Manly Monday Catch You Later

I'm trying to get Manly Monday back into the blog posts. Today's card uses a stamp by Great Impressions that I stamped with Hero Arts ink onto watercolor paper by Strathmore. Then I colored the image in with distress ink. The orange background is glossy paper that I inked with alcohol inks. The road line is a TPC Studio stamp that was stamped with white pigment ink by SU and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I took a yellow pen and filled in the lines of the stamp. The background paper is by We R Memory Keepers. The sentiment is a Cricut cut from Just Because Cards cartridge.

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Peace on Earth ATC's

New ATC's for the theme Christmas. The background paper is by Stampin Up. and some of the cardstock is by Provo Craft, Stampin Up and Color-Aid. The die cuts including the borders are by Spellbinders. The circle punch is by Creative Memories and the tree is by All Night Media. The sentiment has been heat embossed with silver powder onto vellum. The pearls are by Forever in Time and Want 2 Scrap.

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Birthday Butterfly ATC's

 For my ATC's today I made the background with a bunch of different dies that I already had cut out by Sizzix. The stamps are by Stampin Up, Sizzix, Recollections and TPC Studio. Ink by Colorbox, Stamp It and Hero Arts. The pearls are by Forever In Time and the rhinestones by Want 2 Scrap. 

The butterfly in the first card was colored in with Peerless watercolors mixed with water and Stickles. I popped it up with some foam by Tiny Crafts. There are two patterned papers and they are both by Recollections.

The second butterfly was colored in with the same except instead of Stickles I mixed in white Perfect Pearls. The second ATC is has been dry embossed the old fashion way with a metal stencil, stylus and a light board. 

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Happy birthday ATC

Stamps by Sizzix and Lawn Fawn with ink by Stampin Up and Colorbox. The center of the flower has gold accents by TPC Studio. Happy die cut by Clearly Besotted. The background is dry embossed with a Darice folder then I inked the edges with distress ink and sprayed it with Perfect Pearls mist. The border punch is by EK Success and I filled the circles in with Stickles. The white underneath it is a label die by Stampin Up.

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Happy Day ATC's

These two ATC's are for birthdays at the swap I participate in at Scrapbook.com. The stamp is very old by Stampin Up. I stamped it with Hero Arts ink and colored it in with Smooch Ink. The pink paper is by Studio G. The eyelets are by Stampin Up. I crossed the shear pink ribbon with yellow baker's twine. This was not an easy process but the results look nice.

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Celebrate Hot Air Balloon

For today's card I used a circle stamp from Lawn Fawn's Let's Bokeh. I started at the bottom with the lightest color of green ink and moved up from there with darker green ink. The balloon and banner die cuts are by Studio G. I covered them with Mod Podge to see what it would look like and didn't care for it. But it is what it is. I liked the die cuts with the background so I put it together. The green cardstock is by Sunborn and the black and white patterned paper is unknown.

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Preschool Layout

I really like this layout for two reasons: I made the circle grid all by myself in Cricut Craft Room and I love that I was able to fit 5 misc pictures into this one LO without it looking strange. Okay one more, I liked that I was able up some of those embellishments by Little Yellow Bicycle. The title sticker is by Me and My Big Ideas.

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Deep Red Stamps Crochet Thanks

Today's card uses a Crochet stamp by Deep Red Stamps. I heat embossed it with Versa Mark ink and white embossing powder. Then I added some distress inks onto my craft sheet and sprinkled it with Perfect Pearls. I sprayed the area generously with water and swirled the inks and Perfect Pearls together. I ran the stamped tag thru the colors and let it dry. I set a large silver eyelet through the hole.

The patterned paper is old by All My Memories and the yellow cardstock is by Sunborn. I used a border punch by Fiskars on the green paper. I dry embossed the paper under that with the swiss dot embossing folder by Provo Craft. The sentiment at the bottom is a sticker by K and Co.

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Sleigh Ride Layout

I have another layout for the Christmas card books that I am constantly working on. All but the green patterned paper on the left is by Die Cuts with a View. The green cardstock is by Bazzill and the white by Recollections. I cut out the circle on the left with my Cricut and the George cartridge. Just below that is a flower circle sticker by Martha Stewart. There are number stickers on the right and they are by Little Yellow Bicycle. Nice and simple.

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Thank You Background Card

I've used this background stamp multiple times and have had great results with each color combo. We need to try new color combos to really explore all the options that you may be missing.

I heat embossed a background stamp by Hero Arts with Versa Mark ink and clear embossing powder onto Ranger's watercolor paper. I pulled out the Peerless water colors and the Ranger water pen to mix the colors into the floral pattern. After it dried I trimmed it down and matted some purple cardstock behind it. I used the same purple cardstock for the sentiment (stamp and black ink by Hero Arts).There's yellow cardstock behind the purple on the sentiment.

Here are my other cards using the same background stamp:

Friendship card

Best Wishes

Friend

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Love tag

For this tag I heat embossed a Hero Arts background stamp using Versa Mark ink and WOW! embossing powder. Then I inked it with distress ink and sprayed it with water mixed with Perfect Pearls. 

The flower is chipboard by Maya Road-maybe, that I painted with Ranger's Crackle Paint (Fired Brick). Once it dried I inked the edges with a dark brown distress ink. The center of the flower is a Spellbinders die cut which shows another way to use the smallest die cuts that no one ever knows what to do with. The love sentiment die cut is by K and Co and the rope around the hole at the top is by Wyla Inc. I should have set the hole with a heavy duty eyelet but it is what it is. 

I hope the recipient likes the tag. Thanks for looking.

1st Birthday Layout for Zac

I have an easy layout to share today. The star background paper is by Best Creations. The title is a die cut that I cut out with my Cricut and the Stamping cartridge. The green frame under the title was painted with Pebbles paint. The patterned paper under the frame is by Basic Grey-I think. The cupcake is a Cricut cut from the First Few Years cartridge. The blue die cut is foam by Tiny Crafts.

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Complete Recovery Card

This card came together after making a different card with similar products. Those 6x6 pads of paper are not ideal for my card size which is 4 x 5 1/2. I use the Recollections card bases because they come with an envelope and that makes it easier with out wasting a ton of time, in my opinion.

The patterned paper is by Prima. The border die cuts and the white oval die cut are both by Spellbinders and the cardstock is by Recollections. The blue oval is a Sizzix die cut out of Color-Aid colored paper. The stamp is by Stampin Up with black ink by Hero Arts.

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Lucky Stars Card

My card today is not your normal card for it doesn't open and close. It's purple cardstock that I dry embossed and then sprayed with water and Perfect Pearls. I inked the edges of the cardstock and the purple rectangle die cut with Dusty Concord distress ink. The sentiment stamp and it's black ink are by Hero Arts. The rectangle die cuts are by Spellbinders. The peachy color cardstock is by Bazzill. I cut the bottom border with my Cricut and the Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge. I die cut some purple foam by Tiny Crafts with a Lawn Fawn stars and arrows dies. The second picture shows the back of the card to write my message.

Laugh Tag

I have a tag to share today. I stamped on gray cardstock a Lawn Fawn border stamp with blue ink by SU and then added Glossy Accents to some of the holes in the pattern. The patterned paper at the bottom is by My Mind's Eye and I used a Fiskar border punch on the top of the patterned paper. I added rub-on flowers by American Crafts to the left of the patterned paper. The sentiment is a die cut by K and Co. I added ribbon from Joann's around the top of the stamped border and then added dollar store rope through the hole at the top.

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Joy to You and Yours

This Christmas card uses an old stamped image that I borrowed at a crop. I'm not sure the manufacturer but I stamped it with brown SU ink and colored it in with with paint and powdered chalk mixed together. I used a Spellbinders die to die cut the image out and I inked the inside with red distress ink. The background paper is by SU and the red is by Die Cuts with a View. The sentiment is stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with red embossing powder by Ranger on kraft colored cardstock The kraft cardstock and green behind it are are both by CM.

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Sketches in Thyme Project Life

It's my turn on the Sketches in Thyme Project Life blog using the following sketch:

I'm working on these pocket page (We R Memory Keepers) books for my brothers-in-law. Each boy will gets a book with pictures from their childhood. There are 5 boys. Yes 5. (Ugh!) Therefore, my layouts for these books aren't like uber detailed for two reasons: 

First - I have a deadline and I really want to meet that goal-I'm not sure if it's really possible to get them all done by Christmas but I'll try. 

Second - They're boys and according to my husband, when he looks at a page he doesn't see the same things as I do. He sees the pictures and the memories that go with them not the embellishments. He doesn't like the pages when they're too busy so I keep them plain and simple.

The grid patterned paper is by October Afternoon and the green is by Making Memories. I stamped the train and stars (The Paper Company) and the numbers and letters (Lawn Fawn) with Hero Arts black ink. The arrow and the number 6 are Cricut cuts.

All the different patterned papers on this page are by Making Memories. I circle cut a photo and added some birthday stickers to the right upper card.

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Stampendous Birthday

I was trying new color combinations for the card today. The background is the card base and is by Recollections. The flower and sentiment are stamps by Stampendous. The flower is stamped with Colorbox pigment ink and the sentiment with Hero Arts black ink.

I matted the flower with aqua paper by Hot off the Press and then yellow cardstock by Bazzill. The patterned paper that the sentiment is on is by Die cuts with a View. The punched the edge with a border punch by Fiskars.

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Friend Michelle Christmas Card Layout

My layout today is one for the Christmas card book(s) that I'm always working on. I'm a little behind with these books but they are a work in progress. I've noticed people are sending less and less cards these days which makes me think this book series could come to an end one of these years. Big bummer. I really like seeing their kids grow from year to year.

The background paper is unknown but the paper for the die cuts are by Hot off the press. I welded the leaves together in Cricut Craft Room from the Art Philosophy cartridge. The poinsettias flowers are by Prima and I've placed a enamel dot in the center. The cream colored enamel dots are by Fiskars and the pinkish ones are by Cloud 9. The bird sticker is by American Crafts, the ribbon by Offray and the 2013 is cut out using the same cartridge as mentioned above. 

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Christmas card layout

Here's another layout for my Christmas card book(s). I followed the sketch at the bottom.

 The tree background paper is by Making Memories as well as the strip of green under the photo and behind the red chipboard swirl. The red patterned paper behind the photo is by Die cuts with a View. The white cardstock is by Recollections and the green corner piece by Sunborn. I inked that corner piece with distress ink. 

The Joy tag is by Jolee's/EK Success. The red chipboard has been painted red with paint by Studio Calico.

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Sunflower Cart

On my blog today are some fall seasoned cards using powdered chalk and paint by Stamp N Plus. The image is dry embossed with an embossing folder by Darice and I painted over the design with a mixture of chalk and paint.  There's not a ton of difference between the two until the assemble. I used yellow cardstock behind the first and orange behind the second. I die cut the Spellbinders sentiment out of orange cardstock by Coredinations and adhered it to the front of the card.

For the second one I chose to forego the sentiment and instead added some die cuts by Lawn Fawn out of glitter paper by Die Cuts with a View.

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