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This card was originally made for the Challenge Your Stash group at Splitcoaststampers to use a bird on a card.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

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

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!

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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.

OC Birthday

| Gayle Chrvala

A few month’s ago I invited a cousin for an inpromptu card making session. As a thank you she gave me some photos that she had taken at her summer house in Ocean City Maryland and I thought I would turn this one into a card. It’s a little dark but hope you can see the beauty of the photo. My sentiment is my stamped portion and is a Gina K Designs stamp set “So many sentiments”. The domed shape is a Taylored Expressions die. This card went to my son-in-law.

My card will be shared with:

Cardz 4 Galz #219 Seascape Challenge hosted by our Buddy Johanna.

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Luck O’ The Irish

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. After seeing Stamp Buddy Lisa Babitz scrambled box card and what the Double D challenge was I just had to try it. Lisa was so kind to provide the measurements. For the pp I Googled St. Patric’s Day backgrounds and found this one. Card base is white with a green panel then I added the pp to a white piece of cs. Sentiment was printed on the computer. I hope I did justice to Lisa’s design.

I’m so sorry but I was not able to post this on Double D.

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

Shamrocks & Shenanigans

| Gayle Chrvala

Another reason to make cards for a fun holiday is coming up quickly especially with Easter at the end of March. So to get started I stamped my background with SimonSaysStamp Shamrock background stamp in black ink on a light minty green cardstock then ink blended more color over the panel. I stamped an older red rubber sentiment stamp from DRS Designs in versamark and heat set with gold embossing powder. The layering panel was gold embossed after inking the edges with versamark so the panel gold color would match the sentiment gold color.

This was my first attempt but my cardstock shifted on the second stamping so I stamped, heat embossed on vellum and die cut with a circle die to cover up my oops!

My card today will be shared with:

Words Power: Word Power #2 Challenge This challenge is to make the sentiment the focal point of your card.

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Fractured Thank You

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. There’s a group of 8 people that are always at our favorite restaurant the same night we are. Two of the women are really good bakers and when they bring in dessert for their group (and the staff) they always share with us. Last week, on Valentine’s Day, they brought two desserts and not only shared with us, but also our friends that were with us.

Both patterned papers and the clip art thank you’s were found online. Die used is Stitched Squares by Die-namics. I didn’t want them exactly the same, so I made one a 5×5 square.

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