Summer Flip-Flops

| Lisa K

Today was a good day to use the Flip-Flop image from Lawn Fawn. Our temperature is 96 degrees as I type this, and any kind of sandal is the preferred footwear for this season.

I used Simply Celebrate Summer and Simply Summer Sentiments from Lawn Fawn for this CAS card. The colors used are SU Calypso Coral, Soft Sea Foam, and Misty Moonlight all from the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. The other challenge this will be entered in is the Four Seasons Summer Season challenge. I watercolored the sandals with the SU inks and a water brush. I added a layer of Misty Moonlight cardstock and called the card complete. I used the same layout for another card today. I often will make several cards with the same layout.

CAS Colours & Sketches: http://cascoloursandsketches.blogspot.com/2023/07/challenge-515-colors.html

fourseasons Summer Season: https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/summer-season-july-2023-challenge.html

Thanks for coming by and spending time with me.

Christmas in July Gifts

| Lisa K

I found time to create a Christmas card today. I kept it simple.

I use the Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter and Simply Winter Sentiments sets. The colors match the CC956 challenge at Splitcoast Stampers: Pool Party, Old Olive, and Cherry Cobbler colors by SU. My card has Lawn Fawn Kiddie Pool, Cilantro, and Gina K Designs Cherry Red inks for my gifts. I watercolored the gifts using a waterbrush. I used The Stamps of Life Stitched Rectangle dies and a mat of Cherry Cobbler cardstock to complete the card.

This will be entered in Christmas Craft Creations: https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-challenge-anything-goes-dt-call.html

I am finding the hot July weather a good time to begin making Christmas cards. Thanks for stopping by to see my card.

Fur Baby

| Gayle Chrvala

A Buddy has been making some pet sympathy cards recently so I was inspired to play along with a challenge that is all about puppies! I think my card could be used as a sympathy card or just one to a fellow dog lover. My rainbow heart was made using the heart stencils that I made using my layering hearts dies. The stamped image and greeting are from Sunny Studios Pet Sympathy stamp and die set. This is a CAS challenge but decided that a colored card base would stop me from adding anything else to my card.

I will be sharing my card today with:

AAA Cards Challenge #244: All About Puppies

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

Happy 6th birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

Today’s card is for our youngest great-grandson. Background panel was embossed with Cuttlebug’s Happy Birthday ef. Patterned paper was found online. Large number 6 is from the Silhouette, small circles were punched from the pp. All images are popped up. This went together in a very short time.

I won’t be posting again very soon, we’re going to MN to celebrate our 60th anniversary with our kids. We’ll also be celebrating our daughter & s-i-l’s anniversary and our daughter’s 50th birthday. There will be a lot celebrating going on. Lots of fun time catching up with kids, grandkids & great grandkids.

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

Dutch Garden Birthday

| Gayle Chrvala

Taylored Expressions layering Dutch Gardens stencil was used to make the background of my card. I decided to layering a piece of vellum over the stenciling which softened the image while adding a bolder die cut sentiment.

I will be sharing my card today with:

Crazy is our fame: Stencils are our game challenge — July challenge theme is Birthday!

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

she sells SEASHELLS

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

Oh my, looking at this photo I realize I spelled seashells wrong. I’m thinking that’s ok because each line has 4 words. (I can justify any mistake).

Background paper is was found online, umbrella is from the Silhouette, beach babe is from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s, earrings and bracelets have Gold Stickles, seashell bucket is computer clip art, sentiment was printed on the computer. Umbrella is popped up.

This will be entered in two challenges

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-great-outdoors-challenge.html

https://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/07/just-us-girls-687-word-week.html

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

Sailboat INteractive Card

| Lisa K

This card was made for a man named Henry. He is disabled and lives near the ocean and loves boats. I got a lot of help from my family in creating this card.

This began as a completed card from the Paper Pumpkin 2019 On My Mind kit. I wanted the boat to move and after really looking at the completed card, I realized the adhesive was not holding well and could be easily dismantled. I took the entire card apart and all parts remained intact.

My daughter provided the die that the boat is gliding across the waves on. It is from a Llama set. The waves were cut with a Lawn Fawn set. A lot of foam was added to this card. The bottom layer has 3 layers, then the next wave has 2 layers and the boat has one layer. The boat needs to glide across the waves and over the wheel (or whatever it is called). The wheel spins. I has an eyelet under the brad to give height and keep it there for the wheel to spin.

This card fits in a 5 X 7 envelope as it was too tight for the A2 size. We bought a scale that just arrived! It weights 2 oz. so I placed 2 postage stamps on the envelope. It has a Buzz Lightyear stamp and a sailboat stamp from the Mighty Mississippi postage stamp collection. This gentleman is having a lot of hiccups lately so anything to bring a smile to his face will be welcomed.

He is the Tuesday Teacup recipient for this week at Splitcoast Stampers. I love to create cards for this challenge.

SPESHELL

| Lisa K

The JUGS challenge is all about seashells.

I used a set from The Stamps of Life, seashell2stamp, for this card. I made this a month or so ago, planning it for a color challenge but didn’t finish in time, so I placed it in my stash. I chose bright colors, using an idea from the gallery at TSOL site.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Contagious

| Gayle Chrvala

Roses are red, Violets are blue, There’s a new challenge blog and it may be contagious!

My card today uses Gina K Designs Kindness Wreath. I bought this on a clearance sale from GKD as one sentiment had a typo in spelling so I figured it was a good deal and something a little different for me to add to my collection.

My card today will be added to:

Darlene & Diane’s new challenge blog “Simply Clean & Simple Challenge”. This month’s theme is Roses are Red; Violets are Blue and keeping it CAS.

Triple B: Birds, Butterflies and Blooms July Challenge

And this month’s mood board also includes red blooms.

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