A MANLY TYPE CARD

I chose very vanilla, crumb cake and soft suede as the color pallet for this card.  I believe the colors and the fact there are no flowery accessories helps to make it masculine.

 Postage Due and Artistic Etchings stamp sets create the stage for this card.  I also used a very pale designer paper that I inked with soft suede around the edges.

 I punched the postage stamps out with the postage stamp punch, then backed it with soft suede punched out with the scallop square punch.

I added one straight line of the victorian lace ribbon because it fit the old fashioned theme.  I do not think it distracts from the fact that this is a masculine card.  Inside I stamped a happy birthday sentiment.

I really like this mural/artistic type card and enjoyed creating it.  What do you think?

I am entering this card into:

 Latenight Stamper's Challenge

Use it Tuesday Challenge 52

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another card club card and Mojo Monday 266

Hello Stampers,

I have the last card to share with you from our card club last month.  I really like this simple card with the Victorian look about it.

If you have not purchased this new holiday paper pack yet, you MUST get it.  It is such a convenient size for making cards AND it is full of such beautiful patterns.  These three papers you see on this card all come from this paper pack.

 The card base is gumball green, then a layer of the designer paper from the paper pack, then I cut another designer print into a banner and put that on next.  Before I put the plaid designer paper I sponged it lightly with soft suede to give it a more antique look.  The final layer is the stamped sentiment on very vanilla.

This close up shows how I lightly sponged the edge of the vanilla sentiment and then added two pearls for that little antique touch.  And the button with the cherry cobbler bakers twine adds the final touch!!  I am very pleased with how this card came out.  LOVE IT.

Won't you leave me a comment and tell me what you think about my card?  I don't usually combine patterns very much, but this one just took on a life of it's own and I think it really works well.  LOVE

Thanks for visiting today.  If you don't have a demonstrator, won't you consider ordering YOUR supplies from me?  Especially this lovely paper pack from the Holiday Catalog.

Good afternoon to you all.  Talk to you again in a day or two.

FLOWERS, FLOWERS, FLOWERS

I LOVE FLOWERS IN MY GARDEN, I LOVE FLOWERS ON MY CARDS.

I USED MY BIG SHOT AND THE FANCY FLOWER DIE TO MAKE A FUN FLOWER FOR A CARD I AM CREATING.  I USED THE BROWN PACKING PAPER THAT COMES AS STUFFING IN MY SU BOXES WITH MY ORDERS.  I JUST WANTED THAT CRAFT PAPER LOOK FOR THIS FLOWER.

 THE DIE HAS 3 DIFFERENT SIZE AND SHAPE OF FLOWERS, PLUS SOME CIRCLES.  I DID NOT CUT OUT THE CIRCLES ,JUST THE 3 FLOWER SHAPES.

 WELLLLL, IN MY CAMERA LENS YOU COULD SEE THE BLADES OF THE DIE TO SEE ALL THE SHAPES, BUT NOT ONCE I TOOK THE PHOTO.  SORRY.  JUST LOOK AT THE COMPLETED FLOWER AND ADMIRE IT, WOULD YOU?

I USED SOFT SUEDE AND A SPONGE AND INKED AROUND THE CRUMBLED UP FLOWERS, THEN UN-CRUMBLED THEM AND LAYERED THEM TOGETHER.  I USED A CRUMB CAKE CORDOROY BRAD FOR THE MIDDLE AND INKED THAT ALSO.

WHEN I FINISH MY CARD I WILL SHOW YOU  IN A NEW POST.

INKY FINGERS Y'ALL!!

SWEET SHOPPE CARDS - OCCASIONS MINI

Good morning!  How are all the stampers out there?  I am fine - it feels like spring in my part of Texas.  The birds are all chirping, the wildflowers are starting to bloom and it is a cool crisp morning.  LOVE IT!

This week I had stamp club and we had a ball.  We ALL decided that we LOVE the SWEET SHOPPE SUITE in the Occasions Mini.  We used the designer stickers on page 32, the specialty designer series paper on page 33, and the fun Jelly Bean Brads on page 35.  Oh and also the new In Color baker's twine on page 35 as well.  Isn't it GREAT how all the items coordinate so perfectly by subject AND colors?

Here's the first card:

 This card has a base of Island Indigo.  The Sweet Shop speciality designer paper is so fun - this one we chose has lollipops and candies on it.  I layered Calypso Coral underneath it and love how those colors now pop on the dsp.  The image on the left are the stickers layered with lucky limeage and the image on the right is from the Birthday Bakery stamp set layered also with lucky limeage.  There you see the bakers twine underneath one of the Jelly Bean Brads.  Because it was such a simple card, I decided to put a little tab sticking out from underneath the large panel and made it out of pool party with a shadow of lucky limeade.  There you have it.  Simple and a good way to start the night out slowly to get into the "mood".

 
Now we are getting our heart rate up with this adorable cupcake card.,  We used the cupcake builder punch on top of the extra large scallop punch in calypso coral with just a hint of the pool party shadow popping up on the top right.  The cupcake has dazling diamonds on the frosting and a heat embossed cherry in Cherry Cobbler (what else!).  Both the base of the card and the baker's twine is Pool Party.  The layers are Soft Suede and Calypso Coral.  Another bit of the Sweet Shop SDSP, this time the cupcake side of the paper, and we scalloped off the additional cupcakes to leave only one row.  We used a small circle punch to make these scallops.  I thought it went well with the scallops underneath the cupcake.  Inside is another Jelly Bean Brad, this time the cupcake one to match this paper.

The final lap is this ADORABLE AWNING CARD (thanks for the idea, Diana Gibbs!)  Wisteria Wonder and white is all that was needed to make this special card.  The awning was punched with the word window punch and the bottom panel was both punched at the top with one of our border punches and then put through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder.  LOVE IT.  The pastries are from the Birthday Bakery stamp set and then colored with chalk to keep that pastel feeling.  Then of course a little bit of BLING with dazzling Diamonds here and there on the cakes.  Again, inside is another Jelly Bean Brad, this time the Wisteria Wonder heart one.  ISN'T THIS CARD ADORABLE!!

Hope you enjoyed  our cards from Card Club this week.  Get going on some fun cards of your own today and get some INKY FINGERS Y'ALL!!

BEAUTIFUL CARD WITH NO STAMPING!! (REALLY??? - YES REALLY)

MOJO MONDAY  CHALLENGE:  (http://www.mojomonday.blogspot.com/

I KNOW, IT SEEMS AMAZING, BUT I ACTUALLY MADE A CARD THAT IS BE)AUTIFUL AND INCLUDED NO STAMPING.  Now I did NOT say no INK or no Designer Paper, and I did NOT say no punches or ribbon.  ha

Here it is - what do you think?  It is the beee-u-ti-ful NEW DESIGNER PAPER called SPICE CAKE.  The colors in this pretty paper are pool party, soft suede, more mustard, pear pizzazz, and river rock.  I chose a few of those colors to highlight this amazing paper.  First I used pool party as my card base.  Then I layered more mustard under soft suede.  I used my fancy flower punch and punched out the patterned flowers from the paper, used snail to put it on the soft suede layer and then ran it through the big shot with the petals a plenty embossing folder.  This makes it look like a piece of an old quilt from grandma, doesn't it?

Now, I hear some of you murmuring to me saying, "hey, I recognize that patterned flower.  I think you stamped it with the NEW TRIPLE TREAT FLOWER SINGLE STAMP."  To you I say, NO I DID NOT, BUT IT DOES PERFECTLY MATCH THAT SINGLE STAMP.  How cool is that?  You could use the DSP and the stamp together on one card, not to mention the fancy flower punch with it!!

Don't you just LOVE how everything coordinates here at Stamin' Up!  I sure do!!  I LOVE this company.  Ok, back to my card, I digress...

For the middle I flipped the DSP over and it is a more mustard pattern which I punched out with the fancy flower punch BEFORE I did the embossing in the bigshot.  That ended up being the bottom layer of my 3-D flower in the middle.  I added two layers of punched pool party card stock, which I bent the petals a bit to go under, and I rubbed the middle to make it cup a bit.  Oh, and I also used a sponge and pool party ink to edge the flower.  Then I fussy cut (with scissors) the flower pattern and rubbed the center to make it cup also.  Then I used Stampin' Dimensionals in the middle to layer the flower all together to make it 3-D and more mustard card stock cut in slices thinly is the stamen.  You like??

I LOVE the new Pool Party ruffled ribbon.  I added a knotted tie at the bottom of the card and VOILA - a pretty NON STAMPED card made all with SU supplies.

Please consider leaving me a comment - I enjoy hearing your thoughts or questons.  Happy Saturday to you all.

p.s. Did  tell you that today it is 109 degrees here in my part of Texas??!!  They say the hurricane on the east coast is causing it to be hotter than normal.  I believe we set a record for this high of heat.  I am inside stamping and my hubby - he is outside working on the lawn!!  Stubborn man would not wait until this evening when it got down below 100 degrees.  I have been taking him glasses of water every 30 minutes so I won't find him passed out in the grass.  Love him and am grateful for all his hard work.

Inky fingers y'all.

SPRING, GLORIOUS SPRING ...

Spring is Blossoming

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