'Man-ing Up' a card

Many of us have good intentions of making a card for a guy, but, let's face it, they are hard to make (considering not every man likes boats and cricket).  I got out my Basic Gray Ink and paper and thought that Pumpkin Pie would be a good accent colour.  I used my new friend, the Stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the plant images perfectly.  For those of you who don't know, the Stamp-a-ma-jig is this little contraption that helps you line up stamps exactly where you want them to be, it helps to get your greeting straight and also helps when you have say, a background stamp and you don't want to show the joins.  Simple but essential tool.

Ness

Using Bright Colours

I don't usually use bright colours on my cards but I saw a white card with some great colour combinations made by a Canadian lady called Sabriena Satchwell.  I used the Apple Blossom Hostess Gift and used Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Old Olive (I always manage to sneak it in somewhere) and Real Red.  I also used Stampin' Up! Hemp Twine to wrap around the bottom.  I love how striking these colours look against Whisper White.  This was also my first attempt at scoring and paper piercing.

Ness

Apple Blossom Continued!

This is a tiny thankyou card made from the Apple Blossom Hostess Gift set.  I wasn't sure what to make using this particular stamp, so I stamped using Real Red Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock.  I then coloured in one of the dots using a Real Red marker.  I then discovered I was not as good at colouring in as I once thought.  So I covered up my mistake with a tiny butterfly.  I think I like my mistake.  My main motivation for making mini cards, is the dead-cute little matching Very Vanilla tiny envelopes you can buy.  It is also a great way of using your scrap cardstock.

I am very partial to Old Olive cardstock and think it goes nicely with pink.  I stamped Old Olive Ink onto Old Olive cardstock to get a nice tonal effect.  I folded the butterflies adhered them with clear glue dots which gave it a 3-dimensional look, with the butterflies appearing to 'land' on the page.

Ness

Apple Blossom Hostess Gift

I absolutely love the Apple Blossom Hostess Gift.  Hostesses achieve this (for free) when they hold a workshop, and achieve $600 in sales.  This is easily achieved, as at a workshop, your guests get to try all of Stamin'Up!'s great products before they buy.  As well as receiving the set, the hostess gets $60 to spend too!

I have used three main colours here:  Real Red, Crumbcake and Old Olive.  I love this colour combination.  I think this set is suitable for a somewhat masculine card as the flowers are clean and simple.  You can see from the picture, I have made a Father's Day card (totally getting in early!)

Ness