ink. My pumpkin patch was heat embossed over the ink blended middle section of my focal layer. Pumpkins are Gina K Designs Haunts & Harvest stamp set. A little Wink of Stella in gold was added to the pumpkins to help them pop a little. A sentiment from Buddy Bonnie was die cut and layered and a few Taylored Expressions Drip Drops completed my card today.

It’s always fun to play along with this challenge. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and stay safe.

The 90’s!

| Lisa K

Do you remember the 90’s? Life was busy in the 90’s. I took a trip with my childhood friend to Florida, bought my first car, got married, had children and several pets, bought a house and worked at my job. I am sure there were more things that happened in the 90’s, but those are highlights. You are wondering why I am taking a trip down memory lane…Well, I am the guest designer for the Retro Rubber Challenge and the theme is the 90’s!

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/

You see it is a color challenge, so dig out those retro colors and give this challenge a try!

I chose Mimi going Extreme with her snowboarding. The stamp set is named Extreme Mimi. She is a wood block stamp with a date of 2012. The embossed background is from Stampin Up Scattered Sequins; it reminds me of snowflakes. I used Gina K/Thermoweb Stitched Ovals dies. To color Mimi, many waterbased markers came out of hiding: Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Baked Brown Sugar, Ruby Red, Terracotta Tile (all retired), then I used alcohol markers for her face: Spectrum Noir FS2 with SU Light Pink Pirouette for the cheeks. The snow was colored with Copic BG70 and I outlined her with BG10. The waterbased markers were blended with a Tombow blender pen.

It was fun to bring the retro image back to life. I enjoyed finding the various colors to fit the challenge. Come join me and create a retro card!

Thanksgiving Smiles

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

After seeing a couple of cards like this on Pinterest I decided to give it a try. Again, the pp is from online. The cute little acorn faces are made using SU’s Ornament punch and hats were made with the small oval punch and I just hand cut the small top pieces. For the hair I unraveled a piece of cording, bow is small piece of the cording. Smiles are punched from a small circle punch, noses are small gems, cheeks were made using an eye shadow applicator and pink stamp pad. And of course I couldn’t resist googly eyes. Sentiment was printed on the computer.

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Ghost Party

| Gayle Chrvala

My ghostly card today will be entered into a new to me challenge Most Magical Time of the Year which is a sister challenge to the Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges blog. The Most Magical Time of the Year is 365 days of Halloween, Day of the Dead, Christmas or Winter theme. I cannot move onto Christmas before I finish Halloween and Thanksgiving cards so I decided to use Taylored Expressions Boo Bundle which includes G-G-G-Ghost Stamp & Stencil set, Ghost Gang and Boo die set as well as Ghost Town Border dies for my village. After blending my background I distressed the background with a little DO ink. I think the Ghosts may have been eating chocolate and actually made chocolate smudges.

This month another sister challenge will go live Crazy for Cats. That should be fun too.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.