Moon Lake Manliness

Masculine cards are always popular with my stamping ladies, so next month is another Five Card Stud class. No, we aren't playing Poker - we will be making five manly cards for the studs in our lives!

When I saw the new masculine stamps in the Occasions catalog I let out a whoop, because I knew making those sometimes-challenging guy cards was going to be a snap! (I may have even done a happy dance, haha.)

So I've been busy designing the cards and decided to show a little sneak peek, for the purpose of enticing more stampers to join us in the class. Notice the "grass" peeking out behind the top of the image? That's little pieces of White Jute Ribbon, colored with Old Olive Blendabilities. I used the lightest and darkest for contrast.

I hope you can join us for this class! And if you can't come next month, maybe you can make it to the Open House this Sunday. You'll get to do a couple of make and takes, see a LOT of the products in the Occasions Catalog, and Sale-A-Bration goodies, too!

STAMPS: Moon Lake, Butterfly Basics, Petite Pairs
CARDSTOCK: Naturals White, Watercolor Paper, Pear Pizzazz, Night of Navy, Lost Lagoon
INK: StazOn Jet Black, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
ACCESSORIES: Aqua Painter, Blender Pen, Stamping Sponges, 1-1/4" White Jute Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Stampin' Dimensionals

Spotlight on Designer Series Paper

Sometimes the paper used on a card can be the main focus, and all you really need is a simple image and a nifty greeting. Birthday Basics is loaded with fun designs. I mean, who wouldn't love the bright balloons and birthday candles? It was so easy to pick a few colors from the DSP to color the cake image from Sketched Birthday.

And, I gotta tell you, that greeting from Yippee Skippee just tickles my funny bone to no end! I'm sure my Weight Watchers leader wouldn't agree, but she'd probably say just remember to count the Points and move on.

This was one of the cards we made in the Second Saturday Stamp Club.  Tomorrow (Saturday) is the Envelope Punch Board Class.  Wait until you see what we're making! Those projects should be up within the next week. Tomorrow night it's the Tour de Freaks with the Control Freaks Stampers, so be sure to check back!

Stamps: Sketched Birthday, Yippee Skippee!

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Bermuda Bay, Shimmery White, Birthday Basics DSP

Ink: StazOn Black, Raspberry Ripple, Bermuda Bay, So Saffron

Accessories: Big Shot, Circles Collection Framelits, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Paper-Piercing Tool, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Brights Candy Dots, Dazzling Details, Stampin' Dimensionals