Manly Monday Old Car in the Field

The green cardstock is by Recollections. I heat embossed a variety of twig stamps by Stampendous with platinum embossing powder by Ranger. Then I cut out a few of the leaves and tucked the car underneath.

I made this card for Simon Says Stamp Wheels challenge

Manly Monday Kayak card

I made this card for a friend's husband's birthday. This old cling stamp set is by TPC Studio. I heat embossed the kayak with Salty Ocean embossing glaze by Ranger. Then I used distress oxides to palette paint the kayak in. The paddle is heat embossed with Stampendous silver embossing powder and colored in the same way. 
The background...I made a bunch of these that day while experimenting with different-sized paintbrushes.  I took a chance and painted close to the kayak with a large wet brush and this is what it looked like. I love it. I have to thank Simon Says Stamp for challenging me to roll my sleeves up and play.  It feels great to use some of the fun products I've collected throughout the years. Thank you.
I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday-Masculine

Blueprint Present Birthday card

I used the same Tim Holtz stamp on watercolor paper and colored it in with Peerless Watercolors. The background paper is by Bo Bunny. The center die cut is by Spellbinders and the other two were cut out with my Cricut. Thanks for looking.
Other cards with this stamp:
Triple fold
2015
Blue Present card

Manly Monday Mini Card in a Card using Tim Holtz stamps

These pictures represent winters in Michigan.

The three blueprints images are stamps by Tim Holtz. I stamped them onto his watercolor cardstock and colored them in with his distress ink refills and a water pen by him before I  inked the edges with distress ink, by him. The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye but idk about the paper that makes the extra fold. The Kraft cardstock card base is from The Paper Studio. The border punch on the front of the card is by Martha Stewart. Thanks for looking.

I'm entering this card into the

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge

Manly Monday more Brown paper Scraps with a deer and a present

Stamps are by Stampendous. Lots of patterned paper Mind's Eye, The Paper Loft, Provo Craft, Scenic Route. Some leftover pieces of a watercolor paper background.

This one has patterned paper by My Mind's Eye. Project Life. The embossed present in the center is by Provo Craft. I freely cut it out of the paper and inked it with distress ink. Thanks for looking,

Manly Monday Golf with Blue Skies Cards

Y11+ G05- Tipped for the top layers of grass. E50 Chisel Tip and dry tip with Y28

I’m entering my masculine guy card into the 

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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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Deep Red Stamps Umbrella card

Another fall card using Deep Red Stamps. I would like to use all of my DRS fall-type stamps. I have them, I like them and now I need to use them. This one is called-

Galoshes and Umbrella

I watercolored this image a long time ago...So I do not remember what I used.

Patterned paper by Basic Grey (background) and Tim Holtz (circle)
Brads from Creative Imaginations
The sentiment stamp and die -unknown

I'm entering my card into the challenge 

Patties Creations Design challenge

The theme is fall or autumn using an image

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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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Deep Red Stamps Santa Card and a Candle card

I used a Santa stamp by Deep Red Stamps

So...to save on time...

I posted a picture of what the green scalloped oval details are. 

Any guesses?

The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye 

The ribbon is from Michael’s.

This card has the same scalloped oval

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Worldly Cards Part 3

This is the last set of the world cards I made for a police department to show them some love and appreciation.

I used some bits and pieces from the previous cards that I posted

This starred paper is so old. I think it is by Making Memories

I set an eyelet and some ribbon inside

The right side has been misted with glimmer mist

Of them all, this is my least favorite. 

The background paper is too much. 

I like how I cut the sentiment die-cut in half. 

But maybe on a different card.

Patterned paper by October Afternoon

I don't love this one either.

 I think it's because I used two different Spellbinder die-cut shapes.

This last one, I stamped the edges with an old dance Stampin Up set.

The hello is a Heidi Swapp tag that I cut off the top.

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Lawn Fawn You're the Cat's Meow! Cards

I made these cards in response to the requests for cards to send to those frontline workers. I used stamps by Lawn Fawn, including the sentiment

I watercolored the cats

First one:

Die cuts by Spellbinders

Border die by Tim Holtz

Patterned paper by Colorbok

I used eyelets by Eyelet Outlet 

Second card:

Metal rim circle by Recollections. Grey die-cut is unknown

Border punch by Fiskars

The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye

The embossing folder is unknown

The circle die cut is by Sizzix 

and the white pennants by Lawn Fawn

Corners are stickers by Making Memories

Embossed paper is a wallpaper sample and the brown behind that is by K and Co.

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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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Crabby Birthday card

I used a crab stamp by Stampin Up 

I stamped him on Strathmore watercolor paper and colored him in with distress ink.

The banner/pennants are a fabric stickers. I was going to stamp a letter into each pennant to make a sentiment but I was afraid that the fabric would soak up the ink and distort the letters.

The patterned paper is by Sunborn 

I used scraps of red paper from my stash.

There’s isn’t much to this card.

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Green Peerless Watercolor background with butterfly

Thanks for coming to see my new card today.
I did two pictures of the same card to show the colors of the green background in a different light.

The sentiment is by Die-Versions

The background is a negative of a Spellbinders die. I used Peerless waters colors to create the green on watercolor paper by Ranger.

The die-cut butterfly is transparent and from K and Co. I ran it through my Xyron sticker maker.

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Balloon Thank You in different languages Card

I heat embossed this balloon thank you stamp onto Tim Holtz watercolor paper and colored it in with distress inks and a water pen. I made this card at a friend's house so the stamp is unknown. I die-cut this border die that I bought off of eBay three times. I flipped the paper over for one of the cuts of paper to get a different wave direction than the others.

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*I think this is going to show up twice. Always check the date before you push publish.

Our Father Card

This card is a little bit smaller than I normally make. The background stamp is by Hero Arts stamped with red ink. Image by Robin’s Fetish was printed onto watercolor paper and colored in with distress ink and water. I matted the image onto grey paper and adhered it to the card front.

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Deep Red stamps Beach Day Card

I used the Deep Red stamps Beach chair stamp.

I stamped it onto watercolor paper and colored it in with distress ink. I created a sunray by masking with a Post-it note. The background paper is by Creative Memories and the purple paper is by Sunborn. The sentiment stamp, Just for you, is by Forever in Time. The Beach Day was cut out using my Cricut from the When I was a Kid cartridge size 1 1/4. This card was made for a secretary at Paul's school for Secretaries Day.

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Flower pot watercolor Card

This is an old unknown stamp that I heat embossed with white embossing powder on watercolor paper by Ranger. I used distress ink and water to color it in. I fussy cut the bottom edge before adhering to a patterned paper by American Crafts. The sticker sentiment is also by American Crafts.

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Nutcracker Christmas Cards

This Christmas card was started by a woman that had to get rid of her stuff because she was going to live in assisted living. I cherish the many images I received from her and continue to enjoy adding them to my cards. I can only hope that I'm doing them justice.

The Nutcrackers were heat embossed in black onto thick cardstock and watercolored in. Then she cut them with decorative scissors and matted the onto green cardstock with the same edges.
I matted the nutcrackers one more time onto red cardstock by Recollections. At this time, the rest of the supplies are unknown.

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