Manly Monday Card Goal: Make Adult Beverage

I used Simon Says Stamp for the beer bottles onto metal tags from my stash.

These wine glass stamps are by Paper Smooches.

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Card Goal: Use Pre-stamped images

When I get together with a group of ladies to scrapbook I will ask them to bring stamps that I don't own and then stamp a bunch of them in different colors. These cards are a product of such a situation using a birthday stamp set from SU. I didn't use any special supplies to make these.

This blue card is a tri-fold. The die cut is by Dreamweaver Stencils. Arrow stamp by Recollections.

This one is a regular size card but I used the same pile of stamps to make it.

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Card Goal: Use Action Birthday stickers

Today my goal was to use these stickers that are similar to the ones referred to as "Wobblers", which I felt was a fitting name. These ones are by The Paper Company Studio (ANW Crestwood) and they call them, "Bouncy Stickers".
I found that once you unplug them from the start position you can't get them to go back. I was disappointed that a couple of them did release the spring. Hope that makes sense. Anyway,

Label die cut in center by Clearly Besotted

Journal box by Jillibean Soup.

 Happy die cut by Clearly Besotted. Birthday stamp by Stampibilities. Green ink by SU.

Scallop squares by Spellbinders. Square in center is a left over from a Cricut cut. Happy die cut by Clearly Besotted. 

Vellum square by CM. Sentiment stamp by Forever in Time. Red ink by SU.

Explanation of upcoming "Card Goals" Series

I have a series of cards to post for the next week. My aunt from out of state came for a visit and needed some more gift tag and cards to stock her up. I also need to to stock up since the only ones I had left were thank you cards to put on small gifts.

The cards are mini cards or tags and I had goals for using some supplies and that would morph into using other supplies. I often get too many things on my desk and don't know what to do with it all.

Mini card Goals:

Goal was to use up:

Jillibean Soup small sentiment cards from 6x6 paper pad. 

The Paper Studio wiggle birthday embellishments. 

Michael’s $1 bin tags. 

Name cards for what looks like a wedding seat. 

I wanted to use:

Some of the way too many Three Birds in a Row tag die cuts. 

The numerous amount of OKB tags. 

The circle tags from idk where. 

The SU stamps (cakes, presents, balloons I stamped from a friend/JDilo many years ago). 

Use brads or eyelets. 

I wanted to use buttons but that would have been a big mess to clean up. 

Then I wanted to:

Clean up the little crap on my desk. 

Try some different ways for a tag to be used. 

Have less stamp options at arms reach to prevent becoming overwhelmed. 

And try some techniques:

I wanted to heat emboss on the vellum. As well as on some of the tags. 

I heat embossed Let’s Bokeh by Lawn Fawn white on white but the tags were shiny cardstock and the circle didn’t fill in all the way. I wondered....can I stamp on top of this circle with regular ink and heat emboss with clear powder which would give it a light hint of color in the background. Yes that worked. 

I wanted to use some new border stamps to make my own background. 

So I hope you enjoy the series of mini cards. There will be some repeat tags on different posts because I used more than one goal on that card. I'm not able to type up all the processes and supplies but I still hope you will look at the pictures. If you have any questions please leave it in the comments. Thank you.

Birthday circles in teal

Start with white pre-made card base 4 x 5 ½  by Recollections and adhere a piece of turquoise cardstock crosswise and a mint green cardstock lengthwise. Adhere to the green cardstock two circle die cuts by K and Co. Stamp a circle by Unity Stamp Co, with Bermuda Bay Stampin Up ink. Circle punch the image out using a Creative Memories punch.Adhere the stamped circle in the center and two green chipboard circles on each side. Adhere a happy die cut to the center and a metal birthday underneath it.
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Deep Red Stamps Dressform

Start with 4 x 5 ½ white card base by Recollections and cover with embossed yellow paper by Colorbok. Stamp the Dress Form Floral Corsage stamp by Deep Red Stamps (3x504251) with black Hero Arts ink and colored it in with chalks. Mat the image onto a Project Life card and adhere to the card front. Paint a chipboard scalloped circle with pink paint (Plaid). Once dry, adhere to card front but tucked under the image. Tape the Hello sentiment die cut on top of it and add three yellow flowers with pink rhinestones (Petaloo).

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Pink Coffee Card

Pink Coffee card.

Start with a pre-made card base by Recollections size 4 by 5 ½

Cover with patterned paper by Die cuts with a View.

Adhere a smaller panel of white cardstock on top. Stamp

the sentiment by Hero Arts with ink by Stampin Up onto a

pink die cut by Sizzix. Then layer it onto a bigger die cut

bigger teal die cut. Place coffee cup sticker by Forever in

Time on a slant and stamp the steam right above the lid with  brown

Stampin Up ink. White and pink cardstock by Recollections and

teal cardstock by Bo Bunny. Steam stamp by Lawn Fawn Love you

a Latte stamp set.

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Make a Wish Jellyfish

Make a Wish Jellyfish card-Start with a 4 x 5 ½ white card base (Recollections) and adhere a piece of teal cardstock over it. Tape down a piece of Stampin Up speckled grey paper and a Gina Marie Designs stencil onto it. Apply white embossing paste (Dreamweaver Stencils) that has been colored with acrylic paint. Once dry trim cardstock down and adhere to the card front. On a piece of watercolor cardstock, (Strathmore) stamp jellyfish and color in with distress inks and a water pen both by Ranger. Add stickles to the bubbles. Mat the image to grey cardstock and adhere to card front. Stamp a Petite Petals stamp with Tide Pool ink by Hero Arts. Punch image out with matching punch and adhere to front. Set a sentiment brad inside the flower (Around the Block). All stamps by Stampin Up.

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Deep Red Stamps Thinking of You

Start by making a 4 ¼  x 5 ½ blue card base and

cut a smaller piece of white cardstock to adhere

on top of the card base. Adhere a piece of diagonal

stripes of patterned paper (Jillibean Soup) on top of

white and a piece of aqua cardstock (Provo Craft

lengthwise and centered on the card front.

Stamp the Deep Red Stamp Tree of Life

(SKU 3x4056120) onto white cardstock with

Versa Mark ink and heat embossed image with

Green Juniper embossing powder by The

Powder Keg. Cut image and ink edge with Evergreen Bough and Black Soot Distress inks by Ranger Industries. Adhere image and sentiment stickers (Doodlebug) to the card front.

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Deep Red Stamps Butterfly Birthday

Start with white pre-made card base 4 x 5 ½  by Recollections and adhere to it piece of purple cardstock. The background cardstock is full of Jolee’s flower stickers.On white cardstock stamp the Deep Red Stamps Butterfly Flourish (sku 4x505621) in black Hero Arts ink and color in with chalks. Once dry iron the paper to flatten it out before adhering it to black cardstock. Adhere the image to the front of the card and add the two stickers near the bottom.

Deep Red Stamps Butterfly Flourish (sku 4x505621)

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Deep Red Stamps Succulent Thank you

Start by making a card base from off white cardstock by Recollections size 5 ½ x 4 ¼ . Ink edges with distress ink. Stamp Deep Red Stamps Succulent Trio stamp with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with platinum embossing powder by Ranger onto white cardstock. Watercolor images in with distress ink and water pens both by Ranger. Trim image, mat off white cardstock behind it and ink edges. Adhere to the card base along with two pieces of Crate patterned paper and sentiment by Deep Red Stamps. Can be found at
Scrapbook.com

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Snowball Season

Start with white pre-made card base 4 x 5 ½  by Recollections. On white cardstock by American Crafts dry emboss snowflakes pattern (Cuttlebug). Cut in a diagonl and adhere to card front. On small piece of white cardstock stamp the mittens with Versa Mark ink and heat emboss with black enbossing powder by Stampendous. Add the snowball rub-on to the upper right of the mittens before adhering to black cardstock. Then add the word season sticker by Making Memories to the bottom right.  Die cut a rectangle with rounded edges and adhere the image to the center of it. Adhere a Doodlebug Token (483 Winter) to each side of the die cut and set them with a black brad by Creative Imaginations.Adhere die cut group to the front of the card base.

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Manly Monday Reach for new Heights

Start by making a 5 ½ x 4  blue card base with Forever in Time cardstock.
Partially cover the front of the card base with a black cardstock smaller
then the card base.
Layer a smaller piece of gray cardstock on top of the black.
Die cut and emboss a square
die by Spellbinders out of blue cardstock that has a sheen.
Stamp a ledger looking stamp
(Maya Road) with blue ink (Stampin’ Up) onto white
cardstock and die cut out with a
Spellbinders rounded square die.
Die cut the arrows using Cricut Explore Air 2.
Adhere the pieces in place and add a My Mind’s Eye
Daily Dose Metal signs by Jen Wilson
(Getting Around item # Day138) on top of the other square
die cuts.

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You Brighten my Life

Start with 4 x 5 ½ white card base by Recollections and cover with patterned paper by Creative Memories. Add Stickles to some lines of the design in the center. Set a We R Memory Keepers large decorative eyelet into a felt flower and patterned flower (Prima) before adhering to the card front. On a matching Creative Memories label, stamp sentiment by Lawn Fawn with black Hero Arts ink before adhering to card front as shown.

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Snowman by the North Pole

Winter Wishes-Start with a 4 x 5 ½ white card base (Recollections) and adhere a piece of Bo Bunny polka dot patterned paper to the right side. The embossed cardstock (Doodlebug Designs) comes white and I inked it with blue distress ink with an ink blending tool (both by Ranger). Adhere that cardstock to the left side. Paint a chipboard shape with red paint (Pebbles) and when it dries rub gold Perfect Pearls over the top using your finger. Add a sentiment and snowflake dies (Echo Park) along with a rub-on (Fancy Pants) to the front before gluing the chipboard to the card front. Stamp North Pole snowman by Deep Red Stamps (Sku 3x405554) onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock with black ink (Hero Arts). Color image in with distress inks and some white iridescent paint before inking the edges with blue distress ink. Adhere image to the chipboard.

North Pole Snowman stamp set can be found at:

Deep Red Stamps Website

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Birthdays are Good for you

I made this simple card for a basket of cards I donated to a silent auction. Brown ink by Stampin Up. Flower brads by Making Memories. 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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Lawn Fawn Holiday card

Happy Holidays!
  My Lawn Fawn bunny is from Critters in the Artic. sentiment bubble in the A Birdie Told me stamp set. The sentiment is in the Let's Bokeh stamp set. Red paper is unknown, green by SU and cream colored is by CM.

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Deep Red Stamps No Coal in my Stocking

No Coal in my Stocking:

Start with white pre-made card base 4 x 5 ½  by Recollections and adhere to the card front
Bazzill basics paper a patterned paper called Holiday Style.
Layer a black frame by Die cuts with a View and turquoise cardstock.
On watercolor paper by Strathmore, stamp the Christmas Stocking (sku 3x504411)
by Deep Red Stamps with black Hero Arts ink. Color in the stocking with Peerless watercolors and
 water brush by Ranger Industries. Adhere the image to the turquoise cardand add sticker
sentiments by Momenta (St-1578 Christmas Party messages)
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Weaved Christmas card

Wishing you Peace card

Start by making a 3 ¼  x 6 ¼ red card base with cardstock by Recollections.
Freehand cut stripes of red and green patterned paper and weave them onto white cardstock.
Adhere the white cardstock to a shimmery green cardstock (Recollections).
Die cut a red paper with a border die by Sizzix die cut by Tim Holtz Alterations
On the Edge called Brackets #656625. Stamp the sentiment in black ink
(both by Hero Arts) on the red die cut. Adhere to the center of the white
cardstock and wrap the edges around the back of the green paper.
Stamp a snowflake under the point of the die cut with Versa Mark ink and heat emboss
with Stampendous silver sparkle embossing powder.Adhere panel to the card base. 
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Christmas Penguin Present Card

I sent in cards to the Just Cards magazine to be published and was surprised when my package was "Return to sender". I searched online and their website is up but nothing is available to purchase. I read, accuracy is unknown, the company came in and informed it's employees that they no longer had a job because they were no longer going to be publishing magazines. Bummer. 

Small tidbit on sending in cards-When I sent my cards in I would always include a return address envelope and postage so I could get my card back. If you don't do so, your card is not returned to you. I didn't know what they did with them and hated to think my cards would be thrown away. So regardless that it was a hassle and more expense to get the cards returned I still did it. My point? They sent me every card that had previously been sent in and not yet been published. They didn't have to do that. It was very nice of them to respect my wishes to have my cards returned to me. 

Thank you Just Cards magazine and RIP.

My card descriptions were typed up to read as directions in a magazine. To save on time, I copied and pasted those instructions into my blog posts and have my fingers crossed that the formats will work well together. 

Penguin Present

Start by making a green card base 4 ¼  x 5 ¼ with Recollections cardstock

Stamp a penguin by JustRite Stamps (Christmas Joy Set)

by coloring the layers with Smooch Inks (Colorbox).

Then color in the rest of the Penguin and die cut out using a Spellbinders oval die.

Die cut a rectangle with rounded ends out of green cardstock by Coredinations.

Cut a red cardstock background 2 ¾ x 3 ½  and wrap a piece of green with

red polka dots (May Arts) to the center and around to the back.

Trim down a piece of iridescent white paper (K and i) to 4 x 5 and wrap the same

ribbon down the center.

Adhere the penguin layers to the white paper and then to green card base.

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Deep Red stamps Holiday Love and Joy

I stamped the Deep Red stamps dove onto cream colored cardstock and die cut it out but inked the inside before removing the die. I colored the dove in with a white distress marker. Thanks for looking.

Dry Embossed Heart cards

This post is very similar to Heart Die Cut Christmas cards. 

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I'm not sure why they didn't get blogged together (?). Maybe because the top card is not a Christmas card. I'm going to use it as an anniversary card. Also maybe I didn't post them together because these two cards have the same embossing folders and the others don't have the same folders or a folder like these two. Idk but I gave you the link and you can compare them. Thanks for stopping by.

UPDATED 5-7-22 PHOTOS AND FONT WERE MADE LARGER & CHANGED THEIR PLACEMENT.

Dragonfly Birthday card

The dragonfly stamp is from Clear Dollar Stamps. I inked the stamp with distress markers before stamping it onto the Manking Memories patterned paper. I glued it to this yellow circle that reminds me of chipboard. Card base by Stampin Up. The patterned paper in back is by Bazzill. The squares were on the desk and got shoved into their current position. I found these Jolee's die cuts that are made to be hats but this is how I used them. It works.

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Wish And Pray 4 Peace

This one is complex for me. Anna Griffin embossing folder, leaf die cuts by Stampendous, red die cut is a square that I cut the corners off with decorative scissors, wish is a Heidi Swapp download, & pray are alphabet stamps by Lawn Fawn, staple is by EK Success.

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I wanted to add this close up

Butterfly Birthday Hugs Card

A birthday card I pulled together with pieces here and there. Thanks for looking.

Holiday magic

I dry embossed a Creative Memories journal card and inked it with distress ink. I added multiple layers and a sticker sentiment. Thanks for looking.

Noel Christmas Card

For this card I heat embossed the background and then inked it all over with green distress ink. The image is was stamped on white card stock and colored in with colored pencils. I die cut the image out Spellbinders die cut. I matted that white with red cardstock (Recollections).
Just like that-the card is finished. I wish ;) 

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Best Wishes Card

Best wishes card with a Stampin Up flower stamp on American Crafts white cardstock. Pink ink by SU and sentiment stamp is from a Martha Stewart stamp set with black ink by Hero Arts. The pink cs behind the image is by Recollections and the corners have been punched and the white cardstock has been cut to fit inside the corners and to have equal distance for the matting of the pink under the white. Silver cardstock and the pink pre-made scalloped edges die cut both by Creative Memories. Center pp is by Bazzill. White card base is by Recollections/Michael's.