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!

Manly Monday Deep Red Stamps Elephants

I used an elephant stamp by Deep Red Stamps

African Elephant Stamp

I colored it in with Copic markers.

The sentiment is a metal circle with sentiment Knowledge on the front. It by Tim Holtz held in place by a brad.

The die- cuts are by circle by Creative Memories cutting system

The patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View

The second card I die cut a Tim Holtz border out of cereal board and then painted it with Crackle paint by Ranger

The background paper is a recycled card.

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Deep Red Stamps Elephant

Square Yellow and Blue Thinking of You card

I used stamps by Close to my Heart for the flower

The sentiment is by, I think, Hero Arts. I inked the edges.

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders, Sizzix, and eBay

The patterned paper is by Hallmark. It is a recycled greeting card

This is a large square-shaped card that needed its own handmade envelope

The embossing folder on the left is by Anna Griffins

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Blue Doily felt Flower Card

I used a doily stamp is by Martha Stewart. Stamped with Corn Flower ink

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn and is stamped inside a label stamp by Clearly Besotted. It is a stamp with matching die-cut. I struggle with those.

The border punch also by Martha Stewart

The patterned paper is from a company called According Publishing. They made desk calendars with images and paper that you could reuse on your projects.

I found these felt flowers in my stash and secured them down with a brad. I had to put foam squares under the main piece with the stamps in order to tuck the felt flowers underneath.

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Flower pot with pins card

I used stamps by Stampin Up- flower pot. It is an old stamp set and this flower pot isn't the stamp's intended use. Of course, I can't find it. I may have sold it.

The sentiment is by Fiskars 

The oval die- cut is by Sizzix 

There are pins with flower heads that are stuck into foam squares behind the flower pot 

I do not about the rest because I received the patterned paper when I was a guest designer many years ago. This is an upcycled card from Hubby's grandmother. She will be 100 next month.

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Emoji Hello Handmade card

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn

The Emoji die-cut by Cricut

The patterned paper in the background by Provo Craft

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Stethoscope Cards

More Medical cards

The die- cuts are by my Cricut and the hearts are unknown

This blue and grey card,

I used a stamp for the sentiment by Forever in Time

Embossed with white powder by Stampendous

Next card,

Washi Tape on the side by SU

Next card,

The patterned paper in the first card My Mind's Eye

Chevron embossing folder by Cuttlebug

Next card,

The patterned paper is by Bella Blvd 

Sentiment stamp by Hampton Arts

Washi tape at the bottom

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Medical Heart Beat cards with fancy embossing

All die cuts are from my Cricut

All papers are cardstock from my stash

No stamps-that doesn't usually happen on my cards.

So this red background card went through multiple steps. It started with too much pressure from the Gemini on the embossing folder. That made the paper crack. Alrighty

I  pressed Versa Mark ink pad over the raised embossing and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder by Stampendous multiple times. I enhanced the photo so you can see it better. Then...

I embossed this gray scrap of paper with the same embossing folder.

Then lined the two together and added the heart

BOOM! I loved the results. Flaw and all.

The For You card:

The black cardstock was dry embossed with a Chevron pattern folder by Cuttlebug

The heart is on a Spellbinders die-cut

I put Glossy Accents on the heart die-cut.

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Manly Monday Baby Boy up-cycled cards

I made some upcycled cards from a couple of layouts that I was tearing apart.
I noticed that I was low on Boy baby cards and oddly enough, these cards were thank you cards for girls
I wish I would have taken a picture of the before.

This first card: The sentiment stamp and black ink is by Hero Arts

The blue cardstock pieces are scraps. 

The patterned paper is from a paper pad because the other scraps have perforations.
The rick rack is by Wright's

Second card:

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders (label for ribbon and blue rectangle) and Creative Memories (baby pin)

The ribbon is by Stampin Up.

I inked the edges of the card blue so the embossing was more evident and boyish

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I feel like I'm a winner on this post for using ribbon on both cards.

Pink and Purple ribbon card

The flower stamp is by Close to my Heart

The die-cut is by spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Studio G

The pink and purple in the center are wide pieces of ribbon

I added a Creative Memories border sticker to hide the seam.

Pink brad in the center

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Blue Mosaic Stamp and Punch Birthday cards

I used stamps by Stampin Up with Ranger blue ink

The sentiment is by Just Right Stamps and Hero Arts

The die-cuts are by Matching punch for the stamp set and the pointy circle in the center of the second card is by Sizzix

The patterned paper is by I dry embossed the 1st card with the matching embossing folder and lightly went over it with a Distress Oxide ink pad. 

The second card background is a shiny cardstock by Recollections

The jewels are by Hero Arts and the ribbon in the second card is from my stash.

I had to use a padded envelope on the first card because of those jewels.

I make my own envelopes with the We R Memory Keepers envelope maker and put a piece of bubble wrap inside. The front of the card would go against the bubble wrap. I put a stamp on it that is for square envelopes or the mail that is not to go through the machine at the post office because it is more than 1/4" in dimension.

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Feb 2019

Sept 2018

Oct 2017

May 2017

March 2017 same look as the one above

Jan 2017 another pretty blue

Sept 2016

Jan 2017 using the punch in a banner of a Christmas card

^^^This one 

is a cool example of how to use the punch for something other than the matching stamp.

I really enjoy searching for these former cards using the same stamp set or punch.

The fact that there are three posts using the same color blue in the stamp leads me to believe that I stamped them before January of 2017 and made the one card and set the other ones aside. 

I'm trying to decrease the amount of half-done projects and/or use the images that have and just need to go on cards.

Wishing You a Lawn Fawn hot Beverage Card

I had a leftover Lawn Fawn coffee stamp set to use that was on my table at the same time I was making the Wishing you cards. 

This time the sentiment is heat embossed on a black semi-shiny paper.

 

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Orange Flower Thanks Card

The sentiment is by clearly Besotted 

The die- cuts are by Cricut 

The flowers, Stickles and Brad are from my stash 

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Thank you Fairy Much

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn. Including the sentiment.

I colored the stamps in with Copic markers. Some of the were die cut with their matching dies.

The die- cuts that I used were the grass by K and Co. And the frame on the all pink card is from my Cricut.

The yellow frame is from cutting two rectangle die cuts from eBay. The sentiment grass sticker is by K and Co.

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Deep Red stamps record for Just a Note Cards

I used a record stamp by Deep Red Stamps. The sentiment stamp is unknown.

It was so exciting to use up a bunch of sticker sheets on these backgrounds.

The die-cuts are by Spellbinders and Cricut 

The music sheet embossing folder is by Cuttlebug .

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Manly Monday Just a Note Tan and Black Cards

These are my most masculine cards to finish out the week of music type cards.

The sentiment stamps are by Hero Arts and Stampibilities

The musical notes and symbols are die-cuts by Cricut or leftover stickers.
It felt amazing to use up a few sticker sheets and throw the packaging away.

The cardstock has been dry embossed by a Cuttlebug folder of sheet music.

For both cards, I do not know where I got the die-cut in which the sentiment is on.

This first one is a skinny card base from a pack I bought at a garage sale probably 5 years ago.

I've been trying to use them up just for the sake of using them up.

Anyway, I inked the edges of the dry embossed cardstock. The patterned paper underneath is by Creative Memories. I was able to use some eyelets, Yeah!

That’s all for my cards. Thank you for looking.

*This is me venting

I'm having a terrible time with taking pictures of my cards. 

I didn’t even include the first picture that were taken in my craft area, yuck!

The pictures that are posted were taken outside. However, the wind was relentless and my cards kept falling down as soon as I set them up. Ugh!

So hubby offered to help (bless his heart for trying), and he used a piece of cardboard to block the wind. It worked but it’s a cardboard box for a background.

Tonight is the night to order some things online. One of those things is a photo box.

I need a way to take great pictures at any time of the year without struggling and wasting time like I do. 

 Fingers crossed that I will find something without wasting hours online looking

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Deep Red Stamps For the Record Cards

I used a record stamp by Deep Red Stamps 

You can find the record stamp right here

The sentiment is alphabet stamps by Lawn Fawn

The patterned paper is by Me :)

I stamped the record in different colors on a sheet of off-white cardstock.

My rows weren't straight but, it works.

The colors look so different from out in the sunlight compared to lights inside. I thought it would be fun to see how I stamped the records on the cardstock after I cut it up and made it into cards.

Inks:

Dark blue-Ranger Blue Ribbon

Lighter blue-Hero Arts Cornflower

Aqua-Hero Arts

Green-Stampin Up

Green under that-Umbrella Sea Glass

Yellow- Ranger Archival ink Chrome Yellow

These are different size cards that I found in my stash, 3 3/4 x 5 3/4. 

I'm trying to weed out things like that because I have a vintage suitcase that I keep my cards in and this size card doesn't fit well. I'm donating cards to nursing homes and other places and therefore I'm using the opportunity to get rid of cards of different sizes-that sounds horrible. 

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Go to the bottom of the post to see the Record Stamp

This is a nice card from Dec 2013

Purple Record card from Nov 2013

Orange Music Just a note card

This is a smaller black-ish card base

I had a leftover piece of orange/copper looking glitter paper by The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby
Then the orange polka dot paper is by Papertrey Ink.
The journal card is from Die Cuts with a View
I added a few CM stickers on each corner
The For You stamp is by Unity Stamp Co in black Hero Arts ink.

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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Just a Note Cards with Labels and Eyelets

I'm still chugging out more TY and TOY cards for everyone. 

I've also sent out a few birthday cards for kids that weren't able to have their birthday party because of the stay at home order.

So for these cards:
I used stamps by Hero Arts and Stampibilities for the sentiments

The musical note die-cuts are by Cricut.

The patterned paper is by Prima
The first card uses die-cuts by Design Objectives.
Look at all those eyelets, Oh Yea!
I used Spellbinders labels, called grommet tags, for the second card
The center die-cut was embossed and then inked in the center.
I did that more when I had my Cuttlebug
I'm still learning on my Gemini which plates to use with what.

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