Strong and Beautiful

This card is to ALL THE MOMS out there who are MOMING so freaking hard right now. Helping kids with online school, working either at home or from home, being a life CEO to your family, trying to stay sane by stampin’, day drinking, exercising or watching insane amounts of Netflix (or maybe that whole list, as that sounds a lot like my life! hahahaha!)

YOU are like a diamond, we are strong, we are resilient and we are beautiful.

I used the Coastal Weave 3D embossing folder as the background (love it!) and I embossed in white both the sentiment, found in the Strong & Beautiful stamp set, and the flowers found in the Happy Birthday to You Sale-a-bration stamp set. Fun Fact, it was actually my favourite SAB item! The flowers were colored with an Aqua Painter using Daffodil Delight and Pear Pizzaz ink. I added a few of the Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins as a finishing touch!

I hope you have enjoyed the first week of cards I have shared so far for my “A Card a Day in May” challenge!

You're The Best

I have to admit, I am finding masculine cards a little easier to make with the Mountain Air bundle. I LOVE it and am so happy it is going to be in the Idea Book & Catalogue! I still have some guys in my life that I want to send a card to so I came up with this design. I used Pool Party, Shaded Spruce and Grey Granite on this card and I am really happy with how it turned out!

The sentiment is from the Thanks for the Laughs stamp set which is sadly on the Retiring List, I know it will stay in my collection though as it has some pretty awesome friendship phrases. The background stamp is Birch and is stamped in Grey Granite.

I hope card # 6 in my “A Card a Day in May’” challenge inspires you to think about those men in your life too. Those guys are working pretty hard at supporting their families and deserve a shout out! :)

I stamped the trees in Shaded Spruce and added clear embossing powder on top to give them a glossy finish!

Positive Thoughts

Do you ever see a card design that you love, but don’t have all of the pieces to recreate it? My card #5 for “A Card a Day in May” is based on a design in the Occasions catalogue. However, I didn’t have all of the elements so I swapped out the color pallet. You have seen me showcase these Color Coach cards before on a scrapbook page, now I am applying the concept to a card. When you are limited in card stock or struggling to pair colors together, I love using these cards to help you mix and match colors together to help get your creative juices going.

I ran the base of the card through the Absolutely Argyle Folder and used two of the circle dies to cut the layered circle panel in the middle. The stamp set featured on this card is Positive Thoughts which debuted in the Occasions Catty and is carrying over into the annual catalogue. I added in some linen thread and two ribbons and a feather behind the sentiment. The feather is die cut with the Nature’s Thoughts dies that will be available in the new Idea Book & Catalogue.

This is an inside view of the card so you can see how the layered circle panel works. The leaf image is stamped direct to the inside base and embossed in gold

I love the subtle details of this card! It is easy to recreate in any color palette or with any ribbon scraps or bits that you have on hand.

Magnificent Magnolia in May!

A Card a Day in May—Day #4! This card features the amazing magnolia bloom from the Good Morning Magnolia stamp set, which I am so happy is carrying over into the new catalogue!

I did sort of a fun thing with this stamped image, I inked it up using my Calypso Coral, Mossy Meadow and Soft Suede Stampin’ Write markers. I then lightly spritzed it with my spritzer and some water. The image is stamped on Whisper White card stock so you can’t go too heavy on the water. Just a light mist right on the stamp itself and then you stamp the image to your card stock. The water just helps the edges soften a bit, and I found it actually made the Calypso Coral a little more pink which is why I based the rest of the card on Rocco Rose. I used some Designer Series Paper from Woven Threads and layered behind it a piece of Rocco Rose card stock that I ran through the Parisian Flourish 3C Embossing Folder.

Hello is stamped in Early Espresso and die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly Dies. To bring in that orange tone found in the DSP, I die cut one of the flowers from the Magnolia Memory Dies. And my secret weapon—marker flicking! It works every time as that extra touch. I used it to help take away the ‘whiteness’ of the magnolia bloom and add interest to the sentiment.

A little linen thread and some In Colour faceted dots, and voila!

This close up shot shows how the list misting of water direct to the stamp, softens the edges and gives the stamp a watercolor feel

You're So Awesome!

I really tried to capture a grungy masculine feel on this card!

Last month I set a goal to send out a card to all of my amazing lululemon coworkers. We have some really fantastic guys on our team so I knew I needed to make a special card for just them.

I used the Geared Up Garage for the background texture on the Night of Navy base. I stamped it in Versamark and then embossed it with Clear Embossing powder. I used the nut image in Smokey Slate ink on the Smokey Slate card stock strip. I decided to add a metallic touch with the Copper Foil sheets and metallic thread (oh, how I will miss you!). Happily, the Denim Ribbon is being carried over into the new catalogue!

The sentiment You’re So Awesome is from the Flowering Desert stamp set which is a retired favourite of mine. Sometime I just can’t resist old favourites! And probably my preferred technique of all time is markers flicking. Just a few flicks of my Mossing Meadow marker on the sentiment was perfect!

I hope you enjoyed this masculine card for Day 3 of “A Card a Day in May”!