Featured Stamper 741 at Splitcoaststampers

 WOW! 

What a surprise to receive an email this morning

 letting me know that I am the newest
Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers.com !

By the numbers:

2003 - when I joined the site

100 - member number

2558 (and counting!) - projects in my gallery

401,000+ - registered users on the 

world's #1 papercrafting community

with "gazillions" of ideas shared :)

Guy Card 3

 Simple enough guy card:

Stamp the background or

use patterned paper

(I used a Hero Arts background stamp)

Pressure emboss a scrap of

"chrome" paper with a Diamond Plate 

embossing folder (from Darice)

Paper punch a red circle

Die cut a nesting stitched label die

(Stampin' Up!) and rubber stamp

a sentiment (also from SU!)

I stamped screw head images in the corners,

but you cold add real brads or eyelets

Attach the circle and label with dimensionals

Thanks for looking =) 

Guy Card 2

A pretty simple, straightforward card:

The car image is from Rubbernecker stamps.

The words are from Lawn Fawn.

The patterned paper and die cut gears are from

Stampin' Up!, Geared Up Garage.

Diamond Plate embossing folder by Darice.

Thanks for looking =)

 

Guy Card 1

If you are looking for masculine card inspiration,

I have several to share with you the next week. 

We have many friends and family members

that are "gear heads", so I like to make 

automotive themed cards for their birthdays.

Most of those birthdays are at this time of year!

This first card uses images from a Tim Holtz/Hero Arts set.

They are stamped in Early Espresso ink onto Vanilla card stock.

It is combined with two background sets by Stampin' Up!,

Highways and Byways   and Sanded.

Stamped with Crumb Cake and Tip Top Taupe inks.

I stamped the twill ribbon with an image from SU!

The front panel was cut into thirds then glued back in place

onto a piece of Crumb Cake card stock.

It's then layered onto a textured piece of Espresso card stock.

Thanks for looking =) 

 

50th Birthday Florals

A card I (not so) quickly made to get in the mail

this morning to hopefully reach the recipient in time.

I didn't know it was her 50th when I

made the first card to send.

SUPPLIES from Stampin' Up!:

Perennial Birthday and Special Celebrations stamp sets

Stitched Seasons die

Jumbo number dies

inks and aquapainter

More Chalk Sayings 2 Stamp 

stamp and die by Stamps of Life =

banner on the front

Thanks for looking =) 

 

Thoughts of You Card

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up! and are retired:

Portion of a stamp from the Rose Wonder set inked for

the sentiment tag.

All the other bits came from the Lots of Happy card kit.

Pink Pirouette card base

Thanks for looking =) 

 

EDITED TO ADD 4/12/2021:

This card was chosen as a CAS favorite as Splitcoaststampers

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/favorites-forum-447/clean-simple-cas-favorites-week-ending-saturday-april-10th-2021-a-638037/

Happy Easter

Happy Easter, Happy Spring!

“Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.”

 - Janine di Giovanni

"The beautiful spring came; and when Nature resumes her loveliness, 
the human soul is apt to revive also."

- Harriet Ann Jacobs

The COVID 19 vaccines are giving me hope
 that this will be the last big holiday
I celebrate without all of my loved ones.

Easter Basket Card

This card was created with the final pre-cut card "kit"

I made for a class I taught many years ago.

I added some extras to it, not on the original project:

die cut edge,

pressure embossed background and ribbon trim.

The image is stamped and water colored

on a stitched edge die cut piece. 

I had several of these leftover, cutting more

than the number of people that showed for the class.

I have made other cards with the same kit,

but with different images and themes.

Here are some others:

I think this was the original card design,

inspired by a sample I saw somewhere

Everything used on these cards,

other than the ribbon,

came from Stampin' Up! over the years.

 

Thanks for looking =)

Bunnies and Tulips Cards

 

A couple of cheery cards for sending Easter wishes.

I water colored the image of the bunnies

 (a really old set from Stampin' Up! , Friends).

Terrific Tulips (also quite old) was used along with a

Stampin' Around wheel (stitched) for the purple card.

Embossing folder detail on the pink card. 

Both cards are finished off with a bit of ribbon. 

Thanks for looking =) 

Dry Embossed Flowers Easel Card

While reorganizing some things in my craft room,

I came across my neglected brass templates.

I haven't done dry embossed design cards in ages

and decided to make a couple of Easter cards with some.

The templates I used came from Lasting Impressions.

I embossed white core card stock

then lightly sanded the raised areas

 to reveal some of the white. 

The easel card base was cut with an old die by Sizzix,

Royal Stand Ups.

I used Pink Passion card stock from Stampin' Up!

for the base and some purple plaid patterned paper 

by Die Cuts With A View.

Happy Easter, Happy Spring was created by stamping

three separate word images from Stampin' Up!

Even using clear stamps I still can't line things up

really well. This was my third attempt!

I used a pen to add a comma.

There is a dimensional underneath the flower

on the base to help hold the front up in place.

I made a second card with sanded dry embossing

that I'll share soon.

Mother Nature played a bit of a trick on us for

April Fool's Day:

temperatures fell into the upper 20's overnight!

Thanks for looking =)