One Layer Birthday

| Lisa K

Today I decided to create a one layer birthday card. I always need birthday cards and in honor of my sister, I made a birthday card today. It is her birthday.

I used Stampin Up So Very Grateful flower image; this set was released in 2014. I chose Gina K Designs Scripty Sayings for my greeting; it was released in 2016. I colored the flower image with alcohol markers then added a bit of sparkle with a Jelly Roll Glitter Pen. I added the score lines to add something extra to the one layer card.

This will be entered in The Sisterhood of Crafters: Keep it Simple https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/08/keep-it-simple.html

This card will also be entered in Less is More: Challenge #489 – One Layer https://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-489-one-layer.html

The last challenge it will be entered in is Retro Rubber Challenge #412 https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2023/08/challenge-212-anything-goes.html

It has been a long time since I have created a one layer card. It is nice to create a clean and simple card sometimes. They may say CAS but they are never quick to create. I always want to add more, like a black layer, gems, or possibly a strip of paper, but walking away is the best choice to make with the CAS card.

Butterflies x3

| Gayle Chrvala

#1 Butterflies — instead of making an offset gatefold card, I decided to cut down the opening and add the inside card butterfly panel so they are displayed when closed.

#2 Butterflies –rainbow ink on kraft layered in black and mounted on kraft card base. A little bit of splatter in white. I don’t use a lot of white and to do over I would probably ink in white pigment first or maybe distress oxide inks.

#3 Butterflies — on white with pixie spray and foil.

All of my butterflies were inked in rainbow colors, some sparkle added and my Buddy Bonnie Butterfly stencil was used for these cards. With the kraft #2 and pixie spray #3 cards, I did ink the backgrounds with the coordinating inks as the butterflies. Same Stencil, same inks and 3 different looks. Thanks again Bonnie for my stencil. I need to pull this one out more and use it. I’ll be sharing my cards today with:

Stencil Fun Challenge and yes Crazy is our fame. — Stencils are our game August Challenge is to use a required stencil with the optional butterfly theme.

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

cat in pumpkin

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card will be for our 2 year old great-granddaughter who has 2 black kittens. Patterned paper was found online, image is from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s. Bow and nose have Wink of Stella for a little shine and Yellow Stickles were used to give light to the pumpkin. And of course, I couldn’t resist googly eyes. Grass is from a Martha Stewart punch and I used a stamp pad and sponge dauber to kind of dirty up the grass. Image and top layer of grass are popped up. Sentiment was printed in my Hallmark card program and I cut the card stock with my antique photo paper cutter. This will be entered in the following challenges.

https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/08/august-anything-halloween.html

https://halloweencraftsallyearround.blogspot.com/2023/08/july-15-aug-14-challenge-6-reminder.html

https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/08/challenge-11-most-magical-anything.html

Thanks for stopping by your visits are very important to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

sassy

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Time again for dear-old-sister’s chuckle of the month. Again, sentiment was found while scrolling through Pinterest. Inside photo was with the sentiment, front photo was found while scrolling through Google. Background papers are double scored on 4 sides, front gems are from my stash. D-o-s could relate because she has never been able to learn my sassiness. LOL

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

Outdoor Silhouettes

| Gayle Chrvala

A light ink blended masked background with some silhouette images was the plan for my CAS card today. Using SimonSaysStamps’ Domed Arch Stencils and some light blue and kraft ink with a touch of yellow, I make my background for stamps from Gina K Designs’ Follow Your Dreams illustrated by Theresa Momber. I did add an extra layer to my CAS card as I felt it needed a little color between the focal image and the kraft cardstock.

I will be sharing my card today with:

Simply Clean & Simple: August Challenge with an Outdoors Theme

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

Pumpkins Gleam

| Gayle Chrvala

A new month so a new Halloween card for my stash. This month’s card is on the sweeter side focusing on a black cat and a fun pumpkin. My stenciled background was made using Taylored Expressions Spooky Nights Layering stencils, The two frames in my stash are also TE’s A2 Thin Frame cutting plate, SimonSaysStamp Halloween sentiment strips and some wink of stella for kitty and pumpkin for shine. Where are my googly eyes when I need them? I’m sure they will appear before Halloween!

I’ll be sharing my card with a few Halloween challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge August 2023 Anything Halloween and with their mood board you can see that I was inspired to use a black cat and a pumpkin

Halloween Crafts All Year ‘Round July 15-Aug 14 Challenge #6 Anything Halloween Goes

Most Magical Time of the Year Challenge #11 Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas

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

happy birthday tower card

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our oldest great-grandson. YIKES!! that just doesn’t seem possible.

Card stock is Cajun Craze from Stampin Up. For the pp I Googled birthday background paper but then clicked on birthday gift wrap and that’s where I found what I really liked. Numbers are from the Silhouette double cut and topped with Glossy Accents. There’s not a lot of room for a sentiment but simple is good.

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

Tropical Beach

| Lisa K

I created a tropical paradise for my card. I needed a bit of sunshine and tropical was my answer.

Tropical Beach
https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2023/08/challenge-212-anything-goes.html https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/07/tropical.html

The background cardstock is Gina K Designs, possibly. I used Catherine Pooler Designs Tropically Yours, 2018, to emboss the leaves and swirls. The focal image uses Stampin Up Beach Happy, 2019. I fussy cut the palm leaves and hat. I saw this idea on Pinterest but the maker used a die to cut her background. The rest of the card is very similar using what I had.

This will be entered in Retro Rubber Challenge:

This will also be entered in Sisterhood of Crafters Tropical challenge. I linked it above.

We have had rain and storms for the last 3 or 4 days, so I am craving sunshine. I was able to walk this morning and that felt good. Thanks for stopping by today.

Owen’s First

| Gayle Chrvala

A birthday card for our youngest grandchild. Time has flown by and this little guy will be one next week. For my card, I decided on bright colors focusing on yellows and greens, Newton Nook’s Love Quarry stamp and die set, Concord & 9th’s Alphabet dies, Stampin Up/Sizzix’s Banner Framelets (trimmed down), patterned paper from my stash and a computer generated (if off center) greeting.

My card will be shared with:

Colorful Options: August 2023 challenge with this month’s colors Yellow and Green. My card is predominately those colors but I’m sure I fit the option of using Rainbow colors which I have covered. So this card may be a two-fer!!

I’m still in recovery mode after our 5 year old granddaughter and the soon to be birthday boy 11 months old came on vacation to our house for 4 days. Fun but exhausting. Our two older grandchildren came home early from vacation and helped babysit. We all had a wonderful time with 4 grands in the house together. Can you believe our central air went out sometime Friday and Saturday morning we woke up to 80+ degrees in the house. Thankfully the HVAC company came out in the afternoon and made the repairs to the three year old unit and the 86 degrees took about 4-5 hours to drop to normal temps.

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