A {Happy Birthday, Dad} Card...

I used to never get crafty on the weekends (unless we have a girls craft night) but I've been finding myself needing last minute cards for the past three weekends.  Yesterday we celebrated my father-in-laws birthday and I only had girly looking cards in my stash.  That called for a special card to be made.  I quickly browsed my pinterest boards for a quick and easy card before I headed down to my studio.  I based my card off of this really cool card by Laura Bassen. 

This card would have been really fast and easy to make, except I had a caffeine buzz going and it was really hard to line up the alphabet stamps that spell "DAD" with an unsteady hand.  But I can't complain because I didn't have to make the coffee.


Have a great day!

{Happy Birthday, Dad}

Stamps: Essential Messages (Hero Arts), Alpha Varsity (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Glamazon Green, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Orange You Fabulous, Your Style Blue Me Away (CSS)

Ink: Your Style Blue Me Away, Dish All the Dirt Brown (CSS)

Accessories: Clear Rhinestones

Copic Markers: B95, B99 

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A {Baby Shower} Card for Maylee...

Oh my!  I've been trying to get this posted for quite some time now and my computer was just not letting me.  I tend to leave a lot of pages open and then my computer comes to a crawl and then freezes.  Ugh, I hate when I have to press the power to shut it down, it just feels wrong.  


Anyway, now that I have my computer back to normal I can share this cute card I made for a baby shower over the weekend.  As you can probably tell they already have a name picked out-- Maylee, a combination of her grandmothers' middle names.  So adorable, I can't wait to meet her!  


I had so much fun making this card (well, it was fun after I tossed my first attempt).  I can't believe I used five stamp sets!  That might be a personal record for me.  I've seen a lot of the other Clear & Simple Stamps design team gals filling the bucket stamp with all kinds of things, so I thought I'd give it a try.  It does require a bit of masking though.  


Since I wasted so much time getting my computer to work, I'm going to stop chatting now.  If you have any questions about today's card, feel free to leave a comment.

Have a great day!

{A Gift For You...Maylee}

Stamps: Trendy Tags, Craft Room, Craft Room Bonus, Alpha Varsity, Holly Jolly (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Paint the Town Pink, Coral Necklace, A Blanc Check (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dimensionals, Rhinestone

Copic Markers: 0, W1, W5, B93, B95, R83, R85, Y38 

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A {Let's Celebrate Grant} Card...

Happy Halloween!  If I had planned better (such is life, huh?) I would be sharing a Halloween card.  Instead I have a card I made over the weekend for my nephew who was baptized on Saturday.  Since I'm not religious, I don't have any religious quotes or cross stamps, so I just made do with what I have.  And who doesn't love a personalized card?

I used three different stamp sets here.  I masked the the center with a post-it note, trimmed to size.  Then I took my PTI Mehndi Medallion stamp set and stamped the middle sized medallions first (dark blue and green ink) and then I stamped two smaller medallions (turquoise and red ink).  It looked a little too evenly spaced and like it was missing something, so I took the large medallion and stamped it using light green ink all over the card so there were no empty spaces.  I took a blue ball point pen and traced along the post-it note to achieve the look of the frame, then removed the post-it note.

I used two Clear & Simple Stamp sets for the inside of the frame.  I spelled out GRANT using Alpha Varsity and colored the inside of the letters with a blue copic marker.  I stamped "let's celebrate" in red ink and then the only small medallion I didn't use on the border I stamped in green next to GRANT.


It's not religious but definitely suitable for a baptism.  My nephew was so adorable too!


Have a great day and have fun!!!

PS.  This card fit's this week's PTI Make-It-Monday challenge which is to create a background with your stamps.

{Let's Celebrate Grant}

Stamps: Alpha Varsity, Let's Celebrate (Clear & Simple Stamps), Mehndi Medallion (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar (CSS)

Ink: Green With Envy, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Simply Blue-tiful, Glamazon Green, Your Style Blue Me Away (CSS)

Accessories: Blue Pen, Post-it Note

Copic Marker: B93 

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An {Ahoy!} Card...

Today is the first day of our Caribbean cruise!  We are going with some close friends.  It's sure to be a great time.  Our kids are staying with their grandparents and I've made a card for them to open each morning.  Today is the first morning and this is the card I made for them.  I think it's pretty appropriate.

Today we are flying from Cincinanti to Orlando and then driving to Cape Canaveral where we will board the ship.  As I'm writing this I'm missing my kiddos already, and we haven't even left yet!


Have a great day!

{Ahoy!}

Stamps: Across the Miles, Alpha Varsity (Clear & Simple Stamps), Text Style (Papertrey Ink)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS), Spring Rain (PTI)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Your Style Blue Me Away, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)

Accessories: Silver Brads, Foam Dimensionals, Top Note Die (SU), White Floss

Copics: B93, B95, W3, W5 

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A {Teacher} Card...

Hello!  It's been super busy around here lately.  My husband and I are going on a cruise next week and there's a lot of work to be done.  I thought I would share a card today using the new SOTM, Alpha Varsity from Clear & Simple Stamps.


My daughter's teacher this year is Ms. Jones and she'll be getting this card later this year.  This card is clean and simple, just the way I like it.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  

{Ms. Jones}

Stamps: Alpha Varsity, Teacher (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, Glamazon Green, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Ink: Glamazon Green (CSS), White

Accessories: Black Floss, Edge Distresser

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Clear & Simple Stamps: Group Project

Good morning!  This is going to be fun!!!  This month for the Clear & Simple Stamps Group Project we are picking a letter and making a card/project revolving around that using the new set Alpha Varsity.  Fun, right?  I can't wait to see what everyone else made.  

I chose what may be the most obvious, A is for Apple.  Apples and teachers go hand in hand.  I used my Silhouette (before it broke) for the apple shape and also the banner shape.  I cut the stem, leaf and apple from On the Catwalk Cream card stock and then sponged them the appropriate colors. The apple is popped up on foam dots and so is the banner.

I used a circle punch for the tag and stamped the A from Alpha Varsity.  Who doesn't love being told how great they are?  Not me, that's for sure.  


Be sure to check out the rest of the group projects over at the Clear & Simple Stamps Blog.


Have a great day!

{Teachers}

Stamps: Alpha Varsity, Teacher (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like A Rockstar, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Hattie (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Glamazon Green, Green With Envy, Dare to Be A Diva Red, Dish All the Dirt Brown (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dimensionals, Circle Punch, Stamping Sponge, Baker's Twine, Digitally Cut Shapes (Silhouette)

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Clear & Simple Stamps - September 2011 Release

Hello!  It's release day at Clear & Simple Stamps!!!  This month the newest stamp set is an Alpha Varsity set.  This set is such a great addition to sets you may already have.  It would go perfect with any sports set (and CSS has a ton) and also any school themed set.  You'll see I used the set Teacher on a lot of my cards this month.  

Alpha Varsity

And here's a look at the new set in action:

For my first card I arranged the letters from Alpha Varsity on my acrylic block and stamped a background.  I like how the it looks like the letters were written with chalk on a chalkboard.

The sentiment panel was cut using my Silhouette and then the sentiment was created by using two stamps from the set Teacher.

I just love this color combo!  Perfect for teacher and back to school card.  


You won't want to miss what the rest of the design team has in store.  Be sure to check out all the ladies at the Clear & Simple Stamps Blog.


Thanks so much for joining me today.  Have a great day!

{Thank You, Teacher}

Stamps: Alpha Varsity, Teacher (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Ink: Glamazon Green (CSS), White 

Accessories: Green Floss, Button (CSS), Stamping Sponge, Glue Dots, Foam Dimensionals, Digitally Cut Shape (Silhouette)

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