Overlapping Hearts Stamped in a row

The patterned paper is by  Deja Views. The vellum sentiment is by Quick Quotes, and I adhered it with a Xyron sticker maker. The heart stamp is unknown.  I added pearls by Couture Creations and sequins by Fun Stampers Journey.
It was by accident that I stumbled onto this design. It’s not a new, original, or even cre8ive design, but it’s not what I was trying to do.

I was auditioning different shades of pink ink with a different heart stamp onto white cardstock. I couldn’t find the right pink or red color for yesterday's card, and so I thought maybe if I stamped one heart on top of the other, I would get the color that I was trying to match. I’m looking to match the patterned paper. But then I quickly realized that you can’t do that with rubber stamps on a wooden block. They end up kind of halfway on top of each other. Tada, this stamped border design was put together and then changed up for this card. So that’s what I thought of when I first came up with this idea.  

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A Fruity Drink with an Umbrella card

The scalloped half circle is paper by Deja Views. I cut it out with my Cricut. The light blue patterned paper in the center is by Colorbok. The sentiment is by Die Versions and it’s cut out of polka dot patterned paper by Papertrey Ink. The drink is a sticker from a dollar bin at Michael’s. Stickers get a bad rap in the card making world. And they’re not terrible if you use them well.

Ice cream card

Poker chip, sentiment, and border stickers

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A Duet of Butterfly cards

I have two A2 cards using the same die cut in 2 different colors.

Let me know which one you like by leaving me a comment at the end of this post.

The sentiment die is by Memory Box.

After I glued the butterfly die cut onto the white cardstock, I noticed that my glue had seeped out from underneath the butterflies. 

To fix that I took a soft makeup brush full of Jacquard powder and dusted it all over the card front. 

 I dusted under the butterfly wings so the texture was the same throughout the card. 

Sloppy? I think it looks sloppy. Did this totally fix it? No, not really but I couldn’t throw it away. Consider the lesson learned to have a lighter hand when applying the Bearly Art glue.

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon. I stamped, colored, and fussy cut a butterfly stamp by Cloud 9. 

 Then I colored on the butterflies of the die cut for a tone-on-tone look and hoped to add some interest. I did outline one of them with a white gel pen. The sentiment on the inside said, “I’m here for you”. (Idk if anyone will get the symbolism)

So which one do you like better? Comment below. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Six Rectangles with a Heart that says “HI” card

These tiny rectangles were pieces leftover from some other projects. All of the tiny stamps are by Stampin Up. The ink colors I used were red, yellow, & brown, are by Stampin Up. The peachy pink Hero Arts and pink is by Umbrella which is under one at Scrapbook.com brand name.The heart is a Cricut die cut and the letters are from Déjà Views in a pack called Alpha Blocks. Thank you for looking

1984 Family Scrapbook layouts

The Groh boy books continue. This is a 1984 pocket page layout. My page contains Project Life cards by Becky Gibbons by American Crafts.

Turkey and Thanksgiving stamps are by Hero Arts.

Alphabet stamps by Lawn Fawn. The sentiment stamp and number stamps are by Close to my Heart. 

Circle punch is by Creative Memories with the Family sticker by Deja Views

This layout is made from scraps. There's a Project Life card, Gold paper by Creative Memories and I can't remember where the mustache sticker is from.

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Manly Monday Brown handmade background paper cards

The buck stamp is by Close to My Heart and I lightly colored him in with colored pencils. The edges of the image have been inked with distress ink. The sentiment stamp is unknown As you know I’m using up some scraps from my stash and this is mostly made from cardstock but they are a few patterned papers and the companies in this background are by Me and My Big Ideas, Close to my Heart, Tim Holtz, Deja Views, K and Co, The frame around the paper is by Pebbles. 

I had to flip the image of the background so that it was in the same direction as the cards.

This next card is my second brown handmade background. It is mostly made of scraps from my stash. The only patterned papers are the farthest left and those are by K and Company and Creative Memories 

The lion stamp is by Close to My Heart. 

I colored him in with Copic markers and colored pencils and inked the edges of the image with distress ink. 

The patterned paper around the image is by Pebbles. I tore the edges of the patterned paper and also inked the edges with distress ink. 

2012 Road Trip to the UP in MI Scrapbook Layout

Another Layout for my nephew's book.

Patterned paper by Deja Views.

Border punch by Stampin Up. 

2012 are Rub-Ons by Autumn Leaves

Cricut title is from Pack Your Bags cartridge.

I’m entering the challenge of 

Not A Card

At 

the Male Room

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1972 Blue and Purple Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout

Chugging along with 1972

I used number stamps by Stampin Up on a die that I bought on eBay

The patterned paper is by Pressed Petals (stripes) and by Deja Views (script font background)

Then for the pocket page:

Top left square: 

Patterned paper by Making Memories and cardstock unknown

The border punch by EK Success

Cake sticker by Jolee's

Date stamps by Close to my Heart

Journal box by Colorbok

Marker by Creative Memories.

Center square: patterned paper by Papertrey Ink

Center row left square: 

Border punch by Martha Stewart

 I painted the cardstock with powdered chalk mixed together with white paint both by Stamp N Plus (no longer in business) 

I inked the heart stamp with multiple colors of Versa Color ink and heat embossed it before cutting it out and cutting out a purple cardstock that you see behind it.

The letter stickers and reception sticker are unknown.

Lower left corner:

Crown die-cut by K and Co.

The letter stamps are from Michael's dollar bin

This is the same photo as above but scrapped in different colors for a different boy's book

I hate the next two pocket pages. There are way too many different papers. The busyness takes away from the photos. I might redo it but for now, it stays.

I used an unknown background stamp and heat embossed the suitcases with gold and added distress ink 

I used number stamps from Stampin Up. The other two fonts are dollar bin at Michael's font stamps

The die-cuts:

Green label die is Cricut

The peace sign is a punch by Marvy

 The gords are from K and Co.

 The circle in the center of the second page is something I received in a goodie bag at a crop 10 years ago. I dry embossed it and added distress ink. The brown sticker border sticker is by Creative Memories

The patterned papers are by Making Memories, October Afternoon, Die Cuts with a View, and Me and My Big Ideas

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Be Still my Heart Cards

I used stamps by Forever in Time on the first card's sentiment 

The die- cuts:
Hearts are bought from eBay

The sentiment is in a circle punch by Creative Memories. That was my last circle punch and it was used on this card.
My husband has taken the punch apart in the past to make it punch well. Well, this was the last time. He said I had to buy a new one.
The patterned paper is by in the background and the heart is by Deja Views
The ribbon is by Stampin Up-Yeah! I'm using ribbon.

This next one Same hearts as above. The outside heart was cut with some ugly paper and it turned out well. 

Background cardstock from Recollections was dry embossed with a Provo Craft folder.

The sentiment is by TPC Studios. I wonder if they are still in business/

Does anybody know?
The die cut by Spellbinders has eyelets at the end. Yeah! Using eyelets.

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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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Be Merry Card

I have a Christmas card to show you today. I die cut the snowman from the Winter Woodland Cricut cartridge using scraps. I do know the greenish colored patterned paper in the hat and scarf is by Making Memories. The blue background paper is by Color-Aid, the green circle patterned paper is by Deja Views-it's very old and then the sentiment is an Imaginisce stamp in green Memento Ink. Now that I look at the snowman more I believe the blue patterned paper is by Deja Views. I think I will add some black ink to form some eyes. Maybe.

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Manly Monday Grandpa

I made this card for a friend to give to her father-her kids' grandpa. The card is a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2. My Cricut doesn't cut intricate and/or small images very well. The cartridge is Home Decor and More, which was a freebie a while back and I loved this image. When I would try to cut it smaller my Cricut wasn't having anything to do with that. This was the smallest size that it would cut well. Very frustrating. In fact my Cricut has been removed from its spot and is on the floor. I'm really fed up with its crappy cuts which is wasting my paper and my time. I'm stamping, using stickers and printing off my computer these days. OK rant over. The sentiment is also a Cricut cut by (maybe) Plantin Schoolbook. The background paper is by Deja Views.

Thanks for looking. Have a great week.

Boy Teddy Bear Duet

I have two baby cards for you today. They are similar so I figured put them together in one post.

The bear stamp is by Stampin Up and it is stamped with Tsukineko brown ink and colored him in with Copic markers. I fussy cut the image out with a small white border around him and adhered him to two Cricut cuts. The first one in white patterned paper by The Paper Studio is from Close to My Heart Art Philosophy (Square 7) and the blue and brown patterned paper by Deja View is on the same cartridge as Square 5.

There are a lot of layers to this card. Starting closest to the card base is a light blue cardstock by Recollections. The white on top of that is the same patterned paper the bear is on. The darker blue paper is by Paper Pizzazz and the brown with circle like stars is by The Paper Studio. The sentiment is on Stampin Up grey cardstock and is made using Lawn Fawn stamps and brown ink. I think I should put an exclamation mark at the end. Hmm. 

The next card I stamped and colored the same way but I didn't cut him out. Instead I die cut the image with a Design Objectives die and inked the inside with distress ink. The die behind it is same paper as above and same cartridge (Square 3). The embossing on the brown cardstock is a Gina Marie folder called Fluff. That brown cardstock is by Coredinations. The blue grid patterned paper is by Basic Grey and the white paper is same as above. The sentiment is a stamp by Fiskars stamped in brown ink and the epoxy sticker is by Sticko/EK Success.

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Peacock Feather

Such a blah day to take photos but I have a ton that I created over the Labor Day holiday. This one uses a Deep Red Stamp that you can find at

Scrapbook.com

or

A Cherry on Top

I heat embossed it with white embossing powder by Stamp N Plus on Strathmore watercolor cardstock. Then I die cut the image out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside with distress ink by Ranger Industries. I sprayed it with water mixed with Perfect Pearls. The background paper and the white with polka dots are both by Jillibean Soup. The large polka dot paper is an old scrap by American Crafts as well as the ribbon. The flower is by Daisy D and the brad in the center is by We R Memory Keepers. The top paper is another scrap by Deja Views and the hello sticker is by Pebbles. 

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SB.com-Use your scraps

SB.com-Use your stamps

SB.com-technique wet embossing

3 Month Star

I've been in a little rut and kinda down the last couple days. I don't know what it is all about but I need to shake it off and share with you this cutie. This is boy #3 of the five Groh boys {My husband's family} and I think he's adorbs at this age with his little flag.

The background cardstock is probably by Recollections but I wasn't happy with the way the layout was coming together with a plain background. I decided to pull out my stencils and choose a pattern that would go well with a star and with the little arrow die. This stencil by The Crafter's Workshop  was good because it wasn't too girly and it had uniformity to it. I inked the cardstock with Barn Door and Fired Brick red distress ink over the entire background. It took a bit of time to do the edges. The stencil are 12x12 in size and the pattern doesn't exceed the paper so you have to improvise by lining up the design on all edges and even in the corners too although I think it was worth it. 

All the patterned paper is by Deja Views with speckled grey cardstock by Stampin Up and the brown cardstock by Coredinations. I die cut the arrow die by Papertrey Ink twice and was amazed at myself for getting really good placement on the second go through. That like never happens. The title is cut from my Cricut Alphalicous cartridge. I welded the letters together in Cricut Craft Room. The star is also a Cricut cut. The description for this free cut in CCR simply says"Stars". The date at the bottom uses stamps by Oriental Trading Co and white pigment ink by Stampin Up.

Scrapping Everyday Miracles-sketch

1st Grade for Steve

So I'm working on the Groh family books right now and wanted to share another piece of my creating with you. This project came together when my husband's dad passed in 2013 and it became evident his mother had memory issues. Turns out she has Alzheimer's and needed to be placed in a home. She is doing wonderfully there and enjoys that she has friends from church that live there, so it's OK. Not like the horror stories you hear about putting parents into homes.

My husband's mother took a large amount of photos and they all got sent to my house. Ugh! What am I going to do with them? This is what I came up with. Each boy gets a book and then there will be a family book that can live at someone's house. I'm using the We Are Memory Keepers Albums made Easy "system". The only "problem" is the pictures aren't 4x4 like the sleeve you put them in. I have to mat each one on some cardstock or patterned paper so the photos don't fall out. It's a job matching the colors with the picture colors and making sure it's not too girly.

This layout is one that I had to scrap on regular 12x12 paper and use a different protective sleeve then the 4x4. The background paper is by Kaiser Crafts and the left side patterned paper is by Deja Views. It and the title patterned paper were scraps from my scrap tote that I thought worked well. The title is cut from Cricut and the digital cartridge is called K-12. The embellishments came from Little Yellow Bicycle.

This is the other side of page where I do the 4x4 cards. I try to match the 12x12 and 4x4 papers together so it looks cohesive. The 1970 in the bottom left is Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge out of one patterned paper I don't know and the other is by Making Memories. The circle stamps are by Close to My Heart with Stampin Up brown ink. The other alphabet stamps are by Lawn Fawn-Harold. I find that alphabet small enough to work with these photos without having to cut them. 

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http://picturethischallenges.blogspot.com/-black bckgrnd, 1 picture, and 2 DP

http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1645901/post/new/#NEW Scrap your scraps
http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1646003/post/new/#NEW Cricut challenge with an apple

Faith 2010 Christmas Card Book Layout

I used a sketch from Stuck sketches however I rotated it to fit my needs with this photo card for my Christmas card book. I'll start at the top and move my way down the layout. The red patterned paper is by Deja Views; the 2010 was purchased at a LSS; the pennants are a die by Lawn Fawn with Bazzill cardstock; the circle stamp is by Colorbok and the ink is by Hero Arts; polka dot paper is unknown; red cardstock is from Hobby Lobby and hsa been punched with an EK Success border punch; black cardstock is by Recollections and has also been punched with an EK Success border punch.

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http://stucksketches.blogspot.ca/ Sketch