Manly Monday a Shark and Seaweed Cards

The green mulberry paper has been frayed on the edges. I stamped the Deep Red Stamps sentiment onto white cardstock. Then I added some Cricut wave die cuts on the left card a then I added some waves from the pattern on a Kleenex box to the card on the right. The seaweed stamps and matching dies are unknown.
LINK to the first card I made with this stamp
Thanks for looking. HAGD! 
Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes

Happy spring card

This card linked below is similar to the one above.

Quad square spring card

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Floral Friday Altered Die cut card

The circular floral design is originally a heart. I stretched it out to go around the circle. You could call it a wreath. So now that I told you it was originally a heart can you see the heart? You don’t always have to use a die for its sole purpose. 

The floral die is by Sizzix and the Celebrate die is by Crafters Companion. The little heart die cuts are from my stash. 

The brown circle die is from 2008 when my Mom and I went to the Mega Meet in Novi, MI. We received a goodie bag from one of our classes and they were inside of it. It has a texture to it that reminds me of the old fold out cards. You would open the card and the shape inside of it would fan open. I’ll have to find out what the name of it. 

The pattern paper is older than the circle die cut. I would put it at 2005 and it is by Provo Craft. Using up my stash. 
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

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This card uses the same patterned paper. 

The middle element was saved from  a store bought card. 

Pretty Purple Cheshire Cat Card

This is my card for Craft Roulette #260

The challenge parameters were: 

Project-An envelope

Colors-toys

Element-Children's story

Random-List

I made my card look like an envelope with the patterned papers slanted into a V. The patterned paper has the Cheshire Cat in it, which would account for the toys' colors and the children's story element. The list is seen when you open the card to reveal "My favorite things..." Look at the photo below. 

The card was for my nephew, and he really liked it. 

This second card was for the bonus gallery. It has the look of an envelope, same colors as above, the children's story is in my kid's cabinet, and the list of Happy Birthday stickers.

Craft Roulette #260 color combo. We are doing a side color challenge along with the chosen color parameter because the color parameter can be very loosely interpreted. It's been said that they will allow it as long as you can justify it.

Manly Monday Colored Pencils Bird on a Tree

I made this card for Craft Roulette #258 with the guest May May Helms. The parameters were:

  HERE’S THE LINK TO MY CARD

The images are by Maya Road. The tree has a trunk with some bare branches. I had to do some masking to fill the tree with leaves and put the bird on top. One of the parameters was pencils, so I used colored pencils on my image.

This is the background made with distress ink. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Christmas Tree Background card

This is a premade card with a full coloring page of different styles of Christmas trees. It's an A2 size. I colored them in with Copic markers. The sentiment is unknown, but I cut it out with a Sizzix die. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday No Lion You’re Great Card

This cute little lion stamp is by Close to My Heart. I colored him in with Copic markers and then inked the edges of the paper with distress ink. The embossing folder is by Spellbinders. The rest of the paper is random scraps from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Pirate Cards

This card was made for Craft Roulette #256 and I had enough pieces to make a second one. The parameters were a 5 x 7 card, hippie colors, the element was an island and random wood. 

HERE'S MY CARD AT CRAFT ROULETTE

The part above is straightforward. Except for the island is more of a figurative meaning the treasure chest made of wood is on an island. I put brown distress ink under the treasure chest to represent the beach that you would find on an island. The fun part about this card is the wavy paper was a graduation open house invitation. I hate throwing those things away. It was nice to use this one for a card.

I made the boat with my Cricut.  

Supplies: the stamps are by Close to My Heart. I colored in the images with Copic markers. The sparkly bits are by Fun Journey Stampers. 

This one has similar elements except for the key on the bottom is unknown. It’s pretty bulky and will probably require extra postage. Even with it, I fear that the key will come off when it goes through the mail. 

The fun thing about this card is what was behind it…

It's also an upcycled piece of paper that was an advertisement I received in the mail. I used it for the backside and covered up my address. 

Thanks for looking.

Lawn Fawn Fairy Spring Card

I used an old Fairy Friends Stamp and Die set. I colored them in with Copic Markers.

Lawn Fawn Spring Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes
My Time to Craft - # circles, 2 fairies and 1 flower

UPDATED on 4-4-25