FMS621 Classic Birthday

Hi there, peeps, Happy Thursday, and happy February!  When I saw the Freshly Made Sketches sketch this week, I almost ran for the hills! But I challenged myself to play along and I am glad I did! Here's the sketch:

And here's how I interpreted it:

He's All That is a nice masculine set that has been sadly neglected in my stamping room, and when I saw this paper in the Trusty Toolbox selection, I thought the classic birthday image would coordinate nicely!  And I am embarassed to say that I have hardly ever used the dies that come with this set, so I was happy to give them some love.  I almost didn't go with the argyle diecut...it is a little busy but I thought it gave my black circles a retro feel! I can remember my mom knitting argyle socks, with all those multi-colored bobbins!  

I carried the circle theme to the inside as well, adding a sentiment from Hooray for Surprises and the #1 image from He's All That:

Since I love Lost Lagoon, this 4 1/4" square card just makes me happy!  Now I just have to wait until November to give this to my special guy, LOL!  Thanks for popping in today! Enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	He's All That, Hooray for Surprises
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Lost Lagoon, Trusty Toolbox DSP
Ink	Versafine Black, Lost Lagoon
Accessories	Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, All That Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, 3/4" Circle Punch

PP643 Hubby Father's Day Card

Happy Sunday, friends!  Another Sunday means another Paper Players challenge with the talented Ann as our hostess!  It's theme week and here's what she chose:

A timely challenge indeed! Love all those little inspirations!  However,  I took some inspiration from the inspiration photo AND the sketch at Inspired By this week:

So that's what I used for my hubby's Father's Day card:

I used a few new goodies on it, too!  I first embossed a panel of Smoky Slate with the Timber embossing folder; I found that a quick, easy way to add ink to the raised areas is to used a little ink spot, inked with Craft White ink....went on like a charm!  I diecut three panels using Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Very Vanilla and the new Copper Clay with the Stitched Rectangle dies, then ran them through the new Twisted Rope embossing folder in keeping with the nautical theme!

I added a diecut anchor in Brushed Silver cardstock, "anchored" by some twine, and added a sentiment banner using words from Best Family Ever.  On the inside, I stamped the Father's Day sentiment in Night of Navy and then stamped the compass image on top using Versamark ink so it wouldn't detract from it too much.  I really like the effect it made!

John might be disappointed that there's no sailboat on his card, but it does  have a nautical theme!  I hope you'll find some inspiration to create your own masculine card for our challenge this week too!  Check out what the DT created at the Paper Players blog....we can't wait to see what you create as well!

I am also going to enter this over at the As You See It challenge---it's their 300th, and their theme is "Adventure"!  Life certainly can be an adventure, right?!

Thanks for popping in today--enjoy it and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	He's All That, Best Family Ever
Card stock & Papers	Smoky Slate, Night of Navy, Balmy Blue, Very Vanilla, Copper Clay, Brushed Metallic Silver (ret)
Ink	Night of Navy, Copper Clay, Versamark, Craft White
Accessories	Dimensionals, Thick Baker's Twine (ret)
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Timber Embossing Folder, Twisted Rop Embossing Folder, Stylish Shapes Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies (ret), Sea Charms Dies (My Favorite Things)

FMS583 To A Classic

Happy Monday, everyone! And Happy May! Hope you had a good weekend! I am squeaking in my submission for the FMS sketch by the skin of my teeth, but I really wanted to play, and I also wanted to play with the Less Is More challenge of "A for Automobile"!

And here we go:

The DSP is Ready to Ride, and the image is from He's All That, stamped in Pumpkin Pie.  I cut it out with one of the new Countryside Corners dies, cropping the bottom to square it off and adding a little mat behind it. The "No. 1" and photo corners are also from the same set. Everything is on Very Vanilla!

The inside sentiment is from Zany Zoo!!  Works great with this set, don't you think?

Thanks for visiting today--enjoy it and be blessed!

The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love.  The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. Psalm 145:8-9

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	He's All That, Zany Zoo
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Ready to Ride DSP
Ink	Pumpkin Pie, Memento Black, Basic Gray
Accessories	Black Dimensionals
Tools	Cut & Emboss Machine, Stylish Shapes Dies, Countryside Corners Dies, 1/2" Circle Punch (ret)

TTTC166 Masculine Give it a Whirl

Happy Thursday, everyone! Time for Team X to share their Tic Tac Toe challenge!  Here's our grid for this week:   

I went with the top row across of Masculine, Die Cut and Brads!  I am still working with my Give it a Whirl dies, and pulled out some elements from the He's The Man suite!  So here we go:

I stamped some of the sentiments from He's All That, along with one from Charmed Sentiments, on the wheel to show through the window:

And then added some of the punch outs from the He's the Man DSP, along with some stars and a brad to fasten the mechanism.  It all went on a Basic Black mat which went on a Mango Melody card base.  Another sentiment from Charmed Sentiments went on th einside:

I will probably save this for John's birthday in November!!  Or maybe I'll make a different one and give it to him for Father's Day!  I hope you'll find some inspiration from our grid this week too!  Share it with us at the Tic Tac Toe blog! See you there!

Dana and Wayne have been getting their pool ready for the summer and of course, a few critters made it into the skimmer!  Anyone know what kind of toad or frog this is?  I can't seem to find him listed anywhere in the list of Pennsylvania amphibians!  He's bright green!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Charming Sentiments, He's All That
Card stock & Papers	Basic White, Basic Black, Mango Melody, He's The Man DSP
Ink	Memento Black
Accessories	Brad, Dimensionals, Foam Sheets
Tools	Big Shot, Give It A Whirl Dies, Sentiment Silhouettes Dies

FMS535 Classic Birthday

Happy Friday, peeps!  I have a fun little masculine card using the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for you today!  Here's the sketch:

I keep forgetting that products from the mini catalog are still available, and I have a wee little bit of Hey Sports Fan DSP left, so I thought I'd combine in with He's All That for a "classic" birthday card:

I used pieces of the DSP to create my horizontal elements; the navy layer used the Ornate Layers die (retired), and the striped layer used the rectangular die from the All That dies.  I then stamped the car image on Very Vanilla cardstock with Poppy Parade ink and the sentiment in Night of Navy.  Each element was diecut with the coordinating All That die.  A little resin star finished it off, and I mounted it all on a panel of Very Vanilla that was embossed with a star embosing folder.

I stamped a sentiment from Your Biggest Fan on a stitched rectangle diecut in Night of Navy to put on the inside of my Poppy Parade card:

I like the clean simplicity of this!  Thanks for popping in today!

Mother's Day, 2022

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Project Details—All Products SU! Unless Otherwise Specified
Stamps	Your Biggest Fan, He's All That
Card stock & Papers	Very Vanilla, Poppy Parade, Hey Sports Fan DSP
Ink	Poppy Parade, Night of Navy
Accessories	Dimensionals, Mini Dimensionals, Resin Stars
Tools	Big Shot, Stitched Rectangle Dies, All That Dies, Ornate Layers Dies (ret), Star EF (ret)