Virtual Stamp Night another three cards

July 15, 2019 | Lisa K

The above card is a small 3 X 3 inch card. I think it would work well for placing with a gift.

This card has a piece of patterned paper for the background that has gold foil dots in it. I think the cactus works well with this paper. The cactus stamps are from a Lawn Fawn set called Stuck on You.

This challenge was a color challenge: Cajun Craze, Garden Green, Gorgeous Grape. I used a Sizzix embossing folder that was new, a stamp set from SU that was new, and a sentiment from Gina K Designs that I have used many times before. I enjoy color challenges.

There are three more cards I will post soon that were completed for the Virtual Stamp Night. Thanks for looking.

July Virtual Stamp Night Cards

July 14, 2019 | Lisa K

I have been participating in Virtual Stamp Night at Split Coast Stampers. I take my time and never complete all of the challenges. They had a total of 15, if I counted correctly, over a two day span. There is a deadline of July 15 at midnight to complete all if one chooses, but I am basically done. I enjoyed finding stamps, embossing folders, and anything in my stash to use and stretch my creativity. The theme was Rock Star.

This one is based on Elvis. His favorite colors were pink and black, so that is what I chose. The stamps are mainly from Paper Smooches and this card was entered in the July challenge at Paper Smooches.

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The stamps used for the above card is from The Stamps of Life. The background paper is a fun marbling print.

This card needed to be something flying, like the flying squirrel. I used trees from a set from Gina K Designs, a plane, clouds, and sentiment from a Stampin Up set.

I will go ahead and finish this post and come back another time to continue with more cards. I have enjoyed playing with the challenges. Thanks for looking.

Family Fun

July 7, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

It was a busy weekend for us which is very unusual. Saturday was the annual Chrvala picnic hosted by one of my husband’s cousins. Always such a good time and the one time that the cousins get together and catch up with each other. Our son, daughter inlaw and our 18 month granddaughter decided to come home the day before the picnic and stay with us and our daughter’s two children decided to sleep over the same night. It was fun but a whirlwind of activity but worth it when our two oldest grandchildren decided it was the best picnic ever so I created this Thank you card for our hostess and host.

GKD stamp sets Massive Messages, Blossom, and Hello Sunshine were used as well as embossing powder for my “fireworks”. I then sponged the galaxy background with distress inks but it looked too dark so sprayed on irridescent Glitter Dust to try to brighten it up. This is a 5×7 card so the children can write in their own thanks.

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July Joan

July 7, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

Hi Buddies,

My card today is one of my favorite folds, the gatefold card. This year we, my high school girlfriends and I , all turn 65 so I’m trying to create some fun cards with the hopes that it brings a smile and chuckle for each and everyone. I found my never been inked before Art Impressions (Hampton Art) and decided that it would be perfect for Joan’s birthday. There was no name on this set but it has fun girlfriend images and sentiments.

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The outside on this one uses Gina K’s Glitz Glitter Gel and the fabulous stencil by Bonnie!!

MSC Case Judy — Birthday Card

July 6, 2019 | Lisa K

This week’s Mod Squad Challenge is to CASE Judy Woodland’s card. Here is the link: http://modsquadchallenge.com/just-in-case/

I used the Elegant Asters stamp set and dies, filler from Something Good, and the sentiment from Stippled Blossoms, all by Gina K Designs. I stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on Gina K layering white paper, colored with Spectrum Noir and Copic markers. I layered with black paper from Hobby Lobby and my card base is Primrose Petals cardstock from SU, retired.

Fun challenge. Thanks Judy.

Ice Cream and Popsicle Birthday Cards

July 5, 2019 | Lisa K

I am in need of summer birthday cards and have a couple of new stamps. My first one is using a layout and CASE of Tina Smith, https://cardsandcoffeetime.com/2019/06/18/try-it-out-tuesday-avery-elle-sweetest/

I love watching her videos and creating with her ideas. I fell in love with the Avery Elle stamp set she used, so I followed her layout and created this card.

My next card uses a set by Maymay Made It called Inside Scoop. Love the sentiments included in this set.

Ideas

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 | Golda

So MFT came out with a pretty Card Kit, recently. I like it and everyone that has gotten it absolutely loves it, but I was thinking I could do something similar with different stamps. So, I used the Beautiful Bloom stamp and Hello Beautiful sets that were a card kit last summer to create this card with the same ideas from this new kit. I used a piece that I did a while back with different Ken Oliver Color Bursts and embossed the flower in white ink on top.

After cutting the flower out using the die, I cut out the word “Beautiful from the Hello Beautiful set. I used silver, but realized it wouldn’t look good just on top of the flower, so cut out the background for it in a dark blue that was similar to the darkest color in the watercolor piece.

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This is what I wound up with and I really like it. I used my Cuttlebug to do all the die cutting and some Gina K Connect glue for adhering everything.

Thanks for spending some of your valuable time with me today!

Seven Sparkles

June 30, 2019 | Gayle Chrvala

Celebrating Brooke’s 7th birthday with rainbows, unicorns, stars, clouds and lots of sparkle. Today’s card uses a variety of stamps and dies. My unicorn is a SimonSaysStamps “Magical Birthday set, the stars and clouds were from a Hero Arts monthly kit, the Happy die cut came from a Hero Arts stamp and cut set. I also used Spellbinder’s classic hearts dies and Lawn Fawn’s rainbow die. Sparkle came from glitter pens, wink of stella, glitter paper, Sakura clear star gelly roll pen and some unknown glittery spray that may have been included in a past kit. All I need to do is complete the inside which will be like creating another card for the birthday girl. SAM_3949

Vintage Rose for a few Challenges

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 | Lisa K

It took me a whole month to get inspired to make a vintage card. I used the stamp set Vintage Rose by Gina K Designs along with her Ivory Cardstock in both heavy weight and layering weight. The roses are colored with Spectrum Noir markers in the dark red colors. I sponged on a bit of brown tones to darken the embossed background and also the roses. I left the greeting off of the front and will decide what to use it for at a later date.