Ugly Paper Group of cards.

You read that right. I don’t like this paper so I challenged myself to change its appearance. Challenge accepted. 

I inked the patterned paper with distress oxide and then stamped hearts on the paper. I’m not sure the manufacturer. The love sentiment die is by Couture Creations. The sentiment stamp might be by the same company. I’ll look. 

This card I covered the patterned paper with other patterned paper by k and co. The hearts are the negatives of a heart die.

There will be more ugly patterned paper cards

Simon Says Stamp-wedding/anniversary

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge anything goes

Floral Friday Spring Flowers sentiment

I apologize for the poor quality of the picture. I hadn’t taken it myself, but I wanted to send it to my stepmom. Consequently, I snapped the photo in my kitchen on a gloomy, cold day. 

The patterned paper is by Jillibean Soup. The stamp is by Couture Creations. I colored it in with Copic markers. I’m not sure what happened but one flower was cut off. Hmm. The sentiment is unknown. I love the rest of it. On the inside it says: “ Spring is in the air and your birthday is too”. I think it fits the image perfectly. I added some sequins from Fun Journeys Stampers. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Pretty Purple Cheshire Cat Card

This is my card for Craft Roulette #260

The challenge parameters were: 

Project-An envelope

Colors-toys

Element-Children's story

Random-List

I made my card look like an envelope with the patterned papers slanted into a V. The patterned paper has the Cheshire Cat in it, which would account for the toys' colors and the children's story element. The list is seen when you open the card to reveal "My favorite things..." Look at the photo below. 

The card was for my nephew, and he really liked it. 

This second card was for the bonus gallery. It has the look of an envelope, same colors as above, the children's story is in my kid's cabinet, and the list of Happy Birthday stickers.

Craft Roulette #260 color combo. We are doing a side color challenge along with the chosen color parameter because the color parameter can be very loosely interpreted. It's been said that they will allow it as long as you can justify it.

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. 

Manly Monday Cheers to the New Year

Happy new year with a Craft Roulette card Manly Monday style. It’s from episode #246. The parameters were:

Project-holiday card

Color-Trees

Element-Drinking vessel

Random-something from your floor.

Overlapping Hearts Stamped in a row

The patterned paper is by  Deja Views. The vellum sentiment is by Quick Quotes, and I adhered it with a Xyron sticker maker. The heart stamp is unknown.  I added pearls by Couture Creations and sequins by Fun Stampers Journey.
It was by accident that I stumbled onto this design. It’s not a new, original, or even cre8ive design, but it’s not what I was trying to do.

I was auditioning different shades of pink ink with a different heart stamp onto white cardstock. I couldn’t find the right pink or red color for yesterday's card, and so I thought maybe if I stamped one heart on top of the other, I would get the color that I was trying to match. I’m looking to match the patterned paper. But then I quickly realized that you can’t do that with rubber stamps on a wooden block. They end up kind of halfway on top of each other. Tada, this stamped border design was put together and then changed up for this card. So that’s what I thought of when I first came up with this idea.  

Thanks for looking.

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!

Pastel Butterfly Cards

I white heat embossed the butterflies and colored them in with Copic markers. Butterflies and sentiment stamps are by Stampendous.

I used the same patterned paper as my first layer. Even though it's mostly covered up it pulls out the little bit of color in the butterflies. The patterned paper pad is from Hobby Lobby. (I should use it more).

The diagonal design border on this second card is washi tape by 3M. It's a pain to get off the roll because it's fragile and the stickiness isn't consistent. I almost had it to the size I wanted and it ripped. Oh, Come on!!

 The lace is from Scrapbooking Made Simple, the oval die cut is by Spellbinders, and the celebrate die is by Couture Creations.

Thanks for looking.

Cinco De Mayo Card

This is another Craft Roulette card for #207

A2 card: yup.

Color palette- Ice Cream Shop: I did lime and orange sherbet.

Element: Tasty or Taste. I did Margaritas. This is a piece of patterned paper from a desk calendar from 2004 by Accord Publishing.

Random: Banner. Celebrate sentiment is on a banner. I  individually stamped Lawn Fawn Harold alphas on a Sizzix die cut (Cricut yellow adhesive paper.)

The background is a Stampin Up stamp stamped with SU ink and sprayed with Couture Creations pinky/peachy colored spritz.

I didn’t know what I was going to do with those parameters other than it was a card and then it just came together. Check out Craft Roulette. It really gets your mind thinking in different directions about how to put a card together other than what I would normally do. I look at my products and think what could go together and then ask myself, does this go together? 

Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday large floral frame

Last summer I had two big spine surgeries. So before I went into surgery #2 I started stamping everything that could keep my attention. I thought that It would give me something to color while in recovery and then give me some backgrounds to pair up with the images. 

This background is one of them. I used a lighter pink ink with a simple Stampin Up background stamp onto white cardstock. 

The die cut is by Couture Creations. The cardstock is a glimmering pink cardstock from a holiday pack by Sizzix. I stamped a Stampendous sentiment onto white cardstock with a grey color ink. Then I took my Creative Memories square punch and made the sentiment look good before adhering it to the center of the die cut. 

Thanks for looking.

So I did new card with the same colors

I’m adding a new card on 4-30-24

 

My new card has rice paper behind the dye cut. The background paper is by Tim Holtz and I embossed it with a Creative Expressions embossing folder. Then I used a nail file to show the core of the paper. ( That’s what the two close-ups are showing the top and bottom of the of the paper)

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Diagonal Love Card

I used a Couture Creations border die and Love die.

Thanks for looking. HAGD!