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.

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

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

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

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.