3 Stripes of patterned paper Anniversary cards

I made these fun anniversary cards using my Valentine’s Day products. The patterned paper is by Fancy Pants. The scalloped border die cut is by Martha Stewart. On the first card, I cut the border in half and adhered them to the outsides. The polka dot patterned paper is by Papertrey Ink. 

For the second card, I left the border together and adhered it to the center. I cut the top of the strips of patterned paper on the top and bottom with decorative scissors that resembled postage stamps.

The sentiment on both cards is by Close to my Heart. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

July Calendar Layout 2024 Orange at a Football game.

I’ve always thought this color of the calendar was orange thus making it the stupidest color for a July calendar page. But I went with it for the calendar page. I buy the pre-made calendars from Current. It saves me time but definitely not money. Idt anyone has ever tried to give me money for calendars. Hmmm.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Just A Note Diagonal flowers

The flowers are by Prima. Pink frame by Recollections. The sentiment is by??-i’ll look when I go downstairs. The patterned paper is byFancy Pants.

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Christmas cards using the same blue Patterned

The snowmen stamp is by Stampin Up and I colored them in with Copic Markers.

This next card is what I started with but I didn’t think the red in the sentiment matched the red in the patterned paper. So I found a rub-on that matched better and changed it.

BEFORE...

And AFTER...

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Peace and Dove Rub-On Christmas card

This is a very simple card but I like the way it turned out. The image is a rub-on by Fancy Pants. The sentiment die is by Clearly Besotted. I cut it out of 3 different colors and then offset it so each color can be seen. Thanks for looking. I'm entering the Holiday cheer challenge at

Simon Says Stamp

February Calendar Layout Luau with the four out of five brothers

Die Cuts with a View. Rub-on by Fancy Pants. Stickers-Recollections. Flamingo wood veneer-MME (On Trend 2 by Jen Allyson) Cricut- Life's a Beach 1 1/4". Thanks for looking.

Accordion Card Bright Red with Rub-ons

The red cardstock by Craft Smith is really bright almost orange-red. The ribbon is by Doodlebug. I used rub-ons by Fancy Pants. All of the accordion cards were made using a Melody Lane Cricut Design Space SVG.

Reindeer on snowbank for January Snow Challenge

Upcycled reindeer. Die cut by Stampin Up. Christmas is a rub-on. Thanks for looking. I'm entering the Craft Rocket Challenge-Dies

Purple Lawn Fawn Coffee Card

This Lawn Fawn coffee stamp set is so cute. The patterned paper is by Fancy Pants.

Die-cuts: Spellbinders and the flower is by K and Co called Life's Little Occasions.

The middle layer is a pearlized paper from Recollections and the corners were punched with a corner punch by  Family Treasures.

The coffee cup and steam with matching dies are by Lawn Fawn.

These are other cards I made with this stamp set.
Thanks for looking.

This card was probably made at the same time

Mad Hatter. You've Got this. 2020 Frontline workers cards. Coffee Bean background.Hot Beverages.Warm Wishes from 2016.Coffee hot protector on it.Funky colors in 2015.Tan card 2015.Woodgrain Background

July 2011 up north trip layout

I have another layout for my nephew's scrapbook. The Circle die cut is by Elle's Studio. The patterned paper is by Fancy Pants from 2011. H2O paper is by Splash of Color LLC. Fiskars border punch on the orange cardstock at the top.

This next picture is the pocket page card. 

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Arizona Trip 2010

A scrapbook layout today.

The border stamp on the left lower white cardstock is by TPC Studios in SU ink.

I had to put the alphabet letters to spell Arizona to cover the seam. 

The word Riley is Lawn Fawn alphabet stamp set.

Family Vacation, Having Fun and the little dots are stickers is by Cloud 9

Word swim is chipboard by Queen and Co.

The Cricut cuts:

On the Go is by Boys will be boys

The state of Arizona came from the image set Arizona

The patterned paper is by Francy Pants and Basic Grey

Thanks for looking

3 of my favorite Christmas Cards from this year

These are three totally different cards but I like them more than the others I made this year.

This stamp by Close to my Heart is not that long. You have to line it up and stamp it twice. The problem is, the stamp is stained and it’s hard to see. Sometimes it takes a few tries. 

Anyway, I colored them in with some random markers on my desk. The let it snow is ribbon from the dollar store or the dollar bucket at Michael’s. The green paper is from Stampin’ Up! They make such pretty paper.

This next card, the patterned paper is by K and Co. the sentiment is by Hero Arts 

Older crafters probably have a few of those metal stencils in their stash. I think that someone showed me how you can use one of them with a stylus. 

About 5 years ago I was introduced to embossing paste but I haven’t practiced in a while. One day I sat down with embossing paste and stencils and practiced. The last ones I made were my best.

 I found this tag in my stash from that day and wanted to make it stand out. So I heavily inked just the outsides of the tag to make the tree to be the first thing your eyes see.

I stapled a piece of ribbon from my husband's Oma with Tim Holtz Attacher

And this last card,

This is an old Stampin Up Christmas tree stamp. Stamped in olive and I trimmed it closer to size. The die-cut behind the tree is unknown but I do know the paper is by Fancy Pants.

I punched out 2 squares of the silver paper by CM. They don't sell it anymore, Ugh!

Then I cut the squares in half to put on the corners. The star is a button with embroidery tread tangled inside of it.

Thanks for looking

Large Assortment of Happy Valentine's Day Cards

Here's some more Valentine's Day cards. I posted a bunch more on the page at the top of the blog.

The title of this card is a cupcake stick that we tore apart for just the sentiment. Die cuts by Cricut and patterned paper by Fancy Pants.

These cards were made from an anniversary card we received. 

Die cuts by Cricut.

Old velvet ribbon. Elle's Studio sentiment. Making Memories glitter heart. 

Pink paper by DCWV and purple by Recollections. Die cuts by Cricut. Chipboard heart Making Memories. Sentiment stamp by The TPC Studio Co. Love brad by Eyelet Outlet. 

Die cuts by Spellbinders. Red velvet ribbon. Paper by Papertrey Ink. Sentiment stamp by The TPC Studio Co.

Heart stamp by SNP (no longer in business). Glitter tape and altered heart sticker from Dollar Tree.

Thanks for looking.

Snowman by the North Pole

Winter Wishes-Start with a 4 x 5 ½ white card base (Recollections) and adhere a piece of Bo Bunny polka dot patterned paper to the right side. The embossed cardstock (Doodlebug Designs) comes white and I inked it with blue distress ink with an ink blending tool (both by Ranger). Adhere that cardstock to the left side. Paint a chipboard shape with red paint (Pebbles) and when it dries rub gold Perfect Pearls over the top using your finger. Add a sentiment and snowflake dies (Echo Park) along with a rub-on (Fancy Pants) to the front before gluing the chipboard to the card front. Stamp North Pole snowman by Deep Red Stamps (Sku 3x405554) onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock with black ink (Hero Arts). Color image in with distress inks and some white iridescent paint before inking the edges with blue distress ink. Adhere image to the chipboard.

North Pole Snowman stamp set can be found at:

Deep Red Stamps Website

Thanks for looking

Beach Bum Cheers Card for Marcia

I made this one as a birthday card. 

As I see it, the card on which the bottle cap is on looks like the sun to me. 

The bottle cap matches the bubbles from the water dry embossed background 

Lastly, the bottle cap matches the word "Cheers". 

I ask you, how can that sentiment not match a beer bottle cap? :)

The background is dry embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

 The patterned paper is by Fancy Pants and the cheers die cut by Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for looking.

(Edited on 2-4-21)

Sending Hugs

I have another Kindness card to share with you. The butterfly die cut is by Making Memories, patterned paper by Fancy Pants, ribbon by American Crafts, label die cut by Sizzix with sentiment by Lawn Fawn in black Hero Arts ink. Brad is unknown. The border on the right is a TPC Studio stamp that I stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I combined Faber Casell Gelatos with a glimmer white paint and painted it on with a sponge wedge. It turned out pretty.

Thanks for looking.

I Like Big Trucks and I Cannot Lie Layout

I have a layout to show and shake things up this week. The Cricut die cuts by 1st Few Years (truck and the frame) and by Cuttin Up (title). The polka dot patterned paper is by Fancy Pants and all the cardstock is by Recollections. I punched a white oval with a Marvy punch and stamped the subtitle with Lawn Fawn stamps with Stampin Up ink. 

Pretty simple but it's done.

Thanks for looking.

Pooh's 1st Birthday Layout

Here is another layout for my nephew's scrapbooks. The white cardstock is by The Paper Co and the other cardstock is by Recollections. The top strip is a transparency by Fancy Pants and the Pooh chipboard pieces are by Sandy Lion. The title is a Cricut cut using the K-12 and the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge. The special day chipboard is unknown.

Thanks for looking.

Birthday card

I made this birthday card using stamps by Mark's Finest Paper's (sentiment), Fancy Pants (sun) and Lawn Fawn (everything else). The colored in areas were done with distress markers and a water pen both by Ranger. The cardstock is watercolor paper by Strathmore. Single layer card is a new thing for me. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

Mark's Finest Papers-Sketch and single layer card

http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

By the Sea with SNP

Today's card is also being posted onto the Stamp N Plus blog. 

The two shell stamps on my card are from the Stamp N Plus store. 

I stamped the circular shell in Sahara Sand SU ink and the tubular shell with SU's Night of Navy ink. Then I took an Ranger ink blender and distress ink to the edges of each shell. The die cut that the shells are sitting on is from Quickutz, paper is Neenah Solar White and the burlap is from my stash. The blue fabric looking circle is a brad by Fancy pants. I liked the blue color because it reminds me of the ocean and I really thought the card needed a third element to balance it out. You're going to find this hard to believe but here it is, I don't have a beach theme brad in my stash. I know, right. What's the matter with me:)

The sentiment is an epoxy sticker by Cloud 9. It is normally translucent but I decided to place some vellum behind it because I feared the fibers from the burlap would stick to it or that sentiment would be hard to read/make out. Therefore I mounted the sticker on some The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby vellum and cut it the same size/shape. 

The blue cardstock strip and third background paper is by Stampin Up, the sand colored cardstock is by {or should I say was by} Creative Memories and the patterned paper on top is by DCWV. I thought this card was fitting since it's the last weekend before school starts. 

You can find the shell stamps HERE. 

Thank you to Stamp N Plus for letting me post on your blog today. 

Stop back tomorrow for the Chalk Ah Lot card also using Stamp N Plus stamps.

Challenges:

http://c2cu.blogspot.co.uk/- Summer days

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

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

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

http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/- Colors of summer

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/- Favorite shape and why

Because I can get a box of Michael's pre-made cards and envelopes cheaply about twice a year when they are on sale for 3 for $5 which each package carries 25.

http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/- Use a stamp {Sea shells}

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/- O Scrap {blue cs in the center}

http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/- No squares

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com/- I choose Summer theme

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/- Anything goes

http://www.stephanie-whimsicaldesigns.com/- Something old {Brad} Something new {Die cut}

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/- CAS

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/- Something new {die cut}

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/- Not square
http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/- In Distress {sea shells are inked with distress ink}