Manly Monday Tree silhouette die cut

The tree background die is by Dreamweaver Stencils. The yellow background was made using distress oxide. The bottom edge is made up of border punches just 2 layers to make it look fuller. After I added the tree die to the background I dry embossed it with an embossing folder by The Paper studio at Hobby Lobby. I added distress oxide over the whole thing before added a upcycled thank you tag. 

I’m entering this card into the thank you challenge at Simon Says Stamp. And Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Thank you 😊 

 This card was made with a piece of basic gray patterned paper and a piece of copper metallic paper that has texture. The sentiment is by Bo Bunny, and the brad is by Creative Imagination.

The background paper is by Accord Publishing. This time I colored the die cut with a Copic Markers. I cut the edge thin so that it would sit inside the frame of the patterned paper. 

The background inside the frame was made with distress ink. I tried to make it look like a the shadows of the tree trunks. I ripped a piece of paper on the bottom edge of the tree and made it look like dirt. Hopefully it did. 

Thanks for looking and reading my long post. 

April Calendar Layout Callie’s matching clothes.

This is a very plain layout with scraps of cardstock and a little piece of Bo Bunny patterned paper. The embellishments are stickers from my stash. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Pocket full of Birthday Wishes Card

Card for Spencer’s 22nd birthday 

This card came together so quickly because I already had the pocket cut out from a digital file. I adhered all but the top edge of the blue pocket to make a pocket on top. I put some money inside the pocket but I wonder if he found it because he didn’t say thanks. Then all I had to do was add the sticker by Bo Bunny. 

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October Calendar Layout Halloween Mickey

 This is my husband’s nephews and their wives and sons. The Mickey head was made with 3 circles of K and I patterned paper. I stamped inside the circles in the pattern. The other two pieces of paper are by Bo Bunny. The brad is by Around the Block. 

Just For You Diagonal design

I colored this image twice and then put them in the drawer.  So this card uses cardstock by Bo Bunny and Scrapbook made Simple (Black). The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye. The sentiment is stamped Pebbles but the sentiment stamp is unknown at this time. Thanks for looking.

This card looks like the same card but I know that I just put it together.. Just for you

Blueprint Present Birthday card

I used the same Tim Holtz stamp on watercolor paper and colored it in with Peerless Watercolors. The background paper is by Bo Bunny. The center die cut is by Spellbinders and the other two were cut out with my Cricut. Thanks for looking.
Other cards with this stamp:
Triple fold
2015
Blue Present card

December calendar layout with F and A.

F is Fletcher and A is Annora. It’s a joke their Dad has with hubby and friends. I did a train card that is linked right here  

The green background paper is by Bo Bunny. The border at the bottom is by Die Cuts with a View. I stamped out their names. Thanks for looking 

Vintage Style Merry Christmas card with a Rub-on

This card came together so quickly. The die cut is by Spellbinders. I inked it with distress ink before removing it from the die. The sentiment is a rub-on by Bo Bunny. The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye. Thanks for looking.

Simon Says Stamp Christmas Cheer Challenge

Calendar Layout October Great-Nephew's birthday Month

So for this layout, I knew I wanted the party hat in the dump truck because I don't usually get to use a party hat (CM) or a dump truck (Mrs Grossman's). The orange die cut and patterned paper were by Bo Bunny.
For the rest of the layout, I had help from my niece and nephew's girlfriend. I wish that I would have added a title. I might steal it back to do it. Thanks for looking.

July Calendar Layout using a former card

July Calendar 2019 and this calendar is done!!!

Bell stamp by Deep Red Stamp. It was heat embossed silver

Patterned paper by Bo Bunny. White cardstock by RE that was inked with distress ink. Star stencil is a Cricut negative with glimmer mist. Star border is by Cricut and also sprayed with glimmer mist

Star brad by Creative Imaginations.
I had a hard time finding all of my 4th of July creations. But here are a few.
Layout using the bell stamp
July fourth Calendar LO
Star Card
Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty-2
Thanks 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.

Queen Bee Hexagon Stencil with Embossing Paste Cards

I used a Hero Arts background stamp for the tree on the left. The branch off of that is a branch off of a Memory Box die. The beehive is a piece of fabric that my Mom cut out and put bondage on the back and then I ironed it onto a square die cut by, my guess is Bo Bunny with a layer behind it. The honeycomb background is a stencil by Tim Holtz. I used regular white embossing paste. The color came from my mat. It was a mixture of inks that I had already used on my mat. I usually do a lot of backgrounds using embossing paste at the same time. So you will see the same paste used in some other bee cards The sentiment is a sticker. Thanks for looking.

Entering Simon Says Stamp Up in the air Challenge

Gabe Freshman year and 1st year Percussion

I used both sides of a patterned paper by Bo Bunny. I use Design Objectives label dies to make the banner at the bottom on the left. The alphabet and words stamps are by Lawn Fawn. The embroidery floss is by DMC. I’m sure where the freshman sticker is from.

On the right side, the the words at the top we’re. printed using my Cricut markers. The title letters are from my Quickutz and they are on a border  from Sunborn. The last thing is the drum that I cut out using my Cricut. Thanks for looking.

Peaceful Church Scene card

The Church is a Cricut cut. The scalloped rectangle is by Sizzix and inked with distress ink. The sentiments are the following in order from top to bottom: Close to my Heart, Melissa Frances card with a Stampendous sentiment stamp, Bo Bunny rub-on sentiments for the last two. Check out the annotation on the one picture.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my creation.

Merry Christmas.

Thanks for looking.

Christmas cards that I wasn’t able to post in Dec 2020

I really like these two cards but I wasn’t able to get a very good picture of them. The wording seasons greetings is a large probably would be best for a slimline card and so I had to get creative on how to make it work for my 4x5.5 size cards.

I really like this blue card because of the eyelets and the gold string by Martha Stewart. They really give it a different look than what we would normally see him and I think that I will be doing that again. 

The next card, the dove stamp is by Deep Red stamps 

May the Spirit

I have it stamped onto cardstock by Forever in Time. Then I used a die I bought on eBay to cut out the dove and cut the next size up in brown cardstock. The patterned paper by Bo Bunny.

These sentiments came off the following store-bought cards,

These are the stickers that I used and they are very old.

Thanks for looking

Floral Friday Sunflower Border Cards

The sunflower border is from a friend. I colored it in with regular chalk.
The patterned paper is by Tim Holtz.
The sentiment is by Bo Bunny. I white heat embossed it.

I used the Same pad of Tim Holtz paper for the circle. The background paper and paper behind the border are by Basic Grey 

Entering into the challenge

Creative Inspirations
Through the Craftroom Door

Thanks for looking 

Cricut Mermaid card

I will be posting a bunch of random cards to my blog in the next few days for different situations. 

This mermaid card is for the Cricut challenge 

Under the Sea at

Bitten by the Bug

The mermaid die-cut was cut out using my Cricut

The purple flower in her hair is an epoxy sticker.

The pearls are by Want 2 Scrap. I colored them in with my Copic markers.

The patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View (hair), Recollections (Red dry embossed) Bo Bunny (polka dot), and a recycled store-bought card (bottom piece)

 I'm taking a class at Online Card Classes and will have a bunch of those cards coming out.

Thanks for looking

July Calendar Layout -Jack was scared of fireworks

July 2020 Cottage Calendar

Patterned Paper-DCWV, Bo Bunny.

 Glitter paper by The Paper Studio. 

Firework dies by Dies...to Die For

Thanks for looking.

Here's a Link to a July 2011 calendar page

July Calendar Layout-Bark River Spectators

 The stickers are from Bo Bunny, Sticko, and Jolee's. The firework die-cuts by Dies...to Die For. The cardstock is from my stash. Thanks for looking.