Sky is the Limit

Happy Monday...can you believe it is already February 1st?? My least favourite month of the year is over, which means it won't be long till spring...wahoo!
Today I have another man-card for you...I think I'm starting a Man-card Monday routine here ;)

Masculine card featuring the Sky is the Limit and Timeless Textures stamp sets.

This is one that was on offer at my Birthday Card Blitz Buffet this past weekend. It is quick and easy and perfect for the men in your life! I began with a piece of the Sahara Sand watercolour-patterned Perfectly Artistic DSP. I am rapidly becoming dependent on that stuff...it is the perfect backdrop for stamping on! I then stamped several of the different texture stamps from the Timeless Textures stamp set using Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede and Early Espresso ink. I also added some spatters, inking my stamp with the Wink of Stella gold glitter brush. I added subtle shimmer by tapping by Wink of Stella brush on the table top as well...too bad it doesn't really show in the photo.

The airplane image and the sentiment are from the Sky is the Limit Sale-a-bration stamp set and are stamped in Early Espresso ink. Both the Sky is the Limit set and the Perfectly Artistic DSP are only available for a couple more weeks...you don't want to miss out on these awesome products!
I layered the stamped DSP on a piece of Early Espresso card stock and then on a Sahara Sand card base using dimensionals. I added a few gold sequins from the metallics assortment using the Fine Tip Glue Pen.

On the inside, on a piece of Whisper White card stock, I stamped more of the texture images from the Timeless Textures set and then added another sentiment from the Sky is the Limit set. I have to say I am fast falling in love with the fabulous options offered by the Timeless Textures set...stay tuned for more using that one!

Have a great week!!

Here are the products used to construct this card:

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Send Me Soaring

Happy Sunday! I hope you are having a good weekend! Mine has been fabulous! I hosted my Occasions Catalogue/Sale-a-bration Launch and Customer Appreciation Open House yesterday and had such fun! Scroll to the bottom of this post for the winners of my Door Prize draws.

Today marks the start of a new sketch challenge from Sunday Stamps...

Here is my take on it:

Any-occasion masculine card featuring the Sky is the Limit Sale-a-braion set.

I opted for a slightly creative take on the sketch, using the mountains in the DSP to create the shaped edge on the lower section. To achieve that look I simply trimmed along one of the rows of mountains in the pattern with my paper snips. I layered that on a piece of Perfectly Artistic DSP, which is one of the limited-time Sale-a-bration items. I love the way it looks like sky with wispy white clouds. The plane is stamped in Basic Black ink on Whisper White card stock and then lightly sponged with Crumb Cake ink. I fussy-cut it out and then added the propeller, which I die-cut from vellum with the Flower Fair Framelits. I fastened the propeller to the plane using a silver mini brad.

The sentiment is stamped in Basic Black on Very Vanilla card stock. I trimmed one end into a banner, curled it slightly with my bone folder and then adhered it to the card with dimensionals. I added some silver metallic baker's twine, which I adhered to the end of the plane and the banner so that it would look like the plane was towing the banner. I matted the whole thing on Basic Black card stock before adhering it to a Sahara Sand card base.

On the inside I stamped the globe image from the Going Global stamp set in Sahara Sand ink. I stamped the heart from the same set in Basic Black ink on a scrap of leftover Perfectly Artistic DSP and then punched it with the Sweetheart punch, which fits perfectly...you'd think Stampin' Up! planned that ;) I adhered the punched heart over the stamped globe using dimensionals.

There are so many fun possibilities with this sketch...check out the rest of the Design Team's projects for inspiration and then be sure to give it a try and share your work with us over at Sunday Stamps.

Now for the winners of my door prize draws:

Winner of the Cottage Greetings card Kit: Sandy McCullough

Winner of the Hello Life Project Kit: Elizabeth McCoy

Winner of the Tin of Cards Kit: Deb Carbone

Congratulations!  I will be in touch to arrange delivery of your prize.

Now, here are all of the products I used to create today's project:

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Farewell 2015!

Can you believe it is the last day of 2015??  What a whirlwind year it has been...full of ups and downs and unexpected surprises. I am so thankful for the many blessings I have received this year and look forward to what 2016 has in-store.

Today I have one of the projects that will be on offer as a Make-n-Take at my upcoming Sale-a-bration Kick-off and Customer Appreciation Open House. It uses one of the limited-time-only SAB sets called Sky is the Limit...

Congratulations card featuring the Sky is the Limit Sale-a-bration stamp set.  (Available FREE with a qualifying order starting Jan. 5th!)

I think I mentioned in yesterday's post that the Sky is the Limit stamp set is my favourite Sale-a-bration product this year. It is perfect for the men in my life AND it has great sentiments in a fabulous font...perfection! A close second favourite is the Perfectly Artistic DSP pack. I love the marbled pattern on one side and the watercolour wash pattern on the other...so versatile! Both the Sky is the Limit stamp set and the Perfectly Artistic DSP are available only until February 16th, so you'll want to be sure to get your order in early!
 I used both of these fabulous products on this project. I die-cut a circle from the DSP using the Circles Collection Framelits and then stamped the plane image in Basic Black ink. I then layered that on a second die-cut silver foil circle, purposely off-setting them so that I had an uneven border.

The background Basic Gray card stock panel is embossed using the new World Traveller TIEF and layered on a Basic Black card base. The sentiment, which is also from the Sky is the Limit set, is stamped in Basic Black ink on Whisper White card stock. I added some little bitty confetti stars, punched from silver glimmer paper, by way of embellishment and because every card needs a little sparkle ;)

On the inside I stamped another one of the sentiments from the Sky is the Limit set in Basic Black ink and then added some little clouds in Basic Gray ink, stamped off once to create a faded image.

I hope you have a wonderful evening ringing in 2016 and I wish you all the very best in the new year! See you next year ;)

Here are the currently available products I used on this project:

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Manly Birthday

Happy second-last day of 2015! As the year draws to a close I always find myself torn between looking back at the year that was and ahead to the year to come. One thing I am very excited about in 2016 is the start of Sale-a-bration and the launch of the new Occasions Catalogue. There are so many awesome new products and not one of them has anything to do with Christmas...yahoo!  I'm so done with Christmas cards...on to something...anything...different!
Today I have a project that uses my favourite set from the Sale-a-bration brochure...

Masculine birthday card featuring the Sky is the Limit stamp set and Going Places DSP stack (both available January 5th).

I am always looking for new products to use on manly cards and the new Going Places Suite fits the bill perfectly. Pair it with the Sky is the Limit stamp set and it is a match made in (man-card) heaven. Here I used five different patterns from the Going Places DSP stack, layered on a Mossy Meadow card base, to create my background. I heat embossed the compass image from the new Going Global stamp set in gold on one piece to a little extra sparkle.

Both the plane and the sentiment are from the Sky is the Limit Sale-a-bration set. The plane is heat embossed in gold on vellum and then fussy cut. The sentiment is stamped in Basic Black ink and punched with the XL Oval punch. I added some gold metallic thread and some itty bitty gold glimmer stars (punched with the Confetti Stars punch) by way of embellishment.

Inside view with sentiment from the Cottage Greetings stamp set.

On the inside I stamped the plane image again, stamping off once so as to get a faded image. I stamped the sentiment, from the Cottage Greetings stamp set, in Basic Black over top of the plane image.

I sometimes wonder if I should use sparkle and glimmer on man-cards, but my hubby (definitely a manly man) loved this card, so I guess I'm ok. After all, who doesn't like a little glimmer in their life???

Many of the products I used on this project aren't yet available, so I can't add them to my showcase just yet. Here are the currently available items I used:

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