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

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

Floral Friday Tulip Stencil cards

These cards were made with Scrapbooking Made Simple tulip stencil and distress ink.Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon says Stamp-beautiful blooms challenge

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,

Simon says Stamp clean and simple 

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!

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! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday add green challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Add green

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! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday add green

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday add green challenge

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. 

Monday Simon Says Stamp- add some green

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! 

Simon says Stamp make your background

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!

Simon says stamp-make it cute

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.

Snowflake frame card

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  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

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)

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!

Simon Says Stamp-weather challenge

Manly Monday Old Car in the Field

The green cardstock is by Recollections. I heat embossed a variety of twig stamps by Stampendous with platinum embossing powder by Ranger. Then I cut out a few of the leaves and tucked the car underneath.

I made this card for Simon Says Stamp Wheels challenge

Floral Friday Dimensional flower card

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I made this card using a stencil, distress ink, colored pencil, Tim Holtz Atc patterned paper, a butterfly stamp that I doodled all over it, and also a large flower. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenge-Simon Says Stamp-texture

Allsorts-create your own background

Heart Background Special Friend card

The blue glitter paper is by The Paper Studio. I cut the hearts out with my Cricut. Then I backed the hearts with Color Aid paper. I popped it up with foam adhesive. Except the open heart. I stamped the sentiment with Staz-on black ink on Sizzix glitter cardstock. Neither of the glitter paper shed. To a special friend is a Stampendous stamp.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp-hearts

Simon says Stamp-Anything goes

All sorts make your own background

Manly Monday Owl the Moon card

The owl stamp is by Trinity Stamps. I colored it in with Copic markers. I masked off the moon as I created the background with distress oxides. I added some star sequences all around the background. I made this card for Craft Roulette #286. 
The parameters were: Project-A dude's card   

Colors-Sunflower fields

Element-birds

Random-soot

I'm also entering this card into the challenge
Simon Says Stamp-Wings

Allsorts Challenge-Masculine

Colorado Craft Co. Christmas bird card

I made this card at Paperganza July 2025, held by Craft Roulette.

The bird is a stamp by Colorado Craft Company. I colored it in with Copic markers. The red background is a upcycled cardstock that I sprayed with 2 different shades of red Glimmer Mist. The gold paper on the side is by Sizzix. The green patterned paper and rhinestones are unknown. The sentiment is from a card kit by Spellbinders. Thanks for looking.
Simon Says Stamp - Wings

Bird Gazing Christmas Cards

I made this card using a polka dot patterned paper by American Crafts. All of the other components are from a pad of Christmas pieces by Studio Light that features foil elements.

The journal box is by Teresa Collins, the glitter cardstock is by Recollections, the red ribbon at the top is unknown, and the rest is by Studio Light.

Thanks for looking.

Simon says Stamp-Foil

Everything is Heat embossed on my card

I heat embossed everything on this card. The background is by Stampin Up. I inked it with different pigment ink colors and heat embossed it in clear. The butterfly was heat embossed in platinum and colored in with colored pencils. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Pink and Green Christmas card

The background paper and pink patterned paper is by Paper Favourites. The green sparkle paper is by Sizzix. The banner and flower die cuts are from a Spellbinders embellishment pack that I got from the “Trash to Treasure” table. The wood snowflake is by Maya Road. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp-Christmas/holiday. 

Layered Background Christmas card

I cut the sentiment and background with my the Cricut. The word holiday is a die from Scrapbooking Made Simple. I put the sentiment on vellum so I wouldn’t cover up the background  amt and had to do something with it. The sentiment fit perfectly. I put a white border around the edge and this card is  done. Thanks for looking.! 

Challenges:

Simon says stamp Christmas/holiday card

Manly Monday Desert Card

This was my Craft Roulette 296 card last week. I love how it turned out. The background was in the bin that I like to call, the
"I don’t know what to do with this background" . 

It almost got cut up into sentiment. But I’m glad it didn’t.

The background stamp is by Hero Arts and is heat embossed in silver. It was inked with two different colors of distress ink, which you can see how the top is one color is different from the bottom.

The image was made on a blank business card. The stamps are by Stampendous. I stamped the image a while back to see how it looks. 

The parameters for Craft Roulette were 

Project-A2

Colors-Fresh and Clean

Element-From the Desert

Random-Distressed edge

The one that is a head scratcher is thecolor parameter and how my card works with it. I followed Donna Shelcucky .

Thanks for stopping by.

Floral Friday pink and white congrats card

The card base is iridescent paper by Sizzix. The patterned paper of the die cut is by Papertrey Ink. The floral framed die cut is by Crafter’s Companion. The rectangle die cut is by Lawn Fawn. I colored in the flowers and leaves with colored pencils. The edges were rounded with a corner rounder by Creative Memories. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

The Wed Simon says stamp Challenge is Sparkle and shine.

Glitter Pink n Purple B-day card

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The pink patterned papers are by DCWV. The sentiment stamp is by Just Rite stamps. I stamped it with Colorbox pink pigment ink onto mulberry paper to create tt

Challenges: Sparkle and Shine

December Calendar layout Easter trying to be Christmas

The patterned paper, though unknown, has been a source of conflict on this layout. The large snowflake is a Creative Memories die cut, while the smaller white snowflake is a Spellbinders die cut.

The patterned paper is so busy. It complements the blue shirts and sage-colored walls. I adhered a double mat to  the photo hoping it would make the photo stand out but it gets lost amidst the busy patterned paper.

So, what’s the issue? I believe it’s the red and green border. It doesn’t match the patterned paper. I was trying too hard to make it Christmas when the picture was taken on Easter.

I appreciate you stopping by today. Have a great day!

Manly Monday You’re Turtley amazing

I made this card for Craft Roulette #292

Project-encouragement card. Color-sophisticated. Element-house pet. Random-thread

The green patterned paper is by Provo Craft and the blue background is by Basic Grey. The rectangle die and word stamps are by Lawn Fawn. The turtle is a stamp by Waffle Flower and colored in with Copic markers. The word Turtley is heat embossed in white on a Cricut die cut. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday single flower birthday card

 The white background has a small shaded area of red in the center. l sprayed that white background with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. The green cardstock is by Sunborn. The red layer of cardstock I inked direct to paper with my dying Aged Mahogany distress ink pad. 

The frame is out of an old package that I will have to find.

The flower stamp is from Close to my Heart. I colored it in with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out. The sentiment is my new favorite by Memory box. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms challenge -include a flower

Sweet Stampin Birthday challenge -Birthday 

Girls Rebel- Begins with B (birthday)

Matching cards using a 6x6 patterned paper

I used a 6x6 piece of patterned paper 4” on one side and 2” on the other card. I also used the orange-ish scalloped ribbon from Stampin Up. The white zig zag is a border die by Spellbinders. I used an old Sizzix chunky die on the right and a Scrapbooking Made Simple die on the left.

I’m entering this matching set of cards into:

Simon Says Stamp matching set challenge

Manly Monday multiple steps background

The background doesn’t really look like much, but it took a couple of steps to get there. I don’t love it but somebody will love getting this card. What I see and what the recipient sees are very different.

The card base is cherry red and I was going to work that background into an orange red like the sentiment card. Stand back! LoL! 

I took a background stamp from Stamping Up, inked it with black distress oxide ink and placed the card on top of it. I sprayed the background with water and hit it with the heat tool. I heavily inked the background with two oxides and the one I know was Rusty Hinge. I went direct to paper and it wasn’t changing the color like I thought it would. While the ink was still wet I heat embossed it with clear powder. The embossing didn’t cover it completely but that’s okay

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-Thank you card.