Manly Monday Graduation card for Rockford graduate, Reach for the stars

The die cuts are from Sizzix. The graduate sticker is by Sticko. Orange inks from Prima. Stars from my stash. Stamps by Clear Dollar Stamps. The Reach for Stars stamp is by  and the hockey puck die cut is an old die. Thanks for looking. Side note-I couldn’t find the card the day of the graduation and had to use one from my stash. Ugh!

1981 Family Times Scrapbook Pocket Pages Layouts

I kind of like this layout 

I used stamps by Stampin Up and Lawn Fawn 

Patterned paper by Die Cuts with a View, The Paper Studio (horse embellishment on top of a Spellbinders die cut) and Making Memories

Border punch by Tim Holtz

Stamps are by Clear Dollar Stamps (graduation) and Inkadinado (horse)

There are a bunch of random stickers on these layouts.

Thanks for looking.

Graduation Reveal Wheel Card

Welcome. Today I have a reveal wheel card. This is a new one for me and after multiple attempts, I still struggle with it. But I'm going to keep trying. I wanted this die set so badly. I need to make this more than once or twice.

Stamps by Clear Dollar Stamp, Michael's dollar bin and the stars are by Stampin UP

Sentiment - Stickers "The Job Search Begins" by EK Success and it's called Label Lingo. I've had them forever.

The reveal wheel die-cut set is by Lawn Fawn

I only used white and blue cardstock.

After I took the above picture, I realized that the panel was an odd size and wasn't going to fit my normal 4x5.5 white card base.

Enter the decorative scissors. Oh, yes I did. :)

I liked the scallop with the scallop spinner.

Here are some notes to self on things I did differently on this reveal wheel card as opposed to the others I haven’t posted yet:

There is foam adhesive under the wheel but with the release paper still on. Therefore, the spinner won’t droop down around the edges. Drooping also happens when you use thin paper for the spinner. So for this card I also used thicker cardstock for the spinner die cut. 

Thanks for looking

Bright and Non-Traditional Colored Happy Graduation Cards

I few graduation cards that I made

First Card.

The sentiment Happy is by Lawn Fawn with matching die

The sentiment Graduation is by TPC and is white heat embossed

The patterned paper is by Making Memories and My Mind's Eye 

I'm not sure why I did the diagonal green paper.

It certainly gives a different look

Second card.

The patterned paper frame is from the patterned paper in the card above

The orange paper is by Sunborn. 

The rays are a stencil by Tim Holtz using distress ink and oxide

The sticker is by K and Co

Last one.

The sentiment sticker is by K and Co

Brad by The Paper studio. 

I made the background using Clear Dollar Stamps and Stampin Up.

I chose Stampin Up inks and would stamp off the ink before stamping on the paper.

Thanks for looking

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.

Thanks for looking.

Dragonfly Birthday card

The dragonfly stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps. I inked the stamp with distress markers before stamping it onto the Manking Memories patterned paper. I glued it to this yellow circle that reminds me of chipboard. Card base by Stampin Up. The patterned paper in back is by Bazzill. The squares were on the desk and got shoved into their current position. I found these Jolee's die cuts that are made to be hats but this is how I used them. It works.

Thanks for looking.

Fall wreaths

Fall wreaths with paper leaves. Products listed below.

I started with styrofoam wreaths from the dollar store and wrapped it with small pieces of fabric. 

All kinds of product in these. Stamped leaves by Stampin Up (Colorbox ink and die cut with matching dies). Large leaves with embossed detail by Martha Stewart. 

Leaves by Creative Memories large brown, medium red leaves, embossed yellow and many small oak and maple leaves which is a punch. Those red leaves were either sprayed with Glimmer Mist or stamped with a word background stamp by Hero Arts.

Spellbinders leaves are the larger orange in the back as well as one five leaf and one three leaf  die cuts cut out of cereal box. 

The leaves by Marvy are punches that are big in the back or super tiny in the front.

There are 2 green ones that I see were cut from my Cricut and not needed for whatever reason. The plain green leaves are die cuts by Sizzix.

There are two green leaves from my early days for scrapbook and card making when I was in design teams. The leaves are digital stamps but I’m not sure where they’re from. I also have Dreamweaver Stencils they are small. I used embossing paste (probably white) and when it was dry I applied Perfect P earls. There’s a few random leaves and they are all close to each other (makes it easier to point out). There’s a green tree and orange glitter felt leave. The last thing I’m going to point out on this one is  a "lick it and stick it" somewhere type thing. I found it in my MIL’s craft things. Maybe they were supposed to go on the back of an envelope. Idk but they add nice color to the wreaths.

Yellow wreath:  There are a lot of the same leaves on this one.
Here are some others:
Stamped leaves by Close to me heart leaves are the two medium size green and one caramel color with veins darker than the leaf border.
Canvas background stamp by Stampin Up.
Maple leaf orange and Acorn stamps by  Inkadinkado stamps.
Green leaves, maple and oak
Background flowers by Daisy D
Burgundy felt maple
Flourish by Sizzix
Three off white leaves with one with inked edges and green with polka dot paper are by Cricut.
Two flowers by Petaloo
Water colored leaf is a digital stamp
Large die cut leaves are from a school my step mom worked at. Scallop circle die by Spellbinders
Tiny leaf stamp by Clear Dollar stamps
Two pre-made leaf die cuts by Recollections.
One of the Spellbinders dies is cut out of upholstery type sample fabric.

Lots of information. I hope it makes sense.

Be Merry with Spellbinders Dahlia Border Christmas Card

Today's Christmas card uses up some odds and ends on my table. The left side border is made of the Dahlia Spellbinders die out of different cardstocks and a few patterned papers. I just layered them on top of each other before adding some punches. The top and bottom Christmas trees are by unknown punches and the center tree is a stamp by Clear Dollar Stamps (I think is out of business other than digital stamps).

I stamped the tree with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I punched it out with a circle punch (Marvy) and inked it with distress ink. I then sprayed the circle with water mixed with Perfect Pearls.

The sentiment is a stamp by Imaginisce with red SU ink. I inked the edges and matted it onto a scrap of green patterned paper. 

Thanks for looking.

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Sketches in Thyme Project Life

It's my turn at Sketches in Thyme Project Life challenge blog. Here is the sketch and what I did with it:

For my card I started with off white cardstock by Recollections and stamped a dotted square stamp by Fiskars with brown SU ink. I die cut the Die Cuts with a View patterned paper with a Spellbinders rectangle die. I used a Cloud 9 Designs quote stamp for the sentiment and added brown cardstock (Coredinations) corners to the edges. Those edges have been stamped with a Weathered Wall Deep Red Stamps background stamp with brown ink. I added a Jenny Bowlin banner to the card with the baby's name on it. 

 For the rest of the pocket page I used patterned paper by Crate Paper and Die Cuts with a View. I stamped labels on some of the cards with a small alphabet stamp and brown ink both by Stampin Up. I continued to add the brown Weathered Wall stamped image around some of the squares by way of the corners or I used a strip of it on two photos. In the bottom right corner besides the baby's name I stamped Holy Baptism (Mark's Finest Papers) and then the cross (Clear Dollar Stamps) with the same ink and on the same paper.

Thanks for looking.

New technique Easter card

I was made aware of the technique Pencil Eraser Stamping from one of the forums at Scrapbook.com. The technique was one of the many challenges last month. Here are the two sites she gave us to reference from: Artbar Blog and Cutesy Crafts. I thought it would be a fun technique to do with the church group I teach once a month. It was a success with them and they created some beautiful color combos and stunning results.

I die cut an egg shape with my Cricut and the cartridge Cricut Font and Basic Shapes. I made it an annoying color so there was no question as to the egg mask whereabouts. We used reposttionable adhesive to secure the egg die cut to the white cardstock. The sentiment can be stamped by either stamping it first and then laying the mask over it or after the egg has been stamped out. The ladies at church came up with and liked the idea to stamp it first so if they mess up the stamping there isn't much lost. Grab another piece of cardstock and try again. I personally liked the stamping the sentiment afterwards because when you start with your blank white cardstock you can plan and position the egg right where you want it. With the stamping first sometimes where you stamped isn't where you had intended the egg to go (too high or too low on the white cardstock gives a look different from the example) and have to work around that. The sentiment in this card is a very tight fit with the cross included and can be done both ways depending on your confidence in stamping. (Wow-that was way too long. I'll pick up the pace.)

The patterned paper is by K and Co with white and blue cardstock by Recollections, inks used for the egg by Colorbox and Versa Color, and then the cross is kind of unknown (I think it was made by Clear Dollar Stamps however I don't think they make stamps like this anymore. They may have gone all digital-but don't quote me on that one.) but I stamped it and the Hero Arts sentiment with black Hero Arts ink.

Hope you like today's card. Thanks for looking.

Masking Easter Eggs Card

Here's an Easter card since we are one week away from the blessed holiday. The egg stamps from left to right; the first three eggs are stamps by Stamp N Plus; the green egg in the center is a stamp by We R Memory Keepers; The aqua colored egg is a stamp by VAP! Scrap; and the last two eggs on the right are stamps by Stamp N Plus. 

The inks used from left to right: yellow Stampin Up; mint and pink by Umbrella; green by Tsukineko; aqua ink by Hero Arts; and purple and the blue by Stampin Up. For the cross stamp (Clear Dollar Stamps) and the sentiment (Stamp N Plus) they are stamped with black ink by Hero Arts. The embossed folder used on the purple cardstock in the center is by Cuttlebug/Provo Craft. The cardstock the eggs are stamped on is by Westrim Crafts and the blue and purple cardstock is by Recollections.

Thanks so much for looking.

Thank You Cross Card

Today's card uses a background stamp by Hero Arts. I heat embossed the Hero Arts stamp with Ranger's copper embossing powder. I inked the paper with distress ink and an ink blender tool and watercolor paper all by Ranger. The green cardstock is by Stampin Up and the ribbon with that cardstock is a Cricut cut from Stamping cartridge (Award-Blackout-Shift). The inside white circle has been embossed with the swiss dot embossing folder by Provo Craft. I used the Creative Memories cutting system to create the large circle and the circle silhouette circle too. The thank you is a stamp by Clear Dollar stamps that were stamped with brown Stampin Up ink.

Thanks for looking.

Praying for you

6 year anniversary giveaway can be found

HERE

I made two cards for today's post. I followed the sketch on Scrapbook.com for the first and then just strayed a little for the second one.

The The flower stamp is by Inkadinkado and it is stamped with Memento Ink on Cryogen cardstock. I colored the image in with Copic markers and trimmed the piece down. The background paper for my first card is by Crate Papers and the patterned paper for the pink circle is by Papertrey Ink. I stamped the sentiment by Clear Dollar Stamps {no longer available, sorry} with Hero Arts black ink onto Recollections white cardstock and punched it out smaller than the pink circle. The punches are by Creative Memories and the doily is by Doodlebug.

http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1645573/-Sketch

For this card I moved away from the sketch but used the same stamps and such so I thought to include it in this post. The purple colored cardstock is by Provo Craft and the patterned paper is by Recollections.

Thanks for looking.
http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1645573/tp/1/ Sketch
http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1647387/post/new/#NEW Stamping challenge
OutlawzAG twist Flowers
http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ AG
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ #11 AG
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ #119 AG
http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.com/ Make it floral
http://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ CAS

Gingerbread People Christmas Cards all year Round challenge

This month at Christmas cards All Year Round the challenge is Gingerbread person with a ribbon and at least three buttons. I made a few to share today.

For this first one, I used gingerbread people stickers from Creative Memories. I punched out some squares, also by CM, and layered them using different pieces of scrap paper. The white-ish paper is by My Mind's Eye. The green patterned paper is by Bo Bunny and the diagonal paper is by Stampin Up. The red cardstock banner in the center is by SU and I placed a ribbon over it, down the center.  The sentiment stamp is by Stampin Up and the ink is by Tsukineko. The three buttons came from my stash.

For this second card, I used a gingerbread man stamp by Stamp N Plus. You can find it HERE. I colored it in using Distress Markers and used Martha Stewart glitter for the frosting. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. I stamped both with Stampin Up ink. The patterned paper is by Echo Park, MME, and Anna Griffin, die cut by Spellbinders, and pearls by Basic Grey. The ribbon and buttons are from my stash.

And last I have a popup card. I used this chipboard gingerbread girl by Colobok (very old) with a Scenic Route circle die cut that I put Stickles inside each scallop. The sentiment stamp is by Clear Dollar Stamps, border punch by Martha Stewart, and various cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Praying for you card

Clean and simple card today. I made this card using a card base from Michael's. The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye and the cardstock is by Recollections. The stamp is by Clear Dollar Stamps with ink by Ranger Industries. The die cut is by Martha Stewart and the brad by Imaginisce.

Thanks for stopping by.

Congratulations card

Today's card/photo has lines from the screen on it but it still looks good. I used stamps from Hero Arts (Circles), Clear Dollar Stamps (cross) and Fiskars (sentiment). I adore this color combo and find myself using it over and over again. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/-Embossing

http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/-Anything Goes

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/-Anything goes

Christmas Cards all year Round

With all the exciting things going on this week I completely forgot to post my Christmas cards on the 1st. I do apologize.  This months challenge is Green and use two different green patterned papers. 

Stop by the BLOG to see a great rule change. 

Thanks for stopping by.

patterned paper by Hot off the Press

cardstock by Recollections

ribbon by Oriental Trading Co

sentiment sticker by K and Co

die cut by Spellbinders

ink and Stickles by Ranger

embossing folder by Provo Craft

The image is a digital stamp but Idk who it is by. If anyone recognizes it leave me a comment where I can give the credit.

patterned paper by Making Memories

Joy stamp by Unity is stamped with Colorbox inks and heat embossed with clear embossing powder

The tree stamp is by Clear Dollar Stamps and it was stamped with Versa Mark ink and embossed with white embossing powder

both embossing powders are by Stampendous

die cut by Spellbinders

punches by Creative Memories

cardstock by Recollections

patterned paper and sentiment by K and Co

ribbon by Hobby Lobby

recycled an old card for the mattes around Santa and the sentiment.

Santa is patterned paper by the scrapbook calendar people. I didn't get one for Christmas last year and can't remember who makes them. If you know shout it out.