Rustic Trendy Trees

Another card created at one of my monthly classes, this time on a more masculine theme.  I CASE'd this from myself, a card we had created at the Whitminster Class a few months ago.

Our colours were Close to Cocoa, Really Rust and Taken with Teal which look quite earthy and rustic together.  I love how Trendy Trees stamps are so versatile, it works equally well for young ones and grown ups, male and female!  The DSP is from the Sweet Pea Stack which is soon to be retiring and the greeting is from "Wow Flowers" which is also going too.  I will be sad to see this set go as I use the "birthday wishes" stamp often.

"Trendy Trees" is a 2-Step Stampin' set which requires the use of the Stamp-a-ma-jig, if you have any questions about 2-Step Stampin' just ask and I will do my best to explain.  Most of my ladies are now well used tho the SAMJ as we use it at most classes and its one of those gadgets that I just wouldn't be without!

Teen Girl Handbag Class

Well you may be wondering what this class is all about!  I still have spaces for the afternoon class on Thursday 5th August, 1.00-4.00pm, email me at stampinkerry@aol.com if you are interested in coming along or call me on 07717 068909.

We will be creating six cards using the punches to create cute little handbag embellishments.  There are three card designs in two colourways, Basic Black with Rich Razzleberry and Basic Black with Taken with Teal.

So here they are:

Thanks for stopping by, off to motorcross shortly so see you Monday!

Are tree's trendy?

Of course they are when it comes to this stamp set!!  This is one of the cards we created at this month's Card Class held at Whitminster Village Hall.  It could be used for a "man card" but is equally nice to give to a female.  The DSP is from the gorgeous Sweet Pea Stack and I was inspired by these colours for my three trees.  So we used Really Rust, Taken with Teal and So Saffron with a little bit of Chocolate Chip thrown in, and of course Whisper White.

We used the Cropadile to set the eyelets in the three circle layers and the lovely Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement of the trees as "Trendy Trees" is a "2 Step Stampin" set.  If you would like more information about how "2 Step Stampin" sets work, just drop me an email and I will explain.  Once again we had some hand cutting, my ladies just "lurve" hand cutting and they all jump with joy when they see that they have to cut something out by hand and not use a punch to do it!!!!  Well, I can't make it too simple for you!  The greeting was stamped using Chocolate Chip Ink and is from "Wow Flowers".

Just for the Girls!

I have been busy making cards by request and here is one of them using the Oval, Scallop Oval and Circle punches to create cute little handbags.  I am a big lover of Rose Red and Chocolate Chip when it comes to girly cards but I managed to steer away on this occasion and use Old Olive teamed with So Saffron!  The spotty Old Olive patterned paper is from the Sweet Pea Stack, such a great value pad of 12x12" papers, I just adore it. 

The "Happy Birthday" circle image is from "Wow Flowers" and I printed the word "Sister" on the computer and stamped the Dotty Tag stamp to frame it from "Tiny Tags" then punched out using the Medium Jewelry Tag punch, tying with a bow using the Silver Elastic Cord.  I added 3 Old Olive brads to balance the card.

Man Card Challenge!

Myself, Caroline and Georgina decided to set ourselves a little challenge.  Each of us had to come up with a design for a "Man Card", something we all seem to struggle with and we got together and created each others designs.

Here is mine, based on the Mojo Monday sketch.  I used "Trendy Trees" stamp set for this one, which is quite manly I suppose and teamed with Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive cardstock.  I also added some co-ordinating Designer Series Paper from the Hostess Paper Pack which is of course not available to purchase, only available as a Hostess Gift when you hold a Home Workshop. 

If you are interested in hosting a Home Workshop, all you need to do is invite a few friends round and I will do the rest, its a great fun evening and you could end up with some lovely free goodies!  Give me a call today for more information on holding a Home Workshop of your own.

My greeting is from "Wow Flowers" and cut out using the Word Window Punch as it fits perfectly inside.

Here are Caroline and Georgina's which are both lovely, these photographs don't do them any justice, so lovely IRL.  Caroline's card was very 3D and Georgina's "Waistcoat" card was superb, just what we need for those man cards.  We all had great fun creating each others cards and I am sure we will be doing something similar very soon!

A bit more manly??

If you read yesterday's post, this is the second "man" card that I made, and I am still not 100% convinced that its manly enough but I liked the finished product and as it was for a young man I decided it would be suitable.  The stamp is from "Happy Moments" which was one of the Sale-a-bration sets which sadly is no longer available.  The greeting is from "Wow Flowers" which I tend to use frequently as it fits perfectly inside the Word Window Punch.  My colour combination was Whisper White, Basic Black, Old Olive and Ruby Red and my greeting was stamped using the Kraft Whisper White ink.

Stars & Circles

I have been asked to make a 65th Male Card and here is the end result.  I used "To The Nines" Designer Series Paper and teamed it with Chocolate Chip and Sahara Sand cardstock.  The star image is from "Spotlight on Christmas" (currently on loan from my wonderful upline Jane, thanks Jane!) and I stamped these in Chocolate Chip and clear embossed them with the Heat Gun.  I used various Circle Punches to create circles to layer behind the Star images and cut out part of a 1 3/8" circle on the right side of the DSP to reveal the Chocolate Chip underneath, to which I added the number 65 in Sahara Sand card.  My "birthday wishes" greeting is from "Wow Flowers" stamp set stamped in a line using the Stamp-a-ma-jig.  The bottom edges of my card were punched using the Corner Rounder.  I finished off with a tied piece of 1/4" Chocolate Chip Ribbon.

Recipe:


Stamps: Spotlight on Christmas, Wow Flowers
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Sahara Sand, "To The Nines" DSP
Ink: Choclate Chip
Accessories: Clear Embossing Powder, 1/4" Chocolate Chip Ribbon
Tools: 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/14" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, 1/2" Circle Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Corner Rounder, Heat Gun,
Adhesives: SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals