Lakehouse Foundation

Art Impressions has recently released a bunch of products that are great for masculine cards, so to make my Dad a Father's Day card, I pulled out 6065 - Lakehouse Foundation.

I stamped it using Shadow Gray Archival ink from Ranger onto my Canson XL watercolour paper, then painted it using my Tombows.  I sewed the finished painting onto some warm brown cardstock with my sewing machine, then adhered it to my cardbase that was created with two patterns from the 6072 - Father's Day paperpack.

On the inside of my card, I used the 5927 - Father's Day Die Set cut from the same warm brown.

More Pattern Play!

 I'm so happy with this new die set!  This is Pattern Play by Concord & 9th. 

The dies do all the heavy lifting... all I needed to do was pick my colour palette, which is mostly cardstock from Concord & 9th, and then got down to business die cutting all the bits and pieces.

I knew when I purchased this (from the Papercrafter's Workshop!) that it would make wonderful masculine cards, so with that in mind, I picked some strong colours to work with.

I made two of each colourway, so am very happy to have four more cards in my stash!

Masculine Birthday

 It's my husband's birthday!  I put together a card using a couple of foliage stamp sets from Pigment Craft Co., arranging them in a sprig on some old Photoplay plaid paper (intended for Christmas, but I think it works fine for a winter birthday).  The sentiment is from the Serenade Sentiments die set from Spellbinders - which I am so happy with!  It's my first time using them, but won't be the last.  I love using old & new product together.

Reflections

It's my husband's birthday tomorrow, so I pulled out this panel I created a while ago using the Reflections stamp set from The Greetery that my niece let me borrow.  I added a little ink blending to the sky, and a sentiment from Pigment Craft Co.  "Have a Lovely Day" isn't the usual sentiment I'd give my hubby, but since our last name is Day... I usually try to work it in there somehow.

Basic Birthday cards

 I have a whole whack of family birthdays in the fall, so when I make a birthday card, I try to make multiples!  This Happy Birthday die from Lawn Fawn comes to the rescue every time.  It's a great way to make use of some of the patterned paper in my stash, too.

Basic Grey has been gone for many years now... but this is their Marjolaine collection.  I love that it can work for both masculine and feminine cards.  I tried to pick patterns that weren't too busy.  Hmm.  Or let's say, I picked patterns that went together!  I used the 5722 Birthday Journal set from Art Impressions for the cake and presents, that were coloured with Copic markers and fussy cut.

I love putting a shadow die behind this sentiment, to help it stand out a bit more.  The images were adhered with some 3D foam adhesive to make them stand out a bit more.

Four more cards for my stash!  Although they won't last long...

Ruscus Birthday

 This is going to be one of my go-to products to make birthday cards!  I made this for my husband, and went a bit artsy with a watercoloured background, a bit of ink blending on the leaves, and then black and gold paint spatters over everything.  I adhered it to my base with 3D foam adhesive, and added a little sentiment from Lawn Fawn.  The Ruscus Die is from The Greetery.

Quick Birthday Cards

I love this bold Happy Birthday die from Lawn Fawn - it's really all you need to put a quick birthday card together.  I used up some older patterned paper from my stash, layered the die with a cream cut out to make it stand out a little more, and added a few stars.  The inner rectangle is popped up with 3D foam adhesive.  Done.

 

Wintry Forest

 I need a number of masculine cards over the next while, and this stencil set from Pinkfresh Studio is perfect to make a bunch at the same time.  It's a set of six treelines (the last is snow, which I didn't use today) - and I used my Pinkfresh Studio blue ink set which has four monochromactic colours that worked really well.  A few weeks ago I made a huge pile of sentiments using the Perfect Sentiments stamp and die set, so I had these words that were embossed with some irridescent silvery embossing powder on black cardstock.  After my ink blending, I added a Spellbinders decorative die to create the frame look, mounted it over black cardstock, and added the sentiment with some 3D foam adhesive.  I got two made, and have two more stencilled and ready to go.

I am playing along with the Pinkfresh Studio World Card Making Day challenge!  You can find the inspiration and participants here.

Masculine Birthday

 I made a belated birthday card for my brother-in-law this week.  This is a retired image from Art Impressions, but it fits Miles perfectly!  I made a 4 1/2" square card using some Graphic 45 papers.  The sentiment is stamped onto one of the die cuts from the new Art Impressions Journal dies - I love the dimension it adds!

Father's Day

 A couple of Father's Day cards to share today.  One was quick and easy, as I can't pass up a pun with our last name when I see one... for my husband.  The second card is one I stamped when my niece let me borrow her Reflections stamp set from The Greetery.  Love this!  Luckily I stamped a few of them, so I'll be able to put together a few more cards just like it:

Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there :-)

Small Fall Wreath card

 I'm using the smaller wreath included in the Fall Wreath stamp and die set from Pigment Craft Co. today, to make a fall masculine birthday card (it's just masculine in that I'm giving it to a guy!):

This is a 2-part stamp set, so I used my sponge daubers and 5 colours of Distress Oxide inks on the leaves to get my fall ombre effect, and then stamped the frame/veins in a neutral ink.  I die cut the shape out, along with 2 others which I layered to give my wreath a little bit of depth.  I kept my card simple, as I really wanted the wreath to shine... and guys generally don't go for fussy cards!  I stamped out my sentiment and attached it with some 3D foam adhesive, offsetting it a little to balance the open part of the wreath.

Father's Day

 I grabbed a few Photoplay products to put together my Father's Day cards:

This gorgeous plaid is from their O Canada paper pack from a few years ago... I love it.  And I used their Say it with Stamps 'You' dies and stamp set for my sentiments.  The wooden planks behind them are the Shiplap dies from The Greetery, that I sponged and spattered several colours of ink on before die cutting.

I added a few enamel dots onto one, and some faux metallic hardware on the other.  My inside sentiment is simply "Happy Father's Day"

Road Trip

 Road Trip is the name of the paper pack I'm using today.  It's a bit of a mission of mine to use up older supplies that I've had sitting around, with the plan being to have a good stash of cards to donate - either to a charity or some local long term care homes in my area.  So this group of cards was a great boost to my collection of masculine themed cards:

Just about all of my supplies are from Close To My Heart (anyone recognize these papers??)  I kept my designs pretty simple, and used mainly diecuts as embellishments.

So happy with my results!

Photoplay Masculine cards

 I've pulled out my Photoplay Say it with Stamps set again... this time to make a few masculine cards.  This is the best set of products I've owned (ever?) to make masculine cards - all I have to do is pick the right papers, choose one of many sentiments, and it comes together really quickly:

Every guy I've given a card to that says "You are a bad ass" has smiled.  It's a win!

Papers are Rustic by Authentique.  You can find the Say it With Stamps line at the Papercrafter's Workshop:

Masculine cards

It's that time of year to make up a few masculine cards.  I'm using a new word die & matching stamp set by Photoplay, that comes with all kinds of sentiment options.  What a great way to use up some of the patterned papers in my stash.  Here's what I'm giving my husband for Father's Day:

 I also bought the matching strip die, that has about 10 different sizes of these thin strips to die cut the sentiment - they made it so easy to line up and get a perfect sized strip.  And here's my brother-in-law's birthday card:

The stamp set includes the thinner "you" as a stamp, but I'm just using the double dies with matted cardstock.  And finally the Father's Day card that I'm sending to my Dad, with a slightly gentler sentiment...

The star dies are from Close To My Heart, and made great accents on my cards.  I made up two of each of these, leaving the others without the sentiments - and then I can quickly stamp them when I need a card.

Crazy Birds cards

I haven't had the fabulous Tim Holtz' Crazy Birds out for a while!  And I needed a whole stack of masculine cards for a bunch of November family birthdays, so I stamped and coloured up five of them with Copic markers in a rainbow style. 

 I pulled out the remnants of some Doodlebug and Echo Park papers that I've used with the birds in the past, and set about making five variations, depending on what paper pieces I was using.  I also grabbed the Crazy Birds Add-On set, which has the hats, bow tie and balloons.

I would've loved to have a few of these in my stash, but they're all making their way out the door asap, all over western Canada!  Links to the stamps are below if you're interested!