Monday, October 31, 2022

Manly Monday cranky Santa Claus card

This is not my normal happy go lucky Christmas card. Sometimes it happens where things on my desk meet each other and look great together. The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye. The circles were a digital freebie. I’m trying to find them on my computer. I think Santa is from a store-bought card. He looks cranky. Anyway, thanks for looking. 

Saturday, October 29, 2022

Halloween Cutie but Upside Down card


Isn’t she lovely? A long long time ago, I won a challenge and received a pack of Halloween die-cuts. The pack has cute miscellaneous characters. It's a bummer that I didn’t get a chance to use them this season.
The scalloped circles are punched by Stampin Up. The purple is up-cycled packaging. And the letters are by Stampin Up. I didn’t notice that it was upside down until I went to put a sentiment on the inside. So, I just put the “Hi” upside down. That’s the third card this month. Anyway, thanks for looking.
Simon Says Stamp AG

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

October cottage calendar layout post OakDan


This is a calendar layout from the cottage calendar. The patterned papers are from Michael's. The fire die cut was cut with my Cricut and I layered it onto a Spellbinders die cut. Thanks for looking.

Monday, October 24, 2022

Orange and black Cricut Pumpkin card

I made this card for the challenges listed below. The polka dot paper is by Paper Pizzazz. The striped paper is by Stampin Up. The skeleton stamps are also by Stampin Up. The white border punch is my Fiskars. The pumpkin in the center was made with my Cricut. And the ribbon is from Michael’s. Thanks for looking.

Spooky or cute

Autumn or Halloween

Autumn or Halloween

Crafty Uncles

Sweet Stamping-Halloweeen

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Black and Pink Humming Bird Card

The Patterned paper by My Mind's Eye (Lost and Found-Madison Ave). The border is by Making Memories. The bird stamp is by Close to my Heart. I kept the outside just like that and put a T.O.Y sentiment on the inside. (T.O.Y is thinking of you). Thanks for Looking.
I'm entering the following challenges
Penny's Paper-Challenge

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

'Tis the season Christmas card

The background paper has been dry embossed with a Darice embossing folder. I took little finger dabber and some distress ink and inked up the design. The sentiment is cut with my Cricut. Thanks for looking.

Monday, October 17, 2022

Manly Monday Iris Folding fish card

This is an image from "the drawer". I did this iris folding technique years ago. I made the background with blue Distress ink. I used a Fiskars border punch as a stencil at the top. It created a nice wave. The image is from Stamp N Scrappin. The sentiment is a sticker by Mrs. Grossman. Thanks for looking.

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Yellow Balloon Birthday Card


These are not my favorite cards but I made them. This blog is a place for me to look at all the things I've made for the last 13 years. I wouldn't be true to myself to not have the ugly cards posted too. Creative Memories sticker borders. Sizzix die cut. Distress ink. I added a sentiment over the wrinkle in the die cut.

Stampin Up-polka dot paper. Tag Creative Memories. Spellbinders doily die cut. Thanks for looking.

Friday, October 14, 2022

Floral Friday Happy Anniversary Card



The patterned paper is by Creative Memories and the center paper is by Prima. The word "Happy" is an eBay stamp that I heat embossed gold on self-adhesive vellum by Paper Reflections. The word "anniversary"  is a Lawn Fawn stamp using Catherine Pooler ink and on a die cut from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

October Calendar Layout Brrrr Mom it's Cold Outside

Today is my Mom's birthday. She would have been 76. After she died in July 2019 from complications of dementia and failure to thrive we held a memorial at the funeral home. Then we did a burial of her ashes on her birthday, October 12, 2019. It was so cold that day that I couldn't use normal colors for an October calendar page.  The patterned paper on the left is by Recollections and by Basic Gray in the Cricut title. Snowflakes by Maya Road and Jolee's. The border punch is by Fiskars. Thanks for looking.

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Deep Red Stamps Sunflowerin the Meadow card

Deep Red Stamps sunflower stamp. I colored with Copic markers. The corners are the kind you slip the paper in front of the corners. The punch is by EK Success. Thanks for looking. 

Monday, October 10, 2022

Manly Monday Log cabin Up-cycled card

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The log cabin ornament was in an envelope from a charity requesting a donation request via snail mail. Both die cuts are by Spellbinders. One of them is a recycled wallpaper sample. Thanks for looking


Sunday, October 09, 2022

Diagonal pattern with Scraps of Green Christmas card

Patterned papers are by K&Co. Sunborn. Recollections. The stamp was inked with two different colors of distress markers. I huffed on it and stamped it onto the paper.  When you put one ink color on the stamp it tends to dry before you ink and stamp the next color.

Saturday, October 08, 2022

Reindeer Blue Christmas card and Christmas card layout

The patterned paper by Memento and My Mind's Eye. The sentiment by Hero Arts.
I wanted to share a Christmas card layout using the same paper. Thanks for looking.

Thursday, October 06, 2022

Happy Dog image colored in with Chalk card

The patterned paper by Moxxie on the bottom and My Mind's Eye on the top. I cut the image and the mat behind it with my trimmer and rounded the corners with a Creative Memories edge rounder. There's a border between the two papers and it is by Martha Stewart. The digital image is by Robyn's Fetish and colored in with powdered chalk mixed with white pearl paint both by Stampin N Plus. Then I came in with colored pencils to finish and add shadows. Thanks for looking.

Wednesday, October 05, 2022

Calendar Layout October Great-Nephew's birthday Month

So for this layout, I knew I wanted the party hat in the dump truck because I don't usually get to use a party hat (CM) or a dump truck (Mrs Grossman's). The orange die cut and patterned paper were by Bo Bunny.
For the rest of the layout, I had help from my niece and nephew's girlfriend. I wish that I would have added a title. I might steal it back to do it. Thanks for looking.

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

Heart Background Card


The Hero Arts heart stamps are stamped directly onto the card base. I used inks from Hero Arts and Umbrella which is a brand by Scrapbook.com. Thanks for looking.


Friday, September 30, 2022

Floral Friday 25th Wedding Anniversary cards


My 25th wedding anniversary was in July. 

This is a comparison of cards. I colored in the die cut with Copic Markers.
Thanks for looking.

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Thinking of you Basic Grey Tag Card

The patterned paper is by Making Memories. The tag is Basic Grey. The sentiment is a rubber stamp. Thanks for looking.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Christmas Tree Cricut triple fold Card





Cricut cards. Glossy Accents on the ornaments. I used distress ink to make the backgrounds. Thanks for looking.

Friday, September 16, 2022

Floral Friday Cards with Handmade flowers in Burgundy

I sat and put some flowers together with other things, doily, tags, and other flowers. I made them into cards and haven’t posted about them. These patterned paper flowers are randomly in pairs and were bugging me. Thanks for looking. 

Tuesday, September 13, 2022

Floral Friday Cricut Negative to a Sending Love card

I took the same card negative from the next card and then an example that I already posted.


The card I'm showing you today is only a little bit different than Original Cricut card and friend. I give the husband and wife conversation about that Cricut card.

Monday, September 12, 2022

Manly Monday Die-cuts in Formation to say Happy Birthday

The die-cuts are Sizzix brand and when I ran them through the Cuttlebug with a rubber mat, the center’s embossed. I was going to add more die cuts to fill in more of the white background but then it lost its simple masculine charm. The sentiment is a sticker by Mrs. Grossman’s. Thank you for looking.
PS. I can’t understand why the pictures are so crappy. I took them like all the others. Super annoying.

Saturday, September 10, 2022

Double up- cycled Christmas card

The patterned paper is by Pebbles. The eyelet is by Memory Makers. The gold thread is by Martha Stewart. The die cut is by Spellbinders and it was a wallpaper sample. The ornament of the manger scene was a advertisement from one of the ministries in town.
Thanks for looking.

Thursday, September 08, 2022

Cheers Stenciled Christmas card

I got a stencil with stamp set from. Michael’s and it came with a stencil. The white background was inked with that stencil in red and green. The background paper is by Accord Publishing. Then the red cardstock has zigzag rub-ons on the edges.The rest of the card is layers of up-cycled cards.
It’s not my favorite card but I made it so I’ll post it. Thanks for looking.

Monday, September 05, 2022

Manly Monday Willow Scenery card


I used different colored ink cubes on a Hero Arts background stamp. The main ink pad for the image is by Lawn Fawn. I’m not very impressed with their ink cubes. The color isn’t as wow as the YouTube content makers make it out to be. I purchased a four-pack and this is my least favorite but I can’t say any of the other ones are any better. I used blue and brown and olive distress ink for the rest of the background. After this sat in my drawer, the year of using things from the drawer, I used the olive cube to make more grass, and then I wanted something out in the distance so I got out my brown cubes and a distress ink blender. It kind of looks like something like mountains or not mountains but smaller mountains. Same Stamp

Thanks for looking.