Fall birthday card for my Aunt

The background patterned paper is by Accord Publishing. The orange die cut patterned paper is by Recollections (the die cut is by Dreamweaver Stencils.) The cream cardstock die cut behind the orange die cut was cut out with my Cricut. The sentiment is heat embossed in white. The yellow is distress ink. The large leaf punch is by EK Success, the next smallest leaf is a punch by Creative Memories, and the smallest leaf is a Brad by Creative Imaginations. I inked the largest leaf with chalk ink. I hope she likes it. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays Green with Stars Card

Merry Christmas. This is a fatter slimline card with Basic Grey patterned paper and DCWV green opulent cardstock. I stamped this old sentiment stamp from my stash onto a Dreamweaver Stencils die cut. The jute is by Tim Holtz. The stars are the bits that fell out of a Marvy corner punch. 

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2 Different Purple Cross Cards

Purple cross card

For the card above, I used scraps of purple paper to create the background. I couldn’t get them on straight, so I purposely made them crooked. The cross is a stencil with iridescent embossing paste and they are both by Dreamweaver stencils. I had to cut behind the cross in order to feed the ribbon to lay over the cross. Then I attached the ribbon on the front with a glue dot.

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For the second card, I stamped the Stampin Up cross stamp and colored it in with Copic Markers. I Outlined the cross with an STA Metallic Pen. The cross is layered on top of Cricut cuts from the cartridge Labels. The corner punch is by Marvy. The flower in the corner is unknown at this time but the leaves die cut is Recollections. Thanks for looking.

Busy Bees with Silver Embossing Paste, honeycomb stencil background

I went digging inside the drawer and look what I found, this embossing paste honeycomb background.  

This stencil by is Tim Holtz and I applied Dreamweaver Stencil's silver embossing paste. Then the bee stamp is by Stampin Up. Its original stamp is the one in the center that has words coming out of his butt. I stamped the bee in yellow and cut off the sentiment.
 The hexagon punch is by Stampin Up. The center embellishment is stacking hexagons pointing up and down. Thank you for looking.

I'm entering the Stencil challenge at 

Happy Little Stampers

Stencils with Embossing Paste-Holly and Santa Cards

 Christmas cards with embossing paste backgrounds that were made a long time ago. My hands are still not up for typing. So enjoy the photos without me babbling. 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

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Floral Friday Vintage-ish flower card

The background is a Heidi Swapp stencils with silver embossing paste. I covered that with a pearlescent paint by SNP (No longer around) Then I added JacQuard Brilliant Gold powder on top, which is like Perfect Pearls. 

The die cuts, I bought off of eBay.

The little card in the center is by Melissa Francis.

The glittery paper strip behind the center embellishment is cardstock that was sprayed with Glimmer Mist.

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Time for Cake-Mimi's Work photos Double Page Scrapbook Layout

The patterned paper is by My Mind's Eye. The stickers are unknown. The chipboard is by Prima (I'm almost finished with this package of chipboard. Sounds silly but it is an accomplishment. The pen is a Dreamweaver stencil that I inked the design with distress pads and then added translucent embossing paste over that. The arrows were cut out of my Cricut. I hate writing on layouts but there's no room for a typed-up explanation. As well as, Idk what the occasion was for these pictures but they were "professional" type photos. Here are my thoughts, maybe there was a teacher that was into photography and took these pictures. But, again IDK, and Mimi is so gone that she can't tell us.

I do not love these layouts but I still want to document them on my blog. 

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Christmas Tree Embossing paste card

The brass tree stencil is by Lasting Impressions Circa 1997. I used Dreamweaver Stencils embossing paste and Perfect Pearls. The taped ripped the cardstock when I pulled the stencil up. It was too pretty to toss so I kept it and tada, it made it on a card.

The ribbon is by Michael's and Oriental Trading Company

The die-cut is by Spellbinders

The patterned paper is by Martha Stewart

I'm entering this card using a stencil into:

Sisterhood of Crafters

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Hello with Green Embossing Paste card

I have been hoarding these backgrounds.
Why? Two reasons: there's a lot of work that goes into using embossing paste with stencils. The other reason is the background has flaws.
The sentiment stamp is from an eBay purchase. The fabric tag die-cut in the center is by Making Memories. The background was made using a stencil with translucent embossing paste with green fx powder added to the mix. All three of these things are by Dreamweaver Stencils. The corners are precut Creative Memories cardstock from a very long time ago.

 You can see here the worst part where I went under the stencil. There are other places too but I wasn’t going to trash it. It has the touch factor. What’s that you ask? It’s when the person touches the card because it looks interesting. 

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Swirling Hot Air Balloon using Embossing Paste Card

Today’s card is a touch factor card. Those blue dots make you want to touch them and look at them more closely.

The hot air balloon stamp is by Prickly Pear Stamps. I colored it in with Copic markers and then fussy cut it out.

The sentiment stamp is unknown. 

The background was made with a metal stencil and white embossing paste mixed with blue fx powder. All three of these things are by Dreamweaver Stencils 

The back-background was made with distress ink. 

I made this grass by turning the distress tool and getting ink from the side of the tool.

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Pool Pictures in Arizona 2011 Scrapbook Layout

I wanted to do a more creative layout that used some mixed media for my nephew's scrapbook because the layouts were all looking the same. Spice it up a little bit. 

So, I used embossing paste and a stencil for the waves at the bottom. See my reaction below the photos.

The stencil is by The Crafters Workshop.

Embossing paste by Dreamweaver Stencils.

The colored powder, called Fx Metalic powder was used to make the paste green and blue.

The alphabet stamps are by Close to my Heart.

The vellum sentiment on the net is from Creative Memories.

The Cricut cuts:

>Large volleyball net

>Arizona

>Shorts (draw and cut)

and 

>Goggles

The patterned paper is by Colorbok

Here's the background that I made. I hate it. I didn't use the powder correctly.

 It's ugly but I used it because of all the time and effort I put into it.

To lessen the ugly background, I covered it with some die cuts. I love the die-cuts because they are so cute and appropriate but that made the layout too busy.

Here's the other side of the pool layout. It doesn't match at all and maybe that plays a part in why I dislike the pool page.

Some of the patterned paper is by Stampin Up.

The fireplace in the corner is a stamp (?) that I colored in with colored pencils.

I have to include my quote, 

"It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be done" 

Cindy Groh

Here is a link to my 2010 Arizona scrapbook layouts:

The much better Arizona Layouts

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Dreamweaver Stencils Embossing Paste Trees Card

Something a little bit different 

I used a metal stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils. 

I used embossing paste and covered it with Metallic FX.

The die-cut are negatives from the water and beach scenes I did last year

I inked the kraft-colored paper.

The patterned background paper is by K and Co

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5 Different Snowmen Cards

This is a longer post with different snowmen images. Enjoy.

I love this snowman card. Just the stamp alone, it’s so fun and warming. The stamp is by Close to my Heart.

The green die cut is by Dreamweaver Stencils and the polka dot glitter paper is by Doodlebug.

This embossing folder is by Spellbinders and I stamped snowflakes in each square of the dry embossed

On this next card, I used a snowman stamp-

1998 Designs by Trena Hegdahl for

Westwater Enterprises

 I colored it in with chalk mixed with paint 

The sentiment is a heavy brass embellishment by The Paper Studio and is held down with brads

The die-cut is by Spellbinders.

In order to get the color around the outside of the image, I use distress ink and an ink blender on the paper when it was still inside of the die 

The patterned paper is by Bazzill

This next card’s snowman was recycled from a store bought card 

The background has a faint pattern of different snowflakes that I stamped.

The red cardstock was a square I cut into triangles.

For this next card, I used one of my Mom’s fabric squares.

A link with other links to cards using my Mom’s fabric squares

Background is a recycled card.

Scalloped die cut by Spellbinders and eBay 

I found another snowman to recycle from a store-bought card.

The scalloped die cut and embossing folder is by Spellbinders 

I placed some red rick-rack down the center.

Last card is my Elsa card that I finally finished up. She doesn’t need a post of her own. 

The patterned paper is by The Paper Studio and Carter’s Bella.

Colored with Copic markers, with some white paint on her cape. 

The sentiment came with the set of images.

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Manly Monday Bear Stencil Cards

This a Dreamweaver Stencils that I made the two small white papers. But then I didn't know what to do with them next.

The first one, I decided to use the stencil with darker brown ink onto the background paper.

The patterned paper is by DCWV and Crate Paper

The border sticker is by Creative Memories.

The sentiment is made from Sizzix letters stamped onto two pennants cut with my Cricut

I added small brads to the holes.

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Embossing paste Love card

I used embossing paste mixed some red Perfect Pearls 

The love stencil is from the dollar store.

Patterned paper by SU

The red background paper is dry embossed with a Gina Marie stencil and inked with distress ink

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Purple Stencil Just a note Card

Stencil by Hampton Arts with Versa Mark ink and given color with pink iridescent FX Powder by Dreamweaver Stencil/ Stampendous.

Flower stamp and purple ink by Stampin Up. Sentiment by Hero Arts out of grey SU ink. The border punch is unknown but the patterned paper is by Provo Craft.

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Thank you Cards for my Mom

My mom passed away last week and I haven't been able to create anything until yesterday. I'm making thank you cards for all the people that came to her funeral.

This first one uses Stampin Up patterned paper and a Deep Red Stamps printed sentiment. The black is a Gina Marie stencil with Black gloss embossing paste.

Birthday Card Same stencil

Happy Card same stencil

The purple card has patterned paper by K and Co, Die Cuts with a view and Sunborn. The sentiment is by Hero Arts on a Spellbinders rectangle die cut.

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