Cricut Just a Note card

I made this card with an SVG file given at the Card Makers Success summit. I used my Cricut to cit it out. I embossed the white panel with an embossing folder by Ultimate Crafts.  Then I inked the raised pattern with distress ink. I added a vellum hexagon behind the letter A to add a visual effect, but you can’t really see it in this picture.
Thanks so much for stopping by.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Shaped challenge

Iris Fold Christmas Tree shaped card

I cut out a bunch of Christmas trees with my Cricut. I used scraps of thin patterned paper to create an iris fold inside the opening. I inked the edges with distress ink. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday shaped challenge 

Slider birthday cards

I learned how to make this card by Einat Kessler. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket  the labels are by Close to my Heart. The sentiment stickers are by Cloud 9. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday shaped challenge

Craft Roulette #284 Project: Funn fold card. Color: birthday party(I followed Mary‘s color palette) Element: Maggie Smith. (She was in the movie “A Secret Garden”. The patterned paper is garden themed. Random: Spiral(s). There are spirals on the flowers on the patterned paper on the slide out.

3 Colors Dog Collage cards

Lots of layers for the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge

Floral Friday Petals Making a Fancy fold card

Lots of layers upon layers with ink, vinyl, paper, and paint too.

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge layers

You're Fintastic

Stamps by Lawn Fawn colored in with Copic markers.

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge -under the sea

Birch Press Berry Dies Card

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Circle Challenge

The background patterned paper is by Sizzix. The circles are die cuts from my Cricut. The berry dies are by Birch Press. The sentiment die is by Creative Expressions. I made this card for Craft Roulette #307. Parameters:

Project: Mini slimline 

Color: Fungi colors (Aminta muscadine)

Element: Fruit (berries)

Random: Two tone (berry colors)

Lighthouse Beach Scene

Stamp is by Simply Defined by Scrapbook Made Simple. I colored it in with Copic Markers.

Monday Simon Says Stamp on/Under the Sea

Duh-Nuh card

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-under the sea

For the Lovebirds

I put the heart earring from the 1980s around two of the closest doves on the patterned paper. 

I heat embossed the Lawn Fawn letter stamps in gold onto self adhesive vellum. 

You can see how much dimension that heart has in the picture above. 

This is the first fold using patterned paper by Paper Favourites, gold cardstock by Creative Memories, and heart dies. (unknown)

 

This is the final fold using heart patterned paper from the same paper pack and a wedding stamp by Stamping Up. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I’m entering this card into the

Simon Says Stamp Monday PUN challenge

Creative Fingers-Anything goes challenge

Manly Monday Truck Die Cut cards

I made this background with distress ink, and Copic markers for the grass at the bottom. For some reason the edge of this white cardstock had this jagged edge and so I went with it. The sentiment die cuts are by Stampendous. The sentiment is stamped with Versa Color ink. 

The background of the second card was created using a handmade stencil of a triangle and distress ink. The truck day cuts were made with a complex die from Sizzix. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions.

I’m entering this card into:

Simon Says Stamp Monday “Puns” challenge

Barndo in a field of flowers.

I colored the Simply Defined stamp with Copic markers. 

Monday Simon Says Stamp Birthday cards

Floral Friday Black Cricut card base

    y Cricut. The sentiment is unknown but I punched it out with a Creative Memories decorative square punch. The ephemera flowers are by Spellbinders. Thanks for stopping by. 

I'm entering this card into 

Monday Simon Says Stamp-Happy birthday

Peach 40th birthday Card

The patterned paper beneath the Creative Expressions die plate is another way of using my "ugly paper". The following are links to my other ugly paper cards.
I cut out the 40 using my Cricut. The sentiment is a Simply Defined die. 

Birthday cards for Simon Says Stamp

Green 40th birthday Card

I cut this card out with my Cricut. I outlined the leaves, added flowers, and Trinity embellishments.

Monday Simon Says Stamp-Birthday card

Purple kite card

Background stamp by Stampin Up. Sentiment stamp by Fiskars. Kite die cut is by Creative Memories. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge 

Manly Monday Jeep card

This Jeep was cut out with my Cricut. I could have cut out the layers to the Jeep but instead I colored it in with Copic markers. The star patterned paper is by Best Creation. The checkered patterned paper is very old and unknown. The sentiment is a stamp by Cloud 9 with and stamped with Distress Oxide.

Challenges:

Cardz 4 guys Summertime

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything goes 

I love Pro Markers-colored image

All sorts challenge-colours of summer (blue for blue skies)

The Craft Roulette 294 parameters were: 

Project-A2

Colors-holiday (blue for 4th of July)

Element-from the mountains 

Random-fancy paper (the clouds are iridescent)

Thanks for looking.

Chipboard buttons banner card

I made a banner out of chipboard buttons and yellow floss. The vellum sentiment is by Mrs Grossman’s. 

I’m entering the Simon Says Stamp Monday Stitch it challenge

Foil birthday card

 

I learned to do this tech with foil and adhesive at one of those summits. It would have worked better had I used adhesive that was full cover and not polkadots I did better on the petals. The sentiment is a Cricut die cut

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge add text

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge- make your own background 

Easel Christmas card

 I used a stencil by Hero Arts and Distress Ink. The big puffy stickers and stocking ephemera are from Spellbinders. 

Entering the following challenges:

Make My Monday challenge- Xmas in July 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge-Make your pan background. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-Text

Christmas card throwdown-Christmas technique this month is stencils

Christmas cards all year round challenge-M for merry. 

Holly and Ivy Christmas cards-anything goes Christmas 

Merry little Christmas card challenge- anything goes Christmas. 

Craft Roulette #304 Parameters:

Project: Drop down card

Color: mahjong colors 

Element: go wild (there is a tree in one of the ornaments and trees grow in the wild)

Random: hand drawn border (around the bottom panel, I used a green Cricut marker to make dashed lines.)

3 Ornaments 3 Christmas Cards

I made these cards with stamps by Cloud 9 which is a Fiskars company. I used Colorbox pigment inks for the ornaments. 

The border is patterned paper by Best Creations 

Sentiment cut out with Cricut. 

The orange and white cardstock base is a recycled cardstock that was used in cars displays. I used a corner rounder on most of the corners. The Merry die is from Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I’m entering these cards into the 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday add text challenge

Christmas in July at Make My Monday challenge blog

Christmas cards all year long-M N O challenge

Orange card is M for Merry

 Blue card is N for Naughty 

Red card is O for Ornaments 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Make your own background challenge

Manly Monday Kayak with a painted scene

I made the background with different paints and water. The water waves were cut out using my Cricut and crappy Dollar Tree glitter vinyl. I cut the paddle out with the Cricut too. The kayak is a stamp by The Paper Studio. I stamped it out on water color paper and used peerless watercolors and a watercolor pen by Ranger. 

I finished this one moments ago for theSimon Says Stamp Monday challenge -fun with paint

Floral Friday painted stencil card

The background is purple cardstock. I applied paint over a stencil. Then I roughed up a piece of opaque purple paper by Die Cuts with a View. Then I colored a Stampendous flower with Copic markers. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge Fun with Paint

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Fabulous florals 

(this one isn’t fabulous. More like okay florals)

Swirl Stencil with Paint card

The background is a stencil  by Hero Arts and the paint is by Studio Sensations. The stamp is an oldie by Stampin Up. I colored it in with Copic Markers. The Sentiment is by Die-versions. 

I’m entering this card into the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-Fun with paint

Gel plate background card

This background was made with paint during a Gelli Plate session. The yellow border is glitter paper by Die cuts with a View and the die is by Tim Holtz. The green border is a die I bought on eBay. The sentiment is by Cloud 9 (Fiskars). Thanks for stopping by.

Simon Says Stamp Monday paint challenge

Manly Monday Bookcase card

I made this card using these four parameters:

Project: Card with a bookmark (the blue book has a bookmark 🔖.)

Color: Circus colors (vintage circus)

Element: hugs (In the sentiment)

Random: feathers (birds)

The bookshelf stamp is by Recollections. On white color cardstock I stamped  it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with Ranger platinum embossing powder. I did the same with other colors of embossing powder. The bird stamps are from m stash. I hand wrote the sentiment. The book I cut out to emphasize was a bad move but…it works. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday back to school challenge

Zoyfold Lawn Fawn walrus card

The stamps are from the Lawn Fawn stamp set called Critters in the Arctic. I colored in the piece of ice and seal with Copic markers. 

The embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I inked that folder with blue distress oxide. The blue background on the inside was a mix of distress oxide, water, and Glimmer Mist spray. The sentiment stamp is by Inky Antics. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Lawn Fawn Christmas in July challenge

Floral Friday Foxy Purse card

The purse was made with card stock and patterned paper by My Mind’s Eyes. The fox stamp is by Ellen Hudson. I colored it in with Copic markers. I used acrylic paint on a stencil by Brutus Monroe on the white circle. The sentiment is a small alphabet stamp set by Stampin Up. 

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 4 legged animals challenge

Walrus card

The purple design in the background is the negative of a Stacey Park stencil by Sizzix. The blue sun shine in the center is a Hero Arts stencil. The purple ink is called Versa Magic and both of the blue inks are distress oxide.The walrus and ice are stamps by Lawn Fawn. I colored the images in with Copic markers. The sentiment stamp is by Stampendous. Thanks for looking.

Lawn Fawn Christmas in July challenge

You’re Fintastic

The background is made with acrylic paint. The stamps are by Lawn Fawn and colored with Copic markers. The one die cut was cut out with a  Cricut. The stuff around the bottom is by EK Success. Thanks for looking. HAGD!

I’m entering this card into the:

Lawn Fawn summer challenge

Camera Smile card

This is a 5x6.75 size card. The patterned paper is by Little Yellow Bicycle. The green paper is 🥧🇧🇧 extremely thin and requires very light handedness. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday stars and/or stripes challenge 

Craft Roulette #290.

The parameters were:
Project-card for a friend

Colors-Bright colors

Element-Happy (you can’t smile if you’re not happy. Yes, I know that it was a stretch.)

Random-partial image (some of the stars in the background are partial images)

Manly Monday You are my Star card

The card is by Feature Art in Australia. The chevron stencil is by Creative Expression and ink is Distress Oxide. I made the corners by taking a square and  cutting it in half corner to corner.

Simon Says Stamp Monday stars and /or stripes challenge

I made this card for Craft Roulette #

Parameters:

Project: Slimline 

Color: insects (Googled insects)

Element: April (for Paul’s birthday in April)

Random: in the corner (corner dies)

Thanks for looking. HAGD!