Leaf of Thanks

| Gayle Chrvala

After being inspired by our Buddy Bonnie’s red leaf card with another fabulous background, I came up with this card. The color is there and the leaf, however, it is more of a clean and simple design. Using some Recollections red shimmer cardstock, Spellbinder’s Hemstitch Rectangles, Gina K Designs Autumn Wishes for my sentiment and SimonSaysStamp’s Large Stitched Maple die my card is complete.

Today’s card will be shared with:

Colorful Options: November 2023 challenge celebrating the color RED.

Simply Clean and Simple November Challenge to use the work THANKS

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

Bear Birthday

| Lisa K

I am sharing the birthday card I made for my husband’s birthday. It has a large sky, so it is perfect for the Seize the Birthday challenge.

The inspiration for this card came from watching many videos of Bears eating in Alaska. I know I wanted a bear and decided to place it in the trees. I saw a similar idea on MayMay Made It’s blog and used it for help with the layout. The bear, trees, and eagle are from Vinnie’s Fav from MayMay Made It. The Happy Birthday is from a Gina K Design set.

https://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2023/10/seize-birthday-272-add-sky.html

He liked his card. Thanks for sharing in my card.

fractured triangle

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card has an interesting beginning. While watching Jeopardy one night this triangle shape was one of the clues and when I saw it, I told hubby I need to try that shape on a fractured card. So off to Google I went to find this shape triangle. After pasting the image into my Hallmark card program, I sized it then printed the sentiment and found the clip art turkey online. Since my fussy cutting didn’t work, I had hubby cut it with an exacto knife and ruler. I had used this pp on other cards but this time I sized it so the design printed smaller. Card stock is Pumpkin Pie from Stampin Up. This card is for our 24 year old grandson.

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

rocking thanksgiving

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Here we have another simple Thanksgiving card. This one will go to our youngest granddaughter and her boyfriend.

The card shape is from the Silhouette, pp found online, greeting circle is online clip art. Instead of using the circles from Silhouette I used Stitched Circles dies from Die-namics.

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Thank You

| Lisa K

In July and August, I was a hostess and verified entries for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges at Splitcoast Stampers. One item I said I would perform is to send Thank You cards to the sponsors. These cards went out the door within in the last few weeks. I was waiting for all of the prizes to be given, which took a while.

This was one layout I used. Basically I took a 12 X 12 piece of DSP, patterned paper, from Stampin Up and cut it into 4 X 5 1/4 pieces. Then I matted the pieces with a matching piece of cardstock. The color is Evening Evergreen which matches the green in the DSP. I pulled an old Hero Arts greeting from my stash; it is in a woodblock designer case and there are many greeting stamps in the collection. I added the strip of cardstock as a ribbon substitute then finished with a gem.

This card will be added to the Cardz 4 Galz challenge: https://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2023/11/211-thank-you-thankful-or-thanksgiving.html

Thank you for stopping by. I always appreciate the comments. Our weather turned bitter cold this week but we are headed for 60 degrees today! I am excited as I do not like cold and it is a bit too early for winter.

another fractured

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. It’s interesting how I found this background paper. One day while on the computer a Joanne’s add showed this fabric and I thought that would be a great background paper. So, I saved the photo and printed it on white cardstock.

I just couldn’t resist another fractured Thanksgiving card. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program with some clip art leaves added. Die cut is Spellbinders classic squares. This card will go to our oldest granddaughter’s blended family.

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Christmas Nativity

| Lisa K

I created a nativity card today. I am entering it in the Peace on Earth challenge.

I used the My Favorite Things stamp set called Away in a Manger for this card. The star is from another set by Recollections. I like the simplicity of the set and the words included.

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/10/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-50.html

I like the moodboard, but went with the anything goes option. Thanks for coming by. I have been busy with challenges with Splitcoast Stampers as I have been asked to be active for a few months with the Dirty Dozen Design team. That doesn’t take all of my time, but it seems to keep me busy for a while. I appreciate your time and comments.

family THANKSGIVING

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for one of our granddaughter’s and her family. Patterned paper and sentiment border were found online. Leaves are a small hand punch with Wink Of Stella for a little shimmer. Originally, I was going to make it a fractured card but decided I wanted the sentiment layer popped up so I matted it. Leaves are also popped up.

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

70th birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is another very easy one. Mr. A. Ritis seems to have taken over my fingers lately. This card is for our son-in-law’s mother. Since she’s not happy about turning 70 I refrained from making a snarky card. See, I can be nice sometimes.

Sentiment, “BEHIND YOU All Your Memories, BEFORE YOU All Your Dreams, AROUND YOU All Who Love You, WITHIN YOU All You Need.” was found on Pinterest, background paper was found online, numbers were double cut on the Silhouette then I added Clear Wink Of Stella before mounting them on Spellbinders Labels 3 die cut.

Thanks for stopping by your visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.