Happy Monday! Today I am excited to share with you three different Faux Leather Techniques to help you create those more masculine cards. Since Mother’s Day was yesterday, time to move on to creating cards for all those fathers right?
All of today’s cards feature the Whiskey Business set that is in the 2022-20223 Annual Catalog. If you are ordering, don’t forget the host code: QMNEJZFP
If you live in the St. Louis area, I invite you to our next stamp camp at the end of May, CLICK HEREfor more details. If you are far away, no worries, a $25 order using the current host code: QMNEJZFP will earn you this month’s Virtual Stamp Camp projects FREE.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
My husband and I just returned from a trip to Virginia Beach to stay with my mother -in-law, Connie, while my sister-in-law and her husband took a mini vacation to Cape May. Sorry no time to prepare a Weekly Wednesday video, but next week I will be back in full video swing. Up until the COVID lockdown, Connie was traveling between St. Louis to stay with us and Virginia Beach. Unfortunately she is no longer able to travel, so we visit as often as we can.
While sadly there is no video today, I am excited to share with you a Summertime scene using the Peaceful Cabin Bundle. This is perfect for a masculine birthday. I love creating cards with this bundle. It is in the July – December mini catalog, so if you want to add it to your stamping supplies, there is no time like the present.
Supplies
Garden Green CS- 5½ x 8½, (card base)
Basic White CS-4 x 5¼ (2)
Peaceful Cabin Bundle
Artistically Inked Stamp Set
Garden Green Ink
Soft Suede Ink
Early Espresso Ink
Blending Brushes
Balmy Blue Ink
Water Painters
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive/Liquid Glue
Directions
Score card base in landscape position (aka longer side) at 4¼. Fold and burnish to create card.
Stamp cabin with Soft Suede ink on Basic White CS panel. Use the water painters to add color to the roof and ground.
Mask the cabin and stamp trees with Garden Green ink.
Again use the water painters to add a bit of Soft Suede beneath the trees.
Use the blending brushes to add a Garden Green lawn and a Balmy Blue Sky. Stamp clouds with Balmy Blue ink.
Stamp Happy Birthday greeting from Artistically Inked in Early Espresso or Memento Black ink.
Attach panel to card front.
Add 4 x 5 ¼ Basic White panel to the inside and decorate as desired.
I think the fall weather here in St. Louis is here to stay, so this may be my last summer time card, unless of course, we get an Indian Summer this year. I hope you will create something beautiful today and share it with others. Don’t forget to use the host code located on the right side panel of this post.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Today’s card features the trees from Evergreen Elegance and the Designer Series paper from Beauty of the Earth. I love how these trees can be used for a variety of cards, not to mention how calming a tree scenery can be.
You could easily change the sentiment to be Thinking of You, With Sympathy or even Happy Birthday for a more manly card.
Cutting Measurements
All Measurement=inches CS=Cardstock DSP=Designer Series Paper Landscape Position=Long side Portrait Position=short side
Supplies
Crumb Cake CS-5 ½ x 8 ½ (card)
Garden Green CS- 4 x 5 ¼
Early Espresso CS- 3 ¾ x 5
Garden Green Ink
Early Espresso Ink
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
This was a super simple card with several layers of cardstock. I stamped the fatter evergreen tree in Garden Green ink and then stamped a second generation stamp without re-inking directly on the Beauty of the Earth DSP. The Merry Christmas from the Evergreen Elegance stamp set is stamped in Early Espresso Ink.
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
Sometimes you just need a manly birthday card and the Handsomely Suited Bundle is perfect for creating a variety of cards for him. It is featured as a bundle in the January – June. Did you know that means you can save 10%? This amazing set is in the new catalog, but not offered as a bundle, so if you want to save, now is the time.
I love the Smoky Slate and Merry Merlot color combo! Very manly! Don’t you agree? Just a simple sentiment on the inside from the In Bloom stamp set. As mentioned in a previous post, I altered the Happy Birthday You Really Are The Best stamp, but cutting it in half.
All Measurement=inches DSP=Designer Series Paper Landscape Position=Long side Portrait Position=short side
Supplies
Merry Merlot Cardstock- 5½ x 8½ (card base) 1¾ x 4
Smoky Slate-4 x 5¼
Basic White Cardstock- 2 x 2½, 5½ x 6, 4 x 5¼ (inside)
Handsomely Suited Bundle
Tasteful Textile 3-D Embossing Folder
Tailored Tag Punch
Night of Navy, Smoky Slate and Merry Merlot Ink
Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine
Stampin’ Seal Adhesive
Stampin’ Dimensionals
Directions
Score Merry Merlot cardstock in landscape position at 4¼. Fold & burnish to create card base.
Attach the strip of Merry Merlot cardstock to the Smoky Slate panel and use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to dry emboss them with the Tasteful Textile folder and attach to the card front.
Stamp the tie images in Merry Merlot, Night of Navy and Smoky Slate and use the Stampin’ Cut and Emboss machine to crop them out. Attach to the card front as shown.
Stamp the greeting and punch out using the Tailored Tag punch. Attach to card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Stamp greeting for inside on 4 x 5¼ white panel and attach inside
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, be blessed, Renae
If you are like me and struggle creating manly looking cards, then you are going to love the new Well Suited Suite. It has everything you need to create that perfect card for the men in your life. Fun fact, the paper inspiration was actually created from a real tie collection from one of the employees at Stampin’ UP!
Today’s card was part of a make and take from a virtual stamping event and was created by fellow demonstrator Sally Nusbaum. Thanks Sally!!!
This second card was also included in the virtual make and take, but I changed up the original card just a bit. This one was created for a woman and the jewel bling to create the necklace was made using the Opal Rounds from the Sand and Sea Suite pictured on page 41 of the January thru June 2021 catalog.
The “Happy Birthday” greeting is stamped in Rococo Rose ink and punched out using the Double Oval Punch.
I hope you enjoy working with this suite and create many wonderful manly cards!
Today is my Dad’s birthday so I thought I would share this fun card that I made for him with you. Happy Birthday Dad! He got a different card over the weekend, a fun fold card and some sweet treats, but whoever said you should just get one birthday card!
My card features the A Good Man set and all of the sayings in this set are so appropriate for my Dad, like I Grew up Loved, Being a good Dad starts with being a good man, and You do a great job of being a great guy, but I like this one from the Best Year stamp set better.
If you knew my Dad then you would know that he is a holy man and that he does everything for my Mom, really I am not sure what she would do without him. He is kind of a saint in my eyes. The years have been good to him and I have seen him grow in the love he has for his family and in patience for all of us, so there is still hope for me yet! Happy Birthday Dad!
Begin with a Gray Granite card base 5½ x 8½. Score in landscape position at 4¼”.
Using the Stampin Cut and Emboss machine cut a Night of Navy oval from the Layering Oval Dies and a Gray Granite oval from the Stitched Shapes Dies.
Stamp the image from A Good Man and color with Stampin’ Blends. I used Night of Navy, Garden Green, Merry Merlot and Crumb Cake. I stamped on Very Vanilla cardstock and cut out with my paper snips for a more 3-D look. I stamped the image of on the Gray Granite oval and then layered my cut out version on top.
Layer the Gray Granite oval to the Night of Navy and pop up on the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Before laying the ovals on the card front, cut a 3 x 4¼” piece of Designer Series paper from the In Good Times paper pack and adhere to the left side of the card.
For the greeting cut 2 pieces of Gray Granite, 1¼ x 2 and 1½ x 2¼”. Using the Stamparatus, stamp the greeting from Best Year on the smaller Gray Granite rectangle with Night of Navy ink.
Cut a 1 3/8 x 2 1/8” rectangle from Night of Navy cardstock and layer all together. Adhere the layered greeting to the left side of the card. Lastly add the previously created layered oval image.
The greetings on the inside of my card are from two different sets. Happy Birthdays is from Peaceful Moments and is in the annual catalog. You’re One in a Million is from the NEW Quite Curvy set in the JJ2021 Spring mini catalog. I stamped both greetings directly to the card using Night of Navy ink.
I hope you enjoyed this card, my Dad truly is one in a MILLION and I hope his day is filled with blessings of love! Feel free to leave a comment!
