Peaceful Art

 

The 'Artfully Layered' stamp set and its coordinating 'Tropical Layers' is a great set to create masculine cards. Using the right color scheme truly helps make it more masculine. Thanks to Jo Blackman and her card for giving me a layout to work with AND design. I changed a few things to make it my own.

I used the 'Peaceful Prints' DSP for the background piece.

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Stamp set - Artfully Layered

Ink - Early Espresso, Garden Green

Paper - Crumb Cake, Copper Clay, Early Espresso, Lemon Lime Twist, Basic White, Peaceful Prints DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tropical Layers dies, glue dots

 

Thanks to You!

 

I created some 'Thank You! cards for the gifts people gave to Mike and myself for Christmas! Each one is unique to the person who gave us the gift yet the layout is the same!

Here are the dimensions for the panel pieces on the cards:

4in. x 1 1/4in. - colored cardstock (in this case: Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Crushed Curry and Soft Sea Foam, Basic Black)

4in. x 1/2in. - colored cardstock (in this case: Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Crushed Curry and Soft Sea Foam, Basic Black)

4in. x 3/4in. - Designer Series Paper (in this case: Rings of Love, Peaceful Prints, Dainty Flowers, Wonderful World)

4 1/4in. x 3in. Basic White, Basic Black, or Crumb Cake

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Stamp sets - Artfully Layered, Happiness Abounds, Go To Greetings

Ink - Mossy Meadow, Memento, Starry Sky, Fresh Freesia

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler, Starry Sky, Bubble Bath, Basic White, Basic White, Crumb Cake, Rings of Love DSP, Peaceful Prints DSP, Dainty Flowers DSP, Wonderful World DSP)

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Stone Embossing Folder, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Evergreen Forest Embossing Folder, Rectangle Stitched Dies

Rectangle Art

 

I really liked the look of La Fee Kiki's card (found on Pinterest). I wanted to create one similar, but with greens! Thanks so much for your inspiration Kiki!

I paired the 'Artfully Layered' stamp set with the Stone embossing folder. I used the Rectangle Stitched dies to cut out the sentiment.

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Stamp set - Artfully Layered

Ink - Evening Evergreen

Paper - Evening Evergreen, Mint Macaron, Basic White, Evening Evergreen DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Rectangle Stitched dies, Tropical Layers dies, Stone Embossing folder

Beautifully Layered

 

LeeAnn Greff's card was so elegant and stunning... I just knew I had to create one of my own. Thanks LeeAnn for your inspiration! I chose to use the colors that were in Tracy and Dan's wedding gold/red/white. Such a beautiful color combination during the Christmas season! As the wedding invitations back when they got married used snowflakes... I used the Wintry 3D Embossing Folder in the background! I know Tracy will LOVE all the little touches to highlight their wedding 9 years ago!

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Stamp sets - Artfully Layered, Beautiful Bouquet

Ink - Cherry Cobbler

Paper - Cherry Cobbler, Basic White, Gold Foil

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Wintry 3D Embossing Folder, Champagne Rhinestones, Seasonal Layers dies, Forever Flourishing dies, Tropical Layers dies, glue dots, Non-SU ribbon

Artful Parakeet

 

From Genevieve Ko's card... I was inspired to create my own card... making a dramatic color combo for my brother-in-law for his birthday. 

I paired Basic Black with Parakeet Party. The Parakeet Party really stands out on the Black background. I felt the background needed some dimension, so I embossed them with the Fern 3D folder.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp set - Artfully Layered

Ink - Memento

Paper - Basic Black, Parakeet Party

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tropical Layers dies, Fern 3D embossing folder

Layered Greetings

 

When I saw Paula Reid's card, the layout was so original and different... I just had to make one for myself using the stamps and papers that I had.  Thanks Paula for your inspiration!

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Stamp sets - Artfully Layered, Go To Greetings

Ink - Mossy Meadow

Paper - Mossy Meadow, Balmy Blue, Basic White, Painted Autumn DSP

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tropical Layers dies, Rectangle Stitched dies

Layered Brew

 

I really liked the background Sarah did for her beer mug focal piece. It looks like she used a different stamp set for the beer mug, so I just used what I had. 

The sentiment is from the 'Artfully Layered' stamp set.

The sprinkles are from the 'Artisan Textures' stamp set.

The squares are from the die-cut set called 'Layering Sqaures'

I added a Wink of Stella to the foam to make it shine.

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Stamp sets used - Brewed For You, Artisan Textures, Artfully Layered

Ink - Crushed Curry, Memento, Stampin' Blends (Gray Granite)

Paper - Crushed Curry, Basic White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Layering Squares dies, scissors, Wink of Stella

Artful Paradise

 

I chose to create a card based on the card from Stampin' Up! Most of it is the same, but made it my own with the different colors and sentiment piece.

My color combo here is Night of Navy/So Saffron/Crumb Cake

I used a stylus to run along the edge of my die-cut piece for the sentiment to make it pop.

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Supplies Used:

Stamp sets - Artfully Layered, Paradise Palms

Ink - Night of Navy, So Saffron, Crumb Cake

Paper - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Basic White

Accessories - Stampin' Trimmer, Stampin' Cut and Emboss Machine, Tropical Layers dies, Stitched Nested Labels dies, stylus