Heat Embossed Penguins

The above card uses patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. 

The holographic paper is by Sizzix. The corner punch is by Marvy. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday add some texture challenge the heat embossed images are  textured. 

Slider birthday cards

I learned how to make this card by Einat Kessler. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket  the labels are by Close to my Heart. The sentiment stickers are by Cloud 9. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday shaped challenge

Craft Roulette #284 Project: Funn fold card. Color: birthday party(I followed Mary‘s color palette) Element: Maggie Smith. (She was in the movie “A Secret Garden”. The patterned paper is garden themed. Random: Spiral(s). There are spirals on the flowers on the patterned paper on the slide out.

Le Moulin Rouge Craft Roulette Card

I originally colored this image in the traditional red colors where the building is all red with a little yellow reminiscent of the windows' lights. But after coloring this image thrice, I went for the purple dress and a gray building with yellow accents. It works because yellow and purple are across from each other on the color wheel.

I found this piece of patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket that matched perfectly. You would have thought that I colored the image with this patterned paper in mind. No, on the contrary, it was one of those patterns that I would have used on the other side which was basically white cardstock. 

Then, all I had to do was make a purple card base and tape the three layers together. 

I made this card for Craft Roulette #232. I got all four parameters in one image but let’s review the parameters:

Project: French Bulletin Board (the pattern is in the windows.)

Colors: Winter Desserts (plum pudding and lemon meringue)

Element: Balloons (her hat looks like balloons)

Random: Beads (She’s wearing beads around her neck)

I was thinking about this challenge and what else I could do for it and the new ornament stamp by Deep Red Stamps could be balloons, upside down balloons. LoL! Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Special Day Card in Green and Blue

The striped patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket. The patterned paper that the sentiment is on is by Recollections. The circular background stamp is by Deep Red Stamps. The green die cut is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The heart die cut is by Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is by Stampibilities.

Thanks for looking. HAGD 

Hello Die cut with `umbre background

The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket (how do they come up with these names of companies?) The die cut is by Simply Defined from Scrapbooking Made Simple. I inked the background with three distress inks; Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean. Thanks for looking.

Cynthia’s BIG Teal N Pink Birthday Card

This is a big card. I took an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white cardstock and folded it in half. Then I started my layering. First, a piece of bright pink cardstock. Then a striped piece of vintage wrapping paper. Followed by a blue patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. 

To finish up, I found the blue scallop square in butterfly in my stash. I added a “happy” die cut by Lawn Fawn and the “birthday” die cut by Clearly Besotted. 

The lady I made this card for has  macular degenerative disease. Her daughter requested cards to be large and have larger fonts.

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Manly Monday Wild about You

I made this card for Craft Roulette #199 

Project: card with a bookmark 

Color: Bakery 

Elements: Large animal

Random: add horizontal lines 

I cut the tiger out using my Cricut. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket. Sentiment by Close to my Heart. The background behind the tiger is mixed media. I was playing with my Distress Oxide inks. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Autumn like colored cards

Background patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. The patterned paper used in the Sizzix die cuts is by Papertrey Ink. The brown paper is a scrap and the gold letters, no clue. 

The second card has green opulent paper by Sizzix on the bottom half. The center cardstock is a dry embossed border by Cuttlebug. I don’t use those nearly enough but I should because when I do, I really like the way they look. The tag is an upcycled item from my stash. The sentiment is by Just Rite. I wish I could remember how I got the ombré color on the sentiment. It is looks great.

The above card started out as a birthday card but the sentiment was hard to read. (See below)

You can see why I changed it.

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A Mini Slimline Birthday Card

This mini slimline card uses a die by Scrapbooking Made Simple, Simply Defined collection. The greenish background paper is by Cosmo cCicket. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. 

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When Life gives you Scraps Make a Quilt card

This card has some straightness issues but it happens and it is what it is.

The patterned papers are by Cosmo Cricket. The die in the shape of a quilt square is byGina Marie Designs.

The sentiment stamp was by Stamp N Plus Scrap N and it is stamped onto an eBay rectangle die. 

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Another group of quilt cards

Floral Friday Coral Floral Card

The patterned papers are by My Mind’s Eye, Cosmo Cricket, Basic Gray. The sentiment by Hero Arts is stamped onto a Martha Stewart label sticker. The flowers are by Prima and brads probably from Making Memories.

Papers are same as above. The sentiment stamp by Hero Arts is stamped with Versa Fine black ink on a scrap of paper that has powdered chalk on it. It punched out beautifully using an oval punch by Marvy. The sentiment stands out from the white flowers most of which are by Prima. Thanks for looking.

The above photo is the rough draft of the 2nd card. I like what I went with. Thanks for looking.

March calendar Layout Celtic Cross

March-The patterned paper is Christmas paper. (Little Yellow bicycle?)

The cross is from a junk mail card set.

The gold cardstock is by Creative Memories 

The green patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket

Border Punch by EK Sucess 
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Manly Monday layered Orange and Black Birthday card

I thought the card above was finished, but then I decided to add the plaid patterned paper behind the front card panel and liked it so much more. 

So for the new card, the patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket. Birthday die by Clearly Besotted. I cut out one with orange Bazzill cardstock and another with black Recollections cardstock. When I glued them together I offset the black one under the orange.

The epoxy stickers are by Cloud 9 which is a company of Fiskars. The dotted line is made with an orange pen. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Santa is outside the window Christmas card

The brown patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket. The window die is an oldie by Tim Holtz. The patterned paper inside or rather it's outside the window it's another oldie by Martha Stewart. The sentiment sticker is by Mrs. Grossmans. Thanks for Looking.

March Calendar layout Science nerds at the cottage

March 2019 Cottage Calendar- Science nerds with Chemistry shirts.
Patterned paper by Creative Memories, Cosmo Cricket, Scrappin' Sports, and More (Tag). Stickers By Karen Foster and EK Success. Thanks for looking.

Apples made on my Cricut in my fall card

Today’s card was made using inspiration from my Snow White card. I had just been coloring in the images when I found all of the pieces of this card. The pieces were in my room just waiting for each other to come together as one. Ta-Da!

The apple is a Cricut cut. I inked the outside edges with distress oxide inks.

Background stamp by Stampin Up. 

Wood patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket.

Then I hid the bite of the apple with a loving sentiment stamp to use as an anniversary card.

Here are some other apple die cuts.

I'm entering this card into the challenge
Bitten by the Bug of using patterned paper
Allsorts Challenge Blog autumn
Creative Inspiration-Fall or Halloween

Through the Craft room Door

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Floral Friday with a Lawn Fawn Flowerbox card in Purple

This is my window's flower box made with Lawn Fawn flowers. I fussy cut the flowers and added some glittery accents to the center. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket 6x6 Joy Ride paper pack. Although the card has evolved in ways that I didn't think would look good, I'm happy with the finished card.

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A Snow White card and an Acorn Card using scraps of paper from my stash

I have two similar cards that are I made the frames with scrapes.

The Snow White stamp is by Inkadinkado. I colored her in with Copic markers.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant.

Frame-It’s mostly cardstock but a few patterned papers By

Cosmo Cricket 

Jillibean Soup

Recollections 

I want to add an apple to the left side where there is a little imperfection in the paper.

The acorn stamp is by Stampin Up. The patterned papers are scraps from my stash. The orange is a Kleenex box.

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Triple layered Pink Hello card

I rarely make a card without stamps on it. But there are no stamps on my card today. 

The sentiment sticker is by Pebbles and is on a label sticker by Close to my Heart

The scalloped square die-cuts are by Spellbinders.

The round die-cut on top of them is by My Mind's Eye 

The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket

The ribbon that I wrapped around the corners is by Offray

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A Single Flower in a Mushroom card

This single flower in this card makes me think of the single rose in Beauty and the Beast. Even though my flower is not a rose and is inside a mushroom and not glass, basically they are nothing alike, the card makes me think of the movie Beauty and the Beast. Lol (that probably made absolutely no sense to anyone but me lol)

The flower stamp is by Lawn Fawn. I colored it in with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out.The sentiment and the circle stamp around it are by American Crafts 

The die-cut frames are negatives from a Cricut cut. The mushroom was cut out using my Cricut. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket and Basic Grey

UPDATED 5-3-22 WITH A REVISED CARD WITH BORDERS.

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