It’s Monday and time for a masculine card. I’m beginning to realize that I do not have a lot of masculine stamp sets in my stash. So I’m using the same set that I used for my other grandson, Troy. Here’s the one I made for Troy The one below is for my grandson, David. I stamped the image with Tuxedo Black, colored the body with the Ivory Stampin’ Blends… Read More »
It’s Masculine Monday and today’s post features a birthday card for my grandson, Troy. For my grandson’s card, I’m using the A Good Man Stamp Set, the retired Glad Tidings Designer Series and the soon to be retired Pretty Peacock Cardstock. I’m sure I’ve told you that I absolutely love plaid and will use every one of the sheets in the 6 x 6 package. And as I mentioned yesterday,… Read More »
March’s Paper Pumpkin There’s a bonus gift in this month’s Paper Pumpkin kit. What makes March’s kit one-of-a-kind? The spectacular set of four free stencils—and a stamping sponge—that you’ll find inside! Here are some details about this fun kit: The kit contains enough supplies to create 8 cards—4 each of 2 designs—and coordinating envelopes. The kit’s contents include printed card bases, die-cut paper pieces, embellishments, adhesive, and more! Each card… Read More »
Yesterday was Masculine Monday but that was preempted by the cards I created for my daughters in celebration of International Women’s Day. So…., for today’s card I’m creating a birthday card for my nephew, Bobby John, using his license plate as inspiration. I used the retired Perfect Print Alphabet Bigz Dies for the letters. Since I didn’t have the coordinating numbers I used the letter B and cut off the… Read More »
It’s Masculine Monday and today’s card features the Rooted in Nature Bundle. It’s a birthday card for my brother Bobby. Well, he goes by Bob, but he will always be Bobby to me. The images were stamped with Mossy Meadow Ink for the leaves and Soft Suede Ink for the trunk. They were then die cut using the coordinating dies called Nature’s Roots Framelits Dies. The background cardstock (Basic Gray)… Read More »
NEW ON TODAY’S BLOG I made two cards with the Sailing Home Bundle. Because I forgot I had the dies, I fussy cut 3 items for my card. A couple of days later I decided to make another card using the same stamp set but changing a couple of things. Again I fussy cut 3 items for that card. Next day I’m looking for a set of dies and come… Read More »
Today’s card features a fun-fold card. I saw a card like this on Pinterest but could not find any instructions on how to make it. So it was a lot of hit & miss for me in finally coming up with a template that worked! I’m also bringing back Masculine Mondays. I have a lot of masculine birthdays in the next several months so having Masculine Mondays will help me… Read More »
What do you do when you are in a hurry to make a card (before the mailman comes that day) – you case it! Which is what I did for today’s card. I saw one by Su Mohr and fell in love the the simplicity of it and the fact that it was a masculine card which I desperately needed! The only stamping on this card was the greeting from… Read More »
Today’s card features the Snow Front Stamp Set. You can create tranquil scenes with this set, whether it’s evergreens with dainty deer or playful cardinals in a winter forest. Since Dylan’s birthday falls on the in February, I thought a winter scene was very appropriate. The mountains, deer and sentiment were stamped with So Suede Ink. The trees were stamped with Shaded Spruce Ink. The sentiment is from Rustic Retreat… Read More »
Today’s post features the Sailing Home Stamp Set. It’s for a dear friend’s husband who is having surgery. The images was stamped with Night of Navy Ink onto Thick Basic White Cardstock. I then ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine using the new cute whimsical Stitched with Whimsy Dies. The irregular edges look like they were cut freehand and have cute decorative stitching To finish off the… Read More »
