Masculine Cards

Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you are enjoying your day.  Today's card is a masculine one, I have such a hard time with these so when I saw this one in the catalog I couldn't resist.  I've already made about 8 of these LOL.

The greeting I used on mine is Happy Birthday, but it is such a versatile card you could use any greeting you wanted.

Supplies



Stamp Sets:  Lovely as a Tree, Something to Celebrate
Card Stock:  Soft Suede, River Rock, Baja Breeze, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Textured Early Espresso
Classic Ink:  Early Espresso
Craft Ink:  Early Espresso
Stampin' Write Markers: Early Espresso
Accessories:  Gold Brads, Regal Brads, Neutral Brads, Subtles Brads, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Spritzer, Heat Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Embossing Buddy, Powder Pals

Tips

1. This isn't really a tip, just a thought; don't you love how Stampin' Up! has so many different supplies to meet your needs.  I used a Stmapin' Write Marker, Craft Ink, Classic Ink and Textured Paper all in the same color; what more could you want out of a company!
2. I embossed the tree with Clear Embossing Powder.  Craft Ink is an awesome way to be able to emboss in every one of SU!'s colors (except the in-colors ;-{).  All you need is Craft Ink in any color and Clear Embossing Powder and voila! 
3. When emobssing you always want to use your Embossing Buddy so that the embossing powder only sticks on the ink, and not the paper.
4. Once I stamped and embossed the tree I tore the paper around it free hand.

Well, that's all for today.  Bye for now.

Love and Care

I can't tell you how much I absolutely love the hostess stamp set Love and Care in the summer mini...it's right up there with Watercolor Trio.  There is so much you can do with this set, and believe me I've done a lot already!

See what I mean, isn't this gorgeous!

Supplies
Stamp Set:  Love and Care
Card Stock:  Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla
Designer Series Paper:  Newsprint (Retired), Love Letter (Retired)
Classic Ink:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake
Stampin' Write Markers:  Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive
Accessories:  SNAIL, Stamping Sponges, 5/8" Black Satin Ribbon


Tips

1. When I put the layers of this type of card together I use my grid paper to line it up, measure out the right size and attach the pieces before gluing it to the card base.
2. I cut all of my Stamping Sponges into 4 pieces each and have a sponge for every color...yeah I know (LOL)!
3. When sponging the edges of my card stock I rub the sponge on the ink pad and then rub off on a scrap piece of paper before applying it to the card stock, this way it is more subtle.

I CASE'd this card from one I found on Stampin' Connection and I apologize I don't know who made the original.  If you know who did please let me know and I will give them credit.
Thanks for stopping by.

Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge

It's been a long time since I participated in a challenge of any sort...so today I decided it was long overdue.  My card today is for the Saturday Sketch Challenge for Stamping 411.  Here's the sketch...



This is a great sketch, and I love that the Operators of Stamping 411 include the measurements with their sketch, it's so much easier then me trying to figure it out through trial and error.

Supplies
Card Stock:  Wisteria Wonder, Pretty in Pink
Designer Series Paper:  Flirtatious
Classic Ink:  Wisteria Wonder, Pretty in Pink, Cherry Cobbler
Stamp Sets:  Delicate Doiles, Something to Celebrate
Punches:  1 1/4" Square Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch
Accessories:  Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, SNAIL, Brights Designer Buttons, Whisper White Bakers Twine, Glue Dots

Tips

1. I used the 1 1/4" punch to cut the angles on both ends of the greeting.
2. On each end of the greeting I use a glue dot so that I could make the center of the greeting stand up.

This is definitely my last post for today, but I'll see you later this week.

My Favourite Time of the Year

It's not Christmas.
It's not my birthday (I've had enough of those, I don't need anymore).
I'm not retiring (guess I do need a few more birthdays if I'm ever going to reach that point).
I'm not going on vacation.
So what the heck is it you ask.

It's new catalog time, yep SU!'s 2011-2012 catalog comes out on July 1st.  That means new stamps, new toys, and 5 new in-colors.  Since I'm a demonstrator I got to order some sneak peak products and with that order came the new catalog...and I gotta say I'm liking it, ALOT!

With the new catalog comes the last chance list; SU! needs to make room for the new products so unfortunately every year some stamps and products are retired.  I will be posting that list on the sidebar so be sure to check it out and if you see something you want you should order it quickly before it's sold out.

I can't show you the new products I ordered or the new catalog until July 1st, but I can show you some projects I made with the new products. 

So here's a card I made this morning with some of my new products.

Supplies
Cardstock:  Wisteria Wonder (my new favourite), Pool Party, Whisper White
Stamps:  Delicate Doilies
Designer Series Paper:  Flirtatious
Classic Ink:  Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink
Punches:  Designer Label Punch, Modern Label Punch
Accessories:  SNAIL, Basic Pearls, 5/8" Satin Pretty in Pink Ribbon

Tips

1. It's a pretty straight forward card, so just have fun with it!

I hope you like this card and I hope you are as excited about the new products as I am.  Be sure to come back soon to see what else I've made with my new products.