Most of my customers know that I can't get enough of the "Share a Milkshake" bundle from the Spring catalog. It's become a favorite with them too! This was a simple make-n-take at my Open House this past week.
Open House cards are typically quick and easy cards. It's fun to make something you can do quickly and easily sometimes. All supplies are listed below. You can place an order on my website.
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I love a good masculine card! But sometimes masculine cards can stump stampers. Typically, masculine cards are going to be a little more simple in nature with less embellishments. I like to use earth tones and texture in my cards for men. I've been wanting to get back to the stamp set, Whiskey Business, for awhile and I finally did with this card. We made this in my monthly stamp club in March.
The textured background is called Hive 3D embossing folder and is in the Spring catalog. I embossed a piece of pumpkin pie cardstock for the textured background. It was a little bit bright for my liking so I used some cajun craze ink with the blending brush to add some more depth and texture to it.
For the greeting I inked it up with Versamark ink on basic black cardstock. I then used white embossing powder to get a nice bold sentiment.
Here is the final product:
I am very pleased with how it turned out! How about you? What tips and tricks do you have for making masculine cards?
All supplies used on this card are listed below. As always, you can order the supplies on my website.
I'm starting a new monthly stamp club in April. You can attend in person or you can participate virtually from anywhere in the United States. Send me a message for more details.
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This month in stamp club I wanted to use this bundle, "What's Cookin'". It hasn't gotten near enough use in my craft room. This bundle is from the annual catalog. I used to have a monthly recipe club and this set would have been excellent for that. It still makes wonderful cards as well. I think you could do some wonderful play on words. "Cooking up some birthday fun!". "Happy retirement, whatcha got cookin'?". "Thank you for cookin' up a wonderful dinner". Etc. etc.
I simply made this a for you card. Could be a birthday, thank you, or any number of cards you may require. Something different than your typical card.
I added some more depth to the cutting board by blending some soft suede ink on the crumb cake cardstock. It brought out the grain of the wood more definitively.
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We are winding down the last days of Sale-a-bration. You still have through Monday, February 28 to place an order and earn FREE Sale-a-bration products. You can go to my website or click on the catalog on the left hand of my blog to see the FREE products available.
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When Stampin' Up! puts out a new catalog there are certain products that jump out at me. I tend to lean towards line art images I can color in, whimsical and cute or pretty. This "Driving by" stamp sets is one of those sets. One of the greetings in the set is "Driving by to say hi". I really wanted to make this card a birthday card so I used part of the stamp on the image on the front of the card and created the coordinating greeting on my computer. Inside it says "with a birthday hi!". I wouldn't recommend using your computer to create greetings for just one card. But if you are doing multiple cards this may be an option for you.
I created this as a make-n-take for my monthly stamp club members.
What do you think? Do you get that whimsical vibe? All supplies are listed below. You can order the supplies on my website here.
Coming up in February I am holding a Virtual Stampin' Up! Open House on my Stampin' Up! Facebook page. I have sent make-n-take packets to my current active customers. If you would like to receive the make-n-take packets and participate in the Open House please send me a message. I will be demonstrating the 2 make-n-takes, showing sample card ideas, providing a door prize opportunity and maybe a few surprises!
Virtual Stampin' Up! Open House
Date: Sunday, February 13
Time: 1:00 Central Time
Place: My Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/myhappystampingplace/
If you can't make it at that time you can watch the video on replay on my Facebook page.
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I will be starting a hybrid stamp club in April. A hybrid stamp club will be a monthly stamp club where members can come and make the make-n-take projects in person or you can opt to have the make-n-take packets mailed to you. You can be local to me or live somewhere else in the country and still participate. If you would like more information about the monthly stamp club please contact me.
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As we enjoy another beautiful fall day here in Minnesota I'm going to show my 3rd card using the sketch I used from World Card Making Day last Saturday. I wanted to use this stamp set, What's Cookin' for something different. I made a Halloween and a Christmas card with this sketch. I made this last one as a birthday card.
Once again, here is the sketch I based the card off of:
And here is my card:
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Thank you to all who tuned in to the Facebook Live video for World Card Making Day. In case you missed it, here is the link to the Facebook Live video.
As I mentioned in my video, this stamp set and dies would make great Recipe pages. I used to run a monthly stamp club where I would design 8" x 8" recipe pages around the hostess' recipes. We built a recipe book along the way full of delicious recipes and the beautiful pages as we went. This was many years ago but It would be fun to do this again. Even virtually. Let me know if you are interested in participating in a monthly Recipe club. I can send you more information on it. You can see some of the pages we made by going on my side bar under categories and click on recipe pages.
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I had some fun with this card. It is a re-make of a card by Dawn Griffith. She did a version with the Darling Donkeys back during January 2021 Sale-a-bration. These sheep are celebrating a birthday in a big way! This card has a lot of detail to it but it's not terribly difficult and was very fun to make. We made this in my September stamp club and the ladies seemed to love it! Here is a view of the front, the front flap opened and the inside of the card.
Isn't it fun?! I am currently running an in person and virtual stamp club hybrid. What that means is that you can join and come make the cards in person at my house or you can do it virtually from the comfort of your own home. If you would like more information about joining my monthly stamp club please send me a message at [email protected]
For a list of supplies used for this card please see below. All supplies can be ordered through my website. The sheep stamp set and dies are both products you can get for FREE with a $50 or more purchase($50 for each Sale-a-bration product) through September 30, 2021.
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Hi, welcome back! My card today is one we made in my September stamp club. It's a simplified version of a card made by Maheswari Rajaguru. I love a pop of black in a hand-stamped card. It makes almost any color stand out. We stamped the background and the focal point all with images from the Delicate Dahlias stamp set. This stamp set is a Sale-a-bration stamp set. It is FREE with $100 purchase through September 30. The only stamp that isn't from the stamp set is the greeting. The stamp set comes with greetings but I wanted to make this a birthday card so I used a horizontal happy birthday stamp from the Artistically Inked stamp set.
You can line up the inside image with the outline pretty well free hand but we used the Stamparatus tool to get consistent results. All supplies can be ordered on my website. For a list of supplies used to make this card please see below.
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Kathleen
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I created this penguin card on a Facebook Live video this week. I used a simple layout with a twist. The main image is a little more putzy than the other cards I made with this layout but the layout is still simple.
The patterned paper is actually a pack you can only earn for FREE with a $50 purchase during the Sale-a-bration promotion. This promotion goes through Sept. 30. You can order all supplies on my website.
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Kathleen
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I showed some cards using this simple card layout with a twist. I made a simple version and a more elaborate version. The card below is the simple version of this card layout. A masculine card using the Enjoy The Moment stamp set. I thought the texture and images of this stamp set would lend itself well to a masculine card.
You can see the Facebook video on my page here.
You can see a list of supplies used on this card below. All supplies can be ordered on my website.
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I made a Facebook Live video last night making this card last night. Unfortunately, I had my audio turned off so you couldn't hear me. I'm a bit out of practice I guess. I deleted that video but wanted to share this card I created on the video. The background is made with the blending brushes. I will making another video soon using the blending brushes. This time I vow to remember to have the audio on! ;)
All of the supplies used to make this card are listed below. As always you can order them on my website.
We are on baby watch here. My daughter will be giving birth to our first grandchild any time between now and June 28. She is being induced on the 28th if she hasn't given birth by then. So exciting!
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