Birthday Thank You Cards

I'm still making more Thank You cards for all of my birthday outings and gifts.  I took out one of my favorite stamps from Senior Years and played around with her this week.  I think she looks fun-loving, whimsical and weirdly a lot like me!  

I used papers from Garden Walk, an older 6x6" paper pack because I had it out.  I fussy cut some flowers from Celebratory Sips papers and added some little hearts and the flower pot from You Always Deliver.  I think the two sets were drawn by the same artist.  I like to mix and match stamp sets.

I was working on some Celebratory Sips cards at the same time and used some of the designer papers from that, too.  

The cards were fun to make and I hope that my friends will like them.  :)

What do you think of her them?

 

Senior Moments - I think She looks like me!

I think it's kind of funny that this lady from the stamp set Senior Years looks a bit like me!  So I thought that it would be fun to put her into different scenarios. 

For this first card, I had her baking a cake for someone for their birthday!  She even has her own party hat.  I used the cake, present, candle and hat stamp from an old set called Party Animals.  Doesn't she look ready to go to the birthday party?  She's all decked out in her finest and is looking forward to her party.

Because I like to go camping, I thought she would like to, also.  I put her in the woods in front of the campfire making s'mores!  Even though it's getting dark out, she has her lantern to light the scene.  I made this card for a friend that goes camping with me.  Don't mind her skirt, she's kind of a glamper, like me, that's why she has a skirt on!  I cut off the earrings to make her look less dressed up.  And that s'more stick, it fits right into her hand.  

The fire, lantern and s'more stick are from an old Campout set and the trees are from Santa's Sleigh.  I love mixing old and new stamps to make fun projects.  :)

For this card, I was experiencing a rainy day so I gave her an umbrella from Under My Umbrella set.  I had gone camping last weekend in the rain so I had a rainy day on my mind.  

What do you think of her in the different scenes?  Once I got started I didn't want to stop.  Now I just keep thinking of other scenes to put her in!  What would you do with her to make a fun card or project?

I think she needs to go to a pumpkin patch, or decorate the tree for the holidays.  We'll see...

 

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?