Manly Monday Frog Joke Card

I used a frog stamp from Etsy and colored him in with Copic Markers

I found this joke online and printed it out in green to match the image

The die- cuts are by eBay and the black die cut behind is cut out using my Cricut.
The card base is smaller 3.5 x 5. I'm trying to get rid of these things that have been laying around.

Inside says:

You get "Toad" away.
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Orange, yellow and green flower card

I used stamps by Stampin Up and Mama Elephant for sentiment
I colored in the flower with Copic Markers

I cut a slit into the flower and inserted a leaf die-cut.

The patterned paper is by Echo Park
Border punch by Fiskars

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Yellow 2019
July 2019
Oct 2018-yuck
Jan 2017
May 2017
purple May 2017

Fuse tool wedding layout

The photos I'm working with right now are really old. They've been processed differently from just 50 years ago.
This photo had frail edges that if mishandled the photo would crumble.
I felt the need to preserve that unique quality of a picture with my MIL in it as the flower girl.

Hubby's uncle admits that he has never seen the picture but disagrees with me on who the little girl is. It looks like her, my MIL, so we're going with it.
My in-laws have a strange family dynamic to share-I could ask MIL's mother that will be 100 this July and still has it all of her brains working. However, she has Macular Degenerative disease which is a disease where the vision starts from the outside closes into the center closing off most of her vision including peripheral vision. That's why she stopped driving at 94. lol
She can barely see out of the left eye, probably the size of a pinhead and the other is closing in on her too. She gets injections into her eye to slow the process down but...sadly it will continue to make her blind because there is no cure. I've seen many unspeakable things while working in the hospital for over 15 years but injections in the eyes gross me out. I could never watch that willingly. Yuck!
It's sad that she can't see pictures very well because she is a wealth of information.

So why not ask my MIL? I can't ask my 78-year-old MIL because she has Alzheimer's and doesn't remember anyone's faces anymore. I'm told that the situation of the healthy (-ish) mother outliving the daughter with Alzheimer's is rare.
This whole conversation reminds me that I need to call Grandma today.

The white outlining paper is a negative of a Cricut die cut. I had shaky hands gluing that booger down. You can see some warping but "It doesn't have to be perfect, It just has to be done" Cindy Groh 

The patterned paper is by Colorbok and the floral stickers on top and bottom as well as the skinny border sticker at the bottom are all by Creative Memories.

I took extra pictures to show that the fusing of the photo's protector. It is not an impressive job with my technique or ability to use the tool but I want to be able to look back on this page and recall what design tip I used and the results.

This photo is to remind me how I can cover up an edge or all of the edges.

Here is the rest of the spread

I used patterned paper from the same CM pack around the photo and the stickers on the side are CM too.
The background paper is by Colorbok
The rick rack to match her outfit is by Wright's
The name is stamped with Lawn Fawn Violet ABC's

Sorry for the long post. I keep this blog as a diary to remember all of the things I've made because once they go out the door they are almost erased from my memory.
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Hello There Card with a tag

I started with a  tag by Basic Grey.
I inked up a background stamp by Hero Arts with Versa Mark ink.
I white heat embossed using Stampendous embossing powder
Then I inked the tag with Vintage Photo distress ink
I sprayed the tag with water mixed with gold Perfect Pearls
The ribbon is by American Crafts and it is secured with staples from the tiny attached by Ranger Industries.

The sentiment sticker is by K and Co

The patterned paper is by K and Co

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Updated7/21/21

SNP Pink with Red Love heart card

I used stamps are by Stampin Plus Scrappin for the large heart and Lawn Fawn for the smaller heart along the border of the red cardstock.
I used the Stampin Up white pigment ink for those hearts.

The sentiment is by letter stamps with the word love that goes back and forth with black then red.

The patterned paper is by Bazzill.
 The red paper is a scrap.
The glitter paper behind the rose heart is by Die Cuts with a View

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SNP heart card

Project life card using SNP. Heart stamp

Aqua Heart card

Green and Blue Thank you Cards

The center of this card is made of scrap cardstock and ribbon by May Arts and Offray

The sentiment die-cut is by Clearly Besotted

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon

I used these circular brad type things with the on WRMK brad inside the largest circle.
The sentiment sticker is by K and Co

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Flower card with stamps in each dry embossed square

I used stamps by Hero Arts and Lawn Fawn for the small stamps in each square.
The flower stamp's packaging says Sizzix (the matching die), Echo Park Paper (designed by), and Hampton Arts (stamps made by)

The sentiment is a sticker by Pebbles

The inks are by Stampin Up, Hero Arts, Colorbox

The patterned paper is CTMH packaging
I used some brads on the first card

HERE'S THE CARD i MADE AT THE SAME TIME

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UPDATED10-1-21 PICS AND LABELS

Manly Monday Henry's dinosaur birthday card

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn and Stampendous

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Basic Grey
Cardstock by Tim Holtz

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Lawn Fawn Purple Cards

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn
I colored the mug in with colored pencils
The background is a Spellbinders embossing folder
I inked the entire area with light pink and purple

The sentiment is by Stampendous and Hello is a de-cut by Lawn Fawn

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders, K and Co. and the rounded purple square is unknown

The Flower is by Creative Memories

Stamps colored with Copic markers

Smaller card base

The metal edge die-cut is by Stampin Up

Brad is unknown

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Lawn Fawn cup and plate
Cup and plate 2015
Coffee mug 2015

Last card I threw in here so I didn't have to a single post on a card that I don't really like.
Sometimes things end up on your desk
So you put them together
and
Sometimes it works out to be a glorious creation and sometimes not so much
I'm giving this card a not so much.
The border was cut with Cricut.
The purple die-cut is also by K and Co.
The flower stamp is by Stampin Up.
The brads are from my stash.

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Yellow Flower diagonal Card

I used a stamp by Close to my Heart and I colored it in with Copic markers before adding Stickles to make it look better.

I covered the seam of the two pieces of  the border punch with a CM sticker 

The border punch is by Stampin Up

The patterned paper is by Basic Grey

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6th Grade Mimi 1953 Scrapbook layouts

Still working on the In-Laws scrapbooks.

I used stamps for her name and date by Stampin Up with Chrome Yellow Archival ink by Ranger

I square punched the letters out (CM punch)

The patterned paper under her photo is by Die Cuts with a View
The patterned paper on the left has edges that remind me of a postage stamp.
That paper is by K and Co.
I used distress ink around the edges of the postage shaped papers to make them more apparent.
The 6th-grade sticker is by Scrappin Sports and More

The other side of the layout is the paper that matches the title from the page before. 

I made another pouch to hold awards.

I scanned two awards she earned that year and the back of the class photo. And then printed each onto a 4x6 photo paper before putting them into the pouch.

 I wanted to preserve the names of the kids in the class not only because they were her schoolmates but because their names were written in their own handwriting. I think that's cool and reminiscent of the time period.

The arrow was made on my Cricut. 

The letter stickers by Sticko (EK Success)

The letter stamps are by EK Success in black Hero Arts ink

Here are the two pages side by side. 

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On a scale from 1 to 10, you are an 11 card

The background stamp is by Hero Arts and I heat embossed it with white embossing powder onto colored card stock.

The sentiment is by Stamping up 

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders. I used eyelets to secure those label dies in place.
I think I only used one patterned  paper in that is in the first left upper corner is Basic Grey

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Lawn Fawn Doggone best Cards

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn and Paper Smooches for the paws in the background of the 2nd card

The sentiment is by alphabet Harold by Lawn Fawn

The die- cuts are by Cricut and Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Karen Foster-I think?

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Squirrel
Lawn Fawn dogs and cats

Wishing You a Happy Hello and Only Good Vibes Cards

I used stamps by Mama Elephant for the sentiments.
I paired the inside sentiment of "A happy hello" with an ampere sign from Close to my Heart followed by "only good vibes"
I think the flower stamp is probably by Inkadinkado
I colored them with Copic markers.

The die- cuts are by one of these companies,
Sizzix
Papertrey Ink
or Spellbinders

I end up with leftovers on my desk and this was one. 

The borders are by Spellbinders and Martha Stewart. 

The flowers are from my stash and the pearls are by Want2Scrap

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Manly Monday Corvette for Hubby's Birthday

This card is a day before my husband's birthday.
I used a stamp by Deep Red Stamps

Classic Corvette

I colored it in with Copic markers

Embossing folder by Darice
I added white paint by Ranger to get the dry embossing to stand out.

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Handmade flower TY Card for medical staff

I'm trying to use my thing that is already assembled for quick cards to send to medical workers and the elderly that are all alone. I found this already made flowers are perfect.

The flowers have stamps on them
The layered flower behind is old. I inked it to make it match better.
The leaf is from CM
The brad is by Creative Imaginations 

The sentiment is by American Crafts with Hero Arts ink

I used a template online and cut out the die-cut flower.
I used Distressed Stickles on the edges of the flower.

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon

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Nov 2015

Funny how I used the same patterned paper as I did back in 2015 as the one I made last week.
Birthday Blessings

Deep Red Stamps Tea time with a friend

I used stamps by Deep Red Stamps called

Tea Time

The sentiment is by Stampendous

The die- cuts are by Design objectives with eyelets by Eyelet Outlet

The patterned paper is by Recollections

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Lawn Fawn Brown Coffee cards

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn and I made the cards on a smaller card base of 3.5x5
I used Memento black ink on the coffee stamps and colored them in with Copic markers.

The Hugs sentiment die cut is by Lawn Fawn

The silver metal ring is by Stampin Up

The patterned paper used on the rectangular die cut is by Recollections.
The die was bought off of eBay.
The die-cut behind it is unknown.

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Coffee 2016
Coffee 2015

Multiple red flowers Card

I used stamps by Inkadinkado, I think.
The border punch is by Martha Stewart

The patterned paper is by Sunborn

This border punch is by Fiskars with patterned paper by Basic Grey

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April 2016
Aug 2015
2014
2014

Thinking of You Foster kids card

I used stamps and blue ink by Hero Arts by Kelly Purkey
Yellow ink by Ranger

The sentiment is by Stickable Stamps

The die- cuts are by matching dies from stamps

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Bug a Boo watering Can Card

I used a digital stamp by Bug a Boo

I colored it in with Copic markers

The patterned paper is by Basic Grey
This is a smaller card. I'm trying to get rid of these card bases

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Yellow card 2019
Purple 2012
2010

Manly Monday Green Kenny K Image Boy Image Card

I used a stamp by Kenny K colored in with Copic Markers

The sentiment is by Recollections stamp with Hero Arts ink

The die- cuts are by Design Objectives 

The patterned paper is by Memory Box

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Boy in orange