Sailing Home Card

This is that crazy time of year when blog posts switch randomly from Christmas ... to Halloween ... to Fall ... to All-Occasion cards and projects ... and back again.  So today, we're going back to an All-Occasion card.  This would be a great masculine card, but I think anyone would love to get it in the mail. 

I had some left-over pieces from a Paper Pumpkin kit and added a sand dollar and a sea star to my card, along with the text.

I love mixing 2 designs of the papers, when they lend themselves to work like this.  It adds a lot of interest to the design.

It's difficult to see it in the photo, but the sand dollar and sea star are from glimmer paper ... pretty!  Even a masculine card can enjoy a little sparkle:)

I love how this one turned out and hope it inspires you for some fun card designs.  I may need to use this design for a Christmas card, using some of our pretty Christmas papers ... hmmmmmm ...

WHAT'S UP NEXT?

PAPER PUMPKIN CLUB / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS 

October 22 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT.
I'll show you how to turn some of the projects into cards.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WICKEDLY FUN TIME! 

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE PARTY / 2:00-5:00 / RSVP REQUESTED

Sunday, November 3

Come enjoy holiday displays, inspirations, projects and more!

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00 

November 11 / Pay to register by November 4

We’ll be making beautiful Christmas cards.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLUB / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS 

November 19 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT.

SCRAPS AND PRAYERS / 5:30-7:30 / $18.00 

December 9 / Pay to register by December 2.

We’ll be making beautiful Christmas cards.
These will NOT be the same card designs as those from the November class.

PAPER PUMPKIN CLUB / FREE FOR MY LOCAL PP SUBSCRIBERS 

December 17 / 1:00-3:00 / BRING YOUR KIT.

That's it for now.  

Thanks for stopping by my blog neighborhood.   

Have a beautiful day!

Live With An Open Heart

I have another masculine card for you today.  Actually, I think anyone would love this one.  I enjoy using the nature type stamps a lot and, for this one, I've used a stamped banner cut from a framelit as my focal piece.

I've used some shading techniques in stamping the leafy piece on the card and the envelope.  I added even more texture with sponging the edges of the 'banner' piece.  

The bird is embossed and hand cut and then attached with dimensionals.

I think you could use this same card design and change to blues or greens for a striking new version of my card.

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Mossy Meadow and Wetlands

Today, before I head back to the hospital to check on my hero, here's a quick card I have to share with you.  I used our Wetlands stamp set (one of my favorites) and our new In Color, Mossy Meadow.  It has an oval window like this previous card I shared with you.

I tied linen thread around the top and added a knot in the ends of the thread pieces.  The inside is sponged with 3 of our new In Colors --- Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, and Mossy Meadow.

I love this card, but it does have 1 problem.  There is no place inside to write.  Yikes!  I will enclose a separate note behind the card and place them both into the coordinating envelope (which I neglected to photograph).  This is a good masculine card, but I think anyone would like it.

Give some sponging a try.  It really adds a nice touch to your card.  

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You Silly Goose, Version 2

Here's my second version of my goose card, using the goose from Wetlands.  It's also a great card for a guy.  This one is monochromatic, using Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Whisper White and Basic Black.  I used the sea oats for the coordinating envelope.  

 Christmas is coming!  Stay tuned!!!

You Silly Goose ... a Nice Masculine Card in 2 Versions

I love this goose!  It makes a great manly card.  It's from a favorite new set --- Wetlands.  This is the last card from my Friday Night Cards class.  I made 2 cards, actually, to experiment with color stories.  This first one is the one we made at my class.  

The sea oats on the envelope are from this same stamp set.  I used the Aquapainter with ink pads to lightly color the goose and the grasses.  My color story is Island Indigo, Baked Brown Sugar and Soft Suede.  You can see the other cards from our Friday Night Cards class by clicking here.  It will have a couple of links to the earlier cards, as well.  I don't want you to miss anything:)

In my next post, I'll show you the second version.  Be sure to check back to see it.  Also, Christmas is coming --- classes, anyway --- so stay tuned to see what's in store for you.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

A Fishy Card

Today's card would be a great card for a guy.  It seems like everyone is always looking for a masculine card idea, so here you go.  But... don't be surprised if the ladies like it, too.

I have to say that I love it too, because I just have always liked fish, water, seashell, or ocean themed cards.  I think it's because I love the ocean and I love my guy who likes to fish.  He won't eat them, but he loves to go fishing.  Go figure.

 

 My color story:

• Soft Suede
• Marina Mist
• Very Vanilla

 Inks:

• Soft Suede
• Lucky Limeade

Coloring with the Aqua Painter (on the fish):

• Marina Mist
• Lucky Limeade 

Could there be a better combo for this card?  I'm pretty happy with it.

I did a lot of layering on this card --- with inks, as well as CS.  I stamped the background in various shades of Lucky Limeade (stamping off to lighten) and then went over it with Illuminate Ink, embossing it with clear EP.  I just could not capture all that in a photo.  You need to see it in real life.  The seahorses were stamped in Soft Suede.  The fish were stamped on separate CS, cut out and attached with dimensionals.

If you look very closely, you'll notice that I used the debossed side of the embossed layer.  Why?  I just wanted a different look for this card.  I like how it works together with the focal pieces.

I stamped the inside of the card and added a little bit of decorating in the bottom corner.  Notice that whenever I use a darker color for the card base, I add a lighter color of CS inside, so you can easily write in your card.

I'm off to continue Day 5 of my Work Like a Dog mission.  So far... so good:)

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