Thursday, September 30, 2021

Happy Birthday Border stamp Cards

I have 2 new birthday cards for today.
The border sentiment is by Purple Onion and the rest of the stamps are unknown.


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Wednesday, September 29, 2021

September Calendar Layout The Dad's are in Charge

Calendar page from the cottage 2020 (I'm guessing on the year)
I just hope it's not a repeat.


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Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Christmas Tree Embossing paste card

The brass tree stencil is by Lasting Impressions Circa 1997. I used Dreamweaver Stencils embossing paste and Perfect Pearls. The taped ripped the cardstock when I pulled the stencil up. It was too pretty to toss so I kept it and tada, it made it on a card.

The ribbon is by Michael's and Oriental Trading Company

The die-cut is by Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Martha Stewart






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Monday, September 27, 2021

Manly Monday Hang in there Frogs. It's only a birthday

The stamp is by Stamp N Plus. I did a second-generation stamping on these two cards. Years ago I colored them in with powdered chalk mixed with paint. I added some Copic markers and colored pencils to make the frogs look more enhanced.
The frog images were too close on the white cardstock to die-cut. So, with the wild theme, I just ripped the paper and inked the edges. The background is a Fiskars embossing plate but I think they had a different name than that. I took a distress ink and went direct to paper and look how fun it is with the lizards, dragonflies, and frogs showing up in white.





This is the inside of the card where I was able to use Cricut's Draw feature. I placed the card base on the mat and it did what it did. 

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Here are some other examples of this stamp

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Fall Thinking of You Wreath square card

The card base was cut out with Cricut

The sentiment is a die-cut from AC Moore called Love Nicole

The die-cuts in this card are from the Stampendous wreath set. I did start with a circle cut out with my Cricut. I inked it with distress ink.

The papers I used were scraps and wallpaper samples. 


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Saturday, September 25, 2021

Four Cards using a wreath die cut

I've had these wreath die-cuts in my stash for years. It was time to take an afternoon and put them onto cards. I made the sentiments with my Cricut using the draw and cut feature. The wreath die-cuts are unknown. I did ink them with Colorbox chalk ink, distress ink, or colored in with colored pencils (the one on the far left). The patterned paper is by Making Memories called Autumn Splendors. There are pieces of patterned paper by Provo Craft. The jute is by Tim Holtz. Border punch by EK Success. 





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Friday, September 24, 2021

Floral Friday Yellow Shaped Clearly Besotted flower Cards

The Flower stamp set and matching dies are by Clearly Besotted

The sentiment is a die-cut by AC Moore called the Love Nicole collection

The die-cut base and the small white die-cut are unknown. The yellow is Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Poppy Stamps. Rick Rack is from my stash

In the card below I used the same flower stamp set

The sentiment is from my stash

The die-cuts are by Sizzix (yellow) and Spellbinders (coral)

The patterned paper...I made my own background by following a "Forgotten Technique" on a YouTuber named Justine

The stencils are by The Crafter's Workshop for the large one

The smaller stencil is by Dollar tree. I love that it's a self-adhesive stencil.

These probably weren't the best two stencils to use together with the yellow and red Distress Oxide inks.



The Sisterhood of Crafters is to use a stencil. I used two.


These next couple of pictures show the yellow cards I made with the same floral Clearly Besotted stamp set. 




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Thursday, September 23, 2021

Fall colors Tag with Floss Card

I am posting this card a day late for the fall equinox because Wednesday is for calendars, which the calendars are appropriate to.
The background stamps on the left are by Stampin Up.
The sentiment and the whole tag were part of a trade years ago. 
The patterned paper is by Studio G

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

September Calendar 2021 Bunyea family in Japan

The sentiment is a sticker by Current.

The die-cut is by Cricut.

The patterned paper is by Basic Grey


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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Honey Enjoy Cut and Embossed Bee Card


This is an Impresslet from Sizzix with a little help from the Stampin Up Hexagon Stamp set and matching punch.

Monday, September 20, 2021

Manly Monday Football Game Day with tag Card

The football stamp is by Stampin Up. The sentiment tag is by American Traditional Design. The border sticker is by Creative Memories. The patterned paper is by Crate Papers and the textured paper is from my stash.




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Saturday, September 18, 2021

Christmas card book through the years with the Sarjeants

This first card really shows my old style of scrapbooking. I used many components of the actual Christmas card they sent with the photo. Things like the circle at the bottom. I cut it out with the Creative Memories cutting system. I circle punched the sentiment (Peace) and then larger green circles for them to stand out. Then, I cut out what was written on the inside and taped it onto the left side border stickers. I even cut out their signature and placed it below the title. I stamped their name on white cardstock and cut them out. That and the year is on the right side. It's a super old fashion way to scrapbook but that's what I did at that time. 


The second one:
The big flower in the center is by Jolee's. The patterned paper is beautiful but unknown.
The banner and the stars in the corner were cut out with my Cricut


The third card:
The blue paper did all of the work, all I did was add their names on blue cardstock with Lawn Fawn ABC's stamps.


This 4th year is a little bit fancier.
There's a rhinestone circle around the year of the card.
The tag includes their last name because it isn't listed on the Christmas card.


The next thing we received is a graduation announcement
I made the sandy paper bottom left with torn paper and distress ink.
I used the sun rays stencil by Tim Holtz and Squeezed Lemon Distress ink.
On the right side, I used pre-made patterned paper.
I added the middle embellishments above and below her photo in the center.


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Friday, September 17, 2021

Floral Friday You are Amazing Card (I love it and want to keep it)

This is one of my favorite cards in a while. The border stamp is by Prima. The sentiment is a Cricut draw and cut onto vellum. The flower and leaves are die-cuts or stickers by My Mind's Eye, K and Co, Marvy flower punch, and Sizzix leaf dies. Some of them I colored in with Copic markers. Center die-cut is by Spellbinders


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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Green Leaves with Tags Cards

For my first card, I didn't use any stamping, I did use Jute and distress ink by Tim Holtz on both of the tags.

The sentiment die is from AC Moore and by Love Nicole

The die-cuts: tags are an upcycle, leaves and acorn are from a Stampendous Build a wreath dies set. 

The patterned paper is by Provo Craft although one of them is made from wallpaper samples.



On this second card, the Best Wishes sentiment die is by Elizabeth Craft Designs. The corners were stamped with the Bokeh stamp set by Lawn Fawn. The leaves are die-cuts from my stash as well as those mentioned above.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

September Calendar Layout Surprise party pictures

Guessing game on this calendar layout. It was for a 2019 calendar.
The stamps on the previous ATC in the center are by Lawn Fawn ABCs and I'm not sure about the grass.


The stickers are by Creative Memories (Apples) and EK Success (Acorn)

The die-cut border punch is by Martha Stewart

The background patterned paper is by We R Memory Keepers (That's a guess)



It's been a while since I did this layout. So I'm not exactly sure but I think these leaves were on a cake and my husband took the back off of them for me to use. I think the leaves started out like the one on the left and ended up like the picture below.


I think I tried to heat emboss and ended up with glossy accents over the top.


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Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Peace on Earth WRMK Sticker card

A little bit different Christmas card to share today. In the center is a sticker by We R Memory Keepers 

Die-cuts underneath are by Spellbinders. Patterned paper by Scenic Route. I added Stickles to the design. The green-colored paper die cut is an old packaging.



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Monday, September 13, 2021

Manly Monday Football Go! Team! Go! card

The main die with 6 open circles is by Gina Maire. 
Circle punch Lawn Fawn.
The Go!'s were from a Lawn Fawn alphabet set and the word Team was made with a Sizzix stamp set. 
The background paper is by American Traditional Designs. I popped up the football circles with Therma Web Zots 3D


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Sunday, September 12, 2021

100th Birthday cards

I made these cards to donate.
The gift and number stamps are by Stampin Up.
Birthday die-cut is by Clearly Besotted (?)
I used a Darice border embossing folder with Stickles
The card on the left uses a recycled background.
The patterned paper used on the card on the right is by Studio Calico.



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Saturday, September 11, 2021

Red, White and Blue Ribbon Commemorate 911

Real quick I want to tell you about this card since today marks 20 years since 911.

The die-cuts: scappled circles in red by Spellbinders and the inside white one is by Gina Marie, It was a quit out of an upcoming card. (Oops. I keep falling asleep.)

The ribbon in the center is the front of a pin. I had hubby get rid of the backing and I adhered it to the die-cut. 


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