Anything goes with an embossing folder and a twist of summer. I immediately thought of the twist first and strawberries, then I started thinking that our strawberry season is over and strawberries may not be officially a summer time treat????? But I’m planning a get together and we are having strawberry rose wine ice cream floats to cool off in the hot weather! So strawberries and summer still do go together!

My embossing folder is Cricut Cuttlebug Tiffany frame embossing folder which was layered on black and then again on shimmery red cardstock and to the card base. My strawberries are Gina K Designs You’re the Sweetest stamp set. I was really happy that my strawberry “caps” actually made it in the right position. No Misti for this card today….I was living dangerously.

I believe this card will go to our granddaughter who will be 10 in a few weeks. Another summer occasion!

It’s been a crazy day with computers not cooperating and the router going out and I immediately was thankful that I wasn’t dealing with these issues in my old office and very thankful to be able to enjoy my retirement for the last few years. Funny how those little issues take you back.

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It’s a Anything Goes for the Summer season month of July with a mood board of red, white and blue. To try to include all of the elements in this challenge, I decided to use Hero Arts’ Sun background stencil and Taylored Expressions Shades of Summer clear stamp die sets. My shades include a patriotic pair, a tropical pair and polka dots sun glasses. I just realized that the old 60’s song “She wore an itsy bitsy, tweeny weeny……YELLOW…. polka dot bikini”. OOPS!! Yellow polka dots would not have fit my red, white and blue summer challenge. LOL!

Pretty mood board for inspiration. Thanks for a fun challenge and stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, stay cool and be safe.

Creatures Under/In The Sea is the summer challenge with the Doubld D Challenge blog. For my card, I visited Pinterest for ideas and this sketch really “caught” my eye. After using Gina K Designs large circle die set to cut out the large die on the layering panel and then using the second largest die for the focal image, I inked in my sea adding navy ink to Fun Stampers Jorney Splash Zone stencil. My fish are from Stampendous Sushi Bowl Party and TPC Studio’s Undersea Adventures.

Fun challenge and mood board for inspiration as well as the design team’s awesome cards.

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July Anything Halloween with the Two Old Bats Halloween blog has quite a yummy inspiration mood board. Of course I focused immediately on the candy corn inspiration block but as I searched through my supplies I came to the conclusion that I should be inspired in a different direction. After seeing our Buddy Gerry’s card I decided to make a ghostly card, too.

My Ghouls are SimonSaysStamps’ Ghouls and Tree die set which are flying on a piece of patterend paper from my stash. I decided to add some extra interest by inking one of the stamps from Taylored Expressions Abstract Accents stamp and stencil set and the sentiment is a Recollections Halloween set.

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Peace on Earth Anything Christmas Challenge #19 had a fun red, white & blue inspiration board with a lot of tree and wreath ornaments. So I opted to use the SimonSaysStamp Santa’s Helpers stamp set for the hanging ornaments and mostly because it was still on my desk!! After coloring the ornaments and holly & berries, I die cut the panel with AI’s Rectangle Double Stitched die and lightly sponged blue ink then mounted it on a shimmer red panel.

Great inspiration board for this challenge. Thanks so much for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenges #7 is a Christmas in July theme with the normal optional twist to include a dragonfly. Using Newton’s Nook Designs Retro Sun and Palms stencil, I inked some oranges to yellows using only the sun stencil. The palms were stamped using Newton’s Nook Designs Sun Soaked Christmas stamp set. After coloring my palms, presents and stockings, I decided to add some sand. I think the beach bully must have come around and kicked up my sand so I added the sentiment to “smooth” things out a little more. Dragonflies are from Gina K Designs Follow Your Dreams stamp set illustrated by Theresa Momber. After stamping, I added some glitter silver Wink of Stella. The focal panel was die cut from a Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangle die.

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Red, White and Blue Christmas in July is the challenge for July with the Colorful Options blog. I decided to use the SimonSaysStamp Santa’s Helpers stamp set that was included in my HDSA fundraiser box for this challenge. My elf is decked out in red, white and blue and since it is July the gift is wrapped in pink paper. My sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped on glimmer white cardstock from Michaels and die cut using Spellbinder’s Majestic Circles dies. The background was also die cut from Spellbinder’s Candlewick Rectangles dies. I stamped some snowflakes in versamark ink on some light blue patterned paper from my stash. Since it was out I figured it would work with this challenge.

Lots of inspiration to choose from the inspiration board but I was drawn to the red, white and blue Santa hat to create my card.

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