Bold and Batty

| Gayle Chrvala

Not the normal Halloween colors but maybe a little bit more bold in my options with the pinks and purples. My card today uses Whimsy Stamps Drippy Frame Die, BOOkeh designer paper pack, Newton’s Nook Batty Newton stamps and dies. A little ink blending on the drippy die cut from pink cardstock layer on that awesome bokeh background paper with a few bats and clear star gelly roll pen for some sparkle.

My card will be shared in the:

Colorful Options: September 2024 Challenge — BE BOLD Challenge with their funn mood board this month!

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Thank You Fox

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Our sweet breakfast server is expecting her first baby, a boy. Both her and her husband were big fans of X-Files and decided early on that if they ever had a boy his name would be Fox. Since a dear friend of mine crochets and makes stuffed animals, I asked her to make a fox for me to give our server. Before making the card, I went online and found this square yarn border. That’s when I decided to make a 5×5 square card. Before printing it I added the thank you. After taking a picture of the fox I fussy cut it and stuck it in the middle. Hubby even thinks it cute.

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Halloween Poem

| Gayle Chrvala

Fabulous Whimsy Stamps pattern paper packs and Whimsy Halloween poem stamps which was die cut using Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle LG dies with two added Taylored Expressions bows and bones fussy cut from a skeleton and of course the necessary piece of candy. Cannot have Halloween without the candy, can we?

My card today will be shared with:

Word Power Challenge #9

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CongraTULATIONS

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. My BFF since third grade asked me to make a congratulations card for her grandson-in-law. He just passed the test to become a US citizen. Pinterest had several layouts that would work and I liked this one the best. Card base is white. Top embossed layer backed by a dark blue layer, Embossing folder used is from Stampin Up, but I don’t remember the name. Sentiment was printed on the computer. Sentiment tag and red strips were cut on my paper trimmer and I hand cut the ends of the sentiment tag. Stars were cut on the Silhouette.

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Turkey Headband

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s post is a headband. My daughter is a pre-school (3-5 year olds) teacher and asked if I could come up with a project the kids could do with their grandparents on grandparents day in Nov. Between Pinterest and Google I found a template for this pattern. After several times of resizing all the pieces I finally got the right size. After printing the head & face on scrap paper I traced and then fussy cut them. When it came to the feathers, I found it was much better to print on colored cardstock. The feathers and wobbler are edged with a black Copic marker. And of course, I just had to use googly eyes. The band is 1 1/2″ wide. I’m sending her the template so she can have the parent helpers trace and cut the pieces for the kids to just put together.

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Birthday Snark

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for my niece. Like me, she likes to make snarky cards too.

Background paper was found online. After rounding the corners, I edged the piece with a Copic marker so the edges blended in. Sentiment “You are far too special for just a card so please do keep the envelope too.” was found on Pinterest. A very quick and easy card.

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Autumn Hugs

| Gayle Chrvala

Patterned paper panel layered on some brown cardstock as well as some die cut strips, leaves from a prior project on my desk and a layered and offset SimonSaysStamps Painted Hugs die. Patterned paper is a Recollections Autumn Blaze paper pad. Ivory cardstock used for my notecard base.

My card today will be shared with:

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge: ATG Using Pretty Patterened Paper September Challenge with an option of Fall Papers.

Love the ivory and brown with hints of other fall colors. We have been experiencing some nice cool mornings with higher temperature for the afternoon and it’s been an awesome weather pattern. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and stay safe.

Get Ready

| Gayle Chrvala

I have been enjoying my new supplies from Whimsy Stamps and my card today starts off with one of their backgrounds. I added a few Tim Holtz/Sizzix bats from Toil & Trouble die set, IO trick or treater die cut images and Gina K Designs sentiment from the Haunts and Harvest stamp set.

My card will be shared with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge September 2024 Anything Goes Halloween

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Sunflower Hello

| Gayle Chrvala

One more sunflower make from the SimonSaysStamp Sunflower Fields stamp, stencil and die set. This time, I repeat stamped the triple flowers on my focal panel, then using a yellow marker colored in the bottom portion of the panel. Added the sentiment and layered on the diagonal striped patterned paper. I have been inspired by our Buddies who have used black & white on their sunflower makes recently.

My card today will be shared with:

The Four Seasons Challenge: Fall Season September 2024

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