Pussy Cat Hello card

I made this card for a pet sympathy card and it looks more like a Halloween card. Oh well. 

The purple corner dies are by Ultimate Creations. The hello die is by The Crafter’s Workshop. The cat is a stencil that I inked with orange pigment ink. Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I inked the paper and then I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist.

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Simon Says Stamp 4 legs friend

Simon Says Stamp anything goes Wednesday challenge

Manly Monday Star stencil card

 I made this birthday card with glimmer mist and two stencils: The obvious one, the stars, and then underneath that is a polka dot. Those stencils are by The Crafter's Workshop. The sentiment stamp is by Paper Smooches. The star die cuts were in my stash. Thanks for looking.

4 Snow Globe Shaker Christmas Cards

The snow globe die cuts were cards that I cut apart. They came to me in the stash of the older woman that I was lucky enough to receive her Christmas card making supplies after she had to go to a nursing home. 

The background of this card was made with distress ink and water and maybe some kind of spray/spritz. I dry embossed the red part with a Cuttlebug embossing folder and in an effort to make it look brown I continued to add distress oxide to it. Meh. The sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado. 

For this card, my background paper is by Carte Bella.  The sentiment is by Inkadinkado. The scene is made up of stamps from Stampendous.

For this card, my background paper is by.  The sentiment is by Inkadinkado. I love that name. The scene inside is made up of stamps by Stampendous.

The background of this card was made with a stencil by The Crafter’s Workshop, distress ink, and Glimmer Mist spray by Tattered Angels. The sentiment is by Hero Arts. The scene is made of stamps by Lawn Fawn that were colored in with Copic markers. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

June Calendar Layout Bennett 2024

A list of supplies: Patterned paper by Me and My Big Ideas. Alphabet stamps by Close to my Heart. High five stamps by Stampin Up. Distress ink on a The Crafter’s Workshop stencil found on the pennants that say “Vroom”. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Big Blue Birthday Cake Card

I cut the cake out with my Cricut. The background was stenciled using distress ink and The Crafter’s Workshop 12x12 stencil. Then for whatever reason I covered part of the background with China Blue distress oxide. (It looks okay.) 

I added Smooch ink to the flames of the candles. The card front panel is size 4x5.5. The card base was 4.5x5.5. I cut the front and then adhered a piece of blue cardstock on the inside of the inside of the card.

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Floral Friday Yellow Shaped Clearly Besotted flower Cards

The Flower stamp set and matching dies are by Clearly Besotted

The sentiment is a die-cut by AC Moore called the Love Nicole collection

The die-cut base and the small white die-cut are unknown. The yellow is Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Poppy Stamps. Rick Rack is from my stash

In the card below I used the same flower stamp set

The sentiment is from my stash

The die-cuts are by Sizzix (yellow) and Spellbinders (coral)

The patterned paper...I made my own background by following a "Forgotten Technique" on a YouTuber named Justine. 

The stencils are by The Crafter's Workshop for the large one

The smaller stencil is by Dollar tree. I love that it's a self-adhesive stencil.

These probably weren't the best two stencils to use together with the yellow and red Distress Oxide inks.

The Sisterhood of Crafters is to use a stencil. I used two.

These next couple of pictures show the yellow cards I made with the same floral Clearly Besotted stamp set. 

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Pool Pictures in Arizona 2011 Scrapbook Layout

I wanted to do a more creative layout that used some mixed media for my nephew's scrapbook because the layouts were all looking the same. Spice it up a little bit. 

So, I used embossing paste and a stencil for the waves at the bottom. See my reaction below the photos.

The stencil is by The Crafters Workshop.

Embossing paste by Dreamweaver Stencils.

The colored powder, called Fx Metalic powder was used to make the paste green and blue.

The alphabet stamps are by Close to my Heart.

The vellum sentiment on the net is from Creative Memories.

The Cricut cuts:

>Large volleyball net

>Arizona

>Shorts (draw and cut)

and 

>Goggles

The patterned paper is by Colorbok

Here's the background that I made. I hate it. I didn't use the powder correctly.

 It's ugly but I used it because of all the time and effort I put into it.

To lessen the ugly background, I covered it with some die cuts. I love the die-cuts because they are so cute and appropriate but that made the layout too busy.

Here's the other side of the pool layout. It doesn't match at all and maybe that plays a part in why I dislike the pool page.

Some of the patterned paper is by Stampin Up.

The fireplace in the corner is a stamp (?) that I colored in with colored pencils.

I have to include my quote, 

"It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be done" 

Cindy Groh

Here is a link to my 2010 Arizona scrapbook layouts:

The much better Arizona Layouts

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Lighthouse card with a stencil background

The stamp by SNP. Sorry, but they are no longer in business. I colored the stamp with distress markers and then stamped it down. The die-cuts are by Sizzix and Spellbinders. I inked the paper with distress ink. The patterned paper is actually a stencil sprayed with Glimmer Mist. Stencil by The Crafters Workshop.

Here's a picture of one part of the background. 

Here are a bunch of different looks with this stamp. 

Apparently, I like this stamp.
2015

2014

2014 a totally different look

2012

2012 Black and white

2012 BLENDS blog hop. Scroll down

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Worldly Cards Part 1

I have a bunch of these world cards that I'm sending to a police station to boost their spirits. They need to know that there are people out there that appreciate what they do. 

I have three sets of these to post this weekend.

I used the Tim Holtz globe stamp. It's the smaller stamp.

I stamped the globe with Hero Arts ink and watercolored them in.

I made the sentiment with alphabet stamps by Lawn Fawn.

with the first four cards sentiments are heat embossed in white.

The die- cuts are mostly by Spellbinders. 2 Sizzix dies made their way into this batch.

This card below has a stenciled background with glimmer mist sprays.

That patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View

Blue star brad in center and corners are a square punch cut in half.

Pattered paper by Pebbles

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted

Square die-cuts are from eBay

Sentiment Die-cut is by Sizzix

This last card uses patterned paper by October Afternoon 

and a die-cut by Sizzix for the sentiment

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Sewing Machine with Stencil Background Card

I used stamps by Tim Holtz 

Used watercolors to color it in

The stencil is by The Crafter's Workshop with distress ink

I inked the patterned paper and the cardstock at the same time and lined them up on the card

The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Pretty in Pink

Red Chalk Circles for Thinking of you cards

I'm so surprised that these haven't blogged about yet. Hopefully, they are not repeats.

No stamps in this one

The sentiment is a die-cut by Gemini

The circle punches are by Creative Memories

I used powdered chalk and a stencil to create a design on cardstock

These circles have been in my stash for 3 years at least. 

Time to use them and move them out.

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YooHoo-We're thinking of you Owl cards

I had all of these owl images just hanging around my craft room. Time to pull them out and use them for a good cause, sending them to senior citizens.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn 

Masking paper Inkadinkado to cover the owl and create a blue sky with distress ink.

The sentiment is by Cricut 

There are some die- cuts by Spellbinders

The grass patterned paper is old from my stash. 

I made the backgrounds using a stencil from The Crafters Workshop and Glimmer mist Sprays from Tattered Angels. 

I was looking to see which one still worked. When you don't use them very often they get clogged up.

I used flock on this owl. 

The die-cut for this card below is made with wallpaper samples.

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Lawn Fawn Owl ATC's

Deep Red Stamps Victorian Seamstress card

I used a stamp by Deep Red Stamps called 

Victorian Seamstress

I colored her in with Copic Markers

The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted

The die- cuts are by Sizzix and The Paper Loft

I made the patterned paper using a stencil by The Crafter's Workshop and distress ink

I sewed around the image.

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Guitar You Rock cards

Here’s another set of music type cards.

The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars

The die- cut are by Sizzix with star brads with four prongs

I made the paper with a The Crafter’s Workshop stencil and Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels 

The guitar sticker is by The Paper Studio

2nd card: The dry embossing is with a Fiskars embossing plate with blue distress ink lightly patted on top. 

The guitar stamp is by Stickibilities and the sentiment by Clearly Besotted.

I colored in the guitar with Stickles and covered with Glossy Accents.

I fussy cut out the guitar and adhered it to a Sizzix die-cut

The patterned paper is by Studio G

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Blue Hugs card with Stencil background

I used a stencil by The Crafters Workshop with paint mixed with powdered chalk.

The sentiment is a Sticko sticker

The die- cuts: the circle is unknown and the hearts are felt by Jenni Bowlin Studio

The ribbon is by Offray

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