Sweet Treats

| Lisa K

I love the Retro Rubber Challenge as it helps me use the many stamps in my craft room. This month’s is a fun one with many bright colors.

I began working on these treats the minute I saw the challenge. This challenge is all about color. I had to use three of the five colors listed: yellow, pink/red, orange, green, brown. I used all five of the colors with these wonderful treats. The stamp set I used is Avery Elle Sweet Treats, 2018. I stamped these on watercolor paper, then added the colors using various dye inks and water. I added the basket weave as it was already embossed, sitting in my stash. It is crumb cake cardstock by Stampin Up and the embossing folder is a retired, SU folder. The yellow cardstock and the strip of patterned paper are Paper Studio, all sitting waiting to be used.

https://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/my-blog/2023/06/challenge-208-sweet-summer.html

I think I am ready for a bit of that ice cream.

Butterfly Trio

| Lisa K

I created cards recently that fit the Triple B June challenge.

The butterflies were created using Gina K Designs Fluttering Fall Layering Stencil bundle. I made these several months ago and had them waiting to be used. The embossing folders are Simon Says Stamp and Stampin Up. The greeting is from SU Go-To Greetings set. I used a layout from the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast Stampers.

I like the simple look of these cards. The hardest part was finding the cardstock colors that matched the ink I used in the butterflies.

https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2023/06/june-challenge.html

Thanks for coming by and looking at my cards. It is a beautiful day today as we have sunshine.

Graduation Day

| Gayle Chrvala

Before we can officially begin summer, although the temps in Pennsylvania this past week have definitely been summer-like, we need to say good-bye to school and celebrate those graduations!

My card today is for a dear young man who is graduating from high school and before summer’s end will be in Air Force bootcamp. My card used Taylored Expressions products.

We are celebrating with a combination graduation/farewell party this Sunday so of course he needs an additional card. Blue and Silver are Air Force colors and my tag was cut from Simon Says Stamp die and the other decorations are ephemera from my local craft store. I’m hoping his mom and grandmother don’t start crying when then see this one.

And last but not least a Pre-K graduation card for our youngest granddaughter. A little bit of this and a little bit of that. The owl is from a Gina K stamp set that escapes my mind and the banner is a Hero Arts, and somewhere in my many piles is the name of the apple die! The 2023 was Taylored Expressions precut.

So now that school is out for summer, I am sharing my graduation card with:

The Four Seasons Challenge June Anything Goes Summer Challenge.

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

Fright Night

| Gayle Chrvala

Last month’s Halloween card project was a rainbow of pumpkins but this month it’s back to a more traditional Halloween fright night card. I started with some Brutus Monroe Color Burst powders sprayed with some water, added more powders, sprayed with water until I told myself to walk away. Today, I cut a circle mask and blended with a combination of Distress Oxide Inks, removed the outer mask and put the circle mask in place to add inks to the outer edges as well as some black soot. The tree and the border are the same stamp set from Gina K Designs’ The Giving Tree. Sentiment is from an old dollar bin stamp set from my stash. I added a little green layer behind the focal panel that was sprayed with some Distress Mica Stain.

Today’s card will be shared with multiple Halloween challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge — June Challenge Anything Halloween Goes and their amazing mood board.

Halloween Crafts All Year Round Challenge May 15-June 14 Challenge #4

Most Magical Time of the Year Challenges Challenge #9 Anything Goes Halloween or Christmas sponsored by LeighSBDesigns

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

trellis birthday

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Lattice cards have become one of my favorites to make and this one is for my niece. I usually make kind of a snarky card for her but all I did this year was to show her age.

Pp is from a pad bought at Joanne’s. Numbers are from an old Sizzix Sizzlet set, double cut then I added some Wink of Stella. Candles were cut on the Silhouette, and I used yellow Stickles on the flames. Embossing folder used is from Sizzix (sorry I don’t know the name). I also added a piece of pp to the inside behind the lattice part.

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

Sweet Friend

| Lisa K

I am part of a group that receives an image each month to create a card with. This month’s image is all about ice cream.

The image is called Sweet Shoppe. I colored the image with alcohol markers and added stencil paste to the ice cream portion for texture. The pink cardstock and patterned paper were part of the kit that was sent to me; they are Paper Studio product. I found a greeting in a stamp set about fruit that worked with this image.

Shopping Our Stash: https://shoppingourstash.blogspot.com/2023/05/sos497-youre-so-sweet.html

While some of this product is not part of my stash, I did use green cardstock and the white card base from my stash. The dies used are Spellbinders circle dies. The sentiment banner is from The Stamps of Life, which I have had for several years in my stash.

I enjoy receiving a new image each month. I have received June’s image, yesterday and hope to create with it soon.

BIRDS

| Lisa K

I am seeing bird challenges all over, so I colored birds.

I have had this embossing folder, Friendly Birds by Simon Says Stamp, for several months and this is the first time I have really used it. I embossed it to make sure it embossed well, cut the birds, and never did anything with them. I was inspired by Diane at Can You Handle the Pressure as she used this folder. Her design is not a Christmas one, which is what I kept trying to turn it into.

I began with using Gina K Designs Powder Blue blending it over the entire background. Then I colored each leaf, berry, and branch with several markers. I die cut the birds and embossed them separately. I colored each bird with bright colors. I used Black Nuvo drops for the eyes. They are glued to the embossed panel. I trimmed the panel down and attached it to a white card base.

Can You Handle the Pressure https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/05/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html

Triple B May Challenge: https://dd-tripleb.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-challenge.html

The Sisterhood of Crafters: Birds https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/05/birds.html

I listen to birds singing every morning. I often hear them around 5:30 AM. I do enjoy listening to birds and watching them when I can. If I can’t watch them, I can always color a few birds.

Silhouette Condo

| Gayle Chrvala

I started thinking about the Can You Handle The Pressure challenge to use an embossing folder with a twist of birds/birdhouses. I thought I had the perfect stamps and embossing folder in mind and when I found my stamp, it was a mailbox not a birdhouse. LOL….So I opted for an Inkadinkadoo bird stamp and a Sizzix embossing folder. I found a oval mask that fit perfectly over the embossed oval and blended some Distress Oxide Inks. Sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.

I did make a second card, well actually, this one was made first and put aside. Embossed my tree with the Darice embossing folder, then colored the leaves and tree with markers, sponged some blue ink for a sky background, stamped my “condo” birdhouses from a Gina K Designs stamp set “Sweet Friends”, and cut a frame from Taylored Expressions’ Frame in Frame 3 cutting plate, adding a sentiment also from Taylored Expressions. It seemed a little bare so decided to add some splatter which in Pennsylvania is also called pollen. Pollen is on everything and giving me a seasonal allergy attack.

Today’s silhouette card will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure: Birds/Birdhouse twist

Just Us Girls #681 Silhouette and CAS Week. I think the silhouette has lots of white space so I’m considering it CAS even though I just realized it should be a CAS challenge week. It must be the pollen.

For the second year in a row, Mama Robin built her nest above our porch light. So I was very carefully going in and out the back door until Mama didn’t seem to be around anymore. No mama, no eggs, so hubby took the nest down. A little disappointing but really didn’t need bird poop on my patio.

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

memorial thanks

| Gerry Morse

Happy Memorial Day. Today’s card is very simple but very heartfelt.

My b-i-l has been visiting for a couple of days and since this is Memorial Day and he served in Korea I thought it would be very appropriate. The flag border and soldier image were both found online, and I printed the sentiment in my Hallmark card program. This will be on his plate at the dinner table tonight.

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