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

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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.

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The Sisterhood of Crafters — Keep it Simple theme

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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.

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After cutting some strips of cardstock in 4 different shades Ocean cardstock pack from my Michael’s, I embossed a panel with a Sizzix embossing folder featuring birthday party hats. After lightly inking them with a blending brush, die cut the Happy from Gina K Designs Birthday Trio Die twice offsetting the letters from the colored cardstock for a little dimension and finally adding the birthday strip sentiment. I need to stocking up on some birthday cards so this was a good start for me.

My card today will be shared with:

Can You Handle the Pressure: Anything goes with a twist of stripes and of course the required embossing folder.

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As I was deciding on a card for a summer challenge, I found the not yet put away adirondack chair and umbrella dies from Gina K Designs still on my desk and figured it was time to use them. I located an old photo from my two children playing in the sand and surf at the Jersey Shore. That photo became my background. After prepping that photo on a piece of cardstock, I added a clear presentation cover page to my focal page after adding the striped and solid strips. A top folding card base was also added to complete my card with the addition of a sun die cut and a GKD sentiment and shell border. I will be eventually be sending this to one of kids to see how observant they are.

My card today will be shared with:

The Four Seasons Challenge August 2023 Anything Summer Goes

Cardz 4 Galz #205 — A Summer Day

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I am much more comfortable using stencils for my coloring but what the heck let’s give coloring a whirl. Using the freebie coloring sheets from Altenew, I decided on this print and started coloring (not shading) but coloring with markers, and pencils and then sparkly wink of stella. Since I was coloring I decided to color the entire background with a black marker. Added a punched butterfly and gold embossed greeting. I do wish my greeting was more yellow than gold but ???? it was on and there was no turning back. Check out the Altenew website for their free coloring sheets 2 floral images per pdf and 4 different freebies.

My card today will be entered into the

Triple B: August Challenge Anything goes as long as you use either a butterfly, bird or blooms or any combination of them. I was inspired by the color on their mood board.

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