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.

FOILED CHRISTMAS

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. While perusing Pinterest I came across a video to emboss foil and I just had to give it a try.

Cardstock and pp are from Stampin Up, scalloped circle is Spellbinders Scalloped Circles, sentiment circle is online clip art punched with a Stampin Up circle punch. Circle is popped up. Embossing folder is Snowflakes by the Paper Studio.

This will be entered at

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/07/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-44.html

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

Christmas in July

| Lisa K

I have busy with the Dare to Get Dirty challenges at Splitcoast Stampers both hosting, creating samples, and just keeping up. I decided to take time away and create something for myself. I made two identical Christmas cards.

I used a Paper Pumpkin set from a few years ago on this card. I saw the idea on Pinterest and followed her plan. I used SU Cherry Cobbler cardstock and Accent White for the card base and layer. I embossed the flower image with Wow Pale Gold embossing powder. I added Nuvo drops for an embellishment.

I will upload this to the Christmas Craft Creations Anything Goes July Theme: https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2023/07/july-challenge-reminder-anything-goes.html

The next challenge it will be loaded to is Double D Challenge: Christmas in July https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/07/christmas-in-july.html

The last challenge this will be added to is Peace on Earth Christmas challenge #44: https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/07/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-44.html

Thank you for joining me today. I have a few more days of the DTGD challenge at Splitcoast Stampers, so my craft room will be a mess for a while. I had to do a bit of cleaning this morning so I could at least see the top of my work space. Stay inside and enjoy the cool, especially if your temperatures are as high as they are here.

merry christmas

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome.

The Detailed Santa Thinlits die from Stampin Up is one of my very favorite Christmas dies. Stars were cut from white glitter paper, sentiment die is Spellbinders Holiday Sentiments. Sentiment was cut twice for a little stability then I used Clear Wink Of Stella for a little shine.

This will be entered at

https://peaceonearthchristmas.blogspot.com/2023/07/peace-on-earth-christmas-challenge-44.html

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/07/christmas-in-july.html

Thanks for stopping by you visits mean a lot to me. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe from the heat.

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.

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

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.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe. Those of you in the high temp areas stay inside.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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