Today I’m sharing a quick graduation card that could be used for a male or female. I used the Pure Gumption stamp set from Stampin’ Up! for the sentiment and images. I’d thought about “girling” this up a bit by adding Silver Glimmer Brads, but opted for a more unisex version with the Silver Mini Brads. I hope that I’m not way too late with this graduation card for you, the kids are still in school for 3 more weeks in Portland!
My card design was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches #87 sketch.
For my card today, I used the Stampin’ Up! Countryside and Best Dad Ever stamp sets. Both of these sets are retiring on June 3 and the Parkers Pattern DSP that I used for the background also goes away on May 31. I love this paper for masculine cards and both of these stamp sets make great manly cards too! My card design was inspired by the Mojo Monday 294 Sketch.
I needed to make a card for my Brother-in-Law for his birthday. I pulled out the retiring Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Best Dad Ever and I added in a little Parker’s Pattern DSP from the Spring Catalog to make a clean and simple “manly” card. My card design was inspired The Paper Players Challenge #146, CAS Masculine Card.
Today I’m sharing a card that I made with the Stampin’ Up! stamp set called The Open Sea. I’m also giving you another sneak peek at some new colors…Smoky Slate and Baked Brown Sugar. I distressed and sponged everything on this card! And I had to take a deep breath before I allowed myself to tear a chunk of card stock off the top, I’m usually far to obsessed with getting things exactly right to just rip a piece off….but I’m learning to let go. 🙂
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The card design was inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches #85.
Today I’m sharing a card that I created using the Sassy Salutations stamp set and the Epic Day This and That DSP and Washi Tape from Stampin’ Up! My card design was inspired by the Hand Stamped Sentiments Sketch Challenge #158.
Don’t forget that today is last day to order the Epic Day This and That Bundle and save 15%. The items will be for sale individually in the new catalog, but you can only get the discounted bundle right now. Click here to see the Epic Day This and That products in my online store.
I used the Stampin’ Up! Best of Birthdays and Harvest Blessings stamp sets to create this card for the Pals Paper Arts PPA156 – A Fresh Breeze Color Challenge. They picked two of the colors that will be retiring June 3 for their color challenge. To see the announcement on my blog with the full list of retiring colors and the new colors for the Stampin’ Up! 2013-14 Annual Catalog, please click here.
I needed a Happy Retirement card for a good friend who’s retiring from the fire department after 36 years of service! My card was inspired by the Mojo Monday 287 Sketch. I used the Stampin’ Up! stamp set called Teeny Tiny Wishes for the sentiment, but that was the only stamping on the card. I let the DSP do most of the work on this one and I really had to stop myself from making this too girly, I didn’t think he’d appreciate a card with lots of flowers and doilies. 🙂
March Stamp With Amy K Stamp Set Giveaway Winner:
The winner of the It’s a Wrap Occasions stamp set from my February ordering give away is: Penny H! Congratulations, I’ll be dropping your stamp set in the mail this afternoon. See my note below to find out how you can be entered to win a free stamp set in April!
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When I saw the Retrosketches #57 Challenge, I thought that it would be perfect for the faux tile technique. This technique is so easy and it looks fantastic! I used the Stampin’ Up! stamp set called The Open Sea to create this card.
Today I’m sharing a card that I made for the Retrosketches Challenge #54. I used the Tool Shed and Sweet Essentials Stampin’ Up! stamp sets to create a masculine thinking of you card. Here is the sketch:
And here is my card:
Today I’m sharing a card that I created for the Freshly Made Sketches #75 Sketch Challenge. I used the Print Poetry Designer Series Paper Stack and the Itty Bitty Banners stamp set, which you can earn for free from Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration, to create my card. Here is the sketch:
And here is my card:
