Quick & Easy Father's Day

Here's a quick card that I made for my dad for Father's Day.  Since it's challenging for me to come up with masculine cards, I decided to keep it simple and let the new Petite Pennants Builder Punch from the upcoming 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalog (available July 1) be the focal point.

Colors:  Basic Black, Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Stamp Sets:  None

Accessories:  Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Silver Brads, 1/16" Inch Circle Handheld Punch, Urban Oasis Designer Series Paper (retired), Chit Chat Rub-ons (retired), Bounce Sizzlits Alphabet die (non-SU)

Enjoy,

~ Maria



Nautical Birthdays

Both of these masculine cards feature the Open Sea stamp set and Nautical Expedition Designer Series Paper from the Summer Mini Catalog:

Colors: Basic Grey, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Open Sea, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Accessories: Nautical Expedition DSP, Blender Pens, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Sponge Daubers, Pewter Jumbo Eyelets, Crop-a-Dile, 2-1/2 Inch Circle Punch, CM Cutting System, Word Window Punch, Cutter Kit Distressing Tool

Colors:  Basic Grey, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Stamp Sets:  Open Sea, Best Dad Ever
Accessories:  Nautical Expedition DSP, Blender Pens, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Sponge Daubers, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Cutter Kit Distressing Tool

Thanks for stopping by,

~ Maria

On The Green

Here's a card that I made for my boyfriend's birthday last week.  I thought the golfer went nicely with the argyle-patterned paper:

Colors:  Pear Pizzazz, Basic Black, Whisper White

Stamp Sets:  On The Green

Accessories:  1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz, Build-a-Bear Workshop Pawsitively Prints II Designer Series Paper, Movers and Shapers Die with 2" Circle

Thanks for looking,
~ Maria

Retired Allstar

Here's a Father's Day card that I came up with for my last workshop using retiring inks, papers and stamp sets.

Retiring Colors:  Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue, Only Orange and Close To Cocoa. 
Retiring Stamp Sets:   Just Baseball, Just Basketball, Just Football and Sporting.
Other:  Wonderful Favorites stamp set, 1-3/8 Circle punch, and Key Tag punch (previously retired)

Thanks for looking,
~ Maria

Just Basketball Shaker Card

I always find it challenging to come up with masculine cards, so I thought it would be fun to do a masculine shaker card using a sports theme.

This card was created using the Just Basketball stamp set.  The color combo is Basic Grey, Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie. 

The hoop image was stamped twice, once on clear acetate and again on Whisper White using Black Stazon.  I created a space between the two pieces for the shaker effect using Stampin' Dimensionals and inserted the punched out basketball image between the two layers.  The basketball image shakes around freely within the window, giving you the appearance that you can "make a basket."

Thanks for looking,
~ Maria