Floral Friday with pink and orange patterned paper by Bazzill

The background patterned papers are by Bazzill. Idk why they were cut like this but whatever the reason I put them together meaning the paper is double-sided. The heart is a die from eBay. The sentiment is a sticker by Pebbles. Thanks for looking. 

Double up- cycled Christmas card

The patterned paper is by Pebbles. The eyelet is by Memory Makers. The gold thread is by Martha Stewart. The die cut is by Spellbinders and it was a wallpaper sample. The ornament of the manger scene was a advertisement from one of the ministries in town.

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Heat Embossed Snowmen for the January Snow challenge

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CHallenges:
Craft Rocket Challenge-Dies (border dies)

Colorful OPtions chllenge-winter blues

Floral Friday Clearly Besotted in Red and Black

The stamp and matching die are by Clearly Besotted. The red die-cut is chipboard that I painted with red crackle paint by Tim Holtz and Ranger. That tells you how long I've had that in my stash. The off-white scallop circle is possibly Stampendous. The black cardstock is dry embossed with a Chevron embossing folder by Cuttlebug. The patterned paper is by Pebbles

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Manly Monday Brown handmade background paper cards

The buck stamp is by Close to My Heart and I lightly colored him in with colored pencils. The edges of the image have been inked with distress ink. The sentiment stamp is unknown As you know I’m using up some scraps from my stash and this is mostly made from cardstock but they are a few patterned papers and the companies in this background are by Me and My Big Ideas, Close to my Heart, Tim Holtz, Deja Views, K and Co, The frame around the paper is by Pebbles. 

I had to flip the image of the background so that it was in the same direction as the cards.

This next card is my second brown handmade background. It is mostly made of scraps from my stash. The only patterned papers are the farthest left and those are by K and Company and Creative Memories 

The lion stamp is by Close to My Heart. 

I colored him in with Copic markers and colored pencils and inked the edges of the image with distress ink. 

The patterned paper around the image is by Pebbles. I tore the edges of the patterned paper and also inked the edges with distress ink. 

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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Fall Colors Thinking of You cards

I still have a few fall cards to post.

The larger leaf die-cut is by Gina Marie

I cut the TOY die-cut out with my Cricut.

The other leaf is a Creative Memories punch.

The chevron with glitter patterned paper is by Recollections 

In the card below, the leaf die-cuts were cut from a cereal box. I then inked them with green distress ink 

Sentiment sticker by Pebbles 

Leaves are by Spellbinders 

Patterned paper by Recollections 

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Purple flower cards with many layers

Check out how many layers are on this card

1.) Of Course, there's the card base 

2.)Next is the sparkly thank you card (see photo down below)

3.)A random piece of purple paper laying around

4.) Followed by a white square

5.)Then the purple Spellbinders die cut. 

6.)The next die-cut is a light purple rounded square

7.) The last thing is the pretty flower square punched out from a Store-bought card. 

8.)The sentiment sticker is by Pebbles

Babbling

The purple square dies that I used up above is one that I own and rarely use. There is a circle with the same edges. 

In an effort to use these different die cuts I only pulled out a few options of die-cuts while making cards.

I love to look at new products and want to buy them up BUT...I have stamps that have never had ink on them.

So, I've been trying to use what I have. and in this case, the die-cuts were already cut out/ All I had to do is see if I had the color that matched.

Next-

I've noticed that store-bought cards often have a small image on the back that matches the front image 

 and Idk who makes it

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Pink Triangles with a flower in the Center Card

This comparison of photos taken in front of natural daylight and manmade light irks me.

The flower in the center is a sticker 

The pink triangle cardstock pieces were in my stash

The Patterned papers: 

Pebbles for the flowery pattern and

Close to my Heart packaging up cycled for the stripes

I did use decorative scalloped edge scissors on Pebbles paper.

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Mini Baby Shower Cards in Mint and Purple

I had to make a small baby tag for a shower today. 

All of my baby boy's supplies were on my desk 

Therefore, I decided to make a few more for future use.

They all use a Karen Foster sticker, and die-cuts are by Spellbinders

I used Stampin Up star stamps for the background

But then the purple card has a sentiment inside by Current, circle, and tag dies from my stash.

The cup card sentiment by Pebbles, the circle punch by Marvy, and the ribbon by Offray. The bottle card, the sentiment is by David Tutera, and it's glued onto a chipboard button by American Crafts

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Sweet and Simple Smile card

The patterned paper is by Pebbles 

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders And flower by My Mind’s Eye 

The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars 

Sweet and simple.

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Worldly Cards Part 3

This is the last set of the world cards I made for a police department to show them some love and appreciation.

I used some bits and pieces from the previous cards that I posted

This starred paper is so old. I think it is by Making Memories

I set an eyelet and some ribbon inside

The right side has been misted with glimmer mist

Of them all, this is my least favorite. 

The background paper is too much. 

I like how I cut the sentiment die-cut in half. 

But maybe on a different card.

Patterned paper by October Afternoon

I don't love this one either.

 I think it's because I used two different Spellbinder die-cut shapes.

This last one, I stamped the edges with an old dance Stampin Up set.

The hello is a Heidi Swapp tag that I cut off the top.

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Dragon Fly Orange Hello Card

I used a dragonfly stamp by Etsy

Colored in with Copic Markers

The sentiment is by Pebbles 

The embossing folder is by Ranger Industries

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Feb 2019

Upcycled Sept 2019

July 2010

Orange Hello card with a Sizzix Flower Stamp

I used a stamp by Sizzix. It has a matching die but not this time

The sentiment is by Pebbles

The die-cut border punch is by Fiskars

The brad in the center of the flower is by Making Memories 

I’m entering this flower card into:
Allsorts challenge -flowers

Creative fingers-AG

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April 2017

Sept 2016

Purple 2016

Oct 2016 bday

Deep Red Stamps Summer tile card

I used a stamp by Deep Red Stamps in the set called,

Summer Tiles

I used colored pencils to color it in.

The sentiment is by Pebbles

The patterned paper is by Making Memories and Crate Paper

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Summer Hello

Pretty Corner Die cuts made into a square

I used an embossing folder by The Paper Studio

The sentiment is by Stamps for Life (maybe)

The scalloped circle die-cut is by Spellbinders and corners by Cuttlebug

The patterned paper is by Pebbles

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Peach with corners

I like the peach one more than this one.

Purple doggy Card

I used stamps by Gina Marie (dog, paw print and hearts) and Tuesday Afternoon (circles)

Ink by Hero Arts and Stampin Up

The sentiment is by Pebbles

Circles were cut out using my CM Cutting System

The patterned paper is by Quick Qutz

And 

a purple brad 

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Yellow and Brown CTMH flower Card

I used stamps by close to my Heart 

Colored pencils 

Fussy cut it out 

The sentiment is by Pebbles. I'm really making a dent in those stickers.

I have the same sentiments in 6 colors.

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders 

The yellow cardstock is by dry embossed with a folder by The Paper Studio

Rhinestone brad in the center. I keep trying to work those into every project too.

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Happy Heart in 2013

Yellow from May

Happy 2010

Soft Large Pink Polka Dots Thinking of you cards

A couple of pink thinking of you cards that I sent out to some assisted living centers in our area.

I used stamps by Stampin Up and TPC Studios.

I stamped the blue flowers inside the pink polka dots of the patterned paper. Then I stamped a blue border onto the punched border paper.

The blue ink is by Stampin Up.

The sentiment is by Pebbles-stickers

The rectangle die cut is from eBay. I inked the edges with pink distress ink.

The border punch and the flower embellishment are both by Martha Stewart 

The background patterned paper is by Making Memories and K and Co. for the paper of the border punch.

Ribbon is from Hobby Lobby

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Pink Deep Red Stamps Hello tag card

I used a stamp by Deep Red Stamps called 

Daisy Splash

I heat embossed it with white on a pink tag and colored in part of it with Copic Markers.

The sentiment is by stickers from Pebbles

The die- cuts are by the tag was in my stash

The white background paper is dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder

I inked the white BG with pink distress ink.

Bow is pink ribbon from my stash

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Orange from 2014

Feb 2014-Yuck!