A {Congrats Fella} Card...

Happy Monday!  I hope you're all having a great day.  It's a pretty normal day here, and I love that.  I'm such a creature of routine and habit.  I'm also a big planner.  I like to know what's going to happen and when so I can plan.  I love when things are going as planned.

Anyway, I'm happy to be able to share this card with you today.  It uses the new stamp set from Clear & Simple Stamps for May called A Guy Thing.  I just love those shoes!  What are those called?  Chuck Taylor's???  I thought that the plaid paper was just perfect for the shoes.  I stamped the shoe image on the plaid paper, cut them out and  then paper pieced the white soles by stamped the image again on white paper.  

This is such a CAS card.  It's perfect for a guy.  If I would have added anything else it would be too fussy for a guy.  It's hard to see in this photo, but the white paper in the background of the card has a distressed look to it.  It kind of look solid white in the photo.  I think I'm gonna use this as a graduation card.  You can't have too many of those this time of year.

Thanks so much for coming by for a visit with me today.  Hope you are having a happy day!!!

{Congrats Fella}

Stamps: A Guy Thing (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Marjolaine (Basic Grey)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Little Black Dress Brads (CSS), Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Dimensionals

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Clear & Simple Stamps: Group Project

Welcome to this month's Clear & Simple Stamps group challenge!!!  This month the challenge was to create a card/ project using Kraft Like a Rockstar card stock.  Pretty much every single card I make uses kraft, so the only hard time I had was picking which card to post today.  

I love when manly men wear floral ties.  I just absolutely love it.  None of my ties are paper pieced with floral paper, but I love the floral background .  

This card still looks masculine even though it has a floral element.  Plus, I think the silver brads and distressed edges add a masculine feel.  

With the sentiment "hey fella" you can practically use this card for any occasion for any guy.  Love that!

Make sure you check out all the other group project participants by visiting the Clear & Simple Stamps Blog. I promise you will not be disappointed!  

Have a krafty day!

{Hey Fella}

Stamps: A Guy Thing (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Your Style Blue Me Away (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Marjolaine (Basic Grey)

Ink: Your Style Blue Me Away (CSS)

Accessories: Corner Rounder Punch, Stamping Sponge, Edge Distresser, Foam Dimensionals, Silver Brads

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A {Dude, You Rock} Card...

This past weekend we celebrated my brother's birthday.  I didn't make a card specifically for him, I just assumed I'd have an appropriate card in my stash.  Well, I quickly discovered that I don't have any cards for guys.  I ended up giving my brother a card that had hearts on it, HEARTS!  I wasn't there when he opened it, so I don't know if the hearts bothered him at all.  Hopefully the cash that was inside distracted him.  


So, today I made a card any guy would be happy to receive.  No flowers, no bows, no ruffles, no frills.  Plaid and flannel are really popular right now so when I saw the plaid patterned paper, I knew it would be perfect.

I added black enamel accents where the blue stripes intersect.  I really like the added interest, plus I added them to the sentiment panel and well.  I used a SU Mat Pack so I would have perfect spacing.  I distressed the edges of the kraft layer to give the card a little bit of a rustic feel.  My stash would be in good shape if I made about 15 more of these!


Thanks for taking the time to drop today.  Have a great day!

{Dude, You Rock}

Stamps: Signature Greetings (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft, Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: Marjolaine (Basic Grey)

Ink: Brown Leather Satchel (CSS)

Accessories: Black Enamel Accents (Ranger), Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Dimensionals, Edge Distresser

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