Manly Monday Beach Scene Card

The car stamp is by Tim Holtz in brown chalk marker, that I regret giving them to my niece.the die cut was bought on eBay.

The baby is interested in what is Mom and Dad doing. Details on the guy/girl panel: they are on a die cut that resembles a rope net or mermaid tail scales. The chair is by Gina Marie and the flip flops were drawn by my husband. Y

Then you open the next panel and you can see the parts and pieces that I used to make this  card. The seashell die cut is by Creative Expression (i think). I used a post note to ask off the different shelves and seaweed with I sprayed it with glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. Same chair and shoes but the sunglasses are Stampin Up

This card was made for Craft Roulette #253

Card with 3 folds, sweater colors, footwear for an element, and Post it for Random. It’s a Gatefold card with an extra hinge. All of the papers are by Carta Bella. Other 

Manly Monday Frog and Lizard card

I stamped and then heat embossed a variety of different stamps leaf stamps onto green cardstock. I cut it out with a Creative Memories wavy square shape. I inked the edges and adhered it to the card base (4x5.5)

The frog and lizard were both heat embossed with platinum embossing powder by Ranger. I colored them with Copic markers, fussy cut and then adhered them to the background. The lizard is on foam tape. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Baby Shower Card

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Manly Monday Hamburger birthday card

The cheeseburger is a die cut from a friend. The patterned paper is by Studio G. The red opulent paper is by Sizzix. The large circle was cut out with my Cricut. The Happy stamp is from Lawn Fawn. The word Birthday is a stamp from Stampibilities. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

A Craft Roulette original, the “Zoyfold” card

As the title says, Craft Roulette’s Mary Gunn and Irene Smith came up with this name to describe a card design that is part Z-Fold card and part Joy fold card.

In the image above, the embossing folder is by Darice and I inked it with distress ink. The vellum is from the Paper Studio and I cut it into a circle using my Creative Memories cutting system. The gems are by Couture Creations. 

The brick embossing folder by Darice. I inked it with all different inks before spraying it with water. This is the inside flap other side of the green cardstock.

The vintage looking door stamp is from Deep Red Stamps. I used watercolors to color it then die cut it out with a Sizzix oval scalloped die. The oval mat behind the image is also by Sizzix. 

This card was made for Craft Roulette episode #249. The parameters were: project-“Zoyfold” card. Colors-elegant. Elements-Front Door. Random-3 circles.

I’m entering this card into 

Simon Says Stamp-Add texture. 

Thanks for looking. 

Just a Note glow in the dark card

Today’s card is SOooo fun. I started by applying glow paste by Tim Holtz onto a stencil by Couture Creations. The brads are by Making Memories. The label is by Recollections. The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug. 

Check out the paper that the sentiment was cut out of. It looks a little different. I went to the recycle bin and pulled out a piece of white cardstock. It’d been die cut, but didn’t cut all the way through. I die cut the sentiment out of a piece of paper. Hence, why there are cut lines on the sentiment die cut.

 Lastly, I tried to ink the edges of the paper, but the paste is gritty and wouldn’t take ink. I must be doing something wrong.anyway. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I’m entering this card into 

 Simon says stamp add texture.

Floral Friday Thinking of You card

I die cut the flower which is connected to the white square. The sentiment is the Draw and Cut from Cricut. The die cut behind the the flower is by…BUT the patterned paper is by Anna Griffin and the gold background paper is from Creative Memories. All of this is on a black cardstock base.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Wooden Butterfly Crackle Paint card

You might be thinking, what am I looking at? I”m going to try and tell you. 

On the white cardstock is a brown background die by Simply Defined called “Whimsical Nature, Thick Jungle Background”. I like the background because you could cut pieces out and create a different background theme.

The butterflies are made of wood (Maya Road) and I painted them with very old Fire Brick Red distress crackle paint. The results weren’t great. I threw it away after that. Ranger’s Crackle paint is no longer sold in colors. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday heart wreath card

I inked the lower part of the card with distress ink. I sprayed the card and red cardstock with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. I covered the seam between the red cardstock and the inked card base with gold paper is by Sizzix. 

I don’t know where the heart image is from and I’m not certain about the butterfly stamps either.  Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Cheers to the New Year

Happy new year with a Craft Roulette card Manly Monday style. It’s from episode #246. The parameters were:

Project-holiday card

Color-Trees

Element-Drinking vessel

Random-something from your floor.

Making my own patterned paper Anniversary Cards

I created the background using purple card stock using a heart stamp by Hero Arts. The black border is tape from Dollar Tree. 

Card #2-I made the pattern on the lower portion of the card using a border stamp in the mosaic stamp set by Stampin Up. The top portion of the card is a dry embossing folder by Cuttlebug. A piece of black ribbon in the middle separates the top and bottom. The sentiment is unknown. Thank you for looking.  HAGD! 

Peace, Love and Joy Big card

This card is from Craft Roulette #244.

 The parameters were:

Project-Joy fold

Color-Bold/cold

Element-family 

Random-ribbon 

The gold paper, letter dies and the white die cut layered at the bottom of the cluster are from Sizzix. The embossing folder is by Gina Marie. The die cut that the ampersand sign is on is by Creative Expression. There’s Rick Rack on the left side of the card on top of a snowflake background stamp that I heat embossed in green embossing powder.  The joy tags on the right are sewn up there with not twine, but like hemp ribbon. 

It’s a very heavy card. I would probably have to add extra postage. Thanks for looking.

December Calendar Layout 2024

The pattern paper and journal box are by My Mind’s Eye. The stamp is by Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Gingerbread Cookies Craft Roulette card

Craft Roulette #241

Z-fold card

Scarecrow colors

Baking

Crinkle inkle 

The sentiment is a draw and cut with my Cricut. The patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The gingerbread men stamp are by Smith Craft.  Aluminum foil.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Clean and Simple Snow cards

This is a clean and simple card. I dry embossed the blue cardstock with a Fiskars texture plates. Then I die cut the snowflakes out of white glitter paper. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Cricut Drawn Christmas Tree Upcycled Card

 

Every month a friend and I make Christmas cards. We call it 5on5: the goal is to make 5 Christmas cards on the fifth of every month at 5:00 PM. Each month we have a theme and  February’s theme was to reuse, recycle, or repurpose. Which brings me to this card that 

I received this 3 years ago. It had a noticeable smudge of green ink in the upper left corner. It 

took this long to figure out what I could do to the Cricut pen on the 

I tried a white gel pen and that just made the green ink smear more. In order to make it not look as though I’m covering up a mistake, I would have to go around each area just like it smear the green, and cover it with a white gel pen. 

This is what I have to say about that white gel pen wasn’t very consistent so I bought some off of Amazon that are amazing.

Anyway, I came to the conclusion that the flaw needed to be covered up with something solid. I pulled out these not rhinestones or gems or enamel dots. Nope, none of those. They are a product from Imaginisce. You heat set them to your project with this tiny little thing which applies heat. They match the green marker used on the tree. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Fold Out Christmas Tree Farm Card

I made this card for Craft Roulette #239 the parameters were to make an interactive card with picnic colors, farm elements, and strips of paper.

I’m not sure what this card fold is called but I am obsessed with it. It’s so easy to score and it looks like a rock star. The first picture shows what it looks like when you take it out of the cart. You don’t even see the trees on the outside until you open it up. I love that when you do open it up you have a full 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 view that stands up for display. 

My picnic color is green. My farm is a Christmas tree farm and I have 2 strips of silver Sizzix mirror paper on the insides. I had a hard time getting the two darkest colored trees to fold in so you wouldn’t see them until the card was opened.

The front of the card is a Cricut draw, and I did it with a glitter marker. The middle Christmas   tree is from a store bought card, but the other trees were cut with my Cricut. The star top are from a corner punch that is made of stars. The perfect little size for things like this. I drew the tree trunks on with colored pencils and Copic markers.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

November Calendar layout 5 boys in the back room 2024

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Tis’ the season to be Jolly

Square Snowflake Card

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Floral Friday Sunflower Stamp

 

 The stamp is by Stampendous. The single die cut by Spellbinders. The stamp was inked with multiple small ink cubes to give the image multiple colors. After I ran the die cut through the machine I inked the inside with green distress ink. This card base is very flimsy and not strong enough to hold anything more than the one die cut. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Sunflower card

This same sunflower stamp will also be on the card for Floral Friday next week. I have four of the sunflowers colored in, and I want to make them into cards.

The stamp is by Stampendous and was colored in with Copic markers. I used a Spellbinders die cut to cut out the image. I inked the paper with distress ink while the paper was still on the inside of the die. I taped the image onto a piece of brown cardstock, but the image was lost. So, I went around the edges with a white gel pen. The patterned paper is by Accord Publishing.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Pink and blue Cakes Card

This is my Craft Roulette #217. card:
Project: A2
Colors-French cafe
Element: June
Random: polka Dots-the background stamp

I made the background patterned paper with distress crayons. I pressed a crayon down on the outside edge of the white paper and then pulled the color in towards the center after each pass until I made a rectangle in the middle of the paper. Then I dipped my finger into water and followed the pattern started on the inside working my way out to the edge of the paper.  I then stamped a polka dot background with a Love Nicole stamp in a matching color. 

The blue glitter paper is not glittery. It has a coating over it so it doesn’t shed. It is by The Paper Studio. The blue opulent paper is by Die Cuts with a View. The white with blue squiggly lines is by Cricut. I colored the image in with Copic markers.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Cricut border with added Christmas trees card

This border is a Cricut cut with a rhinestone in the center. Then I added Christmas tree die cuts. Some of them have been inked with distress ink. Some of them are also upcycled wallpaper samples. I did add dimensional adhesive behind two of them. Then I cut brown scraps to make the tree trunks. Thanks for looking. 

Manly Monday Double Sophisticated cards

I cut out both of the silhouettes using my Cricut. 

The card on the left: 

The white colored patterned paper Recollections and the dark patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View. 

The Fiskars Stamped sentiment I heat embossed it in white. 

I cut the gentlemen's silhouettes die cuts on my Cricut.

The card on the right:

The patterned paper is by Adorn It and Stampin Up. 

Stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

I popped up the die cut with foam adhesive. 

 Thanks for looking.