Masculine Happy Greetings {PP#83}

Today's card is for the Paper Players clean and simple Masculine challenge #83.

Let me start by saying my inspiration is from my very dear gal pal Nancy Lempinen. She gave me a Christmas goodie using the same die cut deer and theme as my card. However, her treat was a Christmas theme, and I made mine a winter theme. So I guess this is really more a CASE, than an inspiration, but the source is the same. Thanks girlfriend!

Please stop and check out her creativity at Nanc's Niche of Stamping.  

 Here is my masculine card.

This is yet another card for my SIL's dad home from the hospital, but still recovering from endless trips back and forth due his delicate heart condition. It's just a little note to let him know we are always thinking of him, and praying things will return to normal.

The card is simple stamping and blending with ink and daubers. The snow is made by adding some torn vellum over the white ink. I trimmed the torn edges with dazzling details. The die cut deer were sponged with white ink to give them a bit of dimension, and I bent their antlers outward to give depth. Can you see the antler shadows?  

I tried to create a sunset blending red and yellow tone inks while using white and blues to create a sky.

Here's a peek at the inside

I hope you likes my simple stamped masculine card for the Paper Players challenge, but pretend you don't notice my trees are leaning a bit, OK?  

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Diane

Get Well Mel {FMS #19}

This post features my interpretation of Jen's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. 

Here is my card I will be mailing to my SIL's dad who is also a family friend. He's been very ill and In-an-Out of the hospital for the last year or so with heart issues, but getting weaker now a days. 

I did flip the sketch, but think my clean and simple card fits good for a masculine feel with these color choices (IMO). Crumb cake, espresso and very vanilla, with river rock distressing.  I started with a crumb cake base layered with a piece of "Well Worn"  DSP. Next it was layered with an edge die cut in the wood grain from the same DSP. The typewriter, image from "Established Elegance", and sentiment were stamped in basic black on very vanilla and all the edges distressed in river rock ink.

I stamped the BG script in RR ink on a scrap of VV then added the little 'hello' from the "Tiny Tags" set. I cut a slot in the typewriter with a craft knife and slipped in the little note. Then the focal piece was added to the front with dimensionals.

A peek at the inside shows touches from the front and "Happy Greetings".. even the scraps from the edge die cut were put to use!

One more touch on the envelope and it's ready for the mail!

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     Diane

Black & White for the Penguins! (CFC36)

This post is for the challenge at CAS-ual Fridays honoring the penguin. The challenge says your entry must be JUST black and white without a spec of any other color.

I wanted to make a few cards to have on hand just to write a good ole' fashioned note, so I was happy to play along and use up some of the scrap Night & Day DSP (retired) filling my files. I think the DSP blended great with a few of the stamps from "Established Elegance" and "Happy Greetings". I think it works for the challenge and for what I had in mind too. Here is my clean and simple card for CFC36 Penguin Suit.

I used two sizes of the brand new SU "framelit labels" dies, LOVE these.

Here is a peek at the inside.

 A touch on the envelope too.

Well this went so smooth and fast I decided to make another one but flipped it vertical this time.

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Diane

You're a Gem of a Friend

Today is a quick post of a card I made for a friend. I love the colors and actually made several; each a little different. Here is my card.

I started with pacific point blue and layered with daffodil delight accents.

I embossed the card front with the new "Flower Garden" embossing folder. Then I stamped one blossom from "Fabulous Florets" several times in pacific point on w.w. cs and ran it through the BS using the square lattice emboss folder. I added that to a pacific point mat, and again with a daffodil delight mat.

I wrapped this stack with a frayed piece of wide striped daffodil delight ribbon and tied it with the tiny piece I cut off the edge, then I added to the card front. I stamped the sentiment from "You're a Gem" set in pacific point on w.w. and double matted with a daffodil scallop oval, and a pacific point large oval then popped it up with a few dimensionals overlapping the ribbon. 

I stamped another blossom from "Fabulous Florets" and cut it out leaving a hint of white and popped this up as well, then added a pretty blue rhinestone to the center.

 Here is a peek at the inside using a sentiment from "Happy Greetings" and a few more blossoms from "Fabulous Florets".

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Diane

Here Comes the Bride - {PPA93} challenge

Hi there everyone... well today my post is for the Pals Paper Arts "Here Comes the Bride" challenge, and here is the inspiration photo.... oooohhh so pretty.

My wedding stamps are very limited, but here is my card. 

It really is much prettier in person than it's showing here, so use your imagination. I started with a crumb cake card base, than punch the corners with a double rounder. The next layer is a very vanilla stamped with an image from the "Blissful Bride" set. I colored the bow on the dress with a blushing bride write marker, then run through the BS with the square emboss folder and added a tiny pearl the center of the bow. 

 The next layer is vellum card stock embossed with the new "Flower Garden" emboss folder which I colored with a touch of crumb cake ink, then tore the edges before attaching.

Next I stamped the sentiment from "Happy Greetings" in crumb cake in on very vanilla cs and punched with the decorative label punch. I punched a second label from some gold tissue paper and beefed up the back with a third label in cs.

 I colored a small rosette with the blushing bride write marker and added another pearl to the center of the rosette.

Here's a peek at the inside using touches from the front.

Then I stamped the envelope.

Hope you liked my card today.

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Diane