Thinking of you MyStamp Box flower Card

I used a flower stamp by MyStamp Box

I colored them in with Copic markers

The sentiment is by Cricut with black brads for the dots of the I's that were too small to keep together.

The background is white and black cardstock

The die-cuts are by K and Co.

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Here are some other cars using the same stamp.
Funky Flower stamp set

Simple Christmas tree stamp 2 ways

This is a simple tree stamp from an old Stampin Up set. They were both colored with Copic markers and put together with whatever I found laying around.

This one I added a Cricut die cut behind it and a star on top. I sprayed the cardstock with Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists, Sunflower sparkle.



For this next one, I used a scrap of patterned paper and two borders punched out of green Stampin Up cardstock with a Martha Stewart punch. I added a sentiment by Hero Arts on white cardstock and a star on top. When I colored the image I added a shadow to the left with a bunch of colors on the table.

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Embossing paste Love card

I used embossing paste mixed some red Perfect Pearls 

The love stencil is from the dollar store.

Patterned paper by SU

The red background paper is dry embossed with a Gina Marie stencil and inked with distress ink

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UPDATED PIC AND SPACING 9-30-21

Manly Monday Tools on Peg board

My husband used the silent setter to punch the holes in kraft cardstock from Oriental Trading Co

I inked the edges with distress ink.

 Stamps by The Papertrey Ink

Silver cardstock by Creative Memories

Inks by Stampin Up

Brads by Creative Imaginations

Background paper by Close to my Heart and dry embossing with a Darice folder on cards 1 and 3 

Patterned paper by The Paper Studio for card 2

Blue tools on cards 1 and 3 are by Jolee's EK Success.

It was a great feeling to throw the completely used sticker sheet and bag away.

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Blast from the past Happy birthday card

My infrequent posting cards is because I am making scrapbook layouts in order to finish the many projects that loom around my craft room.

I've been looking around my blog to find scrapbook layouts for inspiration as well as some organizational clean up of my posts from the past. In doing so, I came across this card that has so much more to it than someone would know.

I would have used the by CM Cutting System for the bigger circle cut out.
I stamped the circle stamp kind of close to even to the die-cut and then inked with distress ink.
The smaller circle stamp is by Unity Stamp Co. I wonder how many times I stamped it and tried to punch it out in order to have even edges. (My hands didn't shake as bad back then.)

But... here are the things that I'm noticing:
One circle is white cardstock and the other is off white. No way in a card today!
The Unity Stamp circle is not inked.
The inks of the 2 circles are two different shades of brown.
The sentiment paper is not straight at all.
At all. Oh my. What is up with that?



It makes me think of how much time is put into each card. It's a ridiculous amount of time and I think that's why I'm not able to post every day like I always have. It's silly to post the same card with a small difference on multiple days. Post them all at once.

  In fact, people used to ask me why I didn't make more than one of each and my reply was I would get bored doing the same card multiple times. True and I didn't want to send the same card to everybody. It's not as though they would find out and so what if they did but that mattered to me.
I also have to recall that in years past, I made the one card for a challenge or for using sketch or a design team deadline. Oh, Design teams...I'm so glad I got passed the need to feel worthy or that my cards were good if I was on a design team.
After all of that gibberish the point,

I'm doing more assembly line cards because the today Me thinks, Hey-I have the things out to make this card so why not make 2 or 3 of them.

Tomorrow I have a set of Manly Monday cards that I love and are a good example of the assembly line.

Idt if I would let that crocked sentiment pass quality control in a card today.
But maybe it was a moment of quick slap a sentiment on it and get it in the mail before it's late.


Thank you for looking at my card and letting me talk about it.
The card is from 9-21-2011
Here are 2 cards using the same stamp

Upcycled Circle Christmas card

The sentiment is large. I cut it out with a CM circle cutting system. 

The background paper is by Martha Stewart. 

I dry embossed it with a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder and inked it with distress ink. It's hard to tell. 

The felt ribbon is from Oriental Trading Co. It is one of my favorite ribbons. It has four different Christmas colors. I usually hoard it but I needed something for this card to make me like it.

The red star is a Quickutz die and the silver star is like a sequin. It wouldn't stay glued down so I but a tiny brad inside.

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Breast Cancer Card Hope

My card today was made with pieces from different projects. I know the stamped background is from my sister's baby shower invitations and my niece is 3.
The purple paper is from a teaching project at the Senior Center and I stopped that about 3 years ago.
I'm not one to throw things away.
The ribbon stamp is by Stampibilities/Hobby Lobby
The background stamp is by Stampin Up with Umbrella ink exclusively through Scrapbook. com
The purple cardstock is by Recollections and was dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.
The sentiment sticker is from Current and I inked the edges of that white paper.

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Breast Cancer cards

Wooden Anniversary card

This was playing around with things that were already on the countertop. I don't love this card but it's still a nice anniversary card to send.

The corner punches are by Marvy. 

The stamp in the center is by Hero Arts and I colored it in with colored pencils. 

Polka dot paper by Papertrey Ink. 

Kraft paper by Oriental Trading Co. 

The sentiment was a free download. I've had it for years.

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Kenny K You ROCK! Card

I like this cute image and how it all pulled together to make this card.

Kenny K image colored with Copic markers. 

Blue patterned paper by Die Cuts With a View

Black cardstock and white card base from my stash

The word You is a die-cut that is unknown manufacturers 

The word rock! letter stamps by Stampin Up

Stickers-cable, volume button, and distortion box by Jolee's.

Kenny K no longer sells their digital stamps. Insert sad face.
 But I still have some of their images printed.
They are in different phases of making it onto a card.

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Layered Heart anniversary card

I always need anniversary cards and this one is so simple.
The patterned paper is an old line, an old Christmas line from Stampin' Up. It has turquoise trees on the back.
The black cardstock is by Recollections/ Michael's
Die-cuts by Spellbinders and eBay
The white heart in the center is made of felt. I popped it up on dimensional squares.
The inside greeting is stamped Happy Anniversary.

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Manly Monday Hello Mr. Frog

Isn't he a cutie. He is a Hampton Art stamp that I colored in with Copic markers and fussy cutout.
The frame is by K and Co.
Hello stamp was ordered from Amazon

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Here card using the same stamp.

Lots of Love Whale Card

The whale stamp is by Clearly Besotted. The whale was stamped with Hero Arts grey ink and then fussy cutout. The spout of water and the sentiment with HA ink Cornflower color
Sun stamp by Unity Stamp Co. Archival yellow ink and punched out with a circle punch by Marvy
Sentiment by Lawn Fawn. Sun by Unity Stamp Co.
Wave die-cuts by eBay. Papers by Creative Memories, The Paper Studio, and Echo Park.

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Here are some others using the same stamp.

Whale Done

Whale Get Better 1

Whale get better 2

Whale done for my niece

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Border punch Blue with flowers Thank you Card

The borders are die-cuts by Spellbinders.

Thank you stamp by Fiskars

Flower stamps by Stampin Up colored in with colored pencils.

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Triple Tree Stamp Christmas Cards

This triple tree stamp has no packaging or indication of the manufacturer but if I were to guess, I would say Cloud 9.
I colored them in with Copic markers.
Border punch by Fiskars
Patterned paper by Colorbox
Distress inks on the sides



The second card the border punch is by EK Sucess.
The present stamp is by Clear Dollar Stamps and I colored in with distress markers and then fussy cut the present out and I adhered it with foam.

Friend Patty made this one. Border punch by Martha Stewart
The patterned paper is by Stampin Up.

Made by Friend Sarah

This was the start of one. It didn't make the cut
Border punch is by Cricut and the patterned paper is by Stampin Up.

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Square and Circle Christmas Tree Card

The wood grain patterned paper is by We R Memory Keepers. The other is an oldie from my stash. The tree stamps by Hero Arts in Close to my Heart green ink. It’s my favorite green ink and they no longer have it. Square punches are by Creative Memories. Ribbon from my stash.



Circle punches and the red patterned paper is by Creative Memories. My husband said that the circle punch needs to be replaced. He had a hard time getting it to punch out some free downloads. Funny how now it's okay to get a new punch. Men.
The bell patterned paper is by Bazzill. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. The rest is from my stash.

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Deep Red Stamps North Pole

My cards today use a Snowman by the Northpole by Deep Red Stamps and can be found
Deep Red Stamps on eBay

North Pole Snowman on DRS website

The image is colored in with powdered chalk and paint.

The patterned paper is by Making Memories

Yarn by EK Success.

Rectangle die-cuts from eBay

I've already blogged about the 1st card.
Deep Red Stamps Snowman by the Northpole
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Peace sign birthday card

I made this card for a friend's birthday. The peace sign stamp is by Studio G and I colored it in with colored pencils. The top is made of different washi tape by Stampin Up. The bottom patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye.

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Funky Christmas Tree Stamp

My favorite craft to do is to stamp. The best day is one that ends with inky fingers. It's fun for me to see how I can get the same tree stamp to turn out so differently on each card.

Both cards, the tree stamp is by Hampton Arts and is stamped with Tsukeno black ink and colored in with Copic markers. The patterned paper by Carte Bella and inked with distress ink. Green circle die-cut from Cricut. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

The patterned paper is unknown but it is very old.  Border punch by EK Sucess.  Sentiment stickers by SRM Stickers.

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Deep Red Stamps Forever Sweet and Kind Card

The background of this card looks plain but there's more to it. I inked the Ranger watercolor paper with the blues and purple distress inks to see if I could get them to blend together as well as those I see on YouTube. It's not a terrible job but I think I need to practice my technique of blending one color to a different color. Then I sprayed water onto the stamp

Circles Background by Deep Red Stamps

I placed the inked watercolor paper on top of the wet stamp to get the water on the background stamp to pull the distress ink color away from the design so the circle background now appears white on top of the colors.
 The design is more evident to the left side of the girl and I knew it wasn't the greatest but I couldn't throw it away. Then one day I pulled some things out and this card fell into place using the young lady from the:

Deep Red Stamps Formal Chicks

The rest of the card:

Stickers by Me and My Big Ideas (circle) and K and Co. for the words.

The die-cuts are also by K and Co.

The ampere stamp is by Lawn Fawn Jessie's ABC's and Hero Arts Tide Pool ink.

I used this stamp on this post:
Weekend Mini-Series

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I gave it to a new friend of mine who is so sweet and kind. After I gave it to her, I felt like I needed to explain what I was trying to say which was, I hope you always stay, sweet and kind. It was also to say...I want her to know...well...whatever happens to our new group...I want her...I hope she will stay sweet and kind and be my friend.
I'm horrible with words. SMH

Poinsettia card

I have a lot of Christmas cards to catch up on posting.

The border bunch is by Fiskars. The patterned paper is by My Mind Eye

The circle is glue and glitter around the edges. The flower is unknown. The merry sticker is by The Paperie Girls and the Christmas sticker is by Karen Fosters.

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