Manly Monday Baseball Cards

The bat stamp is by Stampin Up. The arrow die cut is by Clearly Besotted. It reminds me of the stitching on a baseball. 

The arrow die is by Clearly Besotted. The ball in the above card is a sticker on foam adhesive. The sticker border at the bottom is by Creative Memories. 

The borders and ball corner, as well as the bat, are by Accord Publishing. The Play stamp set is by Colorbok.. I colored in the “Play” sentiment.    

Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Manly Monday Anchor Card

The patterned paper is by Studio G. The embossed paper is by Colorbok. The sentiment is a stamp by Stampendous that I cut out with a Spellbinders die.  While the paper was still in the die I embossed it using a rubber mat and then inked it with distress ink. 

This card was supposed to go for Kendra‘s card challenge #10 but I didn’t like it. So it sat in the “To Be Finished” box waiting for an occasion or to come up with a brilliant way to finish it.

 The sketch that inspired my card is in the upper right corner. Keep in mind, sketches are there to spark your creativity, and this was mine loosely based on the sketch.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Pretty Purple Cheshire Cat Card

This is my card for Craft Roulette #260

The challenge parameters were: 

Project-An envelope

Colors-toys

Element-Children's story

Random-List

I made my card look like an envelope with the patterned papers slanted into a V. The patterned paper has the Cheshire Cat in it, which would account for the toys' colors and the children's story element. The list is seen when you open the card to reveal "My favorite things..." Look at the photo below. 

The card was for my nephew, and he really liked it. 

This second card was for the bonus gallery. It has the look of an envelope, same colors as above, the children's story is in my kid's cabinet, and the list of Happy Birthday stickers.

Craft Roulette #260 color combo. We are doing a side color challenge along with the chosen color parameter because the color parameter can be very loosely interpreted. It's been said that they will allow it as long as you can justify it.

May Calendar layout 2024

Patterned paper by Colorbok.

The letter alphabets are by Lawn Fawn.

The stamps are by Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Criss Cross card

I saw this idea on YouTube. If I can find it, I will link back to it. The patterned paper is by Studio G and Colorbok. The word die cuts are by SMS. The green layer of pp is a project Life card.

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January Calendar layout Grandpa Brian

Here we go with another year of Calendar layouts on Wednesday. This one was for my brother’s 2023 calendar. The blue background is the actual calendar base. February is pink. March is green. April is blue and so on. Sometimes I used the color instead of adding anything to it.

Anyway, I used some really old products for this layout. The snowflake paper circa 2005 and is by Colorbok. The large white snowflake on the right side was cut out with my Cricut. I have not touched my Cricut in well over a year.

The border at the bottom is a blue vellum by Creative Memories. The title on top is a Sunborn die cut and I can’t remember if the letters/words were in the circles or if I stamped them. I think that the letters are perfectly straight, so I’m going to say I didn’t stamp them.

Thanks for looking. 

Floral Friday Hello card with Half and Half

This card is one of my faves and there’s nothing to it. Patterned paper is by Making Memories and the word die cut paper is by Colorbok. The main die cut is by Simply Defined by Scrapbooking made Simply. I don’t exactly know where the sentiment die is from. But I do know that it’s in blue and white packaging and it’s a girl’s name. It’s probably in the basement. I can’t go into the basement to look it up because I had surgery in June and my balance is off making me more susceptible to fall. So I’m staying upstairs.

Thanks for looking.

May Calendar Layout Gone Fishing

Products-Oriental Trading Co letter stickers in square punches by Creative Memories. Fishing title by The Paper Loft. Patterned paper by Colorbok. Thanks for looking

Debra's 60th Birthday card

Debra is a Zoom friend. I used two identical Project Life cards, one on top and the other on the bottom then I added these Making Memories number stickers on top of a Colorbok chipboard buckle. The ribbon is from Pebbles. Thanks  for looking.

Floral Friday Green and Blue Chipboard flower card

The green chipboard flowers are by Colorbok. The center chipboard flower was painted blue and then I brushed it with an emery board. The patterned papers are by Basic Grey and ??.  I put green rhinestones all down the center. Thanks for looking.

January Calendar Layout Aqua 2 couples young and old

The patterned paper is by Stampin Up. The Snowflakes by Jolee's. The shaped mat by Colorbok. Thanks for looking. 

Merry Christmas A Child is Born card

Merry Christmas. A friend sent me this die cut and so I made a background using distress ink and flicked a little bit of water on it. I put wood-patterned paper behind the words. The patterned paper behind the front panel is by Colorbok. Thanks for looking.

Floral Friday Green n Yellow Birthday card

The embossing folder by Stampin Up. Background stamp from Hero Arts. Yellow label is by Sizzix and the stamp is by The Paper Studio and the enamel dots by Colorbok. Thanks for looking.
I'm entering the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge

Just a Note with muted Colors and a wallpaper leaf Card

The patterned paper is by My Mind’s Eye (background) and The Paper Loft (strips). The sentiment is a die by Spellbinders. I replaced the paper dot for with a dot for the “I” by Cloud 9. The label is made of chipboard and I painted it with Ranger’s gold distress paint and put Perfect Pearls on top of it. The leaf die is by Stampendous. The two leaves are unique for I cut one cut out of cardstock and one out of a wallpaper sample. Thanks for looking.
Happy Little Stamper challenge
Anything goes with dies

Birthday Card Orange balloon cards

I think the top card is my favorite of all of my balloon cards. The patterned paper by Studio Calico was inked with distress Inc. The fence at the bottom is by Tim Holtz. The border punch is by Martha Stewart. The border patterned paper is by Colorbok.

For the second card, a used patterned paper by Stampin Up. The balloon is on a Sizzix die cut. I inked the white cardstock to look like the sky and the grass. I used my sewing machine to make a string for the balloon.

After I took the picture noticed a blemish in the white die cut. So I added this die cut sentiment to cover it up. I used a brad for the dot on the i.

Thanks for looking.

April Calendar Layout Brothers at the Range

April-Brothers
PP by October Afternoon, Colorbok, Coordinations, EK Success.
Title by My Mind's Eye. Guns stickers by Not so Cute stickers in Grandville MI (Circa 2000). Bullseye by Jolee's stickers. Distress ink on all of the edges. This is from the cottage calendar 2019. Thanks for looking.

March calendar layout with my niece and cascading butterflies

Check out that old Stampin up hat stamp. I colored it in different colors with distress markers. The title and butterflies were cut using my Cricut. Background paper is by Colorbok. Thanks for looking.

Celebrate Cards

The celebrate stamp was white heat embossed and then the edges of their cardstock and also the green patterned paper on the second card were inked with distress ink. Some of the patterned papers by Crate Papers My Mind's Eye, Making Memories, and possibly Colorbok. Ribbon by Offray and brad is unknown. I do know that that brad is going to be stupidly expensive to mail but I liked the way it matched the cardstock.

Thanks for looking.

January Calendar Layout Redneck Sledding at the cottage

Sledding with black and white snowflakes patterned paper by MAMBI and PP by Colorbox and Color Aid. This is from the 2019 calendar. Thanks for stopping by. A waiver form was signed by their parents for this activity.

August Calendar Boyz Trip

Short and Sweet Post for today.
Colorbok patterned paper.
Cricut title.
Track stickers-Not so Cute Stickers

Thanks for looking

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