Hello Die cut with `umbre background

The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket (how do they come up with these names of companies?) The die cut is by Simply Defined from Scrapbooking Made Simple. I inked the background with three distress inks; Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Life is Short Mix things up Wobbler card

I made this card for, you guessed Craft Roulette episode 210

The parameters were:

Project: Include action 

Colors: Northern Lights 

Element: Blackboard 

Random: Oval

Here is my card on Craft Roulette’s website.

I dry embossed white cardstock with a Tim Holtz splatter folder. I messed up the embossed side so I flipped it over and used the debossed. Someone said, “there’s two sides to every paper”.

 I sprayed the debossed side with Dylusions white Linen Shimmer spray by Ranger and then while it was wet I took a soft bristle paint brush and started brushing the chalk all over it. The spray dried quickly so I had to move fast but still ended up doing it three times. I also dry embossed the top of the mixer die cut and  addd chalk to it too. I wanted it to look like the mixer exploded.

The shimmer paper is by Sizzix. The blackboard paper was a fuzzy texture but not obvious so it worked for me. It’s stamped with chalk ink by Colorbox. I lined the edge of the box with a white gel pen and then smeared it.

 Lastly, the black die cut is by Spellbinders and the white die is by Creative Expression. I forgot to mention that the blender was colored with Copic markers.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Thinking of You Rusty Colors Card

The sentiment is from the cut and draw feature on my Cricut. The square was a negative of a die cut.  I created the side border swiping my ink pads back and forth. The rest was put together on a Kraft cardstock.

Thanks for looking and HAGD

May Calendar layout MemorialDay/Reunion

My in-laws hosted a Memorial Day weekend gathering to celebrate 2 milestone birthdays, a 40 year wedding Anniversary, and to see aunts and uncle along with cousins. It was fun and nice to see people. Paul’s uncle has great stories that I love to listen to. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

City girls by Deep Red Stamps

The Deep Red Stamps girls are on summer vacation and others are ready to go. I stamped all of them with Memento black and colored them in Copic markers.

The Sassy City girl wearing the pants, the pink embossed paper used in this card is from a store-bought. I put a slit in the top left corner to allow the white paper to go through it. Something different so it’s not exactly the same as the store-bought one

The background for Missy in the pink party dress above was made with powdered chalk mixed with paint in red and brown. The 4” square patterned paper is by DCWV. The two brown brackets are rub-ons.

The City party girl in purple has a really easy and short list of supplies, the background with embossed hearts is a store-bought card. All of the purple cardstock is from my stash.

Let's talk about the City Girl wearing a blue skirt,  I had made a really ugly background with the Milled Lavender, Tumbled Glass…and one more distress ink. But it worked well with the way I had colored her a long time ago. The black cardstock behind her is by SMS. The sentiment is by Stampin Up.

Which card or girl do you like? Leave me a comment below.

Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Manly Monday Red Retirement Card

I used the draw and cut function on my Cricut. The background was dry embossed with a Provo Craft/Cuttlebug embossing folder. Then I inked it like a crazy person with distress ink. Idk what my deal was. I was an inking idiot. LoL! Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Manly Monday Baseball Card

This card came together as I cleaned up my desk. The baseball is an image from an Accord Publishing calendar (circa 2011). The gingham and the red are corners from Creative Memories. The star patterned paper is from DCWV. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD.

Fancy Fold with Kites card for a co-worker

Card standing upright 

This card was made for the challenge at 

Craft Roulette. The parameters were:

Project-A card for a co-worker (I made this for my cohort. We came up with, 5on5. It’s where we make 5 Christmas cards on the 5th of each month at 5pm)

Colors-kites in the sky (my sky is blue.)

Element- April (I made the same fancy fold for my husband, who’s birthday is in April)

Random-Sparkles (sequins in the bike.)

Card laying down 

All of the patterned paper including the designs happy mail, bicycle and the Unique in the right corner are by My Mind’s Eye 6x6 patterned paper pad. I added yellow sequins by Fun Stampers Journey on the wheels.

 

This is the card folded up and ready to be mailed.

The happy mail stamp is by Lawn Fawn and is stamped with Hero Arts ink. (The post card is from the paper padlock) The sun is a Cute Clip by Doodlebug Designs (Sunny Skies) and inside of the sun is a clear yellow enamel dot. 

 

One more photo of it upright at a different angle.

Thanks for looking and HAGD

Happy Birthday Little Ladybug card

Isn’t this a cute little card! The ladybug is a Cricut cut. The green and blue are distress inks on Ranger watercolor cardstock. I ripped the bottom edge of the front panel and tada, that’s it.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Lovely blue card with Brass Corners

This card is a recycled card of mine. Like I made it and it came back to me from an aunt or someone. If I looked hard enough I could probably find the original card on my blog but I have other things to do. The blue paper is by Colorbok. The brown patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The dry embossed square is by Cuttlebug and the stamp inside it is from Stampin Up. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Yellow n pink Basket Weave Card

The background was weaved together using paper scraps by Provo Craft, Sunborn and Creative Memories. The sentiment dies are from Clearly Besotted. The yellow flower is a stamp and matching die from Stampin Up. The pink flower is a die cut from Gemini and the smaller flower is a punch by Marvy Uchida.

Thanks for looking.

Hapbee mail card

I made this card for Craft Roulette #205. The parameters were 

Project-card with an envelope (I have envelopes stamped in the background).

Colors-outdoor party colors (blue sky and yellow sun).

Element-crown (my crown is on the inside of the card).

Random-3strips of paper (1white, 2 yellow/white and 2 blues).

My background is a Fiskars texture plate. Hapbee mail with a bee pulling the banner. The crown is a Spellbinders die.

Thanks for looking and HAGD.

Teacher Appreciation Week Thank You Cards

You never want to hear the words “we had a lockdown today”. Worse yet it was because someone was in the building. That’s when I made these cards the night of the lockdown day. They’re not awesome cards but they were appreciated by the principal and vice principal. I didn’t take many pictures or close ups of them except that one. It was 6am and hubs was leaving for work.

The patterned papers are by Kaiser Crafts. The big Thank you and Grateful stamps are by The Paper Co. The yellow and green patterned papers are oldies by Provo Craft.

Thanks for stopping by. HAGD.

Manly Monday Run like UR Kids R looking for U

I made the background with a Stampendous stamp. It reminds me of the finish line. Then, I used the draw and cut feature on my Cricut 

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Cinco De Mayo Card

This is another Craft Roulette card for #207

A2 card: yup.

Color palette- Ice Cream Shop: I did lime and orange sherbet.

Element: Tasty or Taste. I did Margaritas. This is a piece of patterned paper from a desk calendar from 2004 by Accord Publishing.

Random: Banner. Celebrate sentiment is on a banner. I  individually stamped Lawn Fawn Harold alphas on a Sizzix die cut (Cricut yellow adhesive paper.)

The background is a Stampin Up stamp stamped with SU ink and sprayed with Couture Creations pinky/peachy colored spritz.

I didn’t know what I was going to do with those parameters other than it was a card and then it just came together. Check out Craft Roulette. It really gets your mind thinking in different directions about how to put a card together other than what I would normally do. I look at my products and think what could go together and then ask myself, does this go together? 

Thanks for looking.