YGP w/Splatter

| Gayle Chrvala

A color challenge using Yellow – Green – Purple is Colorful Options January 2025 Challenge! I immediately went to Mardi Gras but decided it was too early for that so with a little bit of overlap and a teeny bit of colors not quite blending I decided on a silhouette stamp and turned it into a birthday card for maybe my son and/or sil. The added splatter was intended for a Facebook challenge with Taylored Expressions and I lightly splattered some gold and black on this card. My orginal card with the same design was pretty heavy handed with gold splatter. That one grew on me and I’ll be using that one too. My products are all TE including Simple Silhouette stamp set, Happy Occasions stamp & die set, A2 Postage Stamp Stacklets die, Granny Smith, Dried Fig & Pineapple inks.

I will be sharing my card with:

Colorful Options: January 2025 Yellow Purple Green challenge

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Butterfly Note Card

| Lisa K

I have a goal for the year to try to use what I own. I am not sure how long that will last as there is always something new catching my eye. This card is using many retired products, most that have never been used before.

The stamp set used is called Butterfly Gala with the matching punch, very retired. The colors used are Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sorbet, and gold. I used a stencil on the background that I heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder. The gold is a Posca Pen. The color challenge is from SplitcoastStampers CC1033.

https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/12/december-stencil-fun-challenge.html

I am entering this in the December Stencil challenge, even though it is January. Thanks for coming by and seeing my creation. I enjoyed creating with something new to me.

Embossed Foil

| Gerry Morse

Happy New Year!!

Today’s card is for our soon to be grandson-in-law. I have become very fond of embossed foil for masculine cards. Since I learned to put the foil on a piece of cs before embossing it turns out so much better. Embossing folder used is Happy Birthday by Cuttlebug. Center image is clip art from my Hallmark card program and popped up. This was so quick and easy.

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Little Buddy Birthday

| Gayle Chrvala

A January birthday card for a friend’s little boy. This is my attempt to make “bubbles” on my background. After finding lids in different sizes and some Distress Oxide inks, I began inking the edges of the lids and stamped, added some water to try to move the ink around. Not exactly the effect I was looking to achieve…..maybe I need to wet the paper first so the ink moves a bit more. After drying the ink with my heat tool, I embossed this panel using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder with the layering panel in one pass and was pretty surprised how the two layers fit into each other after gluing together. The image is Unity Stamps and a Gina K Designs Winter Blocks sentiment.

My card will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Winter

I was thrilled that my embossed poinsettia card in December’s challenge was chosen as a Top 3. WhooHoo!!!

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Happy 32nd BIRTHDAY

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome, hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Ours was quiet but very nice, and today our bonus gift is a 4-day visit from our daughter. We’re going to have some good mother-daughter time.

Today’s card is for one of our granddaughter’s. When I saw this sentiment, “For the 32nd time…. happy birthday.” I couldn’t resist it for her. Patterned paper was found online, die used is Spellbinders scalloped rectangle, sentiment was printed on the computer. This was very quick and simple and she’s going to love it. She has my sense of humor.

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

Green & Gold

| Gayle Chrvala

A gold embossed snowflake tree layered on dark green SSS cardstock and sentiment. The snowflake tree is a SSS Glistening Snowflakes stamp set and sentiment from their Joyful Season set. The notecard edges were gold embossed also for a bit of a border. Hard to see but there are 5 clear baubles on my tree for decoration. This color reminds me of the car color I wanted when we purchased our first car after getting married……I ended up with a blue car, then a black car or two and now an octane red car but no green one….so this card is for Will (hubby). Wonder if he will follow my train of thought?!?!? LOL!! This is a good color for me!

My card will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Christmas Trees Theme Challenge

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6th Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

Today’s card is for our great-granddaughter. She’s been taking ballet for a couple of years so I was happy to find this pp online. The 6 is number clip art printed on pink cs, fussy cut, dry embossed and popped up. Before embossing the number, I edged it with a black marker. Corners of pp are rounded to add a little interest. This might be the easiest/quickest card I’ve ever made.

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Glossy poinsettia

| Gayle Chrvala

A Taylored Expressions Poinsettia and Pines embossing folder on a piece of glossy foil red cardstock layered on piece of black cardstock creates the focal background of my card today. A piece of black ribbon with some baubles, a TE sentiment and Sizzix poinsettia die completes my card.

Except for a few Christmas tags and a special card from hubby, I’m finished. Moving on to winter theme cards and a ton of January birthdays are up next for me.

My card today will be shared in the:

Can You Handle the Pressure: December 14th 2024 Anything goes with a twist of poinsettias and of course the required embossing folder.

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Embossed Foil

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our grandson. He is so sweet, he told us he still has every card I’ve made for him since he was a baby.

I think foil works very well for masculine cards. Dies used for the center are Stitched Squares by Die-namics, Ef used is a no name from Amazon. To add a little interest, I embossed the top strips. Sentiment was printed on the computer.

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