My Mind's Eye Mint-Green-Purple Die Cut Cards

I put these two cards together because the die-cuts are from the same collection.

The first card. 

The patterned paper is by Colorbok

Cardstock by Bo Bunny 

I used a stencil and Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels to create the background paper in the middle

I also inked it with distress ink 

The die-cut scalloped flower, that is also inked around the edges with distress ink, is by My Mind’s Eye 

This second card is simple yet it has a ton of layered die-cuts by Spellbinders and My Mind’s Eye 

There are 4 layers of die-cuts that end with a tiny die-cut in the middle that says "Friends".

The patterned paper is by Colorbok 

And easy peasy. Looks cute and all done.

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Mollicone Wedding 1963 Layout

I know this isn't a Manly Monday project but it's the day they got married 57 years ago.

This should be the end of 1960 scrapbook layouts, hopefully. I'm going to start bringing in the '70s layouts and try to go more in chronological order.

The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye

Cardstock from my stash

The gold flourish die-cuts at the bottom are very beautiful 

The off white flourishes were pieces that fell off and were on the floor from a different project. A card I think. 

The date along with the above were cut out with my Cricut. 

The names of the bride and groom are stamps by Sizzix. The and in between is a sticker.

The arrow punch is by Stampin Up and its off white cardstock was overspray from a different project too. It is Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. 

I was asked to point out the in-laws in photos like this. I know where they are but future generations even my SIL didn't know where they were. So I'm using her suggestion/good idea.

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I sewed a pocket so I could include these fun ephemera. 

So check out this amazing ephemera that was with these wedding photos. I don't think the book has ever been opened. I tried to open it and the pages stuck together like how a new book does.

The problem-the book would fall to the bottom of the pocket.

I tried putting chipboard into the pocket to hold the book and that was a fail.

So without digging around forever, this is the first paper clip I came to and it works for me.

I put it into a baggie to preserve it.

I appreciate you stopping by today and thanks for looking

Peacock ATC turned into a card

The peacock in today's card was an ATC

 but it didn't quite fit into my notebook of ATC's

 I decided it would be great on a card that I would donate

So there was very little for me to do with such a beautiful card as the main focus.

I stamped a Stampin Up background stamp with purple ink onto a mint colored cardstock

Then, I added two brads from stash

Boom! Done!

Is that wrong of me, to use ATC's on cards? I think it's okay to do so if I'm donating them.

I did feel funny about watermarking it. 

For some reason, I didn't get the maker's name to give credit.

I made it a while back and can't recall the specifics.

Anyway,

Thanks for looking.

Have a great day.

Sweet Girly Lion Card

Yesterday's card was simple and today's card screams at you.

I used stamps by Stampin Up

The sentiment is a sticker 

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up, K and Co, Elle's Studio and Cosmo Cricket

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Golden Lab Card

So simple, yet it's a card that any dog lover would enjoy.

I used a stamp by Gina Marie with Colorbox pigment ink and fussy cut it out 

The sentiment is by Darice and stickers by Reminisce

The patterned paper is by Basic Grey and Colorbok

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Bright and Non-Traditional Colored Happy Graduation Cards

I few graduation cards that I made

First Card.

The sentiment Happy is by Lawn Fawn with matching die

The sentiment Graduation is by TPC and is white heat embossed

The patterned paper is by Making Memories and My Mind's Eye 

I'm not sure why I did the diagonal green paper.

It certainly gives a different look

Second card.

The patterned paper frame is from the patterned paper in the card above

The orange paper is by Sunborn. 

The rays are a stencil by Tim Holtz using distress ink and oxide

The sticker is by K and Co

Last one.

The sentiment sticker is by K and Co

Brad by The Paper studio. 

I made the background using Clear Dollar Stamps and Stampin Up.

I chose Stampin Up inks and would stamp off the ink before stamping on the paper.

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Manly Monday Band-Aid card for Eric

We know the parents of a young man that was having back surgery. I made this one and a more elaborate card and this one was chosen unanimously. 

I think it took me 10 minutes to make

But, I heard that this special person really liked it. That works for me.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn including the sentiment

I colored in one band-aid and put it on the bottom 

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Blue Square Best Wishes Shaker Card

I donated this card to a special little lady.

I used a Spellbinders to cut out the window 

The rectangle with stamped sentiment is an eBay die

I used a stencil by Gina Marie with distress ink to create the background paper 

I make my own envelopes for the square cards. I rarely send square cards. Therefore, this Christmas envelope was the only one I had available. I was in a hurry to get the card into the mail for a little girl's birthday. 

Note to self , make more square envelopes.

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Congratulations Graduate Card

2020 Graduates were so shafted. No spring break, no prom, no walking across the stage, no all night party. Nothing and it still breaks my heart.

Anyway, I did send some kids cards with money in them. Here is one of the cards.

The Congratulations is computer generated and the graduate is a sticker from The Paper Studio

The patterned paper is by Karen Foster

The diploma is a Jolee's sticker

I found the black and gold paper in my scraps.

Thanks for looking

If you want to see any other graduation cards, do a search on my blog. The search field is at the top right.

Plaid Thinking of You Card

I can't tell if I posted this card yet. It's really frustrating because I have a system of labeling cards or layouts once I posted them to my Blog or Scrapbook.com or FaceBook 

This card has no indication that it has made an online appearance.

So I apologize if this is a repeat post. I took a long time looking on my blog and couldn't; find it.

After looking for so long things start to all mix together.

The sentiment is by is a die by The Stamps of Life 

I know the plaid die-cut is by Spellbinders and the paper by Cosmo Cricket, which is a guess. The die0cut underneath is unknown

The dry embossing folder is by Cuddlebug/Provo Craft

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1967 brick numbering layout

Here’s another layout for the family album.

I cut the oval out with my Creative Memories cutting system out of white cardstock. 

The red patterned paper on the left is by Deja Views 

The brick dry embossed background paper is by Craft Smith (Michael’s)

The manufacturer of the brick numbers was torn off.

I used my Cricut to cut out the floral die-cut and the layered rectangle with rounded edges.

I cut the floral die-cut out of off-white cardstock and used distress ink and distress oxide to give it color.

Afterward, I gave it a spritz of Ranger’s gold mist. I love the way it makes everything sparkle and how it gives the leaves a little bit of mottling. (That’s a new word Ali taught me;)

These pictures were my inspiration for the gnome card.

The flowers in the background look like they’re being held up by a lattice

The other thing for the card was the brick flower box

Here is a link to the gnome card

Thank you for looking.

Happy Transparency Card

Happy card will end up as a birthday card.

The patterned paper is by October afternoon

The present sticker is by EK Success/Jolee's

Dies from Spellbinders and eBay

Happy stamp by Fiskars and heat embossed in silver

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Sweet and Simple Smile card

The patterned paper is by Pebbles 

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders And flower by My Mind’s Eye 

The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars 

Sweet and simple.

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Manly Monday Simple Birthday Card

I found this negative die- cut in my stash. No idea where it came from. 

It was dirty so I cut it down and rounded all of the edges

The patterned paper, all scraps from my stash. 

Simple and easy are perfect guy cards.

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1969 Pocket Page and Scrapbook Layout with brick background

Typing up layout posts are more time consuming compared to card posts. 

I can't guarantee everything is worded correctly. Idk...

The date die-cut was cut out with my Cricut 

The patterned papers for the first page are by Papertrey Ink, Recollections brick paper, and Oriental Trading Co.that I had tried some mixed media with paint and ended up not liking it. So I flipped it over and used the other side for the bottom row.

I typed out the labels and then circled them with a CM pen. 

I added epoxy dots from Basic Grey, here and there to add some of the matching orange colors that are on the next page.

The brick pattern was cut out with my Cricut and backed with scraps I had in my stash

The bottom right cardstock was dry embossed with a Fiskars plate. 

Bottom left paper is by Provo Craft (really old)

Some patterned papers look like real live bricks. Those are from Michael's/ Recollections

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn for the label

If I understand correctly, my husband's grandfather was a bricklayer and builder

He bought an undeveloped street in Detroit where he built houses to flip. 

 Oma and Opa would move into one house until it was bought

I think that's how it went.

Anyway,

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Chalkola background Butterfly Card

I made the card background with Chalkola markers and a stencil on vellum.

Then I added some Cricut cut butterflies.

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Big Fishy Friends Cards

I used stamps by Stampin Up and Lawn Fawn

Big fish were colored in with watercolors Strathmore or Tim Holtz watercolor paper

The small fish were colored in with Copic markers (1st card) and colored pencils (3rd card)

I used distress ink to create the sun or sky

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn and Forever in Time (2nd card)

The die- cuts are Lawn Fawn images with matching dies

The borders are eBay dies or leftovers from the other fishy cards.

The patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View

I'm exhausted and keep falling asleep at my computer. So I hope these are accurate 

Sizzix die-cut on Crate Paper

The patterned paper is old from my stash.

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other cards using large fish

Another Fishy card

Saint Bernard Sympathy Card

I had to make a dog sympathy card. 

I used my Cricut to cut out this Saint Bernard dog

The patterned paper is by Creative Memories

Ribbon from Michael's

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Flower-Tiaras-Glitter ribbon Girly card

A simple card for any occasion.

The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket. It looks like little tiaras to me.

The die-cuts are by Spellbinders and flower is by My Mind’s Eye

I inked the inside of the blue die cut 

I added ribbon to the center and put glitter ribbon on top. It had adhesive on the back

I’m working on cleaning out my stash.

Old products are New again.

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Groh Family Pocket Pages from 1966

I used stamps by numbers by Close to my Heart and ABC’s from Lawn Fawn (Harold)

I used the writing feature on my Cricut for the labels under the photos.

I cut out an arrow with my Cricut 

The center square and one to the left use embellishments from My Mind’s Eye 

The patterned paper is Unknown. 

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Heart and Virus Emoji card

This card is for a young lady, a teenager that had a heart transplant. I like the emoji because it has hearts on it but I'm not sure what it means.

Then the embossing folder by Gina Marie looks like little particles that float in the air that could be a virus. Idk...that's what I see. What do you think?

The die-cut is a Cricut cut

The patterned paper is by October Afternoon. (I have at least two other cards with this same patterned paper. I have a hunch that these were pieces of scraps that I couldn't throw away.)

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Watermelon Card

This is good card to represent summer fun.

I used a stamp by Unity stamp Co. I used distress markers on top of the stamp to get the multiple colors on the image.

The die- cuts are by Spellbinders and Cuttlebug 

The border is by Martha Stewart with vintage ribbon in the center. 

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Another watermelon card

1963 All Green Pocket Pages Scrapbooking

I was typing up this blog post and it occurred to me that there is no date on this layout.

That won’t be a problem with all of the open space. Maybe I subconsciously left those areas blank.

The metal circles are by Stampin Up. Inside them are stickers by...darn it, I don’t remember. I threw the package away within the last week. I flip through my organizers daily. The organizers are separated by theme and they are the home to many sticker packs that I have been looking at for years. Now, do you think I can remember the brand? I will do a timed search to find them online. Timed search you ask? I set the timer on my phone and by the time that alarm goes off, I’m finished looking.

The patterned paper is by Recollections and old stuff by Provo Craft 

On the center 4x6, I used these transparent die-cuts. The flower one is by Maya Road and the smaller flower is by American Crafts. I set an eyelet in the center. The bouquet on the right is from Jolee’s a company of EK Success.

This page is a 4x4 pockets equaling 9 squares. I had the one larger photo that even if I cut it down it wouldn’t fit. I boldly cut the pocket open with an Exacto knife to fit the photo in with all the other relevant pictures. I love the results and that it is hard to see the the alteration unless your looking.

I received the glasses patterned paper in a ATC swap, bottom right. Isn’t it the cutest and perfect for the time frame. Haha, pun intended. The Christmas paper, bottom left is by Martha Stewart.

All of the alphabet stamps are from Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for looking 

Gnome Card and 100th birthday banner

I made this card and banner for our grandma’s 100th birthday. 

There was a lot of time making this card. The gnome is a Cricut cut in my stash.

The gnome is an inside family joke

Edited-I did look it up and the gnome is from the cartridge Fresh Picked.

 The brick paper is from Recollections and looks like real brick. 

I made the grass paper from scraps. I inked them with distress ink and cut slits in the top. 

I used dimensional adhesives to give the grass multiple layers. 

The mushroom and flower are stickers by K and Co. 

The lattice on the left was inspired by the heritage photos I'm scrapping.

 I took a vine-like ribbon and weaved it into the lattice die-cut by Cricut. 

That ribbon has been in my stash for probably 5 years

The flowers on the vine were made with a punch from Marvy.

 It felt good to use a lot of old supplies. And have it come out so cute. 

I hadn't been entering challenges but have recently found a few blogs I like. This card is perfect for the summer fun challenge at:

Bitten by the bug

I hoped Siri was correct. I stamped out those numbers. I love how it turned out.

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