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Masculine Cards & Projects

August 6, 2017

Coffee Break Suite

One of our most popular sets of products is the Coffee Break Suite, pictured on page 30 of Stampin’ Up!’s 2017-2018 Annual Catalog.

Customers have been asking for a coffee set since the last one retired a couple of years ago, and Stampin’ Up! responded with a great set.

I know coffee has been around for hundreds of years, but it seems to be extremely popular right now, with people paying $6 or $7 for a cuppa! This is not your momma’s coffee!

This product is a “Suite”, which means it has more than just stamps and dies (which are pretty awesome by themselves). It also has coordinating DSP (Designer Series Paper), selected Cardstock, Ribbon, and Corrugated Elements. Coordinating products make it easier than ever to create beautiful projects!

The stamp set and dies are available in a bundle, which means you save 10% by purchasing them together.

This set also coordinates nicely with the Timeless Textures stamp set on page 154.

This set includes stamps that look like coffee rings and speckles you might find under your cup if you dribbled a bit.

Both stamp sets are used on this quick and easy card.

Stamps: Coffee Café, Timeless Textures

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Inks: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz

Dies: Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

Other: Stamping Sponges, Pinewood Planks 3D Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

If you like coffee as much as I do, or have friends that enjoy coffee, you’ll want to get this bundle! You can find it at my online store which is open 24/7. Just click on the link below.

Thanks for spending a few minutes with me today!

June 2, 2017

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One Wild Ride

One of my good friends and Stamp Club members, Vandy, asked me to design a card using the One Wild Ride stamp set. I thought she would like this card, and I was right. Can you believe she bought the supplies to make 100 more of these?! Wow! There’s a lot of fussy cutting on this card, so that will be a lot of work.

Stamps: One Wild Ride

Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver Foil

Ink: Basic Black

Punch: Best Badge

Other: Hexagon Dynamic TIEF

This was a fun card to make, and the Double Z fold is a lot easier than it looks. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them below.

Thanks for stopping by today!

May 31, 2017

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Wilderness Awaits Father’s Day

At May’s library class, we made two quick and easy cards. The first was a Mother’s Day card. You can see it here.

Our second card was one suitable for Father’s Day, using The Wilderness Awaits stamp set. Today is the last day to order this set, so if you like it, order it now, before it’s gone forever!

Stamps: The Wilderness Awaits, Greatest Greetings, Hardwood

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Punch: 2″ Circle, Triple Banner

Other: Linen thread

Tomorrow we’ll have a new catalog, and all new products! I hope you’ll come back to see some new projects!

Until then……stay inky, my friends!

May 16, 2017

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Traveler Birthday

I was invited to participate in Kylie’s International Highlights this month. The theme is masculine cards, and I just so happen to have one of those! I sometimes struggle with designing masculine cards, as I’m drawn to flowers and butterflies (and glitter).

This card uses stamps and an embossing folder that will be retiring at the end of this month, so if you like them, you should get them while you can! And, if you like my card, please vote for it here!

Stamps: Traveler, Wetlands, Gorgeous Grunge

Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand, Basic Gray

Ink: Basic Gray, Always Artichoke

Other: Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 2″ Circle Punch, Linen Thread

Thanks for visiting today, and remember, if you like my card, please vote for it here.

April 1, 2017

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Nailed It – Take 2

We made a toolbelt card in Stamp Club last month. You can see it here. I promised my club members that I would show them a “stepped up” version of the card. This is a re-creation of a card from the Occasions Catalog.

On the original version, we stamped the tools in basic black on white and colored them with an aquapainter. We also stamped the screw heads on the pockets. On my stepped up version here, I stamped the tools on silver foil, and again on Island Indigo (screwdriver and hammer) and Crushed Curry (saw). I cut the handles off the cardstock images and adhered them to the silver foil images.

I also used markers to color the Happy Fathers Day in two colors instead of one. And, I used the screw heads from the Urban Underground Embellishments on the pockets. I think it really dresses this card up. What do you think?

Stamps: Nailed It

Cardstock: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Silver Foil

Ink: Sahara Sand, Jet Black StazOn

Dies/Punches: Build It Framelits, Project Life Corner Rounder, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 2″ Circle Punch

Other: Markers (Island Indigo, Crushed Curry), sponge

Thanks for stopping by today. If you need any stamping supplies, you can visit my online store 24/7.

March 20, 2017

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Nailed It

This is a simplified version of a card from the Occasions Catalog, and we made it in Stamp Club this month at the request of one of the members.

I also showed them how it could be “dressed up” by using silver foil, colored cardstock and the Urban Underground embellishments.

Stamps: Nailed It

Cardstock: Sahara Sand and Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black Archival, Island Indigo, Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate, Sahara Sand

Dies/Punches: Build It Framelits Dies, 1 3/4″ Circle Punch, 2″ Circle punch, 1″ Circle Punch, Corner Rounder

Other: Aquapainter, Sponge

March 16, 2017

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Happy Celebrations

I made this card for a swap in February, and we also made it in Stamp Club this month.

It uses the Happy Celebrations stamp set and the coordinating Celebrations Duo TIEF (Textured Impressions Embossing Folder). These come in a set of two (Celebrate and Happy) and they actually “deboss”, which means the words are sunken rather than raised as in most embossing folders.

Although it’s hard to see in the photo, we stamped the Happy and then debossed it for added texture.

Stamps: Happy Celebrations

Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Emerald Envy, Whisper White

Ink: Emerald Envy

Paper: Party Animal DSP

Other: Celebrations Duo TIEF, Crushed Curry Bakers Twine

This is a very quick and easy card, and it would be good for boys or girls. I hope you like it.

March 10, 2017

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You Can Kick This

There’s a young man from our church who is going through a pretty tough time right now. He was on a week long break from a pro football team, and was having shoulder pain. He went in for tests and was diagnosed with AML (acute myeloid leukemia).

Our pastor’s wife started a “card train” where we could sign up to send Mitchell a card on a specific day. Our hope was that he would receive a card every day to show him we were thinking about him and keeping him in our prayers.

I made this card to send on my assigned day. The football spins and moves on the track through the goal posts. I hope he liked it!

If you would like to learn more about Mitchell or help with his medical expenses, you can get more information here. I’m sure any donation would be much appreciated.

Thanks for stopping by.

March 4, 2017

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Lift Me Up

Our last card from March stamp club, this one uses the Lift Me Up bundle. It also uses the Carried Away DSP which you can get FREE with any $50 purchase during Sale-a-bration. I really like this paper! It looks like the view you’d see from the hot air balloon, with houses, roads, clouds, even deer, bicycles and swing sets!

Stamps: Lift Me Up

Cardstock: Watermelon Wonder, Soft Sky, Mint Macaron, Smoky Slate, Peekaboo Peach

Ink: Soft Sky

Dies: Up & Away Thinlits Dies

Other: Watermelon Wonder 5/8″ Mini Striped Ribbon, Basic Black Solid Bakers Twine

All supplies for this project are available in my online store. Thanks for visiting!

November 8, 2016

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Cable Knit Sweater Card

How cute is this sweater card designed by Sue Parker!? I’m lucky to call Sue a friend, and you can see her cute card here. She even has a tutorial with instructions, if you’d like to re-create the card.

We made this card in last month’s Stamp Club class. The star of this show is the Cable Knit Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. This embossing folder is a new design that gives a much deeper embossing, almost a 3-D effect. And, can you believe it? No stamps or ink on this card!