Today’s card features a partial background using the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks and blending brushes. These masks are perfect for a quick and simple card.
Happy Birthday Flowing Flowers & On the Horizon
Have you seen the 2022 January – June catalog yet? There are some great products in there. Today’s card features the On the Horizon bundle. With minor adjustments, I cased (copy and share everything) this card from the catalog because I liked the simplicity of it. What is the difference between this card and the one on page 42 of the catalog? Read on below. …
Game On, Swirly Frames – It’s All About the Color
Hello Crafters! Today I’m sharing with you two cards that feature the Game On & Swirly Frames stamps. Both cards are identical except for the colors – one has manly colors and the other girly colors. Remember in yesterday’s post how I used the circles from the Swirly stamps? Today we’ll look at the stitched lines from the same set. Notice the lines in between …
In Good Taste, Valentine
The In Good Taste Designer Series Paper is one of my favorite patterned papers and you can use it to make a quick Valentine’s Day Card for that special valentine in your life. After being sick for almost a month, I didn’t have much energy to make cards (hard to believe, but true). Valentine’s Day is on Sunday and I needed to make my husband’s …
The Right Triangle – Happy Birthday
How many triangles can you count on this card? Did you guess 10? Then you’re right! Each side has 5 triangles of various sizes – the 2 diagonal ones were stamped and the others were die cut. Today’s card features The Right Triangle and the Stitched Triangles dies – a new bundle in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. When I started creating this card, I was …
Want to Play? Game On!
Hi There! For today’s post, we’re going to focus on Game On, one of the new stamp sets from the 2020-2021 Annual Catalog. When you go through a new catalog, how do you go about deciding on what stamps to purchase? I usually try to get sets with images or sentiments that I don’t have in my collection. I definitely didn’t have anything with cards, …
Waterfront On Father’s Day!
Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there! A Little History. . . According to Wikipedia, Father’s Day was first celebrated in a Fairmount, West Virginia church on July 5, 1908 to honor the many men who died in the Monogah Mining Accident in 1907 which left many children fatherless. It was Grace Golden Clayton’s suggestion to her minister that these fathers should be …
Father’s Day By the Dock & Mystery Stamping Challenge
Today I’m continuing with my posts featuring cards for Father’s Day or masculine cards for any occasion you like. The stamp I used on this card is called By the Dock and uses the Dockside coordinating dies. I used only part of the dock so it would work with my card layout. The bottom part of the card was stamped and die cut twice, then …
Sailing Home
Sailing Home is a great stamp for the nautical enthusiast. It has some great images including a lighthouse which caught my attention right away. Because I love lighthouses and visiting them, I knew it was a must have for me. The Sailing Home set, just like A Good Man from yesterday’s post, is also a carry over from last year’s catalog. It coordinates with the …
A Good Man
Hello Crafty Friends! Father’s Day is right around the corner, being celebrated this year on June 21, so for the next couple of days, I’m going to focus on some cards for men. Today I’ll be sharing 3 cards featuring the stamp set – A Good Man. This is an excellent set for those men in your life. I find two of the images from the …
Making a Masculine Card With Country Livin’
Do you have a guitarist or music lover in your circle of friends and family? Then Country Livin’ is a great set to have in your collection. For this card, I used the Wood Texture paper – LOVE. THIS. PAPER. Due to its popularity, I believe it sold out. You can still create a card with wood by using the Pinewood Plank Embossing Folder or …
Saying Goodbye to Lovely As A Tree
Hi Crafty Friends . . . Did you know that Lovely as a Tree has been around since 2001? It is the oldest stamp set in our current catalog. Every year when a new catalog comes around we wonder if it’s retiring, yet it has been so popular that it made it through 18 years. Now that’s a long time! But, the time has come …
Guy Greetings
Today’s card uses 2 retiring stamp sets – Guy Greetings and Number of Years. I made this card back in February for an uncle who was turning 85 years old. He loves tinkering with cars and if they’re old cars, even better. So as I was figuring out how to incorporate the number on his card I thought of Guy Greetings with the eclipse technique …
Country Livin’ Barn Door
For many people creating masculine cards is a struggle. I admit that making cards for women and kids is much easier, but masculine cards don’t have to be too much of a challenge, either. All you need is masculine colors and you can create a simple card just layering different ‘masculine’ colors and a sentiment. You can also choose a stamp set that just screams …
Out In The Woods With Lovely As A Tree
Yes, another Father’s Day card…just think masculine card ideas. I was up very late Saturday night trying to make my Father’s Day cards but ran out of time to make all the ones I wanted to make for the special men in my life. I had to keep it simple, if I wanted to make any at all. The Lovely As A Tree set is great for …
Wood Rings – Father’s Day
I’m a little late with this Father’s Day card but thought I would share it anyway. To replicate, you can just switch the sentiment. The main image on this card is the new background stamp – Wood Rings. Quick and very simple and that’s exactly what I needed to make this weekend. Hope you had a nice day celebrating. Background Stamps Have you seen the …
Birthday Banners Party Pop-Up
As I was looking through my projects, I realized I hadn’t posted this card that I made back in June 2016, so I’m posting it today especially since I don’t want you to miss out on the retiring Party Pop Up Thinlits Dies that are retiring. This was a special card for an 18 year old and if you’re turning that age you need a …
Everyday Hero
Are you a super hero fan? Do you love watching all those Marvel movies or other super heroes? I do and so does my family. I believe we’ve seen all or most of the super hero movies so I knew I had to get the Everyday Hero stamp set. I made this card for my son who does indeed love watching super hero movies. I …
Celebrate Today & Clearance Rack
Today’s card is a simple masculine card using the Celebrate Today, Wetlands and Timeless Textures Stamps. I used the hot air balloon image for the focal point and used one of the grunge images from Timeless Textures for the grass. The ‘happy birthday’ was embossed with white embossing powder. This card makes a great masculine birthday card and was quick to make. Card Supplies Celebrate Today …
Endless Birthday Wishes & Grunge
Today’s card is a quick and easy card. I combined 3 stamp sets to create the card – Endless Birthday Wishes (the cake and sentiment), Gorgeous Grunge (stripes & splatterings) and Touches of Texture (the small speckles). This makes a perfect masculine or teen card, doesn’t it? I colored the cake with a blender pen and to add dimension, I added 2 of the star metallic gold …