A Card for My Son

Today I'm sharing a card I made for my son's birthday, wrapping up my week of masculine cards. I don't usually make him elaborate cards, since he is a guy, but this was for his 21st birthday. He's been playing classical guitar since he was 6 and his guitar has taken us on a lot of adventures together.

Since turning 21 marks a milestone, I've been reminiscing on the past and thought I'd create a guitar to celebrate all the fun memories he and his guitar have made over the years.

This card was a lot of fun to make, not your standard stamp, punch and assemble. I enjoyed having a bit of a challenge this time around.

Thanks so much for letting me share!

Last of the Six-Sided Fun

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Well, here's the last of the Six-Sided Sampler cards for now. The set also includes some really cute girly patterns and sentiments, so will have to try those out in the near future. I went with stripes for this card and yes, of course sequins.

These cards were fun to make. Coming up with 3 cards while staying with the same stamp sets and color scheme made it fun.

See you next time!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Soft Suede, MIdnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

INK: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

SS: Tape It (130715), Six-Sided Sampler (130956), Teeny Tiny Wishes 

PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919)

ACCESSORIES: Sequins, Paper Piercer

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A Diagonal Father's Day

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I have been enjoying playing around with two of the stamp sets from this year's catalog...Six-Sided Sampler and Tape It. Their geometric shapes make great masculine cards. I stuck with these two stamp sets and the same color scheme for all of my masculine cards. Since that part was already figured out, I was able to spend my time playing around with designing...the fun part!

 I've never used the color Summer Starfruit before I made these cards (I didn't think that I liked it, but I guess I do in certain cases?), but I think it worked well in this color scheme.

Thanks for taking time to stop by and visit!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Soft Suede, MIdnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

INK: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

SS: Tape It (130715), Six-Sided Sampler (130956), Teeny Tiny Wishes

BIG SHOT:Chevron EB Folder (127749)
PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309), 1/2" circle (119869)

ACCESSORIES: Sequins, Stamp-a-majig

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A Week of Masculine Cards

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This week I'll be sharing some masculine themed cards since Father's Day is right around the corner. Today's card uses the Six-Sided Sampler, Tape It, and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets. The color scheme is Soft Suede, Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana and Whisper White.

Yes, I'm stuck on the sequins thing right now, but I like the colored bling and the fact that since this card is very geometric, the little circled sequins fit right in with all the other shapes. I used the sentiment Happy Father's Day, but Happy Birthday could easily be swapped in to make this a masculine birthday card.

I hope that you're having a great day!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Soft Suede, MIdnight Muse, Coastal Cabana

INK: Midnight Muse, Summer Starfruit, Coastal Cabana, Basic Black

SS: Tape It (130715), Six-Sided Sampler (130956), Teeny Tiny Wishes

BIG SHOT:Chevron EB Folder (127749)
PUNCHES: Hexagon (130919), Itty Bitty Shapes (118309), 1/2" circle (119869)

ACCESSORIES: Sequins, Stamp-a-majig

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Strawberry Crush Butterfly Thank You

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I'm switching gears today and sharing a more detailed thank you card using the Strawberry Slush ink and card stock. There are great colors in this year's new in-colors, with Strawberry Slush being one of my favorites. It's a cross between pink and red....very pretty! I used lots of fun embellishments on this one. I began with the Delicate Doilies Sizzlit and textured it using the Square Lattice EB folder. The stamped butterfly is from the stamp set Papillon Potpourri which coordinates with the Elegant Butterfly punch and the sentiment is from the Best of Greetings. The greenery is the Little Leaves Sizzlit which I cut apart and adhered together so that it branched out at one end.

I love the wide scallop edge on the Large Scallop Edgelit and coordinating Delicate Designs EB folder. Everything worked together so nicely on this card. I love it when that happens.

Thanks for letting me share!

Supplies:

CS: Whisper White, Old Olive, Strawberry Slush

INK: Strawberry Slush

SS: Papilllon Potpourri (123759), Best of Greetings (133485)

BIG SHOT:Delicate Doilies Sizzlit (126999), Large Scallop Edgelit (127019), Delicate Designs EB Folder (127023), Little Leaves Sizzlit (114511), Square Lattice EB Folder (119976)
PUNCHES: Elegant Butterfly (127526)

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone Jewels (119246), Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack (126187)

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