Hershey Kisses Treat Box

| Gayle Chrvala
Double D Challenges: Hearts Challenge

Hard to believe that Valentine’s Day is only one week away and I actually have all of my cards and treats completed. For my project today, I made a treat box that hold 4 Hershey Kisses. Using Spellbinder’s Labels 8 die set, I cut the base using the largest die, then the second largest to cut some patterned paper and scored the base die at 2″ and 3-1/4″. Thanks to Amanda over at Newtons Nook Designs for figuring out the math. I searched their site for the link but couldn’t locate it.

My hearts are from SSS’s recent release which included Doodlebug Design, Inc. Odds&Ends ephemera. Really cute images and I was happy SSS sold them separately. They made adorable kids cards. I made 10 treats for friends and kids.

Fun challenge and timely theme with the Double D Challenges blog.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Have a great day, stay warm and be safe.

VALENTINE PENGUIN

| Lisa K

I had fun with a penguin and Valentine theme today.

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2022/02/hearts-challenge.html
https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2022/02/sos463-my-heart-beets-for-you.html https://colorfuloptions.blogspot.com/2022/02/february-2022.html

This penguin is from Gerda Steiner Designs Valentine Penguin along with the greeting. The letters are stamped from The Stamps of Life lovebugs2stamp. I embossed the bottom of the card with a folder from Stampin’Up, retired. I added the red hearts across the card with a border die from Sizzix, also retired. The small hearts were punched with the Owl Builder Punch from SU.

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/3070834?&cat=all&what=keywords&si=SC891

I used the above sketch in creating this card. I group the hearts and letters as one unit and the penguin a unit, so that makes the three units down the left side. It has been quite a while since I used one of the sketches and this was a joy to work with.

There are red heart on the Double D Challenge mood board, so I am adding it to that challenge. The Shopping Our Stash challenge is to use hearts or vegetables. I chose to use hearts. Another challenge was brought to my attention, Colorful Options. February’s challenge is to use the color red.

Girlfriend Quotes

| Gayle Chrvala
AAA Cards Challenge #207

CAS cards are always a challenge for me and AAA Cards Challenge #207 is a NO Layers + BIG Sentiment challenge. Double Whammy!! My card is the second attempt and a disclaimer that in no way am I making fun or making light of people who suffer from the horrible disease of Alzheimer’s. I have lost two family members by marriage to this disease. Please accept this sentiment in the fun that it was intended. The real side story is that my girlfriends and I have all decided that if we need a nursing home or assisted living one day we all want adjoining rooms. LOL….what fun that would be. My girlfriends will know it’s me because of the added butterfly. The big sentiment is Hampton Arts Laugh Out Loud stamps,the stencil is AALL & Create Stencil’s Dote on Diamonds and the butterfly is GKD’s A Beautiful Life stamp set.

Next up was my first card that I thought I would post but am not thrilled with. This card is for another set of friends that I meet for dinner and cocktails once a month. Unfortunately our January date was cancelled with one fully immunized and boosted friend testing positive for Covid.

This was a Fiskars Girls Night Out stamp set and SimonSaysStamp’s Talk Bubbles stencil.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Take care and be safe.

Movie Night Valentine

| Gayle Chrvala
Make the Cards Challenge #47

As I’m working on Valentine cards, the Make The Cards Challenge #47 them to “Create A Valentine” was perfect timing. For my card today, I pulled out an older The Cat’s Pajama stamp set which has some cute and fun images and decided on the popcorn movie stamp. In our case it’s popcorn and another episode of Law & Order but lets not forget about MASH and Hogan’s Heroes. Oh my I really aged myself with those last two but they are Will’s favorites.

The background was stamped and white heat embossed using Taylored Expressions Good Hearted Background which was a free with purchase stamp. My hearts are Spellbinder’s classic hearts dies. A little coloring and sponging added to the image and ombre ink blending for the hearted background. The sentiment was also from the same The Cat’s Pajama stamp set. We were on the receiving end of many eye rolls when our daughter was growing up so I’m hoping Will is going to get a chuckle from this card.

MTCC 47

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. It’s still very cold here in Pennsylvania. I worry when the weather people forecast that the impending snow will miss us. My snow people have until Monday to enjoy their view out the window then it’s time to make way for Valentine decorations and they will be packed away for a long winter’s nap.

Take care and be safe.

VALENTINE BEAR

| Lisa K

Continuing on with Valentine Cards for the Assisted Living Center, I made a bear card this week.

https://makethecardschallenge.com/make-the-cards-challenge-47/ https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-91/

The bear is stamped from a Paper Pumpkin kit, Dec 2020. He is holding a heart from Lawn Fawn, scent with you add-on, as well as the greeting. I used a stencil from Colorbox. The bear turned out cute and I know a resident will enjoy the card.

Sparkly snowflake

| Judy Inukai

Sometimes creating the card is the big challenge. I love the Sparkling Mandala from Spellbinders, but every little hole needs to be poked out. Using DMC metallic thread presents another challenge – it really splits, but the end result is lovely. Then getting the background – oh there was the real challenge. My DH got me lots of stamping goodies for my birthday. One I thing picked up was a roll of Spellbinders Speckled Prism foil to use with the Glimmer machine he got me for Christmas. I went to foil a piece of CS with the Pinkfresh Studios Hot Foil Plate and ended up foiling my shim. After much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, I got it cleaned off (mostly) with the help of UnDu. After I got the sandwich right and got the CS foiled, I die cut it using the Snowflake Cover Plate by GKD. Every single cotton pickin’ hole had to be punched out. Some places on either end didn’t get enough pressure and wouldn’t punch out at all. I very carefully lined up the die and was actually able to get enough pressure to finish punching out the hanging chad. I cut a piece of Hero Arts White Glitter CS use for the backing behind the Snowflake Cover Plate, then added the Stitched Snowflake/Mandala. This really does have a lot of sparkle and shine in real life. I’m entering this in the Color Hues Silver and White Challenge. I also decided it would work for the Just Us Girls Photo Week Challenge. The snowcouple holding hands with the heart above them in the inspirational photo look like newlyweds who had just found out they were expecting and put Frosty’s ultrasound on this card to announce the happy occasion.

Blue Winter Hearts

| Gayle Chrvala
Double D Challenges

CASE-ing a little of this and a little of that with my card today. SimonSaysStamp released some layering heart stencils and I decided to make my own stencils using my Spellbinders Classic Hearts dies. They aren’t as large as the SSS stencils but they worked. My design was a CASE of Yana Smakula’s card using the SSS stencil with angled layered card stock. Sentiment was from an unkown stamp set in my stash. The hearts looks like they needed more attention so I stamped the Taylored Expressions Good Hearted background stamp over the hearts using versamark ink and then added a splat her and a splat there.

The Double D Challenge is Blue & White Winter to which I’ll be sharing my card. February is a winter month so my blue hearts will meet the challenge theme.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Take care, stay warm and be safe.

Winter Bunny

| Gayle Chrvala

Looks like a fun time for this bunny to be sledding down a hill with his winter animal friends. For my card today, I decided to play along with the following two challenges:

The Paper Players: PP574 Winter Animals

Sunday Stamps: SSC274 Split In Two

My background patterned paper is Craft Smart’s Winter Dream” paper pad from my local Michael’s, Hero Arts’ Snowflake Medallion Fancy die and Stampin Up’s Merry Crittermas stamp set.

Annette’s sketch for Sunday Stamps is featured below:

and

oops….does that really say Clean-And-Simple Winter Animals challenge for the Paper Players??? Well here’s hoping it will fit that challenge too….LOL.

Possibility of another inch or two or three of snow overnight tonight. Second warning for the snow people in my front window. I’m getting their storage box ready for them. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Take card and be safe.

valentine chicken

| Lisa K

Odd title?–stayed tuned.

https://modsquadchallenge.com/valentines-day-card/
https://watercoolerchallenges.blogspot.com/2022/01/wwc333-dawns-challenge-all-about.html

The chicken is from SU Birds of a Feather set as well as the greeting. I found heart stamps in other sets from Gina K Designs, but can’t remember which set I grabbed the hearts from. The row of hearts border is from a Sizzix set designed by Stephanie Bernard that has a lot of hearts on it, but again, don’t have the name handy.

I saw this idea on Pinterest where it had the chicken at the top and red gingham at the bottom. I changed her idea from ribbon to the heart border. My background was so plain, so the hearts were added. I made 5 of these cards total. They will be going to an assisted living center.

This card is also being added to Watercooler Wednesday All About Occasions Challenge. I have been watching this challenge for quite some time, but have never entered or it has been quite a while.