Masculine Birthday Card

 I have a friend who celebrates his birthday later in September, so I knew it was time to get busy and make him a card since this is the last day of August!

A friend shared a couple sheets of dsp with me years ago that has calendars on one side and the months of the year on the flip side, so I took a calendar month for Sept and used it as my focal image. I matted it with some rust-colored cardstock and placed it on a piece of SU! (r) dsp, adding a diagonal MFT stitched die-cut panel in chocolate brown. I added a few golden remnants from previous die-cutting along with a heat-embossed white birthday sentiment done with Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I placed it all on a kraft card base and then circled the date of his birth with red ink

I'll share this with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge which is anything goes!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Carol

Another Masculine Birthday Card

I found it difficult to photograph this card  for some reason, but it looks much better in real life. The Stampendous image was inked with Versamark and stamped on a sturdy kraft remnant; then embossed with gold ep, adding a little bit of coloring with markers and Copics. I used a piece of Pacific Point cardstock for the base and added a strip of matching polka dot paper for the SSS pre-printed sentiment. I found some glitter gold die-cut bits leftover from a previous cutting and added them just for a little sparkle and fun.

 Here's another photo angle but unfortunately neither one clearly shows the card the way I hoped it would appear. 

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Craft Rocket Challenges #106 - animals

Critter Crazy Challenge #77 - A/G featuring a critter

We Love Stamping August Challenge - Masculine

Triple AAA Birthday Challenge #52 - A/G Birthday

The Male Room Challenge #177 - Dots and/or Stripes

That's it for me today but here's wishing you a great day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Masculine Birthday Card

 I have a masculine card to share today that was quite simple to make. I used 3 snippets from a paper pad that were small enough to cut into 3 different sized circles and split them in half creating this design. The background was embossed with a Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder and I added a stamped Sweet 'n Sassy sentiment in Early Espresso ink to match the card base. The snippet used to back the sentiment was also Early Espresso. The final touch was to add 3 gemstones in brown and tan colors.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #460 - A/G - must use snippets

The Male Room Challenge #177 - Use Dots and/or Stripes (Dots are on the tan circle)

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G embossing *optional Nautical

Thanks for dropping by today and have a great Sunday!

Carol

Sailing Away

 Thinking of cool water can add a little bit of relief in these hot summer temperatures, so I pulled out 2 different Sweet 'n Sassy stamp sets to make this card.  I colored the stamp with different Memento inks and stamped it onto white, adding Copic marker accents to the image with assorted shades of blue to give it a water colored look without doing actual water coloring. The sky was done with T.E. cloud stencils and some tumbled glass ink. The sentiment was stamped on a Lil Inker stitched die cut and the image was backed with navy cardstock.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

 The Allsorts Challenge Blog Week #738 - Summer Blues

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #327 - On The Water

The Male Room Challenge #176 - Travel

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge for July - A/G

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you're managing to keep cool where you live. Have a great day!

Carol

Epic Birthday Card

 I made this card for my cousin who celebrated an epic birthday. He's still going strong and I couldn't be happier for him. For the background I used some Nuvo shimmer powder and spritzed it with water, adding some silver metallic highlights. After it was dry, I embossed it with a Sizzix Hello Friend ef. I die-cut the numbers from silver mirror cardstock, and matted them with matching blue cardstock, white and a silver panel, then added a silver-matted Simon Says Stamp pre-printed sentiment and called this one done.

I will enter this into the Happy Little Stampers Birthday Challenge for July which is Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. Keep smiling 😊

Carol

For Dad

Happy Father's day to all the dads out there, and also to our dads up in heaven along with so many others.

I made several cards like this to send to friends of ours, using MFT stitched strip dies and some snippets of dsp. I used a punch to make the silver star, and used SU! mini punches to make the smaller ones, and then used negatives from a SSS star border die for the tiny stars. The sentiment is an old wooden stamp I've had for years and there is no name on it, so I don't know who made it. The blue cardstock is from SSS.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - add a sentiment

Dies R Us challenge #195 - Dad's Day/Make it Masculine

Have a wonderful day and to all the dads and grandfathers out there - enjoy your special day set aside to honor you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Time Flies

 Today I have a birthday card that took a total of 6 hours to create. Oy! I carefully cut several strips of designer paper snippets to create a herringbone background, then die-cut it with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle before embossing it with a CB Clockworks embossing folder. I also die-cut the card base with a larger Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. The Impression Obsession clock was die-cut from several colors, meticulously adding all the negatives into their corresponding slots to create the multi-colored clock. I mounted the clock onto a die-cut black circle, then attached it to the card. I added 2 die-cut mini butterflies and placed them on either side of the clock and  added a Studio Calico stamped sentiment. The only problem is, I stepped back to take a photo of it and realized I'd glued the clock image onto the card upside down! DERRR😖 My hubby looked at it and said "just send it, nobody will notice." The only problem with that is that I noticed and couldn't let it be. So I put it down for a day and gave it some thought. I decided to die-cut another clock and glue it right over top of the original one so that the time spent on this wouldn't be a total loss! That also explains why this card took so long to put together! I added some mini red gemstones to the butterflies and sentiment to give this a little sparkle. I put the birthday sentiment inside. At my age, time truly does fly - especially when you're spending so much time making ONE card! LOL

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Snippets Playground #428 - must use snippets

Let's Squash It #20 - let's squash those scraps!

Can You Handle the Pressure - Must use an embossing folder

A/G with an optional twist of using flowers

Crafty Catz Challenge #595 - A/G with an optional twist of Masculine

Allsorts Challenge Week 676 - A/G add some sparkle

Seize the Birthday #238 - Faux or Real Stitching

Dies R Us Challenge #193 - A/G using dies sold in their store (I.O)

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for laughing with me at my oops! moment too! Life's too short to cry over mistakes. Better to laugh and move on, but hopefully the next card won't take so long to put together! 😄

Have a great day!

Carol

Masculine Christmas Card

Today I'm sharing a masculine Christmas card made with snippets from the Kringle paper pad. Those tiny strips of colorful paper leftover from cutting into full sheets make cute quilt patches, so that's what I've used them for here. I die-cut the quilt patch and mat with stitched square dies from GMD, adding a die-cut deer from silver mirror card made with an Impression Obsession die. The SSS pre-printed sentiment strip was placed on a tiny snippet of grey plaid and I called this one done.

I'm sharing this with the Snippets Playground #418.

Thanks so much for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Muscle Car Birthday Card

I made another masculine birthday card that I'm sharing today. I used a Repeat Impressions image of a 1957 Chevy convertible. My husband's cousin had a car exactly like this in a baby blue color, which is why I lightly colored the car with a pastel blue Copic marker. I added a couple SU! enamel dots and a trimmed piece of washi tape below the image that reminded me of a checkered flag with it's plaid design. The background was done with a gold piece of card that I embossed with a Cuttlebug diamondplate embossing folder, then sanded for a rustic look. The sentiment is pre-printed from SSS and placed on a piece of copper mirror card, then placed on a piece of white card colored with the matching Copic color of the car. I had a tiny bit of the mirror paper left so I die-cut a few little stars to break up all the black color. It's not my usual type of card, but anyone who owned a car like this way back then will enjoy it I'm sure!

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The Freshly Made Sketch challenge #502

Repeat Impressions Theme Challenge S821 - Let's see your sparkle & shine

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Carol

Father's Day Fishing

Several of our friends love to go fishing, so I recently bought this Newton's Nook stamp to make some father's day cards. I started with a panel of white and sponged assorted blue Distress inks all over, spritzing with water to create the water. After it dried, I stamped a Kaisercraft fishnet image over it with Versamark ink, then heat embossed it with white ep. The image panel was stamped with Versamark ink, then heat-embossed in white and colored with gel pens. I added a few clear Nuvo drops for water bubbles. The anchor was made from gold mirror cardstock and a Marianne die, and laced with some neutral twine for the finishing touch. I used Lil Inker stitched rectangle dies to cut all 3 panels.

I'll enter this into the following challenges:

the Paper Players PP544 challenge - summer; with the following mood board:

the Happy Little Stampers June watercolor challenge - a/g

NBUS #27 challenge - Newton's Nook stamp (Never Before Used Schtuff)

Thanks again as always for checking in with me and I wish you the best day possible!

Carol