Author: mmmstampintime

Hello to each of you who have popped by today to see what I have been ‘up to’. Thank you for your interest – it is very much appreciated.

Today’s project is actually a day late. This was meant to be my project for this week’s Freshly Brewed Project blog hop, yesterday. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to print the photo I needed in time. My new Canon Selphy printer arrived Tuesday and it took me until Wednesday to get it connected and working.

This week’s theme was Creating with Kits. I had chosen the ‘For the Guys’ Card Kit for this blog challenge.

I started by making the cards using the two layouts.

The really great thing about this kit is the variety of greetings you can use for these cards.

After I made the cards and I needed to think about how to use this kit differently, I immediately thought of a holiday Rob and I enjoyed several years ago. After an amazing Alaskan cruise, we returned to Vancouver and drove to Kamloops and across into the Rockies before heading down to Calgary (before flying into Salt Lake City).

The mountains and lake card reminded me of the lakes we visited in the Rockies. So my alternative use for this part of the kit was to create a memory keeping page.

I have kept the layout very true to the original card and simply cut it down to fit into one of the 6″x 8″ pockets for the coordinating album. Then I used the same colours to create my journalling insert. The Playful Alphabet Dies were perfect to cut the title for this page. I used Adhesive Sheets to easily attach the letters to the cardstock.

After printing this photo, of Rob and I, it was adhered to a base layer of coordinating cardstock so that I could journal the date these photos were taken.

These are the stamps that are included in the kit. If you like the idea of creating cards for the men in your, make sure you contact me to find out how to order it (if you live in Australia, of course). This is really a truly versatile kit to make cards for ‘For the Guys’.

How many men are in your life that you could make different cards for?

Make sure you see what my lovely Freshly Brewed friends have been creating:

Happy stamping – using kits!

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

For The Guys Card Kit (English) [156988] $33.00	Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock [138344] $15.25	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] $15.25	Variety Pack 6" X 8" Photo Pocket Pages [144205] $10.50
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Hello and welcome to my Wednesday post. Thank you for popping by – whether you’re a first time visitor or have been by before, I am so pleased that you are here.

For this project, I combined the All Squared Away Bundle with the Checks & Dots Embossing Folders, as well as some other new products.

I started by cutting three of the four floral dies in Basic White cardstock. Then I used a Blending Brush to apply some Granny Apple Green ink across each of the squares. I adhered these three squares to the left-hand side of the Basic Black card base.

The next step was to measure the remaining space on the card front. I cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie card stock to those measurements and added texture by using the Checks embossing folder. Then I used one of the Basic Border Dies to cut card, as you can see on the image. Cutting the flower shapes to position over the top of each square was my next task. My favourite flower shape is the one I cut using Real Red cardstock.

The birthday greeting, from the All Squared Away Stamp Set, was stamped in Pumpkin Pie and cut using the Stitched Rectangles Dies. I love knowing that I can create square shapes using the Stitched Rectangles Dies.

I have been using lengths of textured wallpaper for my photo backgrounds for a while now; but, I think it’s time I found some more professional backgrounds. Add that to my list of things to do. I hope to have something new soon.

This card is an interesting combination of curved, straight and angled lines; as well as vivid colours.

What do you think? I would love to hear from you.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

All Squared Away Bundle (English) [158382] $78.25	All Squared Away Cling Stamp Set [155087] $40.00	Floral Squares Dies [155961] $47.00	Basic Borders Dies [155558] $50.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $61.00
Checks & Dots Embossing Folders [155432] $14.00	Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels [150457] $10.50	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25
Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] $15.25	Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00
Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello and welcome to each of you. Thanks for popping by to see what I’ve been up to.

Today I wanted to share a ‘slimline’ card that I’ve made. Don’t be mistaken in thinking that it’s a small card; it’s actually 8-1/2″ long and 4″ wide. I made it this size so that I could use the new Thanks and Hello Embossing Folder and the Biggest Wish Stamp Set.

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the large ‘thanks’ greeting around all four corners of the card. The embossed panel was made by using the folder to emboss all three cardstock colours. These were then cut into pieces that allowed me to overlay and adhere each of them at 2″ intervals.

The tricolour panel was popped up over the centre of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Then I used a length of the Real Red Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, from the Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack, to tie a bow. I did think about adding some Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels but then thought it might be too much – what do you think?

The Biggest Wish Stamp Set is going to be so versatile. I love the combination of the big, bold upper case font and the lovely, looping lower case font in this set. I’m looking forward to creating some more projects using it.

Is this set on your wishlist? How would you use it?

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Biggest Wish Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [155052] $30.00	Thanks & Hello Embossing Folders [155430] $14.00	Playful Pets Trim Combo Pack [152466] $13.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Pacific Point A4 Card Stock [116202] $15.25
Real Red A4 Card Stock [106578] $15.25	Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00