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Age Awareness Vintage Style

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By now, I should have made it back from Utah, survived running all over the place, crying several times, and collapsing after a long drive.

Age Awareness Vintage Style

I am writing this ahead, because this morning I should be up to my eyeballs in getting the last things together for our pioneer trek experience!  I put everything together I could before we went to Utah, but there are always last minute things ready to get in the way.

 Age Awareness Vintage Style

I haven’t used soft suede for a really long time and thought it would go with the theme here.  I also just got the oval framelits and put them to work for the first time.  These stamp sets go together quite nicely, don’t you think?  I used the banner punch for the very vanilla strips and finished up the soft suede layered banner with the side of the hexagon punch.  It makes great banner ends.  Who knew!

Age Awareness Vintage Style

Here I go again making my own background paper.  It is a fun challenge that keeps my brain fresh and lets me use more of my fun stamps!  We have a special birthday coming up next month for someone getting up there in years.  He has a great sense of humor and will just love this!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Happy Father’s Day!

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What more do you need to say than that?  I guess there are too many words to include in such an important day as this, but a card can only hold so many.  It is a special occasion, so I did a little more than normal for this project.

Happy Father's Day!

A friend of mind recently stepped out of her front door to a scene similar to this card front.  Of course hers was more accurate, and with a lot more trees, but you get the idea.  It was a beautiful sunset and I couldn’t wait to put it in a card somehow.  It worked out and was fun to arrange.

Happy Father's Day!

 

I hope you are all enjoying this special day in the way you would like.  We are actually all over the place, but doing good things either way.  I love all of the dads in my life!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Guy Greetings and Father’s Day Too!

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Card workshop is today and even though I am totally exhausted, I know I will have a great time.  This is one of the projects we will be making.  It is getting close to Father’s Day, so of course we had to make something to celebrate that wonderful holiday.

Guy Greetings and Father's Day Too!

Can you see the learning opportunity in this first photo?  I was chatting it up with my own father and wasn’t paying close attention.  I know my stamping is a bit wonky, but I neglected to use my stampin’ pierce mat with the one on the left.  Of course my image wasn’t as clear and even a bit void in the center.  Yes well, it didn’t click on that second attempt.  The one before is hiding behind that one.  I tried to re-stamp it, but even with the photopolymer being so very clear, the image was too detailed for me to line up perfectly.  It gave it a nauseating 3-D look that had to go.  We all learn, right?  Use that mat for best results with photopolymer.

Guy Greetings and Father's Day Too!

Some of my ladies like to have choices as they work, so this should work nicely.  The stamp set it so huge that not only do they have choices, they just might be overwhelmed.

Guy Greetings and Father's Day Too!

I have used just a touch of seam binding ribbon to add some color, just a little bit. A nice masculine card is definitely something to have on hand, and this fits the bill.  I am so glad this stamp set carried over because it is the best for making all kinds of manly cards.  Love it!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Maritime Thank You

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Today is a day filled with gratitude.  Not only for our freedom, but for those who sacrificed so much to provide it to us.  Sometimes we feel a bit removed from celebrations like Memorial Day.  Today I have the opportunity to spend time with family, and to thank my own sailor, my father-in-law.  Hence, the nautical themed projects for today.

Maritime Thank You

I used the awesome anchor from Guy Greetings to make a background paper for my sentiment and stamp inside as well.  All you need to say is ‘Thank You’.  We will enjoy writing special notes in these.

Maritime Thank You

I had to make a treat bag, of course.  But I knew I would be making this specific, so I actually bought candy to go inside.  It is already tucked inside ready to go.  Everyone needs a treat once in a while.

Maritime Thank You

So, don’t forget to take some time in your busy, and hopefully wonderful, holiday to share your gratitude.

Maritime Thank You

Have a creative day!

Moana

Guy Greetings Thank You

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How do you say thank you to a man with a card?  Just like this.  Simple, a bit of elegance, and a touch of humor, but just a touch.

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Denali requested a special manly thank you card for her prom dates father.  He is doing all of the driving for the two of them, neither one have a license, even as seniors, so they need a little help.  Hence, the thank you.  I thought that was adorable.

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Also, it works for sharing with you today!  This set doesn’t seem to be carrying over to next year, so we have to say goodbye.  So sad, because it is a great manly set.  Well, I won’t stop using it.

Guy Greetings

This is a quick project day, because it is prom day!  When you have a young lady going to her first and only prom, you want to make it special.  There are still some things that have to be dealt with, like sharing some joy and some basic chores. Other than that, we are all about getting pretty.  Nails and hair are already done, so just enjoying the fun of makeup.  The next photos I take will be filled with a lovely young lady and her good friend.  Wheeeeee!

Have a creative day!

Moana

Guy Greetings Woo-Hoo!

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This was an awesome set to make!  I couldn’t stop giggling at this little muscle man saying woo-hoo!  Really, so funny.  I was going for masculine here and think I nailed it.

Guy Greetings and Just Sayin'

The gift bag here is a tall one but still came from one sheet of card stock.  It measures 1 x 1 x 7.5.  Yup, pretty darn tall.  I think one of those huge candy bars would be awesome inside.  I like how I always want to put candy in my bags.  I did put some fairly stout items inside and my linen thread handle still held strong.  I couldn’t have a ribbon handle, no too girlie.

Guy Greetings and Just Sayin'

The mix of the image with the typeset paper along with the muscle man gave it a very vintage look.  I sponged everything to continue the look.  Even though you can’t see a lot of it, I think the alphabet embossing folder gave the texture I needed.

Guy Greetings and Just Sayin'

So how about you dig into your stamps and make something that brings a grin to you and the person you give it to.  That is why we do this after all, right?

Have a creative day!

Moana

Guy Greetings

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Can this set get any more masculine?  I didn’t think so.  I have to admit, I bought this stamp set entirely for these three stamps.  Which is a bit excessive, but I loved them so much it didn’t matter.  The rest of the set is super as well, but these are my favorites.

Guy Greetings

I know this has a Father’s Day look to it, but that isn’t who I had in mind when I made them.  Actually, it was my husband.  I did learn a lot from my dad, but when it comes to working with tools, that would be my husband.  He has taught me so much and is endlessly patient with my questions.  So fun.

Guy Greetings

I kept these pretty darn simple.  I did like how when I put the sentiment on point they reminded me of caution signs.  I wanted the tangerine tango more narrow to match the narrow background boarder, so I tried something out.  After I cut out the tangerine tango square, I put it back on the cutting plate, and put the framelit on again but shifted it up at a diagonal.  So I was cutting an L shape away.  It worked out the first time.  I could have done more to match the 1/8th” boarder, but went with it.

Guy Greetings

I used some dimensionals on the almost artichoke one and left the tangerine tango flat.  Just some variety there.  Of course I had to stamp on the inside and distress it all the way around.  Tools aren’t tidy after all.

Have a creative day!

Moana

Adventure Awaits with Lullaby?

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Sometimes traditional, sometimes floral, and sometimes, just right.  That is how I feel about the projects for today.  They came together so effortlessly.  I guess when you are in the zone good things happen.

Adventure Awaits

Can you believe these designer papers came out of the lullaby set?  They could speak baby, I guess, but really have a lot more uses than that.  Super fun with even a twist of masculine.

Adventure Awaits

I snatched the anchor from the Guy Greetings set to add to the nautical theme.  My husband told me that the color combination felt like the beach.  Guess it worked.

Adventure Awaits

I brought in the spots stamp from the Perpetual Birthday set and it gave just the right touch.  The largest spot is the exact size as the small epoxy sticker from the sticker set.  Things just lined right up!  I do love decorating the inside of the card to match.

With the square and circle framelits to do my cutting, it kept the sentiments large but still a nice layering effect.  I have gotten into 1/8″ boarders on my layering.  Those are hard to line up without using tombo adhesive to wiggle it into place.  Love that stuff.  And I even got to use more of my Sale-a-bration ribbon stash!  Winning all around!

Have a creative day!

Moana