Pretty Purple LOVE Card

The double-sided patterned paper is by Craft Consortium. I used the front of the patterned paper for the background. I folded two of the corners back on itself to reveal white cardstock. Then with the extra patterned paper, I turned it over and die-cut the word Love. The die cut is by Crafter's Companion. The shadow of the word Love is out of shiny gold paper by Sizzix. 

Here’s an example using the same paper pad and sentiment die cut. Yes, the pad has a mix of reds, pinks, and purples.

Triple Heart Love card  

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday You’re a Deer card

The stamp and sentiment are by Stampendous, and the background stamp is by Deep Red Stamps. I used two different colors of distress ink on the background. I colored the deer in with leftover ink on a paintbrush.

I’m entering this card into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Cute and Cuddle
We Love Stamping - Clean and Simple
Krafty Chicks Challenge - Clean and Simple
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Clean and Simple
Carabbie Moments of Craft - Cute
Polka Doodles - Anything goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes
Digi Choose Day - Anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge - Anything goes

Triple Heart Love Anniversary card

I made this card for the anniversaries of 2026. At the end of the year, I give my BIL all of the cards he needs to send to our family. This includes birthday and anniversary cards. This year I want to have them ready for him.
The patterned paper is by Craft Consortium and the gold paper is by Sizzix. The Love sentiment die is by Couture Creations but the heart dies will be added later. I inked it making it dark at the top and fading it out to the bottom. Thanks for looking.

I made this card for 
Sisterhood of Crafters - Use pink or red
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Digi Choose Day - Anything goes
Gem of a challenge - Anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge - Anything goes
Tic Tac Toe Challenge Love sentiment, die cut, and heart
The Paper Shelter - Add a heart
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a heart
Creative Inspiration - Love is in the air
Double D challenge - red

Manly Monday Beach Scene Card

The car stamp is by Tim Holtz in brown chalk marker, that I regret giving them to my niece.the die cut was bought on eBay.

The baby is interested in what is Mom and Dad doing. Details on the guy/girl panel: they are on a die cut that resembles a rope net or mermaid tail scales. The chair is by Gina Marie and the flip flops were drawn by my husband. Y

Then you open the next panel and you can see the parts and pieces that I used to make this  card. The seashell die cut is by Creative Expression (i think). I used a post note to ask off the different shelves and seaweed with I sprayed it with glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. Same chair and shoes but the sunglasses are Stampin Up

This card was made for Craft Roulette #253

Card with 3 folds, sweater colors, footwear for an element, and Post it for Random. It’s a Gatefold card with an extra hinge. All of the papers are by Carta Bella. Other 

Manly Monday Frog and Lizard card

I stamped and then heat embossed a variety of different stamps leaf stamps onto green cardstock. I cut it out with a Creative Memories wavy square shape. I inked the edges and adhered it to the card base (4x5.5)

The frog and lizard were both heat embossed with platinum embossing powder by Ranger. I colored them with Copic markers, fussy cut, and then adhered them to the background. The lizard is on foam tape. The sentiment is Lawn Fawn. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I'm entering this challenge into:

The Male Room-Monochromatic

Stenciled Butterfly Cards

For my first card I created the background, using a Stampendous stamp that reminds me of a dandelion. To get the multiple colors, I used different pressures and second-generation stamping. 

The butterfly is a stencil from Dollar Tree. I colored the lines of the butterfly with a red Copic marker. Then I added more color to accent the design in colors matching the patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. When I cut the design out I left an outside border, which accents the coloring.

The sentiment is by Stampin and Scrapping. The last thing is the twine on the left side is by Lawn Fawn

The card above using two diagonal striped patterned paper and the obvious one is by Stampin Up. The second diagonal stripes are on the butterfly. I arranged the stripes to go in the same direction as the other patterned paper. 

The butterfly is the same design as the first card. When I made this butterfly I only traced the design with red Copic marker and did not fill it in. A difference between the two butterflies is  out close to the edge. Then I ran a darker red copic marker along the edge.

 The doodling on the top and bottom of the center panel comes from the pens used on the draw and cut feature on the Cricut. The sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Double Heart stenciled card

I stenciled the background with pastel distress ink colors. The heart dies are unknown but the heart patterned paper is by Craft Consortium. The sparkly paper is by Sizzix. Thanks for looking.

Princess Castle Baby Shower Card

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Manly Monday Pup-er hugs

The patterned paper is by The Paper Studio. The sentiment die cut is by Lawn Fawn. 

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Manly Monday Dog Sympathy

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Floral Friday bouquet of flowers die cut

I used a Couture Creations stencil on the background with purple ink. Then I took green olive colored ink around the edges. The bouquet is a die cut and the pink in the center is just cardstock. Thank you for visiting my blog. 

3 Stripes of patterned paper Anniversary cards

I made these fun anniversary cards using my Valentine’s Day products. The patterned paper is by Fancy Pants. The scalloped border die cut is by Martha Stewart. On the first card, I cut the border in half and adhered them to the outsides. The polka dot patterned paper is by Papertrey Ink. 

For the second card, I left the border together and adhered it to the center. I cut the top of the strips of patterned paper on the top and bottom with decorative scissors that resembled postage stamps.

The sentiment on both cards is by Close to my Heart. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Cityscape Card

The patterned paper is by Cricut. The blue brick is vellum that I dry embossed with a Darice embossing folder. The city line stamp and cloud stamps are by Stampendous. I did stamp out the clouds in blue ink and then used white pigment ink to fluff them up. The grass was created with green ink and a makeup sponge. I used a marker to add a shadow to the base of the buildings. The sentiment stamp is from…idk. Anyway, thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Hamburger birthday card

The cheeseburger is a die cut from a friend. The patterned paper is by Studio G. The red opulent paper is by Sizzix. The large circle was cut out with my Cricut. The Happy stamp is from Lawn Fawn. The word Birthday is a stamp from Stampibilities. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

A Craft Roulette original, the “Zoyfold” card

As the title says, Craft Roulette’s Mary Gunn and Irene Smith came up with this name to describe a card design that is part Z-Fold card and part Joy fold card.

In the image above, the embossing folder is by Darice and I inked it with distress ink. The vellum is from the Paper Studio and I cut it into a circle using my Creative Memories cutting system. The gems are by Couture Creations. 

The brick embossing folder by Darice. I inked it with all different inks before spraying it with water. This is the inside flap other side of the green cardstock.

The vintage looking door stamp is from Deep Red Stamps. I used watercolors to color it then die cut it out with a Sizzix oval scalloped die. The oval mat behind the image is also by Sizzix. 

This card was made for Craft Roulette episode #249. The parameters were: project-“Zoyfold” card. Colors-elegant. Elements-Front Door. Random-3 circles.

I’m entering this card into 

Simon Says Stamp-Add texture. 

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Just a Note glow in the dark card

Today’s card is SOooo fun. I started by applying glow paste by Tim Holtz onto a stencil by Couture Creations. The brads are by Making Memories. The label is by Recollections. The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug. 

Check out the paper that the sentiment was cut out of. It looks a little different. I went to the recycle bin and pulled out a piece of white cardstock. It’d been die cut, but didn’t cut all the way through. I die cut the sentiment out of a piece of paper. Hence, why there are cut lines on the sentiment die cut.

 Lastly, I tried to ink the edges of the paper, but the paste is gritty and wouldn’t take ink. I must be doing something wrong.anyway. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I’m entering this card into 

 Simon says stamp add texture.

Floral Friday Thinking of You card

I die cut the flower which is connected to the white square. The sentiment is the Draw and Cut from Cricut. The die cut behind the the flower is by…BUT the patterned paper is by Anna Griffin and the gold background paper is from Creative Memories. All of this is on a black cardstock base.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Wooden Butterfly Crackle Paint card

You might be thinking, what am I looking at? I”m going to try and tell you. 

On the white cardstock is a brown background die by Simply Defined called “Whimsical Nature, Thick Jungle Background”. I like the background because you could cut pieces out and create a different background theme.

The butterflies are made of wood (Maya Road) and I painted them with very old Fire Brick Red distress crackle paint. The results weren’t great. I threw it away after that. Ranger’s Crackle paint is no longer sold in colors. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Happy Birthday Hats Card

Today I have a birthday card with patterned paper by Scenic Route (hats and obverse side is green on top), Stampin Up (blue), and Idk the border's paper but I bought the die cut on eBay. The sentiment is by Jillibean Soup and stamped on an upcycled bank tag.

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Floral Friday heart wreath card

I inked the lower part of the card with distress ink. I sprayed the card and red cardstock with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. I covered the seam between the red cardstock and the inked card base with gold paper is by Sizzix. 

I don’t know where the heart image is from and I’m not certain about the butterfly stamps either.  Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Cheers to the New Year

Happy new year with a Craft Roulette card Manly Monday style. It’s from episode #246. The parameters were:

Project-holiday card

Color-Trees

Element-Drinking vessel

Random-something from your floor.

Overlapping Hearts Stamped in a row

The patterned paper is by  Deja Views. The vellum sentiment is by Quick Quotes, and I adhered it with a Xyron sticker maker. The heart stamp is unknown.  I added pearls by Couture Creations and sequins by Fun Stampers Journey.
It was by accident that I stumbled onto this design. It’s not a new, original, or even cre8ive design, but it’s not what I was trying to do.

I was auditioning different shades of pink ink with a different heart stamp onto white cardstock. I couldn’t find the right pink or red color for yesterday's card, and so I thought maybe if I stamped one heart on top of the other, I would get the color that I was trying to match. I’m looking to match the patterned paper. But then I quickly realized that you can’t do that with rubber stamps on a wooden block. They end up kind of halfway on top of each other. Tada, this stamped border design was put together and then changed up for this card. So that’s what I thought of when I first came up with this idea.  

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Floral Friday Heart Border Celebrate card

This is the first card I made overlapping the heart stamp border. It goes with the other anniversary cards. But I don’t love this version of the card as much as the others. It’s a nice card for someone. It’s just not my favorite. 

The side panels are from a store-bought card. The sentiment die cut is by Sizzix. The heart rhinestones, which I don’t care for, are by The Paper Studio. Embellishing cards is awkward for me. It never looks…right. Anyway, the ink that I used on the heart stamp is by Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Making my own patterned paper Anniversary Cards

I created the background using purple card stock using a heart stamp by Hero Arts. The black border is tape from Dollar Tree. 

Card #2-I made the pattern on the lower portion of the card using a border stamp in the mosaic stamp set by Stampin Up. The top portion of the card is a dry embossing folder by Cuttlebug. A piece of black ribbon in the middle separates the top and bottom. The sentiment is unknown. Thank you for looking.  HAGD! 

Peace, Love and Joy Big card

This card is from Craft Roulette #244.

 The parameters were:

Project-Joy fold

Color-Bold/cold

Element-family 

Random-ribbon 

The gold paper, letter dies and the white die cut layered at the bottom of the cluster are from Sizzix. The embossing folder is by Gina Marie. The die cut that the ampersand sign is on is by Creative Expression. There’s Rick Rack on the left side of the card on top of a snowflake background stamp that I heat embossed in green embossing powder.  The joy tags on the right are sewn up there with not twine, but like hemp ribbon. 

It’s a very heavy card. I would probably have to add extra postage. Thanks for looking.

December Calendar Layout 2024

The pattern paper and journal box are by My Mind’s Eye. The stamp is by Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD!