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

Floral Friday single flower birthday card

 The white background has a small shaded area of red in the center. l sprayed that white background with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. The green cardstock is by Sunborn. The red layer of cardstock I inked direct to paper with my dying Aged Mahogany distress ink pad. 

The frame is out of an old package that I will have to find.

The flower stamp is from Close to my Heart. I colored it in with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out. The sentiment is my new favorite by Memory box. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms challenge -include a flower

Sweet Stampin Birthday challenge -Birthday 

Girls Rebel- Begins with B (birthday)

Floral Friday Part of a Flower Die Cut

The die cut in this card is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. I colored the cardstock with Copic markers. The die is a frame but I cut it apart and added it to the card base. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Star stencil card

 I made this birthday card with glimmer mist and two stencils: The obvious one, the stars, and then underneath that is a polka dot. Those stencils are by The Crafter's Workshop. The sentiment stamp is by Paper Smooches. The star die cuts were in my stash. Thanks for looking.

May Calendar Layout Vitale’s with UT family

Brian’s 2019 calendar May-Family time

BG PPby CM. Doilies  (Paper), one by Doodlebug different die cuts from Authentic, K and Co. 

Other die-cuts by Spellbinders. Peach sticker by K and Co.Sprayed background by Tattered Angels.

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3 Rose Heart cards

I have three cards today. I used the same heart stamp in all of these cards and used the same color combo of different distress markers to color on the back of the stamp before I  huffed on it and stamped it onto white cardstock. The lighter-colored hearts are second-generation stamping. If you’re not familiar with the term second-generation stamping, let me explain. Like I said above, I colored the image with distress markers, huffed on the stamp, and stamped it onto a piece of white cardstock. Well instead of just doing the same steps again, I huffed on the rubber of the stamp and stamped it onto a different piece of paper. Because of the special properties of distress ink, the huff from my breath adds water to the ink on the stamp, reactivates the ink allowing it to make another impression. The image is lighter but still looks nice. So for my first card, I felt as though the card just needed something to make it not so blah to me. If you don't know, I was stuck upstairs for a while with limited supplies. My craft room is in the basement so my hubby helped me down the stairs to get supplies making this card a little bit better.

Drum roll, please

Tada! 

I inked the edges of all of the papers and the card base with distress ink.

 I created the background paper with a stencil by Gina Marie and a glimmer mist spray. I stamped the Lawn Fawn word “Sending” in black ink so that it would draw your eyes to it. I added a really old Colorbok oval sentiment sticker below, which completed the sentiment on the front card.

I really like the changes.

My second card has a small supply list except the background patterned paper is by K and Co.

The patterned paper strip at the bottom is by Making Memories.

I used a Fiskars border punch on the MM paper. (You can barely see it) 

For the third card, I used scraps of cardstock and patterned paper Provo Craft. The heart stamps in this card are the first generation stamping and the renovated card was the second generation.

All three together.

Below are links to my other cards with this stamp.

Another card with the same stamp 

Another card with the heart stamp

Thanks for looking

Cousins Layout with a Banner

When it comes to blogging, I'm putting too much pressure on myself. I have 70+ drafts in my blogger account that I can post but haven't because I haven't completed the written portion where I talk about the project. 

The pictures are there but for most, that's it. Therefore, for the next little while, I will be chatting less in order to post more. I may not even give a supply list. Anyway, this was a calendar layout that I repurposed to make a 2-page layout for my nephew's graduation scrapbook. The title banner has a little bit to it. The pennants were cut out using Cricut, then sprayed with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels and inked with distress ink. Finally, the alphabet letter stickers are by Making Memories. The years, the left side is a stickers by SRM and the right side is a die-cut that I welded the white cardstock 2010 together using the font Don Juan and my Cricut. The patterned paper on the left is by Stampin Up and the paper on the right is by Imaginisice. On the left side layout there is a strip of words between the two pictures that is from Imaginisce.

<ClicK> Have you ever thought, why did they call their company Tattered Angels, SRM- what does that stand for, Lawn Fawn, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Bug-a-Boo stamps, Echo Park, Spellbinders, studio Calico, Sizzix, Bazzill. I could go on. But I won’t. If you think of other company names please leave in the comments OR if you know why or where do these companies come from leave me a comment. I have three examples of company names that I can’t understand. 

Colorbox has closed and Colorbok LLC 

Dies to…Die For and Dies to Die For

 Gina K and Gina Marie

 Thanks for looking

1st set of Peacock cards

A long time ago, I colored the back of this Fiskars peacock stamp with distress markers and stamped it onto Forever in Time cardstock. I finally made all of the images into cards and have so many cards that I had to split them into two posts. 

I used epoxy square stickers down the center of the My Mind’s Eye patterned paper. The background paper is by Making Memories.

The die cuts on both cards is by Spellbinders.

The frame stamp is unknown.

The frame is one that I inherited from the same woman that I received all of those Christmas stamped images that I talk about every year. It is so beautiful and I have been hoarding it for a while. It was time to use it and there are others that you will see in the future.

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Purple Vases with some Pink Flowers Card

The vase stamps are from Close to my Heart and the flower stamp is from Stampin Up. The flower is sprayed with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. The gems are from Michael’s. The ribbon is by Offray. The patterned paper is by Papertrey Ink.

Not my favorite card but someone will appreciate the thought of being sent a card.

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Ariel mermaid card

My friend loves The Little Mermaid. This one was for her. 

I used stamps by:

 Ariel stamp is by Inkadinkado 

The rocks stamp is by Lawn Fawn 

Both stamps were colored with Copic markers 

The musical notes background stamp is by Hero Arts. And heat embossed in a light purple on a project life card. 

The sentiment just for you is by Fiskars and the Princess is unknown. It was heat embossed in silver and inked with distress ink and sprayed with Glimmer Mist. 

Ariel is on a Spellbinders label die cut that I inked the inside with distress ink before taking the paper out of the die. The matching rhinestone frame is by Want2Scrap

I bought the wave dies on eBay. I inked them with distress ink. 

This is just a picture of the stamped background on a grid lined Project Life card.

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Peace and Love Van Stencil card

I used a Dollar Tree stencil and Tattered Angels Glimmer mist spray to create the van 

The sentiment is made up of  a Marvy Peace sign punch, an epoxy circle sticker by Cloud 9 and an ampere sticker by Making Memories, and a love epoxy sticker by K and Co.

The patterned paper is unknown. I swap scraps with a friend.

I did add a border sticker by Creative Memories in between the cardstock and patterned paper.

Thanks for looking

Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Van Stamp

Peace Sign punch

My Mind's Eye Mint-Green-Purple Die Cut Cards

I put these two cards together because the die-cuts are from the same collection.

The first card. 

The patterned paper is by Colorbok

Cardstock by Bo Bunny 

I used a stencil and Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels to create the background paper in the middle

I also inked it with distress ink 

The die-cut scalloped flower, that is also inked around the edges with distress ink, is by My Mind’s Eye 

This second card is simple yet it has a ton of layered die-cuts by Spellbinders and My Mind’s Eye 

There are 4 layers of die-cuts that end with a tiny die-cut in the middle that says "Friends".

The patterned paper is by Colorbok 

And easy peasy. Looks cute and all done.

Thanks for looking.

Guitar You Rock cards

Here’s another set of music type cards.

The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars

The die- cut are by Sizzix with star brads with four prongs

I made the paper with a The Crafter’s Workshop stencil and Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels 

The guitar sticker is by The Paper Studio

2nd card: The dry embossing is with a Fiskars embossing plate with blue distress ink lightly patted on top. 

The guitar stamp is by Stickibilities and the sentiment by Clearly Besotted.

I colored in the guitar with Stickles and covered with Glossy Accents.

I fussy cut out the guitar and adhered it to a Sizzix die-cut

The patterned paper is by Studio G

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Baby Elephant So Blessed card

Wacky Holidays continue with
Elephant Appreciation Day

The elephant and sentiment are Close to my Heart stamps. The elephant is colored in with Copic markers.

The die-cut behind the elephant is by My Mind's Eye.

The background paper was created with glimmer mist or Smooches sprays. I was trying to figure out which ones were still spraying. There weren't very many.

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Recycled Scrapbook Border for Birthday cards

I used this border on a scrapbook page or maybe it was a calendar that I ended up taking apart. The border is patterned paper by EchoPark that is adhered to orangish cardstock by Sunborn. The off white cardstock bases have been sprayed with a few different colors of Glimmer Mist. The sentiments are Spellbinders die cuts. I added the K and Co butterfly sticker to the top card and rhinestones by Want 2 Scrap on the bottom card.

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Anniversary Cards

Thankfully, I still need anniversary cards and these two cards were so similar that I put them into one post.

Starting with the background, I sprayed Glimmer Mist onto a stencil by Heidi Swapp and then inked the edges with distress ink. The glitter paper is by Recollections, the black die cut is an oldie from Die Cuts with a View and the red heart is a Cricut die cut stamped with a Cloud 9 sentiment with red Simon Says Stamp ink. I think Cloud 9 is a company within Fiskars.

For this next card: I created this background of hearts using the negative of a Cricut cut that I inked with distress ink. The heart die cut is from eBay out of Forever in Time pink cardstock. The square die cuts look inked. The pink paper on the left is by Studio G and the sentiment stamp is by TPC Studios with Stampin Up ink.

I feel like the word sentiment Love is a darker ink than the Best Wishes sentiment. The first is by Simon Says Stamp and the second by Stampin Up. I think it’s time to replace my SU ink pads because the pads are uneven so refilling them has become pointless. I’ve had some of these ink pads for over 10 years. They’ve had a good life. Lol.

Thanks for looking

Merry Christmas! 2 cards today

Celebrate the season card

Start by making a 4 ¼  x 5 ½ red card base with cardstock by
Recollections. Dry emboss (Cuttlebug) white cardstock and adhere to the card front
to the top and center of the card base. Die cut and emboss green cardstock
(Sunborn) using the Spellbinders die and spray with Perfect Pearls mixed with
water. Die cut two different ornaments using the Cricut Expression out of
red patterned paper and white cardstock. Color the smaller die cut with
Smooch Ink by Colorbox and adhere both on top of the green die cut. Tape
a piece of cording by Darice behind ornaments and then to the back of the embossed
cardstock. Stamp sentiment (Hero Arts)with red ink (SU) and ink edges with
Barn Door distress ink. Adhere to the card front.

Start by making a 4 ¼  x 5 ½ blue card base with cardstock by Recollections
and sprayed the front with Forest Green Glimmer Mist. Die cut a
scalloped circle (Spellbinders) out of white cardstock (Recollections)
and ink the inside with Twisted Citron distress ink after embossing and
while the paper is still in the die. Die cut the Spellbinders
Shapeabilities Pendant Lotus die out of green cardstock (Sunborn).
Spray it with Key Lime Pie Glimmer Mist. Circle punch a 1 ½  out of Kraft
cardstock (Oriental Trading Company) and a 1 ¼ out white cardstock
(Recollections). Stamp the sentiment onto the smaller circle with brown ink
(Stampin Up). Ink smaller circle with Evergreen Bough distress ink making
the edges darker than the inside. Once everything dries adhere the pieces
together and onto the card front. Stamps by Clear Dollar Stamps, LLC,
Fanciful Flakes (5516). Distress ink is made by Ranger Industries.Circle
punches from Creative Memories. Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels, LLC.

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Party Time Card

This card is dry embossed with the Mosaic embossing folder by Stampin Up. From the stamp set by the same name, I stamped those in a circular pattern. I sprayed it with Glimmer mist and that didn't look the gratest so I covered most of it with the circle. The sentiment sticker Party is by Paperbilities (Westrim Crafts) and the sticker Time is by Bazzill.

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Doily ATC's

There was another theme for the ATC (Artist Trading Cards) swap at scrapbook.com; Doilies.

I stamped the larger Martha Stewart doily stamp with purple ink (SU-Lavender Lace). The inside doily was stamped off before stamping it into the center of larger doily (ink also by SU-Sage Shadow). 

I sprayed the whole card with Glimmer Mist (Purple Pansy) with one of their stencils on top. Then I roughed up the edges with  a pair of scissors before inking the card with Antique Linen distress ink. I used an Exacto knife to cut a space under and to the right of the doilies to insert the metal tag embellishment by Freckled Fawn. 

The center flowers were called "Fast Color Embroidered Appliques" by the Franken Trimming Co. Inc. The packaging says they are easy to sew but I adhered the appliques with Ranger Multi Medium Matte. 

A few other fun facts about these flower appliques that are printed on the company label: 

They were purchased at Steketee's in Grand Rapids, MI

Whoever bought these paid $0.65 for the four

and

The New York address of the company they were made by is so old there's no zip code. 

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Dragonfly Card

I love this technique with the square and the die cut using a Stampin up scallop punch that I found at Splitcoast Stampers. Be sure to check it out. The patterned paper is by K and Co. The brown cardstock is by Coredinations and the green speckled cardstock is by Memories Forever. I sprayed the inner die cut with Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels) and inked it with distress ink (Ranger). The dragonfly is a Stampin Up stamp and the sentiment is a stamp by Inkadinkado. They are both stamped with Stampin Up brown ink. I wrapped Darice hemp around the card front panel before adhering it to the card base by Recollections.

Thanks for looking