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Rubbernecker | Golf Enthusiast Birthday Card

Fore! Do you have a golfer in your family or as a friend? Today, I am sharing a golf-themed birthday card created with Rubbernecker supplies.

Stamp Golf Phrases sentiment in VersaFine Onyx ink on a light-blue cardstock panel. This stamp set includes phrases for a variety of occasions including birthdays and retirements.
Die-cut green cardstock with one of the Slimline Grass dies.
Die-cut lighter-green cardstock with one of the Slimline Hills dies.
Die-cut Golf Cart from colored, brushed silver, black, and white cardstock. Assemble Golf Cart according to instructions on the product description link.
Die-cut Golf Bag and Flag Stick from white, brushed silver, silver foil, and colored cardstock; partially assemble. Color die-cut golf hole with green ink to distinguish it from the grass.
Die-cut Balloons from colored and white cardstock.; do not assemble at this point.
Using the Golf Cart, Golf Bag, and Flag Stick for positioning, trim the stamped background panel so that the sentiment is between the golf cart and the top of the flag stick.
Adhere grass and hill together, attach to background, and trim panel.
Adhere background panel to A2-size card base.
Add hole to grass with foam adhesive; slip flag stick into hole, with small amount of glue at the bottom, and adhere flag to background with foam adhesive.

Adhere golf bag to golf cart. Adhere assembly to the background with foam adhesive.
Position balloons behind the golf cart, trim strings as necessary, and glue to background.

Penny Black Ship in a Bottle

Ahoy! Today I am sharing a CAS, masculine, nautical-themed card created with the stamp set 30-842 Set Sail from Penny Black. I have always been fascinated with concept of a ship in a bottle (although I have never been inclined to make one!). Anyone else feel as if summer is winding down? I am in the process of making Halloween cards, Christmas cards, as well as summer-themed cards. (A crazy time of year!)

This card has two layers (in addition to the card base) – the ship in the bottle and the sentiment panel. (I could have taken another step in masking to achieve a one-layer image.)

To create the ship in the bottle, I stamped the boat, stamped the bottle around the boat, and stamped the boat and top part of the bottle on masking paper, which I fussy-cut.
I masked the boat image and top of the bottle (cork and seal) before applying inks to the bottle to create a sky and ocean.
I colored the boat, as well as the seal and cork on the bottle, and then fussy-cut the bottle.
For the sentiment panel, I stamped the sentiment and applied inks to create a horizon line for the bottle. I stamped the bottle on to the panel so that the string around the top and the detail of the bottle (on the left-hand side) would be included.
I adhered the bottle to the panel and the assembly to the card base.

Spellbinders Winter Greetings + Sale

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS, masculine holiday card created with Spellbinders products on which I combined diecutting, glimmer foiling, and dry embossing. This card design is similar to this one and this one; it’s become a favorite!

I die-cut and assembled the Snowman.
I cut a clipped square from the A2 patterned paper panel.
I dry-embossed coordinating solid cardstock with the Cozy Knit folder and adhered it behind the patterned paper.
I glimmer-foiled the Holiday Sentiments Series 2 sentiment on Whip Cream cardstock and cut it with a die in the set.
I added the sentiment and snowman to the card front. I embellished with snowflakes cut with dies in the Snowflakes set and the Festive Wreaths set.

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Father’s Day Card for a Fishing Enthusiast

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS, fishing-themed, Father’s Day card created with dies in the Elizabeth Craft Designs Camping Accessories set.

I colored soft-finish cardstock with Distress Inks and cut the colored cardstock with the fishing pole and the fish dies in the Camping Accessories set.
I stamped the Stampin’ Up sentiment (now-retired Best Catch stamp set) on to a 4 1/4″ square base.
For the water, I colored a strip with Distress Ink and stamped it with the My Favorite Things Winter Waves Background stamp in darker ink. I added the strip to the bottom of the card base.
The fish was added to the card with foam adhesive.

Along with the fishing-theme, I particularly like the bright colors on the card.

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Buffalo Check Masculine Christmas Cards

Hello! Today, I am sharing two versions of the same masculine CAS design using positive and negative die cuts.

I used the We R Memory Keepers – Antlers die (retired) to cut red cardstock stamped with the Hero Arts Tartan background stamp (retired). I recently rediscovered these items in my stash while brainstorming card designs.

For the card using the antler positive die-cut, the base is Neenah Desert Storm cardstock cut with the Stitched Woodgrain backdrop. The sentiment is from the Stampin’ Up Cheerful Tags (retired) set.

I originally had no plans for using the antler negative. After several days, I realized I could make a similar card, just varying the supplies a bit.

I used the Neenah Desert Storm cardstock cut with the Stitched Woodgrain backdrop behind the die-cut antler shape. I used one of the My Favorite Things Snow Globe Sentiments, which was cut with a die in the Hero Arts Frame Cuts F (retired) set.