Fishin' Macho Man

I'm hosting a swap with some of my customers this month and the theme is birthday cards. One of these talented ladies, Terri, made this for the swap. Her featured set is On The Fly and the happy birthday greeting comes from a retired SU set. Cardstock is Always Artichoke, Night of Navy, Chocolate Chip and Naturals Ivory. Background is stamped w/ Always Artichoke; greeting and image are stamped w/ Basic Brown. Image is then watercolored with our awesome watercolor crayons. Love them, but dont' yet own a single one - what is wrong with me?! Photo corner punch is used to offset the main image - great look! She even stamped the inside with the awesome fish from this set and a birthday message in the same font as the greeting. It totally finishes off the card. Thanks for letting me share Terri!! ~Heidi

Another Western Macho Man

So when I didn't clean up my mess from the last stamping activity, I just used more of what I had out! Same general theme here with DSP Fall flowers and the same wheel. It is embossed in copper on sahara sand paper, and them sponged a little for a "western dirty look." I took the photo at a weird angle so you could see the embossing. I used the Paisley background stamp and the colors blue bayou and really rust compliment each other! The stars are stamped and punched and there is a copper brad there, off center. I made ten of these last night/today. It was fun to emboss again and I miss the copper line we had a couple years back. Love it! Sera

Macho, Macho, Man

I had this card in my mind and it semi-turned out the way I had hoped. I had the other DSP that matches the Wanted set in my head, but of course I don't have it currently. DSP Fall Flowers works! I was looking for the saloon theme card, doors opening, etc. I'm close. My son said I needed a gun stamp of some sort and that would help. Yea, thanks. I've been waiting for that occasion to use my Bronco wheel! Love that wheel! The belly band slides off and on, let's see how many of the dads I send this too figure that out. Most of them have stamping/creative wives, wink wink! Inside, the greeting is stamped from one of my fave retired sets, When I Grow Up. I don't have a current Father's Day greeting- whats up with that? Sera

Weekend Project C

Here are the cards I came up with. I used Fresh Cuts, (check out the special to the right). The background is a flower pattern from Cuttlebug. I've had that thing forever and these cards turned out to be the perfect use for it! Enlarge (click on them) the pictures and the cards look better. So I put them all in that basket- my arranging needs a little work as far as presentation goes. That's the project for tonight. Thanks for checking in on the progress! Remember, Macho Man Monday (week) begins tomorrow! Sera

Weekend Project B

I got out my new set, Fresh Cuts and started putting together a bunch of 3x3 cards and envelopes. I kept up with the retired DSP and used colors that I haven't touched in a long time- perfect plum, mellow moss, almost artichoke, etc. When I started with SU! over 8 years ago- the plums were THE colors! So... now I have love notes and a card organizer for the gift. By the way, the stamp set, Fresh Cuts is an awesome choice for the 3x3 size. It fits perfect (obviously) but there is enough on the pattern that it gives the cards awesome dimension! On to regular cards! Sera

Weekend Project A

One of my friends at work is moving to Alabama this month and I am trying to stamp the perfect gift. I have lots of retired DSP paper that I adore, but only a few sheets of each. So I gathered what I had and put together this ensemble from all sorts of different paper groups. This is the start of a card organizer, and the photo above, is it assembled. I plan to make matching cards and other items to have a gift set. I look at some of the papers in this photo, and I'm reaching a little if I think they all match, but they DO coordinate! I will post the cards and envelopes tomorrow. Sera

Teacher Gifts & Color Combo #2

These are the card sets I made for the kids' teachers. The boxes below are made from a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock and held this set of cards and some chocolates. I think the supplies are pretty straightforward so I won't bore you with the details - but over 1/2 of these qualify for this month's color combo too! Thanks - that was easy :) Ok - I've tried loading this photo 4 times and I can't figure out why it is sideways again. I even tried rotating it and then loading it again, etc. Anyway - these were smaller teacher sets given to other teachers my daughter had throughout the year other than homeroom. 3x3 cards sets that were monogrammed with the teachers last initial. Also a piece of chocolate caramel thrown in too. The "envelope" that holds the 3 cards starts out as a 6" circle and is scored at 1 3/4 on the bottom and 1 1/4 on the sides. I stamped the background from Baroque Motifs in versamak for just a little something.

Now off to eat the rest of the chocolates - yum! ~Heidi

Color Combo #1 (top)

Hey sistas! Sista, Lynnae gave me a hard time about the fruit and since (aside from yesterday) I hadn't posted fruit in such a long while- it was time! These are also creations of Kristine. She's all that with the rub-ons as you can see. I've also decided that there is nothing better than 3x3 cards when you are in a pinch. In fact I just love making them and my scrap pile loves them too!

Time to get ready for a few more posts and then the Macho Man Monday (week). Love it! Sera

Tart & Tangy Tin

Kristine made these tins for a hostess gift at a workshop last week and she mentioned that a bunch of her stampers just had to have the set! See, I told you so! Thanks goodness this runs through June! Awesome work Kristine!

Let this be the first macho man warning. In the spirit of Father's Day, starting on Monday, it's Macho Man Monday (and the rest of the week)! Cards, gifts and or scrapbook pages with men in mind. We're posting every day! Keep it "G" rated sistas. If you really have the most awesome post ever, you still have a few days... post by Monday... then save things. We will do Macho Man Monday all week through Father's Day. Feel free to post more than one time on the same day so we have lots to share. Lets see these awesome SU stamp sets focus on the men in our lives! It's only a week, then back to the girly girls. Sera

Former Color Combo #3

So it's June- when did that happen? I made this in May. Does that count? This was for Carmen's color combo and when I went to post tonight I realized- oops, I had better post this and save my other cards for later (yes, they are fruit cards, I know you can't wait). I'm sure many of you sistas gasped when you saw the punch I used on this card- yes I bought the new flower punch, Boho Blossoms. Other items with this gem- the DSP, Flowers for You, Fun and Fast Notes stamp set, slit punch, ticket punch, a dimensional, matching brad, and the canary is so saffron. LOVE IT! Sera

7 year old Birthday Card

My baby boy turns 7 tomorrow. Where in the world did 7 years go?? This is his birthday card. And like any normal stamping mother would do - I made this card to double as a demonstration at a workshop a few weeks ago. We must mulit-task when necessary. Sorry for the terrible picture (and why is it turned sideways? - never had that happen before, but it's too late to worry about it now) here's the details: Card base is tempting turquoise, other colors are wild wasabi, real red, more mustard and basic black. The circle is a chipboard center popped out of some flower or something. I thought this was a great way to use up those random pieces. The Take a Number wheel was wheeled accross the wasabi and then again on red with the 7 being cut out. Celebrate from Hugs and wishes stamped in black and the Crop-a-dile punched the hole in the chipboard for the black gingham ribbon to tie it all together. Oh and stars from Background Basics are stamped on the mustard strip but its hard to see in the photo. ~Heidi

Double Fold Card

This is the anniversary card I made for my parents 39th back in April using the double fold technique, retired Brocade Background DS paper, satin ribbon from the '07 Holiday Mini Collection, and Baroque Motifs ss in the current catalog. Really like how it turned out. TFL ~ Angie