Simple, Simple

Hello everyone,

Today's card is a masculine birthday, part of the assorted set of cards I'm giving to my girlfriend for Christmas.

The printed paper is Stampin' Up Well Worn layered on textured Early Espresso.  The sentiment is Stampabilities Happy Birthday 01 stamped in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla.  The embellishments are Amanda Blu Mosaic Tiles.

Isn't this a great guy card?  I love this wood grain paper!  This is layout couldn't be simpler and the colours are perfectly male.  This is a great simple sentiment that works great with both the paper and the layout.  All in all, simple, simple and perfect!

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Marvelously Manly IX & X

Hello everyone,

You'd think I'd learn about the roman numerals.  Today I have the next two cards in the masculine one sheet wonder series.

The card base is textured Stampin' Up Soft Suede.  The patterned paper is Stampin' Up Well Worn designer series paper.  The vertical strips are textured Early Espresso. The sentiment, Bonnidee French Wording #1 is stamped in Early Espresso on Very Vanilla.  The embellishments are Crystal Stickers brown Mosiac tiles.
 

The card base is textured Stampin' Up Early Espresso.  The patterned paper is Stampin' Up Well Worn designer series paper layered on Not Quite Navy.  The sentiment is Verve Forever In Our Hearts stamped in Not Quite Navy on Very Vanilla.  The embellishments are Amanda Blu Mosaic tiles.

I decided to do a small variety of non-birthday cards but keep with the masculine feel of cards.  It can be as much of a challenge to get masculine get well and sympathy cards as it is to craft them.  I know I intended to keep the embellishments to a minimum but I love using these brown squares on masculine cards because they are absolutely not frou frou but add just that little extra that makes these cards special.

I hope you enjoy these cards and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Gone To The Dogs - Zim

Hello everyone,

Today's card is the last one is this latest dog park series.  This is Zim's (short for Zimbabwe) card.  There are a number of other dogs at the park however I don't have any of their photos.  This was such a fun series, I know there will be more of these great cards down the road.

The printed paper is DCWV The Pet's Stack layered on Stampin' Up Baja Breeze.  The sentiment is Close To My Heart Happy Birthday stamped in Chocolate Chip on Very Vanilla.  The embellishments are Amanda Blu Mosaic Tiles.

A number of the dogs photos were actually cropped from a single photo that was taken this past winter.  Zim's owner is the one who took the photo and she was just thrilled that I used it to make so many cards.  I'm really hoping to get some more great shots down the road and makes more of these great cards.

I hope you enjoy this card and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle

Many Thanks 1 & 2

Hello everyone,

One of my girlfriends asked me for a set of thank you cards for her son's daycare providers.  I've done them for her before including the Quick Christmas series, Holiday Wonder, and One Sheet Thank Yous.  This latest set gave me a chance to try a one sheet wonder with an 8X8 sheet of paper.  I only found one template online at Joyfully Made Designs and though it was pretty good, I just had to adapt it just a wee bit.

The card bases are Bazzill Basics White/OP paper.  The printed paper is DCWV Green Stack.  The solid papers are Stampin' Up Baja Breeze and Old Olive.  The sentiments are Hero Arts Thank You Messages.  The embellishments are Amanda Blu Mosaics.

Is this great paper for daycare workers?  I love these critters!  I decided to challenge myself in terms of supplies so kept everything super simple and used only scraps from the leftover bin.  I'm very pleased with this series.

I hope you enjoy these cards and come back to SPI again soon.

Gisèle