Boy Birthdays

Once again, I needed to restock my masculine birthday cards. For the first one, I used this week’s Freshly Made Sketch and paired it with papers from Simple Stories Rustic Legend collection. The Happy Birthday stamp is an oldie from Catslife Press. For the next one, I joined the Retro Rubber Bold Summer! Color Challenge … Read more

Summertime

The new challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Summertime – Ceate a card featuring something you’d see or experience in the summertime. I chose hiking as my theme. I’ve been wanting to do some park hikes this summer, so it’s on the bingo card. I used the Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection by Simple Stories. I … Read more

Hipster Dad Day

For this Dad Day Card, I used a fun panel from the Ciao Bella Hipster paper collection. I loved how all of the elements worked for the recipient. I paired it a great plaid from 49 and Market Rust and Revs paper collection. I finished with a stamped Father’s Day sentiment, love you stickers and … Read more

Hike More … Worry Less

My card is inspired by The Outdoors Challenge at The Male Room. It was the perfect opportunity to pull together ephemera and stickers from the Simple Vintage Woodlands Collection by Simple Stories. I really love those colors. I finished with a stamped sentiment from Scrapbook.com Mini Circle Sentiments II. I’m also linking-up at the Simon … Read more

Egg Inspired Masculine Birthday

I love the colors in this week’s Inspired By … Eggs Challenge … I thought they would be perfect for a masculine birthday card. I used Simon Hurley’s Create Bursts Stamps in various blues & green using this week’s Freshly Made Sketch layout. I finished with a Taylored Expressions Simple Strips – Birthday sentiment and … Read more

Celebrating You

The March #TEMakerChallenge at Taylored Expressions is an interesting one … Inverse Effect. It is a challenge to use the inverse of a die cut or foiling to make your card. I went through my entire collection looking for something that would work, and settled on the never-before-used Taylored Expressions Celebrate You die cut. I … Read more