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The Swallowtail

Somewhere I saw the idea of  stamping off the card even though the Swallowtail was the main focus.  I just liked the feel it gave the card.   I also overlapped the wing tip onto the back side of the card. 









Recipe
Stamp Sets:  Swallowtail, Sassy Salutations(inside saying), Vintage Verses
Ink: Basic Black, Pacific Point, So Saffron, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Bashful Blue and Baja Breeze
Paper:  Very Vanilla
Accessories:  Apothecary Accents Die and Dimensionals

The Wedding Cake

Recipe   Stamp Set:  Love & Laughter, Teeny Tiny Wishes
              Ink:  Pacific Point                             
          Paper:  Whisper white, Pacific Point and Bashful Blue
Accessories:  Pearls, Polka Dot Embossing Folder and Modern Label Punch

The Wedding Dress

   
Summer is a time for Weddings so it is always smart to have Wedding cards on hand. 















Recipe
Stamp Sets: Love & Laughter
Ink: Versa Mark
Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Silver Glimmer
Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, White Embossing Powder

Baby Bib

 I cased this idea from stampingdoc.blogspot.com and changed it up to make it my own.
Recipe

Stamp Sets - A Word for You, Baby Bundle (both retired)

Ink - Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue(retired)

Paper - Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Bashful Blue (retired), DSP Daffodil Delight

Accessories -  1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 1/4' circle punch, non-SU oval scallop punch, polka dot embossing folder

Doily

This is such a great stamp.  I am so glad it hasn't been retired. 

Recipe
Stamps Sets - Hello Doily, Best of Love
Ink - Perfect Plum
Paper - Whisper White, DSP
Accessories - Eyelet Border Punch (retired), non-su large pearl

I love this card.  It's just so bright and cheery.   I got the idea for this card from The Stamping Connection.

RecipeStamp Sets- Baby Bundle, A Word for You (both sets were retired)
Ink - Basic Black, Real Red, Baja Breezes, Daffodil Delight, Sahara Sand
Paper - Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Accessories - Whisper White Satan Ribbon (retired), Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Stripes Embossing Folder, Eyelet Border Punch (retired), chalks

The Gift Bag

Here is a cute little bag I made for an 80th birthday.

Worth The Wait

I think this is a very versatile masculine card.  It could be used for a graduation, a birthday or a congratulations.

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Need for Speed and Word Play
Ink - Baja Breeze and Island Indigo
Paper - Baja Breeze, Whisper White and  Twitterpated
Accessories - Framelit die - apothecary, Glimmer basics brads

Imagine the Possibilities

 

I thought this would be a great graduation card for a guy.

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Ciao, Baby!, Summer Silhouttes, Word Play

Ink - Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip
Paper - Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip, International Bazaar
Accessories - 3/4, 1 1/4, 1 3/4 circle punches

Sweet Baby

This is another design I saw on Stampin' Connection that I thought was so cute. That little teddy bear was a little challenging to cut out but I think it looks for cute popped out.

RecipeStamp Sets - Itty Bitty Banners, Baby Bundle, Cuddles & Kisses
Ink - Regal Rose
Paper - Whisper White, Regal Rose, DSP Regal Rose
Accessories - Bitty Banner Framelits, 1 3/4" scallop circle punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Whisper White Satan Ribbon and twine

All Dressed Up

Another fun card for the dad in your life.  I got this design from Amanda Frankel.  This card is made with one piece of cardstock folded length wise and 2 cuts at the top. 

Recipe

Stamp Sets -  MDS Father's Day                                                          

Inks - Basic Gray or Midnight Muse

Paper - Whisper White and Sahara Sand

Accessories - Large Tag punch (retired) and Curly Label punch, Ribbon (not SU) and pearls

Onesies

I got this idea from The Stampin' Connection and changed it up to make it my own. I tried to make it look like the onesies were on a clothes line in the grass.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Baby Bundle

Ink - Olive Green, Daffodil Delight

Paper - Whisper White, DSP

Accessories - Chalks, Twine, Wooden Sticks, Mini Brads, Modern Label

Father's Day Dress Shoe

 For the Dapper Dad who likes his shoes!

Recipe
Stamp Sets - Dapper Dan, MDS Father's Day
Ink - Early Espresso
Paper - Whisper White, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Accessories - Ticket punch

Bow Tie Father

 For the dad who wears bow ties or not.  With this card I didn't have alot of Father's Day stamps so I went to My Digital Studio and printed the saying for the inside. 
Recipe
Stamp Sets - Dapper Dad, Clockworks, MDS Rad Dad
Ink - Basic gray and black and midnight muse
Paper - Basic gray and black, whisper white and midnight muse

Father's Day Wrench Card

Here's a card for for the Father that loves his tools. 
This design came from my upline Amanda Frankel (blog).  It is basically made with punches.  The top of the wrench is made with a circle punch and the label punch and the bottom is a smaller circle and small flower punch.  The background is your basic kitchen tin foil glued to a piece of cardstock and then embossed.

Recipe

Stamp Sets -  Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks - basic black

Paper - Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Gray, Real Red

Accessories - Itty Bitty Shapes punch, Decorative Label punch, Modern Label punch,Word Window punch, 1 1/4 circle punch, brads, houndstooth embossing folder and tin foil.

Flying High

Another card design for a boy.

Recipe
Stamp Set - Moving Forward
Ink - Basic Black, Night of Navy and More Mustard
Paper - Comfort Cafe, Night of Navy, Whisper White, River Rock
Accessories - Chevron Embossing Folder, Windo Frames Framelits, Corner Rounder

Hooray for Birthdays

I can't remember where I saw this stamp used with decorative paper but I really liked the effect and thought this paper was a great match for the elephant.

Recipe

Stamp Sets - Henry Says                                                                                   
Ink - Basic Black, river Rock, Early Espresso, Night of Navy                          
   Paper - Vefry Vanilla, Whisper Shite, Festival of Prints - houndstooth, Comfort Cafe - elephant                                                                          
 Accessories - Corner Rounder, Dementionals                                                     

Tricycle Card

I thought this would be a nice design for a young boy.
Recipe

Stamp Sets - Moving Forward, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Word Play
Ink - Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler
Paper - Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints
Accessories - Window Frame Framelit, Hearts a Flutter Framelits, Corner Rounder

 

The Masculine Card

It's been awhile but I'm finally back with designs I hope you will enjoy.  The first ones I will be posting are of the masculine type.  Guy cards are always harder to come by so when I saw an opportunity to take a class on My Creative Classroom I took it.  It was a simple enough class. Card sketches that really could be used for masculine or feminine cards but they gave a couple masculine samples with each sketch and it really helped me to think about color choices and design.