Ice Cream 🍦 cards

The background stamp is by Fun Stampers Journey. I inked it in separate colors and rolled the rubber stamp in all different areas. I then sprayed it with Glimmer Mist. 

The ice cream stamp is by Avery Elle. I colored it in with Copic markers before cutting the image out very close to the edge. I took a marker around the edges to give it shape. 

The ribbon is by Stampin Up. The oval die cut is by Spellbinders. The sentiment is by Stampendous. 

Second card is a fun fold that gave me a hard time. I put things on up side down…twice. 

Moving on. The pink patterned paper is a recycled card by American Greetings. The ice cream was created in the same way as the first card. The die cut is also by Spellbinders but I inked the paper while it was in the die. The sent is from the same stamp set Avery Elle. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Pink and blue Cakes Card

This is my Craft Roulette #217. card:
Project: A2
Colors-French cafe
Element: June
Random: polka Dots-the background stamp

I made the background patterned paper with distress crayons. I pressed a crayon down on the outside edge of the white paper and then pulled the color in towards the center after each pass until I made a rectangle in the middle of the paper. Then I dipped my finger into water and followed the pattern started on the inside working my way out to the edge of the paper.  I then stamped a polka dot background with a Love Nicole stamp in a matching color. 

The blue glitter paper is not glittery. It has a coating over it so it doesn’t shed. It is by The Paper Studio. The blue opulent paper is by Die Cuts with a View. The white with blue squiggly lines is by Cricut. I colored the image in with Copic markers.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Books at a Coffee shop card

This card is for Craft Roulette card #213

Project: Hello card

Colors: Robust-my online resources said browns, dull orange, dull yellow, and grey
Element: Workplace people at work drink lots of coffee 

Random: Mixed media -Copic markers, background stamp, and using wallpaper.

 I made the background using a background stamp by Stampin Up with Hero Arts ink. The book stamp is by Darice and is colored in with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut the image. 

The brown and blue square dies were bought off eBay. The interesting look to them is because there was already a hole in the center of the blue square. So when I lined up the squares there was a funky look to it.

The “Hello” sentiment and the border dies are by Spellbinders. The side border is made from wallpaper samples.

 The rust-colored sticker dividing the stamped area and the border is by Creative Memories, I’m using up some oldies but goodies.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Special Day Card in Green and Blue

The striped patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket. The patterned paper that the sentiment is on is by Recollections. The circular background stamp is by Deep Red Stamps. The green die cut is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The heart die cut is by Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is by Stampibilities.

Thanks for looking. HAGD 

Manly Monday Run like UR Kids R looking for U

I made the background with a Stampendous stamp. It reminds me of the finish line. Then, I used the draw and cut feature on my Cricut 

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Cinco De Mayo Card

This is another Craft Roulette card for #207

A2 card: yup.

Color palette- Ice Cream Shop: I did lime and orange sherbet.

Element: Tasty or Taste. I did Margaritas. This is a piece of patterned paper from a desk calendar from 2004 by Accord Publishing.

Random: Banner. Celebrate sentiment is on a banner. I  individually stamped Lawn Fawn Harold alphas on a Sizzix die cut (Cricut yellow adhesive paper.)

The background is a Stampin Up stamp stamped with SU ink and sprayed with Couture Creations pinky/peachy colored spritz.

I didn’t know what I was going to do with those parameters other than it was a card and then it just came together. Check out Craft Roulette. It really gets your mind thinking in different directions about how to put a card together other than what I would normally do. I look at my products and think what could go together and then ask myself, does this go together? 

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Cricut Snow Globe Christmas Card

The snow globe is a Cricut draw and cut out of textured cardstock. I colored it in with colored pencils. The background stamp is by Stampin Up. The Merry Christmas is a rub-on. The smallest snowflakes are sequins by American Crafts. I added Stickles to the star and snowflake punch. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Green n Yellow Birthday card

The embossing folder by Stampin Up. Background stamp from Hero Arts. Yellow label is by Sizzix and the stamp is by The Paper Studio and the enamel dots by Colorbok. Thanks for looking.
I'm entering the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge

Gingerbread man on a Twisted Easel Card

The stamp and powdered chalk are from Stamp N Plus (closed). The polka dot background is a Hero Arts stamp in pink Umbrella ink. The darker pink border on the side of the card is washi tape. The sentiment was computer generated. The little pink flower is a hair button. Thanks for looking. Here are a few other Gingerbread people cards: 

Gingerbread man Christmas cards 2013

Manly Monday Gingerbread man 2022

I'm entering the 

Simon Says Stamp anything Goes challenge.

Floral Friday Same background stamp 3 different cards

The patterned paper by Sunborn. The die cuts are by Spellbinders (dahlias). The center die cut was sprayed with a glimmer mist by Tattered Angels. The other flowers are by Creative Memories. The background stamp is by Hero Arts.

Christmas Design into Birthday card

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Manly Monday Embossed Reindeer Card

The background paper is a Hero Arts stamp the white rectangle in the center is a continuation of the green background. The reindeer is dry embossed  Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Silhouette Grass Background card

I used the same Hero Arts Stamp from last week. It's called Silhouette Grass. I stamped and inked it with brown and blue. Then I heat-embossed the sentiment with clear embossing powder. Thanks for looking. 
Same background stamp
More recent card using the same Stampin 

Manly Monday Willow Scenery card

I used different colored ink cubes on a Hero Arts background stamp. The main ink pad for the image is by Lawn Fawn. I’m not very impressed with their ink cubes. The color isn’t as wow as the YouTube content makers make it out to be. I purchased a four-pack and this is my least favorite but I can’t say any of the other ones are any better. I used blue and brown and olive distress ink for the rest of the background. After this sat in my drawer, the year of using things from the drawer, I used the olive cube to make more grass, and then I wanted something out in the distance so I got out my brown cubes and a distress ink blender. It kind of looks like something like mountains or not mountains but smaller mountains. Same Stamp

Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday scenery using a background stamp and distress markers.

This background stamp is from Hero Arts. I colored the rubber part of the stamp with distress markers and sprayed it with water, and stamped and did second-generation stamping by spraying with water again and stamping down. The sentiments are from Lawn Fawn and the die is UK. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Camera Cards with the backgrounds made with scraps.

My first card has strips of paper leftover from projects. Some of the manufacturers are My Mind's Eye,  Colorbok, and Basic Grey. The white pieces of paper are probably patterned paper turned over. I do this a lot. For this card, I wanted to get out the Stampin Up wheel stamps. The camera stamp is from Tim Holtz and I colored it in with distress ink and water.

The Tag is by Basic Grey. The camera stamp and tiny stapler are both by Tim Holtz. The sentiment by Bo Bunny (?). The background stamp is by Stampin Up. The ribbon is from Michael's. I'll have more of these camera-stamped cards coming up. Thanks for looking

My second card is for a. Tag challenge at the The Male Room

You look Fabulous Given how old you are

This is the stamp I will use on the insides of the cards with cameras.

Queen Bee Hexagon Stencil with Embossing Paste Cards

I used a Hero Arts background stamp for the tree on the left. The branch off of that is a branch off of a Memory Box die. The beehive is a piece of fabric that my Mom cut out and put bondage on the back and then I ironed it onto a square die cut by, my guess is Bo Bunny with a layer behind it. The honeycomb background is a stencil by Tim Holtz. I used regular white embossing paste. The color came from my mat. It was a mixture of inks that I had already used on my mat. I usually do a lot of backgrounds using embossing paste at the same time. So you will see the same paste used in some other bee cards The sentiment is a sticker. Thanks for looking.

Entering Simon Says Stamp Up in the air Challenge

Floral Friday Christmas Wreath Tags

The doilies are by Doodlebug. Red flowers from my stash. Green by Prima, Green polka Dot Oriental Trading co. and red is unknown. Tags from stash. Right tag upcycled from my mom's work and I stamped with a Hero Arts background stamp. I will probably fill in the center of the second tag. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Pocket watch birthday cards

Pocket watch die cut is by K and Co. The background stamp in the1st card is Camouflage stamp by Deep Red Stamps. I made the frame around the pocket watch by using the frame inPhotographer stamp set by Deep Red stamps.I stamped it one way and then I turned it to stamp it down the other way creating this double frame. I made this frame 3 or more years ago and it sat it the drawer. This is like the year of the use stuff put in a drawer. Thank you for looking.

Manly Monday Tree die cut Cards

For both cards, the background stamps are from Stampin Up. On the first card, the Forever in Time green cardstock is ugly. It’s from my Mother’s stash and I’ve been trying to find ways to use it-Like use it as a layer or alter it with stamps and inks. I’m open to other ideas you may have any. Please.

 This is the negative of a Cricut cut that I stamped with a bright green ink to see how it was going to look. Well, terrible. I used the other side of the paper for that Cricut cut and thought I’d and use the negative for mountains. It sort of worked. I used brown distress ink to ink the smaller tree and ink the scallops to be more convincing and then said, done. I inked the sky with blue distress ink and again, done. I stamped a Lawn Fawn sentiment at the bottom, and done, done with card one.

The second card, same thing, background stamp, inked the middle tree but this time I used foam adhesive to give it dimension. The sentiment is from Michael’s dollar bin, the patterned paper is unknown, and the tree die cuts are from eBay.

 I’ve been told, Guys don’t care about the fine details. So…done.  Thanks for reading and looking.

Examples using the same die cuts

A good example of using the tree dies.

I’m entering the cards into a few challenges.

Fab and funky Birthday  

Creatlicious AG Make own background (I did it on first card)

Polka doodles anything goes

2 Purple Love Anniversary cards

The first card I stamped a heart background by SU stamp in purple onto purple patterned paper from Recollections. The patterned paper on the second card is from Creative Memories. The heart dies are ones I bought from eBay and the Love die is from Stampin Up. Thanks for looking. 

Example of another purple love card