Masculine Monday ~ Father's Day Edition

Today we are honoring fathers for Masculine Monday over at the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog. This is a card we made at one of my card nights this past month. We wanted to get a jump on Father's Day! Stampers also had the opportunity to stamp a happy birthday greeting instead if they preferred.

**CASED this card by Stamp & Create with Sabrina

Stamp Sets	Wetlands, And Many More (sentiment, retiring)
Ink	Early Espresso, Hello Honey
Paper	Delightful Dijon, Soft Suede, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla
Accessories	SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Sponge Daubers, Sponges, Neutrals Candy Dots, Hemp Twine (retired)
Tools	N/A

cards!!

Looky here!! I have cards to share with you...finally!!

My card club wrapped up in May and we played a little with some retiring products. Here are a handful of the cards we have made over the last couple of months...

CASE from one of my favorite bloggers ~ Julie Davison!

  Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Perfect Punches (retired)

Paper: Primrose Petals, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP (retired)

Ink: Midnight Muse

Accessories: Dimensionals, Rhinestones

Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Large Oval punch, Bitty Butterfly punch

 

 Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Make a Cake, Create a Cupcake (sentiment)

Paper: Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Patio Party DSP

Ink: Midnight Muse, markers - Summer Starfruit, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse

Accessories: Dimensionals

Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Needlepoint Border Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

 

 Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Betsy's Blossoms, Friendly Phrases (retired)

Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Floral District DSP (retired)

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Accessories: Dimensionals, Pearl Accents

Tools: Paper Snips

This next card we created at a downline meeting as our "make n take" and I just knew I had to replicate it for my upcoming club. It is the perfect card for Father's Day (or a manly birthday...I gave them a choice!) and it used a lot of fun techniques.
 

 You may not be able to notice it very well, but the coral reef is white embossed.

 And, there are three pearls to represent bubbles from the seahorse.

 Card Recipe

Stamp Set: By The Tide, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede

Ink: Island Indigo, Baja Breeze, Soft Suede

Accessories: Dimensionals, Pearl Accents, White Embossing Powder, Sponges

Tools: Embossing Tool, Stampin' Distress Tool

more card night fun

Last Tuesday I held another card making event at my mother-in-law's home. We made three cards and I wanted to keep each of them a bit more simple this time around since many of the women who attend these nights are new to stamping and card making. The event started at 6:30 PM and I was in my card loaded up and heading out at 8:15 PM...maybe the cards were a little TOO simple? *wink*

CARD #1

I used the sketch from stamp club for this Mother's Day card.

Of course, I had many sentiments available in case they didn't need/want to make a Mother's Day card.

 

Stamp Set: Mixed Bunch, misc. sentiments

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Twitterpated DSP
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Island Indigo
Accessories: 1/4" Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals
Tools: Blossom punch, 1" Circle punch

CARD #2 

My mother-in-law had the single stamp called Sail Away (now retired) and she had been wanting to use it and I told her that I would be happy to put together a card with the stamp that everyone could recreate at the card night. Once I saw this card by Lisa Vale at Ink Inspired, I knew it would be perfect! I avoided the ribbon and brads, but I definitely kept the fun technique of adding the bright orange sun.

 Stampers could either make a Father's Day card or masculine Happy Birthday.

 

Stamp Set: Sail Away, Happiest Birthday Wishes, Delightful Dozen
Paper: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Dimensionals
Tools: Stripes Embossing Folder, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

 CARD #3

I have really been enjoying playing with DSP lately and let the fun patterns do the talking. I saw this fun card by Dawn Olchefske that looked like a great layout. She used the Summer Smooches DSP, but I ended up using a variety of different papers to create this card.

 

The stampers could make it Congratulations (for graduation) or Happy Birthday.

Stamp Set: Delightful Dozen, retired sentiment
Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Real Red, Summer Smooches DSP, Big Top Birthday DSP, Pacific Point DSP, retired DSP
Ink: Real Red
Accessories: Dimensionals, silver brad
Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine, Star punch (retired), Small Star punch (retired)

 

 It was a fun night, especially because my mom always comes along for the ride! It gives us a chance to chat and spend some quality time together without the kiddos wanting something from either of us. We are going to meet again at my mother-in-law's next month and then take a break for summer. 

My next monthly card night (3/$6) that I host at my home is tonight! Only two more of these nights before I take July & August off for summer fun! I bet I will miss not having a reason to play with my stamping stuff, so I hope that I can still find time during the summer to get in my craft room!

Man + Sketch Challege (A La Card Monkey #58)

This week over at A La Card Monkey, the challenge is a Man + Sketch Card. Perfect timing because I needed to make a handful of cards to have available for sale. I really wanted something that was quick, easy and not too bulky to send in the mail.

Here is this week's sketch...


And, here is my {clean and simple} card...


Stamp Set: Best Dad Ever

Paper: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP (retired)

Ink: markers - Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: 1" Double-Stitched Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon (retired), Dimensionals

Tools: none

Card Making Night - May

On Monday night this past week, I held my 3 for $6 card night. I had three new stampers who had never been before and they really enjoyed it! I think I got them addicted already! *wink*

This first card below, I posted on Monday, so it might look familiar.


Stamp Set: Apple Blossoms (Hostess Level 2 set)

Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Sahara Sand

Ink: Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Sahara Sand

Accessories: 1/8" Whisper White Taffeta ribbon, 5/8" Rose Red Double-Stitched ribbon (retired), Basic Pearls, Dimensionals

Tools: Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Modern Label punch, Scallop Square Duo Bigz Die (used with Big Shot)

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For this next card, I was inspired by a card I had seen HERE. I changed up the colors and made a few of my own touches, but I just love the bright colors and the way the party hats stand out!

Stamp Set: Party Hearty (currently 30% off until May 30, 2011), So Happy For You (2011 SAB - no longer available)

Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo

Ink: Melon Mambo, markers - Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo

Accessories: 5/8" Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals

Tools: Paper Snips (to cut out the party hats), 3/4" Circle punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder (used with Big Shot)

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I just love this Father's Day that I found at Lesley's blog when I participated in a color challenge last week with the Paper Players. I switched up a few things by re-arranging the colors and adding an embossing folder, as well as adding some brads in the corners. I'm just a fan of clean and simple!

{inside greeting}

Stamp Set: Best Dad Ever (in the 2011 Summer Mini Catalog)

Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, markers - Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso

Accessories: Dimensionals, Night of Navy brads

Tools: Square Lattice Embossing Folder (used with the Big Shot)

3/$5 Card Making Night -May

I had a GREAT turn out for last night's 3/$5 card making at my house - 17 stampers!! I feel so blessed that now I have a home big enough to house all 18 of us comfortably. I had 3 tables set up with a card and supplies at each table. It was fun to see some of the ladies go "out of the box" and create something all their own instead of using the examples I had. I like to see that creativity.

The following are the cards that we created last night:

This first card could be used for a congratulations or a birthday card. I used some retired DSP, but the giraffe just looked perfect with the polka dots, so I went ahead and used it for this event anyway. I wish this paper would have stuck around!


Stamps: Animal Crackers, A Little Birthday Cheer (sentiment)

Paper: Sweet Always DSP (retired), Regal Rose, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip (used watercolor pencils and blender pen for the image)

Accessories: 5/8" Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon, scalloped edge punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, clear gemstone (non-SU!)

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With Father's Day coming up, I knew there was a need for one of these. I fiddled around quite a bit to get this one just right, but I really like how it turned out!


Stamps: Eight Great Greetings

Paper: Creamy Caramel, Real Red, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy DSP (from the hostess pack)

Ink: Night of Navy

Accessories: hemp twine, dimensionals, Big Shot Stars #2 Original Die, Star Designer Brads

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This last card used the new Watercolor Trio out of the Summer Mini Catalog. I LOVE this set (I purchased it in clear mount). I'm glad I stepped outside of the box for this one because I don't really have anything like this in my collection so far. It's not my style per se, but I will enjoy playing with this set anyway and I know I will love it! This card was pretty closely CASED from this gorgeous card by Silke Ledlow. I just loved it so much I had to share it with others! (This particular card is 4.25" x 4.25".)

Stamps: Watercolor Trio

Paper: Barely Banana, Perfect Plum, Whisper White

Ink: So Saffron (didn't have BB), Old Olive, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum

Accessories: silver brads, dimensionals, paper piercing tool, ticket corner punch

Hope to see some of you at my next 3/$5 card making night on Thursday, June 24th, 6-8 PM.