Hit the Road

I am so sad this set is retired. I really love this set. So I thought I would share this with you anyway. I stamped the image from Hit the Road and saying from Teeny Tiny Wishes with Stazon Black on to whisper white card stock. The image is colored with SU's wonderful watercolor pencils and the aqua painter. I used the word window and modern label punches for the saying. The paper I used was going gray, whisper white, basic black, and a sheet from a retired Patterns Pack Designer Series Paper. I used the exclusive SU Top Note die with the Big Shot to create the background. I also used the Corner Rounder punch on the top two layers.
 
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All Stampin' Up! Products
Stamps: Hit the Road, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: going gray, whisper white, basic black, retired Patterns Pack DSP
Ink: Stazon Black
Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Aqua Painter, Top Note die, Big Shot, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Corner Rounder Punch.

A Father's Day Card

This card came about because of the Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge SC233. I love the layers that this one presented and I needed a Father's Day Card...so here it is!

The sets I used were Lovely as a Tree and the Rough Edges Alphabet (retired). I used whisper white, chocolate chip, and garden green card stock. I used a little bit of dsp from the hostess sampler pack. The ribbon is chocolate chip grosgrain. For one of the layers I ran the cs through the Cuttlebug embossing folder called Script. I stamped the tree on to watercolor paper with Stazon Black ink. I then used my watercolor pencils and the aqua painter to color it in. For that layer I used dimensionals to make it pop. I stamped the word "Dad" in chocolate chip classic ink.

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Off-Roadin' Pooch

This is a card that I made for my brother-in-law's birthday!!! He is an avid mountain bike racer!!! This was a fast card to make too!

I used SU's set called Hit the Road!! This set is so cute! I stamped it on watercolor paper with Stazon Timber Brown ink. I colored in the image with my aqua painter (LOVE that tool!) using kiwi kiss, tangerine tango, close to cocoa, and basic grey classic inks. I used the barely banana marker for the lights and basic black marker for some of the wheels. The base of the card is close to cocoa card stock. I layered the main image onto kiwi kiss card stock. I also added two strips of kiwi kiss and baja breeze. I added two antique brass jumbo eyelets with my crop-a-dile!

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Best Wishes

I am all about quick and easy cards! And the Designer Series Paper makes it work! This one I made for my little brother awhile back. I used the Curly Label Punch Bundle. The saying is from Cute and Curly and stamped in Basic Gray onto baja breeze card stock. I then punched it out with the curly label punch. I used dimensionals to mount it. Both of the designer papers are from Urban Garden. I used the corner rounder punch on all four corners too! The ribbon is baja breeze striped. I love that ribbon and color! I attached silver brads to the end. I layered this on to whisper white and then close to cocoa for my base.

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!

P.S. Don't forget to enter to win some blog candy from me!!! Also my sister-in-law is giving away some sweet blog candy too! We started so many new things together last year, like blogging, our etsy shops... mine and hers...., and Kristina Werner's color challenges!! She keeps me on my toes with crafting and is always challenging me to try new things! I love her for that! She is a great friend, a wonderful sister, and a fantastic mother of 4 little ones! If you have not checked out her blog yet, you need too!! Her wee ones keep her busy, but when she gets a chance to create.... watch out! She is very talented!!

Kiwi Kissed Manly Birthday Card

What do you think of my title? I know it is silly, but I thought it was fun! I made this card with one of the new sets my husband picked out for me for Christmas! The set is Lovely as a Tree! I also used It's Your Birthday, which is retired, for the saying. I made this card for my dad's birthday.

I used chocolate chip, kiwi kiss, tangerine tango and very vanilla card stock. I started by stamping my image in kiwi kiss ink pad, then coloring on the stamp with my chocolate chip marker for the tree trunk and limbs. I stamped the image on the paper. I then colored in the tree with my blender pen and kiwi kiss ink. I sponged the edges of the image with chocolate chip. I layered the image and used dimensionals to pop the two layers. For the background strips I used versamark. On the tangerine tango piece I used my tried and true, but retired, linen background stamp. For the kiwi kiss strip, I used the leaf stamp from Lovely as a Tree. I punched out 1 1/2 squares with the 1 3/4 square punch (this was a little bit bigger than my saying) to make a window. I placed vanilla card stock on the inside. Then stamped they saying in tangerine tango. I made sure that you would be able to see it through the window!!

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A Cowboy and his Horse

I made this card for a Guy Card Swap with my Little Debbie's Stampin' Up! ladies over on the East coast! Guy cards are always hard for me, so I thought this swap would be a fantastic challenge.

I started with the Bronc Buster set. I knew that I wanted to use red riding hood, baja breeze, and Close to Cocoa. Then I threw in the neutral of whisper white. I stamped the horse and cowboy in Close to Cocoa craft ink and heat embossed the image with clear embossing powder. I glued on the lasso made from linen thread with the 2-way glue pen. I used the ticket corner punch and added silver brads to the corners. I layered my card stock, attached it to my base, and then stamped the horse shoe image in close to Cocoa classic ink.

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Cruisin' Birthday

This is a card that I made for my nephew who turned 10!!! I thought the truck would make a fun card for him!

I used the Loads of Love stamp set along with the Punch Pals set to add the presents in the back of the truck. The saying was from the retired It's Your Birthday set. I started with chocolate chip, baja breeze, whisper white and a bit of kiwi kiss card stock. I ran the baja breeze piece through the Cuttlebug's Swiss dots embossing folder. I also used Spellbinders Nestabilites to create the ovals for the main image. I embossed the edges of the ovals too! I stamped the truck and the saying in chocolate chip. I colored the truck in with baja breeze ink, the ground with kiwi kiss ink, and a blender pen. I used a gel pen (Thanks again Beverly!!!) for the bumper and dazzling diamonds for the wheels!!! I stamped the presents and cut them out for the back of the truck. I wrapped chocolate chip grosgrain ribbon around the center and added my brads to the corners. I had already cut out a slot for the round tab. For the tab part I just stamped the saying and added the tab punched from the round tab punch! Oh yeah and I added the brads again!!!



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Western Night

This is my first attempt at a Brayered sky with my new brayer. What do you think? I tried to follow the tutorials from Michelle Zindorf at Freedom in Creating. If you have not checked her out, you should! She is amazing!!! She has a tutorial for each card she creates!

I also use Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge SC189 for the layout!

This was really fun and I look forward to trying this technique again! I used the Bronc Buster stamp set. I used blue bayou, whisper white, and basic black card stock. For inks, I used basic black, soft sky, and blue bayou.

I first stamped the cowboy and horse stamp and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then punched out a circle from scrap paper with my 1 3/8 circle punch and attached it with my 2-way glue pen to create the moon. I waited until the glue was clear so that I would be able to take off the scrap when I was done and it would leave a white circle. Anyway...then I used the brayer starting off with soft sky and then adding the blue bayou to the top. I also ripped some scraps to create the ground and then used the brayer with basic black. I sponged the edges all round the picture. I think I got a little carried away with sponging around the dust area. :O) Then I layered it onto the other card stock! I ran the edges of the card in the basic black for another element!

So what do you think? This was really fun!!! I am going to have to try it again!!!

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a very creative day!!!

Yummy Birthday

This is a birthday card made for my husband's uncle. I used Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge SC186 and color challenge CC171. For the stamp sets I used Birthday Whimsy from the Holiday mini and they saying is from It's your Birthday, both sets are now retired. I still love using them!!! I used soft sky (retired in color), kraft, basic black, and whisper white card stock. I then used basic black and soft sky (retired again) classic ink. I used a so saffron marker for the flame on the candle. For the cake and candles I also used 2-way glue and dazzling diamonds. I popped the cake using dimensionals. I also used the ticket corner punch and some black brads for a fun touch!!

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Manly Deer Card

This is a birthday card I made for my mother-in-law to give away as a birthday card. I made it using the Noble Deer stamp set and 07-08 In colors, which now are both retired!!! I am going to miss them both so much!!! But I am excited about the new In Colors! I also used Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge SC188 and color challenge CC178. The colors of card stock that I used were very vanilla, river rock, wild wasabi, and blue bayou. I used chocolate chip ink. I also used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, my sponge for the main image, and the spiral punch. I then used my cutter kit from SU to rough up the edges. I glued all of the layers together and popped the main image with dimesionals!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a very creative day!!!

Graduation Card

This is the Graduation card I made for my brother who just graduated 8th grade this last Wednesday! Our schools go late here!

This was another quick card. Time has just been flying by and I have not had the time to stamp!!! Frustrating, but anyway....I love how this one turned out!! All products are from Stampin' Up! The colors of the card stock are very vanilla, blue bayou, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, basic black, barely banana, and old olive. I used chocolate chip and blue bayou ink. The I used was Best Friends Alphabet Lower and the linen background which is now retired. I do not have a graduation set, so I improvised. I made the hat out of the 1 3/8 square punch, the word window punch (trimmed it a bit), and the slot punch. I realized that I did not have a black brad to attach the tassel, so I used a silver one and a sharpie to make it black! More improvising!!! I mounted the hat with dimensionals. I used the round tab punch to add another element to the card and wrote Congrats on it. Then I stamped the word grad with my letters. I also used the ticket corner punch! I love that punch! I then wrote some loving sisterly words of advice on the inside!!! :O)

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Quick Father's Birthday card

It was my father-in-laws birthday not to long ago and I realized that I needed a card quick! I had only a few minutes to get one made for him. I thought the Noble Deer set would be perfect! I picked my set, now all I needed was the color scheme!! That can be so hard sometimes!! But I quickly decided on very vanilla, chocolate chip, and mellow moss. I ran the chocolate chip card stock through my Sizzix machine using the Cuttle Bug Perfect Paisley embossing folder. I stamped both the image and the saying in chocolate chip. I used a saying from the set "It's Your Birthday" (which will be retiring very soon!). Then I used my ticket corner punch for the corners. I attached all of the pieces. And that was it! The card was done! He loved it!!!

Now looking back at the card I probably could have sponged the edges with chocolate chip to give it an aged look!! I still really like how the it turned out!! Oh and sorry about the picture, I took it in the car on the way to dinner!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Pine Cone Birthday

Here is my card for Beate's wonderful Weekend Sketch Challenge #44 (WSC44)! It's an easy guy card to make. This is a birthday card that I created for my brother-in-law. Thanks for the great challenge!

All products used are from Stampin' Up! I used Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, and Wild Wasabi card stock. I stamped the pine cone from the Noble Deer set in garden green and then use my chocolate chip marker to color in the pine cones and branch. I then stamped my image on the cs. I used my scoring tool to create the lines that frame the branch. The gave the effect I was looking for. I then stamped the saying in garden green and punched it out with the designer label punch. I sponged both with creamy caramel. After punching out the saying, I thought that it needed more, so I added another layer. Instead of trying to cut around the punch I punched out a 1 3/8 circle and cut a rectangle and attached those two together. This worked perfectly. I stamped the pine branch the dots (from the Polka Dots and Paisley set) in versamark on the background panels.

Thanks so much for looking! Have fun stamping!!!

Noble Deer Card

The Noble Deer stamp set from Stampin' Up! is such a great set for a guy card! I am using this as a birthday card, but this would make a great Father's Day card too! The layout for this card is from Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge #172 (SC172).

All products are from Stampin' Up! except for the embossing folders for the Cuttlebug from Provo Craft! I used chocolate chip, whisper white, blue bayou, not quite navy, wild wasabi, and soft sky card stock and layered accordingly. I dry embossed the blue bayou with D'vine Swirls and not quite navy with Birds and Swirls. Ok...so the embossing folders are really kind of girly, but they work with this card. My husband thought so. Just look!!! Then I also used the my mat pack and paper piercing tool on the wild wasabi strip. I used black Stazon, water color pencils, and the blender pen for the main image. I attached both the strip and the main image with dimensionals to the base of the card. And there you go. This was a fun card to make!

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy!!!

A Truckin' Along Birthday Wish

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!

Here is another birthday card that I made for my brother-in-law! I used Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge for the layout! (WSC40) All products are from Stampin' Up! I started with very vanilla, chocolate chip, wild wasabi, and a little bit of close to cocoa card stock. I used the Loads of Love and the It's Your Birthday stamps sets. I create the images I used chocolate chip and wild wasabi classic inks. I colored in the truck with my stampin' pastels. I used my cutter kit to distress the edges and sponged on creamy caramel ink to add an aged look to the card. I punched out the saying with the 1 3/8 circle punch, then layered that with the same size circle out of close to cocoa. I attached the circles and the main image with dimensionals.

It was a fun card to make!!! Thanks for looking!!!

A Few Birthday Cards!

Wow time has just been flying by!!! I have been sooo busy lately I have not had time to post anything!!!

We have had a lot of birthdays in our family lately so I have been making a lot of cards!!! I made this card for my brother whose birthday was a few days ago! All products are from Stampin' Up! The set is Birthday Whimsy from Sale-a-Bration! I also use the dotted circle stamp from So Much for the background. I used several In Colors. For the card stock, I used soft sky, blue bayou, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, wild wasabi, river rock, and whisper white! I used soft sky, blue bayou, and wild wasabi classic ink. I also used the 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 circle punches. I also used my mat pack and my paper piercing tool to create a fun effect. I cut out the balloons and then layered them with dimensionals. I glued some cotton string to each of them and then tied the string together with blue bayou double stitched ribbon!

My sister also made a card for our brother! She used the Birthday Whimsy set also! Didn't she do a great job! She used soft sky, close to cocoa, and blue bayou cs. She used close to cocoa classic ink to stamp the main image and the saying! She used the mat pack and the paper piercing tool for the corners! I think it turned out great!!!

My mother-in-law came over and also created a birthday card for one of her sons that I have to get a picture of to show you all! She did a fantastic job with limited supplies and time!!!

Thanks for looking!!!

Window Challenge!

This was a fun card to create, but it was a bit of a challenge! The challenge was the Ways to Use It challenge (WT154) from Splitcoaststampers. I have not made a card that had a window in it before. I wanted to make a masculine birthday card (although it really can be for anyone), but it was hard to find an image to go along with my theme and the challenge. I finally decided on the cake from the Sale-A-Bration set, Birthday Whimsy. But I really did not have a way to make a decent looking window on the front of the card that was the size I needed. Then I remembered that I could use my round tab punch to create circle. This would be perfect!!!

All products are from Stampin' Up! I used the Birthday Whimsy and stamped in chocolate chip classic ink. I used the Flowers for You dsp for the top half. I used chocolate chip, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, and certainly celery cs. I also used silver brads. I used my paper piercing tool along with the mat pack along the edges of the bottom half. Then I colored in the cake with mellow moss and barely banana.

I think it turned out pretty good! Thanks for looking and enjoy!

Camping Birthday Wishes

Here is an easy card that has a masculine theme.

I used all products from Stampin' Up! I started with blue bayou, wild wasabi, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, whisper white, and really rust card stock. I used blue bayou, chocolate chip, and really rust classic inks. The images are from the Happy Camper set and the saying is from the Birthday Whimsy set (a Sale-a-bration set). To create the circles I used both the 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches. I stamped the images into whisper white then punched them out and layered then with the same color cs. I layered the circles on to close to cocoa cs. Then I added the other two colors. I stamped the saying in chocolate chip. I added the three brads using my mat pack and paper piercing tool to place them just right! I also used my pastels to add a bit of color to the lamp and the bear!

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy!

Here is another picture of the card! :O)

A Guy's Birthday Card

I find it hard to come up with guy cards for any occassion. I usually have to sit and ponder for a while until I come up with an idea. Well my wonderful husband gave me the Happy Camper set from Stampin' Up! for Christmas and the creativity started to flow. I love this set. It is sooo cute! So here is a birthday card from it.

All products used are Stampin' Up! All the stamps are from the Happy Camper set except for the saying which is from the It's Your Birthday set. I started with whisper white card stock and stamped the fire and trailer in chocolate chip. Then I stamped the smoke twice on a scratch sheet and then on the card with black to make it look gray. I stamped the trees in old olive multiple times to give it dimension while masking the trailer and the fire. I stamped the trailer in pumpkin pie on a separate paper, cut it out, and glued it on. I used the Stampin' Pastels to color in the ground, smoke, trees, and the sky. I used barely banana and real red stampin' write markers to color in the fire. I mounted both the saying and the image onto Blue Bayou card stock. Before mounting it all onto the card I added a strip of close to cocoa cs (card stock) to the card and then glued it all together with snail adhesive. Oh yeah...and I rounded the corners with a corner rounder to tie it all together.

Enjoy!!!