The Open Sea Masculine Card

I found this card made by Mel at "A Stamp Addiction".  I did have to change a few little things because I did not have the same exact products as Mel did but it still worked out just fine.  I'm happy with how it turned out.  It's a great masculine card.

This is a very quick card to make too!  I used the "The Open Sea" set to do the ship, and I used the "Decorative Dots" embossing folder.  Oh and the words are from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.

The ship was stamped using black StazOn ink.  I used Cherry Cobbler card stock for the Modern Label and the larger 2-1/2" circle punch.  And I used some Soft Suede taffeta ribbon.  It was what I had on hand that matched the Crumb Cake card stock the best.

There's not a whole lot to say about this card. It's quick and easy to do and it's a wonderful masculine card. I need to make a few masculine cards.  I'm sending cards to my nephew who enlisted in the Army in May.  I figured it must be lonely for him so I thought I would send cards when I can.  I sent one a week and a half ago and I got a letter from him in the mail today.  I thought it was sweet of him to write even though I told him to save his writing time to write to his mom and dad.  He's a great guy!

Anyway, back to this card.  It's a fun card to make and I would love to make a bunch of them to sell for Father's Day next year!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Flower Shop Birthday

I found this card on Pinterest.  Where else???  LOL  I spend a considerable amount of time on there.  I just wish I would spend the same amount of time making things as I do finding them.  I think I will need 3 lifetimes to make everything I've pinned!!! Sound familiar?  

Anyway, I found this pretty card made by Deena and I just had to make it.  I LOVE Washi tape and I was in the mood to play with it.  This card was such a bright and cheery looking one that I just HAD to copy it.  I pretty much copied it exact except the wording is different and I also added pearls to the center of each flower.  

I like using Washi tape because it is quick and easy to use.  Just tape it on and tear the ends.  Or you can cut the ends if you want a cleaner look. The center yellow pieces were wrapped around the card stock and the other two colors were torn at the ends.

The flowers are from the "Flower Shop" set and set in place using Dimensionals.  Pearls were added to the center of each flower and it was a done deal!!!  So simple and every so quick.  Just the way I like it!!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Simply Sketched Birthday

I found this fun card made by Ingrid at "The Creative Grove".  It just so happened that I had that stamp set sitting out.  Along with a dozen other ones but we won't talk about my poor cleaning up habits after a stamping project.  Or any other project to be honest!!! LOL

So, needless to say the stamp set was sitting out and was within reach!  I used the beautiful flower from the set and the set and the birthday words.  The original card was a beautiful Crisp Cantaloupe sympathy card.  

I just loved the striking white look of this card.  It's the contrast of the minimal colors against the white.  I may have to make another one like this into a Mother's Day card.  It would be simple and quick enough to do.

The flower area measured 2" x 3-1/4".  The word piece was custom cut to fit the words used and the banner tips were cut in using the 1" square punch.  The base of the card is a half sheet of Whisper White card stock folded in half and the next layer was cut 1/4" less on two sides.

This would be a perfect Stamp a Stack card or layout for a Stamp a Stack.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Snow Day Winter Card

This is one of those cards you don't define as a Christmas card.  It's more of a "winter" card.  It can be used throughout the month of January as a thank you, a thinking of you or a birthday card.  And of course you can use it as a Christmas card in December!  Or a belated Christmas card!!! LOL

I more or less copied this card from Connie at Inkspired Treasures.  I tend to stalk her blog a lot.  Perhaps it's because I signed up for her emails and I get to see the new items as she posts them!!  There's a few changes to the card but the most of it is very similar to hers.

It's Christmas Eve and I'm off to get a few things done before the afternoon and evening festivities begin.

Have a fun and safe Christmas Eve,
Wanda

Festive Flurry Stamps and Die Plus Frosted Finishes Embellishments

WOW, isn't this a beauty?  I found it at the blog of Glenda Calkins.  I did change the bottom word part.  I didn't have the same words she used but in using what I had I made it work!

This card caught my eye on Pinterest and I knew I just had to make it.  I got to play with my silver foil paper and the glitter paper too!  Oh and also the "Frosted Finishes" embellishments.  I also saw somewhere on the net that someone made earrings and a necklace using these embellishments.  I think I'm going to give that a try too (as soon as I find my spool of neck chain!!).  

This was a very fun card to make and it's SO pretty too.

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

Color Me Christmas Christmas Card

I'm not sure why I bought this stamp set.  Maybe because it had a cutesie look to it!  I'm not sure.  But I have it and I need to make some cards with it.  

While surfing for some inspiration I ran a cross a card that looked much like this!  I say "much like this" because I had to change a couple of things on it because I didn't have the items.  I changed the ribbon and I changed the words.  The circle is also different. I used a circle punch and the original one was done using the Framelets Circle dies.  I don't have those yet.  I do have an older set of them but they are not Stampin' Up! and they don't have any of the same sizes in them.  So odd!  

I do like how the card turned out.  It's festive and fun!

The original card was made by Wendy Aungst.  I could not find her web site to link to it.  I did find the card in the page of cards here if that helps you to see the original!

I could see myself making a bunch of these cards.  As long as the decorative paper from the "Season of Style" pack holds out!!

Thank you for visiting today,
Wanda

A Simply Sketched Birthday

I thought this card was SO pretty when I saw it.  I found it at "Sleepy in Seattle".  I thought her card was so striking that I just HAD to make it.  You can see the original card here.  

I did change it every so slightly.  For my card I used Whisper White for the base.  I took a piece of Pool Party and cut it to 5-1/4" x 4".  Then I stamped the "Hello Doily" stamp using the White Craft ink.  I also embossed it using white embossing powder.  I had originally stamped one in white ink and then used the Heat and Sick powder with glitter but the white ink disappeared and all I saw was a clear doily with glitter.  It was pretty but not the look I was going for.  

I stamped the bird on a piece of scrap paper and punched it out using the 2" circle punch.  The Pool Party circle behind it is a 2-1/8" circle.  I set it in place using Dimensionals.  I added a piece of white Taffeta and then made and attached a bow.  

The words are from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  One of my favorite word sets.  On the original card the words are stamped directly on the Pool Party piece.  I didn't think I had enough room on my piece to do that.  I like how mine turned out and if you don't go to see the original card than you will think this one looks just fine too!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

The Open Sea Masculine Card

I do so LOVE "The Open Sea" set.  It's one of the few masculine sets Stampin' Up! sells.  I found this layout at Kari's "Teigerlily Designs" site.  I thought it looked like a nice crisp clean masculine card.  Oh and not to mention easy to make too!

I did change the color of the blue ink.  She had used Midnight Muse.  I used Night of Navy only because I didn't have any Midnight Muse decorative paper.  I also changed the design on the paper from some geometric shapes to polka dots.  It works for me.  I like the simplicity of the card and I like the colors I used.  The base of the card is Crumb Cake and Crumb Cake ink was used for the background image.  

White taffeta was tied around the card and tied in a knot on the front.  It doesn't get much simpler than that!  

I was going to label this post "Masculine Monday" but I opted not to because I figured when Monday rolls around next week I will have made a bright flowery card and have completely forgotten about Masculine Monday!!! LOL

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda 

Wetlands Masculine Card

I was doing a search for a fun "Wetlands" card that I could copy and I ran across this one made by Julia at Paper into Love.  There were other cards in my search but this one caught my eye and I knew I just HAD to make it!  So I did!!!

I found it to be a very fun and easy card to make.  I think I should have made the Whisper White background piece a bit smaller so more of the Soft Sky card base paper showed.  But either way it's still pretty.  

There were no instructions or measurements on the site so I will provide them for you here.  The top square is 1" and the square below it is 1-1/4".  Just stamp and punch!  You know you are going to love that!

Then I just guessed where to score the lines on the upper left.  I started at 3/4" from the right side and just scored 3 consecutive lines on my scoring board.  I also took a piece of card stock and just angled it so I knew how far down to go with each score line.  

The words came with the set.  Not much more to tell you about this fun and easy card!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

The Best of Halloween & Circle Framelit

 Today I thought it was safe to play with Halloween stuff. It's the 10th of September. I did wait until we were into September before I even glanced over at this set.  This is such a fun set.  I've always wanted to buy that house stamp but I never did.  Now I have a smaller version of it and like it much better! Plus there are 4 other images in that set that I had wanted to buy in the past but never did.  Now I have a smaller version of all of them in one set!!!  How fun is that?  And how fun is it that they fit in the new Circle Card Framelit die??? I am LOVIN' that to pieces!!!  LOL

 For today's card I actually got it off the net.  I saw this really long Halloween card and wondered how it was done.  I saw how you could elongate a card and I posted one last week.  You can see that one here.  Then I saw one even longer and I had to give that one a try.  If I had to pick one I just couldn't.  I like both sizes of long cards.  You can find the instructions to making this card here.  And there's a video on how to do this there.  I sometimes find videos frustrating.  I like things quick and to the point. I don't like watching people cut paper or tape things.  Just give me the details and let me make it.

So, if you don't want to watch someone tape and punch and cut then read on!

The Pumpkin Pie cardstock is cut 4-1/4" x 11".  A half sheet of card stock cut on the short side.  You need to feed it through the die like I told you about in the card I posted a couple of days ago.  You slip the cardstock over the wider part of the die toward the circle part, making sure the "blade" is on the bottom and your card stock rides over the frame on the opposite side of the "blade".  I took a post it note to use as tape to hold the cardstock and Framelit together.  I don't have the magnetic plate so I'm working with what I have.  Before you do this you will also need to add that piece of decorative paper on the left side because you want the half circle to be cut out perfectly.  That piece measures 1" x 4-1/4".  Only tape the top, bottom and the outside. If you tape all sides (like I did) part of it will show on the other side.  I taped mine so well that it tore the paper when I tried to remove it.  SO I had to start again.  Now you are ready to use your Big Shot.  Run it through until you pass the circle and back it out.  You don't want the back end of the frame making a score line like the card the other day did.  Once it's cut, remove the post it and go back to your work station!!!  You will need to score the cardstock at 7".  7" from the left going towards the right.  Next I added my Washi tape and then stamped the owl in the tree image.  The other images were stamped on Whisper White cardstock and taped in place. And lastly the larger piece of decorative paper went on.  It was cut at 3-3/4" x 4"  And that was it!!  Now go make one yourself!! It's fun!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Sympathy Circle Thinlits Die Card

 Today I needed a sympathy card. My uncle passed away and in a little while we are off to the memorial service.  As I was surfing the net, stalking blogs or just snooping around (you pick whichever one fits the best!!!), I ran a cross this card made by Sandy at her "Udderly Awesome Stamping from the Heart" blog.  I am having a lot of fun with this new Thinlits die.  

There is a little difference between my card and Sandy's.  I used a 1/2 sheet of cardstock and fed it through the die so it didn't cut off the back side of the card.  That part of the cardstock went over the frame and the rest of the cardstock went under like normal.  Then you run it through your Big Shot and it makes a light scoring mark where the frame gets squished against the paper but doesn't cut it.  I still use my scoring tool to make a better mark.  After all, it is a half sheet of cardstock!!! LOL  I just like to have a nice crisp fold there.  

Then the fun starts.  I used the Dotted folder to get the texture dots on the left side. I stamped the birds in branches from the Serene Silhouettes set.  My decorative paper came from the Modern Medley pack.  And I used the "Thoughts & Prayers" set for the words on the scalloped piece and on the right piece.  That is how big the piece is that you fold over when you use a half sheet of cardstock.  I folded the card up and of course had to open it to see how cool it operates and it's now ready for me to write something in and off we go to the service.

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Six Sided Sampler Birthday Card

While surfing the net (again! or should it read "still!"  LOL) I ran across this fun card.  I found it at Becky's Scrapin' and Stampin' blog, the August 29th post.  Becky had done hers using decorative paper and hexagon punch.  I wanted to see if I could do it with just the rubber stamp and ink.  I did use my Stamp-a-ma-jig to get the hexagons lined up as well as I could.  You have to be REALLY good with that thing to get them perfect.  It may have been easier to just punch out the paper.  I couldn't do that, I don't have a lot of that paper left.  And no, I'm not hoarding it!!! LOL  Becky also used Prima flowers on her card.  I made paper ones.  

For my card I used the Six Sided Sampler set with black StazOn. I used the Boho Flower punch to make my Real Red flowers.  I added a pearl to the center of each flower after I glued them in place.  The words are from the Simply Sketched Hostess set and the card is made using Whisper White cardstock.  

Even with using the Stamp-a-ma-jig it was a pretty simple and quick card to make.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Off the Grid meets Gingham Garden Washi Tape

This has to be one of my most favorite cards that I have made lately.  I LOVE the colors and I LOVE the Washi tape.  I found this card at Amy's Paper Craft's.  I feel like I have camped out at her blog lately!!! LOL  

This card was extremely simple to do.  First I stamped the grid image from the "Off the Grid" set.  Then I sprayed it with a mix of Strawberry Slush and rubbing alcohol.  You're suppose to use a higher percent of alcohol, not the 70%.  I had read that somewhere a while back.  I think that was for the spraying.  Well, I didn't have the higher percent of rubbing alcohol so I just used what I had.  I think it worked out fine.  I got the effect I was looking for and it dried almost instantly.  I did give it two sprays.  Probably a little more than it needed but it's ok, I still like it.  And I could make a lot more cards like this because I mixed up a whole little bottle of the spray! LOL  I don't know what I was thinking.  But it's ok, it's not like it's so expensive that you can't empty the bottle out.  

Next I stamped the words.  I wanted to make sure the spray was completely dry before I added the tape.  The words are from the "Express Yourself" Hostess set.  Then I punched out the flowers and taped them together.  I added a Candy dot to the center and a Dimensional to the back.  Now I was ready to add the Washi tape.  I just set the tape down on the paper and rolled off what I needed and tore it.  Only two of the 3 tapes in the pack were used here.  

Isn't it a fun card?  I don't know if it's the Strawberry Slush on the Whisper White that is making me really like this card or if it's the sprayed background.  That is where my eyes go when I look at it.  But it doesn't matter, I like the card and that's what's important, right?

Thank you ever SO much for visiting my blog today,
Wanda

Labeled Love Birthday Card

Today's card comes to you from Amy Oniell's Blog.  And as usual, I did make a couple of changes.  One I used different ribbon and instead of the button on top of it I used a clay flower.  And I used a different image from the "Labeled Love" stamp set.  I was looking for a card that used the paper doily.  I have a whole pack of them (minus one or two) and i wanted to find some cards that I could use the doily on.  I tried a card on my own and I thought it turned out rather ugly.  SO my next choice was to go surfing to find some beauties out there to copy and make me feel good about owning a package of paper doilies!!!  LOL

The base of my card is Daffodil Delight.  On top of that is a trimmed piece of Pacific Point and on top of that is the Gingham Garden decorative paper.  I used the "Tastefully Trim" Sizzix die for the large gingham scallop.  I did have fun making this card.  It had a lot of pieces but once they all were put together I rather enjoyed it.  And I got to use a doily!!!  LOL

Thank you SO much for stopping by today,
Wanda

Gorgeous Grunge

I found this card on the net.  It was made by Becky at Scrappin' and Stampin' in GJ.  I'm not sure what the GJ means, I didn't find anything on her blog that said what it means but it's where she's stamping!!!  

I did make a little change to it.  I didn't have any real buttons so I used the Sizzlet ones and I'm ok with that.  Now the card can be mailed without any extra postage.  And I used a different texture on the side.  I didn't have the Chevron folder so I just used what I had.  

The words are from the "Express Yourself" hostess set and the set used here is "Gorgeous Grunge".  The more stuff I see made with this set the better I like it.  I wasn't too sure of why I had bought it but now I'm glad I did.  

The colors used here are Island Indigo, Strawberry Slush, Smoky Slate and the buttons were done using Pool Party cardstock.

This was a very simple card to make.  It does have a lot going on in it but it's actually pretty simple to do!  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Gorgeous Grunge Thank You Card

Today's card was cased at "Scrappin' and Stampin'.  I have found some fun cards there.  Check out Becky's  blog if you have some time.

I liked this card because it reminded me of those melted crayon pictures I've seen on the net.  I want to make one of them someday too!  I will probably gather the crayons a week or so after school starts.  That's when the stores start clearancing them out.  I buy my craft scissors at that time too.  I go through a lot of them with beading.  The FireLine just wrecks scissors and I avoid using my good scissors on that stuff!  

Ok, onto this fun card.  I started out with the Daffodil Delight in the center.  Then I used Garden Green, Pacific Point and Eggplant Envy.  Then on the other side of the yellow I used Pumpkin Pie, Real Red and then I finished off that end with Eggplant Envy.  After I stamped the lines I cut my cardstock.  And get this, I didn't even use the Stamp-a-ma-jig to do this!!!  It was easy enough to line up the image.  I buy the clear block stamp sets so I can see through the block to know where the image will go.

The words are from the new"Another Thank You" Photopolymer stamp set.  I LOVE them! They are totally clear and you can see EXACTLY where they are going to stamp.  And they stick extremely well to the clear blocks.  You can even scrub hard on your stamp scrubber and they don't come off.  I hope Stampin' Up! comes out with more of these.  And they are a lot cheaper than the other stamp sets!!!  I LOVE that too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Gorgeous Grunge Birthday

I found this card at "Dawn's Stamping Thoughts" blog. I had been blog surfing and I ran across this card that Dawn had posted and I just LOVED it.  It is really SO much prettier in person.  There is a slight difference in my card.  I used some in color decorative paper.  I didn't have the black paper that she had used.  But it still worked.  Oh and I changed the words and the way they were cut out.  Plus I added some rhinestones to the butterfly.  I just thought this was such a stunning card that I actually obsessed about it until I finished making it!!!  LOL  I have to say, I was very pleased with it when I finished it.  I love the colors and the layout is nice too.  

Thank you SO much for visiting today,Wanda  

A Flower Shop Birthday

Today my card is cased (sort of) from Amy at "Amy's Paper Crafts." I say "sort of" because I made a few subtle changes.  I didn't have the same scallop dies or the same wording or the same decorative paper.  But the layout is the same. It looks a lot like Amy's card but in a different color scheme.  I did change the flowers too.  She had made only one flower using this image and the other two were done using two of the other flowers in the set.  It was a fun card to make though!!!

I started out with a half sheet of white folded in half.  Then a piece of the in color decorative paper cut at 4" x 5-1/4".  The white strip is cut at 5-1/4" x 1-7/8".  The black strip was a bit trickier.  I used the Edgelits Adorning Accents die.  I cut one side and then I set the white piece on top and lined up the die to match the already cut side.  I set in place on my cardstock using a couple of sticky notes.  I taped the black piece to the white and then added the ribbon.  I cut my ribbon and taped the ends to the backside.  Then I tied a bow to the front.  I prefer to do that on my cards because it's not only easier but I can always get my bow in the exact spot where I want it!  

I stamped the words on, they are from the "Simply Sketched" set and then I taped the decorative paper to the front of the card.  I did mark the center of the white piece so I knew where to put the yellow flower and then I just eyed it for the other two flowers.  I used the Boho Flower punch to get the pieces for the centers of the flowers and lastly I added a large pearl to the center of each flower.  Oh and the flowers were set in place using Dimensionals.  As simple as that.  It sounds like a lot of stuff but it went together very quickly. Hmm, could that be because the flowers are punched out and not cut by hand???  Ya gotta LOVE that!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Blooming With Kindness

While surfing the net and of course Pinterest I ran across this fun card.  I am so loving the simplicity of it and yet it has an elegant look to it.  I can see doing these as a set of cards for a gift for a friend and using different colors too!  I may give that a try in a few days.  I have a list of things I want to make first.  I'd LOVE for that list to stop growing for a while!!! LOL

Ok, so onto this fun card.  I found it at Scrapin' and Stamping.  

To make this card I used Primrose Petals cardstock and ink pad.  I stamped the large Blooming with Kindness image on the bottom part of the folded cardstock.  I used ink instead of VersaMark.  VersaMark would probably show up a little bit lighter.  I didn't even think about using it because I had the ink there and I didn't want to wash off my rubber stamp to use ink on it later.  Talk about lazy!!! LOL 

My Whisper White focal panel is cut 3" x 4-3/8" and the Basic Black piece behind it is cut 3-1/8" x 4-1/2".  I stamped the flower on the white piece and then I just used the stamp again (without reinking it) on the right side and then I stamped on the cardstock in the bottom center and off to the right a little where there was a white gap that I didn't like seeing.  All that from one inking!

The words are done in black StazOn using the Simply Sketched set.  And that was it.  Talk about quick, simple and elegant all in one card.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Flower Shop Birthday Card

I found this card by Julia at Paper into Love while surfing over a week ago.  I became obsessed by it.  I couldn't wait to find time to recreate it.  I just loved the colors and of course this fun image from the set of 6 flowers.  This card is such a bright and cheery one too!  It just makes me feel happy when I look at it.

It was super easy to make too.  The ink colors used here are Coastal Cabana, Pistachio Pudding, Daffodil Delight, Crisp Cantaloupe and Strawberry Slush.  The words were done using black StazOn.  And those words are from the "Perfect Pairs" set.  

The base of the card is Pistachio Pudding and the centers have the new Dazzling Diamonds replacement.  I'm not sure of what the name of that product is right now.  I don't have my catalog with me right now and my memory fails me. 

This was a very fun card to make and I would love to make more.  This is the kind of card you would want to do on an assembly line type setup.  Just lay out the cardstock and stamp all of one color first and them move on to the next and so on.  I didn't like making just one card only because I had to wash off the ink from the first color and move to the next and make sure the stamp was dry.  It would have been SO much easier making 4 cards at one time.  But much to my regret I didn't.  This would make such a pretty get well card too!  And a thinking of you card as well!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda