Seas the Gull

| Gayle Chrvala

A nautical themed challenge and the required embossing folder had me searching Pinterest for some extra inspiration. My card has bits and pieces from several different nautical cards that peaked my interest. The embossed panel is a Darice woodgrain folder which I opted to used the debossed side for my card. The ocean scene was die cut from some of my favorite patterned paper and layered on a kraft die cut circle. The gull is Gina K Designs red rubber Little Things mini stamp set that was stamped in brown ink and fussy cut. I decided not to color in the gull on his perch but added a grouping of seagulls using GKD’s By the Sea and finally found a small sentiment from a Stampin Up set Blossoms in Bloom to complete my card.

I will be sharing my card today with

Can You Handle the Pressure?: Anything goes with an optional theme of nautical and the required embossing folder. It’s always fun to play along with this challenge and their themes.

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merry CHRISTMAS

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

Today’s card is a CASE of an entry I saw on Cardz 4 Guyz so I didn’t think it was right for me to enter this one. The red panel was run through a Tim Holtz bricked embossing folder, pp is from the Silhouette. Sentiment is Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments. To make the sentiment more stable and add a little dimension I first cut it in black then textured white cs. I put some adhesive backed paper to the cs before cutting it.

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christmas in July Cheer

| Gayle Chrvala

The mood board for this challenge had me flipping back and forth between a wreath and a cocktail so I decided to add both to my card. The wreath is possibly an unbranded die and the stamped images are Michael’s Recollections Christmas Noel stamp and die set. Kept this one simple so I can sent it off to Making Cards for Troops packet which I desperately need to get started on.

My card today will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Christmas in July

and their fun ‘food’ mood board for this challenge.

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wonky squares

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Feels good to be back to creating after a wonderful visit with family.

Today’s card is for our grandson-in-law. Not knowing what to do I finally decided on using wonky squares from the Silhouette. Card base is 5×5 and it took a few tries for me to get the wonky squares the right size. Pp was found online, sentiment circle was also found online but it had a swirly center that I changed to the number. Being the nasty person that I am I just had to show his age. Circle is popped up. When I set the wonky squares on the card it looked like it needed something else, so I decided to add a little texture using a crimper.

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Garden Gnome

| Gayle Chrvala

Weeding and trimming rose bushes today inspired me to make this card using Inkadinadoo’s Garden Gnome stamp set. Really cute gnome images in this set. Patterned paper was from my stash, Old Olive grosgrain ribbon from StampinUp and die cut panels complete my card.

I will be sharing my card today with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: In the Garden Challenge

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Celebrating Laura

| Lisa K

I created a celebration card for Army Colonel Laura. She was promoted to Colonel on July 12 and her husband asked for cards honoring her achievement on Splitcoast Stampers.

I chose to go with a dog theme as she likes dogs. I used Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Critters and the add-on set that goes with it. I went to my scrap bin and pulled out several pieces of cardstock to use on this card. The card base is freshly cut, but everything else is from the scrap bin. I have too many scraps it seems. The stone wall was stamped with Lawn Fawn Hippo ink using the Bo Bunny Wall Backgrounds stamp set, which I colored with alcohol markers. I could have saved time and ink by using gray cardstock, but I didn’t think of that while creating. The grass is cut with a Lawn Fawn grass die. The flowers are from a Stampin Up die.

This will be entered in the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge. I chose to not use the stars on this card. The clouds were embossed with the SU Cloudy Day folder and I used the debossed side as I thought it worked better with the greetings on top of it. https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/07/anything-goes-with-twist-of-stars.html

Thanks for reading my post. I hope to place this in the mail tomorrow. It has been a very rainy day today and our temperatures dropped a little bit. I am not complaining! We turned our AC off for a while and currently have windows open. I am guessing it will be back on before night for more comfortable sleep.

Christmas Scene Frame

| Gayle Chrvala

I’ve been inspired to CASE a CASE of a CASE Stamp Buddies card today and while I’m CASE-ing a card I may just as well make it a Christmas in July card. An old Inkadinkadoo red rubber mounted stamp was used to create my scene. The frame was die cut using Art Impressions Rectangle Double Stitched die, a Sizzix embossing folder, sentiment strip from my stash as well as a snowflake and a few other small embellishments complete my card today. But while I was playing with Christmas in July and the CASE why not make another card. So here’s card CASE #2:

This image was another red rubber mounted stamp by Penny Black. It’s a little larger than card #1 so I decided on Hero Arts Wood Frame Infinity die, Spellbinder’s poinsettia and sentiment strip again from my stash. I thought this one needed a little color. Both cards were stamped using Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed ink.

My cards today will be shared with:

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #44

Cardz 4 Guyz #326 Challenge — Masculine Christmas in July challenge

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. We could use a teeny bit of cooler weather but who’s complaining!! Take care, be safe and stay cool.

STAR-fish

| Gayle Chrvala

Embossing folder with a twist of stars! I was positive that I had a star background embossing folder but when that didn’t materialize I switched gears and used Cuttlebug’s D-vine Swirl folder. Since it sort of reminded me of waves, I was then drawn to a “star”fish for my star element in the Can You Handle the Pressure challenge. Patterned paper from my stash is mounted behind the embossed layer. Starfish are from Hero Arts Seashells Fancy Dies and the twig is a Tim Holtz die, sentiment Gina K Designs Gifts from the Sea. I did add a few shiny gold stars around my circle cut out.

My card today will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure: Embossing Folder required and an optional theme of stars.

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Catastrophy

| Gayle Chrvala

A cat challenge was on my mind and decided to use the Art Impressions Catastrophy stamp set which has several cute and funny get well cat images and sentiments. Colored my sick cat and her favorite stuffed mouse with markers, found a piece of shiny patterned paper that was still on my desk from a previous wedding card, Stampin Up circle punches and AI Rectangle Double Stitched dies to complete my card.

My card today will be shared with:

Cardz 4 Galz #203 Cats or Kittens challenge

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