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,

December Calendar Layout with Us by the parent's tree

I post a calendar layout every Wednesday. They are from all different years but I post the same month that we are in. Come back to see what January looks like

This layout is from my brother's 2019 calendar.
The background paper is by Scenic Route. The cardstock in the center has been inked. The center embellishment/border is something I cut out of a patterned paper by MME. Flowers are by Prima and Oriental Trading Co. The brad is by Making Memories. I can't think of who made the little title but as I go through my things I will find out and add it to the post. Thanks for looking.

November Calendar Layout 3 of the Great Nephew cousins are together

The border punch is by Martha Stewart. And the patterned paper is by Scenic Route. I'm guessing the other patterned papers are by Colorbok. Just using up my stash. The die cut with the quote is by Cloud 9 Designs. Thanks for looking. This calendar layout is from the 2020 home Calendar.

Paisley Fabric Circle cards Part 1

The paisley center is a piece of fabric leftover from my Mom's massive fabric collection.

The border sticker is from Doodlebug.

I used decorative scissors on the edges of orange cardstock on both of the cards.

In the second card, the blue flower is a Cricut cut and the spikey circle is possibly from Scenic Route die-cut. The yellow patterned paper is by Studio Calico (June Card Kit 2014- Dear Lizzy)

Thanks for looking.

Peace on Earth WRMK Sticker card

A little bit different Christmas card to share today. In the center is a sticker by We R Memory Keepers 

Die-cuts underneath are by Spellbinders. Patterned paper by Scenic Route. I added Stickles to the design. The green-colored paper die cut is an old packaging.

Thanks for looking

Floral Friday Just for you Clearly Besotted in yellow cards

I stamped and die cut out a ton of these Clearly Besotted flowers. In all different colors. 
Floral Friday continues:

This first card:  

The die-cuts are by Spellbinders and inked with distress ink. There is distress ink is around the outside white panel and also inside the die-cut. Squeezed Lemonade Is a great yellow distress ink. The ribbon is by Craft Smart. The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug and inked with Walnut distress ink.

I am struggling with the photos of the card. Idk if my monitor is showing the colors as flat or if it's the way I'm taking the picture. Below is the original picture and above is the same picture that has been enhanced.

Second one:

The patterned paper is from Poppy stamps and then the yellow die-cuts paper is by Scenic Route.

The die-cuts layered 4 deep are all by Sizzix.

Green ribbon-The Ribbon Boutique.

Third card:

The patterned paper is by Provo Craft (very old. using my stash makes me happy).
The stamped word "Let's" is a Paper Smooches stamp.
The "Celebrate" die is by Desire by Crafters Companion. The purple die cut is unknown because it was not my die.

I took a photo of these together to show how the same flower stamp looks in different colors.

Thanks for looking

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. 

Thanks for looking

Second set of peacock cards

This is day 2 of the peacock cards. I had to break up the post of peacock cards and make it a two day thing.

Let’s start with the peacock stamp by Fiskars. Like yesterday, I colored the back of the stamp with distress markers before stamping it onto cardstock by Forever in Time.

Then, here is a generalized list of products for today’s cards. 

The patterned papers are by My Mind’s Eye,

K and Co. inked with distress ink, a wallpaper swatch, and 

The green polka paper with patterned paper by Scenic Route (Very old.)

All of the die cuts are by Spellbinders

Border punches by Fiskars 

White cardstock sprayed with glimmer mist by Tattered Angels 

The embossing plate is by Fiskars 

The first card has a textured Spellbinders die cut is cut out from a wallpaper swatch See the picture below.

The next card has a before and after because I kept thinking that it needed something.

Before 

After

So,  I added the green border punch is by Fiskars and a “hello” die cut by Lawn Fawn.

I can’t say that I love the results but it does look better to have the sprayed paper enclosed with the borders as well as giving it a universal any occasion “hello” die cut sentiment 

I took a picture of these two cards together because they have the same glimmer mist cardstock. The pictures also show the before and after with the card above.

Before

After

This next card uses 1 white die cut that I cut into two and glued one on the top and one on the bottom of the die cut with the peacock on it. 

I’m not a big fan of liquid adhesive and this is a good example why. I pushed the white die cut cardstock into the card front too hard and it shaped around the middle piece of paper.

At first, I was going to throw the whole thing away because I thought trying to “fix it” would make it worse. However, I  just ended up deciding that it wasn’t that big of a deal.

I took a picture of these next two cards next to each other because they use the same Spellbinders die-cut behind the peacocks but in different paper.

Thanks for looking

1st set of Peacock cards

A long time ago, I colored the back of this Fiskars peacock stamp with distress markers and stamped it onto Forever in Time cardstock. I finally made all of the images into cards and have so many cards that I had to split them into two posts. 

I used epoxy square stickers down the center of the My Mind’s Eye patterned paper. The background paper is by Making Memories.

The die cuts on both cards is by Spellbinders.

The frame stamp is unknown.

The frame is one that I inherited from the same woman that I received all of those Christmas stamped images that I talk about every year. It is so beautiful and I have been hoarding it for a while. It was time to use it and there are others that you will see in the future.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Let’s play hockey cards

A friend of mine has this Stampin Up sports set that I borrowed.

I stamped the hockey puck and face mask in red and black ink on a strip of white cardstock. I feel as though my pattern with these two stamps was made for a vertical placement on a card or layout.

My goal (Ha! Pun not intended) 

was to use the border in a calendar page but it didn't feel right to use it horizontally because of the way the face masks are facing. 

But in a 'let's get this done' moment, I decided to cut it to fit my layout and committed to using it by taping it down. Good Girl!

However, the more I walked by the layout the more didn't like the way it looked. 

I ended up pulling it off the page and made these two cards instead. You can see the layout at the end of this post.

For my cards: The sentiment is a stamp by Studio 112.

I used mostly cardstock except the polka dot paper is by Scenic Route

Below is the calendar layout that I did. You can see where I got the polka dot paper for my card. 

I originally had the stamped border on the upper left side where you see the intricate Cricut die cuts-Glove, stick with puck and ice, and Jersey.

Babbling:

I make calendars for my brother's house, our cottage, and the entire Groh family. 

I had carpal and cubital tunnel surgery in September of 2017. The calendars had to be made and so hubby jumped in to help by printing, cutting, and taping calendar layouts together. It was then that the decision was made to make one layout for each month and then that layout would be color copied and taped to the calendar.

It saved me a lot of time spent searching through my stash to make 14 different calendar layouts with the same photo without the convenience of the same supplies for each layout. 

The calendar's size is 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 so I always have these leftover strips of paper from cutting a 12x12 piece of paper down to the size of the calendar. 

Honestly, I don’t love this layout because it is way too busy. There’s so much to look at that your eyes don't have a place to rest. I do love the hockey die cuts. I put those together years ago. 

They were intended for layouts made with pictures of us at our local hockey games. I miss going to hockey. We had tickets to 10 or more home games for the season. We liked the guys that we sat next to in “row” R.

> Side note: I have to use a wheelchair when going out to places that require a lot of walking. I hate it but I hate falling or having to sit on the ground because my legs went numb more.

So, row R isn't actually a row. It's up top and wheelchair accessible. 

The father and son duo next to us were great guys that I hugged when I saw them. We loved to chit chat with them about different things. 

The father had a lot of health issues and was once in the hospital. I told the son to call us when something like that happened.

We gave them our phone number but they never gave us theirs. I hope they are doing okay during the pandemic.

I've gotten very chatty on my blog. Thank you to my few lovely faithful ladies that stop by and write me comments. I apologize for the grammatical errors or thoughts that I'm trying to convey that aren't worded correctly. These posts take me a long time to create and I don't always catch those things when proofreading. 

Thanks for looking

Deep Red Stamps Summer tile card

I used a stamp by Deep Red Stamps in the set called,

Summer Tiles

I used colored pencils to color it in.

The sentiment is by Pebbles

The patterned paper is by Making Memories and Crate Paper

Thanks for looking

Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Summer Hello

Sheet music background stamp Card

I’ve been making cards for medical staff, hospice, nursing homes and whoever. I have so many music type cards to share that I will be posting them throughout the week. It’s repetitious but it helps me to stay organized which helps me not to post the same cards more then once.   

I used a background stamp by Hero Arts with their inks Pale Tomato and Soft Cantaloupe. 

The Chrome Yellow ink is Archival ink by Ranger and the red ink is Schoolhouse Red by Simon Says Stamp.
The die-cuts are both by Spellbinders, patterned paper on the die-cut on the 1st card is by Scenic Route and the second card is Bazzill cardstock.

 I used eyelets on the second card and ribbon on the first.

The sentiments, the first card is by Hero Arts and the second card sentiment came from Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine and was designed by Simonne Clay. 

It's a very pretty collection of sentiments.

Thanks for looking

Special Merry Christmas

Hi. In today's card I don't know who the ornament stamp is by but I colored it in with Copic markers and then cut it into a circle with my CM Cutting System. I then cut a circle a little bit bigger and then layered those two circle onto a Scenic Route circle die. I cut the background paper by Die Cuts with a View on a slant to allow room for my sentiment. The edges of the paper are covered with red ribbon and on top of that green rick rack. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts and it is stamped with Bamboo Leaves ink by Tsukineko.

Thanks for looking.

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Baubles
http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://thecraftyaddicts.blogspot.co.uk/ AG die cuts {circles}
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ AG {Wednesday}
http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ AG
http://blog.markerpop.com/ Christmas
http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://alwaysplayingwithpaper.blogspot.ca/search/label/The%20Challenge Christmas
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG Christmas
http://classycardsnsuch.blogspot.com/ Ornaments
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/ Anything Christmas
http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/ Anything Christmas

Fleck Kids Layout

I have a wild layout to bring to you today. I think it may be a bit too busy but it's done and I'm not redoing it. This layout is another one for my Christmas Card Book{s} that I've been trying to get caught up with. These two years the family didn't send a traditional Christmas card with a photo on the front. Instead they sent a Christmas card with these little photos instead. That's OK with me. I just like to have some photos to put in my book.

The patterned paper in the background is unknown to me however the patterned paper close to the children is by Scenic Route. The red cardstock is by Recollections, washi tape is by Queen and Co and Darice, and the epoxy stickers are by EK Success. The title for this one was die cut with a Quickutz hand tool and dies out of Provo Craft green cardstock. I stamped their ages with Oriental Trading Company alphabet stamps in brown Stampin Up ink.

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SB.com Sticker challenge

Saturated Canary Grad card

Today's card features a Saturated Canary graduation image. I printed her out onto Cryogen cardstock and colored her with Copic markers. I die cut her out using a Spellbinders die and inked the inside with distress ink. I die cut another rectangle shape in red to go behind the image. The patterned paper is by Scenic Route. The sentiment is a die cut from my Cricut. I inked the top layer of this sentiment die cut before adhering it to a shimmer piece of paper by Recollections. The rick rack is by Wright's, sequins by Craft Medley and enamel dots by Teresa Collins.

Thanks for looking.

Graduating Dog

I have a quick post for you tonight using a dog stamp and die by Lawn Fawn. I die cut the image out with watercolor cardstock and stamped the dog with Hero Arts black ink. I did a little watercoloring to color it in. I also die cut a dog from fun foam and adhered it to the stamped image. The grad cap is a sticker by Jolee's/EK Success that I added to the dogs head. Since I added fun foam to the dog I needed to adhere some fun foam to just the top of the cap. It all worked out and I liked it so much I made another one like it in different colors. 

The die cuts are by Spellbinders, border punch by Fiskars, ribbon from Michael's and patterned paper by Scenic Route. The black and white cardstock in my card is by Recollections. The sentiment stamp is by Clearly Besotted and it's stamped with Hero Arts ink.

Thanks for looking

http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/ Critters

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ AG

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ For a teen

God is Love Card

Today's card is probably the only love card I will post in this lovely season. The jar stamp is by Inkadinkado and the sentiment by Stampin Up with Hero Arts black ink. The die cuts in my card are all by Lawn Fawn, ribbon by Offray, cardstock by Recollections, patterned paper for the hearts and stars by Scenic Route and the embossed paper was a prize and therefore I don't know the manufacturer.

Thanks for looking.

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/ Include a heart

http://www.addalittledazzle.com/ Matters of heart

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/ Have a heart

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes love

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/ Red and white

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Valentine or love sentiment

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ All you need is love

http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ Love is in the air

http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/ Add some red

http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.co.uk/ All you need is love

http://craft-deebowz.blogspot.com/p/challenge.html- AG w bow

http://melonheadzfriends.blogspot.com/ Hearts/Love

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/ All you need is love

http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/ Hearts

Shaped Christmas Card at the challenge blog Christmas cards All Year Round

There's a new challenge this month at Christmas Cards all Year Round that I hope you will join in and play. The challenge is shape cards other than square or rectangle.

I made this Christmas card using a Sizzix die cut by doubling up the cardstock and leaving a bit over the creased edge. It makes a beautiful top folding card. Then I die cut the red cardstock by Stampin Up and also the blue patterned paper from Simon Says Stamp. The snowman stamp by Paper Smooches is white heat embossed with Versa Mark ink and myStamp Box powder and then paper pieced together. The red patterned paper is by Scenic Route {very old indeed} and the black and also the white cardstock used in the card are both by Recollections. The sentiment stamp is by Hero Arts and is stamped with red Stampin Up ink. The foam sparkly snowflake thingies are from Hobby Lobby.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ All about Christmas

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

http://fantasystampers.blogspot.co.uk/ Cute Christmas

http://kitandclowder.ning.com/challenges Christmas

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Snowman

Outlaws Challenge- Anything goes

http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ All about Christmas

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Let it snow

http://vandicrafts.com/vandicrafts-artistry-challeng-19-anything-goes-twist/ AG with snowman

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://suzysmarty1.blogspot.co.uk/ Ag with something that begins with S {Snowman}

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ Happy Holidays

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

http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.ca/ Sparkle {snowflakes}

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

http://www.fairytalestamper.blogspot.de/ Bling Glitter {on snowflakes}

http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com/ Winter Wonderland

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Use some snow

http://www.myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/ Any Christmas card goes

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ Let it snow

http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/ Christmas

UPDATED 3-27-22 FONT/PHOTO SIZE AND PLACEMENT

Stamp N Plus Love story

Today on Stamp N Plus I have a sea shell card to share with you. Here in Michigan we are covered in snow and it's still coming down. This card helps me remember that winter doesn't last for ever. 

Here's a close up of shells I used. They can all be found HERE on the Stamp N Plus website.

I colored them in with powdered chalk mixed with paint which can be found HERE. I placed a little bit of the paint under the shells to give them a shadow effect. 

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up and Scenic Route and the sentiment stickers are by Creative Imagination.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

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

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

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

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

http://perfectlyrustics.com/category/challenges/card-design/ Show the love

http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/ Love story

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