Cheers Deer

July 20, 2022 | Gayle Chrvala

The new Anything Christmas challenge with the Peace on Earth group has another intriguing mood board for inspiration and I was drawn to the buffalo plaid. Using my The Crafters Workshop Buffalo Plaid stencil, I blended black soot Distress ink on red cardstock, adding a black panel and Taylored Expressions A2 thin frame cutting plate for my red border. White heat embossed the sentiment which is from Gina K Designs’ Holiday Tags set, SimonSaysStamp’s Sensational Snowflake die and reindeer die from my stash were cut in white shimmer cardstock from my Michael’s. This looks like a good masculine card but I really kind of like it.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, be safe and STAY COOL! Yikes, it’s out in Pennsylvania!!

faBooLous Ghosts

July 19, 2022 | Lisa K

I created a Halloween card today. It was so fun to take out images that I created last year and had left over.

https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/07/july-mid-month-reminder.html

I love the mood board at the Two Old Bats Challenge and the ghosts captured my attention. These ghosts were punched from the SU Tulip Builder Punch. The eyes were punched from the Owl Builder Punch. They needed a background, so my daughter, who has a large collection of Halloween stamps and accessories, came to the rescue with a Cuttlebug Web embossing folder. I inked it with Gina K Designs White Pigment ink. The greeting is from a Paper Smooches set called Ghoul Friends.

This was a fun card to create. Thanks for stopping by.

Guest Designing

July 19, 2022July 17, 2022 | Lisa K

I was selected to be a guest designer for the Retro Rubber Challenge. I made two cards using the challenge details.

The challenge is tic tac toe! I love birds, die cutting, embossing, patterned paper, and anything else available on the board. It was a tough decision deciding where to begin.

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com

The circle card follows the top row across. I used The Stamps of Life toucan2stamp with matching die from August 2019. The flowers are from the same set. The stick for the toucan to stand on was a die from Hero Arts in a kit also from 2019. The scalloped circle is from a Sizzix die. I used a stencil from Taylored Expressions, which was new in 2021. The circle card base was created using the largest Sizzix circle die. The stencil used for the card base was A Starry Night by Hero Arts. I used Gina K Designs ink to blend the stencils in Key Lime and Blue Raspberry.

I like the Retro Rubber Challenges because it gives me new ideas for my older stamps and supplies. It helps me shop my stash.

This card was fun to create as I love tropical images and own quite a few. I followed the second column for this card. The stamped images are all from Catherine Pooler Designs Toucan Do It, March 2219. All were colored with alcohol inks and fussy cut. The embossed background is SU Layered Leaves, very retired. I used GKD Key Lime and Fresh Asparagus cardstock for the background and card base.

I enjoyed guest designing for Retro Rubber Challenge. Thank you for the opportunity.

B, B and Dragonflies

July 17, 2022 | Gayle Chrvala

Butterflies, Bees and Dragonflies is the challenge theme with The Sisterhood of Crafters and you may use one, two or all three. What are the chances that I would have an old Inkadinkadoo red rubber mounted stamp in my stash that really has Butterflies, Bees and Dragonflies! I opted to stamp them on Gina K Designs Watercolor Floral patterned paper pad then use the spotlight technique to highlight one dragonfly. The dragonfly was stamped and colored with KaiserCraft gel pens and a Clear Star Gelly Roll pen. Waffle Flowers A2 lacy layers dies were used to die cut my panels and SU circle punches.

I added a sentiment from Gina K Designs’ So Many Sentiments included in the Watercolor Spring kit and then wasn’t sure if I wanted or needed a sentiment. Here is the card without the sentiment.

What’s do you all think? I didn’t adhere the sentiment yet as I am curious what you suggest.

Thanks so much for taking a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, be safe and STAY COOL!

Still Married

July 17, 2022 | Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Well, my eye surgery went very well and it’s so good seeing everything so clear. Makes cardmaking much easier.

Today’s card is for some dear friends. Background scene was found online, car die cut is Marianne Designs. “Still Married” sign was printed on the computer and trimmed on my SU paper trimmer. Since it was too small to use a corner rounder punch, I rounded the corners with a nail file. Car and sign were edged with a Copic marker. Car is popped up. Inside sentiment “A marriage with a little mileage is something to celebrate!” I found the idea for this card when I Googled anniversary cards.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Gerry

Christmas Puppy

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 | Lisa K

Following Buddy Gayle, I had to play with the AAA challenge. I have many animal stamps, but a favorite has been Paper Smooches since I bought the first stamp from them. I am sure it was one that I used on this card. I am also playing along with the Let’s Squash It challenge of using my folder and keeping it CAS.

https://aaacards.blogspot.com/2022/07/game-219-anything-goes-christmas-pets.html

The stamps used are all from Paper Smooches: Chubby Chums, Chubby Chums Pals, and a greeting set. The background was embossed using a Darice EF. I added sparkle to the hat with Nuvo glitter. The nozzle clogged and when trying to unclog it with a craft pick, the nozzle came off of the bottle. My hack was to use a broken q-tip and use the cardboard to apply the glitter glue. Worked perfect!

As I am typing, I am getting chats with the grocery store. I placed the online order in last night, so they are currently shopping for our order. This is a first for placing it to pick up early in the morning. So far, so good with the questions. Thanks for spending time with me!

Cat in a Cap

July 14, 2022 | Gayle Chrvala

A clean and simple challenge anything goes + Christmas Pets in July challenge is the task with the AAA Cards Challenge blog. I have a lot of snowmen, reindeer, fox and bear stamps but it took awile to find a pet stamp. I finally found this mounted red rubber stamp probably from one of the big box stores in my neighborhood. The stamp is makred as Rubber Soul and “Cat with Stockings and Cap” and then a sentiment for my cat with stockings and cap??? Well the only thing I could think of was this Ho Ho Ho from Katie & Co which I’m quite sure came out of AC Moore’s dollar bin.

After stamping and coloring kitty cat, giving him green socks and a red cap on that tail, I had a circle stencil that I used to lightly blend some green ink around him. I did have this polka dot paper on my desk that I had a circle die cut from it and decided to put it to use as a layer for my focal image. Still clean and simple and a pet and Christmas in July, challenge accepted.

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

buck Super Moon

July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 | Gayle Chrvala

Gina K Designs July Monthly Mix Challenge

The July Monthly Mix Challenge with Gina K Designs is hosted by Michelle Woerner and she has challenged us to create a black & white card with a POP of color. I remember Michelle and her beautiful cards back in the good old StampTV days so i decided to play along.

Using Gina’s masking magic, I die cut a circle with the single stitch large circle die set and positioned it on my white layering weight GKD cardstock. I blended some Distress black onxy ink on my background and carefully lifted my circle mask and then used the masking magic panel to ink the moon with Gina’s Cherry Red and Sweet Mango. The stamp set from Gina’s Friendly Silhouette stamp set was stamped in Gina’s white pigment ink and then heat embossed with fine detail ink. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and was die cut with the Sentiment die set that was included in the Joyful Holiday kit. I added a little white pigment splatter to hide some of the embossing flecks.

I didn’t see the Buck Super Moon in person but the photos looked fabulous so I was inspired by them to create this black & white card with a POP of color. Next supermoon is in August and maybe I’ll set the alarm to view that one.

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

Fish Porthole

July 14, 2022 | Lisa K

I had fun creating a sea of fish card.

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/07/creatures-inunder-sea.html

I used the Critters in the Sea Lawn Fawn set for the fish. I chose several colors for my under the sea world. I decided to view these bright sea critters through a porthole, which meant I needed a boat. For my boat, I scored the paper with 1/4 inch scores, then used Kraft ink from Gina K Designs to add the boat color. The porthole and card base are made from Lawn Fawn Knock on Wood patterned paper. I found the gems in my stash. The greeting is from a Paper Smooches set.