Monochromatic Man Card

Masculine cards are hard for me but hey, guys have birthdays too! So I scoured Pinterest for a card I thought might be good for our friend Jim! He and his family had just been to the Oregon Coast for Spring Break so this card by Beth Ann Wilson from Beth Ann's Stamp Pad Creations seemed appropriate. It looks like Beth Ann is no longer making and posting cards but she deserves credit nonetheless! For this card I pulled out a retired color...Midnight Muse!

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies:

• Cardstock: Midnight Muse and Whisper White
• Stamp Sets: By the Tide and Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
• Ink: Midnight Muse
• Other: Midnight Muse Stitched Ribbon and Dimensionals (of course)

After yesterday's post I thought I should keep this one short and sweet! I hope you have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Kat

Happy Stampers Meet Again

Last night my Happy Stampers Club met and made two "man" cards that we could use for Father's Day or Birthdays. "Man" cards are sometimes difficult to make, at least for me, because I love putting flowers on cards and guys typically don't want flowery cards. Now what's up with that???

The first card we made was designed and prepared by my stamping cohort and dear friend, Barb! Barb also opens up her house to the Happy Stampers each and every month and has for the last 4 years. I don't know what I would do without her!!!

Isn't it amazing!!! I really love everything about this card! Everyone was surprised and pleased with the results using the Hardwood Background stamp and the Woodgrain Embossing Folder! It is pretty impressive, don't you think?

For this card I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Paper: Soft Suede and Whisper White cardstock; Early Espresso Coordinations cardstock
• Ink: Early Espresso
• Stamps: Look Up to Father and Hardwood 
• Big Shot with Labels Collection Framelits and Woodgrain Embossing Folder
• Other: Cotton yarn (non-SU!), sanding block and Dimensionals

Great "Man" card, don't you think? Thanks, Barb!

Our second project of the night was one I saw on Pinterest and I totally CASEd it!!! We had a great time doing the "rock & roll" method to get the two colors on the fish. It was like MAGIC!!! There were lots of oohs and ahhhs:)

Oh, who did I CASE this card from? Good question! It was Joanna Hooper at Joanna's Blog! Thanks, Joanna for the great card idea! I am sure our dads will love it! Not only am I giving this card for Father's Day but my brother's name is three letters also so guess what he's getting for his birthday. I have several fish stamped and sitting beside my chair waiting for me to cut them out:)

For this project I used the following Stampin' Up! products:

• Paper: Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade (retired) and Whisper White
• Ink: Night of Navy, Bermuda Bay and Lucky Limeade
• Stamps: By the Tide and Morning Post Alphabet
• Big Shot with Arrows Embossing Folder
• Other: 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine (retired), Dimensionals

I hope you enjoyed seeing what the Happy Stampers did last night! We really did have a lot of fun!

Kat

H is for Handcrafted Cards

By the Tide card taught to us by Margarita DelaCruz

Last Wednesday, while visiting my daughter, I was able to attend a Stamping Club with her. My downline, Margarita DelaCruz, is the Stampin' Up! demonstrator for this club. I brought one project for the group to do and Margarita had two cards for us to make. The card above is made using the By the Tide stamp set; Honeycomb embossing folder; Oval Framelits and Window Sheets!

Spinner Card taught to us by Margarita DelaCruz

The second card Margarita taught us to do was the Spinner Card above! This was the first time I have made one of these and it was so much fun! For this card we used the Pinwheel Sizzlits Die; Word Window Punch; Cloudy Day Embossing Folder; Scallop Oval and Large Oval Punches. 

I am hoping to be able to teach these two cards to my Happy Stampers soon! 

While I was visiting my daughter we had a couple of productive paper crafting sessions. I made 17 cards--9 thank you cards to send my customers; 4 birthday cards; 4 general cards. I will try to share these cards with you over the next couple of weeks.

Have a great day!

Kat