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I struggle with this every year now that my grandsons are teenagers. Since I know my grandson, Troy, plays the guitar once in a while, I decided to go with the Rocker Silhouette (Extreme Guitar Stamp Brush Set) for the focal point on his card. Have you seen the other Extreme Sports Silhouettes available…
The description for the Hardwood Background Stamp reads: “The Hardwood Background Stamp creates a realistic wood background for cards, scrapbook pages, and more!” And the description for the Everything Eleanor reads: “Delicate floral embellishments, frames, and flourishes–the perfect mix for your projects with vintage flair”. You think you could not mix the two together,…
The 1st picture is the view I get when I sit at my computer. The 2nd picture is my home back in Arkansas (it was 2 degrees outside!). Now where would you rather be? I think this image from the Many Mustaches Stamp Brush Set is soooo cute!I used Basic Gray for the mustache and…
When you’ve been making cards as long as I have, you learn to make a quick card in about 10 minutes. Since the card was for an older gentleman (in his 80’s) who was recovering from a fall (broke his hip), I thought that I would make him a simple yet vintage card. I…
Today’s card is for my son-in-law, Gary. I used a digital stamp I found at Digistamp Boutique. I would have preferred to use something from Stampin’ Up! but there wasn’t anything that had hiking in it. I chose the hiking image because next week he and his Dad are going to Africa to climb Kilimanjaro. …
Today’s card is for a friend who had heart surgery. We’ve known him over 40 years and I wanted something to make him laugh. This image is from Bugaboo Digi Stamps. I didn’t do a lot of coloring to the image – just colored the hair with Smokey Slate, colored the polka dots on the gown…
Trees, glorious trees! With a variety of trees to choose from, the Lovely As a Tree set offers so many options. Stamp a solitary tree or stamp an image multiple times to create your own forest. I also used Teeny Tiny Wishes Stamp Set – love it – contains a greeting for almost every occasion. …
Technique Tuesday: Masking And so my masculine cardmaking-athon continues! Three down and four to go! Card for David Card for Michael Card for Bob (see below) Today’s card features the Walk in the Wild Stamp Set and the technique is called masking. What is masking? Masking makes it look as though one image is behind another, creating…
This vintage timepiece complete with inner workings is just the thing for nostalgic cards and scrapbook pages! In this case, I decide to make my brother a birthday card using the vintage clock images. I have to make seven masculine cards this month for my brothers, son-in-law, nephew and grandsons! I made my husbands here…