Balloons

| Lisa K

I needed to make a card for the monthly challenge I participate in at Splitcoast Stampers and the theme was balloons. I found the Seize the Birthday challenge is also balloons.

I used StampinUp Happy Die for most of this card. I has the large word Happy, the balloons, strings, bows, and stars all to be die cut. I used glimmer paper in the colors Gorgeous Grape and Poppy Parade. The birthday came from a set called Go To Greetings and I die cut it with a die that resembles a label.

The inside has another balloon cut from the glimmer paper. The greeting and stars are from Gina K Designs Birthday Cheer Mini set.

I plan to send this card to the person who picked the theme for this month’s challenge as her birthday is later in May.

I enjoyed creating this card. It will be linked here: http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2023/04/seize-birthday-260-balloons.html

butterflies and roses

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Well, I finally finished my first lattice card. Because the creative part of my brain was on vacation this took longer than it should have. I’m actually kind of pleased with the end result.

Patterned paper on the top front and lower inside was found online, die cut rose is Gina K’s Tropical Blooms colored with Copic’s, butterflies are Butterfly 2 from Dies R Us. Butterflies have a piece of mounting tape in the center so the wings aren’t attached to the background.

This will be entered in https://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2023/04/butterflies.html

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BBL

| Gayle Chrvala

Not a new type of sandwich but rather Blooms, Butterflies and Lattice card! My sister in Florida shared a card using a lattice card design and I was inspired to make one myself. My blooms are Gina K Designs Curved Floral Layeirng bundle, butterflies are from Martha Stewart triple butterfly punch that is ususally within arm reach of my work station. The curved floral layering bundle contains two dies, one for the outline and the stencils are used on the solid section to make your flowers. I did stamp the lattice strips and the front of the card with Taylored Expressions Sea Salt ink and a linen background stamp which is very faint to the eye.

My card today will be shared with:

Triple B: April Challenge which requires the use of blooms, butterflies and/or birds.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek on this very rainy, chilly day in Pennsylvania. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

flying

| Gayle Chrvala

My card today is using the theme “Things that Fly” and my flying things are hot air balloons! Using a My Monthly Hero kit from 2020, I chose the cloud with rainbow image and then the hot air balloon icon die which were cut from shimmer cardstock. Stenciled in some pink clouds with a cloud stencil from my Buddy Bonnie and stamped a few hearts. Sentiment is Penny Black Flying By stamp set.

Today’s card will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Things That Fly

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young once

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our b-i-l. Since I didn’t have any actual burlap, I found burlap background paper online. Sentiment was also found online. Because the paper looks burlapy I thought this wonky edge unnamed die set would work well. Sentiment piece is popped up. Corner gold pieces are from my stash. Below is a look at the inside.

Seeing the “frame” from the die cut I thought it would be perfect for inside.

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wedding day

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. My BFF since 3rd grade asked me to make a wedding card for her granddaughter, and of course I was happy to do it. She is very happy with it.

Silhouette image was found online, sentiment was printed in my Hallmark program, frame is from Frantic Stamper Inc., Ovals and Filagree Frame. Below is a look at the inside sentiment.

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Floral Birthday Slimline

| Lisa K

I decided to play along with this week’s MFT Sketch.

I used dies from MFT for this card. They are retired and I do not have the name handy. I pulled cut ones from my stash and placed them on patterned paper that matched cardstock in my stash. The top piece of cardstock is MFT while the card base is Gina K Designs. I can’t tell you the color names as I sorted my GKD paper by color and didn’t label with specific names. The MFT cardstock is my itself, but I do not know the names. Welcome to my storage method. I know the stitched lines die is from Gina Marie Designs. The slimline circle die that I used to cut the circles is from The Stamps of Life as well as the scalloped border. The banner die is Spellbinders.

This will be posted to: https://www.mftstamps.com/blogs/news/wsc642

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card. The sketch is a WEBP file and I am struggling with saving and posting these. The sketch resembles an A2 size, but one of the designer samples is a slimline size. I chose that size as these floral images fit better on a slimline size.

Birthday Plaid

| Lisa K

I received a new set of dies and found a challenge to use them with.

This is the Kaleidoscope Plaid die from Spellbinders. It is a set of three dies that you can place together in different ways to change the plaid. I used the colors from the As You See It Challenge: http://www.asyouseeitchallenge.com/2023/04/297.html

Gorgeous Grape is the cardbase and one layer of the plaid. Coastal Cabana is a layer in the plaid and the scalloped circle. Parakeet Party is the green plaid layer. So Saffron is the yellow scalloped layer and circle with the greeting.

I enjoyed using this plaid die set. It was released for Christmas a couple of years ago and it is quite versatile.

birthday advice

| Gerry Morse

https://cardsbygerry.blogspot.com/

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for a very special gal who appreciates my humor. After a couple years of her being our favorite server we became very good friends.

Patterned paper and sentiments were found online. Outside sentiment is a recent find and the inside sentiment has been in my file for several years. I thought they combined pretty well. Oval die is Stitched Ovals by Di-namics. That seems to be my go-to die lately.

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