Cooking Apron

 Hello All,

Today I will be playing along with The Male Room. I have always said my Heaven would be filled with all my favorite food and drink on hand, calorie-free. So with that in mind, here is my card for today, enjoy!

This card was the gift. I explain in detail below, and yes it involves food.
A cookie class to be exact. The apron and patterned paper set the tone for the cookies strewn around the card. 

The gingerbread cookies are from an oldie but goodie by PTI.
The hearts and striped details were added by hand.

Opening up the card you see another sentiment. Underneath would be the details of the event.
I rarely do anything to the inside of a card but this seemed appropriate since it was a gift as well.

Challenges Entered:

The Male Room- Food & Drink #184

My son had a milestone birthday, turning 16! By this point in his life, he is starting to figure out what he wants to do for an occupation. He enjoys baking and, yes bragging, he is very good at it. In the coming years, he will be exploring the culinary arts. To celebrate his 'sweet' 16 I bought a cookie decorating class for us with this card to match and announce my gift to him. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. I hope you all have a fantastic day and stay crafty my friends.

All the best,

B&W Spooky

 Hello Everyone!

Today I will be playing along with ModSquad Challenge and The Male Room. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

All the images of Halloween are represented. All the images from ghosts to bones.
Along with just being an awesome stamp, it is also meant for the peek-a-boo die from HA. 
This is such a fun and diverse stamp. 

Each of the elements I thought should be white was colored with a colored pencil then a white gel pen. The gel pen created a fantastic white that a colored pencil couldn't do effectively.

The sentiment was die-cut three times and adhered to the card. I decided to add black enamel dots on the eyes for an extra spooky touch.

Challenges Entered:

ModSquad Challenge: Halloween

The Male Room: Challenge #155 - Black & White

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Cat Scratch Crazy

 Hello All,

Today I will be playing for the first time along with Festive Friday. Their theme is all about cats. I will also be joining The Male Room. So here is my card for today, enjoy!

I am not a huge cat fan but this card just cracked me up! I have been inspired by others that offer similar cards but this one I think shows the intensity of our kitty. I am told cat claws are as sharp as knives. I wanted to illustrate that with the wallpaper, drywall exterior, AND gypsum interior being ripped apart by our furry friend.

The wallpaper is from a black and white paper pad which I ripped to create the texture of claws. I drew lines on the bottom of the cats hind feet to create scratch marks.

The cat itself is actually die cut out of black velvet.
I gave this to my boss the other day who always says this exact phrase when she is stressed out.
It makes me giggle every time she says it.

Challenges Entered:

The Male Room: Challenge #155- Black & White
Festive Friday: #FF0095- National Cat Day

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes are headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.

All the best,

Moments

 Hello All,

I hope this message finds everyone well and happy. I have been asked once again, to be the guest designer for The Male Room! I jumped at the chance because I do enjoy creating male-themed cards. This time they have a word theme inspiration, Natures Bounty. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

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The Male Room

Challenge #153

Nature's Bounty

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Well, that is all for me!! I want to thank The Male Room again for this amazing opportunity to be their guest designer this fortnight. I also want to thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to join me at TheGrandStampede. If you are new to my blog, please consider following me to get all my postings. If you are so inclined to leave a comment and let me know how I am doing, that would be great too.

I hope you all have a fantastic day and lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. Stay safe and healthy!!

All the best,

Ocean Wave

Hello All,

Today I will be playing along with The Male Room, Color Throwdown, and Freshly Made Sketches. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

This is a one-layer card featuring layered stamping. There is a lot of movement and energy to this card. I can actually hear the ocean wave! Ahhh... Relaxing.

The stamp set is from The Ton. It has three stamp layers in colors that I used from Color Throwdown. The little ocean sliver on the bottom of the card is my favorite. I think it gives anticipation to what the wave will do with that calm water.

Like I said lots of energy! I thought this sentiment set the mood for the card perfectly.

Challenges Entered:
The Male Room: TMR#150
Color Throwdown: ctd643
Freshly Made Sketches: FMS486

As you can see I flipped the sketch on its side.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and stay crafty my friends.

All the best,

Numbers Under the Sea

  Hello All,

Today I will be playing along with Mod Squad and The Male Room. I have a lot to talk about on this card. This post will be very similar to my other post here. What an effect, but of course you be the judge. So, without further ado here is my card for today, enjoy!

A quick disclaimer. These names, addresses, and phone numbers are from the commercial white pages. Meaning all numbers are advertised and public. I am not giving any personal information away. Plus, this phonebook is at least five years old.

So this is the phonebook page. When I want to iron off some embossing I go to the trusty phonebook, pick a page, and iron it off. That is exactly what I was doing when I thought of Mod Squad. I ripped out the page and found it translucent where I ironed off the embossing from the other project. This was so amazing and never saw anything like it. 

This is the reflective paper I used for this card. It is like a mirror. In the corner of the paper, you can actually see my phone taking the picture. I thought the reflective surface would be a good fit for the translucent phonebook page.

To some, this stamped scene may be a familiar sight. It is from the Hero Arts MMHK for July 2020. I have been wanting to use it for quite a while. You will notice the phonebook theme is also part of the ruins of Atlantis. I distressed it by brushing on Hickory Smoke and Mermaid Lagoon on the image.

You can see the reflective paper through the pages.
Take a look at the video below to get a better idea of what I am seeing.

Challenges Entered:

Mod Squad: Feeling Bookish (3rd and last post)

The Male Room: TMR#150- Water/Beach

 

Like I mentioned in my last post; I hope I explained the phonebook iron-off technique well enough for you to possibly use it. I am sure it will work on other types of paper just as long as it thin. If I was as clear as mud, please contact me and I'll explain further. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and stay crafty my friends.

All the best,

Bringing Calm

Hello my CMHCD friends,

For today I am sharing our next challenge at Color My Heart Color Dare. You have a pick of at least three colors for our challenge. I would like to ask you to please identify your color choices in your blog post. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

Calm is the theme for this card. Nature scenes like these always seem to bring the stress level down. I love the challenge colors! To me, they looked very deep and dark but when I started using them I realized they are a kaleidoscope of bright and delightful colors!

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Now for our challenge!

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge #442

I used all the colors!!!

Shawna Standish

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The wood background is patterned paper with a retired SU Hardwood stamp stamped on top. The original patterned paper didn't seem to have enough visual texture; the hardwood stamp seemed to have solved that problem.

The scene was colored using alcohol markers. The coloring is nothing fancy, it was quick took only ten minutes to complete. It took me longer to choose the marker color than actually coloring it.

Challenges entered:

The Paper Players: Sketch Challenge- PP530 

The Male Room: TMR#149

Well, thank you again for taking the time out of your busy day to visit my corner of the internet. I do hope you will join us at Color My Heart Color Dare and play along.

Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and stay healthy. Until then take care and we will see you soon!

Heartfelt Penguins

 Hello All,

For today I am playing along with Cupcake Inspirations, Animal Friends, and Male Room Challenges. Here is my card for today, enjoy!

CAS design card for my son to write his birthday thank you notes.

The snowflake was die-cut from an older SU stamp and die set. The gray scene and border of the card are actually two different pieces of cardstock. It gave me the freedom to move the penguin scene around to get just the right placement.

I stamped the penguins on gray cardstock and colored them using Prismacolor pencils. I then die-cut the little stars for a night scene.

My son had to write thank you notes after his birthday. So I thought to use his favorite animal, the penguin, for the central image of this card.

Challenges Entered:

Cupcake Inspirations: Challenge #510- Arctic Animals
The Male Room: TMR#146- Animals
Animal Friends Challenge: Penguin

  

Thank you so much for stopping by and I do appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to spend time with me. Lots of good crafting vibes headed your way. I hope you all have a fantastic day and please stay safe and healthy.