peach and green

| Judy Inukai


I found a large box of various pieces ready to made into cards.
The iris from Stately Flowers 8 by GKD, is colored with Copics: YR02, YR01, YR00,
YR0000, Y35, YG63, G21. I used the Palm Frond stencil by Honeybee to emboss the
background with a rubber mat, then lightly swiped green over the raised areas –
the green shows more IRL The sentiment, Tiny Sentiment Wishing by Altenew is
cut in Grass Green. The sentiment in the strip along the bottom reads “you the
happiest of birthdays”. You is a separate stamp and I had difficulty lining it
up with the rest of the sentiment but I was pleased with the final result. I used
Master Layouts 2 to cut the black mat. I decided a Peach Bellini card base matched
the coloring on the iris best. I’m entering this in Color Hues 84 – Peach and Green and Word Power #4



BasketBall Birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our middle great-grandson. He loves playing basketball.

Background paper was found online. Circles were cut on the Silhouette and the center one was run through a Cuttlebug ef. The basketball is computer clip art and I added the 15 before printing it, then backed it with another circle and popped it up. I used a Stampin Up punch for the ball.

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

Take A Break

| Gayle Chrvala

Taking inspiration from Buddy Gerry’s recent rocker card, I decided to give it a go. My teeny rocker card uses the largest circle dies in my stash with a computer generated sentiment and Stamabilities Happy Hoppers House Mouse stamp “Relaxing Bubbles” After using some colored pencils to color in my bunny and tub and bubbles, I added Glossy Accents to the bubbles.

I’ll be sharing my rocker card today with:

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #222 – Cute Animals

This is going in the mail tomorrow for a friend who needs to be reminded that she deserves a break and hopefully will take one. I appreciate you and your time. After days of rain, there was a magnitude 4.8 earthquake about 40 miles aways from our home. Shook our house and make quite a noise and it was very strange for our area. Tomorrow we will have military helicopters practicing at our local airport so that should be very interesting to see. I may just stay in my “elf room” for the weekend. Thanks for stopping in for a peek.

Rising hand

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. I tried to load this to the Two Old Bats Halloween challenge but I had a problem and couldn’t get it on there.

Black cover and border are from the Silhouette, corner bats are from a Tim Holtz Halloween die set. Border is popped up. The moon background was found on Google Halloween moon clip art. Card base is 5 1/4 x 5 1/4, overlay is 4 3/4 x 4 3/4. I’ll be making my own envelope for this one. You can now say you’ve seen green bats. lol

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

I finally got this entered at https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2024/04/april-2024-anything-goes-halloween.html

No Fooling!!

| Gayle Chrvala

We made it to April and Spring and the blooms are popping and no fooling that I am a guest designer for Triple B Birds, Butterflies and Blooms April challenge. Panic was my first reaction but Darlene and our Bonnie calmed me down and this is my card for the challenge. Not an April Fools joke!

I decided on Colorado Craft Company’s Pretty Little Lines Daffodil Mice stamp set and I opted for the tulip stem and this little mouse for my card. Lightly colored with markers from my stash and a little Wink of Stella for some shine was added.  The background was ink blended using Taylored Expressions Pretty Petals stencil and added a few Martha Stewart punch butterflies for good measure.

Hope you all can play along with this challenge.

Triple B Challenges – April 2024

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

for my hunny bunny

| Judy Inukai

I made this card for my husband. I cut the postage die from Master Layouts 14 and used the matching stencil to brush Ocean Mist in the squares. The bunny and birdie are from Happy Spring, Colored with Copics. The sentiment is from the same set, stamped in Blue Lagoon. The duck is from Spring Fling. The squiggle in the upper left box and the flower in the lower left box are stamped in Ocean Mist – they are from the new With Sympathy set. I matted the focal panel with Blue Lagoon on an Ocean Mist CB. All products are from Gina K Designs. On the inside I stamped “Wishing you a Hippity Hoppity Easter” from Cottontail Wishes by Simon Says. I’m entering this in The Sisterhood of Crafters Bunnies and/or Chicks Challenge.

Bunny Love

| Gayle Chrvala

One Easter card for next year!!! I stamped this cute little image from SimonSaysStamp’s Sweet Tweets stamp set and didn’t use it for a card this Easter but when I saw a challenge of Bunnies and/or Chicks, I decided to make a card and save it for next year. A mini-slimline card with some light ink blending of green and pink left on my brushes for the focal panel. And can I just say, look at my sentiment!!!! OMG….Sending is one stamp and the so much love is a separate sentiment. Maybe they were meant to be nestled in each other like that but I can hardly believe that I didn’t mess it up. After fussy cutting the image I popped it up on dimensionals and it kind of gave a 3D effect. After struggling to make the glossy accents flow and adding to the eggs and a few other items, my card today is completed and will be sharing it with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: March 27 Bunnies and/or Chicks Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Happy Easter, Happy Spring and Happy April Fool’s Day!

Anniversary Rocker

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our son & d-i-l. Their anniversary is the day after his birthday.

While going through my stash I found this scrap of pp that I thought would make a nice anniversary card. Card base was cut on the Silhouette, circles are Spellbinders scalloped and classic circles. Sentiment & clip art roses were printed on the computer. There was just enough of the pearly trim in my stash to finish it off.

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

pinwheel birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. After seeing some pinwheel cards on Pinterest I thought I’d give it a try. Patterned paper is from a 6×6 book from Stampin Up. Squares were cut using Stampin Up’s paper trimmer, center circle is a no name stitched circles die. Sentiment stamp is Gina K’s Birthday Blessings, fussy cut & popped up.

This is for our son. Inside sentiment is very simple… “Enjoy the last year of your 50’s”. Next year’s card will be really fun. 🙂

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