Manly Monday Mustache card

This card may not seem like much but all of those mustaches are die cuts that were cut out with my Cricut. Thanks for stopping by. 

Manly Monday Colored Pencils Bird on a Tree

I made this card for Craft Roulette #258 with the guest May May Helms. The parameters were:

  HERE’S THE LINK TO MY CARD

The images are by Maya Road. The tree has a trunk with some bare branches. I had to do some masking to fill the tree with leaves and put the bird on top. One of the parameters was pencils, so I used colored pencils on my image.

This is the background made with distress ink. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Double Sophisticated cards

I cut out both of the silhouettes using my Cricut. 

The card on the left: 

The white colored patterned paper Recollections and the dark patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View. 

The Fiskars Stamped sentiment I heat embossed it in white. 

I cut the gentlemen's silhouettes die cuts on my Cricut.

The card on the right:

The patterned paper is by Adorn It and Stampin Up. 

Stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

I popped up the die cut with foam adhesive. 

 Thanks for looking.

June Calendar layout Happy Camper

This layout is from the June cottage calendar 2022. The die cut in the lower right corner is the negative of a frame die cut. It and the Happy Camper die cuts were cut out using my Cricut. I did ink them with distress ink. It gives it a grungy feel. 

The vellum sentiment in the lower right corner is by Creative Memories. The washi tape on the bottom is by Stampin Up and the washi tape by Paul’s head is by We R Memory Keepers.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Baseball Card

This card came together as I cleaned up my desk. The baseball is an image from an Accord Publishing calendar (circa 2011). The gingham and the red are corners from Creative Memories. The star patterned paper is from DCWV. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD.

Manly Monday Just a Note Grey

The patterned paper under the die is by GCD. It’s the back side of Halloween paper. The sentiment die cut is by Creative Expressions. I heavily ink the edges with shaded spruce distress ink and then added the black stitched lines which are rub-ons of an unknown source. 

Thanks for looking. 

Peaceful Kayaking Card

So this card was made for the Simon says stamp Monday challenge which is more like a grunge type challenge and if you saw my post from last week, you’ll see that I’m not the greatest at it. I’m going to keep on trying. 

I made this background with distress inks and water. It doesn’t have as much grunge as others but I did make this card for this challenge. Distress ink and distressed watercolor paper by Tim Holtz for Ranger. The stamp is by Stampibilities. The rub ons are by Making Memories. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Buck die cut with a tag and some upcycling

Simon says Stamp. Birthday 

The background paper is a wood pattern from the The Paper Studio Dendrology paper pad. The tag is by Basic Grey and the brad is from my stash. The birthday sentiment is by Stampin Up. I ripped the edges because they were uneven and it wasn’t worth my time to clean them up. 

So, I had die cut a different buck die cut out of the tag. I thought that the buck would look good in the tag’s patterned paper. Well, it didn’t. 

 I could not let the tag go into the trash/recycle bin so I needed to cover up the mess. I die cut the Spellbinders Label 4 out of a wallpaper sample. I die cut a buck head that was different and smaller than the original and then I adhered them together with Ranger Medium Matte. 

The label die didn’t cover the hole in the tag so I used the previous mistake/flaw to my advantage. I positioned the bottom of  the label die cut into the bottom of the tag which was the antlers of the original buck die cut.

In hindsight, I should have taken a picture of the tag before putting everything together because in 5 years I won’t understand what all of this means. Maybe. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Owl-Who Me?

The owl is from patterned paper. I used a Spellbinders die to cut him out and then the next size up cut it out of a wallpaper sample. The sentiment is stamped with alphabet letters from SNP (no longer in business). The die cut was cut it half and so I placed a Creative Memories sticker over the seam. The brown background paper is dry embossed with a wood pattern embossing folder by Darice. The strips of paper are scraps from my stash. Thank you for stopping by.

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Manly Monday Train card

The train die cut is by Three Bugs in a Rug. The ribbon is from my stash. The black and white patterned paper is by Colorbok. The white wood paper is by Basic Grey. The border punch is by Fiskars. The card base paper is by Die Cuts with a View. Thanks for looking. 
I'm entering this card into the transportation challenge at The Male Room

Manly Monday Santa is outside the window Christmas card

The brown patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket. The window die is an oldie by Tim Holtz. The patterned paper inside or rather it's outside the window it's another oldie by Martha Stewart. The sentiment sticker is by Mrs. Grossmans. 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 backgammon style background card

I found some scraps and thought they would look nice on a card. It reminds me of a backgammon board. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday cranky Santa Claus card

This is not my normal happy go lucky Christmas card. Sometimes it happens where things on my desk meet each other and look great together. The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye. The circles were a digital freebie. I’m trying to find them on my computer. I think Santa is from a store-bought card. He looks cranky. Anyway, thanks for looking. 

Simon says Stamp Anything goes

Manly Monday Iris Folding fish card

This is an image from "the drawer". I did this iris folding technique years ago. I made the background with blue Distress ink. I used a Fiskars border punch as a stencil at the top. It created a nice wave. The image is from Stamp N Scrappin. The sentiment is a sticker by Mrs. Grossman. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Die-cuts in Formation to say Happy Birthday

The die-cuts are Sizzix brand and when I ran them through the Cuttlebug with a rubber mat, the center’s embossed. I was going to add more die cuts to fill in more of the white background but then it lost its simple masculine charm. The sentiment is a sticker by Mrs. Grossman’s. Thank you for looking.
PS. I can’t understand why the pictures are so crappy. I took them like all the others. Super annoying.

Manly Monday stripes with square stamped border

Patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye. Creative Memories square punch. Stampin up little stamps inside using Simon Says Stamp. Scrap paper for the sentiment. Thank you for looking.

Manly Monday Graduation card for Rockford graduate, Reach for the stars

The die cuts are from Sizzix. The graduate sticker is by Sticko. Orange inks from Prima. Stars from my stash. Stamps by Clear Dollar Stamps. The Reach for Stars stamp is by  and the hockey puck die cut is an old die. Thanks for looking. Side note-I couldn’t find the card the day of the graduation and had to use one from my stash. Ugh!

Manly Monday folded shirt Father’s Day card

The patterned pap is by My Mind’s Eye and the sentiment is by Stampabilities. Thank you for looking. 

Updated and husband-approved shirt…it has enamel dots by Cloud 9

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Manly Monday more Brown paper Scraps with a deer and a present

Stamps are by Stampendous. Lots of patterned paper Mind's Eye, The Paper Loft, Provo Craft, Scenic Route. Some leftover pieces of a watercolor paper background.

This one has patterned paper by My Mind's Eye. Project Life. The embossed present in the center is by Provo Craft. I freely cut it out of the paper and inked it with distress ink. Thanks for looking,