Floral Friday Pretty in Pink Flowers and Crown card

Today my cards are just easy and 

The card below uses small stamps by Close to my Heart in Creative Memories decorative square punch. The top and bottom are turned and the middle one is a frame made with a large and small punch and white laid into that frame. Striped patterned paper is by Echo Park (Sweet Girl by Lori Whitlock) and polka dot paper is by Making Memories (Flower Patch)

The next card uses patterned paper by Basic Grey (Konnichiwa). The frame is by My Mind's Eye, Doily by Martha Stewart, and the crown is by Three Bugs in a Rug (I always thought that it was a strange name but there are others out there that make me wonder where such names came from for a stamp company.) I digress.

I had the opportunity to use this card for a 16th birthday card. The flowers on the side are from my stash. The sentiment went perfectly for the occasion.

As you can see with these two photos side by side my ongoing photography problem continues. You can see where the picture has a brown background and how the pink's warmth is more apparent. I think the background gives the pink background patterned paper more of an orange hue to it. The picture taken above was taken outside but on an overcast day and not on a sunny day. again where the true color of my cards are

Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Train card

The train die cut is by Three Bugs in a Rug. The ribbon is from my stash. The black and white patterned paper is by Colorbok. The white wood paper is by Basic Grey. The border punch is by Fiskars. The card base paper is by Die Cuts with a View. Thanks for looking. 
I'm entering this card into the transportation challenge at The Male Room

May Calendar Layout scavenger hunt at cottage

2019 May cottage calendar- Scavenger Hunt. Title sticker is by Three Bugs in a Rug.

Everything else is paper by The Paper Loft and Creative Memories. Thanks for looking.

Live Well with Cricut cut Background Card

Background die cut is by Cricut. The tag is by Three Bugs in A Rug and set it with a large black eyelet. Thanks for looking.

Pink flower Tag Card

There are no stamps on this card. I know. What a surprise.

The ribbon is unknown. I may do something else with it when my glue gun finds its way home.

The die-cut tag by Three Bugs in a Rug

The patterned paper is by Studio G and by The Divine Collection.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Blue with Red Flames Card

This is the last of the star with red flames that I can find.

Every boy in my family is probably singing Hallahuah!

Back story. I made 20 or more birthday invitations for one of my nephews 

His mother never sent them out. 

Fast forward, His parents got a divorce and a new mother in the house needs a round of applause 👏

Luckily and very nice of her to think of this,

She asked me if I wanted the invitations back to use them for something else.

The invitations were just sitting at their house and she was going to throw them away.

I’ve made them into birthday cards and have been giving one to each little boy in our families.

The flame is a foam stamp with no name

The red paint is called Happy Huey by Jillibean Soup

The star is a Creative Memories punch. 

I had sprayed it with different colors of Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

The blue dry embossed (Cuttlebug/Provo Craft) was also sprayed with Glimmer mist too 

I was checking to see which ones still sprayed the mist and not many had a nice spray like hairspray. I'm not fond of the plops of ink. Personal preference

The sentiment at the bottom is a sticker by Three Bugs in a Rug.

I think the sentiment will make it harder to find someone to give it to.

We'll see.

Thanks for stopping by to check out today's Manly Monday card.

I have mixed feelings when my card isn't for an adult man for this post on my masculine themed day 

The last few posts have been more for boys or teens...anyway.

A Elephant Precious Gift card

The elephant stamp is by Fiskars colored with Copic markers. 

The sentiment is by Three Bugs in a Rug.

Border die-cut by Spellbinders.

Cardstock from my stash.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Linus Baby Boy

Linus makes another showing for baby boy cards. I have baby stamps but they are by Lawn Fawn and this will sound stupid but I don't want to stamp with them because then they will be dirty. They stain so badly and I'm not sure why I care but I do. Ugh!
Patterned paper by Die Cuts with a View.
Sentiment stamp by Three Bugs in a Rug.
Linus colored in with Copic markers and cut out by a Spellbinders die

Thanks for looking.

Two more cards with this stamp.

A baby boy to love card

Cuddles with Linus

All my cards look the same. Ugh!

Deep Red Stamps Forever Friends

Today my card uses a dragonfly stamp by Deep Red Stamps that you can find at

Scrapbook.com

or

A Cherry on Top

I used the Cricut to die cut the label and it's shadow that the dragonfly is on. The white paper is watercolor cardstock by Ranger Industries and the patterned paper is by American Crafts. I inked the stamp with black Versa Color pigment ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. I used some unused distress inks, well that's kind of harsh, these inks have less table time then other colors. Anyway I used the distress inks with a water pen to color the image in-Aged Mahogany, Tattered Rose, and Frayed Burlap are some distress inks I do't grab a lot. The background paper is by is by Poppy Stamps, the ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment sticker is by Three Bugs in a Rug.

Thanks for looking.

SB.com-Cricut {Art Philosophy}

SB.com- Use your Stamps {dragonfly}

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/AG

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/ AG

http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ AG Cricut Art Philosophy

3 Month Snuggles Scrapbook Layout

I have a new layout today with patterned paper by Papertrey Ink, Die Cuts with a View, Stampin Up, Recollections, Creative Memories, and My Mind's Eye. I followed the sketch at Sketches in Time week 2.

The circle was cut out with the Cricut George cartridge and the tags by Art Philosophy. The letters are Thickers by American Crafts and the star by Studio 112. The stamp is by Three Bugs in a Rug with ink by Hero Arts.

Don't forget about the birthday giveaway. It ends November 29th at noon.

http://sketchesinthyme.blogspot.com/ Sketch

SB Cricut-Circle and tags

SB Stamps-Sentiment

SB Scraps-Most of the small patterned papers are scraps.

Cuddles with Linus

Linus from the Peanuts gang is a stamp I've had forever. It is by All Night Media and I stamped him on Neenah Solar White cardstock so I could color him in with Copic markers. I looked up the image online and there was a picture of him in this exact pose so I could accurately color him in with the right colors. Once he was colored I cut him down with my trimmer and matted him onto some blue Recollections cardstock. The patterned paper is by Sunborn, the ribbon is by Stampin Up and the sentiment stamp is by Three Bugs in a Rug with black ink by Hero Arts.

A Baby Boy to Love

Linus from the Peanuts gang is a stamp I've had forever. It is by All Night Media and I stamped him on Neenah Solar White cardstock with Memento Ink so I could color him in with Copic markers. I looked up the Linus image online and there was a picture of him in the exact pose making it easy to accurately color him with the right colors. Once he was colored I die cut him out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside of the die with blue distress ink {Tumbled Glass}. The patterned papers are OLD with the blue by CM and the red by Sunborn. The ribbon is by Stampin Up, the card base is by Recollections, and the sentiment stamp is by Three Bugs in a Rug and the ink by Hero Arts.

Just a Perfect Day

 I'm doing my final Flashback Friday image for Sassy Studio Designs today. This polka dot bikini Sassy will be at a lower cost then the regular digi's but only for one week. So hurry and get yours before the week is up.

I colored her in with Copic markers and fussy cut her out. The grey background paper is by Quick Quotes and the yellow patterned paper is by Crate Papers. There is a piece of yellow vellum over the patterned paper behind the body of Sassy but I'm not sure who it is by. The sun is a chipboad piece by Maya Road that I painted with yellow acrylic paint by Pebbles. I punched out a small circle out of Die Cuts with a View yellow glitter paper and adhered it behind the sun. The sentiment sticker is by Three Bugs in a Rug. I'm not sure about the wave stickers or the ribbon. They have both been in my stash for a long time.

Thanks for looking.

Sassy Studio Elsa Friend

I have a new sponsorship card for Sassy Studio Designs. It is for the challenge blog Aud Sentiments and the challenge is anything goes with a sentiment.

I used the Elsa inspired digi stamp. I printed her out onto Cryogen cardstock and colored her in with Copi Markers. Then I die cut her out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside of the die with distress ink. The background paper is by Three Bugs in A Rug and the border is by Creative Memories. I embellished with a snowflake brad by The Paper Studio and a sticker by Jolee's. The sentiment and ink are by Hero Arts on a die cut from my Cricut. 

Thanks for looking.

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/ Snow friends

http://www.mybestienorge.blogspot.no/Winter

http://kitandclowder.ning.com/challenges Anything goes

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Girly but no pink

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/ Blue tones

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ Blue and white

Stamp N Plus Heart card

I think this will be my last heart/love/Valentine's Day card until next year. My card features a heart stamp by Stamp N Plus which you can find HERE. The heart is stamped onto watercolor paper by Strathmore using Hero Arts black ink. Then I colored it in with powdered chalks mixed with paint using a paint brush to apply the mixture onto the image. The powdered chalks are by Stamp N plus and the colors are simply Red and Lime with a link to the paint HERE.   

The red cardstock for my card is by Stampin Up and the embossing folder is by Darice. I matted the front panel onto black cardstock by Recollections. The sentiment sticker is by Three Bugs in a Rug. It's a pretty simple one today. I wanted to add more but everything I tried looked forced and not natural. So it may not be one of my best cards but if I only showed my best I wouldn't have very many to show, well in my opinion. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ Heart
http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes or Valentine's/Love
http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/ Dry embossing
http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ Be my Valentine
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ Valentine's Day
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/ Use the color red in your image
http://savvyhandmadecards.blogspot.ca/ Love challenge
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/ Love is in the air
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ Love/Valentine's Day card
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/ Valentine's/Love
http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.ca/- Chalk

Border Stamp made into a Background Love card at Chalk Ah Lot

I'm posting a new card for the Chalk ah Lot challenge Love with chalk.

I stamped a Stamp N Plus floral heart border stamp from side to side while stamping part of the design off the page onto white Recollections cardstock with black Hero Arts ink. Then I colored the pattern with Powdered chalk mixed with paint by Stamp N Plus. The heart is yellow {Sunshine}, the foliage is green {Lime}, the butterfly is orange-ish{Passion} and the bows and ribbon are pink {Beauty}. 

The patterned paper is by Basic Grey and I used ribbon by Offray. The sentiment sticker is by Three Bugs in a Rug which is on an Elle's Studio circle die cut. The circle die cut adheres to a Spellbinders scallop circle that has been sprayed with pink Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. I adhered the whole sentiment piece to the card front with foam adhesive. 

Thanks for looking.

Follow your heart

I have a new card using a Deep Red Stamp. This mason jar is fabulous. I love the all the Pinterest posts with jars in them. I can see how this jar will be pouring out the different holidays and seasons. Eggs would be cute and then have them cracked when they land in the pile. Oh yeah that's coming in April. You just wait and see:) The mason jar stamp is new and can be found at A Cherry on Top.

The heart punch is by Creative Memories using scraps of cardstock. The patterned paper is by Basic Grey, Black cardstock by Recollections and sentiment sticker by Three Bugs in a Rug.

 The inspiration for my card came from Pinterest. I would link back to the website it came from but I can't find it on the website.

Thanks for looking.

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ Out with the old {senti sticker} in with the new {mason jar stamp}

http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/ -New {Mason Jar stamp}

http://cardsundmore-challengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.creativecreationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes {Honorable Mention for this card 1/26/14}

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://lacysunshinechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.com/ Something new {Mason Jar stamp}

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/ Something new {Mason Jar stamp}

Little Princess Baby card

I have a new baby card to share. The die cuts I used are by Three Bugs In A Rug. I dry embossed the word girl on the circle and added an eyelet to it.The background paper is by Martha Stewart, ribbon by Offray, cardstock by Recollections and Hobby Lobby. Border punch by Martha Stewart and the off white border is cut out of my Cricut. The border heart sticker is by Mrs Grossman's. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/-No stamps allowed

http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/-Embossing

http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.co.uk/-Punched borders