Floral Friday Green Mixed media Card

The Stampin’ Up flower was heat embossed with platinum in embossing powder from Ranger.  Then I used a stencil from Recollections to add some interest to the background patterned paper by K and Co. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. 

I wrapped some felt ribbon by Current around the bottom portion of the card front but thought it needed something. So I took a piece of blue string and wrapped it around the ribbon and tied it into a knot.

The sentiment die was cut out of scrap paper that I used to check my Copic markers. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday add green

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday add green challenge

December CaleNdar Layout wearing Shorts in winter

I made the mistake of asking him what he thought of this layout to which he replied why do you do you have Santa heads with shorts? I didn't think it mattered because I mostly go by colors in the photos and this worked.

The Santa paper is by My Mind's Eye. The whistle was made with my Cricut. The green corners are a square cut corner to corner. The words were made with letter stamps from OTC.

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May Calendar Layout Gone Fishing

Products-Oriental Trading Co letter stickers in square punches by Creative Memories. Fishing title by The Paper Loft. Patterned paper by Colorbok. Thanks for looking

Friend layout pictures from a crop in 2008

This is an old layout that was hanging out in my drafts. All of the paper is by Die Cuts with a View. Circle shapes were cut out using the Creative Memories cutting system. The flowers are from Oriental Trading Co. The date alphabets are by Lawn Fawn. The journal box and the rhinestones were picked up at Michael’s. Thanks for looking. 

Feminine Cards With a side door feature

I got some new dies. I love this one on the front. And what I love even more is the Gemini cut it out beautifully.

It’s a crappy view of how it stands up.

On this second card, the front flap is plain…oh no. Look again. I die cut the end and have it in a slit made on the left side..

These were inspired by this card making summit that I attended a couple of weeks ago. This card design was from Erin Reed Makes. The design is kind of strange but it worked with these pretty papers by My Minds Eye. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Poker BIL's Card

This is the front of the card. The crimper is by Fiskars. The little playing cards are dies by Quickutz. The patterned paper underneath the straight flush is by Tim Holtz. I'm not sure about the bottle cap but it beautifully fits in as a 10 of hearts. The alphabet stamps are by Oriental Trading Co. It's a great little set. 

And this is the inside of the card. The inside letters are Michael's. I thought it was witty
Straight Flush? Nope! 4 of a kind for our 7 card stud because he turned 47. 

But now that I read again, it's hard to understand.

This is a fabric that I used heat and bond to attach the fabric to the cardstock.

Cricut cut the four and seven.

And then I tripped on the finish line and cut the word kind in the wrong spot. It turned out fine.

Here is another poker playing card

Another post using the playing cards
Playing Solitaire birthday card

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Floral Friday Christmas Wreath Tags

The doilies are by Doodlebug. Red flowers from my stash. Green by Prima, Green polka Dot Oriental Trading co. and red is unknown. Tags from stash. Right tag upcycled from my mom's work and I stamped with a Hero Arts background stamp. I will probably fill in the center of the second tag. Thanks for looking.

Peach Easter cross card

I've been making these Easter Cards to donate to the church and they send them to shut-ins. Ironic since I'm one myself. The pattern paper is by Provo craft. The die cut is by Gina Marie. The circle punch is by Creative Memories. The cross is a sticker by Jolee’s. The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug and the kraft cardstock is by Oriental Trading Co. Thanks for looking 

December Calendar Layout with Us by the parent's tree

I post a calendar layout every Wednesday. They are from all different years but I post the same month that we are in. Come back to see what January looks like

This layout is from my brother's 2019 calendar.
The background paper is by Scenic Route. The cardstock in the center has been inked. The center embellishment/border is something I cut out of a patterned paper by MME. Flowers are by Prima and Oriental Trading Co. The brad is by Making Memories. I can't think of who made the little title but as I go through my things I will find out and add it to the post. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Accordion Fold WERQ Christmas card

I used my Cricut to make this accordion card. My hands hurt to type. So I will come back and give products.

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December Calendar Layout Mom and Bob's Chair

Red neck chair skiing. PP-Creative Memories. The black and cream striped ribbon is by Stampin Up. Label case by Making Memories, stamped the title using OTC stamps, and brown ink by SU. This layout is from the 2019 cottage calendar. That is my husband and I did not sign a waiver for him to do this but I did sign life insurance papers. I'm totally kidding. Thanks for looking.

December Calendar Layout Side by Side

This layout is from the December home calendar 2019. Patterned paper by Craft Smith (Michael's). The letter stickers are from Oriental Trading Co.
<Click> Side note-I strongly dislike it when alphabet stickers do not have numbers. Continuing on, the grass border by Creative Memories. Black cardstock by Recollections.THANKS FOR LOOKING

Floral Friday Scrapbook layout of Mimi as she matured into Jo.

I added lots of flowers to these layouts. This is my MIL as she turned from young Mimi into a mature Jo.

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Manly Monday Cell Phone reminder Band Practice card

Isn't this the cutest phone stamp? Perfect for teens.

The problem with the phone stamp is that it’s upside down on the card. The button should be at the bottom. I didn’t realize it until a month later from sending it to a young man for his birthday. I thought it was so cute and clever to include band practice. It took me a long time to stamp those words in the phone with tiny red rubber alphabet stamps for the sentiment to be personalized for him. Oh well.

The sentiment is made up of alphabets by Lawn Fawn, Oriental Trading Co, and Close to my Heart is by

The music note stickers are unknown

The patterned paper is by Jenni Bowlin. Omgoodness! That paper is old.

This could be a repeat card. I looked on my blog and it wasn't under searches of phone, music, band, or teen. I apologize if it is.

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Christmas Tree Embossing paste card

The brass tree stencil is by Lasting Impressions, Circa 1997. I used Dreamweaver Stencils embossing paste and Perfect Pearls. The tape ripped the cardstock when I pulled the stencil up. It was too pretty to toss, so I kept it, and tada. It made it onto a card. The ribbon is by Michael's and Oriental Trading Company. The die-cut is by Spellbinders. The patterned paper is by Martha Stewart

This is the inside of the card.

I'm entering this card using a stencil into:

Sisterhood of Crafters

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Blue Sewing Swirls Happy Birthday Card

The swirl design that I poked into cardstock came from a stencil by Oriental Trading Co. I backstitched the design with blue floss by DMC. 
I show a picture of the stencil at the end of the post.
The sentiment stamp is by Lawn Fawn.
The blue paper is an old folder.

I love the beautiful card and can only imagine the joy it would bring to someone receiving it. But I hate poking the holes. Tedious and hard on my wrists and right elbow.

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My card today has a little story. I’ll keep it brief.

About 4 years ago I used a stencil by Oriental Trading Co. The stencil is designed for you to poke the holes of the design through cardstock and then to do a backstitch in the holes and so I did just that on this paper/cardstock.

This paper has traveled around my craft room being placed in this drawer and then moved to another drawer.
So here’s my first problem with this card front, it was an odd size, and a lot of times it wasn’t bagged up.

 It’s ridiculous because I have a lot of baggies. When I would find it I just could not figure out what I wanted to do with it. It’s so pretty and time-consuming and maybe I didn’t want to make it into a card and give it away.

Well, the latest time that I moved it, I noticed that the sewing was starting to come loose. 

It looked frazzled. 

It was time to make it into a card. I didn't want all of the time spent on this card to be wasted.

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Calendar page Wednesday Daddy Layout

I have so many calendar scrapbook layouts that I haven't posted and would like to.

So Wednesday will be my day for the calendar layouts and will coincide with that month.

I will be posting calendar pages from 2019, 2020, and 2021 calendars. I make calendars for my brother, for our cottage, and for our home. You might even see calendars from earlier years.

I posted one last week and here's week 2:

June-The Paper Studio and Sunborn patterned paper. Cardstock by Coordinations, Recollections, and Oriental Trading Co. Cricut title.

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Manly Monday Gabe with his Great-grandparents 2005 Layout

Another layout finished and ready to go into the scrapbook for my nephew.

The letter stamps were bought from Oriental Trading Co. 

The letter stickers are by Freckled Fawn

The vellum sentiment is by K and Co.

The pocket is by Colorbok

The embellishment that says Family and Cousins are from a dollar store.

The circle die-cut with 2005 in it is by Gina Marie

The patterned paper is by The Paper studio (stripes), Basic Grey (blue background), 

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Scrapbook Layout of Hubby in 2nd grade

This layout is for my hubby's scrapbook.

I’m not sure of all of the details of these layouts other than:

Crate Papers 

Shaped paper from Michael’s Recollections 

Some stickers on the side are by Little Yellow Bicycle 

The labeling was done with tiny alphabet stamps from Oriental Trading Co. 

There are some Elle’s Studio labels

Patterned paper by K and Co and Stampin Up.

The twine is unknown.

Letter stamps are by Lawn Fawn.

And here the two layouts are side by

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1979 Blue Pocket Page Scrapbook layouts

Two very busy pages. Too busy in my opinion.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn and aunt stamp by SNP

The stickers by Oriental Trading Co, Tim Holtz, and Not so Cute Stickers

The die- cuts in the center square are leftovers from a Cricut cut.

The date was cut out with my Cricut

There's a Project Life card in there

The border is by Sunborn

Rub Ons in the bottom right corner

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