Feeling Sentimental Just For You - The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #201

The world Catholics have a new Pope - someone from Argentina!  I couldn't believe it when white smoke came out of the chimney!
I seem to be on a masculine card roll this week.  This card features one of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets and was made using the sketch challenge with The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge here

 

This 5 by 5" square card has a base of Early Espresso, layered with Very Vanilla card stock.  The next layer two different pieces of  DSP from the Print Poetry SDP stack.

I stamped the image using Early Espresso ink, stamping off 2 times backwards in order to create the semblance of motion. This image panel was matted with Midnight Muse cardstock using dimensionals. It was attached to the DSP at the level of the darkest DSP.  A piece of stitched Midnight Muse ribbon completed the card.  The embellishment is a Silver Soda Pop Top which I flattened in the Big Shot.  I place a 1/2" circle of Midnight Muse in the center of this pop top followed by a bow made with Blue/white Baker's twine.

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental (SAB), Teeny Tiny wishes

Inks: Early Espresso, Midnight Muse

Papers: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, Print Poetry DSP stack

Accessories: Word Window Punch, 1/2" circle punch, Silver Soda Pop Top (small), Blue/white Baker's twine, 3/8" stitched Midnight Muse satin ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots

Dapper Dad Birthday - Challenge 114 LNS

Challenge 114  with the Late Night Stamper's Group this week is to create a masculine card, something that is very hard to find.  It seems most of us are quite comfortable making floral cards, but when it comes for cards for the guys they're a rare commodity.
I've been waiting to use the Dapper Dad stamp set for some time now, and this challenge is my perfect chance.

I just love how this card turned out.  Because I didn't want to have just one shoe on my card, I stamped the image of the shoe twice using Early Espresso ink - on separate pieces of Whisper White cardstock.  The second one I cut out and put aside until I finished the rest of the card.  I used the Apothecary accent framelit to die cut the first stamped shoe,then used the template to paper pierce around the edges of the die cut. I then adhered the second shoe using dimensionals, adjacent to the first shoe and slightly off set to it.
The sentiment, from Petite Pairs, was stamped on Whisper White, punched out using the 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, sponged around the edges with Early Espresso ink, and then adhered below the shoes.
The card base is Early Espresso card stock, layered with Whisper White and then Parker's DSP.  I then scalloped a strip of Early Espresso cardstock and attached it to the DSP at the lower end of the card.  Some Crumb Cake Seam binding was placed above this scalloped strip.
The focal image was attached to the DSP using dimensionals.
The embellishment is a soda pop top that I flattened using the Big Shot.  I then stamped an image from the Collage Curios stamp set on Whisper White, and punched it out using the 1" circle punch.  It was attached to the flattened soda pop top using glue dots.  Then I threaded Early Espresso Baker's twine through a Naturals designer button and tied it into a bow.  It was adhered to the soda pop top with a glue dot.  This unit was attached to the card with glue dots.

Stamps: Dapper Dad, Collage Curios, Petite Pairs
Ink: Early Espresso
Papers: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Parker's DSP
Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, mat pack & paper piercer, Scallop border punch, 5/8" Crumb Cake seam binding, Large Soda Pop top, 1" circle punch, Naturals designer button, Early Espresso baker's twine, dimensionals, glue dots.

A Sportswatch Birthday - Technostamper #254

What guy wouldn't like a nice shiny sports watch for his birthday?  Or does everyone tell time these days using a cell phone?  I'm going to assume that sports watches are still desireable, so I made a masculine birthday card featuring a sports watch for the Monday Lunchtime Technostamper sketch challenge here

 

First I stamped the houndstooth image from "Beyond Plaid" as a background on a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock uisng Soft Suede ink.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped the watch image using Early Espresso ink.  The watch face piece was punched out using the 1" circle punch.  I also cut the wrist bands free.

Using the Big Shot, I flattened a large Silver Pop soda top, and placed the face piece in the flattened top.  This was attached to the middle of the background stamped image using glue dots.  I then adhered the wrist straps to either end of the pop top - and whalla we have a silver sports watch.

Stamps: Dapper Dad, Beyond Plaid, Curly Cute

Inks: Soft Suede, Early Espresso

Papers: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Early Espresso DSP

Accessories: Tag punch (retired), Silver Soda Pop Top, 1" circle punch, Neutral button, Early Espresso Baker's twine, glue dots.

Square Scallop Treat Holder with a free tutorial - Hand Stamped Sentiments 152

What a day weather wise!  Yesterday we had snow which turned to freezing rain, and then rain.  Today the temperature is plus 8 degrees Celsius - tomorrow the temperature is expected to drop to minus 8 degrees.  It's no wonder people are getting sick.  I don't know what it's like where you are, but the flu season has seen the most cases, and severe cases, for a long time.  Many people did not get their flu shot (even though in Ontario the flu shot is free) because last winter saw almost no flu.  How complacent we get.  I got the flu shot and I'm thankful I did.  Over the Christmas holidays I experienced a very mild case of the flu over a period of 2 days.  Enough about flu ---and onto the challenge with Hand Stamped Sentiments which is "Love is in the Air" - an inspirational one here

Rather than made another Valentine card, I thought I would make a Valentine treat box

 

This treat box was inspired by Brandy on Pinterest.

 

Supplies:

• Real Red Cardstock
• Whisper White cardstock
• Red Glimmer paper
• Scallop square die
• Small heart punch
• 1" circle die
• large silver soda pop top
• Blossom builder punch
• Hand held punch
• Rhinestone
• Small cello bag
• White Baker's twine
• Treats

Method: 

Box

1. Using the Scallop square die, die cut 1 scallop square
2. With the Simply Scored tool, score the scallop at 1 1/2 and 2 3/4".  Turn 90 degrees and score again at 1 and 3 1/4"
3. Form a tab by cutting up 2 of the score lines on either side - up to the horizontal score line
4. Using a bone folder, fold along all the score lines.
5. Apply sticky strip or tombo glue to the tabs and attach them to one side to form the front half the box
6. Apply sticky strip or tombo glue to the longer tabs of the remaining half and attach to the other half to form the sides and the back of the box
7. With a hand held punch, punch a hole in the completed box on both of the ends.
8. Punch holes also in the 8 by 1/2" Whisper White handle at each end
9. Insert each end on the inside of the box, matching holes, and insert a red glimmer brad

Flower

1. With the blossom petal punch, punch 3 flowers in Whisper White
2. Using paper snips, cut each of the flower petals at the scallops and between the petals, but not all the way to the center
3. Adhere the flowers together using tombo glue, alternating petals
4. Attach a large silver soda pop top to the center of the flower with glue dots
5. Punch a 1" circle of red glimmer paper and attach to center of pop top with a glue dot
6. Punch a whisper white heart using the small heart punch
7. Attach to the red glimmer paper with a bit of dimensional. Accent it with a rhinestone.
8. Attach the flower to the box with tombo or glue dots.  Make sure the flower is attached high enough to allow the box to sit flat. 

Insert treats inside the box in a small cello bag and tie with white Baker's twine.

Celebrate - Feeling Sentimental

 So far this is my favourite of the SAB stamp sets.  When making the three cards, similar color schemes were used, with variations in accessories and design. All were distressed by tearing, and inking. The cards were based on similar cards seen on Pinterest.

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Stamps: Feeling Sentimental, Buttons, Buttons
Ink: Early Espresso
Papers: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso Core-dination card stock
Accessories: Crumb cake seam binding, Early espresso Baker's twine, Silver Soda Pop tops (flattened using the Big Shot)
Folders:  Card 1  Argyle
               Card 2  Fancy Fan
               Card 3  Honeycomb