Manly Monday Black Background Music card

I made this background using thin patterned paper and an old Fiskars texture plate. From there I tested different red Copic markers on it to see if they needed to be refilled. Then I thought it was a good idea to go direct to paper with Black Soot distress oxide. That is a juicy ink pad and it saturated the paper all the way through. 

The image was cut out, and not very well from a patterned paper by Feature Art in Australia. I had to go around the edges with a dark grey Couture Creations alcohol marker to make them look even. 

The sentiment is an old rubber cling stamp by Fiskars. I stamped it out with Versa Fine black ink. The stars are from a birthday present die that I found with no packaging.

These cards are going out for donation.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges- Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge masculine 

I’ve been using this challenge to make and use products in different ways that I haven’t before. Idk if my projects are exactly right for this challenge but it’s helping my creative block.

Simon Says Stamp Wed challenge-Anything goes 

Addicted to Stamps-any occasion

Glitz and the heart of letters-M for masculine

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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Hearts Patterned paper Love you card

The patterned paper is by Recollections, and the hearts were cut out using dies by eBay, Papertrey Ink, Cricut, and a punch by Creative Memories. The I Love You stamp is by Forever in Time.

My card today was made as an example for my niece. Last month she did a collection for the American Heart Association. I sent her some card stuff so she could create some awesome thank-you cards for those people that donated. 

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Floral Friday yellow and purple spring cards to donate to a senior living facility.

This is another set of spring cards I made to donate  to a senior center. The patterned paper is by Accord Publishing. The black cardstock is from Michael’s and the purple paper is from Studio G. The chipboard arrows were painted with Mr. Huey's paint. I can’t remember who makes the paint. To finish that landscape card I did something different and that I put patterned paper underneath each arrow. Before I shipped them out I saw this sticker and it was that something that this card needed. Thank you for stopping by.

Floral Friday Red flower Cards for Donation

I’m still very frustrated with the quality of my pictures. Did bladder change because I didn’t change the way I take pictures. Anyway these are for a donation to a friend of mine bring cards for the elderly at a senior center. Use the flowers are cut outs by an old calendar by Accord Publishing. The red polkadot pattern paper is by My Mind’s Eye. Rest of the pattern paper are scraps from my stash. thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Happy Flowers upcycled cards

My cards today were made using the outside and the inside of a store-bought card. Below are my cards and then look at the next picture and see what I did.

First card: I added the vellum sentiment. The floral heart is the inside of the card. It also uses a second store-bought card; the pink patterned paper. See the next picture. 

For the second card, I used Tim Holtz die cuts.

The background paper is by Studio G
The letter stickers are by Studio Calico

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Floral Friday Turning 100 years old

Small flowers are by Prima and the other flowers and brads are from my stash. The patterned paper is by Basic Grey (I think). The border is a sticker that I acquired throughout the years. Number stickers are by Freckled Fawn. I used a piece of 6x6 paper and to use up the whole piece of paper the white row of cardstock is the 2" piece of paper that I always have leftover from. So I will have to remember that one thing. Thanks for looking.

Soft colors make a wreath card

I made my card today using die cuts from a Sizzix set that is full of birds. The patterned papers I used were by K and Co., Pepertrey Ink, and Tim Holtz. The background paper is by Studio Calico. The sentiment stamp was a set I bought off of eBay. I've been on a shopping spree the last month. I'm not as familiar with my new products. Anyway, the bow is a sticker by Mrs. Grossman. I punched the center of the wreath out with a Marvy circle punch.

Lately, I have been doing challenges for inspiration and a place to start.

I made this card for the challenge at

The Sisterhood of Crafters

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Four Cards using a wreath die cut

I've had these wreath die-cuts in my stash for years. It was time to take an afternoon and put them onto cards. I made the sentiments with my Cricut using the draw and cut feature. The wreath die-cuts are unknown. I inked them with Colorbox chalk ink, distress ink, or colored in with colored pencils (the one on the far left). The patterned paper is by Making Memories called Autumn Splendors. There are pieces of patterned paper by Provo Craft. The jute is by Tim Holtz. Border punch by EK Success. 

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Fall colors Tag with Floss Card

I am posting this card a day late for the fall equinox because Wednesday is for calendars, which the calendars are appropriate to.
The background stamps on the left are by Stampin Up.
The sentiment and the whole tag were part of a trade years ago. 
The patterned paper is by Studio G

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100th Birthday cards

I made these cards to donate.
The gift and number stamps are by Stampin Up.
Birthday die-cut is by Clearly Besotted (?)
I used a Darice border embossing folder with Stickles
The card on the left uses a recycled background.
The patterned paper used on the card on the right is by Studio Calico.

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Up cycling Grandma's card

When we would visit Grandma in Detroit she would give me all of the cards she had received. Including my own.

She would have been 101 today. She passed from Covid last October. She once told me that she just wanted to make it 100 and she did. Such a sweet lady and I got to spend 4 days with her in 2017. I learned a lot. She even let me tape her talking. Idt if any family members know that I have those recordings. That's what makes them even dearer to my heart.

This card was easy to alter. All I had to do was change the sentiment.

The brads are the type with the ability to put ribbon or in this case, I did lace through them.

Here's a picture of those brads.

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Manly Monday Rockets and Stars card

There are no stamps on this card. I did use distress ink around the edges.

The star die-cuts are by Gina Marie 

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon and Provo Craft.

Nothing special. I made it for a birthday card request on the Facebook group. A little boy likes space and planets and this is what I was able to do. 

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Thank you Card for my doctor that includes Medical Die-Cuts

I made and sent this thank you card to my pain doctor

The sentiment is by Hero Arts

The die cuts are by Cricut

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Colorful and a bit obnoxious butterfly card

This card was donated to someone turning 40. So altogether the sentiment reads, “Sparkle and Shine, Say goodbye to 39.”

The butterfly stamps with matching dies are by Recollections

The embossed background is by Cuttlebug

The corner die-cuts are by Sizzix and the sentiment sticker is by Crate Paper

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Sunflower upcycled card

I love sunflowers and I couldn't resist taking apart this store-bought card. Some of the pieces were from the inside of the card.

The sentiment is a piece of vellum that I made in my Cricut using the draw and cut feature. 

The yellow die-cut is by Spellbinders

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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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Sitting here...Thinking of you card

The bird on the branch was originally an ATC that I thought with a few added bits, it would make a nice card.

I made the sentiment by stamping these alphabet letters stamps from the dollar bin at Michael’s.

They are the second generation stamped.

 The dry embossing is a Cuttlebug folder.

The polkadot patterned paper is by Crate Papers. 

The inside sentiment says, “thinking of you”.

So all together it says, “Sitting here thinking of you”.

This will make a nice donation card.

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Recycled card base with oval cards

Today I have an upcycled card set. The "patterned paper" is a card that I recycled. It just so happened that the same card had two similar arrangements of flowers on the inside and outside on the bottom. They both needed to hide some text. This made for the perfect area for an oval die-cut. The oval die-cut is by Spellbinders. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts. The felt butterfly die-cut is by Little Yellow Bicycle

For the 2nd card,

The chipboard, which is the pink polka dot flower, and the yellow frame for the flower is by Making Memories.

The yellow with pink circle in the center flower is by The Paper Studio. 

The border sticker is by Doodlebug. 

These cards are certainly not my favorites but I made them so I should post them. 
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No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Card

The Facebook group that I am in had a card request for a sick tween.

The die-cut was cut out with my Cricut. I inked the edges with distress ink. 

Funny now but not at the time, I lost a banana after I changed the image to a different size. Ugh! Are you kidding me? I was going to go without it but it drove me nuts and I had to find a way to make a new one. You could say it drove me bananas...but it’s not that funny.

The sentiment was also created with my Cricut using my pens. Love that feature.

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