Round and Round

| Gayle Chrvala

Circles, stripes, dots are in order for this masculine birthday card. A few challenges have popped up that I wanted to play in so I searched my embossing folders for some circles. Using the Tim Holtz Alterations Retro Circles embossing folder for my background on GKD Sandy Beach cardstock, I then die cut some patterned paper from my stash in a dots background and striped background layering them on navy cardstock. Sentiment is GKD Sweet Sentiments will complete my card today.

Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes Embossing with a Twist of Squares and/or Circles

The Sisterhood of Crafters: February 28 – Dots and/or Stripes

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

We are on that roller coaster of weather again. Above average temperatures with lots of rain, then boom a 20 degree drop with high winds. Not sure in March will come in like a lion but I’m sure it will be an interesting weather month.

Easter Circles

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. It’s time to start my Easter cards.

As usual the pp was found online. It’s unusual for me but I decided to dry emboss the pp. Ef used is Dots from Stampin Up. Bunnies are online clip art, Circles are Spellbinders classic & scalloped circle dies. Sentiment is a no name die I recently bought on Amazon. I double cut the sentiment for more stability then I used Wink of Stella for a little shine.

This will be entered at https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2024/02/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate it. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Fun Fold St Patrick’s Day

| Gayle Chrvala

Another St Patrick’s Day card and this one will definitely be going to our granddaughter Brooke who still “knows” that the more you add to a card the absolute best it is!!! A fun fold card that I came across from Lisa’s Stamp Studio and her Easy DIY Accordion Flip Card Using Designer Paper. I’m still scrounging around for some St. Patrick’s Day themed papers but shopped my stash for my card today and came up with lots of greens! The front panel is Taylored Expressions Luck of the Irish foil It panel which was foiled in gold foil then ink blended in rainbow colors. The pot of gold is also TE’s Rainbow’s End dies. The second picture is the opened card and left includes, Tutti Designs Paylful Leprechauns die. I cut off the third leprechaun because he didn’t fit and fussy cut the pot after die cutting in gold. The little ‘stars’ are also TE’x Rainbow’s End die set. The middle sections I opted to continue with a rainbow pattern which was from a SSS kit I believe. Sentiments are also TE and small shamrocks from my stash. Finally the last panel was stamped with Gina K Designs Best of Luck stamp set and the sentiment is Penny Black’s Irish Luck. Phew!!! A lot of card and a lot of different products but I’m sure my Brooke will like it.

Today’s card will be shared with:

Make My Monday Challenge #220 Fun Folds – Any Theme chosen by our Buddy Johanna.

Happy to play along with Johanna’s theme today.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe. 20 days until SPRING!

Cooking with MImi

| Lisa K

The Sisterhood of Crafters is all about dots or stripes. I made a card today that has stripes.

This is my destination card for this week, a kitchen for K. I chose to use Yummy Mimi from Penny Black for my focal image. The greeting is from a Hero Arts set. I presented my daughter with a few pieces of paper and she suggested the stripes as they matched the colors in my image. The stripes are perfect for the Sisterhood of Crafters challenge.

https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-28-dots-andor-stripes.html

I appreciate you coming by today. Enjoy your day!

Songbird Singing

| Lisa K

I worked on a songbird card and found it fits a few challenges.

My songbird is from Stampin Up. It is called Sweet Songbird and has matching punch, which I used. I had a die in another set that I used for the greeting strip. The stitched circle die is also SU, and is very retired. I used patterned paper in the color Orchid Oasis; one side is plaid and the other side is dotted. The branch is stamped in Gina K Designs ink, black ink is Memento, and the green is Stampin Up. I found an orange color that I cut a small piece and punched the beak.

This card was originally made for the Challenge Your Stash group at Splitcoaststampers to use a bird on a card. It is National Bird Feeding Month, so Barb chose a bird. I am also adding this to the Double D Challenge to use patterned paper and the Triple B challenge to use a bird.

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2024/02/patterned-paper.html

https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2024/02/february-2024-challenge.html

Thank you for joining me today. I enjoyed creating this card. There is a lot of inspiration for this bird on Pinterest, so I used one and made it work for my stash.

With Sympathy

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Sunday night my cousin passed away after years of dementia and other health issues. Today’s card will go to his surviving brother.

Starting out all I had in mind was to use this Tim Holtz die, once I decided on a color combo the rest came easy. Before cutting the die, I backed the cs with double stick paper and embossed it after cutting. The embossing folder I used is Swirls by Cuttlebug. Ovals and flowers are from hand punches, 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.

Green Check

| Gayle Chrvala

Patterned paper, embossing folder, touches of gold with a sentiment is everything needed for my card today. The green checked patterned paper was from Gina K Designs stash. After embossing the patterned paper with SimonSaysStamp Kaleidoscope 3D embossing folder, I stamped the shamrock image and die cut as well as the sentiment from GKD’s Luck and Love stamp set, adding a Taylored Expressions A2 Thin Frame cut in gold cardstock to complete the card.

My card today will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Patterned Paper Challenge

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Wildflower Hello

| Gayle Chrvala

A CAS card today made with Altenew Edged Wildflower die, Gina K Designs Gauze background stamp inked with Taylored Expressions Sea Salt ink and sentiment is also GKD Sweet Sentiments stamped in black ink. Sweet and simple today and will be sharing with:

Triple B: February 2024 Challenge to include Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies.

Using the mood board for inspiration, I couldn’t pass up that red!

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

Destination cards H, I , and J

| Lisa K

I have been behind on sharing my destination cards. My family has been very helpful with finding destinations for me.

We were hearing noises that sounded like a hot air balloon being filled, so that is what prompted me to use a Hot Air Balloon Festival for H.

For the I destination, my daughter suggested India. Their national bird is Peacock, so that is what I went with.

This week’s letter was J. I chose Jungle, per my daughter’s idea. This is a new Stampin Up set and it was begging to be used. I enjoyed coloring these images, which were all fussy cut. I had the patterned paper and added Catherine Pooler leaves. The branch came from Hero Arts and the greeting from WPlus9. It was fun to create.

Thanks for joining in my alphabet challenge cards. I enjoy creating these. I like stretching my mind and using supplies that I have had for some time.