October Calendar Layout Halloween Mickey

 This is my husband’s nephews and their wives and sons. The Mickey head was made with 3 circles of K and I patterned paper. I stamped inside the circles in the pattern. The other two pieces of paper are by Bo Bunny. The brad is by Around the Block. 

1985 Mimi's Work photo Layout

The patterned paper is by K&i Memories. Name and coffee cup stamps are by Lawn Fawn. Age and year stamps by Close to My Heart. The tape dispenser stamp is by Newton's Nook. Both the tape dispenser and coffee cup were colored in with the Peerless watercolors. The telephone is a Cricut draw and cut. 

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October Calendar Layout Halloween at GA

 Witchy Woman. 
K and I Memories and DCWV witch paper. 
Cricut- Black frame with a white circle. 
Pumpkin embellishment is by Jolee's

October 2019 Brother's calendar.

My Mom's birthday was yesterday. 

Today is her great-grandson's birthday.

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Manly Monday Joe in 3rd Grade in Germany Layout

Sorry I’m late. I was working on Easter cards, which you will see the rest of this week.

I also want to make a disclaimer. I’ve been editing this post for over an hour. There may be poor wording and punctuation. I tried. Lol

Here we go!

I have an old layout of my FIL as a child in Obervac, Yugoslavia where he was born and lived until 1953 at which time he and his parents came to America. They settled down and made roots in Detroit, MI where my FIL's parents lived until his father’s death. 

My MIL was born and raised in East Detroit, MI. She met and dated my FIL in high school. He was two grades ahead of her. A few years after the two were married in 1961 they moved to Grand Rapids, MI for a job opportunity for him with the IRS.

The "May 1949" stamps are by Close to my Heart

The arrow sticker pointing out my FIL is by Becky Higgins

The die- cuts are by Cricut (for the 3rd) and Quickutz (word grade)

The patterned papers are by K and I Memories, Die Cuts with a View, and Colorbok

I’m entering this layout into not a card challenge at 

The Male Room

Next, is the opposite side of this layout is a pocket page with some information about the family.

If you look at the bottom right pocket, you will see the photo of Joe and Opa with words next them. Those were the words written on the back picture.

So what I did to preserve this part of the family’s story is, I scanned the  backside of the photo and then printed it on photo paper to place next to the photo. Problem is, I’m not sure how to tell people looking at the scrapbook what that is. 

I’m open for suggestions. I started doing this early on with my MIL’s photos because honestly having old photos that are labeled are hard to come by.

The problem with my FIL's pictures, many of them are written in German.

You know what, Oh well. I think it's pretty cool and I hope the next generation will too. (And maybe learn German. Lol)

Here are the two layouts side by side. They sort of match each other. To me sort of is close enough.

I will now share with you my own personal quote:

"It doesn't have to be perfect. It just has to be done"

-Cindy Groh

Thanks for looking

Christmas Penguin Present Card

I sent in cards to the Just Cards magazine to be published and was surprised when my package was "Return to sender". I searched online and their website is up but nothing is available to purchase. I read, accuracy is unknown, the company came in and informed it's employees that they no longer had a job because they were no longer going to be publishing magazines. Bummer. 

Small tidbit on sending in cards-When I sent my cards in I would always include a return address envelope and postage so I could get my card back. If you don't do so, your card is not returned to you. I didn't know what they did with them and hated to think my cards would be thrown away. So regardless that it was a hassle and more expense to get the cards returned I still did it. My point? They sent me every card that had previously been sent in and not yet been published. They didn't have to do that. It was very nice of them to respect my wishes to have my cards returned to me. 

Thank you Just Cards magazine and RIP.

My card descriptions were typed up to read as directions in a magazine. To save on time, I copied and pasted those instructions into my blog posts and have my fingers crossed that the formats will work well together. 

Penguin Present

Start by making a green card base 4 ¼  x 5 ¼ with Recollections cardstock

Stamp a penguin by JustRite Stamps (Christmas Joy Set)

by coloring the layers with Smooch Inks (Colorbox).

Then color in the rest of the Penguin and die cut out using a Spellbinders oval die.

Die cut a rectangle with rounded ends out of green cardstock by Coredinations.

Cut a red cardstock background 2 ¾ x 3 ½  and wrap a piece of green with

red polka dots (May Arts) to the center and around to the back.

Trim down a piece of iridescent white paper (K and i) to 4 x 5 and wrap the same

ribbon down the center.

Adhere the penguin layers to the white paper and then to green card base.

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Sympathy Card

Today's card is a deepest sympathy card. The stamps used in this card are by Hero Arts. I inked the background stamp with two colors of distress ink (Ranger) before stamping it onto white cardstock. I matted a piece of K and i Memories patterned paper behind the background image. The sentiment label is a Spellbinders die that I cut and then embossed with my Cuttlebug. I stamped the sentiment with white pigment ink (SU) and set with eyelets by Eyelet Outlet.

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Manly Monday Classic Black Car

Edited April 2021 see sidebar  

Classic Black and White car kind of card for today.

The car stamp is by K and I Memories which has been stamped with Hero Arts black ink. Then I matted the image with black cardstock. All of the papers in this card are by Recollections, The gear die cuts are by Spellbinders and the sentiment die cut sticker is by Jolee's/EK Success.

Welcome back to Manly Monday. I have another great group of cards for you to go and see. Click on the blog title above the clip and you will be directed to the masculine card. 

Mrs Cuts Cards and Crafts

Crafting with Cotnob

Secret Stamper

Golden Goddess Designs

Smiles by Debbie

Thanks for stopping by.

Many Thanks

My card today uses a Deep Red Stamp that you can  find at

Scrapbook.com

and

A Cherry on Top

She is from a stamp set of four little ladies. I stamped her with Memento Black ink on Neenah Solar white cardstock and colored her in with Copic markers. I paper pieced the dress out of K and i Memories patterned paper. Then I die cut her out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside with distress ink. For the background paper I dry embossed the Cathedral Windows small metal stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils and then inked the raised area with distress ink. The rhinestone circle is by Heidi Swapp and the sentiment sticker is by Jolee's.

Thanks for looking.

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Something old {rhinestone circle} and something new {girl stamp}

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ AG

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/AG

A Wonderful Adventure

Welcome back to Flashback Friday for Sassy Studio Designs. We are still in our steampunk month of images which as you may know from visiting my blog, steampunk isn't my cup of tea. But I am trying and that's the best I can do. 

This week I printed the image out onto Ranger watercolor paper. I colored the images in with Peerless watercolors and distress ink. I also mixed the water with perfect pearls so my image would sparkle. The purple background paper is unknown however the black paper and glitter paper are both by Die Cuts with a View and the purple border paper and the border die are both by Tim Holtz. The cog brad is by Eyelet Outlet and the cog die cut is by Spellbinders. The sentiment stamp is by K and i Memories. I stamped it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. 

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Candy Cane Sassy Christmas Card

Merry Christmas to you all. Today is Thursday and it marks another Sassy Studio Designs challenge. This week's challenge is Merry

I used Candy Cane Elf  who is still only $2.00 in the Sassy store. I printed her up on Cryogen cardstock and colored her in with Copic Markers and then die cut her out with a Spellbinders die. The red patterned paper is by Echo Park and the word paper is by Craft Smith.The sentiment is alphabet letters by Lawn Fawn that I heat embossed with ink by Versa Mark and white embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. The red cardstock is by Recollections and the green glitter paper by DCWV. The square flair piece at the right top is by K and i Memories, flower sequin by Doodlebug Designs, rhinestone by Want 2 Scrap, and the arrow brads by Eyelet outlet.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/ AG

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/ AG

http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.nz/ Digi/rhinestone

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/ AG die cuts

http://paradiseofstamps.blogspot.fr/ Christmas

Christmas.

Rapunzal from Tangled Sassy Studio image card

So you are never going to believe this one, I get to be the GDT for Sassy Studio Designs for the month of December too. How awesome is that. I better get to coloring. :).

 So for today's card I used the Rapunzel Sassy image and I printed her out onto Ranger's watercolor paper. I colored her in with distress markers and a water pen both by Ranger and then die cut her out with a Spellbinders die. My bling part of the card are the circles behind that image which happen to be glitter paper by The Paper Studio. I cut the circles using my Creative Memories Cutting System and then I cut the circle in half so it would spread across the back of the die cut. The hearts and pennant are die by a Lawn Fawn and the paper is by Recollections. The sentiment stamp is by K and i Memories in Hero Arts black ink. The pink paper is dry embossed but it's hard to see in the photo. Both pink and purple papers are by Recollections and the ribbon is unknown.

Thanks for looking.

 Crafting Musketeers and the theme is use bling

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/ For or with kids

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/ Anything goes with optional twist of xmas

http://stampedblessings.com/ Anything goes

http://www.fairytalestamper.blogspot.de/ Glitter

http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Ribbons and bows

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/ Anything goes🔸Yes still there.

http://www.scrapbookblessingsclub.com/ Anything goes

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ Lots of layers

http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://www.aurorawingschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/p/challenge.html Anything goes w a bow

http://digisketchchallenge.blogspot.com/ Die cuts

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.com/p/new-challenge.html Anything goes

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://perfectlyrustics.com/ Sentiment not birthday

http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG with option glitter

http://squigglefly.blogspot.com/ Not red or green

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Stretch Your Stamps 2 Day 4 Kristina

I have another Stretch Your Stamps 2 card using a technique from Kristina Werner and well.....it took a long time and I'm not sure the results are all that great. I did all the stamping in Tsukineko green ink on Bazzill and Creative Memories cardstock. The stamps are by K and i Memories, Just Stamps, Inkadinkado and TPC Studio. I did it and the green was kind of blah. I restamped the one Best Wishes with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with Stamp N Stuff black glitter powder. I then inked some white cardstock by Recollections and heat embossed it with the same powder. I cut that paper into strips and adhered it to the corners. The circle is cut out with a Creative Memories circle cutter and it is on dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking.

Best Wishes

I made a new card for a challenge over at Mark's Finest Papers. It is a color challenge; red, orange and brown. I stamped my Hero Arts background stamp with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with red embossing powder by Ranger. The background cardstock is by Recollectioms as well as the brown chipboard sparkle swirl and the orange flower. The patterned paper is by Cosmo Cricket and the sentiment stamp by K and I Memories. I stamped it with black Hero Arts ink.

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/color-challenge-21-5-1-14-Colors red, orange and brown

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes

http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/ Rubber stamping (background stamp is rubber)

http://natalieandamy.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Embossing powder

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Sympathy

A sympathy card today as one of our long time friends father passed away and tonight is visitation and tomorrow is the funeral. May he rest in peace and pain free.

The white cardstock is by Recollections, brown cardstock from Joann Fabrics and the patterned paper behind the stamped background is by K and i. Background stamp by Hero Arts and sentiment stamp by Papertrey Ink. I used Stampin Up inks to create the ombré effect and then used SU white pigment ink on the dark brown label be Spellbinders. The eyelets are by Eyelet Outlet.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ Anything goes
http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/ Anything oge
shttp://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/ No Markers
http://craftingmusketeers.blogspot.co.uk/ Monochrome
http://lejdesignschallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ Favorite die cuts (love the Spellbinders label dies-use them all the time)
http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://www.cardadayblog.blogspot.com/ Sympathy
http://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Die cuts
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ CAS
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://scrapping4funchallenges.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/ CAS

Deep Red Stamps Daisy Splash

Today's card is a little different style/color combo for me. I do love pink and black together especially on the stage but when it comes to cards I tend to be more cautious in my color choices. 

Let me tell you about my bright N bold card. The stamp I used is by Deep Red Stamps and it's called Daisy Splash. You can find it at Scrapbook dot com and at A Cherry on Top. Fun pat about this stamp is its kind of like three stamps in one. There's this large stamp and then two smaller stamps. You could keep the. Together but I chose to separate them. You will see the creations I've made with the other stamps probably next week.

I stamped the large image onto white cardstock with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed the image with bright pink embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. The cardstock is by Recollections, pattern paper by K and I memories, sticker sentiment by Current and rhinestones by The Paper Co. I did round the edges of the image with Creative Memories corner rounder. I liked the look of the two corners rounded

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Deep Red Stamps Merry and Bright

My Holly Stamp is by Deep Red Stamps and can be purchased at Scrapbook . com or A Cherry on Top.

I stamped the holly with green Versa Color pigment ink and heat embossed it in clear. I applied gold distress stain over the entire image and heat set it to dry. I wanted the image to have more sparkle so I sprayed it with water mixed with Perfect Pearls and heat set it again. 

There are 4 different patterned papers in this card. The red polka dot paper is unknown but the rest are as follows: green sparkle background paper is by My Mind's Eye, green matting paper by K and i memories and off white with small pattern at the bottom by K and Co. The Merry bingo card is by Jenni Bowlin and the & Bright stickers are by Making Memories.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes Christmas
http://www.myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/ Christmas card
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://christmasatsweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Festive foliage
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes with sparkle
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/ Christmas
http://rheddandrosies.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

Kenny K winner

Some very exciting news came my way yesterday. I entered the Kenny K Guest designer Facebook contest and was selected as on of the four people they asked. I was pleasantly shocked to see my name. Here is the card I submitted. I used the image The Freshman which I colored in with Copic markers and then die cut it out with a Spellbinders die. The cardstock behind the image is by Color-Aid. The patterned paper is by Doodlebug. The stickers on my card are by Momenta and Sticko. The sentiment stamp is by K and I with ink by Hero Arts. The flourish was cut out using my Cricut and the card base is by The Paper Studio.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/- Anything goes

http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.com/- Lots of layers

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/- Use a digi

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/- Lots of layers

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.com/- Die cut embellishments {Flourish and peace sign circle and matte}

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/- Anything goes

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/- Free for all

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Feminine

Breast Cancer Hope card

My card today features a digi by Saturated Canary. I colored her in with Copic markers and then used Creative Memories cutting system to form the half circle. The scallop circles underneath are by Spellbinders. I sprayed the larger die cut with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels and Smooch Spray by Clearsnap. 

The circles die cuts are punches from Creative Memories and EK Success. The sentiment stamp is by Stamp N Plus and is stamped with Hero Arts black ink. I used some scraps from my stash to make the circles.

The background paper by Anna Griffin is matted with a piece of pink cardstock by Recollections. The embossed cardstock is by K and i Memories, ribbon from Michael's, epoxy sticker from dollar store and glitter dot by Recollections. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://saturatedcanarychallenge.blogspot.com/- Set your creativity free with SC image

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes girly

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/- Friendship cards

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/- Embossing

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/- Die cuts

http://getinkychallenge.blogspot.com/- Ribbons

http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/- Scallops

http://blog.markerpop.com/- Anything goes with markers

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/- Texture

You make my Heart Happy

I love this sentiment stamp by Hero Arts. It is stamped with Hero Arts black ink on a Spellbinders die cut with Making Memories eyelets. The heart die cuts are from my Cricut (not sure which cartridge but if I had to guess I would say Creative Memories Holiday Frames and Tags). The cardstock used in this card is by Recollections and DCWV. Patterned paper is by K and i Memories and the flower sticker is by K and Co.

For the background paper I stamped the flowers (by Close to my Heart) and then took a distress ink pad (by Ranger) and smeared it over the entire piece. Some spots I went over it twice to saturate the paper more giving it a darker appearance. I have fun experimenting with my supplies and finding new ways to use them. What new way to use your stash have you discovered lately?

Happy Friday to everyone!! So happy the work week is done. Happy Memorial day to my friends in the states. Monday off is a great way to start the summer off right. Yahoo!!

Be sure to check back:

Saturday for a Stamp N Plus card

Sunday for Chalk Ah Lot graduation card

and

Monday for a Manly Monday card and links to other manly cards.

Thanks for stopping by

Challenges:

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/- Make your own background

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/- Stamp your own background

http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/terrifically-thrilling-thursday-show-us.html- 

Show us what you got

One Stitch at a Time Challenge #109

This week at One Stitch at a Time the challenge is to make something bright. I created my card using an image by Stitchy and when I first chose this image I must not have had my glasses on. Once it was sent to me I noticed it had witches hats on top of the cupcakes indicating it was a Halloween image. Another classic duh moment for me but I wasn't going to ask for another image because I rather liked the challenge of making it not a Halloween card. 

I colored my image in using Copic markers and topped the cupcakes off with rhinestones by Imaginisce. I love how it turned out and think it goes to show that just because an image is intended for one thing you can make it your own and use it for something else. 

The rest of my card consists of patterned paper by K&i Memories and Making Memories, glitter paper by DCWV, cardstock by Recollections and Making Memories, Flower ribbon by American Crafts, die cut (scallop circle and border) by Spellbinders, stamp by Fiskars and ink by Ranger Industries

I showed my husband this card and said "Do you think this is bright enough?" He gave me the look like are you serious?

Thanks for looking. 

Challenges:

http://digistamps4joy.blogspot.com/-Glitter and Bling

http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/#1-Anything Goes

http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/-Celebration {birthday celebration}

http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.com/-Birthday cake {How about cupcakes?}

http://www.scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/#79-Anything Goes

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/-#67 Glitter and Bling

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/-Gettin Girlie

http://deliciousdoodleschallenge.blogspot.com/-Loads of layers

http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/-#76 ANything Goes

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/-Anything Goes