Manly Monday Golf club Bags and club image Cards

The golf bag stamp is by Great Impressions. Colored in with Peerless Watercolors. Die-cut from an eBay die and inked inside with distress ink. Border stamp by TPC Studio that was white heat embossed. Embossing folder by Cuttlebug that was inked with distress ink on an ombré of blues. All of this is on a kraft colored cardstock
 



I colored this image with Copic markers and used Sizzix dies to cut it out. The grass border sticker is by K and Co. The patterned paper is from my stash. The label is by Close to my Heart and I tried to stamp the word Fore! in there and it didn’t turn out well.

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Chalk Heart Anniversary Card

How about a little love this Tuesday.
The border stamp by TPC Studio was heat embossed with white embossing powder. 
The heart is from Stamp n Plus (no longer in business) and the powdered chalk that they sold was the stamping medium. 
The die-cut leaves were cut out using my Cricut with the draw and cut feature on some Creative Memories greenish colored vellum with a pattern on it. 
The pink patterned paper under the border is by Studio G and the pink mat patterned paper is by Sunborn.
I inked the edges with distress ink. 
I was going to do a heart pattern stamped background but I didn't care for it. It is visible in the closeup.

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Upcycled Cat with a Mason Jar card

I have an upcycled card today. 

The sentiment stamp is by TPC Studio

The scallop square die-cut is by Spellbinders

The striped patterned paper is by Paper Pizzazz (Maybe).

Everything else is a store-bought card.

I did add Glossy Accents to the mason jar.

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Bright Red Hello card

Sometimes I look at my blog posts by scrolling down until it prompts me to the next page. If the posts run together with a lack of distinction, it makes me consider the colors of each post and if I'm posting the same colored projects all in a row. 

This card will stand out from the recent posts.

The sentiment stamp is by TPC Studio. I stamped it and I cut it out the regular scissors.

The flower die-cut is by My Mind's Eye

The white flower and yellow square die-cuts are by Spellbinders

The pink paper with stripes is by Scenic Route. 

I cut the edges of that paper using decorative scissors. The corners don't line up but it's handmade and adds to its charm. 

I really don't know if this card has been blogged about yet.

It was made in 2020.

I've looked and IDT it has been.

Silly as this will sound,

this card has crossed my path so many times. I can't help but think that it's telling me that it hasn't been blogged. 

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Arizona Trip 2010

A scrapbook layout today.

The border stamp on the left lower white cardstock is by TPC Studios in SU ink.

I had to put the alphabet letters to spell Arizona to cover the seam. 

The word Riley is Lawn Fawn alphabet stamp set.

Family Vacation, Having Fun and the little dots are stickers is by Cloud 9

Word swim is chipboard by Queen and Co.

The Cricut cuts:

On the Go is by Boys will be boys

The state of Arizona came from the image set Arizona

The patterned paper is by Francy Pants and Basic Grey

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Manly Monday I Made My own background for these three cards

I made these backgrounds by scoring lines using the black “blade” on the Fiskars trimmer.

I used stamps by Tpc Studio inside the score lines. 

The sentiment is by Great Impressions. 

I love this stamp for sending to people I don’t know. 

THIS POST

Shows some of the other stamps that are on my wish list.

The second one uses an unknown dino stamp

The transparency is left over from 

THIS CARD

The letters are by Tim Holtz. I have to get the punctuation from somewhere else before I send it out. 

Last is my green example.

I dry embossed a small embossing folder by Cuttlebug

I inked it with distress ink and layered it on top of two Spellbinders dies.

Here are the three together. I really liked the way that they turned out and think they are appropriate for a male. Sadly they will never know, nor care about the time I put into making these cards.

This is the stamp set. I used the second to the bottom stamp for all of my lines. 

Here's the scoring of the paper. I forgot to take a picture before I started so the stamping has already been started. 

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Dry Embossed Happy Graduation Cards

This first card is my favorite out of the three cards.

The dry embossing folder is a Darice folder

I used a graduation stamp by TPC Studios 

It is white heat embossed

The Happy die sentiment is by Clearly Besotted 

The diploma Sticker is by Jolee's

The next card: Dry Embossing is a Cuttlebug folder

I inked the embossed words with Firebrick red distress marker.

The border is an oldie from my sticker stash.

The triangle and circle were scraps I found when I was cleaning my craft room.

IMO It’s not a good card but I have a feeling that the boy/young man that received it only cared about the contents inside.

I had higher expectations for this card because I used Firebrick red distress oxide ink on black cardstock. It looked great when I applied the ink but I was shocked and disappointed at how pink it turned out after it dried. What!

I still went with the original plan for this card to be red and black by adding red cardstock behind it and red washi tape from Stampin Up at the bottom.

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UPDATED PICS, DESCRIPTION, LABELS 10-1-21 and again 4-26-25

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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Deep Red Stamps Potted Plants cards

I used a stamp by Deep Red Stamps called

Potted Plants 

I colored them in with Copics and watercolors

The sentiment stamps are by TPC Studio

The label die is by Cuttlebug

The embossing folders are by Darice and Cuttlebug

The ribbon is from my stash and I did some machine stitching around the edges of the first two cards.

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Be Still my Heart Cards

I used stamps by Forever in Time on the first card's sentiment 

The die- cuts:
Hearts are bought from eBay

The sentiment is in a circle punch by Creative Memories. That was my last circle punch and it was used on this card.
My husband has taken the punch apart in the past to make it punch well. Well, this was the last time. He said I had to buy a new one.
The patterned paper is by in the background and the heart is by Deja Views
The ribbon is by Stampin Up-Yeah! I'm using ribbon.

This next one Same hearts as above. The outside heart was cut with some ugly paper and it turned out well. 

Background cardstock from Recollections was dry embossed with a Provo Craft folder.

The sentiment is by TPC Studios. I wonder if they are still in business/

Does anybody know?
The die cut by Spellbinders has eyelets at the end. Yeah! Using eyelets.

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5 Valentine Cards

Last year a friend and I made a bunch of twisted easel cards for the seniors at my mom's assisted living center. The twisted easel part was wasted for they didn't know what to do with it. 
From that project, I have leftover easel cards and the 4x4 card fronts.
Since they were in a basket waiting to be used I finished a few and redid a few by taking apart the easel to make the card fronts into cards that I will be able to use. 
I included the original photo of the card below the redo.

This first card was a leftover square that never made it onto an easel card.
Patterned paper by DCWV and K and Co.
Die cuts by Spellbinders, which has eyelets at each end and the sentiment stamp by TPC Studio 
Circle die cut by Elle’s Studio 
Black ribbon on the left and then layers of cardstock
The card’s base is having a hard time supporting the weight

The next card is a strange combo of colors. 

Heart stamp with rose design in the the center is by Stamp N Plus

The patterned paper is by Studio Calico

The heart die cut from eBay
I used a yellow heart eyelet in the center

This next three cards were easy to redo once I removed the 4x4 square off of the easel card, I backed them onto a card base with something new behind it.
This one, I layered a pink cardstock that was dry embossed with hearts.

This one, red cardstock underneath. 

And lastly, once this 4x4 card front was ready for redo, I positioned a tape with a lace design down the center of an off white card base and taped the square on top. 

It’s a great anniversary card.

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Fall colors with circles Thinking of you

Wacky Holiday
Look for Circles day

Here are two fall-ish cards I made over the summer.

Stamps on the first card:
The circles by Close to my Heart
Sentiment by Hero Arts
Side edge border stamp by The Paper Co.
 It was heat embossed in white. The stamp reminds me of braces. Idk.

The second card uses a Spellbinders die that I’ve had for a while and never used. Don’t tell on me. 

In the center of the die-cuts is a Bo Bunny brad.

The circle and sentiment stamps are by Close to my Heart 

Distressed edges were also inked with distress ink

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Just for You purple and pink

I stamped the Stampin Up flower stamp with lack ink onto white cardstock and colored it in with Copic Markers. I inked the edges with distress ink and adhered it onto black cardstock before adhering it to the pink scallop die-cut by Spellbinders. I added some green rhinestones from Michael's and some pearls by Forever in Time. The sentiment is by TPC on pink cardstock and then onto black cardstock to match the image above. The purple card base is 4.25 x 5.5, which I'm not used to using. But it was a pre-made card base that I found in my stash. It's hard to see but I sprayed the base with a gold mist by Ranger.

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Manly Monday For You

The die-cuts are by Spellbinders and the sentiment is bt Lawn Fawn. Patterned paper us by Me and My Big Ideas. The road/asphalt stamp is by TPC Studio with black Hero Arts ink. I'm not sure where the metal car came from.

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Manly Monday Compass Card

For this card, I used a stamp by The Paper Company which I debossed the image and then stamped it inside the debossed space. Black ink by Hero Arts. I inked the edges of the images circle with distress ink and an ink blender both by Ranger Industries. The sentiment stamp is by Fiskars and I heat embossed it with Versa Mark ink and Ranger embossing powder. I did the sentiment onto vellum by The Paper Studio. The patterned papers are by Die Cuts with a View, K and Co, and Basic grey.

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Another card similar to this one is:

Compass Birthday

Birthday Buck

KayAking card

Hunt Fish Camp
Bucky

Thinking of You Pink Bird die cuts

I think these dies are by Sizzix. The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye, Recollections and Project Life. The cardstock is by Coredinations and Recollections. I used distress ink and Hero Arts black ink. The stamped sentiment is by TPC Studio.

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Blue and White Graduation cards

These blue and white graduation cards match my husband's school. That's why there are so many of them.

Congrats Grad:  Sentiment by Deep Red Stamps. The background paper and square punches by Creative Memories. Cap die cut by Cricut cartridge All Wrapped Up.

The 4 squares in a square card: Square punch by Creative Memories.

Tan paper is by Basic Grey. White lined paper by Becky Higgins. Blue paper is a recycled folder. Grad cap by The Paper Studio with Glossy Accents on it.tp

Blue with corners: Cap stamp by TPC Studios and blue ink by Ranger. Grad brad by The Paper Studio. Corner punch by Martha Stewart.

Celebrate Card: Stickers by Paper Inc. Both blue patterned papers by Die Cuts with a View. Decorative corner scissors by Fiskars. Celebrate sentiment by Fiskars and ink by Hero Arts. Stars are iron on made in Taiwan.

Chevron card: The dry embossing is by SU embossing folder. The word graduation is a stamp by Lawn Fawn with ink by Ranger Industries. Sentiment Happy is a Cricut die cut, square punched is a file folder. The Diploma sticker is by Mrs. Grossman's.

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