60th Birthday Card for a Man using Engraved Greetings by Stampin' up!

Hello,

I was recently asked to make a card for a friends who's Dad was having a special birthday and this is what I made...

 I went with (the retired) Engraved Greetings again as it's just the best stamp I have for male birthdays, I don't keep many retired stamps but this is one I simply can't part with ;-) I used the fantastic chevron embossing folder on the lower layer of Window Frames Framelits

 I added crystal Effects to the "60" and "Dad" for a little extra pop

 and the torn offcuts from the front were made smaller and added to decorate the insert

OK, that's today's card for you.

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Engraved Greetings for a teenager

Hi there,

I recently needed a card for my sons friends 16th birthday and so I turned to my old faithful stamp for a boy, Engraved Greetings.

I used a colour combo of basic grey, crumb cake and a touch of cherry cobbler.

 I used both the lattice and striped embossing folders as well as layering up the letters on the Window Frames Collection framelits...

 a knot of ribbon as I'm sure I can't do a bow for a boy? ;-)

 and a stamped off image decorated the inside

OK,that's all fro now.

 Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed today's card and I'll be back soon with more :-)

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Josh is 15!!

OMG! How old do I feel???!!! Lol!

He doesn't want to do much (typical teen!) so we had brunch and then we are going to chill today I think?

So this was the card I made for him, nice and crisp I think with Black and Lucky Limeade. I did use my old faithful (but retired) Engraved Greetings, so perfect for male cards, which I stamped in Versamark and used White Embossing powder to make it pop on the Limeade

Borderlines was used across the bottom, stamped in Old Olive with a little button to decorate seeing as I am not allowed to use a big ribbon bow ;-)

and to match the card I purchased this large glass jar, filled it with sweets and decorated it using the star punch (also retired) and some matching ribbon

the top of the jar also had a little SU! love

Well, that's it for now. I'm off to tidy the bombsite I call my craft room :-)

Thanks for visiting today

Happy stampin'!

Engraved Greetings

Good Morning,

How's things with you? I have finished prepping for next weeks Christmas Stamp-a-Stack class, just one place left now on Monday and one on Tuesday, message me to reserve a spot! I have also made a video tutorial on Bow Tying too, eek! Just got to play around with editing it now so it should be uploaded on here in the next few days, all being well :-)

So, today I have decided to share a few pics of my absolute favourite stamp set which will be retiring in a couple of weeks ((sob))

 Engraved Greetings, just perfect for men's cards...

 and for ladies too :-D

and more men's cards, even a Milk Carton (tutorial in Dazzling Dozen tutorial pack HERE)

And if you would like to see more Engraved Greetings then click on the Label at the bottom of this post, if you would like your very own Engraved Greetings stamp set then EMAIL me to place your order before it sells out!
Thanks as ever for stopping by today, it's lovely having you to visit :-)

Stampin' Hugs,

Thank-You

Good Morning!

Just a quick not to say I have unexpectedly got a couple of places for next weeks Stamp-a-Stack, one on Monday and two on Tuesday too, message me if you would like to join us for some fun and paper crafting :-)

I had to make a bunch of little Thank-You notes this week, so I turned to the wonderful Engraved Greetings (again!)

I have also used a little sneak peek from the NEW catalogue, the gorgeous NEW colour, Calypso Coral! YAY!! I am so happy to have a Coral colour again :-D and it goes perfectly with Marina Mist too.

I have used the most gorgeous retiring (sob!) Marina Mist satin ribbon, get yours now while it's still around :-)

and all the little cards together

If you would like to order this yummy stamp set or the gorgeous ribbon before they go then please do get in touch to place your order, remember they WILL NOT be available after the 30th September, perhaps sooner, the full retirement list is HERE.

If you would like a copy of the yummy NEW catalogue ready for the 1st October then there are a few ways to get a copy

1) You can order a copy from me for just £4.50 (value £5.95) just email me for more info

2) Host a workshop, gather some friends together for some crafty fun, and you will get your own copy of the catalogue for FREE

3) Join my Stampers 6 club, Don't want to have a party? no problem, I am starting a virtual hostess club this in October. You will receive the catalogue for FREE and a little bit of Stampin' Up! goodness direct to your door every month and hostess benefits for one of those months too! more details HERE

Right, I'm off to finish prepping for next weeks class, I am even hoping to get some time to make a project or two too!
Thanks for stopping by,

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Last day and last card for this class

Happy Wednesday to you!

I have my last class for this week today and the last of the "retirement" cards, another of my favourite stamp sets is leaving us, Engraved Greetings. This set is just so useful, for men's cards especially, but everyone really, for more cards using any stamp sets I show on my blog, look at the bottom of the post and click on the name of the stamp you like in the "Labels".

Here we are using Celebration DSP which will also be going on the 31st September, or possibly before. If you would like to order anything I am placing an order today, message me to add to it,

Also leaving us is the 5/8" grosgrain ribbon. Here we layered up the H and B too ;-)

Well, not too many pictures today, still a few things left to do though so I will catch you later,

Stampin' Hugs for today,

Lovely Laura's Special Day

Good Morning to you today!

Friday was my very dear friend Laura's birthday. Now, I only recently met Laura but as soon as we did meet we just clicked and always have such a great time together, she helped me out at Netley Marsh Steam and Craft Fair so you may have met her too?? again though I have Stampin' Up! to thank for knowing this lovely lady, I am truly thankful for the people I can now call friends because of this company! O.K. enough mushy, the card....

I have used Sahara Sand with Tempting Turquoise and Rich Razzleberry,

Punched flowers were made with one of the Itty Bitty Bits punches, each finished with a rhinestone

The background was stamped with the "Sweet Friend" stamp from the Hello You set (this can be found tucked away at the back of the catty on page 86) using Sahara Sand Ink. Engraved Greetings was used for the main image (same page in catty) inked with markers,

more of that scrummy FREE ribbon ;-) Don't forget this offer ends tomorrow! contact me NOW to place your order to receive these gorgeous free gifts!

Bow tutorial coming soon...

and a bit more stitching inside to finish

Now, I wanted to make Laura a little something to go with her card and I had a little umming and ahhing but finally decided every crafter one can use pegs, so I covered these to match the card (tutorial for covering pegs is in the Dazzling Dozen tutorial pack)

using the itty bitty punches and rhinestones again

O.K. that's me for today, Zack is off on a sleepover with FIL tonight so I am not sure what I am going to do with the other two?? Better get thinking about it ;-) I have (mostly ;-)) enjoyed these summer holidays and it sure is going to be quiet around here next week!

Thanks for dropping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

Dad's Birthday

Good Morning,

Hope all is well with you today, we are supposed to be having a BBQ today but it looks likely to be an indoor one unfortunately :-(

Anyway, I do have a little card for today, I made it for F.I.L birthday which was this week,as well as a Victoria sponge :-)

Card first, I used a colour combo of Certainly Celery and Soft Suede,

I spritzed the Soft Suede layer using the Crumb Cake marker for a subtle background and stitched around the edges adding a piece of Celery satin ribbon too

I used the ole faithful for a male card again, Engraved Greetings! You need this stamp set! and it's only £12.95, page 96 if you want to have a look. DSP is from the Elegant Soiree pack

and I stitched inside too, this time a Crumb Cake layer, and used the stamp to give a ghosted image inside to finish

and the cake, filled traditionally with strawberry jam and buttercream :-D yum!

Well, that's it for today,

I hope you have a fab weekend, whatever the weather ;-)

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

More for Men!

Good morning to you!

Well, it's absolutely dreadful here today, it hasn't stopped raining this morning at all! It's supposed to be the summer isn't it?? lol!

Anyway, as I said yesterday I have had out Engraved Greetings and I made another card for a man using it. {It's O.K. this is the last for a little while :-)}

 Now, I made this card using a combo from the colour coach so I know the colours work together fine, I like the layout, I love all the elements especially the sentiment (as you know) however, I am just not in love with this card...

I think it might be the Pumpkin Pie, I don't mind orange, especially in the *ahem* summer, but I suppose I only like it with certain combos and this might just be a bit too far out of my comfort zone?!

Again I layered up the sentiment

and inside was decorated to match too,

Well, anyway, I am sure you guy's will let me know what you think of today's card ;-)

Thanks, as always, for taking the time to visit here, I really appreciate it
Stampin' Hugs for today

Mens Birthdays!

Good morning!

Apologies for a lack of post yesterday, the housework monster reared it's ugly head and made me do it!! ha ha! But now I have a clean house so last night I crafted 'till  the wee early hours of the morning, ah happy days...

Anyway, I am just off to town but wanted to share this card with you first, as you saw on Monday I have had Engraved Greeting out so decided to make a couple of "boyish" cards with the brilliant birthday sentiment,

I used an old Mojo sketch again and the colour combo of Old Olive, Night of Navy and a touch of Daffodil Delight with the Square Lattice Embossing folder used on the panels behind for a bit of texture. The background was stamped using Trendy Trees and Circle Circus,

I layered up the "H" and "B" as I always seem to do with this image ;-)

and well, as you know, no card is complete without a bit of ribbon and a button, even on a mans card! I made a know instead of a bow and Voila! a manly ribbon treatment! (I hope) he he!

and finally a bi of stitching to tie in the inside,

O.K. I really have to dash off now!

Thanks as always for dropping by today and I hope you get a chance to get inky today :-D

Stampin' Hugs,

Less is More

Hello,

I sure do hope this post publishes today! lol! OMG how bad was the weather yesterday?? It never stopped raining here all day and from what I have seen I think it was like that across most of the country, those poor I.O.W festival goers...

Anyway, talking of the Island, I am entering in Mandi (who lives on the I.O.W ;-)) and Chrissie's Less is More challenge and this week it is One Layer plus a border.

 I even managed to pay enough attention and fulfil all the criteria too! get me! he he he!

So, I have been playing with Engraved Greetings again, this stamp set is such a brilliant bargain at just £12.95 for this one and a Happy Birthday one too, more on that tomorrow ;-)

This stamp set is great for both boys and girls and just so elegant. It is tucked away on page 86 if you fancy a look the link is under Catalogues and Ordering across the top of this blog.

O.K. first card is a 6"x6" one, the stamp was inked using my Markers to get the mixed colour look in Concord Crush, Melon Mambo with just a touch of Pear Pizzazz and not forgetting the couple of Basic Rhinestones I used to bling it up a little ;-)

inside I made the border a little wider and stamped the image without re-inking it for a washed out look to compliment (I hope) the outside,

and this second one is just under 4" square, I think I prefer this one,

no second stamping inside due to the small size but I did add some doodling to finish and not forgetting the bling on here too :-)

Well, that's todays cards for you, I have plenty of crafting to do today now I have finished the ton of washing Josh brought home with him yesterday!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,