Valentine Squares

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. I got the idea for this card while perusing Pinterest. You can see that card here https://www.pinterest.com/pin/342555115426299413/. Cardstock is Stampin Up background paper was a piece in my stash. Heart dies are Sweet and Sassy Framelits by Stampin Up. Sentiment and clip art hearts were done in my Hallmark card program. Ribbon has been in my stash for years and since I don’t do much ribbon it took me some time to get the bow right. At first when I looked at the finished product, I thought it didn’t look right with the one red square covered by the heart but the more I looked at it the more I liked it.

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

Floral Trio Hello

| Lisa K

I thought I would share my card here.

This has been posted to the Triple B challenge: https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/01/triple-b-january-2025-challenge.html

I made this for the Featured Stamper challenge at SplitcoastStampers yesterday. Since I already posted one to the Triple B Challenge from this blog, I posted it from SCS.

I used SU Irresistible Blooms stamp set, matching dies, and patterned paper for this card. This is a new to me set. I purchased the stamp set used, but barely used, and then got the dies from SU as they were on the Last Chance list, formerly Clearance Rack, and the paper was given to me. Lost Lagoon is the blue green color of paper and ink used. The white is Accent White and the gems I found in my stash. The flowers and leaves were cut from the patterned paper.

It was a fun card to create. Here is the card that I used for inspiration: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/882194?cat=fav

I turned her card layout and made mine portrait, rather than landscape. I chose to use flowers rather than butterflies and used a die to make my dots, rather than patterned paper.

We are in the frigid weather outdoors, so that means I will remain indoors spending much time in my stamp room. I did hear the birds singing, which is always a plus.

Snowy Bear

| Gayle Chrvala

It’s snowing outside my house all day and this cute Taylored Expressions bear was sittting on my desk for some time. So when the Double D Challenges: White on White challenge caught my eye I figured it was the perfect time to use this image. I made a mess on my floor die cutting snowflakes with a variety of dies including SimonSaysStamp, Hero Arts Fancy die for my center circle and some unknown dies from my stash while watching football. Taylored Expressions Bear Hugs stamp set, stencils and dies were used for the polar bear. I didn’t want the bear to get lost in all of that white so added a bit of color to the scarf and sentiment.

Another fun challenge from Double D Challenges along with their inspiring mood board. Happy to play along with them.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Snow shovels, layers of clothing are gathered for tomorrow we will be clearing out from today’s snow. It looks pretty but I’d much rather have those dustings to an inch annoying storms. Take care, stay safe and keep warm.

3D Bouquet

| Gayle Chrvala

I have discovered that not all 3D embossing folders are equal in size and depth. I’m always trying to figure out the sandwich for my BigShot and 3D eb folders holding my breath not to force anything. The Baroque Bouquet 3D embossing folder from Taylored Expressions gives a nice dimension and levels of embossing. This is TE stamp set, coordinating stencils, die and embossing folder. The TE Fineline Vine background stamp was inked with versamark ink for a tone on tone look and TE’s Wavy Stitched Stacklets for a bit of a design border. Sentiment strip was friended to me.

My card today will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes with a Twist of 3D embossing folder

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

Slam Dunk Valentine

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card for our 15 year old great-grandson. Yup, you guessed it, he plays basketball for his high school. I looked at a lot of basketball Valentine’s online to come up a design. Basketball, net and hearts are computer clip art. For the ball I printed off a basketball and punched it out with a hand punch. I used an exacto knife to make a slit at the rim of the basket so I could tuck the ball in to make it look like a slam dunk. For a little interest I rounded the corners. It was printed in my Hallmark card program.

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

Last Pocket Valentine

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. This is the last pocket Valentine for this year. As usual the pp was found online and the bear is computer clip art. Bear was fussy cut, then edged with a black marker. Script was added in my Hallmark card program. What I really like about this bear is how the eyes look googly.

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

Winter Bird

| Lisa K

I have a winter Christmas card meeting a few challenges.

My bird has been colored for several months sitting the stamp case; I have several of these colored so this is the one I chose to use for this card. The set I used is SU Perched in a Tree, released in 2022, then retired a year later. I used matching dies to cut the butterfly, branch, and the Aspen Trees are in the die set. I followed a tutorial by Brandy Cox and altered it a bit. She used a white cardbase and I chose blue; she used embossing paste to make her trees wintery and I used Taylored Expressions clear glitter embossing powder. The background is stamped with Gina K Designs Powder Blue ink to add texture.

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2025/01/january-2025-peace-on-earth-challenge-79.html

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2025/01/challenge-246-winter-fun.html

https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2025/01/triple-b-january-2025-challenge.html

https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2025/01/winter-season-january-2025.html

I am also adding this to the Triple B January challenge and the Four Seasons Challenge. Diane mentioned these in her comment.

This card is posted to the alphabet challenge with SplitcoastStampers. We are going through the alphabet using keywords that have to be on the card plus one of our own. I chose the word bird from the list and added blue from my own.

I hope to keep up with a few challenges this year to post to the blog. I have already caved on limiting my shopping and using my stash. I found some bargains that were calling me.

Splatter Patch

| Gayle Chrvala

Splatter rule #1 — wait until the splats dry before taping to a card panel or you will end up with snow balls instead of splatter!!! LOL!!!! My pumpkin patch was made using Taylored Expressions Graveyard Shift dies, Memory Box Pasture Grass dies, TE’s Squiggle Stacklets, Copic Opaque White for splatter, sentiment strip from my stash probably SSS.

My card will be shared with, of course, one of my most fun monthly challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: Anything Goes Halloween January 2025

The dynamic duo team of Diane and Darlene are at it again with another monthly challenge beginning in February Neglected Stuff Challenge Blog. Pretty sure I have a lot of those items and should be fun to ink up and use the “forgottens” in my stash.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, be safe and keep cozy.

Valentine Dinosaur

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Since my first pocket card turned out so well, I decided to make more. This one will go to our 3-year-old great-granddaughter. She loves dinosaurs. Both patterned papers were found online, and the dinosaur is computer clip art. After printing ‘Be My Valentine Bernie’ I fussy cut Dino. I still have a 7 & 5 year old great-grandson’s that will also get pocket cards. Hopefully they’ll like that there’s an easel back.

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