Floral Friday single flower birthday card

 The white background has a small shaded area of red in the center. l sprayed that white background with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist. The green cardstock is by Sunborn. The red layer of cardstock I inked direct to paper with my dying Aged Mahogany distress ink pad. 

The frame is out of an old package that I will have to find.

The flower stamp is from Close to my Heart. I colored it in with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out. The sentiment is my new favorite by Memory box. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms challenge -include a flower

Sweet Stampin Birthday challenge -Birthday 

Girls Rebel- Begins with B (birthday)

Manly Monday No Lion You’re Great Card

This cute little lion stamp is by Close to My Heart. I colored him in with Copic markers and then inked the edges of the paper with distress ink. The embossing folder is by Spellbinders. The rest of the paper is random scraps from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Pirate Cards

This card was made for Craft Roulette #256 and I had enough pieces to make a second one. The parameters were a 5 x 7 card, hippie colors, the element was an island and random wood. 

HERE'S MY CARD AT CRAFT ROULETTE

The part above is straightforward. Except for the island is more of a figurative meaning the treasure chest made of wood is on an island. I put brown distress ink under the treasure chest to represent the beach that you would find on an island. The fun part about this card is the wavy paper was a graduation open house invitation. I hate throwing those things away. It was nice to use this one for a card.

I made the boat with my Cricut.  

Supplies: the stamps are by Close to My Heart. I colored in the images with Copic markers. The sparkly bits are by Fun Journey Stampers. 

This one has similar elements except for the key on the bottom is unknown. It’s pretty bulky and will probably require extra postage. Even with it, I fear that the key will come off when it goes through the mail. 

The fun thing about this card is what was behind it…

It's also an upcycled piece of paper that was an advertisement I received in the mail. I used it for the backside and covered up my address. 

Thanks for looking.

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! 

Flower Friday Hidden fabric Sunflower card

The gold paper is by Sizzix. The sentiment is from Close to my Heart. The tag is a recycled item. The leaf stamp is a Studio G red rubber stamp. On the inside when you lift the gold paper up the journal box is by Recollections and the sunflower is fabric. Thanks for looking. HAGD!

June Calendar Layout Bennett 2024

A list of supplies: Patterned paper by Me and My Big Ideas. Alphabet stamps by Close to my Heart. High five stamps by Stampin Up. Distress ink on a The Crafter’s Workshop stencil found on the pennants that say “Vroom”. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

February Calendar layout 2024

I want to get all of 2024 on my blog so I can delete them from my phone to clear out space on my phone. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Wild about You

I made this card for Craft Roulette #199 

Project: card with a bookmark 

Color: Bakery 

Elements: Large animal

Random: add horizontal lines 

I cut the tiger out using my Cricut. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket. Sentiment by Close to my Heart. The background behind the tiger is mixed media. I was playing with my Distress Oxide inks. Thanks for looking.

Deep Red Stamps City Girl News Flash

For my card today, I have a City Girl stamp by Deep Red Stamps. She was stamped with Memento black ink and colored in with Copic markers. The teal papers came dry embossed and the sentiment sticker is by Close to My Heart.  Thanks for looking 

November calendar layout remembering Jodi

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Who was Jodi? My Mom called Jodi my brother’s “lady friend”. Jodi passed away on January 10th, 2018 from an accidental overdose. These pictures are representations of her, her dog Chloe, who passed away in 2022 and the sweatshirt with her son’s business on the back. The sweatshirt finally fits my niece. 

The bone background paper and the strip of patterned paper are and on the right side are unknown. (The Paper Studio-maybe) The yellow borders were from a paper pad by Die Cuts with a View. The butterfly sentiment and wings were made on my Cricut. The little butterfly to the lower right is a Memory Box die cut. RIP stickers and Chloe was stamped. It seemed appropriate to post this on my birthday, I miss her so much. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Weaved Robot Power Card

For my card today, I used patterned papers by: My Little Stamp Box, Carta Bella, and Bazzill. The shiny silver paper is from Sizzix. The robot and the robot power sentiment is by Close to my Heart. The birthday sentiment is from Clearly Besotted. Thanks for looking. 4-11-23

February Calendar Layout Video Chat

This is my Brother's 2023 calendar. I never realized how much I video chat with the kids. Upper left is nephew Spencer and in screen is Emberlee. Then the middle picture is my great-nephew Andrew. And then the last picture is of my niece Evalynn. 

So, the patterned paper is from Michael's (Recollections). The border on top is a Cricut weld of circles. The video chat circles are Close to my Heart alphabet stamps and Creative Memories circle punch. The hearts in the border are Lawn Fawn dies. The hearts in the center are Cricut dies and a Creative Memories punch.

Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Pretty in Pink Flowers and Crown card

Today my cards are just easy and 

The card below uses small stamps by Close to my Heart in Creative Memories decorative square punch. The top and bottom are turned and the middle one is a frame made with a large and small punch and white laid into that frame. Striped patterned paper is by Echo Park (Sweet Girl by Lori Whitlock) and polka dot paper is by Making Memories (Flower Patch)

The next card uses patterned paper by Basic Grey (Konnichiwa). The frame is by My Mind's Eye, Doily by Martha Stewart, and the crown is by Three Bugs in a Rug (I always thought that it was a strange name but there are others out there that make me wonder where such names came from for a stamp company.) I digress.

I had the opportunity to use this card for a 16th birthday card. The flowers on the side are from my stash. The sentiment went perfectly for the occasion.

As you can see with these two photos side by side my ongoing photography problem continues. You can see where the picture has a brown background and how the pink's warmth is more apparent. I think the background gives the pink background patterned paper more of an orange hue to it. The picture taken above was taken outside but on an overcast day and not on a sunny day. again where the true color of my cards are

Thanks for looking.

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

4 Little Hedgehogs Sitting on a Card

I'm entering my Hedgehog cards into the following Challenges:

Penny's Challenges
Crafty Catz

Simon Says Stamp-Critters Challenge

The hedgehog stamp is from Close to my Heart and I colored them in with different color combos of Copic markers. 

The blue card was made with scraps of blue cardstock behind the image. I inked the "sky" with distress ink. The sentiment was made with my Cricut pens and on the inside, it says “Here comes another birthday.”

The pink card has the same sentiment as the blue one but it’s on vellum. The pink patterned paper is a recycled store-bought card.

This next hedgehog image looks like a late birthday card because of the way the hedgehog has his head hanging down.

First I'm going to talk about the brown card on the right. The patterned paper is by Creative Memories. I bought the die behind the hedgehog off of eBay. The border punch by Fiskars and I like how nice the white tone-on-tone looks. The sentiment stamp is an oldie by Bo Bunny. I curved the stamp inside my MISTI to follow the shape of the hand-cut hedgehog stamps.

For the yellow card, the background is a Project Life card. Then I die cut the same Spellbinder label die in different shades of yellow and then dry embossed them with embossing folders by Gina Marie, Sizzix, Cuttlebug, and Darice. I put distress ink and Oxide on some of them and on the bottom die cut I used a white gel pen to accent the bird. I used the same sentiment as the brown card.

I have two more things.

The picture below shows the same design idea of using the small dies in your stash to make a pattern.

Lastly, I wanted to show that the store-bought card was big enough to make two cards. See the next pictures.

 

Floral Friday We're praying for you Cross card

The patterned paper is a journal card from a Recollections paper pad. The cross stamp and colored pencils are by Stampin Up  The pink die cut is by Spellbinders. Sentiment by Close to my Heart. The card size is 4 1/4 x 5 1/8. I ended up putting some pearls on the card but didn't take a picture. Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Sewn Banner birthday cards

The patterned paper of the blue card with screw heads is by Adorn It. The pennants are Hero Arts stamps and I stamped the Close to my Heart alphabet letters on top of each. I use my sewing machine to connect the penanent across the top with blue thread. The birthday die cut is by Papertrey Ink. Problem with doing these banners on a card is that they end up being five and 3/ fours x 4 instead of my usual 5 1/2 x 4. So I have to make a new card base for them which is something I’m not used to doing. I buy my card bases from Michael’s they come with the envelopes and although they are thin and not the larger pound cardstock they are convenient. Also, I don’t like to make my own card bases. The cutting, scoring is not the greatest on my wrist, then you have color choices, and then you have to buy envelopes. Nah. I’ll buy the pre-made. As a matter of fact, I was running out of white cards so I purchased enough packs to get free shipping from Hobby Lobby. Well Hobby Lobby cards are size 4.25 x 5.5 and Michael’s card size is 4 x 5.5. I should write a post it note on my computer to be reminded.

I’m entering the Simon Says Stamp Happy Birthday challenge.

It's Time for a Birthday for a Lady Card

I have a happy birthday card on the inside it says “Time for another birthday”. I cut out the pink frame with my Cricut. I put black behind it to give it a base. The die cut was too big for the card front. I had to cut it down until the die cut fit the Preston-made  card base. The clock die cut is by The Girl’s Paperie. The letter stamps are by the Close to my Heart. The heart die cut was on the floor and and the white fit well in between the two words. I just noticed that I used a corner rounder by Creative Memories on the card base.  I found some examples on my blog that use a clock and are referring to birthday.  have to do with time This card uses die cuts from the same ephemera pack  Girly card with a die cut from the same ephemera pack . Other similar cards for a guy are in the 3 different links below. 

Deep Red StampsTag card   Masculine Pocket watch cards, similar concept , 

Thanks for looking.

I’m entering the happy birthday challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Manly Monday Pocket watch birthday cards

Pocket watch die cut is by K and Co. The background stamp in the1st card is Camouflage stamp by Deep Red Stamps. I made the frame around the pocket watch by using the frame inPhotographer stamp set by Deep Red stamps.I stamped it one way and then I turned it to stamp it down the other way creating this double frame. I made this frame 3 or more years ago and it sat it the drawer. This is like the year of the use stuff put in a drawer. Thank you for looking.

Heat Embossed Snowmen for the January Snow challenge

 Thanks for looking.

CHallenges:
Craft Rocket Challenge-Dies (border dies)

Colorful OPtions chllenge-winter blues