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

Strawberries and Cherries card

These stamps are by no longer available but you can use any full stamps for this technique. I used water based markers by Crayola and colored directly onto the stamp with a red and then green marker. Then I huffed on the stamp and stamped it down. I used a circle punch to punch them out before adding them in this formation. Here’s an example of using an old school technique, with some old school punches paired with an old school design. Thanks for stopping by.

August calendar layouts Family in yellow

These are almost the same layouts but were in calendars for different people. The main patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View and the small piece is by Provo Craft. There’s a green star with a heart inside it and I can’t remember where those came from. The heart looks like a brad. The title word “Family” is a Cricut cut and it is adhered to two silver circles that are a circle punch by Creative Memories. The silver paper is by Creative Memories. The heart is a sticker by Sticko/EK Success. 
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February Calendar Layout Video Chat

This is my Brother's 2023 calendar. I never realized how much I video chat with the kids. Upper left is nephew Spencer and in screen is Emberlee. Then the middle picture is my great-nephew Andrew. And then the last picture is of my niece Evalynn. 

So, the patterned paper is from Michael's (Recollections). The border on top is a Cricut weld of circles. The video chat circles are Close to my Heart alphabet stamps and Creative Memories circle punch. The hearts in the border are Lawn Fawn dies. The hearts in the center are Cricut dies and a Creative Memories punch.

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December Calendar Layout Lots of Circles Christmas party

There are a lot of scraps of patterned papers in this layout. It's super busy and I don't think that I would do it again. Thanks for looking.

A Christmas Tree made From circles card

 Years ago I found a free digital set of circles that I downloaded and printed out. Then I used a Creative Memories circle punch to cut them out. I finally pulled them out and this is what I came up with. Another Christmas tree card. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Happy birthday Cards

Patterned paper by Studio G. I did some sewing down the center to join the papers together. The yellow foam scalloped circle punch is by Stampin Up. The sentiment is by Echo park. Thanks for looking.

Stencils with Embossing Paste-Holly and Santa Cards

 Christmas cards with embossing paste backgrounds that were made a long time ago. My hands are still not up for typing. So enjoy the photos without me babbling. Thanks for looking.

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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Purple and Aqua flower For You card

The flower stamp is a Cricut draw and cut that I colored in with Copic markers. The sentiment is by Forever in Time, punched out with the Creative Memories circle punch. The die-cut by Tim Holtz is the border die on both sides. I scattered Stickles in the background.

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Borders, Dry Embossing and an Epoxy Sentiment Card

So yesterday was my 24th wedding anniversary. Crazy to think that I am old enough to have been married that long. Fitting for the occasion I have an anniversary card to show you today. The sentiment is an epoxy sticker in a set of baby stickers. The die-cut is by Sizzix(I think). The yellow circle in the center is an image from a single small embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I punched it out with a circle punch from CM. The border dies are by Spellbinders. The patterned paper is from my stash.

Today is a great day to post a card that says, love. 

My biggest fan who loved everything I made, she died on this day in 2019.

My Mom. most of the time she was lovingly known as Beth. Liz. Lizzy. Lizard. Grandma. And our favorite, “Grandma Wizz”. A name was given to her by her youngest granddaughter that couldn’t say, Liz. The irony was my Mom always had to pee. I disliked when my Mom would say she had to go to the “Pee Palace”. SMH in embarrassment.

There are loving memories of her that have been floating around in my head. They make me smile more and not as sad as they once did.

May she Rest In Peace.

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Manly Monday Earthy For You Card

This card came together with whatever was on my table.

The sentiment stamp is heat embossed in white and then inked with distress ink.

The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug 

Now the chipboard rectangle, it may be by Basic Grey but Idk for sure.

The brown label die-cut is by Elle’s Studio.

The bird die-cut is by Colorbok.

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Jewelry Heart Be Mine Card

I have a lot of things to up-cycle from my Mom's and my MIL's stash. This little stash item got glued onto a card.

The sentiment is by is a SU stamp set with matching punch

The die-cut Elle's studio and Spellbinders

The center panel is cardstock stamped with a SU wheel in red

I haven't used those in a while

I have to tell you about the sentiment stamps 

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Red cards with Flowers and Brads

I used those square stamps by Stampin Up again.

The stamped sentiment is unknown

The Hello die is by Lawn Fawn and the square and circle punches are by CM
The square dies on the Hello card are unknown. I cut them out using a friend's dies

The patterned paper is by Pebbles on the flower card and Deja Views on the die-cut on the Hello card
I have a ton of flowers and brads/eyelets to use up but I'm not sure of the manufacturer.

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Square and Circle Christmas Tree Card

The wood grain patterned paper is by We R Memory Keepers. The other is an oldie from my stash. The tree stamps by Hero Arts in Close to my Heart green ink. It’s my favorite green ink and they no longer have it. Square punches are by Creative Memories. Ribbon from my stash.



Circle punches and the red patterned paper is by Creative Memories. My husband said that the circle punch needs to be replaced. He had a hard time getting it to punch out some free downloads. Funny how now it's okay to get a new punch. Men.
The bell patterned paper is by Bazzill. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. The rest is from my stash.

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Deep Red Stamps Christmas Present cards

I have two cards today. I really like the way they turned out.

The patterned paper is by Carta Bella Bundled Up by Alisha Gordon

Dry embossing folder by Cuttlebug

The present stamp is part of the Season of Joy Stamp set by Deep Red Stamp

I colored the stamp with distress markers and sprayed with water before stamping.

Fun thing-I covered the manufacturer's hole at the top of the 6x6 paper pad with a bow.

The second present card is on Carta Bella patterned paper and a Project Life card
The funny thing about this card is the circle sentiment is covering a blemish on the paper.
The sentiment on the circle is a rub-on by American Crafts. I was nervous adding the rub-on to the circle as it was a close fit.

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Chalk-Ah-Lot Frog Hang in There card

Edited May 2021. 

BIGGER PICTURE.

CLEANED UP CHALLENGE LINKS.

This fun sentiment from my Cricut was perfect for the frog stamp. It can be found on the Wild Card cartridge under shift phrases of the tweety card. (page 47 in the handbook)

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Challenges:

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/-Anything goes-ENDED (2017)

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/-see those layers-STILL GOING

http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/-Animals-REMOVED

http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.com/-Animals-ENDED (2017)

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/-Branching out

Thanks for stopping by.-ENDED AND NOTHING TO LOOK AT

Use Your Stash Christmas Cards

Christmas Cards all year Round September challenge: This month we are having a stash challenge and the only "rule" is that anything you use on your cards needs to be at least a year old - stamps, papers, embellishments: everything!

Almost everything on this card is over a year old. The ribbon is super old from my mom's sewing stash. Supplies: red paper and Santa sticker by Lily Bee Design; PP by SU; ink by Colorbox; embossing powder by Stampendous; stamp by Scrappy cat and Fiskars

Supplies: ribbon by AC; Sticker by Lil yellow bicycle; ink by Colorbox; PP by Rhonna Farrer for Autumn Leaves (2007) and the other is by K&i

Supplies: Stickers by EK Success and Lily Bee Designs; punch by Fiskars; Copic markers; floss from my mom's stash; CS Bo Bunny and  RE. The stamp is unknown. I stamped a bunch of them at crop about four years ago. At that time I wasn't concerned with who made what.

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Christmas card

 

Supplies-Punches by Fiskars, CM and SU; cs by SU; PP by DCWV; stamp and ink by SU; Stickles by Ranger. TFL