Pumpkin Boo!

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 | Gayle Chrvala

My second card for the October Anything Halloween Goes challenge with The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge is inspired by the pumpkins on the inspiration board. My pumpkins were stamped in black ink using a Recollections Halloween stamp set and the Gina K Designs Wicked for my sentiment. The trees were die cut using a SimonSaysStamp Ghouls & Tree dies, a few bats and ghosts were also added to my color burst background.

Not too spooky for this card.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Fall weather will be coming our way on Sunday in Pennsylvania after a very warm Saturday. We were able to attend our granddaughter’s soccer game and she scored 3 goals but the softball game was rained out! Bummer!!!

The Cauldron

October 16, 2021 | Gayle Chrvala

There is a Theme Challenge of Halloween Witch with the Make the Cards Challenge that I decided to join in the fun.

My witch is a stamp from Outlines – Hampton Arts which I stamped multiple times in black ink and colored with some markers. I wonder why most of my witches have red hair? LOL….it may be type casting on my end. I added a few bats and some patterned paper to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend.

Leaves of Fall

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 | Gayle Chrvala

Joining a new to me challenge with The Four Seasons Challenge Anything Goes Fall challenge today with my card. Not too much stamping with the exception of the sentiment from GKD’s Autumn Silhouettes stamp set from the Festive Fall card kit. My leaves were die cut from some patterned papers using SimonSaysStamp’s Maple dies, adding some plaid paper from my stash and liquid pearls in buttercup.

Fun challenge and I focused on the fall colors in the inspiration board.

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Golden bells

October 13, 2021 | Lisa K

I used older stamps on this card with the Retro Rubber Challenge in mind.

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2021/10/challenge-169-anything-goes.html

I used two stamp sets in this card: SU Blended Seasons (2018) and GKD Christmas Greenery (2016). This card has a lot of gold on it as it is also part of the MISTI Monday Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers where the celebration of the 50th challenge is going on and gold is the theme.

The Blended Seasons stamp set is red rubber, so the foliage will not curve easily, so my wreath is not as round as a photopolymer stamp would produce. The gold in the bells and foliage were colored with a gold gel pen. I made my own gold paper with embossing powder.

Three Little Pumpkins

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 | Gayle Chrvala

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October Anything Goes

Finishing up on my Halloween cards and getting ready to mail them but decided I needed a little cute in my stash. Using Simon Says Stamps Boo Day stamp set and taylored Expressions mini slim line window die and square window frame, I made this mini slimline card. Super cute to my eyes and will be sent off to our youngest granddaughter, Alexandra.

This card will be entered in the Two Old Bats Anything Halloween October challenge. I was inspired by the pumpkins on their mood board.

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Red and White

October 12, 2021 | Gayle Chrvala

A new challenge blog has posted their first anything goes Christmas challenge which is a great idea to keep Christmas going all throughout the year. So for today’s card I decided to focus on the inspiration board panel of red and white.

After stamping the GKD’s Holiday Tapestry panel in white pigment ink and then heat embossing with white embossing powder, I cut out numerous letters in gold cardstock before finally deciding on the MERRY that I chose which is a Poppystamps Merry Christmas background die. I then needed to do a little stamp surgery on GKD’s Festive Frame sentiment for the word Christmas. It has a funky closed “C” but didn’t want to cut apart anymore stamps. I think if I make this again I will cut my letters from a gold heat embossed panel so the die cut letters and the stamped sentiment match. I’m thinking I need to add something after the sentiment but haven’t decided on that item yet. Not completely satisfied with this card but thought I would post it anyway.

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Wise Men Still Seek Him

October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 | Judy Inukai

There is a new challenge Peace on Earth which is a year round Anything Goes Christmas Challenge. This will encourage me to make a few Christmas cards throughout the year to avoid the last minute rush. In my mind, nothing says Peace on Earth like the Wise Men seeking Him. I spotted this image as I was leaving a stamp show at least six years ago. I don’t know how old it is or even who the manufacturer is, but I had to add it to my collection even though I usually avoid unmounted stamps. I cut a piece of cling foam and thanks to MISTI am finally able to get a good impression. I colored the image with Prisma pencils. The sentiment is from Nativity Sentiments by JustRite from about 2016. The current challenge at Retro Rubber is also an Anything Goes challenge so I’m entering it there too.

Orange and Green

October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 | Judy Inukai

The challenge at Color Hues is to use Orange and Green. Not colors I normally use together unless I’m getting ready to celebrate St. Paddy’s day. I used the layering sunflower stencil from the Hero Arts September kit. The brushed the first layer very lightly in Peach Bellini, then the second layer in Peach Bellini but with a slightly heavier hand. I used Sweet Mango for the center and Tangerine Twist for the highlights in the center. The leaves were brushed with Jelly Bean Green and Lucky Clover. The colors look more muted than they did when I first created the card. I used the layered Hello die from the kit cut from scraps of orange and green, cutting two layers of each layer for a bit of dimension. The card base is Jelly Bean Green. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my card.

frightful & delightful

October 7, 2021 | Gayle Chrvala

I’m really enjoying this green Halloween background blended with Distress Oxide Inks Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover and Black Soot. So for today’s card which will be entered into the sketch challenge at Make the Cards Challenge, I added some patterned paper strips from SSS and stamped my swirl of bats from Inkadinkadoo’s Cats & Bats clear stamp set. Sentiment is a Studio G mounted red rubber that was probably in the dollar bin at AC Moore many many years ago. Spellbinder’s inverted square die was layered for my sentiment focal point.