Rats!!

| Gayle Chrvala
Two Old Bats July Halloween Anything Halloween

So what’s more scary — Rats or being asked as a Guest Designer for the Two Old Bats July Anything Halloween Challenge???? I am so honored to have had my May card chosen as a Top Winner and invited to be a Guest Designer. Thank you so much! I have so much fun participating in the monthly Halloween challenges.

This month’s inspiration board inspired me to use the Simon Says Stamp Tim Holtz STAMPtember 2019 stamp set. Mr. Rat was stamped in VersaFine Clair Nocturine Black ink and clear heat embossed, then colored while sponging a little GKD Fresh Asparagus and Hero Arts Tangerine inks around this little guy. My swirl of stars was created with the Tim Holtz Hocus Pocus layering stencil and some black soot distress ink. Some glossy accents was added to Mr. Rat’s eyes to help them pop. A couple of strips of black cardstock, sentiment and orange gems finishes my card.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek and the honor of being a Guest Designer.

Now that my card is completed, I think Rats are more scary!!

June Challenge Your Stash

| Lisa K

Today is the day to post cards for the Challenge Your Stash group at Split Coast Stampers. This month the challenge is to Make a project with a Tiger – or a wild cat of any sort: lion, puma, panther, cheetah–just not a domestic pet.

Birthday Lion

First of all, we are having stormy weather and sunshine is not in the forecast for several days. With that in mind, I did my best to get light with a daylight bulb and a few pieces of cardboard around the light. This card looks much better than the photograph will show, but you can see the blue and green.

I stenciled the clouds with a gifted stencil from a stamp buddy, using Lawn Fawn ink in a light blue color. I blended green ink on the ground then added grass with a darker green ink. The grass is from a Stampin Up set called Sending Sunshine; it is retiring on Wednesday so if you like it, get it now. The sun is from a Gina K Designs set called Own Kind of Beautiful; it is long ago retired. The regal lion comes from The Stamps of Life, lions2stamp with matching dies. I stamped the lion with Lawn Fawn and Gina K Designs ink in Kraft, Sandy Beach, Sunshine, and dark brown colors, then came back with Prismacolor pencils to add texture and the orange mane. I have never penciled on top of ink before, but it worked beautifully for the needed color. I chose a greeting from The Stamps of Life set and called the card finished.

Thanks for spending time with me and this lion.

Classic Guy!

| Gayle Chrvala
As You Can See It Challenge: Challenge #252 – Apply the “Y”

Playing along with the masculine challenge with the As You Can See It Challenge today. I had a lot of fun creating this group of cards most of which were included in the mailing to the “Making Cards for Troops” group. The image was found online and colored in with colored pencils. The sentiment is computer generated and the map was copied from road and street map that my husband used during his driving career before GPS was available to him. He still would rather look at a map!! Two other samples include one in black and white on kraft and the other is for those “Y”s who prefer trains.

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Fun challenge! Thanks for stopping in for a peek.

Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop

| Gayle Chrvala
AAA Cards Game #192

AAA Cards Clean & Simple Challenge #192 is a one corner + childhood memories optional twist. Challenge accepted and if I must admit I still like a good lollipop. I have been attempting to reorganize my stamps and came across a red rubber wood mounted lollipop stamp with no name on the block but probably from the dollar section at a local big box store. After stamping my lollipops, I decided on rainbow flavors and colors, then sponged some GKD Bubblegum pink. The sentiment “yum” was stamped in Hero Arts Ombre red ink and is from me & my BIG ideas The Happy Planner stamp set.

A fun CAS challenge from AAA Cards. Thanks for stopping in for a peek.

Floral No Stamping

| Lisa K

This card has no stamping. I used several punches and dies in creating the flowers and cardstock pieces.

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/06/just-us-girls-challenge-588-trend-week.html

I participate in a swap every few months with a few ladies. One person chooses a card idea to CASE and we all create a card that goes along with the idea. I chose to use patterned paper and cardstock from Hobby Lobby for the weaving pattern and flowers. I used three different punches to create the flower, then embossing it with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. That gave it needed texture. The leaves were die cut with a Spellbinders die. I added a bit of ink and texture with an SU embossing folder. Then I thought it needed more, so I cut vellum leaves using the same die and MFT vellum cardstock. The Hi was a freebie from The Stamps of Life and it worked perfectly for the greeting. I didn’t like this on the plain white cardbase so used a gray from Stampin Up embossed with the Subtle folder.

When we decided on the card to CASE, the other ladies thought it would be easy to follow and not a lot of work. This took quite a few steps to create and turned out to more of a challenge than I thought. Now that I have made one, the others will be easier to create.

This card will be entered in the Just Us Girls No Stamping challenge.

Relax under the Umbrella

| Lisa K

The following card is using MFT Color Challenge 167 with a beach theme for the Retro Rubber Challenge.

https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/cc167 https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2021/06/challenge-160-summer-breeze.html

I used the stamp set Beach Happy from SU, dated 2019. The ink colors I chose are SU Granny Apple Green, Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and GKD Kraft. I used SU Crumb Cake cardstock for the card base and the Seaside Embossing Folder also by SU, retired. I used a stitched rectangle die, from The Stamps of Life, to cut the umbrella images out and the size wouldn’t fit on an A2 size card, so I made a 5 X 7 inch card base so the three umbrellas would fit across the card. I used partial embossing to make the stitched border around using a slimline die, but then I felt it was missing something so I added the embossing. I saw this idea on Pinterest for this stamp set, and modified it to fit the color challenge and the size of my dies.

Ruby Blooms

| Judy Inukai

I love coloring this big floral image from the Simon Says Thankful Flowers kit. Usually I color it with light colors, but for some reason I was inspired to uses these rich reds and I really like it. Copics used: R89, R39, R27, R24, R22, G99, G03. The Cherry Red card base makes the colors pop even more. The sentiment is from an older set by Gina K Designs called Assorted Greetings – it is such a great all-purpose set with sentiments for inside the card as well as outside. I’m entering this in the  Mod Squad Challenge and the Simon Says Monday Challenge.

For my Tiger

| Judy Inukai

I always struggle with cards for my DH. I made this for our 49th (YIKES has it really been that long?) wedding anniversary. I used the fun My Monthly Hero Kit from[JI1]  June 2019. I sponged the Spiral Petal stencil lightly for the background, and added a few leaves from the kit stamped in various shades of green. The images were all colored with Copics and cut with the matching dies. I popped the tiger up to make him look like he was coming out of the tall grass. I’m entering this in the following challenges;

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge – Create a Scene

Stay Crafty with Hero For the Guys

As You See it Apply the Y

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No Stamping

| Judy Inukai

The challenge at Just Us Girls is to make a card with NO stamping. Hmmmm. How do I do that? I’m a stamper. Oh, wait – I just got this gorgeous pattern paper pack called Blossom by Graphic 45, so it made creating cards without stamping a breeze. The problem with these designs is, both sides are so pretty it’s hard to know which one to use. I cut one of the small images of the pink dahlia, then cut the full size sheet for the background. I had several other scraps and used two for mats – the green stripe was the reverse of the dahlia. The Hello die came with my Gemini Jr. This is the first time I’ve used it and it VERY intricate. I got a lot of other cards made today using this pack and I’m glad to have some cards for my stash.