Manly Monday a few Hockey Layouts

I'm working on my nephew's graduation book and this is one of the many hockey layouts that I will be posting.

The helmet stamp is from Stampin Up.

The date and jersey die-cuts were cut out using my Cricut. 

The circle patterned paper is by Colorbok.

I used the Creative Memories cutting system to cut out the circle.

The hockey patterned paper is Flair Designs.

The player sticker is by Jolee's.

The Red Wings sticker is an officially licensed sticker.

The hockey stick and puck is by Jolee's

The funny part about the picture below is the handmade shin guards.

This next hockey layout uses pictures from 2017.

Patterned paper by Flair Designs.

Puck and net stickers are by Creative Imaginations.

Cardstock strips are the bottom are from my stash

The sticker border in the center is unknown.

There are star brads and eyelets and star die cuts

I included number stickers

Thanks for looking

Cricut Valentine's Day Cards

Here a couple of Valentine's Cards that I cut out using my Cricut. 

It took a little bit of time, patience, and finesse to glue the intricate heart background onto the cardstock without glue getting everywhere.

I do love my Cricut when it cuts out designs like these so beautifully.

The sending stamp is by Lawn Fawn The bird stamp is by Stampin Up. I colored it in with colored pencils. The die-cut is by Spellbinders.

The pink LOVE sentiment is a Circut cut adhered to black cardstock.

For this next card, I used a Sizzix die-cut and inked the inside before taking the paper out. The "Sending" is a stamp by Lawn Fawn, the word "Paper" is an alphabet stamp set by Technique Tuesday and the word "Hugs" is a sticker by Flair.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Hockey Signs

A few more signs from the Diabetes fundraiser. The background stamps by Stampin Up in black and red onto gray Recollections cardstock. Letters are die cuts from Boys will Be Boys a Cricut cartridge. Spellbinders die cut with the Red Wings sticker and stickers in upper right corner are Creative Memories.

Background patterned paper by Flair Designs. Letters by the Creative Memories Sportsd Cricut cartridge. The oval die cut is by Spellbinders that I inked the inside with distress ink and letter stickers by The Paper Studio. Hockey stickers from EK Success.

Thanks for looking.

Sending Warm Thoughts

Pretty in pink card today. Floral paper by Flair Designs and the diagonal stripes paper might be by Recollections. The sentiment is a Hero Arts stamp with Stampin Up ink on off-white cardstock. 

The flower stamps are by Stampin Up. The two light pink flowers have been stamped with Umbrella pink ink and punched out with matching punch. The burgundy flower is the same punch out without being stamped.

Thanks for looking.

Stenciled Pineapple

I just adore this pineapple stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils. I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Spellbinders embossing mat and then taped the stencil to the paper. I applied distress ink to the image with an ink blending tool and applied FX Powder in Kiwi and Gold Finch to the image. I matted the image onto polka dot paper by Papertrey Ink. The yellow background paper is watercolored paper made with Peerless watercolors that I made for another project and had some left over. The sentiment sticker is by Flair Designs.

Thanks for looking.

Squirrel card

My card was featured on the Prickley Pear Stamps blog a week ago and I wanted to share it here too. I won some stamps from them in a blog contest and wanted to use the fall stamps they sent me before fall was over. 

I made a Halloween card that was also featured on their blog in late September with their stamps and have more to share before the holiday. 

I stamped the squirrel on watercolor paper by Royal and Langnickle and colored it in with distress markers and a water pen both by Ranger Industries. I then die cut the image out using a Spellbinders die and matted it onto a larger with brown cardstock. I inked the inside of the image die cut with Ranger distress ink Antique Linen. 

The leaf flourish is a Cricut die that I thought was fitting for this fall card. It has rough edges but again I thought it was OK for this card. 

The background paper is actually packaging from Imaginisce that I dry embossed with a Darice embossing folder. The patterned paper is by Recollections and the sentiment sticker is by Flair Designs. The banner die in cream/off white, that the sentiment is on, is cut out using my Cricut and the kraft cardstock (Oriental Trading Co) was hand cut to match the die cut. I did use my Tim Holtz attacher on the patterned paper just for fun. 

Another close up of the image. 

Thanks for stopping by.

ATC's - Fall edition

I have a little something different to share today; it's an ATC, well technically 2 of them. I bought a pack of Ranger ATC's at Hobby Lobby and had a chance to work on a few over the holiday weekend. For the holiday weekend we went to our cottage with my Mother & Brother-in-law along with my husbands 93 year old grandmother. It was fun however I lacked good packing skills and so my holiday weekend went something like this-I brought my rubber stamps but didn't bring the scissors to cut them to use; I brought Versa Mark ink and embossing powder but no heat gun; I brought stamps, ink, stickers, rub ons, paper, you name it for this frame that I was asked to put together but I forgot the frame at home; I had these invitations to work on that I brought my paper to use, trimmer, notes I had made but I forgot the template to the invitations at home; and one more I brought my Cuttlebug, plates die cuts and all to die cut my scraps of paper but I left the scraps of paper box at home as well. Therefore, these obstacles gave me playtime to just do whatever with what I had and so I came up with these ATC's to share.

This first one I made by background stamping the base with Stampin Up ink and a Deep Red Stamp that you can find HERE. Deep Red Stamps is a newer company that has many different images to shoose from. They are good quality stamps made here in the USA and you can find them at Oozaks and A Cherry on Top has some too. These two sites are here in Michigan, so to all the Michiganders please support the shops in our beautiful state.

Then I dry embossed it to give it more of the woodgrain affect using an embossing folder by Darice. After that I inked the edges with Ranger distress inks. I played with a few different colors until I got this look. The pie and utensils die cuts are by K and Co. The orange patterned paper is by Recollections however I inked it a ton and therefore it wasn't the same color as when I started. The purple paper is a scrap from IDK where and then the Thanksgiving sticker is by Flair Designs.

For my next ATC I used a background paper that I made with paint blobs all over kraft cardstock. I had forgotten I tried that a few years ago and didn't like it then.So when I pulled it out over the weekend I decided to do a little bit more to jazzy it up. I took my Ranger distress inks and inked it with multiple colors of inks and then I sprayed it with water mixed with gold Perfect Pearls. This peanut has so much sparkle that my husband ran away in fear. (He hates glitter and anything glittery-whatever!) I think the paint is by Plaid and the cardstock by Oriental Trading Co.

The die cuts are from the same pack as the ATC above K and Co. I placed the nut die cut on a Spellbinders Label #5 die that I had inked like the rest of the card. The patterned paper is by Scribble Scrabble-very old from my stash-and the metal sentiment is by Scrapbook Pro-local dollar store find.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Challenges:

http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/- Inspired by Autumn colors

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything but a card

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/- Fall colors

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/- Fall colors

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/- All about fall

http://myshericrafts.blogspot.com/- Fall colors

http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/- Forgotten things {2nd ATC-forgot about the background paper I had made a few years ago}

http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/- Fall colors

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/- Trees and/or leaves

http://flourishes.org/category/challenges/timeless-tuesday/- Dry Embossing {on the first card}

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/- Autumn colors

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/- ATC

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

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/- Fall
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything but a card
http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.com/- Use a rubber stamp {1st one}
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/- Anything but a card
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://paradeyourcrafts.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/- Wood {On the 1st card is a wood stamp and embossing folder}

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/- Food {1st ATC}

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/- Distress
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/- Embossing {Dry on the 1st ATC}
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Autumn
http://milkcoffeechallenge.blogspot.com/- Fab Fall Colors
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/- Anything goes
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/- Let's get Krafty {2nd ATC is made out of Kraft paper}

Happy Easter In Holland Calendar Layout

Each year for Christmas I make multiple calendars for family members. This year I made 13 calendars. For my husband's family, the layouts are similar because they are all the same photos. For my blended family each one is unique/a little bit different. 

For this page, I used patterned paper by Flair Designs (circa 2008) and then the grass paper is even older. The title is a die cut from my Cricut cartridge Phrases. It's four different layers-I love that. The egg stamps are by Stamp N Plus using ink by Colorbox.

Thanks for taking a look.

Challenges:

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/-Anything but a card

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/-Easter

http://www.bellichallenge.blogspot.com/-Easter

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/-Easter or Spring

http://www.papercraftstar.blogspot.com/-Easter

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

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

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/-Easter/Spring

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/-Anything goes**Even though the challenge has ended there are a lot of great cards to see on this blog.