Sailboat Males Birthday Card

Hey Everyone!  I am back to share yet another Birthday card with you.  I hope that you aren't getting bored of the Birthday cards already, because there are a TON more coming your way.  There are a couple other things coming too like Monthly ATCs, fertility cards, and a couple more sympathy cards.  

A lot of you who follow my blog know my feelings on scraps...If you are new to my blog my outlook on scraps are...use them!  Do whatever possible to use up things you have stamped previously, possibly cut and embossed previously, etc.  Use the things!  They were maybe not appropriate for the card that you were currently creating, but they do deserve their moment on the card.  

This card was made out of all scraps.  The embossed blue paper was previously embossed, and the sailboat was previously stamped and coloured...and I decided that I could make them work perfectly together, and VOILA!  I am very happy with the simplicity of this card, and really like that it can be used for either male or female (even though I intended it for a male).  

Here's the front of the card...

Here's the back of the card...

Supplies Used...

Because this card was made out of scraps there are a lot of the pieces that I am unsure what the product is, and which company it belongs to, so for this card there won't be a supplies used list. 

If there is a specific product that you are wanting more information on, please comment below and I'll do my best to locate it or link to something similar for you!

Thank you so much for stopping by to check in and see what I've been working on!

Neutral Leaf Sympathy Card

Hey Everyone!  Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog.  I am excited to be back to share another card with you!  Today I am going to share with you a Sympathy Card.  These are some of the most difficult cards to make, and that's why I always find it easiest to have some on hand for the difficult moments that you need to send one.  This card is for one of the orders that I am working on completing, however I made a second one for my stash because it's easier to be able to reach for one then create one on the spot when its needed.

When I create sympathy cards I find that I have a large tendency to gravitate towards neutrals and softer more subtle colours.  I also tend to create in more a botanical, or floral type theme.  I want to create something beautiful but not something over the top as I realize that this is a difficult thing for everyone involved.  My hope is that the recipient finds even a little bit of extra comfort knowing that someone is thinking about them, and took the extra time and love to put into a handmade card for them.

This is a sympathy card layout that I have used in the past, the stamps that I used for this one however I haven't used before for this type of card.  The card itself is pretty flat and single layered, but like I said before I like to keep these cards very subtle and not to crazy.

Here's the front of the card...

Here's the side of the card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base and the the sentiment and the tan paper

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the twine and the double sided tape

Acrylic Block - used to attach the stamps to and help stamp the images

Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base

EK Success Tweezers - used to help tie the bow and position the sentiment on the card front

Foam Adhesive - used to add dimension to the sentiment

Double Sided Tape - used to attach the sentiment to the tan card stock

Adirondack Lights - Lake Mist - one of the inks used to stamp the leafs in (cannot find a link for this)

Memories Die Ink - Soft Wheat - one of the inks used to stamp the leafs in (cannot find a link for this)

Memories Die Ink - Soft Leaf - one of the inks used to stamp the leafs in (cannot find a link for this)

SW F1234 - "With Deepest Sympathy Stamp" - used to stamp the sentiment on the card (cannot find a link for this product)

Hero Arts Scattering Leaves - leaf stamps used to design the card front background

Bakers Twine - used for the bow at the top of the card front

White Cardstock - used for the card front and to stamp the sentiment on

Tan Cardstock - used to mat the sentiment with

Thanks again for stopping by to visit me!  I hope that you enjoy yourself.  Please look around, and feel free to leave messages and comments in the sections below each post.  Until next time I hope that each of you are having a great week, and that you are looking forward to the upcoming weekend.

Mojo Monday #483

Hey Everyone!  Thanks for taking a moment to spend with me.  I want to share with you a Birthday Card that I made for part of a card order that I am working on putting together.  I mentioned a couple posts ago that I am going to be sharing with you a bunch of various birthday cards with you, so here's another one!

I thought that it would be fun to play along with a challenge over at Mojo Monday that I haven't had the chance to play along with for quite some time.  It felt so good to join in the fun again and use a sketch to help me create the card.  

Here's the challenge here...

I started with colouring this image as I knew that it was something that I wanted on the birthday card and then selected papers to match.  I paper pieced the chair, and coloured in parts of the design with a thin black pen to give it some dimension and interest.  I tried to keep the colouring very simple as the papers that I chose were pretty wild.  

Here's the front of the card...

Here's the side view of the card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base, as well as cut all of the layers of paper

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ribbon and the double sided tape, and to cut out the pattern paper for paper piecing the chair

EK Success Tweezers - used to help tie and place the bow on the card front

Exacto Knife - used to help position the gems onto the card front

Acrylic Block - used to attach the sentiment and the main image to in order to stamp them

Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base

Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the pattern paper with the age to the card front

Double Sided Tape - used on the back of all the paper to attach it to the card front

Glue Dots - used under the bow to attach it to the card front

Promarkers - used to colour the image with

Black Pen - used to help colour the chair and fill in the floral detail

MFT Ink - ink used to stamp the sentiment and the main image with

Amy R Stamps - its your birthday - sentiment used on the card front (this product is discontinued so there isn't a link for it)

Stamping Bella - Reilly needs to relax - main image used for this card 

Black Gems - used to help embellish the card front

Number Stickers - used to create the number on the card front (not the exact product used, but I linked to something similar)

Kiwi Ribbon - used for the bow on the card front

Recollection Basics Paper Pack - pattern paper used for the card front (cannot find a link for this product, but it was purchased at Michael's Canada)

Copic Paper - used to stamp the main image onto, the heavy weight card stock is perfect for colouring with Promarkers

White Cardstock - used for the card base

Blue Boys Birthday Card

Hey There!  Thanks for stopping by again to take a peak at what I've been busy working on.  As I had mentioned in my last post I was moving away from Thank You cards and towards Birthday Cards.  

I created this card in blues so that you could give it to a male (or female).  I had also mentioned before that I am on a peel off sticker kick at the moment, and that I am very much enjoying using them on my cards.  I also pulled out my Promarkers and since they were still on my desk I thought that I would just reach for them to colour the presents with various colours of Blue.  I love the monochromatic colours of this card, and the silver accents which just give it that class. 

I had enough Presents that I could create 2 cards using the gifts, and I will show just the one here.  On the second one the only change that I made was that at the top of the left and right corners in the blank white space I simply added the numbers 30 to each side to personalize it with an age. (I have linked to the stickers below in the comments if you are interested at all in supplies I used)

I am thrilled with how this card turned out, and wish that I had more of these present peel offs that way I could create another one, with a different colour.  I love that this card literally could be done in any could and the sentiment could read anything, and it could be used for any occasion...think about it (birthday, christmas, easter, valentines, baby/wedding showers, etc).

Here's the front of the card...

Here's the side of the card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ribbon at the top of the card, and to cut the pieces of blue paper so they are flush with the edges of the card front.

EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the presents on the card front, and to help tie the bow

Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base

Promarkers - used to colour the presents on the card

Foam Adhesive - used to raise the tags off the card slightly adding some dimension

Ranger Matte Medium - used to attach the presents, and the blue pattern paper to the card base

Peel Off Presents - used for the main images on the card front

Peel Off Silver Boarder - used to add some shimmer between the two blue stripes on the card front

Peel Off Wording - used for the sentiment on the card front

Bakers Twine - used at the top of the card for the bow

Blue Numbers - used to put the age on the card front (not the exact product, but linked to something similar)

Light Blue Cardstock - used to add a small light blue strip to the card front

Dark Blue Cardstock - used to add a darker blue strip of paper to the card front

White Cardstock - used for the card base and to put the presents on to colour as well as the paper behind the tags

Thanks for stopping by!  

I would love to know what you think of this card, please leave me some love below!

Watering Can Thank You

Hey Everyone!  Thanks for stopping by to see what I've been working on.  As I have mentioned in the last couple posts I have been working on a couple card orders, which ended up having a ton of Thank you cards in them.  You will be happy to know that I have completed all of the thank you cards, so will be changing it up after this post and moving towards Birthday Cards for both genders, and also Birthday Cards for children.  I will continue to post my Christmas Card Challenges Posts once every other week, and am trying to play along with a couple challenges here and there, but we are moving onto Birthday!  Yay!

Here's the last Thank You card!  I  started with the image and coloured it with a pattern paper in mind.  I then chose the rest of the papers out of my scraps of paper (as some of you know I love to use up my scraps, and try to do this before reaching for NEW paper) to finish off the card.  When I was looking for the flag die in my die drawer I came across the thank you die, which I have NEVER used, and to be honest didn't even know that I had, so this was SOOOOO exciting for me.  I love the font of the wording, so this is in my mental notes to not forget about this beauty again.  

Here's the front of the card...

Here's the side view of the card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base, and various layers of the pattern paper

EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the wording, and the pearls on the card front as well as aid in the tieing of the bow

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ribbon, and the ends of the flags, as well as the double sided tape

Exacto Knife - used to help position the pearls on the card front

Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base

Cuttlebug Machine - machine used to cut the wording, and the flags

Double Sided Tape - used to attach the layers of the card to the card base

Ranger Matte Medium - adhesive used to attach the wording to the flags

Fishtail Flag Die - flags used for the sentiment

MFT Grateful Dies - used for the wording (cannot find a source for this product)

Lyra Pencil Crayon - used to help blend and smooth the pencil crayon on the image

Prisma Colour Pencil Crayons - colouring medium I used to colour the image

MFT Ink - used to stamp the image with

Under Construction Tulips - stamp used for the main image on the card front (no link available as this company is no longer in business)

Bakers Twine - used down the left side of the card, and tied in a bow

Gems - used to help embellish the front of the card

Pink Cardstock - used to cut the flags out of this paper

White Cardstock - used for the card base, and for the background paper of the stamped image

Recollections - Sugar Plums - used a piece for the red polkadot paper (no link available, but this paper pack was purchased at Michaels Canada)

Recollection Valentine - used for the pink and grey background (no link available, but this paper pack was purchased at Michaels Canada)

Thank you for stopping by to visit.  Please leave some love in the comments section below and let me know what you think of this card!

Floral Thank You Card

Hey Everyone!  

I am so glad to be back to share with you a Thank You Card that I created for a couple of orders that I have been working on.  I have been really enjoying colouring with distress inks, and am LOVING playing with Peels Offs too!  They are so easy, and you get the same look that you would get if you were to silver heat emboss a stamped image, but it saves me a couple steps.

I am thrilled with how this card turned out, and I was pleased to be able to use a couple techniques that I haven't used in a while, so thought that it was a good opportunity to use a couple different techniques and use a layout that I haven't used before.  

The end result is this beautiful, elegant, and classic looking Thank You Card.

Here's a look at the front of the card...

Here's a look at the side view of the card...

Here's a close up look at the Peel Off which is the focal point of this card...

Supplies Used

Paper Trimmer - used for cutting the card base and the various layers of the card

EK Success Tweezers - used to help position the pieces on the front of the card

Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the silver peel off strip and to fussy cut out the flower detail.

Waterbrush - used to add water to the ink to colour with it

Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base, and to help apply the embossing paste

Cuttlebug Machine -  used with dies to cut out the circles on this card

Double Sided Tape - used to attach various papers to the card base

Foam Adhesive - used to add dimension to the flower when attaching it

Distress Ink - used to colour the flower and leaves with

Stencil - used with embossing paste for the brick background layer

Kraft Boarder - used to add a small kraft detail down the right of the card (no link available as this product has been discontinued)

Gems - used to add embellishment and shimmer to the card front

Stardust Pens (Purple) - used to add shimmer to the insides of the flowers

Peel Off Thank Yous - used for the sentiment on the front of the card

Peel Off Flowers - used for the main focal point on this card

Peel Off Silver Stripe - used to add shimmer and finish off the line on the left of the card

Pierced Circle Die - used to cut out the circles for the card front

Pearlescent Embossing Paste  - embossing paste that was used to create the brick wall background

Purple Paper - used down the right side of the card, and for the smallest circle

Vellum - used to attach the sentiment to, and cut in a circle

Kraft Paper - used on the card front under the main image

White Cardstock - used for the card base, and for the brick background piece too

Bellarific Friday Challenge

Hey Everyone,  I am back to share with you a Birthday card that I have created for a couple card orders that I've been working on.  I decided that I wanted to play along with a challenge that I haven't had the chance to play along with for quite a while since things here have been very busy.  I am trying to ease back into playing along with some of the challenges that I love the most, and creating cards with them with the Challenge details included in the card.

This time I have decided to join the fun over at Stamping Bella and thought I'd play along with the Bellarific Friday Challenge.

The Challenge this week is a sketch challenge, and the only requirement is to create a card using this sketch while using a current Stamping Bella stamp.

Why not join me in playing along!?

I created 2 cards for this challenge.  Both of them are similar however I have added an age to the one, and changed the position of the Happy Birthday wording too.  I will share both of the cards here with you starting with the one that I am entering for the challenge, followed by the additional one with a slight layout change.  

I had so much fun digging out my Promarkers, and just sitting and colouring these images.  Its been quite a while since I created a card with so much colouring details.  My colouring is somewhat rusty, but I am working on getting better at it again.  I coloured both of the images the same, but changed up the pattern paper pairings with what I had available to me in my scrap drawer.  I love how each of them turned out, and I really hope that the recipients of these cards like them too!

Here's the front of the card for the Challenge...

Here's the side of the card for the Challenge...

Here's the front view of the other card...

Here's the side view of the other card...

Supplies List

Paper Trimmer - used to cut the card base, and the various layers of pattern papers
Tim Holtz Scissors - used to cut the ribbon and the double sided tape
EK Success Tweezers - used to help position various layers of the card
Exacto Knife - used to help lift and place the embellishments into place
Bone Folder - used to crease and fold the card base
Acrylic Block - used to attach the stamp to in order to help stamp the image.
Double Sided Tape - used to attach the various layers of paper to the card front.
Rangers Matte Medium - used to attach some of the embellishments to the card front
MFT Ink  - ink that was used to stamp the image in
Stamping Bella - Reilly Needs to Relax - used for the main image on the front of the card.
Promarkers - used to colour in the main image with these markers
Teal Ribbon - used on one of the card fronts
Pink Ribbon - used on one of the card fronts
Sticker Numbers - used to put the age on the one card. (not the identical product, but linked to something similar)
Happy Birthday Peel Offs - used to add the sentiment to the front of the cards
Doodlebug Sprinkles - used to help embellish the front of the cards
Wink of Stella (Clear) - used to add shimmer to the images (done after the photos were taken)
Pink Circle Pattern Paper - used on the one card front (no link available as this is from my stash)
Recollection - Purple Chevron Pattern Paper - used on the one card front (no link available as this is from my stash)
Recollection - Purple Quatrefoil Pattern Paper - used on the one card front (no link available as this is from my stash
110 lbs Cardstock - heavy weight card stock used to stamp the image onto.
White Cardstock - used for the card base
Teal Mini Polkadot Pattern Paper - used on the one card front, and under the number on the other one (unsure of the source for this product, so no link is available.)

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