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This card is for a special man in my life... little though he is! I am entering this in two challenges: 

Simon Says Stamp  Monday Challenge "It's a Man Thing" and My Favorite Things Birthday Project "This One's For You!"

With Sympathy

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge this week inspired me to create this simple card with a Gina K stamp and Distress Oxide Ink blending. I added the stenciled background and simple sentiment for a sympathy card. Entering this in the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge #492. Here is the sketch and my card.

Cheers!

My neighbor asked me to make a special card for a friend's birthday. They were going to ride by his house in a caravan because during these Covid 19 days no one can celebrate in person! Here in NJ most of us are still adhering to social distancing, especially with non-family. These friends call themselves the Crazy 8's so I added that to the front of the card! These stamps and sentiments are from Simon Says Stamp and My Favorite Things. Entering this card in the SSS challenges: Wednesday Challenge "Masculine" and Monday Challenge "It's a Man Thing."

Number One Dad

Another Father's Day card in my stash which I can use or sell. I had received this small cabin stamp from Altenew as a free gift one time, and I love it for masculine cards.

I am entering this card in both Simon Says Stamp Challenges this week: Wednesday Challenge "Masculine" and Monday Challenge "It's a Man Thing."

Get Well Soon

I have one more post for this week. I was inspired to create these card by a very old video by Barbara Anders from 2015. I loved the layout so I used stamps and colors from my stash to re-create a card similar to hers. First, I created some background interest with several large background stamps from Just Rite and Stampin' Up. Then, black flowers from Technique Tuesday were stamped overtop of the  brushstrokes stamped in three colors Snowcone, Berrylicious, and Blue Raspberry - all from My Favorite Things. The sentiment is from Hero Arts!

I am going to enter these cards in the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #492

and the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "Masculine Cards."

Sprinkled With Love

I finally jumped on the "Slim Line" bandwagon. This is my first try at that new size and I actually forgot to cut it down, so it was HUGE! I made my own envelope out of a 12 x 12 sheet of paper since the final card did not fit into a business size envelope ... because I forgot to trim down my panels before I started to decorate them! I also wasn't sure how to photograph this size card, so this may not be the best way. This card was for my son's 34th birthday! I used a bunch of different products including stencils (the bug balloons and big sprinkles from MFT,) stamps (birthday cake from Sugar Pea Designs) and a bunch of Distress Inks. I am submitting this card in 2 challenges: My Favorite Things Birthday Project Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Father's Day Card

These are two of the Father's Day cards I made for this year's holiday. I just bought the die cut sentiment because I like this "look" for a masculine card - a creative and personalized background with the sentiment as the focal point. One of each of these is for my two sons. My own father has been gone for over 20 years, so he is in my thoughts, but he doesn't get a Father's Day card! 

I used some stencils and distress oxide inks for these backgrounds. The stencil on the card to the left is from My Favorite Things called "scattered bars." I used an Altenew stencil on the card below called "weave builder." The "trick" for these stencils is to rotate the design a bit for each color to create the different looks. The word die is from Pretty Pink Posh.


On the inside I used another new stamp set from Dare 2B Artzy called Bear Hugs. Since we can't see our children in person due to the Covid 19 epidemic, I thought the 6 ft away hugs were perfect for this extraordinary time in our lives.



I am going to enter this card in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Make Your Own Background and the SSS Wednesday Challenge Masculine Cards. Thanks for visiting my blog.