Masculine Birthday: Celebrate You

Today's card is for the Late Night Stampers Challenge #72: Masculine Cards! Father's Day is coming up in June, so what better cards to be working on than for good ol' dad?? Sometimes, I hear many of my stampin' friends have a hard time making cards for guys, but if we keep them clean with hardware finishes and masculine colors, it's a snap!

When designing this card, I also wanted to feature another of my favorite colors that I will be saying a fond farewell to in the Color Renovation: Sage Shadow. I used it for the base of the card and the punched-star accents.

Have you ever tried out the Stampin' up! Crimper? This is an "oldie-but-goodie" tool I love to use for adding a little extra texture and "umph" to projects because it is so simple and easy to use, not to mention FAST! It just zips right through the crimper and in seconds I have beautifully textured cardstock. I used the crimper on the chocolate chip strip of cardstock.

Ready to have some Stampin' fun?? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

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~Heather

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Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps: A Little Birthday Cheer, Starring You
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand
Paper: To the Nines DSP, Sage Shadow, Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Tools: Large Star Punch, Star Punch, Crimper, Paper-piercing tool and mat pack
Embellishments: Vintage Brads

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Birthday Bliss

 

Did you know there are just two weeks of Sale-A-Bration left?? Where has all our shopping time gone?!? ;)

Today's card is a masculine birthday card, because, hey with EIGHT (yes, EIGHT!) brothers, you betcha I have a definite need for making boy birthday cards! Whipping up a Sanity Saver card (cards in 15 minutes or less) helps me keep my sanity while I'm at it. Happy 30th Birthday, James!!! (we'll see if my brother ever checks out my card-making blog!)

 

Birthday Bliss (115442), featured on this card, is one of the MANY stamp sets you can choose for free when you order $50. I have loved being able to choose from so many stamp sets this year, so PROPS to Stampin' Up! this year! CLICK HERE to see all the stamp sets you can choose from in the Idea Book and Catalog IN ADDITION to all the punch, designer paper, and limited edition stamp sets in the Sale-A-Bration catalog.

Ready to have some Stampin' fun?? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

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Happy Stampin!
~Heather

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Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps:Birthday Bliss (115442), Woodgrain background (117100)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908), Really Rust (102549), Old Olive (102277)
Paper: Chocolate Chip (102128), Really Rust (100661), Old Olive (100702), Not Quite Navy (101722), Very Vanilla (101650)
Tools: Small Oval punch (107304), star punch (109045), Wide Oval punch (112082)
Embellishments:
Vintage Brads (109109)

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Celebrate a Man in Your Life

 

Ever have trouble making cards for the man in your life? Me too!! It's so hard to keep myself from adding bows and buttons...sugar and spice and everything nice! How do we stick to "snips and snails and puppy dog tails"...??

Stampin' Up! has made our job a little bit easier with the "To the Nines" specialty designer series paper. It is a cover-weight (extra think), textured card stock in masculine colors and patterns. The mod pattern on today's card comes from that set of DSP. Here's a peek at the whole set:

I was inspired to make this card because this week's Late Night Stampers Challenge is to make a masculine card. Want to join in the fun, too? Be sure to join our group!

Helpful Hint: The key to guy-approved cards is keeping them clean and simple with nice lines and masculine colors and finishes. Instead of embellishing with ribbon, try hardware (like the jumbo eyelets-108432)!

Want to see more Masculine cards? Check out my Guy Gallery!

Ready to have some Stampin' fun?? All of the supplies I used are listed below. Just CLICK HERE to go to my Stampin' Up! website to order any of the supplies you need. Once you get there, click on "Shop Now" in the upper right hand corner, and use the item numbers listed below.

Need a hard copy of the catalog to call your own?? Email me and get the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog for just $9.95.

Happy Stampin!
~Heather

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Stampin' Supplies (and item numbers):

Stamps:Celebrate Everything (114942)
Ink:Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad (105208)
Paper: To the Nines Specialty DSP (114038), Whisper White (100730), Sage Shadow (101563), Sahara Sand (105328)
Tools: Crop a Dile (108362)
Embellishments:Jumbo Eyelets in Pewter (108432)

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I've been a little crazy with color lately! Maybe it's all this SNOW!! I can't believe it, Mother Nature is taunting me with sunny days and then she dumps down a bunch more snow. I just can't wait for Summer time and maybe I'm trying to coax things along a little. :) I saw this picture in my Architechural Digest magazine, and boy, I was definitely in the mood to be laying under one of those lovely yoyo yellow umbrellas and taking a dip in that brilliant blue pool. Even if I can't get out the bikini just yet, at least I got some great color inspiration!

I am really loving this whole Mojo Monday thing. The inspiration for this layout came from this week's Mojo Monday sketch, shown here. I think this card could definitely work as a Guy Gallery card and as a Kid's Korner card. What do you think? It seems like almost every time I make a Guy card, I think, "This could be a kid's card, too!" Funny how those two do seem to go together quite a lot! hehe. :) Stamps: Say it with Scallops (111678), Congrats (113770, FREE with $50 order before March 31st!) Ink: Really Rust (102549), Brilliant Blue (100691) Paper: Really Rust(100661), Yoyo Yellow(102824), Brilliant Blue (100721), Whisper White(100730, TIP: order the Neutrals package-108588-and get 6 sheets of all the neutrals including whisper white for only 45 cents more!), Old Olive (100702) Tools: Scallop Edge Punch (112091), 1-1/4" Square Punch (104400), Star Punch (109045) Embellishments: 1/4" Grosgrain Old Olive Ribbon (111368) Other Project Must-haves: Mini-glue dots (103683), Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049), SNAIL (104332)

Versatile and FAST Birthday Wishes

As I mentioned, I have been on an Urban Garden DSP rampage lately, and today's card is no exception! I created this birthday card because I wanted a card that could easily be given to guys (I have 8 brothers!) but would also work for women. Here are the two versions I came up with by just swapping out the DSP pattern.

When I make cards for guys, I try to keep it simple with clean lines and not too much embellishment. Plus, with so many guys to make cards for, this one is definitely a SANITY SAVER! (15 minutes or less)

The Sincere Salutations stamp set is an absolute must-have! If I were only allowed to have one greeeting set, this would be it. ALL of the greetings come in so handy!

Stamps: Sincere Salutations (115068)

Paper: Basic Gray (108692), Urban Garden DSP (my Fave!!) (112042), Kiwi Kiss (111353), Baja Breeze (111352), Whisper White (100730)

Ink: Basic Gray (109120)

Tools: Ticket Corner Punch (107214), Photo Corners Punch (109042)

Embellishments: 1/4" White Grograin Ribbon (109025)

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Make a Wish

Here is a card I put together for a make-and-take at an in-home boutique. I love this card! The bright colors, glitter, and texture make it a fun one. It works for guys and kids (funny how those two so often go together)! I used my two-way glue pen along the base of the "icing" and then sprinkled chunky essentials glitter. To color the sprinkles and candle, I pressed my ink pad into its lid and then daubed my blender pen in the ink to get that nice watercolor look. For that cool "accordian" strip with the Tangerine Tango cardstock, I alternated scoring big-little-big-little sections on the tangerine tango cardstock, and then folded the cardstock over on itself. The greeting is first stamped with versamark, and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. Stamp Sets: Crazy for Cupcakes (11618), Little Bits Wheel (109691), A Little Birthday Cheer (retired) Paper: Pacific Point (111350), Tangerine Tango (111349), Baja Breeze (111352) Ink: Baja Breeze (111833), Basic Black (101179), Versamark (102283) Tools: White embossing powder(109132), Blender pens (102845), Summer Sun marker (100077), Paper Cutter with scoring blade (104152), Powder Pal (102197), Heat Tool (100005) Embellishments: Two-way glue pen (100425), Chunky Essentials glitter (108797), Twill Tape(105245), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430) Click Here to Order Online! (24/7)