However Long the Night the Dawn Will Break

This is a tribute card to 911. The patterned paper is from my stash. I applied Astro Paste by Simon Hurley onto a sunrise stencil by Tim Holtz directly onto of the patterned paper at the top of the card. The bottom of the card is white cardstock that I used to wipe up the remaining paste on the stencil. The unknown sentiment is on a Spellbinders scallop circle die.  Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Dangerous Glitter Christmas Card

The title is compelling. The card base was made with a piece of glitter paper. It was an 8x8 piece of paper that I cut the top down to 6”. I scored it at 4” and used a bone folder to burnish the edge. Then I went over it with my hand and the glitter literally cut my hand. The JOY die is by Spellbinders. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Pretty Purple LOVE Card

The double-sided patterned paper is by Craft Consortium. I used the front of the patterned paper for the background. I folded two of the corners back on itself to reveal white cardstock. Then with the extra patterned paper, I turned it over and die-cut the word Love. The die cut is by Crafter's Companion. The shadow of the word Love is out of shiny gold paper by Sizzix. 

Here’s an example using the same paper pad and sentiment die cut. Yes, the pad has a mix of reds, pinks, and purples.

Triple Heart Love card  

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Triple Heart Love Anniversary card

I made this card for the anniversaries of 2026. At the end of the year, I give my BIL all of the cards he needs to send to our family. This includes birthday and anniversary cards. This year I want to have them ready for him.
The patterned paper is by Craft Consortium and the gold paper is by Sizzix. The Love sentiment die is by Couture Creations but the heart dies will be added later. I inked it making it dark at the top and fading it out to the bottom. Thanks for looking.

I made this card for 
Sisterhood of Crafters - Use pink or red
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Anything goes
Digi Choose Day - Anything goes
Gem of a challenge - Anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge - Anything goes
Tic Tac Toe Challenge Love sentiment, die cut, and heart
The Paper Shelter - Add a heart
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add a heart
Creative Inspiration - Love is in the air
Double D challenge - red

Princess Castle Baby Shower Card

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Thinking of You card

I die cut the flower which is connected to the white square. The sentiment is the Draw and Cut from Cricut. The die cut behind the the flower is by…BUT the patterned paper is by Anna Griffin and the gold background paper is from Creative Memories. All of this is on a black cardstock base.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday heart wreath card

I inked the lower part of the card with distress ink. I sprayed the card and red cardstock with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels. I covered the seam between the red cardstock and the inked card base with gold paper is by Sizzix. 

I don’t know where the heart image is from and I’m not certain about the butterfly stamps either.  Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Floral Friday Scalloped circle card

I made this simple anniversary card using a scalloped circle pre-made card base by Recollections. I used my Cricut to cut out the green die cut and then put yellow cardstock behind it. The sentiment stamp and dual colored heart sticker are unknown. The gold heart is a Sizzix die with gold Sizzix paper. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Merry Gold Christmas card

The gold paper, white glitter paper, and red die cut are by Sizzix. The white die cut is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The Want2Scrap rhinestone shape fits a Spellbinders label but I used it to go around the circle sentiment which was cut apart from a paper pad.

Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Christmas Cricut Slimline card

Slimline cards are a challenge for me. I feel like there’s so much wasted space yet if you fill it up, it’s just too much. 

The background patterned paper is by Bo Bunny.  The poinsettia is a Cricut die cut (Image set called Christmas Noel).

 

I dry embossed one of the layers of the poinsettia with a Cuttlebug embossing folder before adding Stickles to the petals.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts; I heat embossed it in gold and then colored in the frame with a mixture of paint and chalk. The ric rack is from my mother-in-law‘s stash.

Thanks for looking.

Craft Roulette Fabric Wreath card

I have another fabric card to join the many others that I have made. These are squares of fabric that my Mother cut out for her potholders. She had heat and bond on the back so once I inherited them all I had to do was iron them onto the paper of my choice. This time it was a Spellbinders die cut. Then the background paper is by Creative Memories. The gold papers by Sizzix are supposed to resemble a present. 

As you read in the title, this card is for my new obsession called Craft Roulette. Check out the video that I linked below.

Craft Roulette 192 parameters were: 

a thank you card. I thank my Mom for cutting these out for me to use after she was gone. Colors-Farmers Market. Our farmers have apple farms, hence the green and red. Yard-the green in my wreath looks like grass . Confetti-the red berries in the wreath but now that I look at it the confetti could be the patterned paper.

Check out Craft Roulette on Fridays and then on they have a show on Tuesday.

Deep Red stamps Dove of Peace in Gold card

The dove the world is by Deep Red Stamps. I colored with Copic markers. Border punch by Fiskars. The ribbon is by Pebbles and the gold paper is by Creative Memories. Enamel dots by Gina Marie. Thanks 

Anything Christmas atHoly Ivy Christmas

Anything goes Christmas at Hazel’s Christmas

Anything goes Christmas at12 months of Christmas

Floral Friday Green and Gold Upcycled Christmas card

I made this card with a store bought card and a computer sentiment. Thanks for looking.

Anything goes Simon says Stamp

Floral Friday Happy Anniversary Card

The patterned paper is by Creative Memories and the center paper is by Prima. The word "Happy" is an eBay stamp that I heat embossed gold on self-adhesive vellum by Paper Reflections. The word "anniversary"  is a Lawn Fawn stamp using Catherine Pooler ink and on a die cut from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Detailed square die cut Anniversary cards

I just love this detailed square die. It makes for such a gorgeous card for many occasions. 

I made the gold card using up cycled packaging. Yup, the gold paper and the white paper behind it.

The second card was made when I made the purple anniversary cards I posted yesterday. I’m not sure why I went with purple for anniversary cards but I think they will be appreciated. Thank you for stopping by.

Christmas Tree made of Stars Card

The stamp is by DeNami Designs, circa 1997. It's gold heat embossed. I added the gold Creative Memories paper behind the tree. I have been hoarding that paper because they no longer make it. The presents are from Jolee's. Thanks for looking.

Merry Christmas.

Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Embossing Paste Poinsettias

The poinsettia stencil and embossing paste are by Dreamweaver Stencils. The green card is silver embossing paste, patterned paper by Stampin Up, and a sentiment by Hero Arts. The gold card uses Irrediscent embossing paste, patterned paper by Craft Smith, the gold paper by Creative Memories, and a sentiment by Close to my heart

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday

It's been crazy in my little world lately. I'm so busy with family, DT issues and going all over the place for work that I'm just happy to be sitting at my computer right now. I would pre-post things but stupid blogger won't post things when I schedule them! Makes me angry when things don't work right. 

Anyway, I made this graduation card to sell at the shop down the street and wanted to share it with you. I found buying 12x12 paper for cards to be too much. It's hard for me to make 6 cards with the same paper. I bought this piece of 8 1/2 x 11 graduation patterned paper and loved making 4 cards from it. Over the next month or so I will share those cards with you here on Manly Monday.

Paper by The Paper Studio

Die cut by Creative Memories (grad cap) and Cricut (circles)

Text stamp by Hero Arts

Ink by Tsukineko

Gold paper by Creative Memories

Cardstock by Pioneer and Recollections.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/#67-For the boys

http://www.alwayscrafting.blogspot.com/#7-Anything goes

http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/#78-Anything Goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/#87-Anything Goes

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/#104-Make it Manly

http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/#73-Anything Goes

http://totallystampalicious.blogspot.com/-Masculine

Cute little Dress stamp makes a cute thank you card

I made this fun yet simple card using two stamp sets from American Crafts. The dress is by Dear Lizzy Warble stamp set and the sentiment is from the Thanks stamp set

The gold paper is by CM; kraft paper is unknown; embossing powders by SP; ink by VM; card base by RE.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Kaboodle Doodle (M#76)-Embossing

The Kraft Journal (M)-My favortie things (clothes)

Simon Says (M)-Embossing

Thanks for looking.