These 3 sentiments came in a collection with 4 lovely, encouraging sentiments. I love the snark, and 2 of the 3 are more self-deprecating, but you have to know the recipient really, really well to send one of these cards.
I think I might gift them to a friend who would take comfort in knowing she had the ammo, but never really use them.
Supplies: Stamps – Ranger, paper – American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim, Gmund Royal, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy, Pool Party, ink – VersaFine Onyx Black, dies – My Favorite Things (pierced rectangle), Spellbinders (rectangle, square), embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear.
This is one of the cards I made for my Dad. I was so excited when this idea popped into my head, and that I was able to execute the design.
My Dad is not really represented by the images available from the stamp industry. He is not into nautical, the great outdoors, cars, jets or trains. He LOVES sports (baseball being #1), he loves jokes, he loves chocolate, AND he loves his family. He still plays softball and basketball at 83.
I thought about what he would be doing on Father’s Day…watching baseball.
I found a Baltimore Oriole logo online (hey, for personal use here, to make an old guy smile), and printed it on white cardstock. I then stamped the TV over the logo, and on a separate piece of woodgrain paper. I cut the woodgrain image to use the cabinet part of the TV for paper piecing. The white cardstock with the TV got die cut with a large tag die, and I colored the wall a light blue/green, and added a piece of background paper for the flooring. And I just kept adding layers of Baltimore Oriole team colors.
I searched Google Images for “Baltimore Orioles logo”, and found one that had the resolution I needed to be able to print it. The image was from the Official Site of the Baltimore Orioles.
Supplies: Stamps – Clearly Besotted, The Cat’s Pajamas, paper – American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim, Avery Elle Neutral Collection, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin’ Up! Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Taylored Expressions Build A Scene, ink – Copic BG10, VersaFine Onyx Black, Smoky Gray, die – Taylored Expressions, embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear.
I needed a more masculine birthday card (What??? Men and boys don’t like floral birthday cards??? 😉 ), and decided this computer looked great mounted on a piece of ombre background paper (thanks AGAIN, Amy Tangerine!).
Supplies: Stamps – Mama Elephant, paper – American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin’ Up! Night of Navy, inks – Copic BG10, VersaFine Onyx Black, Smoky Gray, dies – My Favorite Things, embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear.
This card of encouragement is for a friend going through chemotherapy.
I was feeling “paint chip”…and this American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim washi tape made the perfect backdrop.
Supplies: Stamp – Mama Elephant, paper – Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Sherwin Williams paint chip, ink – VersaFine Onyx Black, die – Essentials by Ellen, washi tape – American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim, embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear.
I had to use the sunglasses paper from the Amy Tangerine On A Whim collection! Amy Tangerine, can you make an 80’s version of this – neon frames, iridescent mirrored lenses??
Supplies: Stamp – My Favorite Things, paper – American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim, Gmund Royal, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, ink – VersaFine Onyx Black, embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear.
Offspring3 got looking at stamps to give me as a Mother’s Day gift, and couldn’t get past this funny seagull. So, I am the VERY GRATEFUL recipient of the Essentials by Ellen Stay Salty set and matching dies.
We enjoy watching the seagulls at the beach on vacation…for the most part. Sometimes the seagulls make it difficult to like them! One summer, a seagull tried to abscond with 1/2 of Offspring3’s peanut butter sandwich (in a closed Ziploc bag)! Silly bird, we were right there on the blanket! We got the bag back.
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Supplies: Stamps – Essentials by Ellen, paper – American Crafts Amy Tangerine On A Whim, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Stampin’ Up! Crumb Cake, inks – Copic C1, C5, E41, YG0000, Y06, Hero Arts Unicorn, VersaFine Smokey Gray, dies – Essentials by Ellen (clouds, seagull), Taylored Expressions (banner), embossing powder – Filigree Fine Art Powder clear, white.
