Masculine Birthday!

Are you like me and have a hard time making cards that aren't all flowery and bright colored?  I'm always looking for masculine card ideas that aren't girly but that aren't drab either. 

I started searching for ideas on Pinterest (who doesn't love that site!) and found this layout by Christie who had used the design with different colors for a baby card.  Just by changing out the colors and the sentiment stamp, hocus pocus, a masculine birthday card.

Here's the supplies that were used:

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge, Sweet Essentials (retired), Simply Stars (retired)

Paper: Island Indigo, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White

Ink:  Island Indigo, Crisp Cantaloupe and Baked Brown Sugar

Accessories: Rhinestone Basic Jewels

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Acrylic Block Stamping with Serene Silhouettes

The Acrylic Block Technique is so easy to do.  Just ink the block on your ink pad and stamp the block to your paper.  I used the "B" block for this card.

I chose to use a few of the colors from the 2013-2015 "In Color" Collection for this project.  They are soft subtle colors that contrast nicely with the black image from  the Serene Silhouettes stamp set.

Here's the supplies that were used:

Stamps:  Serene Silhouettes and Petite Pairs

Paper: Early Espresso & Very Vanilla

Ink:  Pistachio Pudding, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloupe and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Accessories: Spica "Clear" marker for a dash of sparkle on the flowers

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Gift Card Envelopes

Looking for a unique way to package those last minute gift cards?  Look no further than your envelope punch board.

I couldn't bear to just leave these in the package they came in but I didn't want to unmount the gift card  and make a separate holder, so I came up with this cool idea!  Why not make it look like a wrapped present.  I measured the holder and used the envelope punch board from Stampin' Up to make the closest envelope to the measurement out of designer paper.  Then I added a strip of  cardstock, a belly band of the same color cardstock and a faux bow.

I think these really turned out awesome and hope you give it a try!

 

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Wedding Invitation

My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up to the rescue.

A friend of mine is planning a wedding and was in need of a wedding invitation.  She wasn't sure where to start so I volunteered to put something together for her.

Using My Digital Studio, I was able to put something together which was exactly what she was looking for.  Even though I'm still a novice at using the software, I think this project turned out really good.

Here's the supplies that were used:

My Digital Studio Stamp Set:  Meant to Be

Ink:  Night of Navy

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Playful Polka Dots Scrapbook Layout

I recently started using the My Digital Studio software from Stampin' Up.  I've used it for labeling my new soap packaging and for organizing my spice jars but today I decided to take advantage of a free download and create a scrapbook page.

This FREE MDS Digital Download is called Playful Polka Dots. I started with a template since this was my first try at using this software, but I didn't like the default colors.  NO PROBLEM!  With just a few clicks of the mouse, I was able to change the colors to coordinate better with my pictures. I had a lot of fun and suggest you give MDS a try.  You can download a free 30 day trial here.

Stampin' Up just recently lowered the cost of the software too, which is why I finally decided to give it try.  I can say that I've already gotten my money's worth.  I hope you give this a try too!

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