Man Up

Welcome to another Create with Connie and Mary Saturday Blog Hop!  This week our theme is MAN UP so we are featuring MASCULINE cards!



Masculine cards are usually harder than flowery, girly cards.  So, I did spend a little extra time pondering today's card.  I had zero, yes I said ZERO ideas.  It happens to all of us at some point.  What do you do when you need a little spark of creativity??  I usually look to the catalog to re-visit the stamps and ideas that made me love them to begin with.  For today's card, the spark I needed came from looking through the main catalog and seeing the sentiments in PERFECT PENNANTS.



"Sending Good Thoughts Your Way" made me think of the car in Beautiful Ride.  What a perfect sentiment to put with a car!  Then, I decided to change it up a little and cut out the middle and replaced it with "love".



An unusual aspect to this card is the designer paper.  This striped pattern, from the Have a Cuppa DSP Stack, was the source of my color pallet. Yep, a girly pack of paper had a pattern perfect for a masculine card, I guess you just never know!



And since I couldn't add a bunch of bling with sequins (not very masculine!) I added vellum clouds for extra texture and interest.  Ok...ready for the supplies to make your own??

SUPPLIES:

STAMPS:  Beautiful Ride, Perfect Pennants


INKS: Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red


MARKERS:  Pool Party, Versa Mark Pen with Smokey Slate

PAPER: Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Vellum Cardstock (clouds), Have a Cuppa DSP Stack, Pool Party (stack of suitcases)


ACCESSORIES: Tree Builder Punch, Paper Snips, Stampin' Trimmer, SNAIL, dimensionals


Next, let’s check out what the rest of the Design Team has for us today. Click Previous to visit the very talented Mary Brown and Next to see the very talented Debbie Henderson.



Thanks for hopping with us, we love inspiring you!  Happy Stamping!

Good Thoughts

Lately I've gotten into more clean and simple cards.  Today's was inspired by the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.

This card is most certainly crisp and clean with Whisper White as the card base.

The color inspiration came from my stash of washi tape.  The bottom layer is from Stacked with Love Washi in the Occasions Catalog, I love the stripes.  I also wanted to pull in a cheerful color, so the next layer is the Hello Honey washi tape from the Happiness Is Project Life Accessory Kit.

With a clean card base comes a clean focal point.  The sentiment from Perfect Pennants is in Memento Tuxedo Black with a sweet little Hello Honey envelope below.

Did you notice anything different about this card??  I restrained myself and didn't add one single sequin or rhinestone....can you believe it!!   The only extra splash of color came from the little Cherry Cobbler heart on the envelope.  Are you wondering where the envelope came from??  Well, it's in the super cute set About the Label in the Annual Catalog.  I love that it's just the outline of the envelope, it has a super clean look.  And lastly, the sweet little heart was made with the Hearts Border Punch, it was just the right size!

If you haven't given the clean and simple look a try, why not?!  It's a great way to get in your stamping time when you are super busy.

Until next time, happy stamping!

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Good Thoughts

Lately I've gotten into more clean and simple cards.  Today's was inspired by the sketch challenge from Freshly Made Sketches.

This card is most certainly crisp and clean with Whisper White as the card base.

The color inspiration came from my stash of washi tape.  The bottom layer is from Stacked with Love Washi in the Occasions Catalog, I love the stripes.  I also wanted to pull in a cheerful color, so the next layer is the Hello Honey washi tape from the Happiness Is Project Life Accessory Kit.

With a clean card base comes a clean focal point.  The sentiment from Perfect Pennants is in Memento Tuxedo Black with a sweet little Hello Honey envelope below.

Did you notice anything different about this card??  I restrained myself and didn't add one single sequin or rhinestone....can you believe it!!   The only extra splash of color came from the little Cherry Cobbler heart on the envelope.  Are you wondering where the envelope came from??  Well, it's in the super cute set About the Label in the Annual Catalog.  I love that it's just the outline of the envelope, it has a super clean look.  And lastly, the sweet little heart was made with the Hearts Border Punch, it was just the right size!

If you haven't given the clean and simple look a try, why not?!  It's a great way to get in your stamping time when you are super busy.

Until next time, happy stamping!

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Make a Wish

It's Thursday so there is a new challenge from Create with Connie and Mary.  This week we have a color challenge, take a look.

I love this color combo, perfect for a masculine card.  I am always in need of birthday cards, so I went with that.

The card base is Smokey Slate, perfect for the bolder colors that are paired with it.  A strip of Summer Starfruit embossed with the Arrows EF becomes the background for the focal point.  I love how the Summer Starfruit pops against the gray, the colors look great together!

The focal point is pretty simple yet bold.  I stamped "make a wish" with Pacific Point on Whisper White and die cut it with a Banner Framelit.  I stamped the greeting a second time with Summer Starfruit and cut out the center.  I added that piece to the banner to add color to the greeting.  I first laid the white banner on the Pacific Point DSP, but it just wasn't right.  So, I adhered the banner to Summer Starfruit card stock and cut a slender matting.  That little bit of color made the focal point look just right!  A few Pacific Point Candy Dots scattered around makes the card complete.

There is lots of inspiration from the Design Team over at Create with Connie and Mary, I hope you will check it out and join along!!

There is also more inspiration on the way....we are in Preview Week for the new Card "Create"tions Collection.  There are FREE tutorials this week plus BLOG CANDY up for grabs.   What is the collection about?  Well, lots of cards!!  We have loads of ideas for you, here's the details.....

• 3 weeks of FABULOUS card ideas - 18 different sets (not including our two Preview sets). 


• Each SET is presented with 4 cards...for a total of 72 EXCLUSIVE card ideas NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE!


• Each Saturday we will each do a small favor as a bonus item using the same set we use during the week.   These WILL be displayed publicly but only subscribers will see the cards!


• Featuring designers:  Melissa Davies, Debbie Henderson, Deb Currier, Nicole Tugrul, Connie Babbert, and Mary Brown

The Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions PREVIEW is this week March 25-29 and the session runs from March 30 thru April 19!


I hope you'll join us for this amazing collection, we love to inspire you!  Head back over here tomorrow for a fun BLOG HOP from the Card "Create"tions Design Team and we'll kick start your Spring creating!

Thanks for visiting!  Happy Stamping!

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Make a Wish

It's Thursday so there is a new challenge from Create with Connie and Mary.  This week we have a color challenge, take a look.

I love this color combo, perfect for a masculine card.  I am always in need of birthday cards, so I went with that.

The card base is Smokey Slate, perfect for the bolder colors that are paired with it.  A strip of Summer Starfruit embossed with the Arrows EF becomes the background for the focal point.  I love how the Summer Starfruit pops against the gray, the colors look great together!

The focal point is pretty simple yet bold.  I stamped "make a wish" with Pacific Point on Whisper White and die cut it with a Banner Framelit.  I stamped the greeting a second time with Summer Starfruit and cut out the center.  I added that piece to the banner to add color to the greeting.  I first laid the white banner on the Pacific Point DSP, but it just wasn't right.  So, I adhered the banner to Summer Starfruit card stock and cut a slender matting.  That little bit of color made the focal point look just right!  A few Pacific Point Candy Dots scattered around makes the card complete.

There is lots of inspiration from the Design Team over at Create with Connie and Mary, I hope you will check it out and join along!!

There is also more inspiration on the way....we are in Preview Week for the new Card "Create"tions Collection.  There are FREE tutorials this week plus BLOG CANDY up for grabs.   What is the collection about?  Well, lots of cards!!  We have loads of ideas for you, here's the details.....

• 3 weeks of FABULOUS card ideas - 18 different sets (not including our two Preview sets). 
• Each SET is presented with 4 cards...for a total of 72 EXCLUSIVE card ideas NOT SEEN ANYWHERE ELSE!
• Each Saturday we will each do a small favor as a bonus item using the same set we use during the week.   These WILL be displayed publicly but only subscribers will see the cards!
• Featuring designers:  Melissa Davies, Debbie Henderson, Deb Currier, Nicole Tugrul, Connie Babbert, and Mary Brown

The Create with Connie and Mary Card "Create"tions PREVIEW is this week March 25-29 and the session runs from March 30 thru April 19!


I hope you'll join us for this amazing collection, we love to inspire you!  Head back over here tomorrow for a fun BLOG HOP from the Card "Create"tions Design Team and we'll kick start your Spring creating!

Thanks for visiting!  Happy Stamping!

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Life is Wonderful

Welcome!  Today I have a fun and simple card to share that I made for the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  First, let me show you the sketch.

I love how this card turned out, simple yet beautiful.

The whole design for this card came from the tag in the center.  It comes from the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit.  I love that the kit is great for cards as well as tags.  I went with the Calypso Coral tag since it coordinates well with the Sweet Sorbet DSP.

The pieces of DSP are layered on a Soft Sky base with Soft Sky Seam Binding over top.  The tag has a sentiment from Perfect Pennants and is adhered with dimensionals over the ribbon.  And that's it!  A super easy and simple card that can be pulled together quickly.  Perfect for using up scraps of DSP or throwing together when you need a last minute card.

I hope you'll join the challenge with me!  You can find all the details plus more great samples from the Design Team at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting! Happy stamping!

Tag A Bag Accesory Kit

$7.95

Perfect Pennants

$21.95

Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Soft Sky 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

$6.95

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Life is Wonderful

Welcome!  Today I have a fun and simple card to share that I made for the sketch challenge at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.  First, let me show you the sketch.

I love how this card turned out, simple yet beautiful.

The whole design for this card came from the tag in the center.  It comes from the Tag a Bag Accessory Kit.  I love that the kit is great for cards as well as tags.  I went with the Calypso Coral tag since it coordinates well with the Sweet Sorbet DSP.

The pieces of DSP are layered on a Soft Sky base with Soft Sky Seam Binding over top.  The tag has a sentiment from Perfect Pennants and is adhered with dimensionals over the ribbon.  And that's it!  A super easy and simple card that can be pulled together quickly.  Perfect for using up scraps of DSP or throwing together when you need a last minute card.

I hope you'll join the challenge with me!  You can find all the details plus more great samples from the Design Team at Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

Thanks for visiting! Happy stamping!

Tag A Bag Accesory Kit

$7.95

Perfect Pennants

$21.95

Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Soft Sky 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon

$6.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

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