Sailing Home, Senior Years, Retirement Card, Stampin' Up!

Yesterday I made a super quick and easy card with a fun layout. SO today I thought I'd try another one. I do like this layout and I LOVE how quickly I can whip up a card.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. This card opens from the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 3" x 3" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "New Horizons" 6" x 6" stack. 

For the layer behind the DSP, I cut a 3-1/8" x 3-1/8" piece of Misty Moonlight card stock. When I cut my card stock that is going to be used with a thin layer, I cheat up the card stock a little. This measured 3-1/8", so I cut it on the larger side of the 3-1/8" line on my cutter. The card stock measured 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" and I cut the 3-1/8" piece on the shorter side so I would have a strip of card stock leftover. 

The boat from the "Sailing Home" set was stamped on the DSP using black Memento ink. Then the birds from the same set were stamped with black Memento ink too.

The words are from the "Senior Years" set and were stamped using black Memento ink.

I taped the card stock strip 7/8" from the folded edge.

The DSP was taped to the Misty Moonlight square. Then Dimensionals were added to the back of that piece and it was set in place on the card. 

Another quick and easy card to make. I like the way it turned out and will probably use this layer again in the future!! If I remember!! I say that about a lot of quick and easy cards I've made but I forget about them after making several other cards. LOL

Thank you SO much for stopping by to see today's retirement card,
Wanda

Sailing Home, Senior Years, Masculine Retirement Card, 2022 Stampin' Up! Spring Mini Catalog

After yesterday's "Hot Mess" of a card I decided to go with something a bit more simple (and not ugly!) LOL I found this card while surfing the net. You can see the original card here. This is a fun and easy card to make. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Misty Moonlight card stock and textured it with the "Painted Texture" embossing folder. I glued it to the card base.

The DSP is from the "New Horizons" 6" x 6" stack and was cut at 3" x 4-1/4". I cut a 3-1/8" x 4-3/8" piece of Basic Black card stock for the layer. 

I stamped the words from the "Senior Years" set on the bottom left using black Memento ink. I also used black Memento ink for the birds too. The birds are from the "Sailing Home" set.

I stamped the sail boat from the "Sailing Home" set using black Staz On ink on Vellum card stock. I die cut the boat after I set it dry for a few minutes.  I colored the bottom of the boat using Misty Moonlight ink and my blender pen. It didn't dry.  But it didn't matter. I colored it on the backside of the Vellum. I used my tape runner over the whole boat but it wouldn't stick to the colored part. But it was okay, the tape went on the bottom part of the image where the water is so there was tape all around. I set the boat in place and it was just fine. Even the part that didn't dry!

I took the layered piece and set it in place on the front of the card using Dimensionals and the card was done.

This was a very fun card to make. I enjoyed making it more (so much more) than I did with yesterday's card. And this one is not ugly!!! LOL

I forgot to add: Thank you for the comments yesterday. Gisela will be getting the card. But Mary and Christi, please email me and I will send you each a different card. Look to the right on the side bar where it reads: "Got a Question".  You will find my email there.  Thanks again!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop by and see today's masculine retirement card,
Wanda

Senior Years, Masculine Retirement Card, Well Suited, 2021-2022 Stampin' Up! Catalog

Third time is a charm, right?  The first time I posted this card I set it up to publish a week ago. I don't know what I was thinking, so I changed the date and deleted the post date I didn't want. I ended up deleting the whole thing. UGH.  SO I tried it again. I had it all set to post and noticed something I wanted to change. I went to change it and I didn't have any luck so I did the CTRL Z thing and it backed up once but I needed more so I did it again and it all disappeared.  I tried all of the other CTRL tricks to get it back and had no luck, so here I am again trying to remember what I typed so I get all the info in correctly.  UGH.

I found this card on Pinterest. You can see the original card here. I made a few little changes.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Pacific Point card stock.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock. I set this piece aside.

I cut a 3-5/8" x 3-1/2" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the Well Suited 12" x 12" package. I marked the right side at 2-1/2" and I set the piece on my paper cutter lining up the left bottom tip and the 2-1/2" mark and I cut the angle.  

Next I took a 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Pacific Point card stock and I die cut a 2-3/8" circle. I made sure the circle was die cut as close to the corner edges as possible to use the least amount of card stock as possible.. After die cutting the circle I cut a 1-1/2" strip off the Pacific Point card stock.  Then the tips at the bottom of the piece were made. You can snip them or punch them. I still had the "Triple Banner" punch so I used it. I'm too lazy to find center and snip.  Once the piece was done, I cut it to 2-1/2".  Because the DSP was checkered, it was easy to line up that strip to get it straight. I taped that strip to the back of the DSP. I set it on top of the Basic White piece so I could see where to stamp the words.

The words on the Basic White piece are from the same "Senior Years" set and were stamped using black Memento ink. Then I textured it using the "Tasteful Textile" embossing folder. You want to stamp your words first because it's very difficult to get a nice solid stamp when you stamp on top of texture. Once the texturing was done, I glued the piece to the Pacific Point card base.

Then I glued the DSP piece to the top of the textured Basic White piece.

I stamped the cute little man using black Memento ink and I fussy cut him out. I colored his hair, eyebrows, pocket edges, center of the belt and pants using the light Smoky Slate Blends pen. I colored is face using the light Petal Pink Blends pen. I used a black marker for his shoes and belt. And his vest was colored in using my Pacific Point marker. There's no Pacific Point Blends pen, I checked!! I then set him in place on the circle using Dimensionals.

I added Dimensionals to the circle and I set it in place over the DSP on the right.  A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was added to the inside of the card and the card was done.

This was a very fun, quick and easy card to make. I think it would make a nice Father's Day card or a birthday card too!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop by and see this cute retirement card,
Wanda

Senior Years, Retirement Card, 2020-2021 Stampin' Up! Catalog

I wasn't planning on making a retirement card, even though this was why I bought this set. I saw the "Happy" and didn't read any further.  The set does have a "Happy Birthday" image.  But it's okay, I can add this to my stash.

This was a fun and easy card to make.  The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Whisper White card stock.  This card opens on the right and the fold is on the left.  

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Daffodil Delight card stock. I didn't tape this piece yet.

I cut a 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Flowers for Every Season" 6" x 6" stack.

I cut a 1-1/2" strip from the same DSP pack.  I used the "Triple Banner" punch and punched the end.  And I did the same with a piece of Daffodil Delight card stock.  I taped the pieces to the DSP and trimmed the top.  I didn't measure the length of the strips since I was just going to trim the excess.

I stamped the lady from the "Senior Years" set using black Memento ink on Whisper White card stock.  I die cut the image using the oval die and I die cut a scalloped oval from the 4" x 5-1/4"  Daffodil Delight layer.  

I colored the lady in using my Blends pens. I used light and dark Daffodil Delight. Light Flirty Flamingo. Granite Gray light and Soft Suede light.  For the skin I used the light Petal Pink pen.

I taped the Daffodil Delight and DSP together and then taped those to the front of the card.

Then I taped the ovals together and set them in place on the front of the card using Dimensionals.

The words are from the same set and were stamped on Whisper White using black Memento ink. I set the words in place using Dimensionals.

I added some tiny pearls to the necklace and earrings and a few little bit larger ones to the front of the card. And that was it.

This was a very fun and easy card to make.  I love how colorful it is.

Thank you SO very much for taking the time to stop by today,
Wanda

Guy Greetings, Truly Tailored, True Gentleman, Father's Day Card, 2018 Stampin' Up! Occasions Catalog

I think I'm in the Mother's Day/Father's Day card mode.  I hope to get out of it soon, there's other cards I want to make!!!  I need to make some retirement cards, thank you cards and graduation cards too!  Plus anything else that crosses this busy brain!

I found a fun card on Pinterest and I was going to copy it but I ended up changing it.  What I liked most about the card was the use of the "Tailored Tag" punch and the "True Gentleman" Decorative Series Paper (DSP) and the corduroy ribbon.  I punched out my pieces using the "True Gentleman" DSP like I had seen on the original card. I was starting to set the pieces on the folded half-sheet of Night of Navy when I decided I didn't like the inside of my card to be dark. Not that I couldn't add a piece of Very Vanilla inside to write on, I just didn't want all that dark. So I cut my card stock to 4" x 5-1/4".  I taped down my punched pieces.  I wrapped a piece of the corduroy ribbon around the card front and taped the ends on the back.  I taped it in place on top of a folded half-sheet of Very Vanilla that was scored at 5-1/2".  This card was to open at the top. 

I stamped the words from the "Guy Greetings" set using Night of Navy card stock.  I added the bow tie from the "Truly Tailored" set using Night of Navy ink.  I die cut it using the stitched oval.  I was going to go with round but I needed a round circle that was WAY too big for the card.  I die cut a scalloped oval using Tranquil Tide card stock.  I taped those two pieces together and I added Dimensionals to the back.  I didn't expose the sticky side yet, I needed to see where I liked this oval best. I centered it, but I didn't like how it looked, so I turned the card so not it opens on the left side and I moved the words over a little so they weren't perfectly centered.  Though perfectly centered would look better now that I see it on the screen. Anyway, I do like how it turned out and it was a super quick card to make once I knew what direction I was going with it.

This would make a great dad birthday card or retirement card.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Wild About Flowers, Masculine Retirement Card, September 2017 Paper Pumpkin Alternative Card

Here's another card I made using the September 2017 Paper Pumpkin kit.  I am having a lot of fun with these leaf clusters. I put the leaf cluster together the way that the video instructed.

The base of this card is a folded half-sheet of Whisper White. On top of that I taped a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Soft Suede card stock.  And on top of that is a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Whisper White that was textured using the "Woodland" embossing folder.

The words are from the "Wild About Flowers" set and were stamped using Soft Suede card stock.  I used the "Classic Label" punch and punched the words out.  I also punched out 2 more using the Soft Suede card stock that is behind the tree layer.  I punched them before I taped the layers together.  I taped the words to the "Classic Label" pieces and then set them in place using Dimensionals.

I added Dimensionals to the leaf cluster and set it in place in the upper right corner.  And that was it, a pretty fast and nice retirement card.  This would also make a great masculine birthday card too!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

Colorful Seasons, Thoughts and Prayers, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Retirement Card

I found this fun card on Pinterest, so I just had to make it.  I found the original here.  

I thought it was a fun card to make.  

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Early Espresso. I took a piece from the "Wood Texture" Decorative Series Paper (DSP) 6" x 6" stack.

I stamped the flower image from the "Thoughts & Prayers" set. I used Early Espresso ink.  Next I used the largest "Stitched Circle" die to cut the image.

I stamped the words from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set. 

I die cut the chair and the branch from the "Colorful Seasons, Seasonal Layers".  

To keep the circle centered I used post it notes to hold the circle in place.  I added the Dimensionals on the outer part. I used snail on the circle.  Then I set it all in place on top of the card base.  I pushed the center circle to the card base and removed the post it notes.  Then I added the chair and branch using glue.  And lastly I added the tiny pearls to the flowers and that was it.

When I saw it, I thought it would make a great retirement card.

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda

A Swirly Bird and Teeny Tiny Wishes Retirement Card

Today I thought a fun summery card would be fun to make. And as you can see from yesterday's card that I have not put away the "Swirly Bird" stamp set yet.  If you saw my worktable you would see that I have not put a lot of stamp sets away!!! LOL  I don't do it until I have no more room to work or if I have people coming over!!!  I'm SO bad.

I was just thinking how fast summer seems to fly by after the 4th of July.  I thought I would make some more summer colored cards.  You can take a flower card and make it into any season by the colors you use.  Sail boats don't usually float around my neck of the woods in the winter. So I thought I should give it another try and this is what I came up with.

I also thought it would be fun to play with that wavy die too!! I want to see what else I can do with it. I'm sure there's more to it than just waves. I have to give it more thought (while it sits on my worktable!!!)  LOL

For the sun I used Crushed Curry ink and card stock.

The boat was stamped using Dapper Denim, Pool Party, and Marina Mist (stamped off once with that color only).  I used Real Red for the flag.  I suppose I could have stamped the flag along with the sail boat but I didn't, I did it separate and then cut it out separate.  

The wavy things were cut out using the framelit and Pool Party card stock.  To affix it I just put some white glue down on a piece of waxed paper and smeared it with my finger so I had a nice even layer. Then I set the wave thing on top to collect some glue.  And I set it in place on the card stock.  I don't have a fine tip glue pen and I think that even if I did, the glue on the waxed paper was SO much quicker and easier. It didn't make a mess. I just rolled up the piece of waxed paper and tossed it away. As simple as that!

I layered the card front on a folded half sheet of Marina Mist.  The more I look at it, the more I think the Dapper Denim would have been a better choice.  But it looks okay as it is.   

I was going to make it a masculine birthday card but I opted for a retirement card instead.  I used the words from the "Teeny Tiny Wishes" set.  Now I have one if I need one.  Though that doesn't usually fly with me.  I tend to make a fresh card when I need one, no matter what's in my stash!  Silly, I know!!

Thank you SO much for visiting today,
Wanda