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.
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Simon Says Stamp Monday Shaped challenge

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)

Floral Friday Rose frame card

I made this card with the "ugly paper" in the background, and layered patterned paper from Provo Craft on top. I'm not sure who makes the frame die or the sentiment stamp. 
Thanks for looking. 
Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp use craft dies
Just add ink - Anything goes. 
Fab N Funky Monochromatic

I inked on the center die cut while it was still in the die.

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 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

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

Floral Friday Just for You card

The floral die cut is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. I cut it out of yellow cardstock. I made a background using red and olive distress ink on a white piece of cardstock. I was hoping that adding the ink would make the flower look better. Not so much. The sentiment is from my stash. I sprayed the entire card with water mixed in with perfect pearls. Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Simon Says Stamp  clean and simple

Manly Monday Chalk Markers Hello card

I stamped The sunrise and car with chalk markers. The car is a second generation stamp image. I added yellow, blue and green, distress ink to create the sunny scene. The car is from Tim Holtz and the sunrise and sentiment is unknown. 

I put that front panel onto a black card stock card base. 

This card was made for Craft Roulette #287. The parameters were: project – card with a hello. Colors – crisp. Element – Sunny. Random – pennant.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp-bright and colorful

Diagonal Sunflower card

The patterned paper is by: yellow by Sizzix, green by Best Creations, and wallpaper sample. Border dies by Spellbinders. The flower and Kraft die cuts are unknown. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Roses Slimline cards

On this first card, I inked the stencil with pigment inks by Colorbox onto vellum with white stripes. Then I heat set it with clear embossing powder by Hero Arts. From there, I just cut it down, added mats behind it, added some rhinestones and then added a sentiment onto a red die cut.

This second card has the same background just on Sizzix gold opulent paper. 

You can see the heat embossing on this picture. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp-add pink

Poppystamps Butterfly

This card was a simply card to put together. I die cut the Poppystamps butterfly out of a messed up heat embossed background. The sentiment is also by Poppystamps. The die cut was a premade and then some brads in the body-they were on my desk. 

Keep it simple challenge

Pink Glitter Butterfly Card

The glitter cardstock is by Doodlebug. The purple background is the result of spritzing white paper with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. That's all for this card. 

But I have more butterflies to come. 

Strawberry Sweet Cards

I made these cards to donate to nursing home. The patterned paper is by K and Co. The sentiment on the right from is an ice cream stamp set by Neat and Tangled.

Floral Friday bouquet of flowers die cut

I used a Couture Creations stencil on the background with purple ink. Then I took green olive colored ink around the edges. The bouquet is a die cut and the pink in the center is just cardstock. Thank you for visiting my blog. 

Floral Friday Sunflower card

 

I made the background with a soft plaid background stamp for a tone on tone look. The sunflower stamp is by Stampendous and I colored it in with Copic markers. 

The sentiment is unknown. Thanks for looking.

Sunflower in primary colors

Sunflower with fabric

Colorless sunflower card

Just for You Fall Leaves and Colors Card

The patterned paper is from Accord Publishing. The die cut is by SMS Scrapbooking made Simple. The gems are from Couture Creations. The sentiment is from a magazine stamp set. Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Manly Monday Books at a Coffee shop card

This card is for Craft Roulette card #213

Project: Hello card

Colors: Robust-my online resources said browns, dull orange, dull yellow, and grey
Element: Workplace people at work drink lots of coffee 

Random: Mixed media -Copic markers, background stamp, and using wallpaper.

 I made the background using a background stamp by Stampin Up with Hero Arts ink. The book stamp is by Darice and is colored in with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut the image. 

The brown and blue square dies were bought off eBay. The interesting look to them is because there was already a hole in the center of the blue square. So when I lined up the squares there was a funky look to it.

The “Hello” sentiment and the border dies are by Spellbinders. The side border is made from wallpaper samples.

 The rust-colored sticker dividing the stamped area and the border is by Creative Memories, I’m using up some oldies but goodies.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

A Duet of Butterfly cards

I have two A2 cards using the same die cut in 2 different colors.

Let me know which one you like by leaving me a comment at the end of this post.

The sentiment die is by Memory Box.

After I glued the butterfly die cut onto the white cardstock, I noticed that my glue had seeped out from underneath the butterflies. 

To fix that I took a soft makeup brush full of Jacquard powder and dusted it all over the card front. 

 I dusted under the butterfly wings so the texture was the same throughout the card. 

Sloppy? I think it looks sloppy. Did this totally fix it? No, not really but I couldn’t throw it away. Consider the lesson learned to have a lighter hand when applying the Bearly Art glue.

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon. I stamped, colored, and fussy cut a butterfly stamp by Cloud 9. 

 Then I colored on the butterflies of the die cut for a tone-on-tone look and hoped to add some interest. I did outline one of them with a white gel pen. The sentiment on the inside said, “I’m here for you”. (Idk if anyone will get the symbolism)

So which one do you like better? Comment below. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Fancy Fold with Kites card for a co-worker

Card standing upright 

This card was made for the challenge at 

Craft Roulette. The parameters were:

Project-A card for a co-worker (I made this for my cohort. We came up with, 5on5. It’s where we make 5 Christmas cards on the 5th of each month at 5pm)

Colors-kites in the sky (my sky is blue.)

Element- April (I made the same fancy fold for my husband, who’s birthday is in April)

Random-Sparkles (sequins in the bike.)

Card laying down 

All of the patterned paper including the designs happy mail, bicycle and the Unique in the right corner are by My Mind’s Eye 6x6 patterned paper pad. I added yellow sequins by Fun Stampers Journey on the wheels.

 

This is the card folded up and ready to be mailed.

The happy mail stamp is by Lawn Fawn and is stamped with Hero Arts ink. (The post card is from the paper padlock) The sun is a Cute Clip by Doodlebug Designs (Sunny Skies) and inside of the sun is a clear yellow enamel dot. 

 

One more photo of it upright at a different angle.

Thanks for looking and HAGD

Manly Monday Turtle Card

This card started with this cute turtle die cut that was a gift from a seller on Mercari. I made the background with distress ink and a piece of paper as a mask. The green frame was a negative to a rectangle. The paper is by Color Aid. The picture shows what a mess it is underneath. I had to die cut some waves to put on top of the green frame.

The dark blue waves are the negative K and Co paper which you can see in the picture on the right. It’s a beach/travel scallop shaped paper and I’ve used the side where you tear the paper off of the pad as waves. Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your week.