State Fair

| Lisa K

I have been working on this card for three days. I finally finished it and will share it now.

This week is the S location for the alphabet challenge I have been participating. I started with the thought process of heading to Six Flags, so out came the Lawn Fawn stamp sets that were ride oriented. As I kept adding more and more elements, I realized that it fit a fair better than the amusement park I remember. So I turned it into a State Fair.

I used three Lawn Fawn sets on this card: Wheely Great Day, Coastal Critters, Coastal Critters Flip-Flop. The colors used for the background are also Lawn Fawn inks. I used a sunray stencil from Spellbinders for the sky. I saw this idea on Pinterest and changed it a little.

This will be entered in Crazy is our fame challenge: https://stencilfun.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-stencil-fun-challenge.html

I will also enter it in Word Art Wednesday: https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/04/anything-goes-weeks-645-646.html

The alphabet challenge has become one of my favorite challenges to participate in. I like finding new ways to use the many sets in my stash, or like this time, borrowing from my daughter’s stash.

A Pirate’s Life!!!

| Gayle Chrvala

Argh!!! not one but two pirate ships sailing the high seas for our youngest grandchildren. They like to receive mail so I will be mailing these cards to them. Both use the Penny Black Pirates stamp set. The top card the pirate ship was stamped on patterned paper, colored and then used a clear star jelly roll pen to outline this “ghost” ship. The bottom card uses Tim Holtz moon stencil and ink blending as well as an embossing folder for some fancy waves. Layer of gold seemed appropriate to back the focal panel.

These cards will be sharred with:

Double D Challenges: Water Related Theme

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

Tropical Olaf!

| Gayle Chrvala

A movie theme almost had me stumped until I realized that I was gifted this all too cute Olaf from Frozen stamp and die set. The sentiment included in the Simply Defined stamp set prompted me to make a tropical theme for Olaf using Newton’s Nook Designs Retro Sun & Palms Stencil set. I deleted a portion of the sentiment and added an offset Catherine Pooler/Cas-ual Fridays Stamp of Approval die to complete my card today.

The movie theme challenge that I will share my card with is:

Cardz 4 Galz: 223 Movie Madness

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

Here Come The Spiders

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. While perusing Pinterest I saw a few Halloween cards similar to this one and thought it would be fun to try. Card base is Basic Grey, embossed panel is white cs run through a Tim Holtz brick ef. After embossing the piece I ran a Basic Grey stamp pad over it. Drippy goo border is a Martha Stewart punch, large spider is an old Sizzix Sizzlit die, small spiders are an old Cuttlebug die. Spiders eyes are green and yellow Stickles, spiders are popped up.

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://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-mid-month-reminder.html

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Positive Thoughts Birthday

| Lisa K

I created a card today using colors from Splitcoast Stampers color challenge. This will be mailed to a person celebrating her birthday in May.

I used the stamp set Positive Thought by Stampin Up and the dies that are associated with the set. The colors are Fresh Freesia, Daffodil Delight, and Gorgeous Grape with the neutral of Mossy Meadow. I used a very retired SU set called tile something.

This card will be entered in the Triple B April challenge: https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-challenge.html

It will also be entered in the Can You Handle the Pressure? https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-13th-2024-anything-goes-with.html

It will be entered in Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes: https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/04/anything-goes-weeks-643-644.html

I enjoyed creating a card today that will be mailed as soon as I can get the envelope addressed. Thanks for stopping by and seeing my card. Enjoy the Spring weather. We are definitely feeling Spring where I live.

Happy 83rd

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our b-i-l. Patterned paper was found online. White layer and blue squares were embossed with a Stampin Up diamond ef. The white panel and patterned papers were edged with a blue marker. I think the colored edges gives it a more finished look. Label is Stampin Up’s modern label and word window punches, sentiment was printed on the computer and label is popped up. Inside sentiment, found online, “It’s nice to be young, healthy, and full of energy… remember what that feels like?” If I put a nice sentiment in his card he wonders what he did to tick me off.

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

48 Years

| Gayle Chrvala

Will and I will be celebrating our 48th wedding anniversary in May and I actually completed his card early thanks to a challenge of Wedding or Anniversary. I liked this sentiment better than the usual Happy Anniversary but will add that to the inside with my hand written not to hubby.

My card uses a homemade heart stencil from a heart die from my stash and some inks in a light rainbow order from Taylored Expressions (Guava, Peaches n Cream and Mango), the sentiment and silhouette are Gina K Designs Vintage Summer card kit named Ocean Silhouettes. TE’s A2 Postage Stamp Stacklets die, and Diagonal Stitch Rectangle Stacklets completes my ivory CAS card today.

My anniversary card will be shared with:

AAA Cards: AAA Card Challenge#263 – Anything goes with a theme of wedding/anniversary.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care, be safe and send some warm weather my direction, please.

Happy Flower

| Lisa K

I took time to create this card using the weekly colors at Splitcoast Stampers and my Lawn Fawn die. I will be entering this card in Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes.

The colors used are Lemon Lolly, Polished Pink, Parakeet Party, and neutrals of Misty Moonlight, and Crumb Cake. This was the first time I used this die. I really enjoyed creating the flower, so will definitely create more flowers. I didn’t place a greeting on the card as I have no idea when I will send it or for what occasion.

https://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2024/04/anything-goes-weeks-643-644.html

I am enjoying Spring with the warmer weather and sunshine. Now, we are scheduled for a few storms, but that means I will be in my craft room creating. Virtual Stamp Night begins Friday and goes through Saturday. I am a hostess for one challenge. I completed my samples but have not made samples for any other challenges. I will hopefully get a few created. Thanks for coming by and seeing my creation.

Amazing Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. I thought it was about time to make another fractured card. Patterned paper was found online, sentiment was found on Pinterest, party hats are computer clip art. Die used is Stitched Squares by Die-Namics. Blue strips are 1/2″ and the zig zag trim is from a very old Extended Sizlit by Sizix. This was so easy I feel like I cheated.

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