Manly Monday Black Background Music card

I made this background using thin patterned paper and an old Fiskars texture plate. From there I tested different red Copic markers on it to see if they needed to be refilled. Then I thought it was a good idea to go direct to paper with Black Soot distress oxide. That is a juicy ink pad and it saturated the paper all the way through. 

The image was cut out, and not very well from a patterned paper by Feature Art in Australia. I had to go around the edges with a dark grey Couture Creations alcohol marker to make them look even. 

The sentiment is an old rubber cling stamp by Fiskars. I stamped it out with Versa Fine black ink. The stars are from a birthday present die that I found with no packaging.

These cards are going out for donation.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges- Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge masculine 

I’ve been using this challenge to make and use products in different ways that I haven’t before. Idk if my projects are exactly right for this challenge but it’s helping my creative block.

Simon Says Stamp Wed challenge-Anything goes 

Addicted to Stamps-any occasion

Glitz and the heart of letters-M for masculine

BOO! Glow in the Dark card

The patterned paper around the edges is an old calendar by Accord Publishing. I can’t remember what the sentiment die was. The stencil is by… The glow n the dark paste is by Ranger Tim Holtz. 

Happy Halloween.

Challenges : Simon says stamp Monday add texture 

Simon says stamp Wednesday anything goes

Best Wishes stenciling technique

I used a Momenta stencil and a Scrapbooking Made Simple leaf stencil with Distress Oxide inks. I inked the stencils in the normal way. Then I sprayed the leftover ink on the stencil with water and squished it over the top. 
I reused a floral image, except I added Perfect Pearls on the pedals. I found the sentiment in Cricut Design Space, and instead of cutting it out, I used my markers to write it out. Then I punched it out with a circle punch.

Thanks for looking.
Simon says Stamp. Use more than one stencil

Double stenciled backgrounds

This is a Tim Holtz tag that I did a stencil on a stencil technique. The twisted square stencil is by Momenta, and the dot stencil is by Gina Marie. I used Distress Oxides. The sentiment is by Sizzix. I stamped it with purple ink and clear heat embossed.

Then I created a small tag using a different stencil with the square stencil, but I didn't know how to finish it off, so maybe next time.

This last one uses two stencils and the same sentiment stamp.

Simon says Stamp Use more than one stencil

Floral Friday Just for You card

The floral die cut is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. I cut it out of yellow cardstock. I made a background using red and olive distress ink on a white piece of cardstock. I was hoping that adding the ink would make the flower look better. Not so much. The sentiment is from my stash. I sprayed the entire card with water mixed in with perfect pearls. Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Simon Says Stamp  clean and simple

Be Merry Zoe Christmas card

I made this card for Craft Roulette #279

The parameters are PROJECT; kid’s cards . COLORS: theater  ELEMENT: picture RANDOM: half and half 

The patterned papers are by Ciao Bella's Ziggy and Zoe. Frame stamp by Newton’s Nook. Sentiment die is unknown but I covered it with Stickles.

Challenges: Simon says Stamp-Christmas 

Manly Monday Chalk Markers Hello card

I stamped The sunrise and car with chalk markers. The car is a second generation stamp image. I added yellow, blue and green, distress ink to create the sunny scene. The car is from Tim Holtz and the sunrise and sentiment is unknown. 

I put that front panel onto a black card stock card base. 

This card was made for Craft Roulette #287. The parameters were: project – card with a hello. Colors – crisp. Element – Sunny. Random – pennant.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp-bright and colorful

Manly Monday Spider-Man card

The background was made by my niece. The spider-man stickers are by ek Success. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Roses Slimline cards

On this first card, I inked the stencil with pigment inks by Colorbox onto vellum with white stripes. Then I heat set it with clear embossing powder by Hero Arts. From there, I just cut it down, added mats behind it, added some rhinestones and then added a sentiment onto a red die cut.

This second card has the same background just on Sizzix gold opulent paper. 

You can see the heat embossing on this picture. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp-add pink

Poppystamps Butterfly

This card was a simply card to put together. I die cut the Poppystamps butterfly out of a messed up heat embossed background. The sentiment is also by Poppystamps. The die cut was a premade and then some brads in the body-they were on my desk. 

Keep it simple challenge

Offset Stencil background card

This is a recollection stencil. I inked it with red pigment ink then moved it and inked it with a greenish color ink by Colorbox. Then I clear heat embossed it. I used a border punch. Then I added a circle brad in the center which is what I needed for the Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Hello with Metal Squares

A day early. 

The patterned paper is by Bazzill. The sentiment is by Fiskars. The squares are my metal for the Simon  Says Stamp challenge. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Framed Square Sunflower card

I made this card for Craft Roulette #282. 

Project-card for a teacher. (My hubby). 

Colors-classroom colors (whiteboard and blue jeans on kids.). 

Element-from the country (sunflowers are in the country). 

Random– Frame. ( You can see the multiple frames of yellow and brown cut out with my Cricut)

The sunflower image is Stampendous. I color copied the packaging of the die set and then colored some areas with my Copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used a white gel pen bought on Amazon. The sentiment sticker is by Cloud 9.

Thanks for looking and HAGD! 

Autumn Birthday wishes

So I didn’t like the patterned paper on this card base. So I heavily inked it with distress oxide, and when I had it covered, I then took a background stamp a Chevron background stamp and sprayed it with water. I then put the card on top of the background and let it sit for a couple of seconds I pulled it up and was able to get the image of the background stamp.

The background stamp is by Hero Arts. The border die is by Tim Holtz. The birthday die is by Clearly Besotted. I just realized that the tiddle is missing from the I. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Paper Pieced Sunflower Sympathy Card

The sunflower background die is from Scrapbooking Made Simple. I used a host of old patterned papers by Provo Craft to paper piece the petals back into the die. The center of the flower is brown flock by Inkadinkado. 

Then, sigh, I matted the flower die panel onto another piece of patterned paper from that same paper pad. Well…it was crooked and for some reason I thought that I could straighten it out making the same marginal frame around the edges using pinking shears. It didn’t. SMH! I decided to make the whole thing look uneven by trimming the edges in different areas and ways. I made it look like it was supposed to be distressed.

The card base is from Current. I inked the edges so it wouldn’t stick out and compete with the white sentiment label. The sentiment is by Stampendous and it’s cut out with a Spellbinders die.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

However Long the Night the Dawn Will Break

This is a tribute card to 911. The patterned paper is from my stash. I applied Astro Paste by Simon Hurley onto a sunrise stencil by Tim Holtz directly onto of the patterned paper at the top of the card. The bottom of the card is white cardstock that I used to wipe up the remaining paste on the stencil. The unknown sentiment is on a Spellbinders scallop circle die.  Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Upside Down Dog and Cat card

This is my Craft Roulette card. Episode 283. Parameters:

Project: Card for a nerd or nerdy. Beach colors. Element: Hip. Random: animal print. I hated these parameters and considered not contributing this week. But my friends helped pull it together.

I hope my sister gets it. She’s a vet tech and hurt her back. So I deliberately stenciled the dogs and cats upside down.

The stencil is an oldie from my stash. I started by using the ink left on the daubers of distress ink colors Tea Dye and Old Paper. I added a little bit of Tea Dye ink after that ink was gone. Then I came in with Black Soot distress oxide using the ink on that dauber. I was going to try and add shadows to the dogs and cats but I didn’t know how because they were going to be upside down. It wasn’t necessary.

 There were spaces that I didn’t have room to add another animal so I found an unknown animal paw print rubber stamp. I stamped it in the empty spaces.with Antique Linen distress oxide. the inside stamp is unknown, and the heart dies were from my stash. It needed that pop of color to accentuate that the animals were upside down for a reason. Sometimes when I put a panel on the wrong way I’ll keep it that way with a note inside.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Square background card

I made this background with leftover squares from my Accordion cards. I inked the background with distress ink. Then, the white frame was made with Stampendous dies. The sentiment is from a store-bought card. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I'm entering the challenge at The Male Room

Floral Friday Peach and Navy Birthday Cards

These birthday cards were cut out with my Cricut. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Calendar scrapbook layout Fall upcycled

I can’t find the original layout these things came from but here they are now. The background patterned paper is from…I’ll have to check. The patterned paper in the center is by Recollections. The other papers are dark red and green paper from my stash. The embellishments are from Recollections. Thanks for looking at the Sept 2022 calendar layout .

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. 

You are awesome card

This is a thank you card for a friend. The background die is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The striped patterned paper is from a Christmas paper pad by Provo Craft. 

I also made this ATC with instead of putting this paper away.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Embossing Paste Seashell Wreath cards

My cards today are stencils by Dreamweaver Stencils. I added white embossing paste to them. After it dried I inked the edges with distress ink. They both use K and Co patterned paper and they have a decorative edge.

This first card uses a Spellbinders square die with a Couture Creations die on top of it.

The second card I cut it out with a Spellbinders circle die and then embossed it using the squishy pad. While it was still in the die I inked the inside with distress ink. I added some definition to the seashells using a couple of watercolor markers. The die cut under the seashells is an old wallpaper sample. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Strawberries and Cherries card

These stamps are by no longer available but you can use any full stamps for this technique. I used water based markers by Crayola and colored directly onto the stamp with a red and then green marker. Then I huffed on the stamp and stamped it down. I used a circle punch to punch them out before adding them in this formation. Here’s an example of using an old school technique, with some old school punches paired with an old school design. Thanks for stopping by.

Ribbon runs thru my heart card

This was the negative of a Cricut heart cut out. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist before layering ribbon to the back side. The sentiment is a sticker by SRM Stickers. Thanks for stopping by.

Manly Monday Balloon die cuts Birthday card

I found these balloon die cuts amongst the things people gifted me. I’m going to guess that they are by Creative Memories. The check patterned paper, also a gift is by Colorbok. The oval-ish white die is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The thread was probably hanging off of my husband’s shirt. I tied that around the bottom of the balloon. The card needs a sentiment but I don’t want to cover up the thread. Thank you for visiting my blog.

Floral Friday Heat Embossed frame card

This frame die is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. I tapped the die cut with a Versa Mark ink pad. Then I added embossing folder. I added pink on the flowers and green on the leaves. It sort of worked. Thanks for looking. 

Thank you card for the cruise

I made this card for the gentleman that cleaned our room on the cruise. Scrapbooking Made Simple background die, Sizzix skinny oval and Spellbinders fatty oval. Sentiment by Stampendous. Thanks for looking. 

Manly Monday Peace and Rock N Roll cards

 The digital image is from Bug-a-boo. I colored them in with Copic markers. The patterned paper is by Imaginicse. The orange and black papers are scraps from my stash. The peace sign is made of chipboard, and it may be by Basic Gray. 

Thanks for looking.