Happy December Birthday

It's time for some December Birthdays, one being my brother, who loves all things motorized! I paired this weeks Play Date Cafe color palate with this fresh and clean sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. 

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FMS#15

A simple mailable card for a man is always a plus when it's pulled off without too much fuss. Guys don't like fuss, they like to walk into a store, purchase what they came for and leave. Women on the other hand, tend to like to sit and stay awhile feeling all the fabrics, soaking in all the layers, etc, if you know what I mean! 

SU! products used:

Stamps - Need For Speed

Ink - Craft Basic Black, Basic Black

Paper - Basic Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Other - Black Embossing Powder

FMS#10 & OCC Challenges

Squeezing one last challenge in before the weekend...this week over at Our Creative Corner, they are asking that crafters create a masculine card or project using NON-TRADITIONAL guy colors. I paired the challenge with this week's FMS sketch #10. 

 I've been itching to ink up my little mustache stamp and this was the perfect sketch to give it a whirl. Of course my original plan got flipped once I saw what looked like a face when I looked at the two staches I had stamped. I embossed the top stache with Tempting Turquoise and flipped it upside down, creating a fab set of unibrow or shades (what do you see?)! haha

A pink little nose popped up to reassure the facial recognition and the best part, if you flip the card upside down, it looks like an angry clown, creepy!

I layered the DP on the inside and added this awesome slap happy sentiment.

SU! products used:

Stamps - Many Mustaches

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark

Paper - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Regal Rose

Punches - Decorative Label, 1/2" Circle

PP71 - Recipe challange

This week over at The Paper Players, they are having a recipe challenge...the recipe is to make sure your card or project has 3 different patterned papers, 2 different ribbons, at least one punch and a sprinkling of glitter. 

The Paper Players #71

My three patterned paper are the green, red, blue and khaki stripe, behind the car, the green money paper behind the sentiment and the tiny red and white striped paper at the bottom. I added a blue piece of ribbon towards the bottom and the crumb cake seam binding is holding up my banner. The banner is my punch and I just randomly cut three corners off of a scrap of the tiny striped paper to decorate the tops. My sprinkling of glitter is the inside of the letter I, on the Happy Birthday sentiment.

SU! products used:

Stamps - Hostess Happiest Birthday Wishes, Need for Speed

Ink - Night of Navy

Paper - Crumb Cake

Punch - Petite Pennants Builder

Ribbon - Crumb Cake Seam Binding, Blue Denim Jean

Twisted-Fold Man Birthday

This week over at Our Creative Corner, they are holding a "fancy folds" challenge...I scoured the internet, SCS, SU! and finally found exactly my kind of card on YouTube! With the FAB tutorial HERE. 

I paired my fancy fold with the colors over at the ColourQ design blog 

and this is my manly soaring result. I love how all the colors came together so well on the card, at first I wasn't so sure and they seemed more in the 'guy' realm then the 'ladies', which is why I went all guy on this card...

For my clouds, I punched both scallop punches with a piece of heavy cardstock, set them on top of my white and then sponged around them. When I removed them, I had nice happy white spaces on my paper. The airplane has been cut out and popped up as well. And isn't that Cherry Cobbler Embossing Powder just lovely?

SU! products used:

Stamps - Need For Speed

Paper - Island Indigo DSP, Island Indigo, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Soft Suede

Ink - Pumpkin Pie, Versa Mark, Basic Black, Island Indigo and Pool Party

Ribbon - Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding

Punch - 2-1/2" Circle, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle, 2-3/8" Scallop Circle

I'm giving away blog candy this week, check my blog for DEETS! :)

Paper Players Sketch #69

This week over at The Paper Players blog, they have this wonderful sketch on display from Nance Leedy. I've been drawn to chevrons lately via Pinterest and made a mini version for my card. 

Instead of flowers or button (that I was originally planning on going with) I decided on stars, to make this fit into more of a man/boy card category. That slot in my card box is always empty! 

SU! items used:

Stamps - Hostess Happiest Birthday Wishes

Paper - Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla

Ink - NIght of Navy

Punches - Large and Small Stars

Sail Away Birthday

My Dad's Birthday is coming up this week, so again another daunting man card (hehe)...I started off using this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch #133

  

I pulled out some RETIRED Nautical Expedition DSP (that I hadn't opened yet) and cut out one of the boats. The image was so stunning by itself, I couldn't bear to muck it up with anything else, so instead, I stamped a random display of Happy Birthday greetings onto my Basic Gray background with Craft White Ink & Embossing Powder. A bit of the DSP (which is printed to look like a log book) is stamped with a bolder Happy Birthday phrase with Craft Black Ink & Embossing Powder as the main sentiment and focal point. Some Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, three RETIRED Aged Copper brads in the top left corner and now for some sentimental words inside to celebrate my hard working Father on his Birthday. Love you Dad!!

The Paper Players Challenge #62 is celebrating Birthday cards this week

 and over at 

Our Creative Corner

their challenge is to use DP as the focal point on this weeks project

Stamp Sets used for the Happy Birthday background:

Plane & Simple

Happy Moments

So Happy For You

Messages for Mom

Vintage Labels

Well Scripted 

Man Bday

Made this for one of my hubby's friends...who's turning 40 (of course). 

My friend Anne Marie brought over this adorable stamp set and her Copic Markers and I'm in LOVE!! I told myself I didn't want to try them cause I've heard GREAT raves...and of course, that's how you get sucked in and I just can't help it, I'm SUCKED, wooop! Or maybe I should make a cha ching sound since these little suckers are a bit pricey but MAN do they color & shade like a dream!!!

Recipe:

Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black & Whisper White Card Stock

Tangerine Tango Striped Ribbon, Fine Supernova Orange Stampin' Glitter

And Many Mower Stamp Set

1-1/4" & 1" Circle Punches

Tombow Multi Purpose Adhesive (for glitter)

NON SU! - Number 40, Sizzix Rat A Tat Sizzlits 

and of course, Copic Markers