Masculine Cards Workshop 2015

Last month, I had a workshop and my favorite ladies got to create masculine card for Father's Day, Birthday or whatever.  I would like to share what we did.  First off, I wish to give credit to some very talented consultants who were the creators of some of the cards.  The card entitled "Pull My Finger" was a creation by Nikka Gears that I cased almost exactly.  I grew up as the only girl amongst brother's so you can see how I would think this was such a perfect guy card.  What a hoot!  Next, the men's suit jacket was created by Jan Schmidt (and she has wonderful instructions on her blog for this card).  The third card that I would like to give to credit to is for the World's Greatest Day card I found on Pinterest but alas I could not find the author of this work.

All of the cards are standard size cards.  I like cards that can go through the mail fairly easily so I tend to stick to standard size cards:

Papers:  Jackson WOTG; Cocoa, Juniper, Barn Red, Glacier, and White Daisy Cardstocks

Stamps:  A1173 The Best Dad Ever; D1646 Finding the Words; B416 Keyboard Upper Case; Typed Notes (April SOM, ret.)

Inks:  Cocoa, Glacier, Barn Red, and Black Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  3041 Oceanside Reef Sequins, z3039 Glacier Thick Twine; z1816 Artisan Studs; z2012 Gold Assortment Sequins; z1849 Bronze Shimmer Tape

Other:   CTMH Artiste Philosphy Cricut Cartridge (bow tie); CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (name tag from Jacket card); z1996 Woodgrain Embossing Folder

 

The best part is that stamp sets from Seasonal Expressions II will continue to be available after the Seasonal Expressions II catalog expires.

 

Masculine Birthday Card

The month of May is full of card opportunities.  There is Mother's Day, my son and son in law's birthdays, my daughter in law's birthday and the list goes on.  So, for my son and son-in-law's birthday cards, I was very inspired by Dana Kessler to the point of pretty much casing her card.  When I have so many cards, the creative juices are sometimes stagnant.  Anyway, here is my rendition of Dana's lovely card:

I used our retired textured cardstock to make this card.  I really love this paper because one side is true color and the other is a lighter, coordinated color.  The base of this card is cocoa.

This one shows some detail a little better:

And here is the inside of the card:

Papers:  Jackson WOTG papers; Cocoa textured cardstock (ret.)

Stamps:  D1646 Finding the Words; S1504 Typed Note (ret.) -- below

Inks:  Juniper, Cocoa, and Black Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z3024 Bronze Shimmer Trim; z3041 Oceanside Sequins; z3073 Brave Enamel Shapes; z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Other:   z1686 CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge; z1924 Dot Embossing Folder

 

D1646 Finding the Words

 

 

S1504 Typed Note

 

 

And here is the wonderful cake that my Grandson picked for his father, my son--a real outdoors man.  He had to make sure that he would be able to keep the boat, fisherman, and fish.  Of course his dad told my Grandson that he could hold them for him.  :-)

 

 

Happy Birthday Ian! 

 

Love, Mom

 

April 2015 Stamp of the Month - Bokeh Technique

The featured stamp of the month is S1504 Typed Note--a set of 19 images. Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru April 30th. You can click on the image to see details.

 

 

What a perfect set for creating those masculine cards (that are usually more difficult for me).  My item is a standard size Father's Day card. I have been wanting to try the Bokeh technique -- something I saw on Splitcoast Stamper's site called Watercolor Bokeh.

 

Plus, it has been a while since I've have done a Color My Heart Color Dare.  You know, every once in a while you have to challenge yourself creatively.  The color dare challenge was to use Cashmere and Chocolate.  I didn't have any Cashmere so I substituted a close color:  Bamboo.

 

 

 

So, here is my card - a standard size Father's Day Bokeh Technique card.  After creating the Bokeh piece I decided to do a little random stamping on it as well.  So I used the Petite Perk set Kaleidoscope Blooms which is new with our Seasonal Expression 2 catalog just out April 1st.

 

 

And here's a little different view.

 

 

Papers:  Bamboo and Chocolate Cardstocks; Watercolor paper

Stamps: S1504 Typed Notes; Kaleidoscope Blooms Petite Perks

Inks:   Bamboo, Chocolate, Black and White Daisy pigment Exclusive Inks; Bamboo and Chocolate Reinkers

Embellishments:  z1849 Bronze Shimmer Trim; z3009 Chalk It Up Assortment

Other:  None

 

Here is a sample by Close To My Heart that shows a more feminine theme (so you know this is not just a masculine stamp:

 

and something a that could go either way:

 

 

Remember, the SOTM is only available thru April 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

 

Happy April 2nd!