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FYI – Chase the Gloomies Away

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI27. This challenge is sponsored by The Cutting Cafe.

This photo is so dramatic! I love the dark clouds in the background with the lighthouse still in the sun. I decided to go with the rain theme.

I used lots of shades of grey – and touches of color. I stamped the umbrella and galoshes on white paper so their white would pop.

While I did use two grey papers, this card is done with only one grey ink! The clouds and umbrella handle are generation impressions (the dark cloud is after stamping off once, the small cloud twice and the umbrella handle 3 times).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Debby
Michelle
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Sylvia
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of each month; each challenge is open for two weeks. The first challenge of each month has a sponsor – and prize! To play, create a card based on the current challenge photo – however the inspiration hits you! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

Chase the Gloomies Away
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Scattered Showers, Scattered Showers Additions, Up Up & Away;
Paper: Smokey Shadow, Soft Stone, Lemon Tart, White;
Ink: Smokey Shadow, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain;
Other: Scattered Showers & Up Up Away dies;

Birthday Carnival

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Even though I am neglecting so many responsibilities, I am loving all the stamping time I’ve had this week.

Today I created a card for the latest Fall-To-Layout (ftl184).

While I did manage to keep the card itself clean and simple – my colors are a bit overwhelming….but it is a birthday card 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Just the Ticket, Ad Sense;
Colors: White, Hibiscus, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian, Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow;
Other: Ad Sense die, Just the Ticket die;

Happy Trees

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I created today’s card for the Waltzing Mouse sketch challenge (wmsc90).

This was a hard sketch for me! But the Design Team posted such wonderful creations on the challenge blog that I just had to figure something out!

My original idea was to use the lanterns from Asian Garden (my go-to set from WMS!), but I didn’t have a sentiment that worked for the main focal panel…so after much trying I gave up on that idea and moved on – to my other go-to set: Teeny Trees!

I am quite happy with how this turned out! I probably should have gone with yellow for my sentiment panel, but I do think this yellowy-orange works fine.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Teeny Trees, Labels 4, Say it Loud (WMS);
Colors: White, Spring Rain, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, True Black, Dark Chocolate (PTI);
Other: DSP (Echo Park); Labels 4 die (Spellbinders); Canvas impression plate (PTI);

Birthday Greenery

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My third Masculine Motifs post today. All three cards have fussy-cut images – I do hope PTI comes out with dies for this awesome stamp set!

This is probably my favorite of the three. I was very much inspired by Dawn’s card.

This card is headed to a dear friend, who really could care less that the card is handmade. That means I was not about to put 3 wood buttons on it! Instead I decided to make the buttons. This was SO simple and the fact that they are much thinner means I may be doing this much more in the future! I used a wood laminate (from StampinUp) and die cut it with a Button die. The laminate is more golden, so I rubbed some dark brown ink on the buttons to get the tone I wanted (I can see pink and green buttons in my future!!).

The handmade buttons are being entered in the Moxie Fab challenge – DIY Handmade Items challenge 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Labels Basics;
Colors: New Leaf, Spring Moss, Early Espresso;
Other: Woodgrain Impression plate, Rustic jute, Button die, Label die; wood laminate (SU);

Rockin’ the Boat

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Another of my Masculine Motif cards.

This little boat rocks – literally 🙂 I used the Tilt Card tutorial on SplitCoast so the boat would move!

I was going to have a sentiment on this card – and even though I thought about the fact I needed to do it before I embossed – I still forgot! Oh well.

Thanks for taking a peek!

{no sentiment}
All supplies Papertey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Vintage Labels;
Colors: Aqua, White, Ocean Tides, Kraft;
Other: Kraft ribbon; Stripes embossing folder (SU);
Technique: Tilt card;

Birthday Koi

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In the first week of April there are three male birthdays in my family! Thankfully none of them read my blog so I can post 🙂

I recently purchased Masculine Motifs (PTI) from a forum friend so I decided to break it in by creating all three cards with the set.

For this card I was very inspired Emily Leiphart’s card. I really loved the Retro background with the fish!

I really wanted the cool bubble lines to continue across the card, and I thought about the split negative technique. The stamping isn’t perfectly aligned but hopefully not so off as to be distracting.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Background Basics: Retro;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, White, Orange Zest (am I the only one that wants to call this Orange Crush???), Summer Sunrise;
Other: white embossing powder;
Technique: Rock-n-Roll, Split-Negative (sorta);

Rock Star Kind of Day

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My random file picker came up with this old Bella image. I decided to use a Retro Sketch (rs4) for the layout.

I used Copics to color the image.

Thanks for stopping by!

It’s Your Day
Stamps: Rockabella (StampingBella); Star Prints (PTI);
Colors: Razzberry Fizz, White, Hawaiian Shores, Black (PTI);
Other: markers (Copics); Star die (PTI); Star pattern paper (PTI); ribbon (stash);

Rainbow Branches

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I needed to update my blog theme (the one I was using was very old and out-dated…causing issues). I hope this works well for everyone. If any one has issues, I would like to know!

I created this card for a friend who likes rainbows. I used a retired StampinUp set, but the general layout could be used with any image.

Happy Thoughts
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Apple Blossoms;
Colors: White (PTI); Black, Real Red, Pumpkin, Daffodil, Pear, Turquoise, Pacific, Plum;

Birthday Remembrances

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I created this one-layer card for mom’s birthday stamp-a-stack camp. All this takes is a little masking.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Remember When
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Fabulous Florets, Word Play;
Colors: Vanilla, Espresso, Pear, Rose Red;
Other: ~nothing~

Handy Man Thank You

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When I saw this challenge from Play Date Cafe (pdcc123) I wasn’t too sure. But once I pulled the colors out, I fell in love.

The inspiration photo for the color challenge had me thinking ric-rac or chevrons.

I needed to make a masculine card for one of mom’s upcoming stamp camps. I was tasked to make the card using Totally Tool.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thanks for All You Do
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Totally Tool, Woodgrain Background;
Colors: White, Pool Party, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango, Certainly Celery, Black;
Other: Basic Grey & Sahara Sand markers, Tasteful Trim die;
Layout: Retro Sketch #1