Man Oh Man Monday No. 13 | Father's Day Edition No. 5

Good Monday to you!  Yes, I am back on the appropriate day this week.  I got my...act together and took advantage of some time yesterday to get crafting with Simon Says Stamp's June Card Kit: Something Awesome.  When I first saw previews of the June's kit I was stoked as it was perfect for MOMM, father's day and any dude card.

I am a fan of Kelly Purkey and was thrilled with her Dude stamp set which is still available while the June card kit is sold out (I obviously wasn't the only one stoked).  If you haven't had a chance to check out her blog I recommend perusing it.  She's one hip and happenin' gal (unlike this dusty relic) and I love reading about her adventures and I am endlessly intrigued by her journey to build her own brand (seriously makes me happy to read about how creative brands/companies come about and are run and may only be trumped by seeing creative spaces or reading foodcentric memoirs with recipes included.  Big happy sigh.).

Also, this weekend I caught up and watched all of the videos from the His & Hers class from Online Card Classes which was really informative and inspiring.  I am always running so behind on my online classes, but believe me that although the class may no longer be live it is still packed with great material.  I like to stuff my mind with as much inspiration as possible and see what pops out.   Sometimes I clearly see where I took my inspiration and other times it was ideas that grew together from this card, that blog, this layout, that technique and so on and so forth. 

 

I created this simple, but fun card from the kit which is for father's day, but could also easily be for a birthday or a memorable thank you.  I can't get enough of playing with several sentiments together and used a mix of stamps from the Dude stamp set along with a saying from Basic Grey's Hipster snippets found in the card kit.  I love that I could add the little man wood veneer that matched exactly the shape of the man icon in the stamp set.  I had a wood veneer the exact same size, but I chose one slightly smaller so that the stamped image looks like a shadow or like the projection of the man is larger or grander than the size of the man himself (as in "he was larger than life" or "he cast a long shadow").  I am getting a little allegorical in my old age.

The colors of the pictures are more blue and less green than in real life.

 

I hope you enjoyed the card and have a fabulous week!

Happy creating,
Shay.

Supplies:
Card Kit: Something Awesome, Simon Says Stamp
Ink: cup o'joe, Hero Arts Shadow Ink
Other: wood veneer, Studio Calico; notebook border punch, Fiskars; dimensional adhesive; chestnut memory marker, American Crafts

Man Oh Man Monday No. 12 (on Tuesday) | Father's Day Edition No. 4

Man Oh Man It's Not Monday.  No excuses from me...my Memorial Day was spent mostly watching movies with my family including "Argo".  I hope you also had a wonderful Memorial Day with family and friends.  I want to thank those who serve/served our country to allow us to do just that. 

So today we are going with a card to honor the men in service who are also proud papas because although we have days marked off on the calendar to commemerate our service men and women, I think any day of the week is a good day to honor them as well.  

 

 

The background is actually something I started on Saturday using the Watercolor Wonder stamp set by Papertrey Ink for another card for Papertrey Ink's May Blog Hop, but it was all sorts of shades of wrong for the floral card I envisioned and reminded me of camouflage.  I saw it again sitting upon my table and decided it would be perfect for today's card.  I added more stamping and a banner sentiment stamped from Papa Love by Mama Elephant which I gold embossed.

 

 

 

I think it is turned out pretty striking and cool.   What do you think? 

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit and have a wonderful week!

 

Happy creating,

Shay,

 

Supplies:

Stamps: Watercolor Wonder, Papertrey Ink; Papa Love, Mama Elephant

Inks: Versamark, Tsukineko; peeled paint and shabby shutters, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger; limeade ice, Papertrey Ink

Cardstock: stamper's select white and spring moss, Papertrey Ink

Other: detail metallic gold embossing powder, JudiKins; heat embossing tool; dimensional adhesive

Papertrey Ink's May 2013 Blog Hop | Bouquet Builder

Happy Saturday!  I am so happy to join in on this month's blog hop (wasn't sure if I would make it this time around...whew!).  To see the details and the *amazing* projects created for Papertrey Ink's Bouquet Builder May Blog Hop, go HERE. 

I went with an ombre card inspired by the following picture:

I was really drawn to the very verdant color scheme and this is the card I created:

 

I am going to leave it at that today.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.  It is an honor to have you visit and to be among the uber-talented Papertrey Ink fans!

Happy creating,
Shay.

Supplies:
Stamp: Natural Beauties (limited edition), Papertrey Ink
Inks: limeade ice, Papertrey Ink; Versamark, Tsukineko; peeled paint and pine needles, Tim Holtz Distress Inks by Ranger
Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Papertrey Ink
Paper: watercolor paper, Strathmore
Other: Wonderful Words Die Collection (set of 4), Papertrey Ink; Cuttlebug, Provo Craft; Inkssentials ink blending tool, Ranger; Peeled Paint, Tim Holtz Distress Marker by Ranger; opaque white embossing powder, JudiKins; heat gun; 2 Way Glue Pen, Zig; dimensional adhesive; water; paint brush; Inkssentials Non Stick Sheet, Ranger

Man Oh Man Monday No. 11 | Father's Day Edition No. 3

Celebrating Father's Day continues here on MOMM.  Clean and simple are the themes of the day.  Some new stamps from Mama Elephant were awaiting me in today's mail which I wanted to play with and what better excuse than I have to post on my blog?  Self-enabling just got necessary now that I "have to" post on my blog. 

 

The keystone stamp set for this Father's Day clean and simple smorgasbord is Papa Love.  Packed full of great sentiments, a ticket frame and a few images, Papa Love will serve you well as a foundational stamp set for your stamping needs for guys.   All of the cards are one layer and I added dimension with Copic markers.

 

For my first card I decided to play with the moustache and tie images to create a man of sorts.  I am hoping the circle sentiment comes off looking a little like a monocle.

 

My next card plays off the "man of the house, king of my heart" sentiments paired with the little Leo lion in Cosmic Stars.  I saw these and immediately had a vision of a card.  The darling little heart is from Midnight Letters.  Seriously, am lovin' on this little number.  I also imagine changing out the lion for the ram, bull, scorpion, crab, fish or goat depending on the guy's astrological sign (my dad is a Scorpio and it would be awesome to do this card with that instead).

 

For my last card I paired Papa Love with So Breezy.  I saw these two stamp sets and it clicked together to me.  I added a hand drawn double border for just a bit more interest.

 

Super simple cards, but so much fun.  I hope you are inspired to create some Father's Day cards now too!  

Happy creating,

Shay.

Stamps: Papa Love, Cosmic Stars, Midnight Letters and So Breezy, Mama Elephant
Inks: tuxedo black, Memento by Tsukineko; Versamark, Tsukineko; cough syrup, spice tin, weather vane, fountain pen, stick candy, seed packet and speckled egg, Jenni Bowlin for Ranger
cardstock: white, Georgia Pacific
Other: colorless blender (0), cool gray no. 00 (C00), cool gray no. 1 (C1), cool gray no. 3 (C3), pale fruit pink (E000), skin white (E00), pink flamingo (E01), caribe cocoa (E25), dull ivory (E43) and blush (R20), Copic; chipped sapphire and weathered wood, Tim Holtz Distress Markers by Ranger