Paper Pumpkin alternative cards

Wow! I made these a long while ago and never shared them. These are alternative projects to the SU! Paper Pumpkin kit from probably May of 2016. Ha ha!!! Sorry for the delay. Still fun though.

The above card I used a sponge and sponged over the Pool Party colored Happy sticker, that came in the kit, with Night of Navy ink. I also die cut a couple of Night of Navy stars and embossed them with a star embossing folder. The laser cut card bases were part of the kit, they came that way. I just lined it with yellow card stock to make it really pop.  

These 2 cards are more true to the kits instructions and colors. Not a huge fan of the orange and Pool Party but I wanted to put a few together as they intended. 

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Sketch challenge card

This was a sketch challenge card I made to participate in my uplines SU! catalog kick off. Yep, again several months back. But its super cute. I let the paper do all the hard work. So anyone could copy this layout and just change up the paper stack they use. I love the depth added by layering everything on black paper for just a touch of definition between patterns. Give it a try. 

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Perfect pairings masculine birthday card

Yep, I've been a slacker. I have been creating, I just have not been in the mood to blog about it. So little time, so many fun crafts. I had to cut something back.

This was a design for a class card held late last year. I was inspired by this lovely card. I changed it up to be gender neutral or slightly masculine. The sides of the card base are lined with SU! Soft Sky striped washi tape, then we have a layer of SU! Night of Navy card stock topped with the stamped layer of SU! Whisper White. The sentiment is stamped repeatedly in an attempt at the ombre effect with SU! Soft Sky, Marina Mist and Night of Navy inks. I then flicked Wink of Stella Silver all over the stamped piece and added the ribbon and punched star for the final details. 

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Party pants birthday cards

Some fun cards with lots of layers and details, one masculine and one feminine was my intent. I think it works. I let the cute SU! DSP to the hard work and just added some embellishments for an over the top fun card. 

The little detail that is hard to see in the first photo is the dimensional balloons. I had watched a YouTube video where the filmer showed how to put the punched balloon down on softer foam, use the large end of your stylist and gently rub in circles to create this rounded punched out shape. It's been a while and I don't have a direct link to share, but... the truth is out there. ;) I am sure you can find one or just play around and figure it out easy enough.



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Graduation card

This was a creation for a sketch challenge. I was really inspired by the design. I was going for a masculine graduation card, do you thing the silver glitter is too much? Or does it work? 

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More polka dot birthday cards

I started making this design here, and just couldn't stop. They are so easy and I think they are adorable. 

More color combinations and experimenting with different embellishments.

Love the flicks of Wink of Stella Gold, simple touches to add a little oomph. 

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Masculine birthday card

I was looking for a clean and simple birthday card and found this wonderful design. I love playing with sponge daubers and ink to make polka dots. I loved this color combination. So I ran with it.

I added some smaller polka dots made with a pencil eraser, it has to be brand new so it has crisp edges. I wish I had taken a picture of the 3 SU! ink pads I used, because I can not tell anymore what colors they are. I think Pear Pizzaz, Mint Macaron and Lost Lagoon, but there are multiple colors on most all of the dots, all swirled together so its hard to be sure. I do know that then I stamped my sentiment in Night of Navy and added a little Wink of Stella highlights in gold and played around with the edges of the layers.

Simple but still a great masculine card, I think.


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Balloon Celebration birthday cards

These cute birthday cards where inspired by this pinned beauty. I shrank the card base and upped the balloon count. The card base is 4.25 x 4.25 intentionally. With the balloons extending upwards past the fold line they will still fit into a standard A2 sized envelope.

I always love a project that allows me maximum washi tape usage. This fit the bill. I used tons of different selections from SU!. I stamped with SU! Balloon Celebration set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink on various card stock and punched out the balloons with the coordinating punch. 

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Washi tape birthday cards

I may have gone just a little washi tape crazy....Maybe.

I am in love with the SU! It's My Party pretties. I love the color combinations. These cards were inspired by this card. This is my first design combining the SU! SAB Hello and SU! Balloon Celebration stamp sets.

Then I decided it would be really bold against black card stock. So I recreated them again. Both are cute and pretty.


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Hugs and Kisses Card

I was inspired by this Pinterest pin to make my own version of the card. I think its a great combination of masculinity and romance. I know it's late for showing Valentine's cards but it could also be an anniversary card or an I love you all the time card. That would be sweet.

I had just recently acquired the retired SU! stamp set Happy Watercolor and it paired beautifully with January's Paper Pumpkin stamps.


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Scallop tag closure card

Yahoo! I am so excited. This is my first project done on Cricut Craft Room. (Yeah, yeah I know....a little late to the party. But better late then never, somebody has said before.) I was inspired by this beautiful card created by my CTMH upline Debbi Fournier. She shared her file and knowledge, tips and tricks and so I gave it a go. It was easier than I expected and since I already love working in the Design Studio it was pretty easy to figure out.

I used a retired CTMH paper packet for my test runs, just in case I messed up or didn't love it. Guess what? I didn't mess up and I love the finished cards.

For this card I used CTMH Outdoor Denim, Honey and Cranberry inks, on Pinwheel and It's Your Day retired stamp sets.

Here is my second card, still using the same CTMH paper packet and inks, minus the Cranberry for this one.

Different sentiment stamps though, from CTMH Hooray Bouquet and Celebration stamp sets.

I love these unique shaped cards and I think with this selection of papers and colors they make for nice gender neutral birthday cards to have on hand. I will be making more of these. Thank you Debbi, for the inspiration and instructions. I truly appreciate it.


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Embedded embossing circles card

This is the birthday card I made for my hubby. I was inspired by this Pinterest find, and plussed up the CTMH sentiment with a little water color tie die effect.  I went through my scrap stash and picked out 5 different blues and grabbed all of my circle punches. When doing this embedded embossing technique I think it turns out best to use a glue pen to attach the shapes to the background, let it dry a bit and then run the whole piece through the Cuttlebug in whatever folder chosen. This was a quick and simple but, in my humble opinion, great looking card. I have got to do more of these. Especially using up scraps, that always makes me happy.

For the water colored sentiment I stamped in CTMH Archival ink and set it aside to dry. Later I came back and using a water brush pen, I picked up a little ink from CTMH ink pads Star Spangled Blue, Twilight and Lagoon. After the water color had dried I went over each letter with the fine tip of the Glossy Accents bottle.


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Graduation card

This card idea was inspired by this pin on Pinterest. I thought it was a cool idea for a masculine type graduation card. I designed it on my Cricut Design Studio Software using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge and cut it out in the graduation boys school colors. I was stumped as to any embellishment to do and still keep it masculine, hence the stitch marks. It still seems like it could use more.....if it was for a girl it would be easy, ribbon, a few well place gems, but for a guy....I just couldn't come up with anything.

If you would like the Cricut .cut file, I am happy to share. It's very basic but time saved designing is more time spent crafting. So leave a comment below with your email address and I can send you my .cut file.


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Masculine birthday card

This masculine birthday card was inspired by this awesome card I found on Pinterest. Aren't all the best things found on Pinterest? I'm hooked. I try more new recipes, I find and recreate more cool cards and projects, I even learn and implement really important health and wellness tips. Pinterest is awesome.

This card is created for my youngest son, he is turning 18 years old. A man now. Yikes, do I feel old!

I love making cards for my sons, they seem to get "it". They have seen me creating cards and crafts for years now. They know how happy it makes me and they know what I put into each creation. Makes this mom happy.

I used the packing paper from the shipping box to wrap his present. I smoothed it out, wrapped the box, and then stamped the top with all the same stamps and inks that I had used on the card.

Brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things. Yes, I was singing the song from Sound of Music while I wrapped and stamped. And now I'm singing again as I'm typing this post. :) I'm such a goob. 

All of the images are stamped using CTMH inks Black and Pear on CTMH retired stamp sets A Little Everything and Be Happy and a brand new set called For Always Cardmaking Workshop.

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Pinterest inspired Valentine's cards

I was inspired to attempt this style of card by this pin on Pinterest. I loved the simplicity of it. I decided to stamp using CTMH retired stamp set Love Ya! in Tulip and Holiday Red ink and layer it on Tulip cardstock.

Here I added a little black in the sentiment and the cardstock layer.

Here I added a lot of black to attempt to make it more masculine.

Again attempting to make a masculine card I wouldn't be embarrassed to give to one my sons. This card uses CTMH A Melody and Whooo's Your Valentine stamps.

This was a special request by my oldest son for a card he can give his girlfriend.

And then I moved on to another Pin-spiration design. I was attempting to keep this masculine for my other son, I failed when I added the bow. I will be revisiting this design and maybe a button and CTMH Waxy Flax will appear more masculine.

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