For the Lovebirds

I put the heart earring from the 1980s around two of the closest doves on the patterned paper. 

I heat embossed the Lawn Fawn letter stamps in gold onto self adhesive vellum. 

You can see how much dimension that heart has in the picture above. 

This is the first fold using patterned paper by Paper Favourites, gold cardstock by Creative Memories, and heart dies. (unknown)

 

This is the final fold using heart patterned paper from the same paper pack and a wedding stamp by Stamping Up. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I’m entering this card into the

Simon Says Stamp Monday PUN challenge

Creative Fingers-Anything goes challenge

Rainbow with Circles Layout

A cute rainbow layout of our great niece and nephews. The heart paper is by Bella Blvd and the polka dots are by 

For the look of the pictures I cut out a white cardstock circle and cut off the top and bottom. I love the look. It was just what this layout needed. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday rainbow challenge

Ugly paper group 2

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Round 2 of cards with this ugly patterned paper

Simons Says Stamp wedding/ anniversary cards

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge anything goes

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

All You Need Is Love Card

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Sinon Says Stamp anniversary/wedding 

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)

Heart Background Special Friend card

The blue glitter paper is by The Paper Studio. I cut the hearts out with my Cricut. Then I backed the hearts with Color Aid paper. I popped it up with foam adhesive. Except the open heart. I stamped the sentiment with Staz-on black ink on Sizzix glitter cardstock. Neither of the glitter paper shed. To a special friend is a Stampendous stamp.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp-hearts

Simon says Stamp-Anything goes

All sorts make your own background

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! 

Floral Friday Altered Die cut card

The circular floral design is originally a heart. I stretched it out to go around the circle. You could call it a wreath. So now that I told you it was originally a heart can you see the heart? You don’t always have to use a die for its sole purpose. 

The floral die is by Sizzix and the Celebrate die is by Crafters Companion. The little heart die cuts are from my stash. 

The brown circle die is from 2008 when my Mom and I went to the Mega Meet in Novi, MI. We received a goodie bag from one of our classes and they were inside of it. It has a texture to it that reminds me of the old fold out cards. You would open the card and the shape inside of it would fan open. I’ll have to find out what the name of it. 

The pattern paper is older than the circle die cut. I would put it at 2005 and it is by Provo Craft. Using up my stash. 
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

ADDED IN APRIL:

This card uses the same patterned paper. 

The middle element was saved from  a store bought card. 

Triple Heart Love Anniversary card

I made this card for the anniversaries of 2026. At the end of the year, I give my BIL all of the cards he needs to send to our family. This includes birthday and anniversary cards. This year I want to have them ready for him.
The patterned paper is by Craft Consortium and the gold paper is by Sizzix. The Love sentiment die is by Couture Creations but the heart dies will be added later. I inked it making it dark at the top and fading it out to the bottom. Thanks for looking.

I made this card for 
Sisterhood of Crafters - Use pink or red
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Digi Choose Day - Anything goes
Gem of a challenge - Anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge - Anything goes
Tic Tac Toe Challenge Love sentiment, die cut, and heart
The Paper Shelter - Add a heart
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a heart
Creative Inspiration - Love is in the air
Double D challenge - red

Double Heart stenciled card

I stenciled the background with pastel distress ink colors. The heart dies are unknown but the heart patterned paper is by Craft Consortium. The sparkly paper is by Sizzix. Thanks for looking.

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.

Floral Friday Heart Border Celebrate card

This is the first card I made overlapping the heart stamp border. It goes with the other anniversary cards. But I don’t love this version of the card as much as the others. It’s a nice card for someone. It’s just not my favorite. 

The side panels are from a store-bought card. The sentiment die cut is by Sizzix. The heart rhinestones, which I don’t care for, are by The Paper Studio. Embellishing cards is awkward for me. It never looks…right. Anyway, the ink that I used on the heart stamp is by Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Scalloped circle card

I made this simple anniversary card using a scalloped circle pre-made card base by Recollections. I used my Cricut to cut out the green die cut and then put yellow cardstock behind it. The sentiment stamp and dual colored heart sticker are unknown. The gold heart is a Sizzix die with gold Sizzix paper. 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 

February Calendar layout 2024

I want to get all of 2024 on my blog so I can delete them from my phone to clear out space on my phone. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

February Calendar Layout Nora on the red bench

Happy Valentine’s Day.

I started by matting the pictures on to red cardstock by Stampin Up and added a red border to both sides of the red cardstock. I adhered that red clump to a piece of heart paper by Recollections. The title embellishment is from an unknown company. I’ll try to look at the package.

I made this calendar layout for the cottage. The picture of Annora B. was sitting on the red trailer as it was at the cottage that weekend. Mr Paul told her that she was sitting in my seat. 

Why? When I walk Rusty at home I have to take a pain break and I sit on the same red trailer. 

The second picture is us getting Dairy Queen for our 25th wedding anniversary. We’re high classy type peeps.

Thanks for looking.

February calendar Layout Love on the Beach

The pattern paper behind each of the pictures are by by Provo Craft and then the sand looking paper is by Creative Memories. The shell is a Cricut cut. Thanks for looking.

Valentine’s Day cards for assisted living residents

My niece and I made cards for the seniors at the assisted living center my mom was at.

The patterned paper is from a seasonal paper pad by The Paper Studio. The heart is a negative of something, and I just loved the way the words lined up with the shape of the heart. I drew a dashed line around the edges of the card with a Copic marker.

The heart and XOXO are die cuts from my Cricut. The Be Mine sentiment is an unknown stamp. The sentiment on the right is a cutout from a cereal box, and the purple sparkly heart die is unknown.

The pattern paper is by Recollections. The pink glitter heart is Making Memories. The border at the bottom consists of heart punches.

I know very little about the cards above. The background is dry embossed. The flower stamp was colored with markers for the multiple colors. The heart die cut was by Quickutz. The sentiment on the card on the right is by Lawn Fawn. The heart is unknown. Sizzix paper.

My niece put this one together. The red paper is dry embossed with hearts that are going horizontally when the pattern is vertical. The sentiment is by Hero Arts, and it is heat-embossed in white by a Spellbinders die cut.

Thanks for looking

November Calendar Layout Good Times

with the Groh Family

I used patterned paper by K and Co, Fancy Pants Designs as well as Die Cuts with a View.

The die cuts are by Spellbinders.

I wish I could tell you exactly where the heart and the Good times stickers came from but those things are downstairs.