Now why put masculine in single quotes? Well, as you can see from the card below, it is not typically a masculine birthday card. For this I blame the lovely ladies at Sunday Stamps (just kidding)! Their challenge this week (http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca/) was to use basic gray, primrose petals and summer starfruit. I used this challenge as inspiration for my brother in law's birthday card. You might think that I'm being lazy in not making him a more masculine card, but I promise, I'm not! Lee, my brother in law, is amazing. He is a man's man, but at the same time, he has a very caring and kind side to him. He has no problem wearing pink (and he looks awesome in it!). So I'm not settling!!! I only wish that instead of summer starfruit, I could have used tangerine tango as orange is his favourite colour!
Just as a little local (Ottawa) tip, we celebrated Lee's birthday at Fatboy's Southern Smokehouse (http://fatboys.ca/ottawa-ontario-122311/). I've been there before, but I have to say, even as a vegetarian, the food is fantastic!
The recipe for the card is below.
*primrose petals card stock (126841)
*basic gray card stock (121044)
*summer starfruit card stock (126839)
*primrose petals 3/8" stitched satin ribbon
*1/8" mini brads (122941)
*argyle embossing folder (127750) - would you believe I was lucky enough to win this recently in a raffle!!!
*pennant parade stamp set (W122740 / C122742)
*petite pennants builder punch (122361)
*itty bitty shapes bunch pack (118309)
*bitty banners framelits (129267)
*itty bitty banners stamp set (W126255 / C126257)
*I used my VersaMark (102283) to stamp the pennant parade stamp
Take care
K8
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Another birthday card!
A slightly belated happy birthday to my wonderful brother in law. Although we celebrated on Monday, his actual birthday was yesterday. He's a pretty amazing man and we are so lucky to have him in our family. I will post the card that I made for him later on! The card below is for the other twin that I mentioned in a previous post. As you can see I followed very much the sketch that I used last week from Sunday Stamps (http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca/). It was a goodie though!!!!
*Primrose petals card stock (126841)
*Midnight muse card stock (126843)
*Patio party DSP (126916)
*Primrose petals 3/8" stitched satin ribbon (126844)
*Dahlia in summer starfruit (127556)
*2 1/2" circle punch (120906)
*2 3/8" scallop circle punch (118874)
*Patterned party stamp set (W123065 / C123067 )
*In Color markers (126856) - to paint the balloons
Although it is not shown, I also stamped the inside with the patterned party stamp set (the banner stamp that says "Happy Birthday To You") and I stamped this in midnight muse so that it would show up well!
Happy stampin'!
K8
Monday, July 9, 2012
Lots of birthdays this month
Well what can I say, I am very lucky to have a number of friends who are celebrating their birthdays this month! This week alone there are three (albeit two are twins so we do a joint celebration!). The following card was made for one of the twins.
*Crumb cake card stock (120953)
*Retired DSP (but it screamed to me of my friend)
*Night of navy ribbon (also retired)
*Brights glimmer brads in real red (121006)
*Mixed bunch stamp set (W125535 / C125537) - the flower is stamped in night of navy and the centre is stamped in riding hood red
*Blossom punch (125605)
*3/4" circle punch (119873)
*Itty bitty banners (W126255 / C126257)
*Bitty banners framelits (129267)
Now I have a confession to make. When the blossom punch and mixed bunch stamp set first came out in last year's mini catalogue, I wasn't immediately gobsmacked by it. In fact, I didn't bother to buy it for quite some time. I reluctantly gave in though after hearing a lot of people rave about it, and started to use it. Would you believe that it is now one of my absolute favourites and a real go to for me. It just goes to show that if I push myself out of my comfort zone it can be a good thing!!!!
Have a great week and thanks for checking in!
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Pals Paper Arts Challenge
As you may have noticed, i have been trying to post projects three times each week. But this week, maybe with a combination of the heat and wanting to stay in my stamping dungeon in the basement, as well as the excitement and positive energy of a friend who started her own blog this week (go visit her at http://stampinafter8.blogspot.ca/), I have an extra project to share. All that, plus there's a lot of socializing going on in my little world these days!!
I used the Pals Paper Arts colour challenge (http://stampinpretty.typepad.com/pals_paper_arts/) as inspiration for the following card that I will be giving to some friends next week who are expecting twins!! I used the monkey stamp from the retired Fox & Friends set to represent the two little boys. The rest of the recipe is below!
*daffodil delight card stock (119683)
*cherry cobbler card tock (119685)
*early espresso card stock (119686)
*whisper white card stock (100730)
*early espresso stamp pad (126974)
*fox & friends stamp set (retired sadly but still one of my favourites!)
*itty bitty banners stamp set (W126255 / C126257)
*bitty banners framelits (129267)
*tiny tags (W118091 / C118592)
*jewelry tag punch (117190)
*1 1/4" square punch (119865)
*daffodil delight ribbon (retired)
*3/16" metallic brads in gold (119741)
As I was writing this I noticed that the stamps sets all seemed to be small (tiny tags, itty bitty banners!!!). Certainly not intentional, but it is cute given that this is for a baby shower!!
I hope everyone has enjoyed a great weekend and that you've been able to fit in some stamping!
K8
I used the Pals Paper Arts colour challenge (http://stampinpretty.typepad.com/pals_paper_arts/) as inspiration for the following card that I will be giving to some friends next week who are expecting twins!! I used the monkey stamp from the retired Fox & Friends set to represent the two little boys. The rest of the recipe is below!
*daffodil delight card stock (119683)
*cherry cobbler card tock (119685)
*early espresso card stock (119686)
*whisper white card stock (100730)
*early espresso stamp pad (126974)
*fox & friends stamp set (retired sadly but still one of my favourites!)
*itty bitty banners stamp set (W126255 / C126257)
*bitty banners framelits (129267)
*tiny tags (W118091 / C118592)
*jewelry tag punch (117190)
*1 1/4" square punch (119865)
*daffodil delight ribbon (retired)
*3/16" metallic brads in gold (119741)
As I was writing this I noticed that the stamps sets all seemed to be small (tiny tags, itty bitty banners!!!). Certainly not intentional, but it is cute given that this is for a baby shower!!
I hope everyone has enjoyed a great weekend and that you've been able to fit in some stamping!
K8
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