Cards for Guys

I don't know about you, but I find making cards for guys quite difficult.  I tend to gravitate towards cute patterns, bling, and sparkles- and those totally don't mesh with guys! 

Here's a birthday card I made recently for a friend!

I grabbed the Simon Says Stamp Adult Beverages stamp set and dies to create this card. The glasses were colored in with copics and Glossy Accents were used on top of the glasses to give them a more "glass-like" appearance.  Below is a close up the glasses.

What stamp set do you gravitate towards to make cards for guys?

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Products used:

Adult Beverage Stamp set: HERE

Adult Beverage Die set: HERE

Adult Beverage Sayings stamp set: HERE

Adult Beverage Bundle Pack: HERE

Birthdays Galore

Hello there! After checking my calendar I noticed there are lots of birthdays coming up so I got to work making a few cards.  Here are a few of the ones I've made recently.

For this card, I used the Tim Holtz mini blueprint balloon stamp.  I stamped the balloon on patterned paper and then cut them out by hand.  The card was run through an embossing folder after the sentiment was stamped.  I then grabbed some twine and created the strings for the balloons and a few bows.

This card uses the Lawn Fawn Four Year Four stamp set and coordinating dies.  I used Distress Ink in Faded Jeans to create the sky and just used a light swirling motion.  The grass was paper from the Avery Elle Sorbet collection 6x6 paper pad.

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Products Used:

Tim Holtz Mini Blueprint stamp: HERE

Lawn Fawn Four Year stamp: HERE

Lawn Fawn Four Year die: HERE

Avery Elle Sorbet 6x6 paper pad: HERE

Using Leftover Pieces

Hello there! This week I'm back with a topic I struggle with most of the time... using those leftover scrap pieces of paper! Last week I shared a card with you for the Little Tangles blog and this week I'm kind of piggy backing off of it.  

One resolution I have this year is to use more of my scraps while making cards and scrapbooking.

For this card, I used the die cut shape from the A Lot to Say die by Neat and Tangled.  (The negative was used as a window for my shaker card last week.)  

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background of the card and pop-dotted the speech bubble for some depth.  All the sequins used are from Neat and Tangled (Perfectly Purple, Lovely Lilac, and Snow White) and the twine is from Pick Your Plum.  The polka dot paper is from a Lawn Fawn 6x6 paper pad.

Do you use your scrap pieces or do you just throw them out?

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