Manly Monday Spider border Halloween card

I made the background with a star stencil by The Crafters Workshop. The tombstone stamp is by Stampin Up. I made some highlights with Copic markers. The border die and spider web dies are unknown.

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Pink and Orange Z Fold card

Double Z fold card with unknown patterned paper and yet Stampin Up patterned paper on the inside flap.I used flowers by Prima with Cloud 9 enamel stickers. The butterfly sticker is by K and Co. HAGD 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge PINK

Purple kite card

Background stamp by Stampin Up. Sentiment stamp by Fiskars. Kite die cut is by Creative Memories. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge 

3 Ornaments 3 Christmas Cards

I made these cards with stamps by Cloud 9 which is a Fiskars company. I used Colorbox pigment inks for the ornaments. 

The border is patterned paper by Best Creations 

Sentiment cut out with Cricut. 

The orange and white cardstock base is a recycled cardstock that was used in cars displays. I used a corner rounder on most of the corners. The Merry die is from Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I’m entering these cards into the 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday add text challenge

Christmas in July at Make My Monday challenge blog

Christmas cards all year long-M N O challenge

Orange card is M for Merry

 Blue card is N for Naughty 

Red card is O for Ornaments 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Make your own background challenge

Manly Monday Ride a bike cards

This is my 4500 post!

I colored the leaves and tree branches in with Copic markers. 

This first card uses a cloud embossing folder by Stampin Up. I inked it with Distress Ink. I created the grass with my Copic markers. 

Darice tree embossing folder colored with Copic markers. I also used the markers to extend the grass from the Creative Memories grass patterned paper. The banner die is by Sizzix and the happy stamp is by Lawn Fawn. 

Happy Easter

The butterfly is heat embossed with pink powder by Stampendous. The background is a Gina Marie stencil. 

The sentiment was a die that I borrowed. I colored it in with colored pencils and markers. I’m entering this card into:

Simon says Stamp embossing challenge

Heat Embossed Pink Butterfly card

The butterfly stamp by Stampin Up is heat embossed with pink powder by Stampendous. The background is a stencil by Hero Arts. I’m entering this card into the 

Simon Says Stamp embossing challenges

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

Manly Monday multiple steps background

The background doesn’t really look like much, but it took a couple of steps to get there. I don’t love it but somebody will love getting this card. What I see and what the recipient sees are very different.

The card base is cherry red and I was going to work that background into an orange red like the sentiment card. Stand back! LoL! 

I took a background stamp from Stamping Up, inked it with black distress oxide ink and placed the card on top of it. I sprayed the background with water and hit it with the heat tool. I heavily inked the background with two oxides and the one I know was Rusty Hinge. I went direct to paper and it wasn’t changing the color like I thought it would. While the ink was still wet I heat embossed it with clear powder. The embossing didn’t cover it completely but that’s okay

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-Thank you card.

Manly Monday more baseball cards

I cut the gloves out with my Cricut. I used Stampin up sports stamps.papers from all different manufacturers. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Baseball Cards

The bat stamp is by Stampin Up. The arrow die cut is by Clearly Besotted. It reminds me of the stitching on a baseball. 

The arrow die is by Clearly Besotted. The ball in the above card is a sticker on foam adhesive. The sticker border at the bottom is by Creative Memories. 

The borders and ball corner, as well as the bat, are by Accord Publishing. The Play stamp set is by Colorbok.. I colored in the “Play” sentiment.    

Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Happy spring card

This card linked below is similar to the one above.

Quad square spring card

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Smile! Camera stamp card

The camera stamp is by Just Rite stamps. I colored it in with Copic markers. Then I created the background using an old stamp set by Stampin Up. The pink ink is by Stampin Up and the green and blue ink pad is by Hero Arts.

I cleaned the smile stamp after using it with the pink ink. It wasn't good enough because when I pushed the stamp down onto the blue and green ink pad, remnants of the pink ink ruined my ink pad. I was so disappointed. But paper always has two sides. I flipped it over and made my background all pretty.

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Challenges:

This Color combination is from the challenge Color Throwdown

Di's Digi Designs challenge - Circles

My Time to Craft challenge - 1 Camera, 2 color gems, and 3 colors of ink on the circle stamp

NBUS-Never been used supplies - I've never used the circle stamp before.

Promakers challenge - Embellish it (the pearls)

Retro Rubber Stamps Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (The center line: Dots, My choice is Pearl embellishments and my favorite color is green. The retro rubber stamp is the circles by Stampin' Up from 2006)

Polka Doodles- Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stenciled Butterfly Cards

For my first card I created the background, using a Stampendous stamp that reminds me of a dandelion. To get the multiple colors, I used different pressures and second-generation stamping. 

The butterfly is a stencil from Dollar Tree. I colored the lines of the butterfly with a red Copic marker. Then I added more color to accent the design in colors matching the patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. When I cut the design out I left an outside border, which accents the coloring.

The sentiment is by Stampin and Scrapping. The last thing is the twine on the left side is by Lawn Fawn

The card above using two diagonal striped patterned paper and the obvious one is by Stampin Up. The second diagonal stripes are on the butterfly. I arranged the stripes to go in the same direction as the other patterned paper. 

The butterfly is the same design as the first card. When I made this butterfly I only traced the design with red Copic marker and did not fill it in. A difference between the two butterflies is  out close to the edge. Then I ran a darker red copic marker along the edge.

 The doodling on the top and bottom of the center panel comes from the pens used on the draw and cut feature on the Cricut. The sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Gingerbread Cookies Craft Roulette card

Craft Roulette #241

Z-fold card

Scarecrow colors

Baking

Crinkle inkle 

The sentiment is a draw and cut with my Cricut. The patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The gingerbread men stamp are by Smith Craft.  Aluminum foil.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Double Sophisticated cards

I cut out both of the silhouettes using my Cricut. 

The card on the left: 

The white colored patterned paper Recollections and the dark patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View. 

The Fiskars Stamped sentiment I heat embossed it in white. 

I cut the gentlemen's silhouettes die cuts on my Cricut.

The card on the right:

The patterned paper is by Adorn It and Stampin Up. 

Stamped sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

I popped up the die cut with foam adhesive. 

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October Calendar Layout The new Mr. And Mrs

The pumpkin patterned paper is unknown but if I had to guess it would be The Paper Studio. The background patterned paper is by Daisy D. The patterned paper border in the center is by Making Memories. The large green leaf is by Stampendous. The brown leaf punch is by Marvy. The other leaf die cut is by Sizzix. The stamped sentiment is by Lawn Fawn and the stamps in the squares on the right is by Stampin Up. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Books at a Coffee shop card

This card is for Craft Roulette card #213

Project: Hello card

Colors: Robust-my online resources said browns, dull orange, dull yellow, and grey
Element: Workplace people at work drink lots of coffee 

Random: Mixed media -Copic markers, background stamp, and using wallpaper.

 I made the background using a background stamp by Stampin Up with Hero Arts ink. The book stamp is by Darice and is colored in with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut the image. 

The brown and blue square dies were bought off eBay. The interesting look to them is because there was already a hole in the center of the blue square. So when I lined up the squares there was a funky look to it.

The “Hello” sentiment and the border dies are by Spellbinders. The side border is made from wallpaper samples.

 The rust-colored sticker dividing the stamped area and the border is by Creative Memories, I’m using up some oldies but goodies.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Happy 27th Anniversary to us

This is the anniversary card I made for my husband. Well, we were lucky to be able to take a vacation up north with family on the actual day of our anniversary. Sadly, I forgot the card at home, and even worse, I still haven’t given it to him.

The flower was folded crêpe paper/streamer paper. I had stamped it with a Stampin Up wheel stamp and gave it a little bit of Stickles. The arch die was a Cricut cut. The doily is by Doodlebug. The letters and heart are like Quickuts. And the patterned paper is by Papertrey Ink.

Card made this card for Craft Roulette #219

Parameters:

Project – anniversary.

Colors – garden salad. I looked up salads and found one with brown rice, walnuts, and tomatoes.

Element – new. The letter dies are new to me.

Random – fold a corner. The flower has many folded corners.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Trio Window Birthday Card

A very big and loud birthday card that I sent to my brother. It weighs a lot. I enjoyed making it was something different.

 

 

I made this card for Craft Roulette #209

Project-A tri-fold card (my card has three folds)

Colors-Sleigh ride (I did mine as in the Nightmare Before Christmas movie)

Element-funny or Joke(s) (The sentiment sticker says, “How old are you now?” That’s kind of funny.)

Random- out of proportion (both of the sentiment stickers have a large word in them and that is out of proportion from the other.

Now that I look at this card, the nonhuman middle cake looks like it’s flipping you off. LoL! 

Anyway, Thanks for looking. HAGD!