My Scene

| Gayle Chrvala

Make way for another Halloween card for my stash! A fun one to make using Whimsy Stamps BOO-keh paper pad and sentiment strips while my Ghost Town Border is a Taylored Expressions product as are the Wavy Stitched Stacklet that impressed the stitching on the notecard and Squiggly Stacklets which was used to die cut my layering patterned paper. This was all popped up on some green cardstock and a little sparkle from Wink of Stella.

My card today will be shared with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: August 2025 Anything Goes Halloween

I was very tempted to use the boots as my inspiration but opted for the haunted house…..this time! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care; stay safe. Keep COOL!

Happy Halloween

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card happened because I just can’t resist making Halloween cards. Background paper was in my stash, creepy guys are from a die set by ALLIBBON bought on Amazon, bats are from a Tim Holtz Sizzix die set. Before die cutting, I added adhesive back paper to the cs. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program. I used the Tim Holtz distress tool on the background paper then used a cotton ball with black ink to darken the edges. I am pretty happy with this one.

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

This will now be entered into https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2025/08/august-2025-anything-goes-halloween.html

Bookish

| Gayle Chrvala

After using Colorful Options August challenge mood board as for my inspiration, this is the card I made. Autumn Is Calling stamp/die set from Rabbit Hole Designs, Taylored Expressions Garden Trellis embossing folder embossed on a wood grained patterned paper and swiped lightly with black ink. A circle die cut piece of vellum to help separate the focal image from the background. My colors are a combination of the two sets provided. I always seem to need a pop of color in my neutrals.

My card today will be shared with the:

Colorful Options August 2025 Challenge

Underwater Fun

| Gayle Chrvala

My card today was completed using Whimsy Stamps Bubbly A2 die, Coral Reef patterned paper, Impression Obsession snorkeler and TPC Studio Undersea Adventures clear stamp set. Images were fussy cut. I am loving this patterned paper from Whimsy. This card may go to our youngest grandchild for his 3rd birthday but nonetheless it will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: A Card for Kiddos Challenge

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

Golden Flakes

| Gayle Chrvala

As You See It Challenge: Challenge #353 – A Recipe for a Gala is the challenge I decided to play in today. I have included Black shimmer cardstock on a white notecard, Taylored Expressions Beautiful Blizzard Foil Its which was foiled with Gina K Designs Fancy Foil using my Fuse Foiling System machine from GKD, a gold shimmer die cut snowflake (maybe SimonSaysStamp), TE sentiment stamped in VersaFine Clair and clear heat embossed and die cut and finally a five black gems scattered on my card.

Hopefully I fullfilled the recipe for this challenge. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, stay cool and safe.

Distressed Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our grandson-in-law. After finding this distressed look pp online I thought this layout would be perfect. The pp pieces were cut with my antique paper cutter giving the edges kind of a torn look. Die cuts for the sentiment are Stitched Squares by Die-namics, sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program. Die cut is popped up. I used the Tim Holtz distress tool on the edges of the white layer. I wasn’t too sure about it, but hubby liked it, so I guess it’s ok.

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

Thanks

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for a very dear friend. After getting a new cell phone that’s bigger than the one I had I asked her to crochet me a new pouch for it. I always have the pouch with the phone in it hanging on my wheelchair, so the phone is always with me.

Patterned papers were found online, sentiment die was gifted to me. The sentiment is popped up. I’m so proud of myself, this is the first time I was able to actually print the papers double sided.

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

Silly Monster

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. When I saw that Double D’s challenge was for kiddo’s I thought a silly monster card would be fun to make. I decided on an easel back pocket card. Patterned paper was found online, monster is from Stampin Up’s Owl Punch. Top layer on the insert was run through an ef from Sizzix. Googly eyes were in my stash; nose is a hand punched circle cut in half. I was having trouble coming up with a mouth, so I Googled silly monster mouth clip art printed one off and fussy cut it. To make the monster look a little creepier I used a cotton ball and black stamp pad to mess it up.

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

This will now be entered at https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-card-for-kiddos-challenge.html