Sunday, October 04, 2026

Lawn Fawn Happy Fall card




The patterned paper is an old calendar page with Accord Publishing. The leaf is a Stampendous die cut out of a wallpaper sample. The scarecrow and the sentiment are by Lawn Fawn. Both colored in with Copic Markers. 

Friday, October 02, 2026

Floral Friday Bouquet stencil card

I used Distress Oxides to create this card. The bouquet stencil is by Scrapbooking Made Simple and has many layers, and the starburst stencil is by Tim Holtz. 
SImon Says Stamp More than one stencil challenge

Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge

Monday, September 28, 2026

Manly Monday Simple Stencil Plaid card

This card was very easy-ish. The plaid stencils are from Scrapbooking Made Simple and are called Simply Defined. This is another card using this stencil.  The sentiment is a sticker. This simple card has lots of layers. 

Simon Says stamp Monday: more than one stencil

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Kitten Riding a Skateboard card



This is one of those odd cards that never would come together hadn’t not been for Craft Roulette. 

Monday, September 14, 2026

Manly Monday Leafy birthday card




I colored the leaves in with Copic markers on a thin piece of patterned paper. The wood patterned paper is by The Paper Studio. You can see the ink bleeding through the paper. 
The stamp is by Simon Says Stamp, I think. The happy birthday is a Cricut die cut. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Heat Embossed Penguins




The above card uses patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. 

The holographic paper is by Sizzix. The corner punch is by Marvy. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday add some texture challenge the heat embossed images are  textured. 

Saturday, September 12, 2026

Playful Penguins cards




Creative Memories stickers make the background. These butterfly bright blue background is made from acrylic paint. 


These background is a Darcie embossing folder that I inked with distress ink. The brad says Happy Holidays.


Friday, September 11, 2026

Floral Friday Flower Butterfly

The background is made with a stencil by Hero Arts and paint. These butterfly is a Stamin Up stamp that I heat embossed it in pink. Then I used a Spellbinders die to cut it out.  I inked the inside before taking the die off the paper.

Simon Says Stamp Monday stamp it challenge

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Pink and Blue Ornaments Cards


Ornament stamp by Penny Black circa 2001. I colored it in with Copic markers. The background embossing folder is by Cuttlebug and inked with Distress Oxide pink ink for the blue banner on top and blue for the pink banner on the bottom.


Same as above, except the sentiment is from Spellbinders kit.

Simon Says Stamps challenges stamp it


Wednesday, September 09, 2026

I Heard You Were Amazing

Background is a die cover plate by Scrapbooking Made Simple. However, it didn’t cut it just penetrated the thick Sizzix paper So I inked it with blue distress Oxide in the center.  I didn’t like it so I abandoned it and put it in my drawer of backgrounds. The sentiment stamp is by Simon Says Stamp. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-stamp it

Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Heat Embossed Santa Card

The Santa stamp is by Inkadinkaso. Then I ink the background with distress ink. It was so boring so I cat it up after I added washi tape cut with decorative scissors. The sentiment is a rub on by Making Memories. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-stamp it

Saturday, September 05, 2026

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.


Thursday, September 03, 2026

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 

Tuesday, September 01, 2026

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.

Saturday, August 22, 2026

Birch Press Berry Dies Card


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)

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Thursday, August 13, 2026

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

Monday, August 10, 2026

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.
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Friday, August 07, 2026

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 

Thursday, August 06, 2026

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

Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Green 40th birthday Card


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

Tuesday, August 04, 2026

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