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)

Manly Monday Jeep card

This Jeep was cut out with my Cricut. I could have cut out the layers to the Jeep but instead I colored it in with Copic markers. The star patterned paper is by Best Creation. The checkered patterned paper is very old and unknown. The sentiment is a stamp by Cloud 9 with and stamped with Distress Oxide.

Challenges:

Cardz 4 guys Summertime

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything goes 

I love Pro Markers-colored image

All sorts challenge-colours of summer (blue for blue skies)

The Craft Roulette 294 parameters were: 

Project-A2

Colors-holiday (blue for 4th of July)

Element-from the mountains 

Random-fancy paper (the clouds are iridescent)

Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Bookcase card

I made this card using these four parameters:

Project: Card with a bookmark (the blue book has a bookmark 🔖.)

Color: Circus colors (vintage circus)

Element: hugs (In the sentiment)

Random: feathers (birds)

The bookshelf stamp is by Recollections. On white color cardstock I stamped  it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with Ranger platinum embossing powder. I did the same with other colors of embossing powder. The bird stamps are from m stash. I hand wrote the sentiment. The book I cut out to emphasize was a bad move but…it works. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday back to school challenge

Floral Friday Foxy Purse card

The purse was made with card stock and patterned paper by My Mind’s Eyes. The fox stamp is by Ellen Hudson. I colored it in with Copic markers. I used acrylic paint on a stencil by Brutus Monroe on the white circle. The sentiment is a small alphabet stamp set by Stampin Up. 

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday 4 legged animals challenge

Manly Monday You are my Star card

The card is by Feature Art in Australia. The chevron stencil is by Creative Expression and ink is Distress Oxide. I made the corners by taking a square and  cutting it in half corner to corner.

Simon Says Stamp Monday stars and /or stripes challenge

I made this card for Craft Roulette #

Parameters:

Project: Slimline 

Color: insects (Googled insects)

Element: April (for Paul’s birthday in April)

Random: in the corner (corner dies)

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

“The Clawww” card

I made this card with a Lawn Fawn stamp set. I stamped it with Memento black ink onto Olo marker cardstock and then colored it in with my Copic markers. I fussy cut the image including the claw before gluing it to the blue cardstock. 

Simon Says Stamp Monday rainbow challenge 

Floral Friday Llama Graduation Card

I stamped the llama image with black Memento ink and I colored it in with Copic markers. (See the colors I used in the photo below.) Then I adhered it to the top folding card on a card. When you lift up the llama card front, you see a graduation cap that I cut out with my Cricut. The orange ribbon is from Michaels. Funny thing, I tried so hard to conceal the ribbon behind the white flap. After fiddling with it and it wouldn't do what I wanted it to. When I closed the flap and I liked it better sticking out from behind. Then I had to fiddle with it and make it stick out more.
 

 I heat embossed the background stamp with red, magenta, and orange embossing powders on white cardstock. Then I heat embossed a sentiment on a piece of vellum with Magenta embossing powder. I used a Xyron sticker maker to adhere the sentiment to the background.

Craft Roulette #268. Parameters: Project: A card for a student. This is a quirky graduation card for Maya. Colors: In modern. It's black and white with a loud color to carry the load and give it a pop.  Element: Clothing. The llama has a covering on its back, but you could count the graduation hat. Random: Abstract blob. The flowers in the background stamp by Hero Arts look like blobs.

The colors in this card are loosely based on this Color Cube card.

Thanks for looking.

4 Legged Friends Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge 

Anything goes Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge

Christmas Zoy Fold card

The patterned paper for the circle is by Stampin Up. The shiny red paper on the front is by Hunky Dory. The kit paper pad with all of the foil embellishments is by Studio Light. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp weather challenge (snowy scene in the above photo)

I made this card for Craft Roulette #277 but I haven’t had a chance to post it yet. I’m not sure if that counts for the  challenges I’m entering. The parameters are PROJECT: Zoy-fold COLORS: Sports team (Redwings hockey ) ELEMENT: Craft Roulette (I made this at Paperganza) RANDOM: Up-to-date (on my Christmas cards)

Manly Monday Owl the Moon card

The owl stamp is by Trinity Stamps. I colored it in with Copic markers. I masked off the moon as I created the background with distress oxides. I added some star sequences all around the background. I made this card for Craft Roulette #286. 
The parameters were: Project-A dude's card   

Colors-Sunflower fields

Element-birds

Random-soot

I'm also entering this card into the challenge
Simon Says Stamp-Wings

Allsorts Challenge-Masculine

Colorado Craft Co. Christmas bird card

I made this card at Paperganza July 2025, held by Craft Roulette.

The bird is a stamp by Colorado Craft Company. I colored it in with Copic markers. The red background is a upcycled cardstock that I sprayed with 2 different shades of red Glimmer Mist. The gold paper on the side is by Sizzix. The green patterned paper and rhinestones are unknown. The sentiment is from a card kit by Spellbinders. Thanks for looking.
Simon Says Stamp - Wings

Cloud Shaker dome cards

Craft Roulette #301Parameters:

Project: appreciation card (everyone appreciates a Christmas card)

Colors: Apple farm (Green trees, red sequins, blue skies)

Element: silhouette ( Santa sleigh)

Random: An old product (everything in the Lawn Fawn stamp set and the cloud shaker dome)

The cloud domes are by Jillibean Soup. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Desert Card

This was my Craft Roulette 296 card last week. I love how it turned out. The background was in the bin that I like to call, the
"I don’t know what to do with this background" . 

It almost got cut up into sentiment. But I’m glad it didn’t.

The background stamp is by Hero Arts and is heat embossed in silver. It was inked with two different colors of distress ink, which you can see how the top is one color is different from the bottom.

The image was made on a blank business card. The stamps are by Stampendous. I stamped the image a while back to see how it looks. 

The parameters for Craft Roulette were 

Project-A2

Colors-Fresh and Clean

Element-From the Desert

Random-Distressed edge

The one that is a head scratcher is thecolor parameter and how my card works with it. I followed Donna Shelcucky .

Thanks for stopping by.

Manly Monday You’re Turtley amazing

I made this card for Craft Roulette #292

Project-encouragement card. Color-sophisticated. Element-house pet. Random-thread

The green patterned paper is by Provo Craft and the blue background is by Basic Grey. The rectangle die and word stamps are by Lawn Fawn. The turtle is a stamp by Waffle Flower and colored in with Copic markers. The word Turtley is heat embossed in white on a Cricut die cut. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

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

Floral Friday Framed Square Sunflower card

I made this card for Craft Roulette #282. 

Project-card for a teacher. (My hubby). 

Colors-classroom colors (whiteboard and blue jeans on kids.). 

Element-from the country (sunflowers are in the country). 

Random– Frame. ( You can see the multiple frames of yellow and brown cut out with my Cricut)

The sunflower image is Stampendous. I color copied the packaging of the die set and then colored some areas with my Copic markers. Then I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I used a white gel pen bought on Amazon. The sentiment sticker is by Cloud 9.

Thanks for looking and HAGD! 

Upside Down Dog and Cat card

This is my Craft Roulette card. Episode 283. Parameters:

Project: Card for a nerd or nerdy. Beach colors. Element: Hip. Random: animal print. I hated these parameters and considered not contributing this week. But my friends helped pull it together.

I hope my sister gets it. She’s a vet tech and hurt her back. So I deliberately stenciled the dogs and cats upside down.

The stencil is an oldie from my stash. I started by using the ink left on the daubers of distress ink colors Tea Dye and Old Paper. I added a little bit of Tea Dye ink after that ink was gone. Then I came in with Black Soot distress oxide using the ink on that dauber. I was going to try and add shadows to the dogs and cats but I didn’t know how because they were going to be upside down. It wasn’t necessary.

 There were spaces that I didn’t have room to add another animal so I found an unknown animal paw print rubber stamp. I stamped it in the empty spaces.with Antique Linen distress oxide. the inside stamp is unknown, and the heart dies were from my stash. It needed that pop of color to accentuate that the animals were upside down for a reason. Sometimes when I put a panel on the wrong way I’ll keep it that way with a note inside.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Craft Roulette Matchbook Best Wishes Card

This card is for Craft Roulette #271

Parameters: Matchbook card (held together by two brads with jute wrapped around them. Jute is  Tim Holtz.)

Park colors: blue sky and dirt trails. We used Color Cube #176. (See below) The patterned paper is by Paper Favourites.

Element-key (I found it in my brad container) 

Here is a picture of the card opened.

Here are the Color Cube colors.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday stenciled Circles card

This is for the Craft Roulette #267
Parameters: 4 Bar card size which is 3.5 by 4 7/8. Colors: In a craft store. I used the color cube pictured below. The other side was a car. I used it as the model car section of a craft store. Element: Sewing. The rectangle has a stitched edge. Random: Stencil. The stencil is from Scrapbooking Made Simple

Thanks for looking.

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.

Manly Monday Colored Pencils Bird on a Tree

I made this card for Craft Roulette #258 with the guest May May Helms. The parameters were:

  HERE’S THE LINK TO MY CARD

The images are by Maya Road. The tree has a trunk with some bare branches. I had to do some masking to fill the tree with leaves and put the bird on top. One of the parameters was pencils, so I used colored pencils on my image.

This is the background made with distress ink. Thanks for looking. HAGD!