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The background paper is watercolor paper by Strathmore. The pattern is a sheet of rub ons that I don’t know of any other way to use them. It would be a lot of work and frustration to get a little circle out of the center.

Anyway, I inked the background with green distress ink, sprayed the paper with regular water on it and wiped it off with a paper towel. That made the white stand out in the images. 

The Hero Arts sentiment was white heat embossed onto black cardstock and the layered onto Spellbinders die cut. The little tags were part of a prize and here’s a link to Layle by Mail. 

That’s it for me. Complaining—>I have so many things to do and not enough healthy days to do them. But, I woke up this morning and that’s a win. Thanks for looking.

For Your Daily Grind Card

I’m using a background that has been sitting in a drawer. 

The stamps used in this card are by Mystamp Box. I colored in the images with Copic markers.

I made the background paper by using a stencil from The Crafters Workshop 

The blue medium, is powdered chalk mixed with paint on watercolor paper by Strathmore.

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Big Fishy Friends Cards

I used stamps by Stampin Up and Lawn Fawn

Big fish were colored in with watercolors Strathmore or Tim Holtz watercolor paper

The small fish were colored in with Copic markers (1st card) and colored pencils (3rd card)

I used distress ink to create the sun or sky

The sentiment is by Lawn Fawn and Forever in Time (2nd card)

The die- cuts are Lawn Fawn images with matching dies

The borders are eBay dies or leftovers from the other fishy cards.

The patterned paper is by Die Cuts with a View

I'm exhausted and keep falling asleep at my computer. So I hope these are accurate 

Sizzix die-cut on Crate Paper

The patterned paper is old from my stash.

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other cards using large fish

Another Fishy card

YooHoo-We're thinking of you Owl cards

I had all of these owl images just hanging around my craft room. Time to pull them out and use them for a good cause, sending them to senior citizens.

I used stamps by Lawn Fawn 

Masking paper Inkadinkado to cover the owl and create a blue sky with distress ink.

The sentiment is by Cricut 

There are some die- cuts by Spellbinders

The grass patterned paper is old from my stash. 

I made the backgrounds using a stencil from The Crafters Workshop and Glimmer mist Sprays from Tattered Angels. 

I was looking to see which one still worked. When you don't use them very often they get clogged up.

I used flock on this owl. 

The die-cut for this card below is made with wallpaper samples.

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Here are some other cards using the same stamp.

Lawn Fawn Owl ATC's

Just a Note Dry Embossed Rainbow Sheets of Music Cards

These cards are made with leftover backgrounds from a group of ATC's I made back in Feb 2017. I knew I would use them someday. lol

The sentiment sticker is by SRM Stickers and I put it across the top and bottom
The dry embossing is a Fiskars plate. They're really old. 
I used them with my Cuttlebug but have feared to try them with my Gemini. 

The Gemini company didn't have a warranty card in the box.

So, I'm not as willing to try new combinations on this machine quite yet. 

^^This is the old me and I mean old like a week ago.

Because as of today, May 7th, I'm getting ambitious and brave enough to give it a try. 

But which plates would I use run them in my Gemini is the question. Hmm

Continuing on with the cards, I inked the embossed area with distress ink. I'm not one to do rainbow colors but these turned out so cute that I may try it again.
Then I trimmed down the Strathmore watercolor paper and sprayed it with water
I kept dabbing off the extra ink with a paper towel so the embossed pattern would show through.

I added pink and black behind it to make it fit the card base. 

The next card uses the same dry embossed plate but on plain white cardstock.

I went over the embossed areas very gently with an ink blending tool and the same colors of ink as above.

The sentiment is a stamp from Stampibilities on Bazzill purple cardstock. 

It doesn't photograph well but looks nice face to face. 

I used pink eyelets inside the Spellbinders label die.

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Our Father Card

This card is a little bit smaller than I normally make. The background stamp is by Hero Arts stamped with red ink. Image by Robin’s Fetish was printed onto watercolor paper and colored in with distress ink and water. I matted the image onto grey paper and adhered it to the card front.

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Deep Red Stamps Happy Holidays Wreath Card

Start with an off white pre-made card base 4 x 5 ½  by Recollections. Cover the card front with a piece of word patterned paper. Cut house patterned paper so that a whole row of houses will be on the top and bottom of the card. Adhere to the card front. Adhere a piece of ribbon around the center patterned paper. Stamp the Deep Red Stamps wreath onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock and color in with Peerless watercolors. Once it dries, rub on the sentiment (EK Success)inside the center of the wreath and then adhere to the card front. Patterned paper by October Afternoon.

Wreath Stamp by Deep Red Stamps

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Lawn Fawn Christmas-It's the most wonderful time of the year

I white heat embossed the background with a Stampin Up stamp and inked it with distress ink. The reindeer is a Lawn Fawn stamp stamped on Strathmore watercolor paper and colored in with water and distress inks. The sentiment is a Theresa Collins title and the rest of the paper is scraps from my stash 

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Manly Monday Paper Piecing Shirt card

I stamped the shirt (Unity) onto Strathmore watercolor paper and colored it in with Peerless watercolors. Then I stamped the image again onto patterned paper (Unknown) and cut the center out where the shirt is. The die cuts behind the image are by Spellbinders. Sentiment stamp by Hero Arts. Patterned paper by Studio G.

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Here are few other cards using this stamp:
Green Shirt Card
Diamond Embossing Card
Dad's Day Blue Shirt

Deep Red Stamps Doorway Card

Faith-Start with an off white 4x5.5 card base (Recollections) and cover with Momenta patterned paper. On Strathmore watercolor cardstock stamp Deep Red Stamps brick entry way with Versa Mark ink and heat emboss with copper embossing powder (Ranger). Color in the stamped image in with distress inks and a water pen all by Ranger. Once the stamped image is dry trim down to desired. Adhere together two scraps of light brown onto the left side and the image on top of the card base. Cut out a sentiment (Unknown) and adhere to the right upper corner of the image.

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Link to Deep Red Stamps Garden Door stamp

Manly Monday Deep Red Stamps Big! Elephant Card

This is one of those labor of love cards. It's also a see if I could do it and make it look like I envisioned it cards.
Results-I love the way it turned out.
Start with a 5 ½ x 4 white card base (Recollections) and adhere to it white cardstock that has been embossed with a Darice embossing folder and inked with distress ink (Ranger).

Stamp African Elephant by Deep Red Stamps with Hero Arts black ink onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock. Color in with Peerless watercolors. Stamp elephant onto patterned paper (Me and My Big Ideas) to act as a mask. Cut the pieces surrounding the elephant image. Adhere those pieces around the elephant and rip the bottom edges at the grass line.
Elephant stamp is on sale at Scrapbook.com.

Before adhering the image to the card base, run vellum sentiment through a Xyron Create a Sticker (Model 150) and adhere to the left side of card. Adhere image and add letter stickers (Stickopotamus).

I know I said this above but this close up may give you a better idea of what I did. 

I cut out the paper between the legs and blended it into the stamped image by roughing up the bottom of the patterned paper and inking it with Mowed Lawn distress ink.

I traced the edges of the elephant with a black pen by Creative Memories.

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Make a Wish Jellyfish

Make a Wish Jellyfish card-Start with a 4 x 5 ½ white card base (Recollections) and adhere a piece of teal cardstock over it. Tape down a piece of Stampin Up speckled grey paper and a Gina Marie Designs stencil onto it. Apply white embossing paste (Dreamweaver Stencils) that has been colored with acrylic paint. Once dry trim cardstock down and adhere to the card front. On a piece of watercolor cardstock, (Strathmore) stamp jellyfish and color in with distress inks and a water pen both by Ranger. Add stickles to the bubbles. Mat the image to grey cardstock and adhere to card front. Stamp a Petite Petals stamp with Tide Pool ink by Hero Arts. Punch image out with matching punch and adhere to front. Set a sentiment brad inside the flower (Around the Block). All stamps by Stampin Up.

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Snowman by the North Pole

Winter Wishes-Start with a 4 x 5 ½ white card base (Recollections) and adhere a piece of Bo Bunny polka dot patterned paper to the right side. The embossed cardstock (Doodlebug Designs) comes white and I inked it with blue distress ink with an ink blending tool (both by Ranger). Adhere that cardstock to the left side. Paint a chipboard shape with red paint (Pebbles) and when it dries rub gold Perfect Pearls over the top using your finger. Add a sentiment and snowflake dies (Echo Park) along with a rub-on (Fancy Pants) to the front before gluing the chipboard to the card front. Stamp North Pole snowman by Deep Red Stamps (Sku 3x405554) onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock with black ink (Hero Arts). Color image in with distress inks and some white iridescent paint before inking the edges with blue distress ink. Adhere image to the chipboard.

North Pole Snowman stamp set can be found at:

Deep Red Stamps Website

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Deep Red Stamps No Coal in my Stocking

No Coal in my Stocking:

Start with white pre-made card base 4 x 5 ½  by Recollections and adhere to the card front
Bazzill basics paper a patterned paper called Holiday Style.
Layer a black frame by Die cuts with a View and turquoise cardstock.
On watercolor paper by Strathmore, stamp the Christmas Stocking (sku 3x504411)
by Deep Red Stamps with black Hero Arts ink. Color in the stocking with Peerless watercolors and
 water brush by Ranger Industries. Adhere the image to the turquoise cardand add sticker
sentiments by Momenta (St-1578 Christmas Party messages)
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Manly Monday Cruisin' Speedster

I made these backgrounds with bubble wrap dipped in powdered chalk on Strathmore watercolor paper. Then on this first card, I stamped the Simon Says Stamp road with black Hero Arts ink. The car stamp is by Stamp N Plus. The blue mat behind the stamped image is by Bazzill. I die cut the sentiment from Cricut cartridge Boy will be Boys.

The second card has many of the same elements. However it includes a Spellbinders border die, an Ebay die cut out of blue cardstock by Stampin Up and a brad by Eyelet Outlet. I used the Creative Memories cutting System to create the oval and the sentiment by Cricut and same cartridge.

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Container Cards

I made these for an April ATC Swap for the theme: containers. I inked watercolor paper by Strathmore with blue, pink and green distress inks and sprayed them with water before setting them aside to dry.

I went to the recycle basket upstairs and looked for the different words that were describing containers; cabinets, carrier, box, bags, can, jar and even a safe. I cut them up and glued them on with Mod Podge. 

The mason jar is a Jolee's sticker. In the past, I've opened the jar from the back with a razor blade and filled the jar with beads. HERE is an example of doing just that. But for some reason I wasn't able to do that this time. Instead I cut the back off the sticker and replaced it with white cardstock. I adhered the cardstock to the card base. I put down a glop of Glossy Accents and beads on top of it before I adhered the jar on top. 

I thought the cards needed something more so I put more Mod Podge on the card and added these tiny beads. I drew lines and patterns around the edges with blue and pink CM markers. I added the Forever in Time glitter tape to the bottom and inked the edges with black distress ink. 

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Manly Monday Blue Shirt

Manly Monday card today with a birthday card. I started with a white card base and adhered red cardstock to it. The blue patterned paper (Provo Craft) was cut down smaller than the base and inked with blue distress ink before adhering to the front. 

I die cut the pennants from the Cricut and layered the blue on top of the red. I took some grey ribbon and wrapped it around as shown just for something different before adhering it to the front. I stamped the shirt (Unity Stamp Co) onto Strathmore watercolor paper with Hero Arts black ink and again onto a scrap of grey patterned paper (Unknown). I colored inside the shirt with blue Peerless watercolors and the outside edges a red. 

While that was drying, I fussy cut the shirt from the grey paper on the inside which would leave a hole for the blue shirt to shine through. I did take a black marker and touch up the edges on the inside of the grey paper. I adhered all of those together and found this sentiment that was already stamped in my pile. 

Here's how I did the paper piecing.

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Manly Monday Catch You Later

I'm trying to get Manly Monday back into the blog posts. Today's card uses a stamp by Great Impressions that I stamped with Hero Arts ink onto watercolor paper by Strathmore. Then I colored the image in with distress ink. The orange background is glossy paper that I inked with alcohol inks. The road line is a TPC Studio stamp that was stamped with white pigment ink by SU and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I took a yellow pen and filled in the lines of the stamp. The background paper is by We R Memory Keepers. The sentiment is a Cricut cut from Just Because Cards cartridge.

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Deep Red Stamps Merry Christmas

I stamped the Merry Christmas Deep Red Stamps image onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock with Hero Arts black ink. I colored the image in with distress inks and added some iridescent paint in a few areas. I trimmed it down and inked the edges with red distress ink before adhering it to a green patterned paper by Pink Paislee.

I almost always work on a piece of cardstock or patterned paper and then add that panel to the card base. This embossed border is a reason why I do that. If I were to emboss the card base you would be able to see it inside the card. Although the border might not be the best example because it might look really nice on the inside but when using brads I don't want the prongs sticking out when the recipient opens the card. Just personal preference.

This embossed border is by Darice. The patterned paper is unknown. The snowflake sticker on the left is by We R Memory Keepers. I cut a Spellbinders die called Dahlia out of Die Cuts with a View green cardstock. I inked the edges with Forest Moss distress ink before adhering the sticker to it.

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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.