Buck Head Birthday

SUPPLIES:

• Accessories: Holiday Frame EF, Extra Large Oval Punch, Gold Coring Trim, Sponge Dauber
• Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes, Joyous Celebrations. Buck Head from Stampabilities L1103
• Ink: Delightful Dijon, Tip Top Taupe, Smoky Slate
• Paper: Whisper White, Delightful Dijon

Inked the top side of EF with Smoky Slate using sponge dauber then embossed Whisper White. After stamping the buck head image in Tip Top Taupe, I cut the image leaving the neck off.

World Traveler

World Traveler

SUPPLIES:

• INK: Brown Sugar, Sahara Sand, Memento Black, Whisper White, Espresso
• CARDSTOCK: Basic Gray, Crumb Cake, Espresso, Basic Gray, Whisper White
• STAMPS: Traveler, World Map (background), Dictionary (background), Silhouette Sentiments
• ACCESSORIES: Fringe Scissors, Burlap Ribbon, Square Lattice EF, Paper Crimper, Vintage Brad, Stampin Write markers, Chalk Pen.

Stamped the Dictionary background stamp on Crumb Cake CS in Sahara Sand, then stamped Images from Traveler in Brown Sugar. Matted with Basic Gray CS embossed with Square Lattice EF. Stamped World Map image in Whisper White on Espresso CS and Basic Gray and used for matting and banners. Stamped World Map image in Sahara Sand on Crumb Cake, then stamped train in Memento Tuxedo Black; colored train with gray marker and white chalk pen. Distressed edges of background, main image, and mats then added Brown Sugar ink to edges. Paper Crimper was used on small white banner and fringe scissors on Crumb Cake CS then sponged with Brown Sugar ink.

Hearts Flutter Valentine

My never-ending attempt to make a card that could be masculine :)  Still not sure I pulled it off!

SUPPLIES:

Real red, Brown Sugar, Espresso, Very Vanilla Cardstock; Hearts a Flutter, Sweetly Framed stamp sets; Real Red & Espresso ink; Labels Collection and Hearts a Flutter Framelits; Square Lattice and Fancy Fan embossing folders.

Same Goose But Darker

SUPPLIES:

• Ink: Early Espresso, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze, Baked Brown Sugar
• Stamps: Wetlands, Express Yourself
• Cardstock: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
• Accessories: Lacy Brocade and Beautifully Baroque EFs, Oval and Scallop Oval punches, Sponges, Clear EP, Heat Gun, Decorative brads, Crumb Cake Ribbon

This is the same technique as the first goose card I posted, but I made the sponging darker and added the Lacy Brocade folder with the same sponging techniques for the mats behind the goose and oval.



Card is Early Espresso. Inked a panel of Crumb Cake cardstock using sponge with Baked Brown Sugar; inked EF with Crushed Curry and embossed; added more Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso and Cajun Craze with sponges to get desired effect.

Stamped goose on Whisper White in Early Espresso; colored with versamark pen and heat embossed with Clear EP. Stamped woodgrain background in Early Espresso; sponged on Baked Brown Sugar, Early Espresso, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze.

First goose card: http://3boymomstamps.blogspot.com/2013/12/vintage-goose.html

Bear At Sunset

SUPPLIES:

• stamps - wildlife reserve, lovely as a tree, happiest birthday wishes
• ink - basic black, basic gray, calypso coral, so saffron, marina mist, melon mambo, night of navy
• cardstock - soft suede, chocolate chip, basic black, very vanilla
• accessories - square lattice folder, sponge dauber, brayer, markers,signo white gel pen, linen thread and brads

Started by stamping the bear and coloring with markers. Masked the bear and stamped trees. Masked off ground level with bear and brayered marina mist, then sponged night of navy and bashful blue. Masked off tree line  and sun, then brayered so saffron, calypso coral, and then melon mambo. Sponged in basic black for hillside; added little grasses along stream edge with black marker. Added a few white lines in water with signo gel pen.

Cowboy Birthday

SUPPLIES:

stamps - out west, well scripted
cardstock - black, marina mist, crumb cake, whisper white
ink - craft white, stazon black, bashful blue, basic gray
accessories - heat gun, black embossing powder, woodgrain EF, chevron EF, word window punch, large oval punch, mini brads, twine, sponge, corner rounder, paper piercing template, spellbinders nestabilities circle dies (to create circle frame)

This card is for my father-in-laws birthday - I still have stuch a hard time coming up with a masculine card.

After stamping the image in craft white, I heat embossed with black powder; sponged bashful blue and basic gray around the image. Embossed black with woodgrain EF, then cut circle out to overlay on cowboy image. Used two sizes of circle nestabilities to create the crumb cake circle frame. Used paper piercing template to pierce around outer edge of cowboy circle.
It is hard to see in the photograph, but the bottom marina mist piece is embossed with the chevron EF. There is also a mini brad in the top left corner that is hard to see.

Birthday Drive By

This card is for my sweet son's 22nd birthday. I don't know why after all these years, it is still hard for me to come up with a "mancard". It was so tempting for me to add ribbon but I exercised self-control :)

I used the retired loads of love set for the truck, and the birthday sentiment is from happiest birthday wishes.  I used the square lattice embossing folder after stamping the wood grain. Colors used: crumb cake, basic gray, baja breeze, whisper white.

OLD TRUCK Mancard

The idea of this card was a love you or valentine MANCARD. This truck is from the countryside stamp set. The background paper is cajun craze, baja breeze, soft suede, black and floral districut DSP. The truck was stamped in stazon brown on watercolor paper, then colored with markers and blender pen. I stamped LOVE on baja breeze and added to tailgate of truck. I had to piece together the "all i want is you" phrase and "love" from different stamp sets. After I cut the truck image with the labels framelits, I also used the labels framelits on soft suede, then trimmed off the bottom portion and adhered to the truck image. Then added a small strip of black.

SUPPLIES:

• baja breeze, cajun craze, soft suede, watercolor, black cardstock; floral district designer series paper
•  countryside, pennant parade (love), best of everything (all i want is), tiny tags (you)
• timber brown stazon ink
• word window, tiny tag punches; labels framelits; argyle embossing folder

Wolf Father's Day Card

Another Father's Day card using Nature Silhouettes, Lovely as a Tree, and the brayering technique.
First I masked off the moon and the bottom hill with post it notes. Then I brayered Daffodil Delight just above the hill; masked off the top portion and brayered Calypso Coral just above the Daffodil Delight. Removed the top mask and brayered Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant over that, then Not Quite Navy. Removed the moon mask and sponged a Daffodil Delight. Stamped the background trees in black; removed the bottom hill mask and sponged the hill in with Lucky Limeade and Always Artichoke. Stamped the front trees. Stamped the wolf at the top of the hill; sponged in a little bit of Soft Suede under the hill line and around the bottom edges. Used ticket punch on the top right corner, added word window in Lucky Limeade and Elegant Eggplant; added brads.
I feel accomplished because I have such a hard time making masculine cards : ) Thanks for looking!

SUPPLIES:

• Nature Silhouettes, Lovely as a Tree SU stamp sets
• Elegant Eggplant, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White, Black cardstock
• Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy, Black Stazon SU inks
• Ticket punch, Word Window punch
• Decorative Brads

Father's Day Nature

A simple brayered Father's Day card. This is the old Lovely as a Tree set and the sentiment from Nature Silhouettes. I masked the moon and brayered Daffodil Delight, Groovy Guava, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant and Not Quite Navy. Then stamped the trees in black. Added accents with modern label punch and brads.