With Sympathy

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Sympathy cards are never easy to do but today’s card was really a tuff one. This is for a good family friend who’s 43-year-old daughter committed suicide. I just can’t imagine how difficult that is to deal with.

Embossing folder used is Textiles by Cuttlebug and flower dies are Flourish Thinlits by Stampin Up, label die is Rose Garden Thinlits by Stampin Up. After cutting the label I realized there was like a debossed frame outline left on the cs so I thought why not cut one in black then fussy cut the frame and lay the white label inside it. I hope you can make sense of that. Sentiment was printed on the computer.

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

Friendship Wreath

| Gayle Chrvala

SimonSaysStamp Wild Berry Wreath embossing folder embossed over Taylored Expressions foiled insider panel. This was card attempt number two.

This was card attempt number one with some ink swiping and red marker for the berries. I wish I would have stopped at the green ink swiping. That red is really throwing me off so I made the second and just kept it white. This embossing folder is quite thick but I don’t believe it is an actual 3D. My card will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure: Anything Goes with a Twist Card of Thanks (11/25)

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone celebrating! Thankful for all of my Stamp Buddies and challenge creators I enjoy playing along with each month.

Ho Ho Ho

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. For some reason I wanted to make a card with a circle and Santa face. Embossing folder used is from The Paper Studio, circles are Spellbinders classic and scalloped circle dies, image was found online. For once it really didn’t take me too long to get the sentiment curved right. I’m kind of happy with the end result.

Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. I’m so excited, tomorrow our daughter and her family will be coming to celebrate the holiday with us.

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

Cute Gingerbread Man

| Gayle Chrvala

Congratulations to Peace On Earth and their 100th challenge. Their mood board seemed to focus on gingerbread men. I always like to play along with a challenge’s theme so my card today features this cute gingerbread man and house from Hunkydory It’s a Cute, Cute Christmas pocket pad. A Stamperia stencil was pounced with white pigment ink onto kraft cardstock, a layer of Gina K Designs pattern paper and Taylored Expressions Arch Nouveau dies to cut my focal image. A bit of green in the sentiment and holly/berry added for more interest.

My card will be shared with:

Peace on Earth Christmas: Challenge #100

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Make it a great day.

Merry Christmas

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. The Santa frame and stars are from Stampin Up’s Detailed Santa Thinlits and the sentiment is Spellbinders dies. Sentiment is two layers, red cs and red glitter cs, stars were cut from silver glitter cs. Before cutting sentiment and stars I backed the papers with some self-adhesive paper. I wasn’t too sure about the stars at first but I do like them.

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://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2025/11/peace-on-earth-challenge-100.html

Where’s The Patty?

| Gayle Chrvala

Do you remember making these spiders using Stampin Up punches and sandwiching a York Peppermint Patty in between the punches? They were always fun to make and an extra treat until the maker of these patties changed their packaging. I believe I was a bit Halloween card burned out and was trying to come up with an idea for a card for the Two Old Bats challenge and remembered these. My card besides the punched spiders uses a cuttlebug spiderweb embossing folder which was embossed over a web patterned paper and then lightly inked to highlight the embossing lines. Sentiment strips are SimonSaysStamp, I believe.

My card will be shared with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: November 2025 Anything Goes Halloween

Always a fun mood board but decided on a different direction this time. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, stay safe and healthy.

Fall Leaves

| Gayle Chrvala

Falling leaves this season definitely have not been neglected as the Taylored Expressions leaf coin die and Stampin Up punches. For a yard that only has small trees, we sure had enough clean up of leaves from our neighbors. The winds this fall season have been quite amazing and we kept on hoping that the leaves would blow to the next house……LOL!

My card today will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Fall Color Challenge

The Neglected Stuff Challenge November 2025

This was a CASE from a card I found online. The coin dies were a 2023 gift with purchase from TE. I should use these more often. The word die is a Spellbinders oldie but goodie. I will be sending my card to my sister who lives in Florida to remind her of the gorgeous fall weather in Pennsylvania. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and stay safe and healthy.

Merry Christmas

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. When I started this card, I had no idea how it would turn out. I started with an unbranded ef, Stampin Up’s Framelits Holiday Ornaments dies, sentiment die by Spellbinders. Ornaments are cut from red glitter cardstock, and I hand cut the tops from gold glitter paper, cording was in my stash. I couldn’t decide if I wanted the sentiment in red or green, so I cut both then decided to do them the way you see. Before cutting the words, I added self-adhesive backing to the cs. Words have Wink of Stella added for a little shine. Hubby liked it so I guess it’s ok.

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

This will be entered at https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2025/11/peace-on-earth-challenge-100.html

Apples under 10

| Gayle Chrvala

Thanks to Johanna and her post as a reminder of a speed challenge with an apple theme. I searched out my stash and came across Taylored Expressions Apple coin dies. These coin dies were a free with any purchase a few years ago. I had three so apparently I must have spent a lot of money that month!!!The coin die cuts out the circle and the apple. I did find this idea on line with a different coin die. The frame was from my stash and may be a bit wonky looking. Sentiment is from a Love Nicole stamp and die set from I believe JoAnn’s many years ago. Adding spatter over my waste basket was probably not the best idea as it was pretty one sided. My card was completed in 9 Minutes; 21 seconds. Phew! Always fun to play along and share my card with:

As You See It Challenge: Challenge #361 An Accelerated Apple A Day Speed Challenge

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