Barbara's Stampin' Studio

Only 3 weeks left to Sail Away ~ Summer Mini coming to an end

Summer is ending soon and so is the Summer Mini catalog and in it, one of my recent favs, the Sail Away single stamp. 

I made the background for this card with the Color Wash technique (tutorial coming soon) using Not Quite Navy and Baja Breeze inks.

To make the white sails, simply stamp the image on the Baja card stock and then again on white card stock. Cut out and mount the white sails over the prestamped image, putting Dimensionals under the sails to give them more depth.

The Congratulations stamp is from the set Perfect Punches and I, of course, punched it out using the Modern Label punch.

Great stamp to have for the guy cards you always seem to need. Be sure and order yours before the end of August as it will be gone on September 1st!

Sailing Away into the Sun ~

Here is yet another card that I made for my husband's friends who are retiring this summer. I used the Sail Away stamp and the Nautical Expedition Designer paper for the background. 

~ Check out how to do it below ~

Here's how I did it ~

First I made the sun using my 2 1/2" Circle punch and a piece of Whisper White card stock, which I sponged with Daffodil Delight & Tangerine Tango. Then I mounted the sun on another piece of White card stock and stamp the sailboat image with Not Quite Navy on top of it, making sure the sailboat was down in the right corner, not on the sun.

Next, I stamped another sailboat, and cut out just the sails and the boat bottom and mounted them over the first one. Make sure that you put a Dimensional under the sail on the left to make it looks as though it flying in the wind.

Next I mounted a piece of the Nautical Expedition paper onto my card base, mounted the sailboat piece onto Not Quite Navy, distressed the edges and mount the entire piece onto the Nautical paper.

To finish the card, I stamped Happy Retirement from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and punched it out with the Modern Label punch. I used another Modern Label piece in Daffodil Delight, cut it in half and mounted it on either end. I added Night of Navy brads and mounted it to the card with Dimensionals.

Sailing Away for Retirement ~

My husband needed a few cards for some guys who are retiring this month and this is one of the cards that I made using the Sail Away stamp.

You can find this single stamp in the Summer Mini catalog and order it 24/7.

Just click on the shopping cart, what a great way to shop, don't you think?

 

To start with, I used a piece of the Nautical Expedition Designer paper with a lighthouse and part of a map on it and stamped the sailboat in Early Espresso.

I stamped the sailboat again onto Whisper White card stock, and cut out the sails and mounted them over the stamped image. I stamped, cut and mounted the boat too, this time on Soft Suede card stock.

To make it look as though the wind is in the sails, I used a Dimensional under the sail on the left side to make it pop out a bit.

The word image is from the stamp set Teeny Tiny Wishes and I punched it out with my Word Window punch, layering it on an Early Espresso Large Oval punch piece.

To add more texture, I wrapped some Baker's Twine around the card a few times and tied it in a knot. 

Sail Away to your Dreams!

I love using this single stamp, Sail Away, that's in the Summer Mini. It's more versatile that I originally thought and I sat down yesterday and made 3 cards. Here's the first one ~

I used my Sail Away stamp and stamped directly onto a piece of the Nautical Expedition Designer Paper. I then stamped it onto another print of the paper, with Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake and Early Espresso stripes, and cut out the sails. When I adhered it over the stamped image I used Stampin' Dimensionals on the right sail to give it more depth and it looks like it flying in the wind. Doesn't it?

I stamped the bottom boat image again with Early Espresso, cut it out and mounted it too.

For the word piece, I used my Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler markers and colored directly onto the stamp and then pressed it onto a piece of Whisper White card stock. Add a few Crumb Cake brads and a punched steering wheel piece and that's it!

 

Impressive Sail Away Idea

I wanted to create an Impressive Embossing card for my class that could be used for a guy. Most of the time, I end up using flowers with this technique and I knew that wouldn't do.

Here I chose to use several sizes of Circle punches in Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Night of Navy, Always Artichoke and More Mustard, you know, the "guy" colors.

I put a strip of Very Vanilla card stock onto my quarter piece of Night of Navy that I wanted to use for the base and started punching out circles. I layered the circles randomly and placed them onto the background and then ran everything through my Big Shot using the Square Lattice Impressions Folder.

You can use a variety of stamp images to suit the fella you're sending it to.

Here are just two suggestions:

This is the Sail Away stamp from the Summer Mini done vertically

and this is the Totally Tool set done in a horizontal fashion

Ties for the Best Dad Ever!

My guy wears ties a couple of times a week and my daughters are always picking out the "wild" ones in his opinion. They like the bright colors and fun prints, but something tells me he'd rather have some ties that are a little more conservative. NOT!

Anyway, when I saw the stamps in the Summer Mini, I just knew I had to have the Best Dad Ever set with these fun ties!~

I used a piece of the Nautical Expedition Designer paper for the background, looks kinda like a shirt ~ doesn't it? There's another print you can use too!

I colored my, or his, ties with my Stampin' Write Markers in Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy and Crumb Cake, coloring directly onto the ties.

Fun card for Father's Day, his Birthday. . .  or just to say Thanks!

Surf's Up!

Do you have the same dilemma I do? You've got nephews, and other guys, and you need a card and don't know what to use? Well, this is what I'll be doing this summer, using the fun stamp set Summer Splash and sending surf cards!

This is a very simple card, anyone can make it and it takes, literally, 5 minutes, maybe less.

I used my Stampin' Up markers in Baja Breeze, Pacific Point, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron and Old Olive and colored directly onto the image.

This way I can color my boards any color I want! Ya gotta love it!

I tore a piece of Crumb Cake card stock to make my sand and used the Happy Birthday words from the Summer Mini set, Best Dad Ever.

Hope you like it!

Sail Away in Espresso and Marina

Here is another card I created using the fun Sail Away stamp from the Summer Mini. This is a single stamp and is just perfect for so many things, . . . like guys, and traveling.

I used the Nautical Expedition Designer Paper, and cut it in strips and then flipped every other one over. I call this technique the Strip and Flip technique.

After I cut the strips, I mounted them onto a piece of Marina Mist card stock leaving just a bit of space in between each one. Then I wrapped some of the new Espresso Baker's Twine around a couple of times and tied it in a knot.

Sail Away in the Summer!

WooHoo! My Summer Mini preorder arrived yesterday afternoon and I wannt play!

Unfortunately, I have tons to do before my Stamp Sale this weekend, so I'll have to wait a bit. It'll be hard, but I gotta do what I gotta do!

Here is a super quick card that I designed for my Team meeting last night just minutes before they arrived.

I used a few of the products coming out in the Summer Mini, the stamp Sail Away stamp, Nautical Expedition Designer paper & Baker's Twine.

Skater Dude collage card

This is one of the cards that we made at my collage class last week. Everyone always seems to be looking for guys cards and this one fits the bill.

I sent a card similar to this a while ago to 3 different 19 year old guys and guess what?!?! They sent me a thank you card for sending the card! No, I'm not kidding! Totally unexpected!

I used my Extreme Elements set with the Extreme Skateboard image in Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy and Always Artichoke, and added a few metallic brads for an accent. Cool huh?

The words are perfect too, don't ya think? They're from the stamp set Smarty Pants. Add a bit of sponging to "dirty" it up, distress some of the edges and that's it.

 

Elegant Soiree Cupcake

Here is a great cupcake birthday card that you could even send to a guy!

They do like cupcakes ya know!

I used the Create a Cupcake stamp set from the Occasions Mini along with my fav paper, Elegant Soiree, 5 punches and some satin ribbon and brads. Pretty quick and easy too! 

 

Celebration Birthday Ideas

I had a class last month where we made lots of Birthday projects, all based around the fun Celebrations Designer Paper.

I made Celebrations Party Hats for my guests and had a Celebrations Party Banner hanging up too. Here are a few of my stampin' friends at one of my "parties".

Hi Donna, Kelly, Erica, Lela, Tammy, Iris and Pat!

Yep, they're wearing their party hats but haven't eaten those cupcakes. . . . . . yet!

Here are the 7 projects that they made that evening.

They made 4 cards, 2 for guys and a couple for the girls too

                   

 

             

 We also made a Petal Cone Treat and a Gift Bag

                 

and a Birthday Surprise Box too

Now this was a little tricky to photograph, mind you.  It's quite long when you lay it out and too small to see well when I did it.  Anyhow, here it is!

Here it is when it's closed. It's a Stampin' Up storage container.

Way too much fun!

Get some Celebrations Designer paper and start your own party!

 

Totally Tool Guy cards

I find myself in need for guy's cards quite often and love using my Totally Tool stamp set. I think all guy's can relate to tools, even if they don't know how to use them . . . .  and they definitely aren't as fun as ours!

I like taking some of my cards and adding to them once in a while, you know, kind of changing it up a bit to see what else it can be.

Here is a card I made recently for a Game Spinner swap. In case you've already seen it, I changed it up a bit by adding the distressing and a couple of eyelets in the corner, just for fun.

These tool images all have words under them and I love using the Direct to Stamp technique by inking the tool with my Stampin' Write Markers. Here is stamped the tools randomly in Riding Hood Red, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip and More Mustard.

For the Riding Hood Red strip in the middle, I used my Big Shot with the Square Lattice Impressions Folder. I also used a few circle punches and the Designer Lable punch, and my Paper Piercing Tool too.

The distressing around the edges was done my simply taking my card to the Chocolate Chip stamp pad. I also did this on the word piece.

Add a Game Spinner Hand and the Eyelets, guy's like metal on their cards, did ya know that? Those are always the favorites with my husband, anything with metal.

Like this one . . . .

Here I used the Celebrations Designer Paper. This card was created for my Birthday Bash class last month. (More on that tomorrow)

I again used my Square Lattice Impressions Folder with my Big Shot, this time with Real Red card stock for the bottom of this pocket card.

I stamped with Real Red, Old Olive and Bashful Blue, the same colors that are in the Celebrations paper.

The Metal pieces are Silver Jumbo brads, Eyelets, regular brads and a clip.

For the insert pull up, I used 2 Old Olive ovals, punches using my small oval punch, and taped the bottom half to the card front and back. Add a silver brad and it's done.

To make this pocket card, take a piece of 4 1/4" x 11" piece of cards stock, here I used Old Olive. Score it at 2 1/2" and 5 1/2". Fold it up at the 5 1/2" score and then down at the 2 1/2" score.

Make sure you add adhesive to the sides so that your insert doesn't fall out. This style also makes a great pocket for gift cards too.

Please let me know if you're inspired for your next guy card!

Rockin' with the Grunge!

Here is one of the cards that we made at my Birthday Card class last month. I'm always asked for ideas for the guys and in this case, I decided to make a teen guy card.

I used the Grunge Rock set with Not Quite Navy, Always Artichoke and Riding Hood Red ink and card stock and I just had to distress all of the edges too. Guys seem to like that, not sure why.

No, your vision isn't blurry, it's the double stamped word image.

To double stamp the words, just stamp it first in Artichoke and then reink the stamp with Not Quite Navy and, watching the bottom of the "y's", stamp slightly to the right and down.

Pretty cool don't ya think?

 

Extreme Skater Dude

After making the surfer guy card for nephew last week, my husband asked for a few more guy cards for him to use. I made them similar to the first one, just changed some of the colors and the wording too. Then I decided to do a couple of them using the Extreme Skateboard stamp. Here's one of my skater dude cards.

Fang-Tasticly Fun Stamp Set!

Love, Love, Love this fun Halloween set that just came out in the Holiday Mini catalog! I've had my Holiday Mini order sitting here, unopened, since the beginning of August, and just let myself open it this morning.

I know, you're thinking, "yeah right, how could you NOT open it!?!"

Easy, I've been working on something for the entire month and now that it's almost finished, I let myself into that dang box!

That, and I have two Holiday Big Shot Box classes tomorrow and had to have some of the new stuff to use! (I'll post my box ideas soon)

Anyhow . . . here's my first card using the too cute Fang-Tastic stamp set.

I also used the new Spider Web Impressions Folder and the Nite Owl paper too!

How's I do the web? Easy, after Impressing the Basic Gray card stock, I gently rubbed my Basic Black pad over the web. Cool huh?

And the tag? Easy too! I stamped the words on Pumpkin Pie card stock and punched it out with my Oval punch. Then I used my Designer Label punch with both Elegant Eggplant and Certainly Celery card stocks. Adhere the oval to the Eggplant punch piece, cut the Celery one in half and place them at the top and bottom of the Eggplant piece. Add your cute little bat and you're done!

The vampire guy is stamped on Certainly Celery card stock 'cause I wanted his skin a little 'pekid' looking. Then I used my Stampin' Write Markers to color his outfit, cutting him out leaving just a tad of the Celery to make him pop off the page, and the Stampin' Dimensionals helped too!

Oh, and the inside too!

Teenage Guy card to share with you

Every once in a while, I'll need a card for a teenage guy or young man and I always reach for the Extreme Elements set and one of my Extreme dudes. In this case, I chose the Extreme Surfboard.

Here is one of the latest that I did which was for a birthday. I never know what to give a teenage guy and, although I'd much rather wrap a gift than give a gift card or cash, this time I gave in and gave cash. That way he can get what he really needs, which just might be gas for his car.

I didn't want to just put the cash inside the card, so I adhered a 3x3 envelope on the inside left and wrote a note on the right. Here is a photo with the stamped envelope too. No Naked Envelopes!

I used Pacific Point, Cajun Craze, Soft Suede and Daffodil Delight (I know, it doesn't quite sound guyish, but I wanted a bright tone for the stars and accent card stock).

The words are from the stamp set Hope Happens, which I use quite often for a variety of circumstances. I really like that all 6 stamp have different writing and totally different thoughts too.

I hope this card gave you some inspiration for your next Guy card.