Double stenciled backgrounds

This is a Tim Holtz tag that I did a stencil on a stencil technique. The twisted square stencil is by Momenta, and the dot stencil is by Gina Marie. I used Distress Oxides. The sentiment is by Sizzix. I stamped it with purple ink and clear heat embossed.

Then I created a small tag using a different stencil with the square stencil, but I didn't know how to finish it off, so maybe next time.

This last one uses two stencils and the same sentiment stamp.

Simon says Stamp Use more than one stencil

Peace, Love and Joy Big card

This card is from Craft Roulette #244.

 The parameters were:

Project-Joy fold

Color-Bold/cold

Element-family 

Random-ribbon 

The gold paper, letter dies and the white die cut layered at the bottom of the cluster are from Sizzix. The embossing folder is by Gina Marie. The die cut that the ampersand sign is on is by Creative Expression. There’s Rick Rack on the left side of the card on top of a snowflake background stamp that I heat embossed in green embossing powder.  The joy tags on the right are sewn up there with not twine, but like hemp ribbon. 

It’s a very heavy card. I would probably have to add extra postage. Thanks for looking.

Vintage Love Forever Card

I will have to write out the supplies as time permits.

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Flower Friday Hidden fabric Sunflower card

The gold paper is by Sizzix. The sentiment is from Close to my Heart. The tag is a recycled item. The leaf stamp is a Studio G red rubber stamp. On the inside when you lift the gold paper up the journal box is by Recollections and the sunflower is fabric. Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Manly Monday Houndstooth Tags

The tags are upcycled from a bank that my mom swooped up from being trash when the bank went computerized and no longer needed them 

My mom worked at a bank for 35 years. In that time she experienced many changes; a name change, staffing changes, location changes, and a change to become computerized. They no longer needed paper tags or plastic bags for checks or these shaped boxes that held specific papers. She helped those things to be recycled and not just thrown away. My Mom swooped up those tags before they made it into the trash bin and rerouted them to my house.

Anyway, I stamped the tags with a houndstooth stamp by Deep Red stamps. The small round circle at the top is a tag by Basic Grey. The background paper is ancient by Provo Crafts . The brad is from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Gold Frame around a Candle Christmas card

For my card today I have a candle that was cut out with my Cricut. I glued it onto a tag from my stash. (I have no clue as to where it came from.) The frame shape is the negative of a Simply Refined die. Idk how to explain this...I trimmed around the outside of the negative frame because when I ran the original die thru the Gemini I had another die too close to this die and therefore I didn't have enough gold to cover the entire card front. I think in five years when I come back to this post I will understand what I wrote. Maybe. 

The gold cardstock by Creative Memories is no longer being made. Such a bummer. Thanks for looking.

Simon Says Stamp has a new challenge- Tag it.

Yellow Balloon Birthday Card

These are not my favorite cards but I made them. This blog is a place for me to look at all the things I've made for the last 13 years. I wouldn't be true to myself to not have the ugly cards posted too. Creative Memories sticker borders. Sizzix die cut. Distress ink. I added a sentiment over the wrinkle in the die cut.

Stampin Up-polka dot paper. Tag Creative Memories. Spellbinders doily die cut. Thanks for looking.

Thinking of you Basic Grey Tag Card

The patterned paper is by Making Memories. The tag is Basic Grey. The sentiment is a rubber stamp. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Cards with Handmade flowers in Burgundy

I sat and put some flowers together with other things, doily, tags, and other flowers. I made them into cards and haven’t posted about them. These patterned paper flowers are randomly in pairs and were bugging me. Thanks for looking. 

Manly Monday heat embossed star, and a background made of scraps Card

Happy Fourth of July

The stamp is by Stampin Up and it was heat embossed with a blue glitter embossing powder. The sentiment is also from Stampin up. The tag and paper are unknown. Thanks for looking.

Thanks for looking.
A few links to patriotic cards.
Stand together
Vintage American Flag Atc's
American Flag

I also have This dragonfly card with the same scraps.

I made the card yesterday at the same time as this one. I thought it was interesting to see the two next to each other.

The dragonfly was cut using my Cricut from the image set called Spring Fling.

I layered it to make the wings lift up a little bit.

The patterned paper that is green is unknown but the blue is by Sunborn

So the blue had been part of a glue drip accident. 

Therefore, I colored him with a flicking motion with a Crayola Brush Tip marker.

Then...I threw it in my drawer. So when I made this background from blue scraps of paper and I looked in the drawer and came across this dragonfly. So, they look okay together. I added a sentiment by Hampton Arts. Thanks for...Oh wait, there’s more...

Here are some other cards that I found when I put the word dragonfly in the search box. The cards are all different. 

Older card 
Orange Dragonfly

Cool square die cut with dragonfly

Masculine dragonfly card

Hello orange Dragonfly

 Thanks so much for looking.

Manly Monday Camera Cards with the backgrounds made with scraps.

My first card has strips of paper leftover from projects. Some of the manufacturers are My Mind's Eye,  Colorbok, and Basic Grey. The white pieces of paper are probably patterned paper turned over. I do this a lot. For this card, I wanted to get out the Stampin Up wheel stamps. The camera stamp is from Tim Holtz and I colored it in with distress ink and water.

The Tag is by Basic Grey. The camera stamp and tiny stapler are both by Tim Holtz. The sentiment by Bo Bunny (?). The background stamp is by Stampin Up. The ribbon is from Michael's. I'll have more of these camera-stamped cards coming up. Thanks for looking

My second card is for a. Tag challenge at the The Male Room

You look Fabulous Given how old you are

This is the stamp I will use on the insides of the cards with cameras.

Floral Friday Christmas Wreath Tags

The doilies are by Doodlebug. Red flowers from my stash. Green by Prima, Green polka Dot Oriental Trading co. and red is unknown. Tags from stash. Right tag upcycled from my mom's work and I stamped with a Hero Arts background stamp. I will probably fill in the center of the second tag. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Tag for my nephew's Christmas present

The light bulbs are Cricut cuts and the letter stamps are by Close to my Heart.
Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Merry and Bright Cards

Christmas Cards with black ribbon on top of every other white stripe. My friend said it looked masculine and therefore, I decided to make it today's card (s). I put eyelets in the tags that I can hand cut out of the sentiment sheet from the same paper pad. I had cut off the bottom of this tag because it had the words to and from on it. In order to continue the look of a chalkboard, I would use a white pen around the edges. 

Thanks for looking

Happy Holidays metal sentiment Card

I made a Christmas card. The tree stamp is an oldie by Stampin' Up and colored in with Copic markers. The star on top is an eyelet. The background patterned paper is an oldie by Provo Craft. The green layer behind the tree is cardstock from my stash and then the next layer is a sticker that I've been trying to use up.
The sentiment is metal and engraved with happy holidays. It is from Making Memories. The tag that it is under is by My Mind's Eye. The silver paper circle punch is by Creative Memories. The brad inside the circle is from my stash.

Thanks for looking.
This card also uses the same metal sentiment

Fall colors Tag with Floss Card

I am posting this card a day late for the fall equinox because Wednesday is for calendars, which the calendars are appropriate to.
The background stamps on the left are by Stampin Up.
The sentiment and the whole tag were part of a trade years ago. 
The patterned paper is by Studio G

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Manly Monday Football Game Day with tag Card

The football stamp is by Stampin Up. The sentiment tag is by American Traditional Design. The border sticker is by Creative Memories. The patterned paper is by Crate Papers and the textured paper is from my stash.

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Christmas card book through the years with the Sarjeants

This first card really shows my old style of scrapbooking. I used many components of the actual Christmas card they sent with the photo. Things like the circle at the bottom. I cut it out with the Creative Memories cutting system. I circle punched the sentiment (Peace) and then larger green circles for them to stand out. Then, I cut out what was written on the inside and taped it onto the left side border stickers. I even cut out their signature and placed it below the title. I stamped their name on white cardstock and cut them out. That and the year is on the right side. It's a super old fashion way to scrapbook but that's what I did at that time. 

The second one:

The big flower in the center is by Jolee's. The patterned paper is beautiful but unknown.

The banner and the stars in the corner were cut out with my Cricut

The third card:

The blue paper did all of the work, all I did was add their names on blue cardstock with Lawn Fawn ABC's stamps.

This 4th year is a little bit fancier.

There's a rhinestone circle around the year of the card.

The tag includes their last name because it isn't listed on the Christmas card.

The next thing we received is a graduation announcement

I made the sandy paper bottom left with torn paper and distress ink.

I used the sun rays stencil by Tim Holtz and Squeezed Lemon Distress ink.

On the right side, I used pre-made patterned paper.

I added the middle embellishments above and below her photo in the center.

Thanks for looking

Green Leaves with Tags Cards

For my first card, I didn't use any stamping, I did use Jute and distress ink by Tim Holtz on both of the tags.

The sentiment die is from AC Moore and by Love Nicole

The die-cuts: tags are an upcycle, leaves and acorn are from a Stampendous Build a wreath dies set. 

The patterned paper is by Provo Craft although one of them is made from wallpaper samples.

On this second card, the Best Wishes sentiment die is by Elizabeth Craft Designs. The corners were stamped with the Bokeh stamp set by Lawn Fawn. The leaves are die-cuts from my stash as well as those mentioned above.

Thanks for looking

Manly Monday Deep Red Stamps "Time" to Celebrate Card with Tag

Real quick, August 8, 2009 is when I started my blog. It has evolved in the last 12 years. At first, I was busy auditioning to be on Design Teams, trying to get published in magazines and entering a lot of challenges. I did those things to get noticed as a great card maker and scrapbooker because if I was I would get free products. Not worth it.

Now I use my blog as a place to have my projects all in one place. Who knows where it will go from here.                                                          All I can do is: Keep moving forward.

My card today uses two Deep Red stamps. The clock and the Metal Mesh background. I used distress crackle paint as the stamping medium. The sentiment is made up of an alphabet stamp set by Close to my Heart and the word stamps by The Paper Studio. The tag and brad are from my stash.

I’m entering this card into the Male Room challenge.

They turned 8years old this month

Birthday card for a dude

Thanks for looking