Need Masculine cards? Look no further...

Hey bloggie friends!  How's your week going so far?  Hope all is well. I feel like I sound like a broken record sometimes cuz I just feel constantly busy busy!  Oh well - the good news is, I do have a  fun share today.  Do you have those moments where you need to make a masculine card and either have creativity block or just don't have the right stamps?  Well, here's a cool set of cards using the Need for Speed stamp set that will work great for any guy cards you may need! I especially love the clean lines and minimalistic modern feel of these cards.  Kris McIntosh created this project for Craft Project Central, so if you'd like to check these out or learn more, hop on over there!

Stay tuned for tomorrow!  I'll be posting the project I created this month for Craft Project Central.  It's a fun and simple packaging project for the holidays.  That's all I'll say for now.  Have a great night!

TGIF!

Hi all!  Hope you guys had a good week.  I know I've been pretty quiet for most of this week.  I was away on a business trip for my day job, so I didn't have any time to do much crafting or posting, unfortunately.  While, it was quite a productive trip, I have to say I am super exhausted and am certainly glad that it's Friday!!  Definitely need to get some R&R.  Luckily, I have a quick card for you today - it's a masculine card from the Sentimental Journey stamp set and the Travel Journal DSP.  I have to say, I love the map background on these papers.  And, of course the fun car.  Here's the card:

Are you wondering about the Jumbo Brad?  It looks like it's a copper color, but I think it's just the lighting and the camera angle.  It's actually the silver one.  It kind of reminds me of a cuff link.  Hope you like it!  Here's the recipe for you:

{Masculine Travel Card}

*Stamp Set: Sentimental Journey

*Cardstock: Kraft, Travel Journal DSP, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie

*Inks: Night Of Navy Classic Pad, Creamy Caramel Classic Pad

*Accessories: Impressions Square Lattice embossing folder, Jumbo Brad

Thanks for coming by.  I'm always so glad you stopped by to visit!

a masculine card for you

Hey there blog peeps!  Thank goodness it's Thursday!  It's been a crazy week for me on the work front, but it's all good.  Just a little bit exhausting.  I don't remember the last time I've worked til midnight (hmm...have I ever?), so I'm pretty certain that last night would have to be the first in this millenium!  So, that's why I didn't get a chance to post.  I do have a quick card share I eeked out the other day, but hadn't had time to put up on the good ol' blog.  This is a masculine take on this week's 2S4Y sketch (turned on it's side)!  Here's the sketch for your reference:

And here's my card!

Isn't the car fun?  It reminds me of London.  It's from a new set in the Stampin'Up! Summer Mini called Sentimental Journey.  I love the paper too - the stripes totally remind me of an airline uniform!  It's also a new DSP called Travel Journal.  Totally fun images and patterns that have a more masculine tone.  Hence the masculine card!  Hope you like it.  Here's the recipe for you:

{Vintage Car for Dad's Day}

All supplies Stampin'Up!

*Stamp Sets: Sentimental Journey, Teeny Tiny Wishes

*Cardstock: Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Travel Journal DSP

*Inks: Creamy Caramel, Night of Navy

*Accessories: Jumbo eyelet, Impressions Square Lattice embossing folder, Tag corner punch, Corner rounder, brad

Thanks for popping by today!

Yet another Sailboat for Father's Day

So, today, my Sailboat fascination continues. I'm having so much fun making sailboat cards - the Mojo card from yesterday's post and for Kristina's Challenge last week that I thought I'd make another one - slightly different layout, but with most of the same components. This time, I went with a Baja Breeze/Kiwi Kiss/Pacific Point/Tangerine Tango combination (lots of In Colors!), with a hint of Basic Gray. If you've noticed on my posts from the last few weeks, I have been going to town with my sponge daubers! I really do love those things and have just ordered some more! I used it to create my ocean and I love the effect it gives - sort of an effervescent feel that captures the "wave" sensation. At least, I think so! ;) The background on the Baja Breeze cardstock is the Small Dots Texturz embossing plate, and the sail on the boat is from my small scraps of Parisian Breeze Designer Series Paper.

Just like yesterday's card, I tied some of rope twine (from the Winter Mini catalog) around the striped grosgrain ribbon and added the jumbo grommet to make my "guyish" ribbon treatment. I think it's a fun nautical sort of look :)

Hope you like it! Have a great day. Bye for now :)

A little Father's Day Mojo

I've had Father's Day cards on the brain, and my ideas right now seem to be focused on Golf and Sailboats, so I continued that with My Mojo Monday Sketch 89 card. I did change it up a little...I used a striped Sail today and a less rounded bottom of the boat (thanks to the Small Oval punch)!I really loved this past year's In Colors, so I thought I'd pay some tribute to the Baja Breeze and Riding Hood Red from the awesome Sweet Slumber DSP. Here's a picture of the Mojo Sketch this week so you can see the elements I had to work with - I stayed pretty true to form. Just added the ribbon and jumbo grommet, which - it turns out - is a really fun embellishment to use!I also had fun incorporating some texture from the Textured Very Vanilla cardstock I used for the sentiment as well as the circle background for the sailboat. Here's a closer look - the textured cardstock gives the stamped "Happy Father's Day" sentiment that worn out sort of look, which I like:
This is such a fun and summer-y color combo...even though the colors are on the bright side, I think it's sufficiently masculine, don't you think? I'd love to get your feedback. In the meantime, here's the recipe:

*All Holidays stamp set
*Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla Textured cardstock, and Sweet Slumber DSP
*Baja Breeze Classic Stamp pad
*Penant Bigz XL die (for the larger scallop circle)
*Riding Hood Red striped Grosgrain ribbon, Jumbo Grommet, rope twine (from the Holiday Mini catalog), Small Oval punch, 1 3/4" circle punch

Thanks for visiting today!

40 is the new 30

It's a chilly and misty Sunday morning here in Southern CA by the beach. I'm trying to fire myself up for a run after yesterday's all day eating fest from the Birthday Celebrations we attended! But first, I thought I'd do a post.

Today, I am sharing a couple of cards I made for 2 of my cousins that just turned 40 this past week. It's funny how your perspective changes as you approach certain ages. Back in my 20s, I thought 40 was SOOO old, but now that it's an age that's getting closer for me too...well, my new mantra is 40 is the new 30! Funny, huh? But since I'm not quite there yet, I can poke fun at my cousins who are. Here are the cards I made, using the Cheers to You stamp set.This is another version of the "step" or "accordion" type of card, called a "side step card," inspired by Yvonne Metz. I used the Rockabilly Specialty paper on this one, and I thought the skull and cross bones paper added the touch I was going for (smile!).
For this card, I used the Sizzix Textured Embossing Plates for the background. Wondering what I used for the "40"? These are from a Cuttlebug alphabet set called Red Tag Sale and they work beautifully with the Big Shot as well! All other supplies I used are Stampin'Up! (I used the Matchbox and Pennant Bigz XL dies too...love me the Big Shot!) Hope you have a great day! It's time for me to go burn some calories...

The Weekend is here!

Hello there - and Happy Saturday! We've got all kinds of birthdays to celebrate today - my aunt's and my cousin's, so I thought I'd get my post up, because believe it or not, I have to make their Birthday cards still! I know, so last minute, but I have something in mind that I just need to translate on paper. But, for today's post, I am sharing a card I made for a co-worker of mine who's last day was yesterday. He's an avid golfer, so I thought I would incorporate that theme on the card as well. So...here's what I came up with:I've been wanting to make one of these accordion cards, so when I decided on the golf theme, I thought it would be a fun 3-D looking card to make with this layout. Here's a close up of the stamped image and the sponging I did for the sky in Cool Carribean and for the grass hill in Garden Green, I first ripped up a shape of the hill out of cardstock and used the negative piece to sponge in the actual hill with a sponge dauber. Love those things - I'm glad I rediscovered them in my stamp drawer! What do you think? Hope you like it!

Here's the recipe:
*And Many Mower and Sincere Salutations stamp sets
*Small Dots Texturz Plates for the big shot, Daisies #2 Bigz die (for the sun)
*Wild Wasabi (retired), Whisper White, Basic Black, Sahara Sand, and Baja Breeze card stock
*Chocolate Chip, Cool Carribean (retired), and Garden Green Classic Ink Pads
*Ballet Blue, Sahara Sand, Basic Gray, Garden Green markers
*1/2" circle punch, Summer Sun corduroy button, Word Windo punch

Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy your weekend!