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Coffee Cafe Z Card

The women in one of my classes have been wanting to learn how to make the Z Card,

so that is why I've designed several new ones lately.

When you open it, you see this:

Here are a few hints for making this card.

• Even thought the designer paper has a white background, I stamped the coffee cup on Very Vanilla just for a subtle contrast.
• The greeting that comes in the set says Thanks a Latte, which is cute.  But I chose "Enjoy Today" from the Eastern Beauty set because it makes the card so much more versatile.
• I put some Mini Glue Dots down on the scalloped white square and then just patted some Linen Thread over it.  The glue dots easily hold it in place.

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Guy Greeting Z Card

I really enjoy using the car out of the Guy Greetings Set!

And it is retiring, so if you like the set, NOW is the time to be sure to add it to your collection!

The True Gentleman Designer Papers are also retiring.  These are such interesting papers for masculine cards!

And when you open it, here is what you see! So many greetings would work here.

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• Just a few tips!
• Score the 8 1/2"x 5 1/2" Soft Suede Cardstock (c/s) at 4 1/4" and then 1 1/4" from either end.  Fold the 1 1/4" flap back.
• I stamped the car in VersaMark and used Copper Embossing Powder on it.
• Poke a hole with a paper piercer and pop in some black brads if you have them.
• If you don't have black brads, you can use a sharpie to color a brad that you black.
• Or  you could also use yellow Enamel Dots if you would like to have yellow headlights!
• I used the Stripes Embossing Folder on the 1 1/4' flap that folds back.  It's subtle, but it does add some interest.

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Masculine Eclipse Card

One of my good friends, Mike, is having a birthday this week. 

His wife is a Stampin' Up! demonstrator so I thought that they would both enjoy this eclipse card.

I'm using the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the Occasions Catalog.

The embellishments are retired.  I couldn't think of what would work that is current.  These silver embellishments look like the tops of screws.  Maybe you have an idea for me?

The main card is Very Vanilla and the next layer is Night of Navy.

The Large Letter Framelits are so amazing for making these eclipse cards!

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Guy Greetings with the Woodland Embossing Folder

When you see this card, you will probably wonder, just like I did, "What's the trick?".

  How do you get the car behind the trees?

I definitely had to practice with this before I got it to look good.

• Ink the car from Guy Greetings in the Archival Black pad and stamp it onto the Woodland Embossing folder itself.  Stamp on the side that has the Sizzix logo.
• Place the paper into the folder and run it through the Big Shot.
• I LIGHTLY ran a brayer over the trees with Basic Gray ink.
• I sponged in the clouds using a sponge and a scallop circle paper template that was punched out of grid paper.
• I sponged in the green grass.
• I colored in the car with the Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight (headlights), and Smokey Slate Stampin' Write Makers.
• I scored the c/s at 3/4", 1", 1 3/4" 2" etc.
• The Soft Sky c/s is 1 5/8"x 5 1/4" and the Basic Gray c/s is 2 3/8" x 5 1/4".
• The center white c/s is 3 plus 1/16 x 3 1/2" plus 1 1/6.  The center black is 3 1/4" x 3 3/4".

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Need a Tux Card?

Janet Thiel designed this card that will make any man feel honored and loved!

The left side of the shirt is  2 1/2" x 5 1/2".  The right side of the shirt is  3 1/2" x 5 1/2".  The distance from the bottom of the shirt up to the fold (on the right side) is 1 5/8".  And the distance from the bottom of the shirt up to the fold (on the left side) is 1 7/8". 

The card base is Whisper White and the top of the shirt is Basic Gray.

The buttons are punched out with the 1/2" Circle Punch and the Happy Birthday was punched out with the Pretty Label Punch.

The white embossed Happy Birthday is from Guy Greetings.

Janet used the Envelope Punch Board to make the Silver Foil bow.

Gayle Smith used the Happy Birthday Thinlit and the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper to make a very simple and effective masculine card.

The designer paper is 3"x 5 1/2" and the Cajun Craze is 3 1/4"x 5 1/2"

Gayle cut the black Pretty Label Punch piece in half (going east and west) and put half at the top of the card and half at the bottom of the card.

The center Cajun Craze piece is 3 3/4"x 3 1/4".  Notice that there is a black shadow Happy Birthday behind the Cajun Craze Happy Birthday.

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One Wild Ride-a great card for any motorcycle lover!

Reiko Sakata featured the One Wild Ride set

The set itself was designed by one of our million dollar earners, Dawn Griffith, who loves to ride motorcycles!

There are no thinlits to go with this set so Reiko did a great job of fussy cutting out the banner and the Route 66 emblem.

Can you see the Brick Wall Embossing Folder that she used on the Smokey Slate card stock?

It adds a lot of interest to the card.

The center black card stock is 2 1/4"x 2 3/4".

Both the emblem and the banner are mounted with dimensionals.

This is a pretty straight forward card to stamp. And obviously, there are women who would love to get this card, too!

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Guy Greetings and Stylized Happy Birthday Cards for Men

Since most of us find having enough cards on hand for men, we decided to focus our trade on anyone for a male this month.

Thank you, ladies, for these two great ideas!  More to come tomorrow!

The first idea is from Marie Leyva who used the Guy Greetings set.

Marie used the Coffee Break Designer Series Papers for the background.  The brown center square is 3" and the white c/s is 2 1/2". The Early Espresso panel is 2 3/4" x 5 1/4".

This is a very doable and interesting card.

Vicki Mertes used the Stylized Birthday along with the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper.

The designer paper is 3"x 4 1/2".  The leaves are from the Seasonal Layers Thinlits.  She used the Linen Thread around the card and added a Year of Cheer Embellishment up at the top.  She used Champaigne Foil, Cajun, and Soft Suede for the leaves.  Early Espresso and white for the main card.  The white circle is 3".

I think that the Champagne Foil leaf is just the pop that the card needs to go along with all of the other interesting elements.

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Happy Birthday Thinlit: Masculine or Feminine

I think that this card could be for a man or a woman.

Have you ever designed a card and you don't even know if you like it?!!

Well, that is how I feel about this card.  I might like it.  I might not.  I have two versions of it so please give me your feedback.

First, the two versions, then I'll go through  the steps to make it.

This first version has no extra fillers.

Even though the music is Christmas music, most people will probably not pay that much attention to what the music actually is.

Maybe it would work for a December birthday???

What do you think?

Do you like the first version better, the second version better, or you aren't that crazy about the card at all?

The second version has a filler from the Painted Harvest set.

• I used the two largest plain circles from Sweet & Sassy Framelits to cut the center hole and the frame for it.
• First use the smaller framelit to cut a hole out of the front of the white card.
• Then use the same framelit and cut a circle out of a black piece of card stock.
• Then put the larger Circle framelit over the open circle that you just cut from the black cardstock and run it through the Big Shot.  You will have the black frame to put around the opening in the front of the card.
• Cut a 5 1/2"x 4 1/4" piece of the Merry Music Specialty Designer paper.  (If you cut it smaller, you can see it through the front of the card).
• Adhere the designer paper to the back of the front of the card so that it shows through the window.
• Cut a 5 1/2"x 4 1/4" piece of white c/s and adhere it over the music designer paper so that when you open the card, it just looks like a regular card with white on both sides.
• Cut out the Happy Birthday and adhere it over the music circle wherever you would like it to go.
• Now you can do one of two things.  You can use the same to circle framelits to cut some circle frames to add to the card or you can use the 2 1/4" and the 2 1/2" Circle punch (retired, but you may still have it) to create the circles.

   

• If  you use the punches, then punch out the smaller circle first with the 2 1/4" punch.
• Then push the 2 1/2" Circle Punch over the 2 1/4" opening and punch again.   You'll have the small black circle frame.
• Add the circles to your card and just have fun with where you add them.
• Put adhesive on the entire circle.  After you trim what is stuck to the card, you can use the rest of the circle in a different place.
• Add a little rhinestone over the "i" in Birthday!

Add filler or just leave it plain.

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Out for a Birthday Dinner in a Tux!

Last week I had my local downline meeting and we created swaps using a masculine theme.

Marie Leyva created this fancy tux card which could be used for a number of different occasions!

 

• Marie used the #'s 4 and 5 Banner dies (smallest to largest) for the shirt pieces of the tux.
• She took a black Sharpee and colored onto the three rhinestones to make them black.
• The Gift Bow Bigz Die L made the perfect bow tie out of Designer Paper from the Neutrals Color Collection.
• The Washi Label Punch was used for the greeting

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From Land to Sea with a watercolor technique

My friend, Carol Nordquist, stamped a very interesting trade for convention using two nautical sets.

Here is an up close view of the turtle piece.

 

• Start with Shimmery white card stock 2 3/4"x 2".  (I originally said Water Color paper.  That was incorrect)
• Stamp the seaweed using VersaMark Pad and white Embossing Powder.
• Use an Aqua Painter to get the paper very wet.
• Pull ink from the lids of the Pear Pizzazz and Island Indigo pads with the Aqua Painter and let them run where they will. 
• While this is drying, cut out the turtle that was stamped in Early Espresso.
• Color the turtle in with Pear Pizzazz and Soft Suede.
• Mount the turtle with dimensionals.
• Don't miss that she stamped the turtle using VersaMark on the background of the main card.

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