Visiting the Scenic Coast

I've been a Stampin Up demonstrator for 23 years!  And I have loved the creativity that it brings to my life.  From the time that I was a girl, I have enjoyed making pretty things out of paper.  :)

This summer's catalog is filled with beautiful new stamps, dies and papers.  For this card class, I chose the Scenic Coast to work with.  The papers are amazing and the the cut outs are easy to use to make beautiful cards.  

This card features a lighthouse cut out with one of the sunset papers in the background.  A version of this card is in the SU catalog.  

I know that I don't share what's in the catalogs very often, but this set is so scenic.  LOL

 

For this card, I cut out the "sunrise" die from the blue cardstock and then glued it back in.  I cut a strip of the sunset paper and adhered it along the front side of the card.  Then I cut out the sailboat and added it to the scene with dimensionals.  I love the seagull cut outs and everything about this card.  It's one of my all-time favs.  I could make it all day.  

This card has a large strip of the sunset papers glued to one side.  I did some stamping on the purple side and then added the "sunset" die cut from patterned vellum that I had.  As the girls were making the card, we called it the "age of aquarius," like the old song.  I got the idea from Cheri's Cards and I like the addition of the yellow strip for the saying.  

I hope to make more cards and projects using this set.  Thank you, Stampin Up and my stamping friends for two decades + of crafting bliss.  I hope there will be many more.  

Masculine Cards

As a stamper of greeting cards, we see a LOT of cards that are designed for female recipients.  This past week I worked on putting together a plethora of cards for the males in our lives.  I had a good response at my stamping class where the ladies got to choose 4 cards that they wanted to make.  

This first card features a Paper Pumpkin stamp set that had feathers and birds in it.  We stamped the background with the Dictionary background stamp that I pulled out of the "archives."  Then we used a splatter stamp that we spritzed with water to give it a watercolor look.  I used the new tag dies and added a saying and some feathers.  I love how it turned out.

This next card features the stamp set By the Dock.  Again I used the new Tag dies and added a rowboat, some oars, grass and a sweet bird flying off in the distance.  I added the green designer paper to give the cards some color.  From Cindy Brumbaugh.

Here are 2 seagull cards that I designed last year.  They also feature the Hugs from Shelli stamp set that came in the Paper Pumpkin box. I saw this idea from KB Papercraft.  I can almost hear the seagulls calling from the shore.  

The next few cards are made using the man from the stamp set Senior Years.  He is very silly looking and I didn't know if I liked him or not.  But now that I've used him, I just love the look of these cards.  :)  I got this idea from Christine Pierce.

For this birthday card, I added a goat from the Way to Goat set.  He's peaking out from behind the "old guy" and making this card very whimsical.  On the inside is the saying, You're the Greatest of all Time (GOAT).

And last, but not least are the sailboats from Sailing Home.  It's a cloudy, rainy day here today and I wish that I was out at the lake watching these boats.  I saw the idea for this by Terry's Cards on Etsy.

Which 4 would you pick to make your Masculine cards?

 
 

Masculine Cards Using Seagulls

I needed a masculine Thank You card today to send out and after looking through my card stash, I found that I didn't' have a single one to use!  So I made this sweet card using Bird Ballad designer paper and the seagull stamp from a Paper Pumpkin kit that coordinated with the Bird Ballad suite.  I found this idea from Kerry Bunting on Pinterest.

After I made that, I realized that I needed more masculine cards.  My son's birthday is this week and I wanted to make one for him, too.  So I made another one.

And another one.

And another!  I ended up making 5 cards using these colors and this theme.  Why have I not used this amazing designer paper before? 

Here are four of the five cards.  Which one do you like the best?