Friday, May 01, 2026

Floral Friday Llama Graduation Card




I stamped the llama image with black Memento ink and I colored it in with Copic markers. (See the colors I used in the photo below.) Then I adhered it to the top folding card on a card. When you lift up the llama card front, you see a graduation cap that I cut out with my Cricut. The orange ribbon is from Michaels. Funny thing, I tried so hard to conceal the ribbon behind the white flap. After fiddling with it and it wouldn't do what I wanted it to. When I closed the flap and I liked it better sticking out from behind. Then I had to fiddle with it and make it stick out more.
 


 I heat embossed the background stamp with red, magenta, and orange embossing powders on white cardstock. Then I heat embossed a sentiment on a piece of vellum with Magenta embossing powder. I used a Xyron sticker maker to adhere the sentiment to the background.


Craft Roulette #268. Parameters: Project: A card for a student. This is a quirky graduation card for Maya. Colors: In modern. It's black and white with a loud color to carry the load and give it a pop.  Element: Clothing. The llama has a covering on its back, but you could count the graduation hat. Random: Abstract blob. The flowers in the background stamp by Hero Arts look like blobs.

The colors in this card are loosely based on this Color Cube card.
Thanks for looking.
4 Legged Friends Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge 

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Pussy Cat Hello card


I made this card for a pet sympathy card and it looks more like a Halloween card. Oh well. 
The purple corner dies are by Ultimate Creations. The hello die is by The Crafter’s Workshop. The cat is a stencil that I inked with orange pigment ink. Then I heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I inked the paper and then I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist.
Thanks for stopping by.

Simon Says Stamp 4 legs friend

Simon Says Stamp anything goes Wednesday challenge


Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Lawn Fawn Bunny on a Sled

I made this card for Craft Roulette #316. Parameters: Project- Hello card. Colors-strawberry fields. Element-Hop(s) hopping. Random-large letters. 
The background was created by distress ink. I made some hills with a stencil and distress oxide and Versa Magic chalk ink. The letter dies are by Sizzix (665335). I cut them out of Color-aid paper and stamped them with small snowflakes by Lawn Fawn with a Versa Magic ink. 
The bunny is by Lawn Fawn, houses border by Stampendous, and winter is a stamp from another Stampendous stamp set. I colored the images with Copic markers. The bunny is on a foam sled. 🛷 

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Golden Retriever card




This dog card is one of many different dogs. This golden is one of many that I put together while upstairs with my new dog that had an infection on her incision. It was disappointing that her kennel didn’t keep her cone on her. But it is what it is. 
The patterned paper is by Provo Craft and the embossed paper by Cloud 9. The enamel dots are by Hero Arts. The border stickers are by Mrs.Grossmsn’s. 

Monday, April 27, 2026

Manly Monday Alcohol Ink Backgrounds



I made these backgrounds with alcohol inks on photo paper. The sentiments are cut out with my Cricut. The turtle stamp is unknown. I stamped it with Memento Black ink and colored him in with Copic markers. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 


Sunday, April 26, 2026

Bunny on a sled card


I colored this Lawn Fawn bunny with Copic markers. I used Versa Magic inks on the background stencil by Stacey Park with Sizzix.
The circle snowflake by Creative Expressions is also a stencil. I inked it with distress ink and then Solar paste around the edges  
I made this card for:
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Saturday, April 25, 2026

Double stencil birthday card

I used distress ink on a Creative Expressions Chevron stencil and the sun stencil is by Hero Arts. The cake is a die by Cuttlebug. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp more than one stencil challenge

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Roller Skates card


The background has some layers. It is the back side of a thin piece of patterned paper. Then I used a dollar store stencil on the background in light colors. Then I applied Broken China distress ink pad to paper. The blue glitter is Simon Hurley Astro paste with a Waffle Flower stencil. The rollerskate and sentiment are by Hero Arts. Stamped in black memento ink and colored in with Copic markers.

Monday, April 13, 2026

Spring bunny decor


I cut this out with my Cricut and then inked the leaves with Distress Oxide. 


I put glow in dark paste on the circle. 
Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Thursday, April 09, 2026

Strawberry Shortcake card




The patterned paper is by Paper Favorites. The stamps are by The Sassy Club and colored in with Copic markers. That’s it.Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Sunday, April 05, 2026

Happy Easter

The butterfly is heat embossed with pink powder by Stampendous. The background is a Gina Marie stencil. 

The sentiment was a die that I borrowed. I colored it in with colored pencils and markers. I’m entering this card into:

Simon says Stamp embossing challenge

Thursday, April 02, 2026

Heat Embossed Pink Butterfly card


The butterfly stamp by Stampin Up is heat embossed with pink powder by Stampendous. The background is a stencil by Hero Arts. I’m entering this card into the 

Simon Says Stamp embossing challenges

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Trio of Simple Cricut cards

There are three cards but I’m only entering one into the challenges listed below the picture. 

I literally cut the overlay/background out with my Cricut and glued it on a piece of yellow cardstock. That’s what I consider clean and simple. I’m entering the card above into the,

The background on this middle card was created with distress oxides and spritzed with water.

This last card I inked the edges with distress oxide.
Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Monday, March 16, 2026

Manly Monday Frog on mixed media background



Background-wave stencil by Stampendous green Astro paste. The sky is blue distress ink sprayed with blue glimmer mist. Then a plastic doily and used as a stencil to put a pattern on that upper portion by spraying it with a distress spritz in green. It didn’t really show up. I used it on another project sprayed it with a blue and then turned the stencil onto the card. It’s hard to explain. 
Then took a stencil by Creative Expressions called outlined duo rectangles that has multiple levels of dotted lines in an outline around the edges with distress oxide. 
There’s a slit cut into the paper within the green border where frog die cut slides in. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Friday, March 13, 2026

Floral Friday Green Mixed media Card


The Stampin’ Up flower was heat embossed with platinum in embossing powder from Ranger.  Then I used a stencil from Recollections to add some interest to the background patterned paper by K and Co. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. 
I wrapped some felt ribbon by Current around the bottom portion of the card front but thought it needed something. So I took a piece of blue string and wrapped it around the ribbon and tied it into a knot.
The sentiment die was cut out of scrap paper that I used to check my Copic markers. 
Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Large Christmas tree with strips of paper card

I die cut a bunch of Christmas trees and then had the seniors at church decorate them from behind
I did things a little bit different on this card then many of the others. I added the green background frame to set it apart from the blue patterned paper. I adhered the paper strips to the back and then ran that whole thing into an embossing folder with ornaments on it. After embossing, I inked the inside areas of the tree with distress oxides. The star is an iron on patch that can use an iron on to adhered it to anything. 

Sunday, March 08, 2026

Pink Swirl Rhinestones Gel Plate background


I made this background with some paint on bubble wrap on a Gelli Plate. The rightstones are from what to scrap. The die cut is unknown at the moment. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Thursday, March 05, 2026

Horse Carousel Card



I stamped the image with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with platinum embossing powder. I colored the image in with Copic markers.

I made this for Craft Roulette #261. The parameters were: Project: A2 size card. Colors: An amusement park ride. Element: JD. Random: Tickets


This is a weird card and it’s the second card I made using this image. The patterned paper is by Paper Favourites. The border die is by Sizzix. The circle punch and its patterned paper is by Creative Memories.


Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Monday, March 02, 2026

Manly Monday Chalkboard sentiment card


The patterned paper has green and blue stripes. I decided to change things up with it. I came in with a Hero Arts stencil and blue distress oxide. After random ink blending I spritzed it with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. The sentiment is a chalkboard stamp stamped with distress oxide onto Color Aid paper
Thanks for looking. HAGD!
Simon says Stamp challenge Make your own background 
I won the challenge! First time ever. Super excited.

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Snowflake frame card

  The snowflake frame is by Memory Box. The patterned paper and label are so old that I don’t remember. I did apply distress Stickles on the leaves but you it’s hard to tell in the pictures. Distress Stickles are not sparkly.

Simon Says Stamp weather challenge

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Christmas Zoy Fold card


The patterned paper for the circle is by Stampin Up. The shiny red paper on the front is by Hunky Dory. The kit paper pad with all of the foil embellishments is by Studio Light. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 
Simon Says Stamp weather challenge (snowy scene in the above photo)



I made this card for Craft Roulette #277 but I haven’t had a chance to post it yet. I’m not sure if that counts for the  challenges I’m entering. The parameters are PROJECT: Zoy-fold COLORS: Sports team (Redwings hockey ) ELEMENT: Craft Roulette (I made this at Paperganza) RANDOM: Up-to-date (on my Christmas cards)

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

I saved a Copic Background with Snowflakes



My background is the result of checking my blue Copic markers. I decided there was no reason not to use it and heat embossed a snowflake background stamp with silver powder. I colored in a few of the snowflakes to give them more recognition. The sentiment is a die by Spellbinders. Thanks for looking. HAGD!