Beer Cheer FM218

Good Friday morning!  Today I am up bright and early!  Myself and a few friends are up before the rooster crows to go run a half marathon while we are visiting Salt Lake City, Utah at the 2015 Stampin' Up! Convention!!! 

Today is also time for an awesome new challenge brought to you by Holly over at The Friday Mashup!  Grab some supplies and come play along!





 

One of my newest toys is the Beer Cheer stamp set by Papertrey Ink.  It was so fun putting this card together.  I love getting new masculine stamp sets and even better, I have a matching die set to cut everything out.  What guy can resist this awesome beer cheer card!  Perfect for any occasion!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ sahara sand, very vanilla

Ink ~ delightful Dijon, early espresso

Stamp set ~ beer cheer

DSP ~ adventure bound

Misc. ~ beer cheer dies, neutral sequins



Another Tie?! FM213

Good morning and welcome to another fabulous Friday!  Today I am gonna be having dinner with my sweetheart and today I am over at The Friday Mashup with another great mashup challenge.

 

This week's Mashup Challenge is: 

• Create a project with the colors "Cajun Craze, Island Indigo and Garden Green"
• Create a project with a "Father's Day Theme"
• or Mash it Up! and Create a project with "The challenge colors and a Father's Day theme"

 

 

I made this card into the popular tabbed folder style card in island indigo.  Stamped on some wording for the background and layered with banners, and circles with some stamped on ties from the Stampin' Up! Best Day Ever stamp set. 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ island indigo, whisper white, crumb cake

Ink ~ island indigo, Cajun craze, garden green

Stamp set ~ Best ay Ever

Misc. ~ circle framelit set, gold bakers twine, essentials hardware clips, banner tail punch, envelope punch board and regal candy dots

 

Masculine All Over June SSINK Blog Hop!

As you hop along, please be sure to comment and show some love on every blog! We are always excited to hear from our followers! You should have just left stop number #1 on the Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Blog Hop - Diana Eichfeld with Stampin Fun With Diana . If so, you are in the right spot. If a link doesn't work or you get off track, you will find the full blog hop lineup below.

 

 

One of my favorite masculine stamp sets is The Open Sea set.  Its perfect for any male young or old.  I started with a new in color, mint macaron for the base and for a side layer, I used tip top taupe.  I love the added tied twine on the side as an added fun element.

 

Now head on over to your next stop and visit Melissa Stout at Stamp Doc.  Don't forget to leave some "love" as you hop along.  We always love hearing your comments on our projects!

 

 

Blog Hop Participant List:

1. Diana at Stampin Fun with Diana
2. Cynthia at Ink-a-Doodle Creations  <<<>>>
3. Melissa at Stamp Doc
4. Jenny at Jenny G Paper Crafts
5. Bree at Craft-Somnia Momma
6. Donna at Organized Chaos
7. Kim at Stamping with Kim
8. Darcy at Dj's Stampin Place

Wetlands Color Challenge #SSINKCC22

 

Its that time again!  Time to get creative with an all new fun color challenge over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  This time, we have thrown in one of the all new 2015 in colors!

 

 

I decided to give my card a little masculine feel, since we are using two of my favorite rich deep colors of cajun craze and night of navy.  With a little added burlap, mini banners and some fun candy dots, my color challenge card is complete.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ cajun craze, night of navy, very vanilla, mint macaron, sahara sand

Ink ~ cajun craze, night o navy, mini macaron, basic black

Stamp set ~ wetlands, work of art

Misc. ~ burlap ribbon, back taffeta ribbon, natural chevron ribbon, stapler, neutral candy dots, banner punch, large oval punch, spiral border punch

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Leave some "love" and head over to see what creative projects the other designers creative for the color challenge.  Don't forget to break out those colors and join us!  We can't wait to see what you create!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warm Wishes Deer You! FM207

Good Friday morning!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup were we have a new and fun challenge.  So go look thru all of those hidden treasurers and get to creating and join us!

 

This week's Mashup! Challenge!

• Create a project using "the sketch".
• Create a project using "your favorite Retired/Retiring/Forgotten Stamp". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project using your Favorite Retired Stamp set and the Sketch". 

 

Well I couldn't just pick one stamp set for my favorite, I picked two.  Off the grid is the first one.  This is such a fun and cool stamp to use for backgrounds for those special guys in your life or really just about any project.  The second is, Remembering Christmas and I don't love and use it for Christmas, again its the perfect set to use for masculine cards and projects.  Its the one thing my stamp set cabinet lacks, is more masculine stamp sets.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ tangelo twist, whisper white, cardboard cardstock

Ink ~ baked brown sugar, tangelo twist, mossy meadow

Stamp sets ~ off the grid, remembering Christmas

Misc. ~ baked brown sugar twine, hot glue gun for dots, mossy meadow satin in color ribbon, wooden clothes pins, mini banner punch

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card this week.  Leave some "love" and make sure you slide on over to the main page for The Friday Mashup and see what the other designers created!



Hello There Goober!!!

 

Happy April Fools Day!  Today I am over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration are in celebration of this very funny day, we are sharing funny projects that will make you laugh!  I love April Fools Day!  I always work hard to try and trick my two boys really good.  I have been know to come up with some awesome tricks!  I wonder what today will hold?!

 

So yesterday on Facebook, I took one of those surveys where when after answer some questions, you end up getting what your nick name is....well, my nick name ended up being "Goober"!  Seriously, I about died laughing!!!  Well I created this funny card with Goober in mind!

 

How can you not crack a smile when you look at this silly card?!  One of my favorite framelits is the mustache.  Its perfect for such occasions as this!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ real red, basic black, whisper white

Ink ~ night of navy

DSP ~

Punches ~ bow maker punch, 1" and 3/4" circles, banner, corner rounder

Misc. ~ mustache framelit, neutral candy dots, arrow embossing folder

 

I hope you have enjoyed Mr. Goober!  Leave some "love" and go see what the other designers have created to make you laugh!

Hats Off To You Dad #CYCI63

Good Sunday morning, its time for another awesome challenge over at Can You Case It?  This weeks challenge is a sketch.  There is all kinds of possibilities with this one.  I can't wait to see what you create for us to see!

 

 

I know Mother's Day hasn't come yet, but I'm really in the mood for masculine cards for birthdays and Father's Day, since I got my hands on the Stampin' Up Guy Greetings stamp set.  Its awesome!  It has lots of sentiments/greetings and images to go with it!  Its a must to add to your stamp shelf!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ Night of navy, whisper white

Ink ~ smoky slate, night of navy

Stamp set ~ guy greetings

DSP ~ adventure bound stamp a stamp

Misc. ~ metal buttons, chalk talk framelit set

 

I hope you have enjoyed my challenge card.  Leave some "love" and go see what the other designers created with the sketch!

A Little Masculine #FM202

Good Friday morning!  Today I am over at The Friday Mashup and Breelin has an awesome sketch for you this week.  We hope you come create with us!

 

 

The week's Mash Up! Challenge:

• Create a project using the "Sketch". 
• Create a project with a "Masculine Theme". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a "Masculine themed project using the Sketch".

 

 

I could not for the life of me figure out what I wanted to create with the sketch, so I kept it to just a masculine theme.  I also decided to play with a new stamp I got last month.  Its perfect for any masculine card.

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card this week.  Don't forget to leave some "love" and head on over to our main page and see what the other gals created for their challenge card this week.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ basic black, coastal cabana, silver foil paper, whisper white

Ink ~ basic black

Punch ~ mechanical part punch (had it a while, don't remember the name, LOL)

 

 

#HappyBirthday FM201

Good Friday morning, this morning I am off and headed to Va. Beach to run in the Shamrock Half Marathon on Sunday and participate in the Dolphin challenge, which includes a 8K on Saturday morning.  Wish me luck!  But before I leave I want to share my challenge card for our challenge at The Friday Mashup!  Amy has a great color challenge for us.

 

 

This Week's Mash Up! Challenge: 

• Create a project using Rich Razzleberry, Smoky Slate & Pacific Point. 
• Create a project with a "See-thru element (window, acetate, vellum). 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project "using the colors above and a see thru element". 

 

I recently purchase a new stamp set "friend request" and cell phone die cut set from a company that I like to buy from.  This was such a fun card to create.  Totally grungy and perfect for a teenager.  Just buy changing the colors, this could be for girl or boy!  I added a clear window sheet under the top layer of the phone and added some shaker elements.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, pacific point, rich razzleberry, smoky slate

Ink ~ basic black, pacific point, smoky slate, rich razzleberry

Stamp sets ~ gorgeous grunge, off the grid (SU!), friend request (MFT)

Misc. ~ sequins, cell phone die cut set, clear window sheet

 

I hope you have enjoyed my card for this weeks Friday Mashup challenge.  Click the link above to head on over to our main site for all details and the link up your creation.

You're A Classic - Masculine Monday at SSINK

 

Good morning!  Thanks for stopping by to visit me here at Ink a Doodle Creations.  Today I am over at SSINKspiration and its Masculine Monday.  You won't see me play along with this design challenge often, cause...well...I'm just not good at masculine cards.  Its hard when my access to  masculine themed stamp sets are limited.  It makes me put my extra thinking cap on and by the end of the day, with watching 3-4 kids, that can be difficult, but I think you will be proud of the quick and easy card that I came up with. 

 

I love it when DSP can be so detailed that you don't really need any stamping but a sentiment.  One of the reasons I enjoy Typeset DSP, is that it is full of wonderful detailed paper.  Maps, newspaper ads, etc. to make any card a beautiful card.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla, basic black, crumb cake

Ink ~ basic black

DSP ~ typeset

Stamp set ~ petite pairs

Misc. ~ neutral candy dots, banner punch, natural twine, ticket tag punch 

Woodsman Valentine #MOJO381 and #HSS203

Good morning, its Friday, Friday, Friday!  Oh what a beautiful day it is too!  One day closer to packing (well I have already done some!) and heading to Florida to attend Stampin' Up!'s Leadership training!  Yesterday I sat down to create a fun card for the sketch at Mojo Monday and combined it with the awesome color challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments.  Both worked great together for creating a masculine Valentine with the Wood You Be Mine stamp set.  I am so glad I got this cutie.  It is so fun to have a nice masculine stamp set to play around with.

   

Here are the two challenges, and here is what I created......

 

 

Using a piece of the black and white DSP from the stacked with love pack and coloring in the hearts with melon mambo was so fun.  It really makes the woodsman stand out nicely with his matching plaid shirt.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ whisper white, melon mambo

Ink ~ basic black, black momento tuxedo, melon mambo

Markers/Blendabilities ~ smoky slate, early espresso, skin tones, soft suede

Stamp set ~ wood you be mine

DSP ~ stacked with love

Misc. ~  woodgrain embossing folder, bright candy dots, circle framelit set

 

May Color Challenge SSInk!!

 

Good Monday morning, its time for this months color challenge over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration!  This month we have really mixed up the colors.  I hope you decide to join us and play along, we can't wait to see what you create with our colors.

 

 

My color challenge card ends up being a masculine card, (which I get create to many of) but its for my husbands uncle for his birthday this month.  Actually last week, so I'm glad I got it done early and am proud to say, sent out in time!!

 

 

I decided to use the Wetlands stamp set.  It's becoming one of my favorites (another one to add to that already long list), cause its perfect for any occasion, for any man.  My favorite element with my card, is the cut and ripped piece of burlap.  Another one of those items on that list!

 

I never leave out the inside.  Remember, even though its not decorated in detail as much as the outside, its just as important.  I pulled the wheat stamp from the outside and stamped it twice in crumb cake and added a midnight muse cardstock layer for a little extra color.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ crumb cake, midnight muse, very vanilla, summer starfruit

Ink ~ crumb cake, summer starfruit, midnight muse

Stamp Set ~ Wetlands

Misc. ~ wooden natural buttons, twine, burlap ribbon

 

 

 

Fish'n with Masculine Monday!

 

Good Monday morning!  I hope everyone had a nice weekend.  The weather here was wonderful for my Park to Park Half Marathon.  Now to get ready for the next one in November.  Today over at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration, it's Masculine Monday.  If you are like me, I struggle sometimes with the right card to create for a guy.  Its either not having the right DSP or the right stamp set.  Well with my card, I lucked out and had both. 

 

My masculine card using regal and neutral colors.  I decided to work with the Venetian Romance DSP pack and the By the Tide stamp set.  Together, they make the perfect masculine card.  I used the background stamp on my window frame shape.  Stamped, colored and cut out the fish.  Before attaching the fish with a foam dot, I wrapped the framelit layers with some twine.  I add some bling (yes, even a masculine card needs some kind of bling!), just a soft suede candy dot in each corner of my dsp layers.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ soft suede, very vanilla, island indigo

Ink ~ soft suede, island indigo, pistachio pudding

Stamp Sets ~ By the Tide, Itty Bitty Banners

Misc. ~ window frame framelit set, twine, neutral candy dots

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget to leave me some "love" and head over to our main blog, to see what the the design team members have created.  I hope we INKspire you to go create too!

One Wicked Birthday with #CTS71

Happy Hump Day!  Yep just two more days after today and its the weekend again!  I know, its terrible that we rush our lives so much thru the week to get to the weekend, but well, they shouldn't have made the weekend so darn fun for someone to look so forward to it coming!!!

I have been been a little bit of a slacker with my challenges I like to play around with this week.  I am getting ready for an all day crop at my house on Saturday and I've been making special treats!  I did find a few minutes to play around with the sketch over at Cas(e) This Sketch!  There was no beating around the bush with this sketch.  I knew right away what I wanted to do.  Don't you love it when that happens?!

 

This is just the perfect masculine card ever!  Bold guy colors and lots of grunge.  I did use some ribbon for the banner ends, but instead of a bow (which is totally girlie) I just tied a knot.  For my stamp layers, I used Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grudge in colors of island indigo, soft sky and pumpkin pie. 

And of course we can't forget the inside.  Kept simple, but I carried the same stamp layers to the inside.  Now all it needs is that hand written birthday message!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ very vanilla, early espresso, pumpkin pie, island indigo

Ink ~ early espresso, soft sky, pumpkin pie, island indigo

Stamp Sets ~ Off the Grid and Gorgeous Grunge

Misc. ~ early espresso taf. ribbon, banner punch, candy dots, MDS software where I typed and printed my birthday front sentiment

 

I hope you have enjoyed my wicked birthday card!  Don't forget to leave some "love", I always appreciate and enjoy reading them!

Hello Sailor! w/ FMS130

Have you ever had that moment after you've made a card that you feel proud of yourself?  You know, that moment when you just pull a Tom Cruise and slide across the dusty old hardwood floors in your socks kinda moment?!  Well I am having that moment!!  I always like my cards, but today I am really excited about this one.  WHY you ask?!  Well for starters, I don't even own this DSP pack.  Nope, but what I do have is MDS, a printer w/ ink, and it allowed me to print off the two patterned pieces I wanted to use.  Which brings me to say that I've just created my first Hybrid project!!!  Whoop Whoop!

I was thinking about the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches all night.  I had even had a dream about it.  In my dream I was creating a nautical themed card.  So first chance I got today, I went to work.

 

I used three bright mini buttons along the border strip and added some knotted silver twine swirled across the bottom. I used a mixture of a punch and a framelit to create the title for the card.  You can check all the supplies I used at the bottom of this post.

I don't own the hello sailor stamp set either, so I printed out the ship wheel and punched him out with my 1-1/4" circle punch.

 

I really hope you have enjoyed my take on this sketch as much as I do!  Don't forget to leave some "love" before going to play along yourself!

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ pacific point, whisper white, smoky slate

DSP ~ high tide (MDS)

Stamp Set ~ Hello Sailor (MDS)

Misc. ~ circle punches, label framelit set, artisan punch, bright buttons, silver bakers twine, glue dots

Masculine Monday!!

 

 Good morning and thanks for joining me here with Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration.  Today we are sharing "Masculine" projects!  I will have to admit that this is one of the things that I struggle with.  I guess one of the reasons, is that I really don't have the best stamp sets for a "man", but lets just say, I'm working on that little problem.  I currently have three nice sets on the way, Wink - Wink!!

 

One of the sets that I do have is "Walk in the Wild" and its a great set.  I stamped him once, and stamped him twice, but the second time, I fussy cut him out and layered him ontop the other slightly off with some foam dots.  I framed him in using the On Frame framelit set,  decorated with some twine and shredded burlap ribbon, topped it off with a wooden (cause every man card has to include wood!) button and my project is done. 

 

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock colors ~ wild wasabi, smoky slate, midnight muse, pool party, whisper white

Ink ~ wild wasabi, chocolate chip

Walk In The Wild

$14.95

On Film Framelits Dies

$29.95

Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

 

Again thanks for stopping by, don't forget to leave some "love" before heading over to our main blog to see all the other great manly projects from our design team members.  I hope I have INKspired you to create!

Rev Up the Fun with CTS68 & CTD283

Well I've been at it again!  Today's card is a two for one deal.  Kinda like going to the grocery store and getting a Buy 1 Get 1 for Free!!  Who doesn't love those deals!  The two challenges I decided to play along with are Cas(e) this Sketch and Color Throwdown.  I like it when I can work with a sketch and color challenge together cause you can't have one without the other anyway.  When I saw the color combo, I thought "boy/guy" card for sure.  I immediately went to my stamp shelf and pulled off Rev Up the Fun.  It was the perfect set just for this occasion!

and without further ado....

Not only was it a perfect time to use this stamp set, but it was a perfect time to break out my metal buttons.  Can't have a motorcycle without some chrome!!

 

I added some banners to the inside as well as another stamped bike.

I hope you have enjoyed my card for today.  Don't forget to leave some "love", you know I enjoy reading your comments.

 

Supplies Used

Cardstock ~ basic gray, whisper white, tangerine tango, pear pizzazz (sub color for certainly celery)

Ink ~ basic gray, tangerine tango (maker)

Rev Up The Fun!

$14.95

Basic Metal Buttons

$7.95

Chevron Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$7.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Geometrical Birthday Wishes!!

 

Good morning bloggers and welcome to SSInkspiration where we are sharing projects using all new items from the upcoming Spring Occasions catalog set to go live tomorrow!  Today I want to share the Birthday card I made for my youngest son Andrew. He turns 11 January 4, man how time goes by so quickly!

 

I wanted to make this a fun and bright card for him using some of his favorite colors, like orange and blues.

 

 

 



I had way to much fun creating this card for Andrew, using all new fun toys!  I hope you love it as much as I do. 

 

Don't forget to head over to SSInkspiration and check out all the fun projects created by our design team members and leave us comments!  We always love to hear from our blog fans!

 

 

 

Card Supplies:

Stamp sets:  Geometrical #133161, Create a Cupcake for the "happy birthday"

DSP:  Kaleidoscope DSP #132995

Cardstock:  basic black, Bermuda bay, whisper white, tangerine tango

Ink:  tangerine tango, basic gray

Punches:  triangle #133375, word window and modern label

Framelits:  circles and deco label

Mic.:  regal, brights and neutral candy dots, distressing tool, white bakers twine