passing out treats

| Gerry Morse

https://cardsbygerry.blogspot.com/

Hello and welcome. Again, my background paper was found online. Silhouette images are from the Silhouette, ghosts are from a very old Provo Craft metal multi-images die. After getting the Silhouette images sized right it was fairly easy to make. This will be entered in 3 Halloween challenges.

https://twooldbatshalloweenchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/may-anything-halloween.html

https://mostmagicaltimeoftheyear.blogspot.com/2023/05/challenge-8-most-magical-anything-goes.html

https://halloweencraftsallyearround.blogspot.com/2023/05/ap-15-may-14-challenge-3-reminder.html

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

Rainbow Pumpkins

| Gayle Chrvala

The May mood board for the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge inspired me to find my Gina K Designs Wreath Builder stencil and make some happy rainbow pumpkins. The stamps are from SimonSaysStamp’s “Boo Day” stamp set. Colored in my pumpkins and suckers with marker, added a layered circle for the sentiment and some patterened paper from my stash. This card style allows a square image without being a square card….so it works well for me and the US post office.

Today, I’ll be sharing my card with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: May Anything Halloween

and

Halloween Crafts All Year Round — Anything Halloween

and

Most Magical Time of the Year — Anything Halloween or Christmas challenge.

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

Mother’s Day card for Friend

| Lisa K

I swap cards with a fellow crafter who is a mother, so I decided to send her a Mother’s Day Card for this week’s swap.

I used a stamp set from Unity designed by Gina K Designs, called Another Name for Love. I colored the flower using Gamsol and Prismacolor Pencils. I added sparkle with a Crafter’s Companion Clear Sparkle Pen. I may have went a bit overboard on the gems, but once they are down, they stay put. I used the Subtle Textured Embossing Folder on the white frame.

This will be entered in the following challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure https://cyhtp.blogspot.com/2023/04/anything-goes-embossing-with-twist-of.html

Cardz 4 Galz http://cardz4galz.blogspot.com/2023/05/198-mothers-day-us-or-flowers-for-friend.html

Fourseasons https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/05/spring-season-may-2023-challenge.html

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

This card is in my mail. I hope she enjoys it. With both Mother’s passed away, I found joy creating a card for someone else using my Mother’s Day stamps. I have several. Maybe my daughters will find them useful.

New & Blue Mom Flowers

| Gayle Chrvala

What’s new to me is a Taylored Expressions Ever in Bloom Create-In-Quads layering stencils and dies! With this new create in quads stencil, I achieved four card flower backgrounds which were inked in two different blue inks and added a sentiment that will be sent to my daughter and daughter-in-law for Mother’s Day this year.

Wow! One stencil, four cards and now I can share with 4 different challenges and they are:

As You See It Challenge: Challenge # 298 New Stuff

Colorful Options – May Challenge featuring the color BLUE.

Stencil Fun Challenge Stencils are our Game: May Challenge option FLOWERS

Cardz4Galz – Challenge #198 Mother’s Day or Flowers for a friend.

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

new home

| Gerry Morse

https://cardsbygerry.blogspot.com/

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for my nail gal and her hubby who are just moving into a new house. Since most homes here in the desert are stucco, I went online and found a stucco background paper. Window is Small Madison Window die by Memory Box. Curtains are edges cut from a paper doily, cactus plant is online clip art and fussy cut. Sentiment strips were cut on my paper trimmer then I hand cut the ends. I’ll be giving a small cactus plant with the card.

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

strawberry shortcake

| Gerry Morse

https://cardsbygerry.blogspot.com/

https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/05/fresh-picked-challenge.html

Hello and welcome. Remembering how much my daughter and her friends used to love playing with Strawberry Shortcake Dolls I thought I could fit that into the current Double D challenge. So, this will be entered in the challenge then sent to my daughter. It’s about time I send her a ‘just because’ card.

Background paper was found online, and Strawberry Shortcake and strawberries are from online coloring pages. Images were colored with Copic’s and fussy cut. The idea for a lattice card came when I looked at the last lattice card I made. I hope this will bring fond memories to my daughter.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate your visits. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

berry Sweet

| Gayle Chrvala

There is absolutely nothing better than raiding your grandmother’s berry patch and eating those fresh picked strawberries. Wonderful childhood memories and I’m sure my “Memmy” wasn’t too happy that we raided her patch everytime we visited. It was probably a few less jars of jelly that were made during those years!

My card today which will be shared with Double D Challenges and their theme of “Fresh Picked” but no flowers. Who needs flowers when you have strawberries. I pulled out an older Gina K Designs stamp set Enjoy the Sunshine StampTV kit for my strawberries and then another GKD set for the sentiment of the same name as the stamped sentiment. Patterned paper was also GKD. A little bling, some glossy accents completes my card for today.

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

Strawberry Best

| Lisa K

I saw the challenge at Double D today and got inspired immediately. I found I have 3 sets with strawberries but for this card, I didn’t use any of them.

These strawberries were fussy cut from patterned paper. This paper is a few years old from Sale-a-Bration. It was given as a duo when you spent $100. Well, I did not spend that much money. I purchased the paper and stamp set after the event was over. There are strawberries, leaves, and flowers all over one side of this piece of paper. The back side was used for the top of the card. I saw a video where she had this layout but stamped her strawberries. She mentioned that the punch, which I do not own, would cut out those strawberries. That made me really take a look a the paper and realize I could fussy cut the berries and use them.

The greeting is from Berry Blessing set which goes with the patterned paper. This set is all about blueberries and raspberries. The greeting works great for a strawberry though. It is stamped in Poppy Parade ink which matches the cardstock.

This will be entered in the Double D Challenge: https://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2023/05/fresh-picked-challenge.html

Maybe I will be back soon with another berry card. It was fun to use items that I haven’t used in quite a while.

Art Gallery Birthday

| Lisa K

I received a new stamp set recently, so I have been creating birthday cards in several colors.

This is the Ricocco Rose version. I found this layout on Pinterest and it look me to Frenchie Stamps. I loved her layout, so I used her design and created similar versions.

My card fits in two rows. It fits the right down row: embossing, patterned paper, and birthday. It also fits the top across row: bright colors, layers, embossing.

As I said, I used Ricocco Rose ink, vellum, SU patterned paper in the Ricocco Rose color, and the embossing is both heat and dry. The dry embossing uses a folder called Old World Paper. The Happy Birthday is heat embossed on Ricocco Rose cardstock in white.

May has many birthdays that I need to send cards for. I made the same card in Mango Melody, Lost Lagoon, and Seaside Spray. They will be sent very soon. This will be posted here: http://thepaperplayers.blogspot.com/2023/04/pp638-tic-tac-toe-challenge-from-anne.html