Mushroom Just for You card

 Start with a 5 ½ x 4 ¼ off-white card base (Recollections) and adhere a piece of mushroom patterned paper (Cosmo Cricket) to the left. Die cut an orange circle (Stitched Circle Plate Background Die) and sentiment (Long Skinny Words Dies) out of Basic Grey patterned paper. Die cut the mushroom (Bazzill), Fence (Forever in Time) and Stitched circle (Recollections). Adhere to card as shown and add an orange rhinestone above the J. All die cuts by Gina Marie Designs.

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Peace Tree Die Cut Christmas Card

No stamping on this card.
Background patterned paper: by Paper Pizzazz.
Peace die cut: Clearly Besotted.
Eyelet: by Making Memories.
Scallop oval: Die-cut by Sizzix and pp by Provo Craft.
Oval: Die cut from Cricut and pp by Making Memories.
Felt ribbon from Oriental Trading Co.

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Custom made Wreath Christmas card

I made another one of the wreath cards using this stamp that is a square shaped card which made my wreath was more round. You can see it HERE

I colored the holly stamp with distress markers, green and red, before stamping them into the circle formation. Stamp by Magenta. The patterned paper is by Stampin' Up but it's not a Christmas paper. The sentiment is by Hero Arts onto a Sizzix die cut.

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Manly Monday Wolves in the Wild

I made a set of masculine cards using some old images of a wolf. I had stamped them and other animals while at a retreat many years ago.

Tree dies are from eBay. The circle scallop dies by Spellbinders. Sentiment stamp by Fiskars and Hero Arts. I colored the wolves with Copic markers. I inked some kraft paper with the edge of a brown ink pad and fussy cut mountains from the design made. Blue patterned paper has a fancy swirl on it that I cut around for the cards with that background.

In years to come when I look back on this post I will be able to remember that the next card was put together because I had one wolf left to use. I poorly cut out the circle, boys don't care, The background by Fiskars was already in my basket of embossed papers ready to be used. It turned out cute, it's just not like the others.

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Red with Gold Thinking of You

Start with red patterned paper by Basic Grey and ink edges with red distress ink. Adhere ribbon by Ellen Hutson in the center and adhere panel to a white pre-made card base size 5 ½ x 4. Stamp flower with Colorbox pigment ink and die cut flower with matching die (Sizzix). Once the image is dry adhere to circle die cut patterned paper (Making Memories) that has also been inked before adhering to the card front. Stamp and heat emboss in gold the sentiment on black cardstock. Adhere to the front. Add gold vintage leaves.

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Sunflower card

I colored this sunflower digital stamp in with Copic markers and then inked the edges with distress ink. I made a frame out of the K and Co patterned paper and then placed the yellow cardstock behind and the image inside the frame.

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Stenciling Get Well Card.

Stencils by The Crafters Workshop. Distress ink by Ranger. Sentiment stamp by Hero Arts. I may have gone too far with this background. Oh well.

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Ornament Christmas Card

This Christmas card was started by a woman that had to get rid of her stuff because she was going to live in assisted living. I cherish the many images I received from her and continue to enjoy adding them to my cards. I can only hope that I'm doing them justice.

The ornaments were heat embossed gold and watercolored in. I dry embossed the background paper by Bazzill with a snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

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Manly Monday Deer Head Cards Part 2

I have the Manly Monday Deer Head Part 1 post with cards using this deer head die by Recollections if you'd like to see other examples.

There's nothing really special about these cards. The celebrate die cut is by Die-Versions. The embossing "folder" is by Fiskars. I inked it with Distress ink. The leaves under the oval are in the same die set.

Patterned paper by The Paper Studio, Hobby Lobby. The sentiment is unknown.

I have a lot of guy birthdays and I hope these cards will hold me for this year. 

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Stampendous Thank You Card

All the stamps are by Stampendous with the flowers colored in with colored pencils.
The patterned paper is by Pebbles.

A fitting card since today is the birthday of a family member who passed away in 2018. Uncle Cisco rest in peace.

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Hot Air Balloon Paper Piecing Card

Spring-like card.
Stamps: balloon Prickley Pear and sentiment by Stampendous. The balloon stamped image was paper pieced with an assortment of patterned papers and cardstock.
Die cuts: Cricut and Spellbinders.
Patterned paper by Deja Views.

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Baby Girl Shower Invations

I have a sore arm from typing. Here are the details:
Stamps: dress stamp is by Unity Stamp Co. You're invited by Magenta. Background stamp by Hero Arts.

Patterned paper by Provo Craft.

Ribbon: from stash
Die cuts: Spellbinders and DO Crafts

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New Fabric Christmas cards

My cards today use up some more of the fabric squares or circles my mom cut out and never used. At the end of this post are other cards using fabric that I posted on my blog.

This first card, the red die cut is by Spellbinders. The circle is Making Memories patterned paper and cut out with my Cricut. Patterned paper background by Hot Off the Press. The sentiment is from a store-bought card that I cut the ends with decorative scissors by Fiskars.

The one below, the die cut is unknown. The merry die cut is by SU with Making Memories patterned paper. The embossing folder is Cuttlebug

Here are some other posts with fabric on cards:

Christmas fabric with a shimmer

Fabric Seasons Greetings cards

Lighthouse ATC

Basket of Apples ATC

Coca Cola ATC's

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Manly Monday Deer Head Cards Part 1

Manly Monday deer heads die cut by Recollections.

Heat embossed SU stamp onto Tim Holtz specialty paper. Inked with distress ink. Circle die cut by Cricut. Happy die cut by Lawn Fawn out of OTC kraft cardstock and dry embossed with Cuttlebug embossing folder. Deer head patterned paper by Bazzill. It's a nighttime sky with stars. The consultations on the pattern are shapes of dinosaurs. You can't see it though. I actually die cut it for the paper on the other side but then liked this one better for this background.

These other two are simple.

Thanks for looking. Come back next week for the second half of these deer cards.

Pretty in Pink Thinking of you card

My card today has Stampin' Up flower stamps stamped in burgundy and eggplant and fussy cut out to be adhered to die that was bought on eBay made from unknown patterned paper. I have Basic Grey background paper and an unknown sentiment stamp.
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Fatty Ewe Thanks

This fat little ewe stamp is by Stampin' Up. I colored it in with distress ink Antique Linen. I die cut the center shape out with a Cricut cut (Used the negative) and placed the old Provo Craft patterned paper behind it. The sentiment was also cut out using the Cricut. 

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Gold Merry and Bright card

This Christmas card was started by a woman that had to get rid of her stuff because she was going to live in assisted living. I cherish the many images I received from her and continue to enjoy adding them to my cards. I can only hope that I'm doing them justice.

The long stamped image is gold heat embossed and matted with a gold foil type paper. Then I matted it onto Die Cuts with a View dark red cardstock with a shimmer. The patterned paper on the right is by Anna Griffin. The sentiment is by Unity Stamp Co stamp.

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Deep Red Stamps Corset Card

I stamped the Deep Red Stamps Corset with black ink onto white cardstock and colored it in with colored pencils and chalk. I sprayed it with a fixative by Krylon. The papers are from my stash and the flowers from Martha Stewart.

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I found the stamp at
Scrapbook made Simple

Deep Red Stamps Thanks a Bunch Card

Start by punching the corners of a piece of turquoise cardstock (Recollections) size 5 ½ x 4. Cut a smaller piece of off-white cardstock (Forever in Time) and insert the edges into the turquoise punched corners. Ink the butterflies from the Dragonflies and More stamp by Deep Red Stamps (5x704004) with Peacock Feathers distress ink by Ranger. Stamp the border onto off white cardstock. Border punch (Fiskars) the stamped border and a piece of patterned paper (Studio G). Adhere the two together and then to the card panel. Adhere a piece of ribbon to the bottom of the stamped border. Add an SRM Stickers as shown and set a grey brad in the center before adhering to a 5 ½ x 4 off white card base (Recollections). 

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Faith quote Card

This card and the draft post are rather old. I’m trying to clean up some things on my blog and posting things that are old is one of the things I need to do. 

So for this card:

Background is heat embossed white

Distress ink to color it in

Background stamp and butterfly are by Hero Arts. Sentiment by Stampin Up. 

White die cut by Papertrey INC

The others are by Spellbinder 

Purple Ribbon by Maya Road.

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Manly Monday Deep Red stamps wolf

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The image is by Deep Red Stamps and can be found at

Scrapbooking made Simple or on eBay

I stamped the wolf onto watercolor paper by Strathmore and colored him in with distress ink and a water pen. Then I tore off the top and inked the edges. The sentiment die cut is by Spellbinders and the corners are scraps.

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I've used this stamp a lot and I wanted to share some of the cards I've already posted:

Wolf Stamp card 1

Wolf stamp card 2

Butterfly Party Hat Card

The birthday card below:
Embossing folder by Anna Griffith inked with purple pigment ink from $1 bin at Michael’s.
Butterfly is from a patterned paper.
Metal har and sentiment are by Making.  Memories.
Happy die cut by Clearly Besotted
Polka dots on right are washi tape and pink is a scrap.

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Deep Red Stamps Happy Holidays

Start by making a 5 ½ x 4 ¼ off white card base

using Bazzill and stamp on the bottom a

row of holly leaves in green (Peeled

Paint Distress ink by Ranger Industries

and black.ink by Hero Arts. I stamped

off onto scrap paper before stamping onto

the card front. On white cardstock stamp

the Happy Holidays stamp with black

ink and colored in with colored pencils.

Take the distress ink Antique Linen

and slide it across the image. Ink edges

with Barn Door distress ink and bend

back the corners to add to distress look.

Adhere the image to green patterned paper

(Recollections) and to darker green

cardstock (Bazzill) before adhering to the

card front. All stamps are by Deep Red Stamps.

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Envelope cards

I made two envelope cards. There really isn't a card to open and set on the counter. You open the envelope and this is what you see.

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Cricut die cut. Fiskars border punch. Stamp by Cloud 9.

Triangle stamp by Simon Says Stamps. I stamped them in a random pattern with different shades of ink.