WOW! You're the Best! - another Masculine Card

After six years of living in this home (and adding two more children) Randy and I decided that we all needed more room to spread out.  So over the last month or so we've transformed a room in our basement from a huge mess to a usable family room.  (Photos of the room will be in a future post.) When we first bought this house we knew we wanted to finish the room.  After not doing it ourselves for several years we ended up hiring a local contractor to get the job done in a timely manner.

In the meantime I started working on samples for my masculine card class and found a card created by Melany Watson.  The hammer stamp is part of the Every Little Bit stamp set.  (I got this set last spring for free based on my sales during Sale-a-Bration. It is a really cute set, so I should use it more often.)  I changed things up a bit and added some embossed aluminum foil. To get this effect, you glue aluminum foil to a piece of card stock with an anywhere glue stick then run it through the embossing folder.  Here's my finished "construction"

I gave one of these cards to our neighbor Mike who helped us move the incredibly heavy sleeper sofa into our completed room.  He also works at Home Depot, so I thought he'd appreciate the card.

The kids are loving the room.  It's 13' x 23' and with only the sofa in it, they are running around having a great time.  We still have to get a television in there.  And we told the kids we'd get a game system for them, too.  After all this work, I'm hoping to keep my living room in better shape.  Well, maybe.

Stamps: Every Little Bit, Friendly Phrases
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Brushed Silver
Ink: Chocolate Chip ink and marker, Basic Gray marker
Accessories: Big Shot, Houndstooth textured impressions embossing folder, aluminum foil, anywhere glue stick, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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A Man-Inspired Mojo Monday Creation

While creating cards for my masculine card stamp camp I stumbled upon the Mojo Monday sketch.  It's been a while since I played along, so I thought it was time to put myself up to the challenge.  I had planned on using the stamp set called Packed for Dad - and it fits perfectly into this sketch, too.
Here's the sketch and here's my card:

After creating this beauty, I decided that it was a little too time-intensive for my stamp camp. So I created a stepped-down version.  Here it is:

Well, I hope you liked these cards.  Be sure to leave me a comment.  Gotta run!  It's time to get my kids up for school!

Stamps: Packed for Dad, Delightful Dozen
Paper: Basic Black, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Very Vanilla
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, various markers
Accessories: Scallop Oval punch, Movers and Shapers Scallop Oval die, Big Shot, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Stamping!

Susan

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