Endless Birthday Wishes Card

Finally I am getting back to some card making and blogging. It isn't really that I haven't made any cards, it's just that I have been doing the monthly card making classes and banner class and I have been teaching and tutoring, so I haven't had the time to do the blogging.

I saw a card on Pinterest (don't you love Pinterest??) that I thought I would use as the inspiration for a card. I switched out a color, the stamp set and the sequins. I like the pop of color with the neutrals. I still think it would work as a masculine card with the pop of red instead of the gold. What do you think? 

Here's what the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set includes...lots of mix and match words to create fun birthday cards!

Paper: Basic Gray card stock, Whisper White card stock, Cherry Cobbler card stock, Red Glimmer paper, Typeset Designer Series paper

Stamp set: Endless Birthday Wishes

Other: 1/4" circle punch, Cherry Cobbler Chevron ribbon

Ink: Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler

Moon Lake Masculine Birthday Card

I'm working on birthday cards for the coming year. It seems that I use many more masculine cards, so I created a masculine card with the Moon Lake stamp set. It will be available in the 2015 Occasions catalog that goes live January 6th.

Have you tried the Bokeh technique yet? This is my first attempt. It is fun and not difficult. It is a little messy because you use watercolor paper, an aqua painter and several colors of reinker.

That's probably why I won't try this one in a class, you have to get it wet, ink it up and let it dry before you can stamp it.

I used So Saffron, Old Olive and Sahara Sand reinkers for the color. The card stocks are Mossy Meadow and Chocolate Chip.

There are so many fun craft supplies in my stamping store.

Have a blessed day,
Trude

Congratulations Card

Here's a card that I should have posted in time for May graduations, but I think it is okay now too, because graduations can happen at different times of the year for different things.

This card doesn't have to be just a graduation card, it could be for promotions and other special occasions.

This is a 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" card. That means that the post office will charge you extra to have it sent in a square envelope, but if you use a rectangular envelope this one will go for the base rate, no extra charges. Use your envelope punch board to create the perfect size envelope.  Envelopes are so quick and easy to make with the punch board! Love it!

I used silver Fancy Foil Vellum over the Night of Navy card stock base. Then I embossed Congratulations from the Sassy Salutaions set (4 times). Added an arrow in Bermuda Bay and a scalloped Silver Foil paper circle with Silver 1/8" ribbon and then a die cut star stamped with a sentiment from Be the Star stamp set, stamped and sponged with Bermuda Bay ink.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!
Have a Blessed Day,
Trude

Happy Stamper's New Catalog Blog Hop

Hello!
Welcome to our blog hop, thanks for stopping by.

I have one sweet baby card to share with you and a Masculine card that would make a nice card for a birthday or Father's Day.

For the baby card I used the new baby stamp set, Something for Baby. This set is very sweet and the new word set, Something to Say, coordinates with it perfectly. I love it! I also used the new decorative heart mask. It comes in a set along with a star mask. I lightly sponged the entire front with hearts and on the inside I chose to sponge the hearts just along the bottom edge. The mask brings a design element from the front of the card to the inside of the card and is the perfect finishing touch! I used a 2010 Mojo Monday Sketch (#147) to create the layout for this card.

  
For the second card I made a Masculine card using the stamp set, Travelers. I also used the new Maritime Designer Series Paper. To bring the design from the front to the inside, for that perfect finishing touch, I added a strip of the Maritime Designer Series Paper along the bottom edge. I also used a 2010 Mojo Monday Sketch for this card. Can you tell I like to try Mojo Monday Sketches? I like to enter their weekly challenges, but I also like to go to their archives, choose a layout and design a card around it. There are years of layouts to choose from.

One of my lucky blog readers will receive this Decorative Dots embossing folder and a 6" x 6" stack of retired Designer Series Papers.

Decorative Dots Embossing Folder

Sample Designer Series Paper stack

 FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN, please leave me a comment at the end of this post sharing your favorite product from the New 2014 Stampin' Up! catalog. Please play only once.

Deadline for comments is Sunday, July 27 at NOON Pacific Time. I'll choose a random comment and announce the winner Monday, July 28, on my Stamp With Trude blog.

Note: I can only ship within the U.S.A. Winner has 24 hours to email me their mailing address, so check back for the announcement of the winner!


Click the blue arrow to return to Heather Van Looy's blog.
Click the yellow arrow to go forward to Marian Anderson's blog.
                        
             

List of blog hop participants:
Trude Thoman – That's me!
Marian Anderson – http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/craftingwithmarian/blog
Sandi MacIver – www.stampingwithsandi.com 
Amy Koenders – www.stampwithamyk.com 
Denise Melia – http://www.fivebichonsandme.blogspot.com/ 
Heather Van Looy – www.handcraftingwithheather.com 


SEE THE AUGUST 7th blog post for a chance to win more BLOG CANDY!

Have a Happy Stamping Day!
Trude

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By the Seashore Father's Day Card HSSSC186

Just as I promised, here is another masculine card. I used it for a Father's Day card but it would work great for a birthday or general Thinking of You card.

I used this Hand Stamped Sentiment Sketch Challenge (HSSSC186) but turned it upside down.

 

 

Just as in yesterday's card, I used a piece of sandpaper to embellish this card. It gives it texture and adds the 'feel' of being on a beach (plus many men can relate to sandpaper! *smile*) The Stamp sets I used are By the Seashore and Teeny Tiny Wishes.

I would love to have been at the Oregon Coast this weekend. A couple of my friends that did go said that there were orca within sight of the beach. I guess the weather was great too!

I will just have to settle for my beachy cards for now.

I'm just starting to try my hand with alcohol markers. I used them to color the shells. I used watercolor paper on which to stamp and color. I tried the Whisper White card stock first, which is recommended, but think I will continue to use the watercolor paper until I have had some more practice.
I hope you had a great Memorial day weekend!
Trude

Wetlands Father's Day Card FMS137

Now that the Memorial Day weekend is all but done, it is time to start thinking about the card/s that you will create for Father's Day. This one is a CAS (Clean and Simple). You can use it for the guy that likes things simple and clean...or maybe you want to create a card that is quick, this works for that too!

I used the Wetland stamp set (©Stampin' Up!). Have you tried using sandpaper in any of your creations? It's a guy thing, so it's perfect for this card. I used it for the strip of 'sand'. I think the sea birds and 'sand' would look good with torn edges too.

 I used the Freshly Made Sketch for this week

I will be sharing another Father's Day card tomorrow. Come back and check it out!

Another Great Year Birthday Card

This card is a CAS (clean and simple) card. The Paper Players have a color challenge that works well for a masculine card. It doesn't have any pearls, rhinestones, ribbon, lace, flowers or pink on it. The stamp set is in the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog. It is called Another Great Year. The moment I saw it I knew I wanted it to create bold masculine birthday cards. This is the first one I have created with the set.

Tip:
To add contrast to the lettering on the banner I grabbed the White Stampin' Chalk Marker. It helps pop the words and the color adds continuity with the white on the background paper.

Supply list:
Smoky Slate card stock
Marina Mist card stock
Crushed Curry card stock
Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper
Another Great Year stamp set
Marina Mist Classic Stampin' ink
Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' ink
White Stampin' Chalk Marker
Subtles  Collection Candy Dots
Stampin' sponge

Thanks for visiting my blog today!
Trude

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Thanks Mate Mojo Monday Card

It's Monday, and that means that there is another Mojo Monday sketch to try. This week I am combining it with the Paper Players theme challenge, thank you cards.
I thought I would use some nautical Stampin' Up! stamps with this sketch. How often do you see a masculine thank you card? Well, I thought I would give it a try. What do you think?

I'm really lovin' the new Stampin' Up! Hardwood stamp. I'll try not to use it too much, but the size of the grain is just perfect for card-making. It doesn't overwhelm the other elements on the card.

I used the ship and the compass rose from the Open Sea stamp set. The banner, sentiment and circle outline around the compass rose are all from the Settin' Sail photopolymer stamp set.

It was fun to see Bulgaria, Italy and Netherlands stopped by to check out my blog. And thanks for leaving comments. I enjoy reading what you have to say.

Stamp Happy Today!
Trude

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Hello, Sailor Sunday Stamps Sketch Challenge

Sunday Stamps has a fun sketch challenge today.
I decided to pull out a couple of my newest Stampin' Up! stamp sets that I haven't had a chance to play with yet. The combination makes for a real masculine card that I believe my husband will appreciate. He likes nautical themes even more than I do. Plus he was a Sea Scout as a teenager and went on many sailing excursions on the Columbia River.

At first glance it may seem that my card does not fit the sketch because the sketch has 4 panels at the bottom. But if you look closely you will see that there are indeed 4 panels on the bottom of this card. I used Early Espresso card stock on two panels and embossed them with Tempting Turquoise embossing powder. The other two panels are Tempting Turquoise card stock embossed with Early Espresso embossing powder. Now do you see it? ☺ It looks a bit like the weathered boards on an ocean-side cottage.

Products I used:
Early Espresso card stock
Tempting Turquoise card stock
Whisper White card stock
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' ink
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' ink
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' ink
VersaMark ink
Hello, Sailor stamp set
Hardwood stamp
Brights Candy Dots
Stampin' Sponge
Early Espresso embossing powder
Tempting Turquoise embossing powder
Snail adhesive
Heat tool

 Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration is here and we are Sale-a-brating! When you order $50.00 of merchandise (not including shipping and taxes) you earn a star, for my Star Crafter Program (find out about it here).
You also get a reward from Stampin' Up! because it is Sale-a-bration. You can choose a free product for EACH $50.00 you spend. And, in addition to those perks, this week I will send you a package of Dimensionals for FREE! (Offer good only on sales through my online Stampin' Up! store between 2/23/14 and 3/1/14 only).

Starburst Sayings Birthday Card

Do you have all your Christmas cards made? Here's a Birthday card that uses some products from the upcoming Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog. The products will be available January 2nd.

This is one of those CAS cards. It is Clean And Simple.It should take less than 10 minutes to create. This card would work for young, old, feminine or masculine. So it is a good general birthday card to have ready to go in your card box.

I used some silver Dazzling Details on the word "Happy", but it doesn't really show up in the photo.

Here's the list of supplies:

Whisper White card stock
Real Red card stock
Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper Stack (available 1/2/14)
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' ink
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' ink
Circle Framelits
Starburst Sayings Stamp set (available 1/2/14)
Starburst Framelits die set (available 1/2/14)
Chalk Talk Framelits die set
Remembering Your Birthday stamp set
Silver Dazzling Details

Wetlands Goose Birthday Card

The Stampin' Up!  Wetlands stamp set is a great stamp set to create fall cards and masculine cards with.

Check out other wildlife cards on this weeks Paper Players weekly challenge.

I really like finding ways to use the birch paper that came in the Thanksgiving tablescape kit. Doesn't it look great with the goose stamp?

Other products I used:
Early Espresso card stock
Basic White card stock
Early Espresso ink
Label Framelits
wood grain embossing folder

Enjoy!