Allsorts Challenge #862

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Brenda is the host over at Allsorts this fortnight and she has a mood board for you! If nothing on it catches your eye there is the Anything Goes. 

 I was inspired by the snow and the icy trees! The trees are Tim Holz and the sentiment is Creative Expressions. The trees and sentiment are glittery from Wink of Stella!

 2 prizes, $25 voucher from Simon Says and A4 stamp set from AALL and Create as seen on the Allsorts blog!

Go see what the DT and GD have created!

Jingle Belles Holiday Leftovers My leftovers are the snowflake backing paper, the sentiment and the scrap of paper I tore for the snow. 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #71 Anything Christmas goes 

Peace on Earth November 2026 

Talk to ya later! 

“Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator.” ― Lemony Snicket

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

It's time to see where in the world our cards went to for October Card Chain Challenge! 

 

We worked with this for October! 

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Let's Get Spooky / Fall / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Crepe / String Block Stamping

 

My card went to Lucille in New Jersey! 

 

 I used the color palette, sketch, Fall-ish and Friendship!

The image is from  AALL & Create Lens & Lines. Colored with Ohuhu markers and I used a gel pen for the silver.

Talk to ya later! 

“I’m in shape! Round is a shape, right?”

Hello!

How are you!?

It's a twofer today!

I finished my ATC last night, and am getting ready to go for my walk.  The title is true! I quit smoking over a year ago and ate everything! Now I have to figure it out!!!  

 Hahaha, and it looks like Beetlejuice is behind the photo!

Anyhoo, the stencil is Hero Arts, the Pumpkin is a Martha Stewart stamp that's cut out, and the sentiment is SU!

Inkspirational Challenge #379 Visual Prompt. I'm off with the colors but have the vibe! 

Tag-along (and ATC's) All Things Autumn 

I'm off to the Farmers Market and to find something for dessert tomorrow. Not my turn to cook, but I feel festive!

It's also Trash to Treasure day, and my comfy lawn chairs I have tried to give away for over a year are on the curb. I also have a lamp post in my living room, but a friend wants that!

Have a fabulous weekend!

Talk to ya later!  

Allsorts Challenge #861

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Lynne is the hostess over at Allsorts, and she would like to see feminine!  If you struggle like I do, there is the Anything Goes option  too!

I'm not sure if I thought this was feminine because it has a woman on it!? It's Halloweeny not frilly! Oh well; it is on it's way to a ghoul-friend! 

 

This is AALL & Create Queen Witch.

A little stenciling for the grass and sky, colored with Ohuhu markers, I think the sentiment is SU. 

2 prizes for this challenge  from AALL & Create.

 

 Go, see what the other ladies have created!

NBUS Challenge #91 First go for the stamps! 

Two Old Bats Halloween October 2026 

Talk to ya! 

Always be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.

Hello, I hope you are well!

I have been coloring when I have  down time!!

This HM image is a Stampabilities wood block dated 2010, called Interview with a Vampire. It's cut out with a Spellbinders die, and the papers and words are from an Echo Park paper pack!

A Cut Above October 2026 Anything Goes with a Die Cut 

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #476 Anything Goes Option/ Halloween 

Try It On Tuesday Halloween 

We had a very successful Book Sale over the weekend! The books that were left all fit into the book room. We started with the alphabetizing! It will take a Tuesday or 2! 

I picked up Emma's mom today and we went to the movie at the Library. It was Problemista. 

Tomorrow is my shift at the Tuck Shop. I should have time to run through the Thrift store. Clothes are 1/2 price!

 I am tired, so I'll talk to ya later! 

Allsorts Challenge #860

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Hope you are well!

LIz is the host at Allsorts this fortnight, and she would like to see more than one fold. Anything goes is alright too! 

I made this: 

 

It's a Double Decker pop Up card that I got over here! I altered the pattern so the right hand panel could NOT be seen from the outside. 

The image is Penny Black fresh flowers which was a recent win over here!

Two prizes, a bundle of craft essentials from Stix2 plus an A5 stamp set from AALL and Create. Details on the Allsorts blog! Go see what the other ladies have created!

Creative Creases #120 Anything Goes with a Fun Fold

Penny Black Saturday Challenge October Anything Goes/ option Bright Colors 

We Love Stamping  October 2026 Shades of Autumn

Talk to ya later! 

Keep your heels high and your standards higher.

 Hello, hope you are well!

I have been creating here and there when I have a minute!

I made this, and my GF that Facetimes once a week says, 'it's not my favorite.'

I said, 'It's not mine either, but some kid will get this and love it!'

And honestly, this is a re-do! 

 I had the House Mouse lobster on my desk. He needed to be put on a card before he got lost! The spiders are stamped and embossed and the rest are stickers and embellishments!

House Mouse & Friends Challenge #475 Anything Goes or Pumpkins You have to use a House Mouse, Gruffy or Happy Hopper 

Two Old Bats October 2026 Anything Goes Halloween 

Our public library is doing a Fund A Friday. Money from the government has not increased since 2009 or something crazy like that! And we want our librarians to have a living wage. The committee has raised almost $70,000, so today the library is open! It's a trial for 3 months. The fundraising campaign will go until the end of December 2026.

I have been busy wrapping Blind Date with a Book. Tomorrow and Sunday is the Pumpkin Hayride. I volunteered to help both days with the sign-in and waiver. (I am too short to help people onto the wagons!) Weather's supposed to be good! The Friends of the Library book sale goes the weekend after Thanksgiving, which is October 12th in Canada. The Fundraising committee has a booth in Spirit Square for Light up the Town at the end of November, and that's what we're wrapping books for! We took 100 Blind Date with a Book the the Fall Fair, and came home with 4.

I am still stocking the book-room at the library, doing my shift at the Tuck Shop, Scrabble, and visiting my mom daily. There's also a municipal election coming up, so am going to a town hall, there's a Federal Election in October too. Window washing is in the near future and I will survive!

Have a lovely weekend!

Talk to ya later!

 

CCC September 2026

Hello!

Hope you are well!  

It's time for the who sent what to whom in the Card Chain Challenge world! 

This is what we worked with:

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired)

 

Theme Options: Cute and Funny / The Great Outdoors / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Stencils /  Tone-on-Tone inking

 

I made this for Kathy in the U.K.! 

 

 

It's odd, I know!

I used the colors, the sketch, the great outdoors (that's where we find our mushrooms), Friendship and stenciling!

The mushrooms are Brutus Monroe, feathers are Lawn Fawn, circle die is Sweet Pea, and the sentiment is Woodware. Good gravy that's quite an assortment!  

I also sent Kathy a card in June, but she was just happy to have mail coming! 

 

You still have time to sign up for October!

Talk to ya! 

Allsorts Challenge #859

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Christine is our host this fortnight over at Allsorts, and she has chosen Anything Autumn. 

I made this:

 A dear friend of mine; who used to stamp HM images and send them to me, decided she wasn't making cards any more, and I got a portion of her HM stamps. Call me thrilled!! This one is Fall Commuters! Background sky stenciled, leaves and mice colored with Ohuhu markers. These meeces just make me smile!

Prizes this round are:

 2 prizes of Penny Black stamps, stencil and stickers from Buddly Crafts. Pictures on the blog post.

Go see what the rest of the DT created!

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge #474 Anything Goes or Fall Colors 

We Love Stamping September Challenge Trees and Leaves/Anything Goes 

Talk to ya later! 

“Adults are always asking children what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” — Paula Poundstone

Hello!

Hope you are well!

I must be on a roll this week! Or I need cards made! 

I have not used all the stamps etc. I HAD to have over the last year! But I am making a serious effort!

 

This is a Penny Black Stamp from Mimi's Winter Friends. I tore cardstock for snow, colored with Ohuhu markers, stickles for snow flakes.

ABC Christmas Challenge S is for Snowmen T is for Transport Pretty sure you could ride a reindeer!

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #787 Christmas

Christmas Kickstart #114 Reindeer Games

Merry Little Christmas #70 Anything Christmas Goes 

NBUS First Go Round for the stamp! 

It has warmed up here, and will stay that way for about a week....so I will get after the gardens! One of the raised beds is cleaned out! 3 to go, and some little squash! I did 2 pints of dilled carrots from the bed I cleaned out! 

Talk to ya later! 

"Oops, sorry I didn't respond to your text. I answered it in my head."

Hello!

Hope you are well!  

 I made this tag/ bookmark!

I found a small packet of these already stamped Bookmark sized tags at my Thrift store! I looked it up and it's Penny Black Labor of Love. colored with Ohuhu markers! And inked the background with my dirty stencil brushes!

I honestly don't know when I have time to craft! I have been busy volunteering! Vanessa calls any volunteering I do; my unpaid job! 

The last 2 days were spent at the fall Fair. If I don't volunteer, I don't go! This year my shift in the Fund A Friday (Library) booth ended Friday night so I was able to watch the Farmer Olympics! Which was hilarious! 

Lots of vendors, food trucks, fair entries and our booth was right across from the Kids Zone, which itself was pretty entertaining! 

I have become a regular at Canasta so that takes up my Monday. Tuesday mornings are spent restocking the book room at the library! Wednesday mornings are the Tuck Shop until 1pm. Thursdays Scrabble is from 11:30-1:30. I guess I usually have Friday and the weekend free!

Friends of the Library are planning our fall book sale! 

Fund a Friday bunch are planning a Pumpkin Hayride, I said I would volunteer for! I missed last years! 

I made salsa yesterday when I came home from the Fair! 

I think dilled carrots are the only thing left on my list!

And a few of us are going to the movie tonight, because we need a laugh! It's Coyote vs. Acme! 

I have been unwinding in the evening doing some coloring when I have a minute!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge September 2026 Anything Goes- Option, use a die

Tag-along (and ATC's) The theme is circles. If there's not an anything goes, I'm going to stretch and say the snails are circles! 

I'm off to visit my mom on this rainy morning!

Talk to ya later! 

Allsorts Challenge #858

 Hello!

Hope you're all well!

I am the hostess this fortnight over at Allsorts, and I have picked Sympathy, Thinking of You or Get Well. There is also the Anything Goes! 

 I am using the large Woodware stamp called Nature Page. It's inked in black on Kraft paper. The dies are all Stampendous Deckle dies. Sentiment is SU. I realized that I recently used this stamp! Here! Now you can see how versatile it is!

Prizes this time are

Highlight Crafts three die sets plus reflections and paper

Go, see what the rest of the ladies have made!

Talk to ya later! 

Not quite sure if life is passing me by or trying to run me over!

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

I can't say that things are back to normal, after a summer with Bryson! I also can't say that the days have slowed down!

I made a HM card, and it's a Christmas card....just giving you a heads up!

 I have a lot of images on my desk right now waiting to be colored! Not just House Mouse! I used a Sizzix EF, colored with Ohuhu markers, and added twine on the side. It's real sparkly as I sprayed it with shimmer spray!

Christmas Crafts all Year 'Round  September Challenge is  R and S I used Stockings!

Creative Moments Challenge #285 Make it Cute 

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #473 Add Sparkle 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #70 Anything Christmas Goes 

We Love Stamping September 2026 Trees and Leaves/ or Anything Goes

Talk to ya later! 

CCC August 2026

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

I will have delivered Bryson to his parents in Alberta. School for him probably started yesterday! Hopefully it was another summer full of memories! I'm exhausted! Hahahaha! Good thing I only have one grandchild! 

It's the second of the month, so time to see who sent what to who in the Card Chain Challenge! 

This is what we worked with!

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Elephants and/or Mice / Baking / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Lace / Collage

 

It was hard to photograph, as I used silver for pewter and it was shiny!

I also have glassy glaze on his glasses, which you can see. 

 

My card went to Pia in Norway! 

I used the colors (Loosely)

I used the sketch (Loosely) 

I managed a collage, (Loosely), a mouse (AALL and Create), Friendship (Gina K) and the sentiment is Lawn Fawn!

Once I had an idea, it came together!  I just wish it could have been sooner! Almost the middle of the month before I mailed this! Sorry Pia!

 

You should play!

There's still time to sign up for September! 

Allsorts Challenge # 857

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

It is Brenda at the Allsorts blog this time! She would like to see All Creatures Great and Small. There is the anything goes Option too!

 Please remember, to be eligible you must provide name/makes of products used on your entry (our rules explain why), if missing, entries will not be included in winner/Top 7 selections.

 I have used Lavinia stamps, Wizardry and Bijou! I tried to create a table of sorts using an LST stencil from one of my kits. The back ground is a stencil from another LST kit. I have colored/ shaded with Ohuhu markers. The sentiment is Tim Holtz small talk!

It's quite shimmery IRL. And I put glossy accents on his eyes!

2 prizes of stamps, stickers and scenescapes from Lavinia Stamps (photos not to scale) Please note, we (Lavinia) cannot provide exchanges/replacements/refunds for any products received through this third-party giveaway. 

Go see what the rest of the DT have created!

We Love Stamping August 2026 

Talk to ya later!  

Allsorts Challenge #856

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Lynne is the host this fortnight over at Allsorts and she would like to see embossing. You can use heat or dry. There is the Anything Goes option too.

 I had this paper on my desk for some reason. It's from a paper pad that has no cover anymore! The die is a Gina Marie quilt die. I didn't poke all the pieces out then put them back. I put a black border on paper and embossed my 'quilt' with a Sizzix EF. I think the sentiment might be Gina Marie too! Which I cut out in black several times, and decided it needed to be yellow!

Prizes this round are stamps, dies and stenciling bundle from Lisa Horton Crafts!

Go, see what the rest of the DT created!

Can you Handle the Pressure Anything Goes with a Twist of Tie It Up 

Cut It Up  Challenge #362 Add a Sentiment

Talk to ya later! 

CCC for July 2026

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

I have been struggling with Blogger!

Had to change my browser to upload my photos!

It's reveal day for the Card Chain Challenge! 

This is what we worked with for July! 

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Cocktails / Pets / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Embossing Powder / Ink Blending

My card went to Hilary in the UK.

 

 

This is a Gina K set called Sending you a Squeeze.

It was also an LST. Stamps, dies, stencils, sentiment all from the set!

Talk to ya later!

Allsorts Challenge #855

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Sarah is the host over at Allsorts and she would like to see the colors of summer!

Summer to me means gardens and berries!

This is a HM image. Placed on an embossed red background. EF is SU. So are the wooden flowers! Hello is from Scrapbook and Cards today. Please go see what the rest of the DT and our GD have created!

Prizes for this challenge are:

 One prize, Butterfly stamp and stencil from Visible Image

House Mouse and Friends Monday Challange #470 Anything Goes/ Option Friends 

Talk to ya later!

Allsorts #854

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

 Val is our host this fortnight over at Allsorts, and would like to see By The Seaside! There is also the Anything Goes. Apparently I am In the Sea/Ocean!

I have used a Spellbinders stamp and die set called Seahorse Garden. It's not on the Spellbinders site, but is available elsewhere. Images are colored with Ohuhu markers. The sentiment is from the set too. The embossing folder is Spellbinders!

Prizes for this theme is a Collection of stamps for one winner from Stamp Addicts.

Go see what the other DT have created!

Talk to ya later!

Allsorts Challenge #853 Use Stencils/ Anything Goes

 Hello!

Hope you are well!

Donna is the host over at Allsorts; and she would like to see you use stencils on your creation. there is Anything Goes too! 

 

My card is made with Gina K stamps, Stencils and dies.  The set is called Flutterby Friends and was an LST January 2023. I used SU inks. The sentiment is from the same set.

2 winners will receive 3 sets of stencils each. 

Go see what the rest of the DT have created with their stencils!

Talk to ya later! 

CCC for June 2026

Hello!

Hope you are well!

It is the second of the month and time to see who sent what to whom around the world for the Card Chain Challenge!  

My card went to Kathy in the UK. 

This is what we worked with.

 

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Tea or Coffee / Safari / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Embossing / Shaped Card

 

 

 

 

 

I guess  I am not being very creative, as I have Friendship and embossing!

I am sure I received a lovely card from Lucille!

 I am up north until July 20th.

You should join in the Card Chain Challenge. You're already making cards! 

Talk to ya later!

Challenge #852 Blooms, Birds and or Bees

 Hello!

Hope you are all well!

It's Ellies turn to host over at Allsorts, and she has chosen Blooms, Birds and/or Bees.  You can use the Anything Goes option if you like.

I used blooms and bees!

I tried the technique where you smoosh an ink pad over one side of your embossing folder. This EF was call Distressed from SU. I am ok with it; but the first color I used was a purple, and it didn't speak to me! The crocus (and I had trouble with the stamens!) are Spellbinder, and the sentiment and bees are SU!Put is all together with glitter glue, which takes forever to dry, and a few foam pads under the sentiment!

The prize for this challenge Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Glorious Bouquet stamp set available from Buddly Crafts!

Go, see what the rest of the DT have created!

 Please remember, to be eligible you must provide name/makes of products used on your entry (our rules explain why), if missing entries will not be included in winner/Top 7 selections.

This is my first scheduled post so hopefully Blogger will do it's thing! I will be up north, then Bryson will come home with me, so no 'real Gail' posts until September! 

Talk to ya later! 

"Be someone’s sunshine today."

 Hello!

Hope you're all well!

 

I made this ATC with a stamp from AALL and Create. Blended with SU ink, colored with Ohuhu markers. Stickles for the flower centers, and a butterfly Linda sent me with Mays CCC!

Tag-along(and ATC's) June 202+6 Challenge Add some text 

Triple B June 2026 Challenge Mood Board, and your card must have Birds, Butterflies and Blooms. 1, 2 or 3 of the B's

We Love Stamping June 2026 Sports and Hobbies, or Anything Goes I think gardening is a hobby! 

I am getting ready to go up north!!

However, we've had a bit of excitement here! The kids are away for a week. We have been having horrible winds, and last week the wind broke a branch off the massive maple tree in the backyard. I asked Kalen about it before they left, and he said he wasn't going to worry about it! I said, well I am! We called it 'the Death Branch.' 

 

Kalen arranged for a friend (it's what he does) to come take the branch down. Was a massive branch off of the massive tree. You can see on the right there's a piece of plywood on the window. The window's new! The table in the forefront was sitting right where the branch is!

The branch is all piled up in a corner of the backyard, and I will clean up, and put the deck back together later this afternoon! I am filling in at Canasta today! I have watered the garden, and cleaned the front deck! It has not been very warm here!

Last Friday I had an extra shift at the Tuck Shop. I had an appointment in the afternoon, and a friend coming to make Pineapple, Rhubarb Strawberry jam. Told her to bring everything but the rhubarb. She came at 4, and by 5:05 we were at an art exhibition for one of the Canasta ladies! Was a busy day!!

Better go, talk to ya later!