with deepest sympathy

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. The need for a sympathy card came earlier this week when hubby’s sister passed away. Tomorrow we’ll be going to MN for her funeral on Mon. She had dementia and was in a nursing home. Her daughter said she’s in a better place now. It was very hard for her children when she didn’t know who they were.

Sentiment was printed on the computer, flourish and border strip are Flourish Thinlits by Stampin Up. Iridescent Pearls from Stampin Up were add for little special touch.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time.

Birthday musical animals

| Lisa K

I have a fun card with animals and music notes. I am sure I saw this idea somewhere, but can’t give credit to the original creator since I do not remember where. Some things just stick in my head.

This card was created with Lawn Fawn Year Four. I stacked the hippos, using masking. The patterned paper is either Echo Park or MFT. The gray card base is Stampin Up. I had fun coloring and creating this card. It is birthday month in my household and this one has been like other years, I create several cards and hope one works well for one of my daughters. I think this one will go to a niece who is much younger than either of my daughters. Cardz 4 Galz wants cute animals and these hippos are sure cute. Seize the Birthday is looking for music. Since there are musical notes I will add it there. I can hear the hippos singing Happy Birdie to You!

Cardz 4 Galz: http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2023/08/206-cute-animals-or-insects.html

Seize the Birthday: http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2023/08/seize-birthday-268-make-it-musical.html

Thanks for coming by. It is still very hot outdoors, so inside I remain. That gives me more time to create!

christmas window

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card was inspired by many window cards on Pinterest.

Patterned paper was found online. Window die is Memory Box Small Madison Window cut from a scrap on my desk. Tree was found on an online coloring page, colored with Copic’s and Spectrum Noir markers. Star has gold Stickles. Sentiment dies are Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments cut from white glitter paper. Since the tree was printed on white paper it looked too stark so I masked it and stippled the background with Distress Oxide gathered twigs.

This will be entered at

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/08/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-46.html

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

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate your visits. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Hello Sunshine

| Lisa K

I love sunflowers. I own many sunflower stamps and some even have matching dies. Today I used Newton’s Nook Hello Sunshine stamp set.

These sunflowers are enjoyable to color. I used a few Spectrum Noir markers to color and then outlined the image with a Copic Warm Gray marker. I am on a quest to use more of my patterned paper and this one came from Gina K Designs. The card base is from The Stamps of Life.

The Double D Challenge has the perfect challenge for this card: https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/08/sunflowers.html

Our weather is totally August in MO right now. I will be inside with the humidity coming in at 94% right now. More time to create sunflower designs, however, first is a birthday card to complete. DD1’s birthday is quickly approaching and I do not want it to be last minute, like DD2’s was.

sunflower trio

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. For today’s card I found some soft woodgrain background paper online and printed it off on cs, sunflowers are from an online coloring page colored with Copic’s and fussy cut. Sentiment was created in my Hallmark card program.

Here’s a photo of the card I found on Pinterest that I wanted to CASE.

Today’s card will be entered in 2 challenges

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/08/sunflowers.html

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2023/08/207-3-three-images-of-anything.html

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

Busy Sunflowers Re-Do

| Gayle Chrvala

Re-do and reworked my card busy sunflower tag card from yesterday. I think I had nightmares about that one but I deconstructed my original card. I was able to take off my tag with no issue then mounted it to a white cardbase, added a little gold bling and a aqua blue butterfly and a second green sprig! The background sunflowers which was my base for the original was a do over on the other side of the cardstock. I didn’t like the splatter or is it spatter on the card and stamped it this time in kraft ink, popped up a separate colored sunflower, a vellum strip and bolder sentiment with a tiny sentiment strip.

I think I do like the sunflower field better than the tag….I may just not be a tag on card girl.

You were all very kind and supportive on your comments on the previous “flop” and I appreciate all of you. All constructive critiques are always welcome. Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate all of you and your time. Take care, be safe and stay cool.

Sunflower, Tag & more

| Gayle Chrvala

Sunflowers are plentiful and have been a big business the past few years with several closeby farms planting fields of these beautiful flowers. With that theme in mind, my card is my attempted CASE of Amy R’s recent card but I think my card is a whole lot busier. WOW…it’s really busy for me!! I started with a trio of sunflowers from a Simon Says Stamp Sunflower Field stamp and die set that I snagged on clearance awhile ago. I flicked some yellows and greens on my image, die cut a Sizzix Tags #3 die, added some Taylored Expressions Flower Market stamp set and dies for follage, sentiment from the SSS Sunflower Field stamp set and some ribbons from my stash. There is a huge sunflower stamp in that SSS set so I inked it in Gina K’s honey mustard ink and stamped on my card base. I even added some black splatter to my card base as well as punching out three Martha Stewart butterflies. Whew….this is one busy card!!

I will be sharing my card today with:

Double D Challenges: Sunflowers

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

Simply Vintage

| Gayle Chrvala

The last Gina K Designs card kit from July 2023 included a stamp and die set featuring vintage summer stamps. After inking a stenciled background with kraft and using Taylored Expressions Pretty Petals stencil and TE Oval stencil mask, the butterfly was stamped directly onto my background in brown ink. The sentiment from the same card kit was stamped and die cut.

My card today will be shared with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters — Keep it Simple theme

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

It’s a Plane….

| Gayle Chrvala

My fun loving older brother who still enjoys the delights of being a kid is finding a lot of that joy in flying his gas powered planes. I thought this would be a fun card for him as he will always be a kid at heart. My stamp set is a TPC Studios Transportation clear set stamped three times in different colors. The banners are a SU banners framelits die set and Spellbinder’s Celebrations cloud die on a slim line card. A little embelishments, tails, stars and some splatter complete my card today.

My card will be shared with a new to me challenge:

Make My Monday Challenge Challenge #207 Three (3) images of anything.

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