Roller Coaster Birthday

 

My nephew-in-law loves roller coasters. Unfortunately, I do not have a roller coaster stamp set that I could use for a card. He and his wife (my niece) are expecting their first child in December, and I felt that the roller coaster analogy of life was pretty apt for his (and their situation). I found this cute, small graphic online.

I downloaded it so that I could use it with digital software - My Memories Suite. I added the text, suing the font 'Honey Script'.

After printing it on Basic White Cardstock and trimming it with my paper trimmer, I finished it the traditional way.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishment - Roller Coaster Scene (found online)

Font - Honey Script (black)

Paper - Granny Apple Green, Pacific Point, Poppy Parade, Basic White

Accessories - Paper Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder

Nailed Thoughts

 

Working on making a few masculine cards this month. This one for my Brother. 

Now, I know this set is retired, but it's such a lovely stamp set to use for a masculine card. Thanks to Ana Marie Palmerin and her card I found on Pinterest.... I knew I had to create a card that was similar. Thanks Ana Marie!

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Nailed It, Sending You Thoughts

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Balmy Blue, Color Lifter, Smoky Slate)

Paper - Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Neutrals DSP, Tranquil Textures DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Brick and Mortar Embossing Folder, Build It dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Banners dies

Timeless Bloom

 

I saw similar card layouts with this crooked background, so thought I'd try my hand at it. I used the 'True Love' DSP.

The stamped flower 'Blended Bloom' is colored in with Stampin' Blends - Cinnamon Cider, So Saffron and Pale Papaya. The stamped leaf, from the 'Timeless Tropical' stamp set, is colored in using Stampin' Blends - Granny Apple Green. The petals of the flowers have 'Wink of Stella' over them to make them shine.

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Stamp sets - Blended Bloom, Timeless Tropical, Best Year

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Granny Apple Green, Cinnamon Cider, So Saffron, Pale Papaya, Color Lifter)

Paper - Pale Papaya, Basic Black, Basic White, True Love DSP

Accessories - Paper Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Wink of Stella, In The Tropics dies

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Whiskey Tidings

 

My brother-in-law loves a good scotch, so when Stampin' Up! introduced the new stamp set 'Whiskey Business', I knew I had to get this set. Now, my Dad does love his whiskey too, but as his birthday and my brother-in-law's birthday are so close.... I didn't want to create two cards with the same theme. So... I'll design a different card for my Dad this year, and use the Whiskey Business set for him next year!

Now, I did utilize Pinterest in trying to find the perfect color combo in coloring in the images. I chose Bronze, Cinnamon Cider, Gray Granite and Mango Melody.... along with the color lifter on the ice cubes.

The Stitched Nested Labels die is cut at one end, and I used the straight edge dies cut within that set to die cut the straight edge.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Whiskey Business

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Cinnamon Cider, Gray Granite, Mango Melody, Color Lifter)

Paper - Cinnamon Cider, Basic Black, Basic White, Plaid Tidings DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stitched Nested Labels dies, dimensionals

Sudoku Birthday

 

My Dad's birthday is today! While trying to create a birthday card for him.... I gravitate to the tools stamp sets, as my Dad is really handy around the house. After creating one of those cards, I realized that I'd like to create a card that he can actually use/do. He loves the Sudoku puzzles.... and the harder the better. So, I downloaded an "Impossible" puzzle online and printed it out on Basic White cardstock.

I hope he will enjoy working this puzzle on his birthday!

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Happy Birthday Gorgeous

Embellishments - Sudoku Puzzle - online puzzle

Paper - Basic White, Misty Moonlight, Crumb Cake

Ink - Misty Moonlight

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Tasteful Labels dies, Misty Moonlight Ribbon

Happy Dino

 

Such a cute card by Stacey Marsh... I just had to create one of my own. I loved the added heart to the background. Thanks Stacey for your inspiration!

The heart die is from the 'Be Mine' die set.

The sentiment die is from the 'Tasteful Labels' die set.

The paper is from the 'Twinkle Twinkle' designer series paper.

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Supplies Used:
Stamp Set - Dino Days

Ink - Night of Navy, Pool Party

Paper - Crumb Cake, Basic White, Twinkle Twinkle DSP

Accessories - Paper Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Dino dies, Tasteful Labels dies, Be Mine dies, dimensionals, Baker's Twine, glue dots

Hoppy Pad

 

I love how this card came out! I was inspired by two of Narelle Farrugia's cards... which you can see here:

Thanks so much Narelle for your inspiration!

There was a lot of masking to create the scene you see here.

I stamped the frog  (from the 'So Hoppy Together' stamp set) first. Then placing a mask (scrap piece of paper cut out with the exact image of the frog) over the frog, I stamped the lily pad (from the 'Lovely Lily Pad' stamp set) that he is sitting on. I used the same technique for the big and small lotus blossom. I then masked (scrap piece of paper cut out with the exact images) each and every stamped image, and stamped with the 'Artisan Textures' stamp over the background for a water scene.

The sentiment is from the 'Sending You Thoughts' stamp set.

I used several different colors here:

The frog is in Mossy Meadow and So Saffron

The flower Petals are in Purple Posy and Highland Heather. The leaves are Just Jade.

The Lily Pads are Mint Macaron and Soft Sea Foam.

The textured background is in Pool Party (stamped off once on a scrap piece of paper to make the tone lighter)

I added a Wink of Stella to the flower petals to make them shine.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Lovely Lily Pad, Artisan Textures, So Hoppy Together, Sending You Thoughts

Ink - Memento, Pool Party, Stampin' Blends (So Saffron, Mossy Meadow, Just Jade, Mint Macaron, Soft Sea Foam, Purple Posy, Highland Heather)

Paper - Highland Heather, Basic Black, Basic White

Accessories - Wink of Stella

Vibrant Blooms

 

It took me a long time to create this card. Not sure what my creative block was. I started with a different vase and many stems coming from that vase. I guess less is more - right! LOL 

Now, I did add Shimmer Crystal Effects to the vase AFTER I took this photo, so the vase will have a 3D shimmer effect. AND, the flowers all have 'Wink Of Stella' added to them to make them shine.

I used the 'True Love' DSP for the background. Sets the feminine touch just nicely.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Vibrant Vases, Flowering Blooms, Little Ladybug

Ink - Memento, Stampin' Blends (Basic Black, Pineapple Punch, Daffodil Delight)

Paper - Basic White, Pineapple Punch, Basic Black, True Love DSP

Accessories - Wink of Stella, Shimmer Crystal Effects, Stampin' Trimmer, masking w/scrap piece of paper (to get only a portion of the flower stem)

Baseball Banner

My Godson loves anything baseball. I try to incorporate a baseball theme for his birthday each year... and this year is no different. I used My Memories Suite digital software to create this wonderful card for him.

The baseball is actually an image I found online... free clipart. Not sure who to give credit to.... so if it's yours..... please let me know, so I can give you credit! The image was actually a baseball on a white background... so when I went to add a shadow, it showed up as a square. NOT COOL!  The way around that, is to save your image as a paper on your computer (just save the file to your background papers). Then, by adding a circle shape (punch) to your design space... and choosing that image paper to encompass that circle shape. SWEET! Now, I can add shadows to all the baseballs.... and make them however size I need them to be.

The Banner is from Sugarmoon Designs... just changed the color to match my color combo.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishments - Baseball (free clipart online); Birthday Mini (banner-Sgrmoon)

Punch - Star (filled w/red and blue), Circle (filled w/Baseball)

Paper - Misty Moonlight, Poppy Parade, Basic White

Waterfront Catch

 

The 'Waterfront' stamp set is very versatile and helps in making many masculine cards. I wish it wasn't retiring. I paired the stamp set with the 'Evergreen Forest' 3D Embossing Folder.

The trees are stamped using Mossy Meadow and Evening Evergreen. The lighter shade is Evening Evergreen too.... just stamped on a scrap piece of paper and then stamped on the actual paper.

I added Crystal Effects to make the trees shine.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets - Waterfront, Best Catch

Ink - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Evening Evergreen

Paper - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow

Accessories - Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Evergreen Forest 3D embossing folder, Crystal Effects, Early Espresso Stitched Ribbon, Crumb Cake Bakers Twine

 

Tropical Stone

 

Creating a few masculine cards this month. I used a monochrome color scheme here - Very Vanilla, Early Espresso and Crumb Cake. The stamp set used is 'Peaceful Moments' for the sentiment. I used two different embossing folders for the background, along with two die cut sets. For the sentiment piece, I did use a stylus to run the edge of the die along the paper to make it 'Pop'.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Peaceful Moments

Ink - Early Espresso

Paper - Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Coastal Weave Embossing Folder, Tasteful Labels dies, Tropical dies, stylus, dimensionals, glue dots

Seashell Love

 

I really liked Narelle Farrugia's card, so wanted to create one of my own with a bit of changes to it.

Thanks Narelle for your inspiration!

I stamped the shells in either Night of Navy or Early Espresso. I then, colored in the images using Stampin' Blends of Soft Suede and Crumb Cake.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Friends Are Like Seashells

Ink - Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Stampin' Blends (Soft Suede, Crumb Cake)

Paper - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Basic White, Perfectly Artistic DSP

Accessories - scissors, Paper Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, dimensionals, Seaside Seashells

Groovy Love

 

Ha! Here's a card that the picture looks so different from what the actual card looks like.  This due to the fact I used the 'Grapefruit Grove' foil sheet to mat the background piece and the sentiment piece, plus the 'Little Numbers' dies. The camera shows the foil as more colorful. Groovy!

The sentiment is the only stamp set used on this card. It's from 'Here's A Card' set. The flowers are actual a Designer Series Paper.... Just cut out with scissors. Yes, those flowers are from the 'True Love' DSP (along with the polka dots paper).

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Supplies Used:

Stamp Set - Here's A Card

Ink - Memento

Paper - Basic White, True Love DSP, Grapefruit Grove Foil Sheet

Accessories - scissors, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies, Little Numbers dies, Tasteful Labels dies, dimensionals

Dental Graduate

 

My cousin just graduated from Dental Hygienist School... she is now a Registered Dental Hygienist! Congratulations to Kim! Now... I wanted to send a card, but did NOT have anything that was fitting for her career. So, I found this cute free clip art online of a tooth holding a toothbrush with his thumbs-up! Yay! I just added the graduation cap embellishment (another free clip art from online).

I paired it with the 'Sprinkled Expressions' Stamp Brush Set from Stampin' Up!.

This was all designed within My Memories Suite digital software.

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Supplies Used:

My Memories Suite digital software

Embellishment - Tooth and Graduation Cap (Free clip Art online)

Stamp Brush Set - Sprinkled Expressions (words)

Paper - Basic White, Merry Merlot, Gold Foil