Manly Monday Recycled Vintage Birthday card

The card above is where I started with this card…6 months ago. I final pulled it out and decided it was time to get it out and make it into a card.    

The background “paper” is the back of a die cut package by K and Co. The left side borders are just paper scraps from Die Cuts with a View and Crete Papers. The sentiment stamp is by Stampibilities from hobby lobby. All done, tada. Thanks for looking

Manly Monday folded shirt Father’s Day card

The patterned pap is by My Mind’s Eye and the sentiment is by Stampabilities. Thank you for looking. 

Updated and husband-approved shirt…it has enamel dots by Cloud 9

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Challenges:

Creative crafting uncles- CAS

Positive Thinking Day Lantern Cards

I really like how these cards turned out and I think the first one goes well with
Positive Thinking Day

I cut out two different sized circles with the Creative Memories cutting system out of Inkadinkado masking paper.

The die cut is by Spellbinders. It has been in my stash forever. It was one of those times that I cut out other people's dies and with no idea what I'd use it for or with

The stars aligned and the stamp set and die-cuts came together :)

Ink is Distress ink-Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Faded Jeans, and yellow is Squeezed Lemonade.

Black ink is Hero Arts. I love how dark and sharp it is.

I set a Making Memories eyelet for the hole on top and used Karen Foster floss as the hanging component. 

Die Cuts with a View patterned paper. Sizzix corner die-cuts

Stampibilities sentiment stamp

Yellow distress ink. Hero Arts black ink

The stamp set is unknown but looks like this.

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Card Goal: Use Action Birthday stickers

Today my goal was to use these stickers that are similar to the ones referred to as "Wobblers", which I felt was a fitting name. These ones are by The Paper Company Studio (ANW Crestwood) and they call them, "Bouncy Stickers".
I found that once you unplug them from the start position you can't get them to go back. I was disappointed that a couple of them did release the spring. Hope that makes sense. Anyway,

Label die cut in center by Clearly Besotted

Journal box by Jillibean Soup.

 Happy die cut by Clearly Besotted. Birthday stamp by Stampibilities. Green ink by SU.

Scallop squares by Spellbinders. Square in center is a left over from a Cricut cut. Happy die cut by Clearly Besotted. 

Vellum square by CM. Sentiment stamp by Forever in Time. Red ink by SU.

Blue Thx Card

This pretty card came together with a frame for the cross that was cut out using the Cricut and the Lacy Labels cartridge. The cross stamp is by Stampabilities with Stampin Up blue ink. The polka dot paper is by Making Memories and the blue cardstock is by Bazzill, which has been punched with a border by EK Success. The blue ribbon is from Michaels. The sentiment is an American Crafts stamp that I punched out with a circle punch and layered it onto a larger blue circle. Then I adhered those layers on top of a very large blue circle brad.

Thanks for looking.

1950's Decade ATC's

I made these ATC's for a decades swap on Scrapbook.com. I stamped the Deep Red Stamps Jukebox image onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock with Hero Arts black ink. I colored the image in with distress inks and a few areas with distress markers. I fussy cut the image out and went to work on the background.

I daubed distress ink colors: Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon, onto my craft sheet. I sprinkled the area with some powdered chalks such as gold, sunshine yellow and fluorescent colors pink orange and yellow. I had a bottle of iridescent paint that was almost empty which made it easy for me to splatter some onto the work area along with the inks and chalks. I sprayed the area generously with water and swirled the paint, inks and chalks together but just a little bit. I wanted to see what was going to come out of this witch's brew. I took some packaging that was white on one side and swiped it through the mixture in different areas and at different angles.

After I did the initial paper swipe, I thought that I should stop with this piece of paper now and grab another piece of paper to see what we will get next. So I played some more with other papers and noticed that the first one didn't have a good showing of yellow. 

When the colors get all mixed together yellow loses to the darker colors. I decided that while the paper was still drying I had time to sprinkle on some bright yellow (think sunflower) powdered chalk on top. You have to have a light hand when adding something at this point of the "make your own background" craziness or you'll have to start over. Ugh! Not happening. I put some chalk onto a tool to scrape off pictures that has a flat surface and tapped a little off with the one hand as the other moved around. I think it turned out really pretty. It's sad sometimes that all the hard work on the background gets covered it up with stuff. I wish I could become "one" with white space.  (Hard work is really more like a little kid playing with paints)

Here's a look at all three. The sentiment stickers are by Stampabilities, the music note is a Cricut die cut that I wrote on with a ZIG Millennium pink pen and the small stamp in between the notes/under the 1950's writing is a stamp by My Sentiments Exactly that I stamped with Hero Arts ink.

Sorry for the long post. Thanks for coming by.

Rock Star ATC's

The theme for this ATC (Artist Trading Cards) swap is Rock Star. I dry embossed with a Fiskars embossing plate with music notes on it. I inked it with distress ink minis in theses wild colors that I had patterned paper that matched. After I embossed the watercolor cardstock, I took the Black Soot distress ink over the top of the raised pattern. I've never been successful with this technique, even though I use a light hand, I still manage to get ink where I don't want it. 

The guitar stamp is by Stampabilities, which is sold at Hobby Lobby. I stamped it onto white cardstock with black Hero Arts ink. I fussy cut the image out and then I wan't sure where I was going next with this ATC. So, I played with some glitter and made a huge mess. I made the green glitter green by adding Dreamweaver Stencils Metallic FX to a white-ish glitter. After adding three glitter colors to the guitars, I covered the each with Glossy Accents by Ranger. The die cuts with the #1 in each are by Sizzix. The stamps are by Fiskars and inks by Colorbox and Ranger. The rhinestones are by TPC and the star brad is by Making Memories.

Tons of products today. Thanks for sticking with me on this post. 

Sassy Studio Designs FBF Pie

Today for 24 hours only this digi is a freebie on the Sassy Studio Designs closed FB group. Become a member of this group by clicking the Join tab on the right and an administrator will welcome you to the group. It's that easy.

I printed this digi out onto Cryogen cardstock and colored her in with Copic markers and colored pencils. I really like the way she turned out. The patterned paper is by Crate Paper and the yellow and brown circle cardstocks are scraps from my stash. I did cut the circle out using the Cricut and the Plantin Schoolbook cartridge. The jute is by Tim Holtz and I secured it in the middle with a brown brad. The sentiment stamp is by Stampabilities that I stamped with brown Colorbox pigment ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder by Stamp N Plus.

Sassy Studio Designs Color Challenge

Sassy Studio Designs has a new challenge for their Thursday blog and it is black and either orange, green, or purple or all of the above. I went with black and purple although there is orange is the patterned paper. 

I printed the image out onto Neenah cardstok and colored her in with Copic markers. I trimmed the image down and matted some black cardstock behind her. I die cut the fence with the Cricut and the Ribbons and Rosettes  cartridge with purple Bazzill cardstock. The background of the card base was stamped with a Stampabilities stamp with Hero Arts black ink. Then I drew lines from the spider to the web. The sentiment is from the same stamp set and has been heat embossed with Versa Mark ink and white embossing powder.

Thanks for looking.

Mid Month Christmas Cards all year Round

We are now half way through July and I wanted to post a Christmas card to remind you of the flowers challenge going on at Christmas Cards all year Round.

The background stamp is by Stampabilities. I used Versa Mark ink to heat embossed the image with red embossing powder by Ranger Industries and then smeared distress ink over top. The sentiment stamp is by Unity Stamp Co.

The die cuts are by Spellbinders and the border punch by Stampin Up. I sprayed the flowers with Perfect Pearls and water. 

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Shaker card

I made a fun little Halloween Shaker card that I would like to share today. The contents inside the shaker are sequins and beads. You could put in other different things like rhinestones, different shaped beads, buttons, die cut shapes, foam shapes or whatever. (That's my tip for this card) The pumpkins are by K and Co and Happy Halloween stamp by Stampabilities.
Thanks for looking

Challenges:

Ribbon Carousel (TU#26)-Boo

Top Tip Tuesday(TU#57)-Inspired by Trick or Treat (see tip in above paragraph)

Use it Tuesday(TU#18)-Colors orange, black or purple (the floss by Karen Foster)

Creative Stamp Friends(MO#36)-Halloween

Hooked on Crafts(MO#10)-Something Spooky

House of Gilli(MO/10-24)-Recycle (sequins) and texture (inside the shaker card)

Kaboodle Doodle(MO#90)-Halloween

Paper Creations(MO#11)-Halloween

There She Goes(MO#127)-Halloween

Addicted to Stamps(SU#15)-Halloween

Card Cupids(SU/10-23)-Halloween

Creative Inspirations Paint(SU/10-23)-Halloween

Dream Valley challenges(SU#18)-Halloweeen

Gingerloft(SU#27)-Halloween

Sentimental Sundays(SU#78)-Halloween

Halloween tag

I made this tag at a class I taught on Saturday. I like making tags because you can set them aside and use them on layouts or cards or just start a tag collection. That would make a great Your Story book: a book of tags. It could serve as inspiration at a later date or to just marvel at the lovely tags you have made. hmmmm

Anyway, this is a Tim Holtz tag that I sprayed with water and Perfect Pearls. I then crumbled the tag up into a little ball and smoothed it out afterwards. Then I took the distressing ink pads Red Barn and Wild Honey and rubbed them over the tag. I used lighter colors so the black would really stand out. After that I used an Inkadinkado leaf flourish stamp with Colorbox black ink and stamped the side so a little of the image went off the edge. The Trick or Treat stamp is a friend of mine and she doesn't keep them in the package-so Idk who makes that stamp. Then I took some Pearl X and dipped my finger in and smeared it along the edges. After it dried I placed the ribbon (Fancy Pants) through the top and the epoxy stickers in the left lower corner. The striped, Oct and 31 stickers are by Making Memories.

Thanks for taking a look at my Halloween tag
Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp and Show(MO/10-17)-stripes
Scrap-Creations(TU/10-18)-tags
Oldie but a Goodie(TU/10-18)-Forever autumn (flourish stamp is old and the stickers too.)
Papertake Weekly(TU/10-18)-Spooky Hues
Cheerful Stamp Pad(MO#27)-Halloween
Crafty Boots(MO/10-17)-Halloween
Paper Creations Ink (MO#11)-Halloween
Addicted to Stamps (SU#15)-Halloween
Fashionable Stamping Challenge(SU#6)-Anything but a card
Gingerloft (SU#27)-Halloween
Stamptacular Sunday(SU#134)-Anything goes

Peace & Joy Card

It sparkles so much prettier in real life. I hate that the sun goes down so early nowadays. anyway. I did this card for the Tuesday Triggers: All That Glitters at Moxie Fab. I really like the silver and purple color combo and that is why I used silver embossing powder for the polka dots on the gray paper. Both the Gray and light purple paper are sprayed with a mixture of Perfect Pearls and water to give them that extra sparkle. The twine used on the banners is actually silver and glittery made by Inkadinkado.

Supplies: Cardstock by Sunborn; ribbon unknown; fiber by Inkadinkado; embossing powder by Stampendous, stamps by Fawn Lawn, Clear Dollar Stamps, Technique Tuesday, Hero Arts, Stampabilities and Stampin Up; banner by Cricut cartridge Lryical letters; ink Versamark, Ranger and Memento; Perfect Pearls by Ranger.

This card is for the following challenges:

Simon Says-nontraditional Christmas colors

Sweet Stampin Challenge-Make your own Background paper (polka dot paper)

Creative Card Crew-Anything goes

Papertake Weekly-non red and green card

One Stitch at a Time-Old stash- paper is about three years old and ribbon is about 5 years old but all the letter stamps are new and the cartridge to make the banner is new.

Thanks for looking

Truck (hi) card

I made this card for the following challenges:
The Crazy Challenge- Boys and their toys

Papercutz-wheels

Daring cardmakers-Layering the main image

Cards for Men-1 image, 2 papers & 3 embellies(ribbon, brad and stamped image)

Stampin Bee's-Use a background stamp

Penny's challenge-1 ribbon, 2 papers and 3 embellies

Double Dutch-sketch

TFL