Party Day Birthday

Happy Friday and thanks for stopping by to see what I have to share today. My card today was inspired by this one that Jennifer Shults posted on the Verve Stamps blog earlier this week.

Here's Jennifer's card that I used for my inspiration.

And here's my card. I loved all the layers that she had along with the chalkboard look.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you have a great weekend. Happy Stamping!

Supplies: Crate Paper Party Day papers, Neenah Environment Desert Storm and Cosmos Black card stock, Sizzix Stars #2, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, Papertrey Ink Tag Sale #3 and Simple Circles Border dies, Papertrey Ink Stylish Sentiments: Birthday stamp, ColorBox Mix'd Media Jasmine ink, October Afternoon button, May Arts jute

Birthday Boys

A friend requested birthday cards for her grandsons and mentioned that one plays lacrosse, basketball and football and the other plays baseball, basketball and football. So here's what I came up with.

 

I covered the card bases in paper from October Afternoon. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and the balls are from Papertrey Ink's Have a Ball set. The jersey is an old set from CTMH.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday. Happy Stamping!

Hey Stud

Unity Stamp Co is running a Happy Hour sale all weekend so I thought I would share a card today using one of the stamps that is on sale. Details for the sale can be found on their site.

 

I love this stamp from Unity and it's on SALE right now for $3 (reg $6.99). Here's the link - Hey Stud {Itty Bitty}  if you're interested.

I paired the stamped image with paper from My Mind's Eye Indie Chic - Nutmeg - Family - Zig zag. I stamped the image on vintage cream cardstock from PTI using Stampin Up Soft Suede ink. I also added a mat of Soft Suede cardstock to the card base. The button is from October Afternoon and the twine is from May Arts. Just a simple masculine card.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a fantastic Friday. Happy Stamping!

Masculine Birthday

Just a quick post today to share a simple masculine birthday card. The bear is from an old retired Stampin Up set and the happy birthday sentiment is from Paper Smooches. The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye. I added a strip of scalloped black cardstock and some twine to give it a little detail but keep it manly.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a great day. Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday

My brother is celebrating his birthday today. It's a milestone birthday (50th) but I decided to leave his age off of the card. I went with a fishing theme and used the Fish More stamps and dies from W Plus 9. The papers are from My Mind's Eye and the die cut is from Nestabilities Labels 3.

The inside of the card was finished off with some designer paper and stamping. The lures were stamped on the woodgrain strip and then a birthday sentiment was added for the finishing touch. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a great week. Happy Stamping!

Are you ready for Father's Day?

Have you made your Father's Day cards yet? Here is the card that I made for my Dad.

 

The card base is kraft with designer papers from the 7 gypsies Maison Variety Pack. The fish stamp is from Eureka Stamps but I looked on the website and I don't see it so it may not be available any longer. The Dad stamp on the front is from Clear and Simple Stamps Hero Dad set. 

 

I even stamped on the inside of the card. I used A Muse Studio Slate ink to stamp the fish image on the inside of the card and then I added the father's day sentiment from A Muse Studio's Essential Sentiments set. I'm entering this card in the Masculine Card Blog Challenge for CutCardStock.com.

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a terrific Tuesday. Happy Stamping!

Basketball Birthday

Sorry for my lack of posts last week but I do have a card to share today. It's the card I gave to my nephew at his birthday party last night. He just finished basketball camp so I thought a basketball card would be appropriate. I used Papertrey Ink's Have a Ball set for the basketballs and Faux Ribbon to create the striped background on the navy panel. To create the grid pattern on the Co'ordinations piece I used my scorpal and then sanded the piece to try and bring out the grid details. I also used my scorpal to create the lines on the cream piece, distressed the edges and added some Vintage Photo Distress Ink with a sponge. The sentiment is a rub-on from Deja Views.

I hope your week is off to a great start. Thanks so much for stopping. Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday Aaron

Just a quick post to share the birthday card I made for my nephew. He's 18 today and we all got together last night to celebrate. I used a birthday set from Papertrey Ink for the background on the top and the argyle background set also from Papertrey for the bottom panel. The tree and shack images are from a Recollections set that was half price at Michaels. I added some twine and a button for the finishing touches. 

When I saw the stamp set it made me think of my Dad's shack which is a favorite place of my nephews so I thought it would be fitting. Here's a picture of the shack . . .

Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a wonderful Monday and enjoying spring. We have a blizzard warning for tomorrow so I guess spring hasn't hit northern Minnesota just yet. :)

Hambo Birthday Card

Yesterday was my brother's birthday and these digi images from Hambo were perfect for his card!

Front of card

Inside of the card

Sorry the photos aren't the best. I took them with my phone on the way out the door to the birthday dinner. Hambo stamps is starting a new Hambo Hoedown Challenge and when you participate, you can get a free digi.  Click on the Hambo Hoedown blog button to the left for more info! 

I hope you're all having a wonderful day. Happy Stamping!

Images: Hambo Stamps Balloon Penguin digi and Ice Hole Set digi

Birdie Birthday

I have another masculine birthday card for you today. I just love the bird stamp set from Martha Stewart. I added a little coloring with Prismacolors after stamping the image with brown ink on kraft cardstock.

 The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I hope you're having a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping. Happy Stamping!

Birthday Card

How about a birthday card for a chef. I've always loved this Cornish Heritage Farms set by Kim Hughes so I inked it up. I even added some cake slices to the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping. Happy Wednesday!

Papertrey Ink Anniversary Celebration Take 2

Papertrey Ink is celebrating their 3rd Anniversary and as part of the celebration Nichole asked each of her designers to create a birthday graphic that they offered as a free download. For a chance to win a collection of stamp sets people were asked to create a card using the designs. Here's one of the cards I had a chance to make for the challenge.

This card uses a graphic designed by Tiffany Pastor. Check out her blog here.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're all having a wonderful week!

Embellish Color Challenge

Clear and Simple Stamps is celebrating their latest release of embellishments by sponsoring a fab challenge with Embellish Magazine. Play along with bold stripes against rich and sultry hues of purple and brown to win a Designer Mix prize pack of their products. We are talking about a major swag bag here: ink, cardstock, buttons, brads, clear block, ribbon, stamp cleaner, scrubber pad, and more.  Join in the challenge for a chance to win….

• COLORS: Purple, Kraft, Brown
  
• TWIST:  Incorporate your colors with the design element of stripes

Get creative and have fun here. Stripes can be added in lots of ways.  Try patterned paper, ribbon, stamping, scoring, etc.  With so many options you are bound to find a design element or embellishment that will just rock! Check out the Embellish Magazine blog for some seriously adorable and extra perfect digi papers for the challenge, designed by Ashley herself. Upload your card to the Embellish site for your chance to win.

The card above uses the Hero Dad set from Clear and Simple Stamps. The striped paper is one of the wonderful digital papers available from the embellish site. For the bottom card I used a couple of sets from Clear and Simple Stamps. I used the Summer Sentiments set for the flowers and the "Anniversary". I wanted a larger font for the "Happy" to fit in the book plate so I used part of the "Happy Easter" sentiment from the Easter Basket set.

 

That's right! Clear and Simple Stamps will be on blog talk radio Sunday, January 17th, at 2:00 PM!  Blog Talk Radio is an online radio station, and they will be featured on At Home with Victoria, a well known and highly respected journalist in the DC Metro area. And you may notice a familiar voice as our own Design Team member, Simone is a regular co-host for the show. 

Listeners may register for an email reminder to join the show on Sunday, January 17th.  Just go here.

One more item of business - be sure to grab your $5.00 off coupon if you're attending CHA the end of this month, use promo code: CRAFT61 You can get it here.

Come visit with Clear and Simple Stamps as they debut at the CHA Supershow in Anaheim, CA.  You will have a chance to meet with the owners and design team members throughout the weekend, as they host (6) fabulous make and take projects to get your creative mojo flowing. But wait, there is more! Clear and Simple Stamps will be unveiling their newest product at the Supershow.   CHA attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to be part of this live release. You do not want to miss this!  For a schedule of make and take times go here.  (I wish I could go - it's going to be a great time!)

Happy Birthday Dad!

Today is my Dad's 70th Birthday. Happy Birthday Dad!

'Lil Poppets from DigiStamp Boutique

Love the 'Lil Poppets characters from DigiStamp Boutique. They were designed after the children of fellow Design Team member Poppet (Paula Morfitt). I decided to use the "T.J - take that" image for today's card. The greeting was created on my computer.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful week!

SOTM: Clear and Simple Stamps

Stamp Of The Month: Get in Gear
Not quite Rosie from the Jetsons but just as cute are the adorable little robots in the Get in Gear set. And just like a robot to be prepared for all sorts of occasions. Use any of the 15 sentiments or the border stamp to create fun projects.

In addition to offering the $1 off incentive, below is the Copic SOTM bundle:

COPIC BUNDLE:
For September the bundle will include the Copic Trio Set: Blue 1

Copic Marker Bundle with the SOTM for the bargain price of $26 - that's a $15 stamp set and $15 Copic Marker Trio set combined at a $4 reduction in price - you won't find a better bundle anywhere! (HINT HINT...it will will be $25 if using the DTBlog $1 Discount too)

BLOG DISCOUNT CODE: DTBlog909

I'll be back with another post today for the SOTM Template. There's a cute little robot in store for you this month.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Get in Gear from Clear and Simple Stamps
  
• Ink - Timber Brown Stazon
  
• Paper - White, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green, DCWV Retro Prints
  
• Misc - SU Stampin Write Markers, Pop dots

Ready for a sneak peak?

Clear and Simple Stamps next release will happen on July 15th so how about a sneak peak of the MVP set that will be released next week as part of the Summertime Collection release. This is such a fun set to work with. Great for creating cards and gifts for your MVP and the coaches.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Clear and Simple Stamps Bravery Gent (star), MVP (available July 15th)
• Ink - Stampin Up Wild Wasabi and Tangerine Tango (for sponging on white), Colorbox Chalk Blue Iris, Palette Hybrid New Canvas (sponged on edges of card base)
• Paper - Stampin Up - Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White; Die Cuts With a View dp
  
• Misc - Nestabilities circle, tracing wheel, pop dots

Supplies:

• Stamps - Clear and Simple Stamps Bravery Gent (star), MVP (available July 15th)
• Ink - Midnight Blue Stazon; Vintage Photo Distress Ink; Stampin Up More Mustard and Riding Hood Red
• Paper - Stampin Up - Kraft, Riding Hood Red, More Mustard, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla
• Misc - Sewing machine

Supplies:

• Stamps - Clear and Simple Stamps MVP (available July 15th)
• Ink - Archival Jet Black, Palette Hybrid New Canvas
• Paper - Black, We Are Memory Keepers MVP collection
• Misc - Nestabilities Labels 1 set, fancy edge scissor, round tab punch, hole punch, ribbon, staples, white gel pen, black thread (whistle string)
• Pattern: Box in a Bag - The directions are available on Splitcoaststampers here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/boxinabag/

Be sure to check out the Clear and Simple Stamps blog along with the other design team members for more sneak peaks of the sets to be released on July 15th. Links to all of the design team members blogs are available on the right sidebar.

I will be showing more sneak peaks on my blog also so please stop back. Thanks so much for stopping. I hope you're having a great day!

Meet Bernard

Today I'd like to share a card using one of the new Benard images available from DigiStamp Boutique. Sally-Ann has created some wonderful new images for July including this little owl. I thought the Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy papers would compliment him perfectly. What do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you're having a great day!
Supplies:

• Images – DigiStamp Boutique Bernard
• Paper - Stampin Up White, True Thyme, Cosmo Cricket Mr Campy
• Ink - Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Ink
• Misc – Copics, Fiskars Circle cutter, Tracing wheel, Pop dots

CC223 Breezy Ruby Whispers

The color challenge for today (CC223) on SplitcoastStampers is Baja Breeze, Ruby Red and Whisper White so I pulled out my cardstock, inks and designer paper and got to work. I stamped the service man from Clear and Simple Stamps Bravery Gent set and the sentiment from their newly released Home set. Don't you think this would be a nice welcome home card?


Please leave me a link if you participate in the color challenge so I can check out your creation. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful day.


Supplies:

• Stamps -Bravery Gent, Home (Clear and Simple Stamps)
• Ink - Archival Jet Black
  
• Paper - White, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Watercolor paper
  
• Misc - Reinkers, Pop dots

For the Men in your Lives

Today I have a couple of masculine cards to share. The first card uses the Jim playing golf image from DigiStamp Boutique and the second card uses the DIY Jim image. DigiStamp Boutique offers a whole series of Jim images available here and here.

My husband is a golfer so this image was perfect for his birthday card. The card base is Kraft with a mat of Bo Bunny polka dot paper and a strip of Kraft. The image was colored with Copics and matted with a nice warm brown to match the polka dots.

For the second card I pulled out a sheet of Elsie double sided paper. Instead of stamping a greeting I used my Dymo label maker to create one. The edges of the lined panel were sponged with Palette Hybrid New Canvas ink. The image was colored with copics and matted on black.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are all having a wonderful week!