Oldometer

 Last weekend we celebrated my Dad's birthday. His birthday is technically tomorrow but the "kids" got together and did an open house for him since my oldest brother was in town. We had a great day and went for dinner afterwards. At the dinner it was time to spoil him with his gift and of course I had to make a card for him! He is turning 75 and drives people around to appointments and things in his retirement so I thought the "Vintage Ride" stamp from High Hopes would be perfect for his transportation themed card. 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured the stamp with Copic markers and added some Glossy Accents to the windshield. When that was dry, I hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge. I found some patterned paper from Memory Box (plaid) and some map paper that I had in my stash which I thought were perfect for my car colours and card theme. I cut them to fit my 5.5" x 5.5" base and added them to the card. To create my "speedometer" or Oldometer in this case -  I cut out circle, stamped the numbers with a stamp from Your Next Stamp and traced the circle to create the circle underneath them. 

The Oldometer idea came from a search I had done for masculine cards a couple weeks before sitting down to do this card. I remember seeing it in my "travels" and for some reason it stuck in my brain - although I don't remember where I came across it. I stamped the numbers with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them with white embossing powder. I cut them out and glued them to a rectangle I had printed with the word oldometer on my computer. I rounded the corners and added it to matching card stock. I cut a frame to put behind everything using two square dies and cut a rectangle for the map paper and rounded the corners. I stamped and added the sentiment to finish off my card and added the car with some pop dots to add some dimension.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Vintage Ride (TT143)

Sentiment - Best Miles (GG041)

Patterned Paper - Woodsy Plaid - Memory Box, stash

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, pop dots, white embossing powder, number stamps - Your Next Stamp, square and circle dies, Glossy Accents, Versamark 

Copic Markers

Tires  - C1 C2 C4 C5 N4 N5 N8

Car - E41 E42 E43 

Seat -E15 E17 E19 E18

Lights - Y00 Y13 Y18

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Let's Ride

 Where I live, when the snow is gone, the street cleaners have cleaned the sand off the roads and the first sunny day hits with dry roads the motorcycles come out. I personally don't enjoy riding motorcycles but hubby and I have a few friends who do. 

They find a freedom in riding a motorcycle and can be gone for hours especially when the sunny days of summer hit. "Harley" is perfect for a card for one of them and I will include a birthday sentiment inside before I give it to one of our friends.

I stamped on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured my stamp with Copic markers and hand fussy cut it. I set the stamp aside and cut a white piece of cardstock to fit my 5"x 5" card base. It took three tries to get it straight .... but I masked and stamped the sentiment in a stacked style in the bottom right corner. 

Next, I took a blending brush and added some Bashful Blue ink to the centre of the card stock. 

I mounted the white card stock on a piece of black card stock to "frame" the card and glued the stamp down. Enamel dots finish off my card.

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Harley (SS043) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Let's Ride (FR006)  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, Bashful Blue ink - Stampin' Up

Copic Markers

Tires  - N4 N5 N8 N10 

Chrome - C1 C2 C4 C5

Body - Y38 YR16 YR18

Headlight - Y00 Y11 Y08

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It's Time

  I have a lot of "men" in my life that I need cards for. One of those men is my younger brother who got a new "toy" last year. He doesn't drive it a whole lot but it has a ton of horse power and when he took me for a ride it didn't take much to set me back in the seat.......I loved it!!! This new car opened up an opportunity for my brother and nephew to go to a driving school to learn exactly what the car is capable of. They were just there last week so I haven't heard how things went....but there have been a video and photos posted and it looked like they had an amazing time. 

The new car and the opportunity it has brought to my brother were the inspiration for my card featuring "Sports Car 1" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I am sure that last week was just the beginning of a number of adventures! 

                                                                                                                

I decided to do a mini slim line style card because I really wanted to use my licence plate die with this car. I measured the die, cut a card base and rounded the corners with a corner rounder. I set that aside, stamped the car, coloured it with Copic markers and hand fussy cut it. I wanted to have a racing theme for my card so I used patterned paper from the Cartopia pad from Carta Bella.

 

I had the 6x6 paper pad and a 12x12 piece so I cut some of the flags out of the larger paper to put in the bottom corner. I cut three black strips of paper, trimmed off the end to put under the car to "ground" it and glued the car on top. All the paper edges are inked with Black Soot Distress ink and I finished off the card with a stamped sentiment in the corner. 

I will probably give this to my brother or nephew for their birthday so will stamp a Happy Birthday sentiment inside before I give it to one of them...shhhh. 

Card Details

Stamps - Sports Car 1 (SS048) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - New Adventure (GG038)

Patterned Paper - Cartopia - Carta Bella

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, Black Soot Distress ink, licence plate die - Quickutz

Copic Markers

Tires -  N4 N5 N8 N10 C1 C2 C4 C5 R27

Car - R24 R27 E08

Headlights - Y11 Y21 YR21

Grill - C1 C2 C4 C5

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O-fish-ally Awesome

  If you have read some of my past blog posts, you will know that I struggle with masculine cards and I don't fish. I mean I did do a little fishing when I was a kid but as an adult it isn't my thing. My hubby doesn't fish either but we have a few friends in our lives who love it, so when we need a birthday card for one of these friends ..... I need to get creating. 

Last year, High Hopes did a Gnome Mania release and at that time I took notice of the fishing themed stamps in the release. I wanted to challenge myself to find a way to use the "Just Fishin' and Fishing Shack" stamps together on a card. This stamp pairing has been perculating in my brain for awhile now so I am glad it has finally come together! 

                                                                                                                                            

 This stamp combo was a lot of colouring but I think they work well together. They also needed to be put on a 6x6 card base - a larger size then I normally do. I stamped them on to alcohol marker friendly paper and coloured them with Copic markers. After the colouring was done, I cut the sky line a little lower then the top of the shack roof so the stack and roof stuck out the top to add a little fun to the card. 

Fishing themed patterned paper from Carta Bella was my choice and I die cut fish net to tuck in behind the stamps. I used two different sentiments for this card - the Happy Birthday is masked out of a larger stamp. I added one sentiment with what my hubby thinks is a lure spinner he found when we were walking the dog. Since he found it the week I was working on getting the colouring done, I took it as a sign lol - I needed to use it on the card. I put it on to look like it was caught in the fish net and we will deliver this card in person so I don't have to worry about things laying totally flat to be mailed. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Details

Stamps - Just Fishin' (TLF029), Fishing Shack (TLF038) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - O-fish-ally (FLL019), Dropping A Line (TLL013) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Gone Camping - Carta Bella

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, fish net die - Tutti Designs, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Gnome - E00 E21 E11 E04 W0 W1 W2 B34 B37 B39 B97 R05 R17 YR18 R56 R59 E34 E35 E29

Stump, Poles, Shack - E23 E25 E27 E29

Shack Roof - C1 C2 C4 C7 E08 E09 blender

Sky - B000 B00 B41 B52

Grass, Fish - YG61 YG63 YG67 BG99

Plants - G46 G28 G29 BG99

Pond - B00 B12 B14 B16 

Rocks W1 W3 W5 W7

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Grill Master Birthday

 Food off the BBQ is a summer favourite of mine. I am blessed to have more then a few “grill masters” in my life who can cook all the things on the BBQ like burgers, chicken thighs, steak and bacon wrapped sausage to name a few.......and now I am hungry!  “Grillin’ Joseph” from High Hopes Rubber Stamps is a grill master himself and has just finished making some sausage – grill marks and all! I think he is perfect for a birthday card for one of the grill masters in my life. 

                                                                               

                                                                          

I stamped my image on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I don't have any bbq themed dies or embellishments so I decided I would try making a chef apron with the dies I have. 

I started by cutting a wide stitched tag and trimming it to take off the stitching. Next, I measured the space I wanted it to fill on my card and again cut it down to size. It took a few tries, but using an oval die, I positioned it where I wanted the arm cut out to be on the apron and traced around the outside edge. After cutting it with scissors, I flipped it over to the other side to create the second arm hole and added some ribbon to the top where it would wrap around his neck. The only thing I forgot was to add some ribbon for the strings that would tie around his back.....next time <smile>. 

Next I cut a square piece of card stock to the size I wanted for a pocket, scored the edges and cut off the corners to get a nice, flat fold. I added the "cook and fire" to the pocket by masking off the Flame Broilin' stamp (a bbqing dragon from High Hopes) and stamped it on the pocket, folded the edges down after inking the edges and glued it down. I hung it off the corner of the card base just for fun. 

The large square gingham reminded me of the old picnic table cloths we used to have when I was a kid so I chose one in blue from the Gotta Have Gingham pad from Lawn Fawn and used it for my card base. I inked all of the paper edges with Antique Linen distress ink, stamped and added the sentiment and some twine and enamel dots to finish off the card. 

          

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Grillin' Joseph (R024), Flame Broilin'(Q104)  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Birthday Wishes (FDG024) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Gotta Have Gingham - Lawn Fawn 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, twine, enamel dots, stitched nesting tag - Tutti Designs, oval die - Your Next Stamp, Antique Linen Distress ink

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - E23 E25 E27 E29

Hat/Apron - N0 N1 N2

Pants - B91 B93 B95 B99

Plate - C1 C2 C4 

Stars - Y11 Y15 YR23

Sausage - E08 E09 YR18 E19 E29

Shoes, Shirt, Hat - R05 R17 YR18

Handle - E31 E34 E35 E27

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Your Best Miles

 I double challenged myself for this weeks card. I need some masculine themed Birthday cards for my stash, I have lots of nephews! ... so I challenged myself to not only add to my stash with a masculine card but I also wanted to use an embossing folder - they haven't seen much love lately. 

I find masculine cards a challenge. I like to add ribbon and bling and, and, and to my cards, not things that are usually used on a masculine card. Thankfully, my stash of stamps from High Hopes includes some transportation themed stamps.  My nephews are at the car buying, driving stage for the most part so cars are cool and I will have lots of stamps to use for their cards - phew! 

I also have a few men in my life who love to ride so "Motorcycle Bob" is perfect for a Birthday card for one of them and the stamp I chose for this weeks card.

I stamped Bob, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I had some denim paper in my stash but thought it was kind of plain when I put it together with the concrete type texture on my second piece of patterned paper so I used a steam punk embossing folder on it to give it some gears, texture and personality. Second challenge - to use an embossing folder - complete! 

 The denim paper is quite thin so there is a few "white" spots in the embossing but I decided to use it anyway as it gives it kind of distressed look. 

I cut my card base to be 4.5"w x 5.5"h and added the denim paper to it along with some dark blue card stock. Next I cut a house and tree using a die. The die cut wasn't wide enough to cover my concrete piece of paper so I cut it just before the tree. I set the split die to the edges of the paper and strategically placed Bob on top to create my scene. 

Next I stamped my sentiments. The Happy Birthday is actually part of a larger stamp that I masked off to get the two words I wanted. I cut them both out, mounted them on matching card stock and glued them down. Some twine and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Motorcycle Bob (SS526) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Best Miles (GG041), Transmitting Birthday Wishes (F246) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Denim - stash, Autumn Afternoon - Honey Bee Stamps 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, rectangle die - Kat Scrappiness, twine, enamel dots, Cute Home On A Hill die - Your Next Stamp, steam punk embossing folder - Darice 

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Tire/Hat/Jacket - N5 N6 N10

Bike/Shirt/Hat Band - Y38 YR16 YR18

Mirror/Handle Bars - C1 C2 C3 C5 

Hair - E33 E35 E57

Lights - Y00 Y11 Y13

Smoke Puffs - W2

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Christmas Wishes

 I have a few young men in my life who I give Christmas cards to but I always find it a challenge to figure out what stamp or stamps to use on their cards. I think Joey Snowy is absolutely adorable! and perfect for a masculine themed Christmas card. These young men all like and have a dog in their life so I masked the dog out of the "Christmas Treat" stamp to add to the card. 

Here's hoping this card works for one of the youngun's in my life and brings a smile. 

                                                                      

I stamped both stamps on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. I loved the colours of the Winter Magic paper from Echo Park and coloured my stamps to match it. 

I cut my card base and rounded the bottom front corners with a corner punch and cut the patterned paper and card stock to match. Next I cut some patterned paper using a rounded corner die to use as a back drop behind the stamps and added some ribbon to "ground" them. 

I stamped the sentiment, added it to matching card stock and cut some fish tail banner dies to go behind it. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Joey Snowy, Christmas Treat - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - We Wish You - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Winter Magic - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, corner punch, rounded corners with piercing marks die - YNS, fish tail banner die - YNS, enamel dots, ribbon

 Copic Markers:

Buttons/Hat -E23 E57 E79

Nose - Y21 Y35 Y38

Tongue - YR00 YR01 YR02

Scarf - B91 B93 B95 B97

Puppy - E23 E57 E79 E34 E35 E29 N4 N5 

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Up To Par

 I admit it, I'm not good at golf. I have had a few unsuccessful visits to the driving range but I do okay at mini golf.....that counts right?!? The only golfing I do these days is make cards with a golf theme so when I got a request for a golf themed card I was happy to see what I could come up with.

I went through my stash of stamps and "Golfer Glen" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps was begging to be used.....especially since the recipient has a sense of humour. Finding a sentiment was the next challenge so I masked and stamped three different sentiments to create the one I wanted to use. 

                                                                                

   I started my stamping Glen and colouring him with Copic markers. Next I had hand fussy cut him and decided he needed some paper pieced plaid pants. I stamped his pants on plaid paper, fussy cut them and added them to the stamp. 

I decided Glen needed to find himself in the rough .....I mean that's where my balls went when I tried golfing so why not?! I created my background with some grunge paper, added a few die cut clouds and some grass reeds I had in my stash and added Glen with foam pop dots. 

To create the sentiment, I found three different stamps that were all the same font and masked and stamped the words I wanted from each stamp. This took more than one try to get it right and a whole lotta patience! I cut it with a fish tail banner and added it to the card along with some glitter dots to finish it off.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Golfer Glen  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Up To Par, Swinging Birthday, Tea-Riffic Day - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - So Rad - Simple Stories (pants), Grunge Light Tones - Craft Consortium

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, grass reeds - stash, fish tail banner die - YNS, glitter dots, stitched cloud die - YNS

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11

Shirt - Y38 YR16 YR18

Club/Hair -C1 C2 C4 C5

Bird - Y38 B91 B93 B95

Shoes - E30 E31 E43 E34 E35 E29

Grass - YG61 YG63

Tee/Socks - B91 B93 B95

I am adding this to the Krafty Chicks challenge for All Occasion Cards.

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Bob's Tubing Fun

 I have tried tubing in the past and I had fun but it I only tried it once. I was with some friends in a spot in the river where we weren't supposed to be and there was one tiny spot on a rock you had to catch with your finger tips or you would end up going down some really dangerous rapids. I caught it but barely and honestly didn't try it again. 

My Dad tried tubing as well but he was being pulled by my uncle in a boat. He had to show us kids he could still have fun so he crawled in to the tube and away we went. I remember the smile on his face........but I don't think it was quite as big as the one Bob has on the "Tubing Bob" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. This immediately brought back the fun memories with my Dad an I hope it does for him too. 

I coloured Bob with Copic markers after stamping him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut him out using a circle die. It is hard to see in the photo but I added some glossy accents to his glasses. 

I cut a card stock circle to go behind him with my Fiskars circle cutter. After finding some patterned paper from Bo Bunny that matched my card theme I cut out the pieces to fit my design. This design is based loosely on a card I saw from Kristine Marcotte and was perfect for this fun stamp. 

I kept the paper monochromatic to keep the focus on the stamp. Antique linen on all the edges gives the layers some definition and helps them pop. The two rectangle panels are popped up with foam pop dots and Bob was glued to them after they were placed. Some photo corners, twine and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Tubing Bob - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Happy Father's Day - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Beach Therapy - Bo Bunny 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, twine, antique linen Distress ink, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time, enamel dots, Glossy Accent, photo corner die - Quickutz

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04 R30 R32

Hair - E34 E35 E29

Trunks - Y38 YR16 YR18

Tube - YG03 YG17 G28

Water - B00 B01 B02

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Born To Golf

 Spring is in the air the snow is pretty much gone and every golfer I know is itching to get out on the greens. 

It is also the perfect time for High Hopes Rubber Stamps to open the Retirement Vault and let the "Men and Boys" out of retirement. Bob is glad to be out on the greens again and is practicing so he is ready for the start of golf season. He is perfect for a birthday card for one of the golfers in my life. 

I stamped Bob, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him using my cuticle scissors. A black marker was run around the edge of the stamp to get any white I had missed. Next I found some paper from Lawn Fawn and Craft Consortium and cut the pieces to fit my base and scene. 

I die cut and added a golf flag, clouds and some grass tufts to help create my outdoor scene. 

After finding some matching ink I stamped the sentiment and cut it to size. 

Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Golfing Bob - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Born To Golf - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Perfectly Plaid Spring - Lawn Fawn, Grunge - Light Tones - Craft Consortium, Watercolor Washes - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, grass tuft die - Your Next Stamp, golf flag - Quickutz, enamel dots, cloud die - Your Next Stamp, Stampin' Up ink

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04 R30 R32

Hat, Pants - B00 B01 B02

Shirt - Y00 Y11 Y15 

Glasses -Y11 Y15 C2

Club Covers - B00 B01 B02 B05

Grass - YG01 YG03 YG17

Shoes, Bag, Club Handle - E30 E31 E43 E33 E35 E57 E29

Club - N1 N2 N3 N5

Socks - Y11 Y15 B00 B01 B02

Ball - C0 C1 C2

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Birthday Fishes

 I have a lot of men and young men in my life who love fishing. I did some as a kid but it wasn't anything that really stuck with me, although I did love being outside by water. I find it really interesting that a day of fishing always seems to include a story about the big one that got away and it always makes me chuckle. 

"Dad's Catch and Cattails" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps are perfect for a birthday card for one of the fishermen in my life. It gave me a chance to not only practice my masculine cards but is also fun for a little bit of tongue in cheek humor. I combined two sentiments (links below) to create this one which I think is perfect for this birthday card.

I stamped and coloured the stamps with Copic markers and hand fussy cut "Dad's Catch" leaving a think white edge. I set him aside and coloured the cattails and added a sunburst background using a stencil and ink. I added a light blue ink to the bottom edge for a water line. Patterned paper from the Gone Camping collection from Carta Bella had the perfect fishing themed paper for this card. I cut it to fit my 5"x 5" base and layered it with card stock. 

Next I cleared my desk and pulled out my sticky notes, ink, Misti and the sentiments I wanted to use. I love when I can stretch my supplies and making one sentiment out of two different ones is a great way to do that! I also had to find some patience! because it took me about 6 tries and walking away numerous times to get the sentiment stamped how I wanted it. I am really happy with how it turned out.

I added some twine to the bottom of the card and I didn't have a fish embellishment like I pictured in my head so I cut it out of another piece of paper from the same collection and popped it up with 3D foam pop dots.......the big one that got away <wink>. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Dad's Catch, Cattails - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Christmas Fishies, Swinging Birthday - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Gone Camping - Carta Bella

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, twine, enamel dots, sunburst stencil - Whimsy Stamps, Stampin' Up inks

 Copic Markers:

Skin- E00 E21 E11 E04

Waders - YG63 YG67 G99

Hat, Pole, Rope - E30 E31 E43

Hair, Handle - E23 E25 E27

Cattails - E23 E25 E27 YG01 YG03 YG17 G28 E31

Fish - R37 YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Reel, Clasps - C0 C1 C3 

Butterfly - E31 

Shirt - R24 R27 R37 R59

Water - B000 B00 B01 

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