happy anniversary

Hello! Today I'm playing along with All Things Unity and the Unity Kit of the Month Sketch Challenge. I'm ahead of things for once and made this anniversary card for my husband. Our anniversary isn't until the end of July!! Hope I can find this card wherever I stash it:) The background dp has little stars on it, perfect for this image and sentiment. On the inside, I have a smaller diagonal strip of it with the sentiment, "Happy Anniversary."

Come and play along!

Challenges: All Things Unity 33, June11KOMSC
Stamp Set: Jan11 Kit of the Month: Unity
DP: Bitty Star Basics: Papertrey Ink
CS: Bravo Burgundy: Stampin' UP; White, Black: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Scarlet Jewel Button and Ribbon: Papertrey Ink; white floss

Happy Father's Day!

Hello! I have two Father's Day cards to share with you today. The first is for my dad. I seem to be using this LO quite often, but I think it shows the dp so nicely. I accented the car with a black spica glitter pen. It looks nice and sparkly in real life! My dad is a very traditional kind of guy, so this card is very CAS. No extra buttons, ribbon or accessories needed! Of course, I have to mention that he's the BEST dad ever, too!! I'm so lucky to have him to learn from and love!

My second card if for my husband. He totally ROCKS and this card is perfect for him! I used a silver background and accented the image and sentiment with a black spica glitter pen. Again, the shine and glitz don't show up in the photo. I used flat backed dots to echo the circles in the image and sentiment. I'm noticing that the card is a bit crooked...well, that goes with "rocks," LOL!

Dad's card:
Stamps: image: Authentic Man: Unity, Sentiment: Savvy Stamps
DP: Picket Fence: lilybee designs
CS: Bravo Burgundy: Stampin' UP, White: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extra: black Spica glitter pen

Husband's card:
Stamp Set: Mar10 KOM: Unity
CS: Silver: Stampin' UP, Black and Plum Pudding: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: black Spica glitter pen, black dots: Recollections

A new challenge blog....

Hello! I just found a new challenge blog that looks like it might be lots of fun! It is called CAS-ual Fridays. This week's challenge is to use text on your card. Not just a line of text, but multiple lines, like in the old page of text that I used here.

I found a gigantic book of "essential knowledge" at an antique show and picked it up a year ago. I knew that I wanted to use some old style text pages on some of my cards. It was very cheap and easy to find:) Be careful when you try to mount the text; my tape runner kind of "ate up" some of the page.

For me, this is a perfect masculine card. I like the simple style and plan to use it, with text of course, more often!

Challenge: CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 1
Stamp Set: Make a Wish: Papertrey Ink
DP: Gaga for Gingham: My Time Made Easy, vintage text
CS: Black, Khaki: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Chai distressing ink: Papertrey Ink
Extras: Present die: Papertrey Ink, Nestabilities: Spellbinders

I play video games.....

Good Evening! I took this week's My Favorite Things Sketch and flipped it on its side for my card. Another male card for me....quite a different thing! When I saw the sketch, though, I just "saw" this card:) I envision this as a card for my 19 year old son. He can play video games all night! And I mean NIGHT!! What is it with teenagers and their off sense of day and night?!?!

I paper pieced the image and popped it up on the card. I added the background detail and some extra matting. I decided it needed a little something extra, so I added the star. Thank heavens for star punches!!

Challenge: MFTWSC17
Stamp Set: Who's That Geek Guy?: My Favorite Things
DP: scraps from my stash
CS: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Silver: Stampin' UP, Rustic White: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento
Extras: Star punches, pop dots

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Good Evening! I'm so happy to get the chance to play in this month's bloghop for Papertrey Ink! You can find all the wonderful participants and their creations here.

My dad's birthday is May 7th, so I thought I'd create a card for him. He's a special person, a great dad and I love him so much!! I used paper scraps for my card and three different Papertrey Ink stamp sets to create it. I really like to use kraft for a masculine card so I started with that as my base. I matted two pieces of scrap paper from my stash and stamped the fillable frame with a nod to Mish's great style! Then I stamped the stars and punched them out. It's so great that the stamped images fit right within the punch lines. Then I used pop dots to pop up the sentiment and stars at different heights...probably hard to tell that in the photo. Then I was done!!! Such fun! It was one of those nights when I didn't know if I had any mojo in me, but I'm happy with this card.

Thanks for coming to look:)

Stamp Sets: Take Note, Star Prints, Fillable Frames 1: Papertrey Ink
DP: from my stash
CS: Kraft, Rustic White: Papertrey Ink, Night of Navy: Stampin' UP
Ink: Night of Navy: Stampin' UP
Extras: Star punches, pop dots, Fillable Frames Die: Papertrey Ink

Friends with Flair

Hello! A completely CAS and masculine card today. I needed to fill my stash and this seemed to be just the ticket! I really like the different stamps in Unity's Authentic Man set. I've popped up the star and the sentiment (from the Jan11 KOM), although it's hard to see in the pic!

Have a great weekend!! I'm glad to be back to blogging. I'm promising myself more crafting and me time over the weekend!

Stamp Sets: Authentic Man and Jan11 KOM: Unity
DP and CS: unknown
Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento
Extras: note die cut: Papertrey Ink, brown dew drops, pop dots