CAS LOL Man's Card

Does the title make sense to you? I will translate: Clean and Simple Laugh Out Loud Man's Card:) I had a request for some funny men's cards and I went back to favorite riddle I had used years ago when I was selling cards at craft shows. That card never failed to get a belly laugh when the person reading opened it to see:

Of course, it has to be for the right guy- one you can kid about his age and has a good sense of humor- and doesn't really need them yet.... I cut the underwear out by hand and drew a clothesline for them to hang on. The riddle and answer were printed with my computer. So easy, but still should bring a big laugh to the recipient.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at My Craft Creations and Lexi's Creation's challenge "For the Man/Boy in Your Life".

Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions

It’s another Designer’s Choice Challenge at The House that Stamps Built, Repeat Impression’s blog. It’s Cheri’s turn and the theme of her challenge is Bird Watching.  After you make your card with a bird on it, you can enter it for a chance to win some awesome Repeat Impressions rubber! Please visit the blog for all the details and to see the other Rock Star's cards for this DCC challenge. 

One of my favorite Repeat Impression’s stamps is the Crowned Crane Deco stamp I am featuring on this card. I love using positives and negatives in my cards and this time I used black and white for the positive/negative contrast. I layered the stamped image on textured gray and also on the inside of the card. The bottom was punched with a Stampin’ Up chevron border punch. I punched it again in white and attached the white layer going the opposite way.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Through the Craft Room Door and Crafting From the Heart.

Playing with Stencils and 3D Stamp Paint

I have been playing with stencils and Viva 3D Stamp Paint. It has great texture and sparkle in real life- not so much in a picture. I have a butterfly stencil from Heidi Swapp and I applied sparkly blue 3D stamp paint through the butterfly holes in the stencil. I added some punched and die cut butterflies, a die cut sentiment and some sequins to complete the card.

I am entering this card in the S challenge at Quirky Crafts (stencils, Stamp Paint and sparkle) and the Anything Goes challenge at Ditzie Digi.

Have a To-tea-ly Awesome Day!

I recently received two cards in the mail that gave me the ideas I used in this card. I was reminded of the subtle look of faux silk and a different way to open the card and I consider a card with a great idea one the best presents you can give me:) I stamped the beautiful tea cup from Stampin' Up on a piece of white cardstock in a bright aqua blue ink. I crumbled up a piece of white tissue paper, then attached it after applying a coat of glue stick. The wrinkles remain giving the piece a subtle textured feel and look.

The top part swings open on a hinge to reveal the fun sentiment from Inky Antics on the inside. The bottom front peach piece was embossed with an embossing folder from Embossalicious.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Suzy Bee's and That Craft Place.

Happy Father's Day (From the Kids) Challenge at SAS4Kids

It’s Saturday and time for another fun challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids! This time our challenge is Happy Father’s Day (From the Kids)! Create and link any card that a child could give to his Dad or Grandpa and you could win one of our great prizes. Once again we are starting early so there is enough time should you choose to send in your Father’s Day cards for one of our kids in a children’s hospital on Father’s Day to give to his Dad or Grandpa. The gift of giving is one of the best things we can give to our kids! All the details on how to donate can be found on the blog here.

We have three very generous sponsors for this challenge: Kitchen Sink Stamps is giving their winner a $25 gift certificate! Stitchy Bear Outlet is giving their randomly picked winner 3 images (a $10 value)!  And Fred She Said’s winner gets a $10 gift certificate! TEAM S.A.S will also be choosing their favorite cards for our top three and the winners will receive a blog badge and an opportunity to be a guest design team member on a future challenge.

My first card above is made with a set of stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps called Classic Old Truck. It is perfect for Father's Day or any other occasion for a man. I love Kitchen Sink Stamps because they make me feel like a real artist with all the beautiful shading made easy with their series of stamps for each image. The truck is created with several shades of red ink, along with grey and black ink in stamping layers. The sentiment is from the same set. The silvery black background is made with an embossing folder from Cuttlebug and sponged on 3D Stamp Paint from Viva.

My second card features BB Kakes Balloon Boy from Stitchy Bear's Digi Outlet. Isn't he sweet? I stamped him on a white square and a light blue square, cut out the squares and put him back together as shown. I layered on navy blue and then a patterned cardstock card and added a fun sentiment.

My last card showcases a cute little girl called "Emma in her Cool Cap" from Fred She Said. I created a heart easel card with several Spellbinders heart dies and embossed the pink top heart with an embossing folder from Darice.  Sweet Emma who loves her Dad was printed and simply cut out. The Happy Father's Day sentiment is popped up with pop dots so it holds the easel card open as shown in the second picture.

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp  and the Holiday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. 

Wine Time Blog Hop at Repeat Impressions!

Hello blog friends!!! 

I am so excited!  Wendy and Bill of Repeat Impressions (The House That Stamps Built Blog) are releasing another fabulous new stamp set called Wine Time and you could WIN the whole set by playing our word game.

Each Rock Star and Wendy at the Repeat Impressions blog has been given a letter which spells out a secret word. All you have to do is collect all the letters on each blog along the route, unscramble them, then send the secret word to Wendy (wendy@repeatimpressions.com) and you'll be entered to win the gorgeous new Wine Time stamp set. Send Wendy the secret word no later than 5 p.m. eastern time on Monday May 5th. The winner will be announced on May 6th on Repeat’s blog and Facebook page.

Here is the order of the blog hop:

Geri... http://geriscards.blogspot.com/

Karen... http://karenskreativekards.blogspot.com/ (you are here)

Cheri... http://stampnboomer.blogspot.com/

Joy... http://www.piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/(blog trouble- check RI's Blog for her letter) 

Brenda... http://stamp-it-up.blogspot.com/

Joyce... http://paperjoyboutique.blogspot.com/

Deonna... http://ialwayslovetomakecards.blogspot.com/

Melissa... http://www.inkclinations.blogspot.com/

Wendy ~ RI blog... http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

I had so much fun designing with this new set of stamps, I couldn’t stop at just one card! My first card above started with a purple card base and a white top folding piece with a hole punched in the front. I masked the same hole shape on the inside, sponged with purple distress ink and stamped the Happy Hour sentiment. The wine glasses were stamped on grey and again on purple, and I paper pieced the grape wine. I stamped the corks on cork paper and cut out. I love how the sentiments in this set are just perfect for wine lovers with a sense of humor!

My second card features the bottle of wine, wine label, small glass of wine and corks from the Wine Time set. I did my usual paper piecing and embossed the bottom half of the front with a Happy Birthday embossing folder. The strip with the brad on the side opens to reveal the perfect sentiment for the birthday girl: 

Did you guess my letter? I highlighted it several times. My letter is I.

Have fun blog hopping and collecting the letters and good luck on the prize draw!

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp,  613 Avenue Create and Through The Craft Room Door.

Happy Blooming Birthday from Crackerbox Palace

Tomorrow is a fun surprise on my blog so I have moved my weekly Crackerbox Palace blog post up a day. I am sharing a floral vintage card I made with CPB’s large rose and “Happy Blooming Birthday” stamps. I created tiles of two different patterned papers by cutting 1 ¼” squares and sponging the edges with a brown distress ink. I attached the tiles to a brown square and then stamped the large rose in brown. I layered that piece onto a top folding kraft card and added a piece of washi tape along the bottom. I stamped, cut out and sponged the perfect sentiment and added some pearls to complete the card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. The stamps I have used today and many other awesome stamps are available on our new website here. 

If you are local and going to the Saynor Stampede Saturday, stop in to Crackerbox Palace's booth to check out their stamps and say hi to Vicky and John. I will be there- hope to see you too!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Crafty Sentiments and the Floral challenge at Fan-Tastic Tuesday.