April Calendar Layout Brian and bowling.

Confession, I totally cut myself out of the picture. My face was spread out because of the way that I was standing and leaning forward onto my bag. You can see me. My arm is in a blue shirt on the right side. Anyway, the bowling patterned paper is by Karen Foster. The other patterned paper is Harley Davidson paper made by EK Success. I liked the flames in the paper because they matched the blue bowling shirts. The title is a sticker by Stickibilities. The side border is made up of bowling ball stickers by Scrappin Sports and More, SMR Stickers, and someone else. I’ll have to look into it. Thanks for looking and listening. 

My husband took the picture of my brother because he is drinking coffee out of an Old Kent Bank cup at a bowling alley around the corner from the house we grew up  My Mom worked for OKB for 30+years. 

It hasn’t been called OKB in over 20 years. So for them to have the coffee cup with the bank’s logo on it was enough for my husband to take a picture of my brother with the cup he stole from the bowling alley for sentimental reasons. LOL. 

Thank You for Hawaii with Hibiscus Flower

Hi. I stamped the hibiscus stamp by Deep Red Stamps with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with platinum embossing powder by Ranger. The red die cut is by Gina Marie. The thank you die cut is from my stash. 

I made the background paper with blue distress inks and foam applicator using a wavy mask at different angles on white paper. I put a little ink here, then moved the mask and put a little bit of ink there. It creates white space and with the blue it looks like waves. I lamely tried to add in some brown distress ink at the bottom to resemble the sand. I hate it but not enough to redo it. 

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Crafting Godess Card Fun Fold card

I made this birthday card using sparkly cardstock by Sizzix and ephemera die cuts by Stamps and Scrapbook Expo. It’s called Crop Kit. I’m not sure where they came from but they made a cute birthday card for a crafty friend. Fun fold cards are such a joy to make. I think to myself, “I made that card”. 

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April Calendar Layout Sunflowers and Audrey

The green patterned paper is by Sunborn. The green cardstock is the other side of that patterned paper. The woodgrain patterned paper is by Pebbles. 

The sunflower stamp is by Stampin Up. I added gold and bronze Perfect Pearls to the flower and fussy cut it out. I stamped the leaf in a green ink by SU. 

For the blue sky, I used distress ink as the base and then added some translucent paint mixed with a powdered chalk which is like Perfect Pearls.

I imagined the patterned paper look like tall green leaves and the woodgrain look like the steps.

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Silver and Muted Red Christmas Card

  My Christmas card has a few layers. The layer closest to the card base is a pearlescent red by Coordinations. The gray with red stripes is the backside of a journaling card by Teresa Collins. The red die cut with silver marker outline was made with my Cricut and silver metallic pen. The white die cut is by Spellbinders. The “Joy” card is from a We R Members Keepers 6x6 paper pad. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Big Blue Birthday Cake Card

I cut the cake out with my Cricut. The background was stenciled using distress ink and The Crafter’s Workshop 12x12 stencil. Then for whatever reason I covered part of the background with China Blue distress oxide. (It looks okay.) 

I added Smooch ink to the flames of the candles. The card front panel is size 4x5.5. The card base was 4.5x5.5. I cut the front and then adhered a piece of blue cardstock on the inside of the inside of the card.

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Cynthia’s BIG Teal N Pink Birthday Card

This is a big card. I took a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of white cardstock and folded it in half. Then I started my layering. First, a piece of bright pink cardstock. Then a striped piece of vintage wrapping paper. Followed by a blue patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket. 

To finish up, I found the blue scallop square in butterfly in my stash. I added a “happy” die cut by Lawn Fawn and the “birthday” die cut by Clearly Besotted. 

The lady I made this card for has  macular degenerative disease. Her daughter requested cards to be large and have larger fonts.

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Floral Friday background with Brads Card

I love this card. I finally used my Distress Crayons to make the yellow colored background. Then to finish the look of the background I stamped it twice with a Love Nicole small dot background stamp. 

The die cut is by Ultimate Crafts. I didn’t like the red color of the red paper so I inked it with a Simon Says Stamp ink pad. It took a bit to dry before I could adhere it to the background. Once I did I set some flower brads in the centers of the flowers of the die cut. 

Next, I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of buttercream cardstock

with black ink. I adhered it in the center of the card front and tada! The End!

Thanks for looking. 

Life’s a Beach Stampendous Shell Stamp card

Hi-de-ho! My card has no patterned paper. I made them all by myself.starting with the sunshine that I made with the edge of a distress ink pad on white paper. Then I adhered that piece to a piece of cream cardstock. Finally, I ripped the right side of those two papers.

I made the bottom paper look like sand with distress ink and a sponge dobber. I tore the right side and of that paper and then adhered it under the white cardstock. I stamped the shell and sentiment from Stampendous on white cardstock. You can see the starfish’s leg went off onto the cream cardstock. I stamped the sentiment underneath. It is also by Stampendous.

The card base is peach cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my card.

April Calendar Layout Callie’s matching clothes.

This is a very plain layout with scraps of cardstock and a little piece of Bo Bunny patterned paper. The embellishments are stickers from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Turtle Card

This card started with this cute turtle die cut that was a gift from a seller on Mercari. I made the background with distress ink and a piece of paper as a mask. The green frame was a negative to a rectangle. The paper is by Color Aid. The picture shows what a mess it is underneath. I had to die cut some waves to put on top of the green frame.

The dark blue waves are the negative K and Co paper which you can see in the picture on the right. It’s a beach/travel scallop shaped paper and I’ve used the side where you tear the paper off of the pad as waves. Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your week.

Floral Friday Easter Bible Card

I found this colored-in image in the drawer and it needed to get on a card. It's painted with powdered chalk and paint. This next picture shows how the paint shines.

The other supplies are as followed. The background paper has been dry embossed with a Spellbinders embossing folder and the ovals were cut out with Creative Memories Cutting System.

The lace in the center is fake and by that I mean it's self-adhesive from Michael's. Thanks for looking. Happy Good Friday to you all. 

Floral Friday Happy Spring Cards

Patterned paper by Making Memories and PiggyTales.com. The vellum is from my stash. The word “Spring “, was cut out using my Cricut. I did use some brads by Making Memories, flower die cut by Sizzix, and a flower stamp by…maybe Hero Arts.

The Happy Stamp is by The Stamps of Life. I stamped off with the Happy stamp. I used Basic Grey on the card in the center. I cut a flower out of the patterned paper and it was a perfect swoop as the “spring” die cut. 

Pink and Purple Winter Outdoor Accessories Card

I cut the gloves and scarf out with my Cricut many years ago. I will try to link back to the layout in which they came from. The die cuts are wrapped around the super old frame die cut by Provo Craft. The sentiment is by Hero Arts. Thanks for looking.        

Manly Monday Rainbow Dog sympathy card

I made the rainbow colors with scraps of cardstock. The dog is a stamp from Newton’s Nook. It was a pet sympathy card.
I figured this rainbow card was a good one to post the day after St Patrick’s Day. Thanks for looking.
PS.
I found this card that I made from the leftover pieces of cardstock along with a Creative Memories vellum sentiment.

Now I’m done. HAGD!

Upcycled Stockings Christmas Cards Part 2

It’s green for St. Patrick’s Day!

I used a Tim Holtz stencil with distress ink to create a tone on tone background. The stocking is an upcycled To From tag. The sentiment is metal and it’s by Making Memories. Thanks for looking.

Upcycled Stockings Christmas Card Part 1

This was an upcycled to and from tag. I glued it onto a sparkly glitter green cardstock die cut. The sentiment is by Hero Arts. 

Come back tomorrow to check out the second stocking card I made. Thanks for looking.

I’m entering this card into the:

Jingle Bell Rock challenge-Sparkly 

Floral Fridy Spanner Christmas card

I love CRAFT ROULETTE because it teaches me to go outside my comfort zone. This week the wheel stopped on a fun fold card called a Spanner card. It has three folds for the recipient open. This is what the card looks like when you take it out of the envelope. Pretty.

P.S. CRAFT ROULETTE Airs on You Tube every Friday night at 7:10 EST. Here are the details in case you’re interested in checking it out. 

So the border on the bottom is made up of a horizontal strip of Sizzix opulent paper. Layered on top of it is a border from an old paper pack by Die Cuts with a View. The doily in the center is by Stampin Up. It’s hard to see but I adhered tiny red flowers behind the green flower that form a wreath on top of the doily. All flowers are by Prima.

Next, you open the card and you see an embossing folder by Darice and the wreath on top  by Jolee’s. It was placed on the back of the white tag to cover it up. 

The last page/ panel I added red opulent paper on both sides. When I did that I accidentally bent the paper so I added a sticker by EK Success to cover it up. 

I put a vertical border strip by Die Cuts with a View on the left of the white cardstock and finished with a sentiment is by Stampendous.

. I’d never heard of a spanner card so I went to Split Coast Stampers for a tutorial. Tada!

(So I’m noticing that these links give you a “redirect notice”. Tell me if you get that too.)

Thanks so much for stopping by.

March Calendar Layout CA family with my Cricut

  

I made the background with my draw function on my Cricut. Then I cut the frame with my Cricut. Thanks for looking.

Merry Gold Christmas card

The gold pape, white glitter paper, and the red die cut are by Sizzix. The white die cut is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The Want2Scrap rhinestone shape fits a Spellbinders label but I used it to go around the circle sentiment which was a cut apart from a paper pad.

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Manly Monday Chuggin’ along card for Ryder

The train and icons I lightly stamped in the background paper are by Tim Holtz. The sentiment is one I made years ago with Lawn Fawn Harold Alphabet. Thanks for looking.

Big Wordy Christmas Cards

Above is a recycled card front with a gold die cut and white cardstock behind it. I like it.

The die cuts are by Scrapbooking Made Simple. Thanks for looking.

February Calendar Layout Sitting by the Fire

February cottage calendar layout with a title and fire cut out with my Cricut the stamped images on the left side are by Simon Says Stamp. The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye. Thanks for looking.

Red, White and Blue Carta Bella Christmas cards

The Merry sentiment die is from Lawn Fawn and the sentiment stamp is from Stampendous.

Previously I made a group of cards using this paper pad by Carta Bella and you can see them HERE. In fact, here is a link to all of the projects using this paper pad. C@RTA BELLA

Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Thank You Card

The thank you sentiment is from a store bought card. The patterned papers are by Studio G.

Here’s another thank you card using the same patterned paper and a sentiment by The Paper Co.

Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Pink Flowers Destash Card

This card used up most of my small pink flowers. I will probably regret that in the future but there are other pink flower accents that I can make. 

When I started placing the flowers on the card I didn’t know where I was going with it. I just went for it and glued them down and added Stickles to the center. That wasn’t the best decision. I should have made the pattern then glued the flowers down. I thought:

Oh well, I liked the top better than the bottom.

 It was the bottom and so I was OK with it. 

The top is cleaner than the bottom. 

Nobody will see the bottom. Ya right!

I found the tiny plate with letter die cuts and cut out “Thirty 1993” for my Niece’s 30th birthday. I adhered the letters around a rhinestone cluster that I found in my stash. 

I had to cut off the edges of the front panel to fit on my card base. It wasn’t until then that I realized…I glued the letters on upside down.
I was crushed. I tried to take the letters off. Nope. Removing the letters was destroying the flowers, which I only had 2-3 flowers left.

Looking at it now, it’s no big deal. You can hardly tell or see what I’m talking about. But...You see this flower front panel had been sitting on my desk for weeks. I looked at it all of time. I was working to figure out the best way to finish it. I couldn't get just any sentiment to look "right". 

So when I found the alphabet plate I knew just what to do with it. I was excited to use it for the special occasion. But then to have so much into it to trip at the finish line...irritating. 

I have to remind myself that,

It’s handmade. Not Ha11m@rk.

Thanks for looking.