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Thursday, July 10, 2025

Circles and More Circles

Hello and Happy Thursday Peeps,

Stef is the hostess for the current Paper Players challenge, the monthly theme challenge. Stef has decided on circles. I may have gone a little over board making circle cards, but I sure had some fun.




I ended up making three cards. The third was unplanned. More about it later.

The first two planned cards are holiday cards. The July Monthly Mix challenge on the Gina K Facebook page is "Christmas In July," and I wanted a card to enter over there. When looking through my GKD Holiday sets, I came up with two ideas, hence, the two cards. 

Card 1: This is a 5x7" card using all GKD supplies.

Front:


Inside:


 Card 2, also using all GKD Supplies. (I was going for that retro feel, bright colors and metallics.)

Front:


 Inside:


Card three's story. You see the vellum circle on the front of card two? I originally cut a larger one to use, but decided it was too big and cut the smaller one. I have a box with misc. geometric shapes (which I'm sure all of us do) and when I opened it to pitch the larger circle in, I saw these circle leaf die cuts. Hmmm, circles. Wonder what I can do with those?

Here's card 3: My bestie that lives in Sacramento had back surgery yesterday, so this will be in the mail for her later today.

Front:


Inside:




So yes, a little over board with the circles. Two more holiday cards for the stash is good though. Now to choose which one to post to Stef's challenge.

My nephew that lives in Minneapolis is coming to San Diego for a conference that starts Monday. He is flying in tomorrow evening to spend the weekend with his Auntie. We will be going to the Padre game on Sunday afternoon. Not sure what else, but it will be great to spend time with him none-the-less.

Colleen

Supplies - cards 1 and 2
Stamps: Penguin Pals, Christmas Cheer, Blizzard, and Graphic Tree Mini sets all by Gina K Designs
Paper: Gina K Designs 
Ink: Gina K Designs & Copic Markers
Other: Gina K Designs Snowflakes embossing folder, Crop Circles stencil Polyglaze snowflakes background panels, Silver embossing powder, Master Layouts 2 and 3, Stitched circle dies

Supplies - card 3
Stamps: Gina K Designs Graceful Greetings and So Many Sentiments sets
Paper: Gina K Designs Card stock and Erin Lee mat black card stock
Ink: Gina K Designs
Other: Simon Says Stamp circle stencil, Pink Fresh Studio Floral Circle dies, Gina K Designs Master Layoouts 3 dies

2 comments:

  1. You were definitely in the circle making mode, Colleen! I adore the first one with the cute critters on the "ornaments" and Santa's little head on the inside made me smile. They are all very pretty and cleverly conceived. I hope your friend heals swiftly and that you enjoy your weekend, it sounds like a good time with your nephew! Thank you so much for playing along this week with the Paper Players!

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  2. These are ALL amazing! I do love those little penguins, but each card is unique and fun in its own right! Thanks for playing with us at the Paper Players this week!

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