Birthday Boy

Hey there.  Hope you're having a wonderful week so far! Today I am playing along with two challenges. One is the JUGS Color Challenge again. I played on Monday, but I couldn't put those colors away!

 and the other is the Friday Mashup whose challange was to do a birthday card AND use brads. 

Here is my card:

pocket boy..

I come up with the craziest names for my posts sometimes..lol.


Anywho, thanks for stopping in! I hope you all had a great weekend! It's cool here finally and I LOVE it. Fall is my favorite time of year in Tennessee. 


Today, I have a card for this month's Sketch For You To Try, seen here:

I decided to use my new pocketful stamps from WPlus9 that came a few weeks ago. I thought the sketch was perfect for using one of the pockets included with this set. I went with a baby boy theme and came up with this little ditty:

I love the way this little pocket looks. It's just so fun to play with! I added a little texture to mimic denim and added little half pearls because it reminded me of the little rivets on pockets.  This was such a fun card to make and would also be extra cute in a "girl" version. Can't wait to try that! 

Well, that's it for today. It IS a Monday after all, so I must mentally prepare for today - the busiest day of my work week! Fun...lol

Have a great one! Laters!

u rock..

Hi there! Hope you're having a good week. Mine is so far, so good. I have a card today for this week's Friday Mashup.  I haven't had a chance to play the last couple of weeks, so I wanted to make sure to play along this week. Here is the challenge:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge : 

1. Make a project using the "Square Sketch above ".
2. Or Make a Project that has a "Masculine" theme.
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Square Project using the Sketch, with a Masculine theme".

I decided to stay true to the sketch and the theme and create an all purpose guy card. Here ya go:

I pulled out my Papertrey and Verve die and had a blast creating this card. I love the little "splatters" on there. Fun!


Thanks for stopping by.  If you get a chance, play along with the Friday Mashup! 

A Man's Life..

Happy Saturday! Boy, am I glad it's the weekend. It's hot here in Tennessee, so I am doing my part and staying indoors..lol.


Today, I have a card from this week's Card Patterns sketch, seen here:

I LOVE making these long cards. I should really do it more often. I decided to go with a card for a guy, since I am desperately short on those. I used some of my new Basic Grey "Oxford" paper. It is positively scrumptious! Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend.

Birthday Wishes..

This is my second post. Scroll down for my FYI challenge post.



Hello! Thanks for stopping in. I've got a quick post today. I actually have things on my agenda today - will miracles never cease? LOL. 


I have a card today for this week's Colour Q! The colors intimidated me at first, and then an idea for a birthday card for a male co-worker came to mind and I was all set. Here are this week's colors:

Just perfect for a masculine card, no? Well, here is what I created:

I really really like that Papertrey Men of Life set. I think even for guys who may not sail, it's still a great set for a man don't you think?

I'm also putting this into Papertrey Make it Monday for this week which was to use the rock n roll technique. Here is a close up of the sails where I used the technique:

I really like using it, though it was a tad more difficult on a non-round image..lol. 
Well, that's all I have for today. Have a great day!

Better..

Do you guys ever stop and think about the word 'better'? I dreamed about it last night (must have been the mangos! LOL) and as I was making this card I thought "Wouldn't it be nice if things would not just get better, but be the best in all possible ways?". If instead of "living" with Cancer, it would just be gone? Instead of making your marriage "work", you could REALLY be the couple you want to be? I don't know..I think these two snow days have given me way too much time to think. I better get back to work lest I become the next Carl Jung...lol.

On to my card. I am using this week's fab Mojo Monday sketch, seen here:

I decided to make a more gender neutral card. Anytime I set out to make one of these I always end up adding a bit too much "girly" to it. I think this time, though, it came out pretty good. What do you think?

Here is a close up of the card so you can see the shine the patterned paper brings to it.

Can you see it? I really love this paper!

Ok, well that's it from me. I hope you guys are staying warm wherever you are. Thank you for stopping by! Laters...

Stamps: Blue Skies (Verve)

Card Stock: Fine Linen (papertrey); Early Espresso (su); DCWV pp

Ink: Basic Brown (su); Tea Dye (Tim Holtz)

Extras: Espresso satin ribbon (su); Buttons (papertrey)

Masculine Schmasculine...

Ok, so all week I've been seeing folks update their blogs with masculine cards. I needed one, so I thought i'd take a crack at it. I'm not a girly girl in real life. Well, ok...I'm kind of a prima donna, but not in a girly frilly kind of way.Ha ha! My cards are also pretty straightforward. Not a lot of frills and things. You'll never see lace or anything like that, so one would think that a masculine card would be easy for me. It is SO not. I just freeze and everything I pick up is too frilly! It's nuts. Anyway, this is a card I made for my cousin who is turning 24 next week. It's not the most masculine of cards, but I don't have any masculine sets really. I've been putting off getting Men of Life and/or Masculine Motifs (I guess it's time to get those!), so I had to go with Enjoy the Ride. I used the Tim Holtz distressing ink for the car to try and make it look old, but I think it just looks rusty! I also used some of that ink on the vanilla panel and Fresh Snow ink on the edges of the main card. It's a fun card, but again I used patterned paper as my crutch. That whole patterned part is one sheet of paper. I think this whole flood thing is still messing with my brain cause I'm not 100% into anything I'm doing right now. Ugh! Anyway, so here is the card.

I like the way it turned out, but it's time to focus on certain needs instead of just stuff I think is pretty. Needs like Sympathy, Get Well, Masculine, etc.  I bought For the Graduate for a family member who is graduating next week, so you'll see that card soon. Ok, well they're waiting for me on the lanai. Ok, we live in Tennessee so it's the patio. Lanai just sounded fancier.lol. Time to grab some fruit and cheese and chillax for a bit. Take care! And thanks for stopping in!


Stamps: Enjoy the Ride (papertrey)
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla (stampin up); Patterned paper (DCWV)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing ink in Tea Dye; Chocolate Chip, Basic Brown (stampin up)
Extras: Button, twine (stampin up)