Happy 55

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our son-in-law. Patterned paper was in my stash, die cut square is Stitched Squares by Die-namics, printing was done on the computer. For the 1/4″ strips I ran a piece of gray cardstock through Stampin Up’s Corrugated Dynamic ef. before cutting.

Since we live in Sun City and he really enjoys coming to visit, the inside of his card says, “Congratulations, you are now eligible to live in Sun City”. I’m such a sweet m-i-l.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Three Point Anniversary

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. I finally got the courage to try making a three point card. Unfortunately, when I had it all done, I realized I didn’t leave a border around the inside patterned paper. Well, I decided it’s going the way it is. This is for our daughter & s-i-l’s 29 anniversary and they’ll forgive my mistake.

Patterned paper was found online, Dies used are unnamed stitched ovals that I bought on Amazon. Die cut sentiment is popped up.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Circles and Shells

| Gayle Chrvala

Generally when I purchase new product, I keep in a specific bin until I use it but seriously my Radial Circles Cover die from Altenew has been neglected since November 2023. I better go through that bin a little more often. After die cutting the coverplate, I ink blended a combination of teal inks on another piece of cardstock. That reminded my of the ocean so I found another semi neglected Hero Arts Seashells Fancy dies set and added a Gina K Designs sentiment and a circle cut from vellum.

My neglected card project will be shared with:

The Neglected Stuff (6/25) Challenge

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

Beach Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card was started last week with some input from my daughter. She picked out a little beach girl from an online coloring page, but my fingers were not cooperating with coloring. The arthritis in my fingers has been pretty nasty lately so I’ve been wearing compression gloves most of the time and using markers doesn’t work too well. So, I looked for beach girl clip art on the computer. Puppy was in my stash. Girl and puppy were fussy cut, clip art beach ball was punched with Stampin Up’s 1 1/2″ circle punch. I printed Happy Birthday on the ball before punching. Sky was made using a cotton ball with Soft Sky stamp pad and a handmade paper cloud template. Ocean background paper was in my stash. To tear the wavy edge, I used an old tearing tool from Stampin Up. Paper for the sand was found online and I tore the top edge. Since my daughter helped me with the layout but I didn’t finish the card while she was here I will send this to her for her birthday.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and try to stay out of the heat.

This will be entered at https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/06/beach-challenge.html

Four Year Anniversary

| Gayle Chrvala

Today’s card uses Gina K Designs Frangipani layering stencil and carnation inks, GKD Fresh Petals sentiment which was part of Lovely Notes card kit from January 2023 and Taylored Expressions Dragon Tales.

Pink is for my dear friend who will be celebrating 4 years breast cancer free this November and dragonflies have special meaning. This card will be shared in the:

Simply Clean & Simple: June 2025 Anything Goes CAS with a Pretty Pinks theme.

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

Beach, Please

| Gayle Chrvala

A face only a mother or a good friend would love!!!! Unity Stamps Suns Out, Sass Out Pissy Kitty is my focal image on this summer card. Simon Hurley’s Sunrays layering stencil and Taylored Expressions Cool Pool Rotating stencil were used for my background. Kitty stamped image was masked off for the rays and pool stenciling. The TE Mini Bows die was used to cover up a bit of overstenciling. This card is for a good friend’s birthday coming up in July. She loves being in the pool or at a beach and I believe she will get a kick out of this card.

My card will be shared in the:

Double D Challenges: Beach Challenge

It’s the 50th year anniversary for the movie JAWS! Even though I knew that shark was coming, I still ended up screaming each time! I’m only going ankle deep in the water from now on! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and stay safe……and cool!

Catching Up

| Gayle Chrvala

I am getting close to done with my Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy 2025 virtual classes from March and this was a favorite card of mine. Normally I am a rule person, however the class card design was an easel card with a calendar and notepad. It was really cute but I really only like to make cards that I can send out to people and was pretty sure that one would just sit on my desk. So using the 3D embossing folder from The Fluttering Friends set some versamark ink and diamond embossing powder, I completed the class background. The butterfly backer was included in the class and the stamped butterfly was a stamp/die set made for this class. Unfortunately my “blue raspberry” from Gina K does not match the TE blue raspberry but I’m sending it anyway.

My card will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure: Anything Goes with the twist of Butterflies and of course an embossing folder.

We are expecting the first heat wave of the summer so I’m hoping to complete the last Stamp Joy class which featured interactive cards. Saving the hardest for last……then I’m moving onto Summer School which is all about foiling. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, stay cool and stay safe.

Merry Christmas

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Yay, another Christmas card done. PP is Echo Park, center die is Stitched Squares by Die-namics, center ornament is computer clip art. Sentiment was printed on the computer and punched with Stampin Up’s Modern Label and word window punches. It might be a little much to have the pp strips on top of the green, but I like it.

In about an hour we’re heading to the airport to pick up our daughter. I’m so excited.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

This will be entered into https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2025/06/peace-on-earth-challenge-90.html

With Sympathy

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. I was in need of a sympathy card, so I looked on Pinterest for ideas. I found several using this Tim Holtz corner die and I really liked this layout. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program then I did the die cut. Butterfly die is Flourishing Elements by Gemini. I put double back adhesive on a piece of cardstock before cutting the butterfly.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.