Boss Birthday

It's always a challenge to make a masculine card, especially for your boss.  Good thing I have a catalog of my stamps, so it's easy to look for the right image and sentiment.  I'm thankful for brands like Stampers Anonymous who have masculine-themed stamp sets.  Of what few stamps I have of now defunct River City Rubber Works, this sentiment is one of my favorites.  The image inside is from the Cricut Artiste Collection Birthday by Close To My Heart.

Hope you're all staying healthy and safe.  When you get the chance, please visit the Tinker Planet channel on Youtube.  I just posted there my first card making video.  It will brighten my day if you watch, like, subscribe and share.

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Sweet Sister

Hello crafty reader!  I'd like to share this card I made for my DSIL.  A lot of the elements in this card are leftovers from previous projects.  I even used clear stickers, which you see in two corners of my card front.

I do want to point out my favorite part of this card, which is the birthday cake from a Unity Stamp Co. set, which I colored with Copics.  I like stamping images on the inside of my cards to break away from the typical.  It gives the recipient a little surprise when they open the card.  

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More Happy Birthday

I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend!  Keeping safe while celebrating American freedom in your own way.  We got to watch our small town big pride fireworks - a tradition I'm glad that kept on despite the virus.

Here's another set of birthday cards, using a stamp I got from an image swap at Splitcoaststampers.  I was very active in this online community a long time ago.  I would log in every now and then to check things out and I'm glad that it still exists.  I typically use this image for masculine cards, but it could work with other age groups depending on the color combination you use.  

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Random Birthday

Hello crafty reader!  For this set of cards, it's all about birthdays.  They don't have a pattern like the previous ones, but some of them have a story.

See the frame on this card?  I'ts actually the negative of the background stamp from the first two sets of cards I have previously posted.  I like how the inking on the edges made a huge difference.  And yes, most of the images are from a stamp catalog.

The following cards are extra special.  Four years ago, we had an exchange student from Japan who's so talented and creative.  Her drawings and sketches are so awesome!  One time, I asked her to color some stamped images I got from an image swap, using Copic markers.  And here are some of them.

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Happy Birthday

Hope you're hanging in there, crafty reader!  It seems like things are slowly going back to normal, at least where I'm from.  Funny how we take things for granted when they are just right in front of you because we are too busy with everyday life.  Now that we have all this time in our hands, we see how valuable small things are.

For this next set of cards, I used the same background stamp from my last post.  But instead, I used the same Happy Birthday stamp as well.  I got a bunch of this from an image swap ages ago, and now is the time to use them.

See the background cardstock used in this card?  It's actually from a stamp catalog I got from the one and only CHA convention I attended in Anaheim, CA.  I actually salvaged a lot of images from the catalogs and used them in my series of "lockdown cards".  I'm pretty sure you'll be able to pinpoint some.

I sure love these stickers I found buried in my craft space.  The possibilities are endless!

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