Hello my Freaky Friends! It's the 20th of the month and that means another wonderful Freaky tour!! Are you ready? Weather you started here or landed here from Gretchen Barron's blog, you are in the right place! By the way, weren't Gretchen's projects wonderful? Love them!! This month the freaks are focusing on Father's Day/masculine projects. So sit back and enjoy the tour!
So my first project is a simple card. I don't know many men that like a lot of fuss and frills so I kept it very simple and used some very masculine colors. Now I must tell you that I do not own The Open Sea stamp set nor do I have any of the Nautical paper! I also did not borrow these products from my friends! These images were printed off from my computer using My Digital Studio! Cool, huh! I used a sketch from Splitcoast and then figured out which images I wanted and in what color. I can also make these images any size I want! I am not limited to the size the stamps come in! So I printed out the compasses, the anchor and the designer paper on Whisper White cardstock. The background image was printed on Sahara Sand cardstock with Sahara Sand ink (or pretty close to it depending on your printer). I am having a lot of fun making hybrid cards! I did stamp the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Basic Gray.
My next project is one that has been around for a few years and I found some instructions from Splitcoast. Take a look:
It's a Father's Day wallet! While I did find the instructions on Splitcoast, I remember the faux leather look that a demonstrator had shown at convention a few years ago and gave it a try here. Even my son was impressed! The label was printed off using My Digital Studio. And this image is larger than the punch so I cut it out by hand and added some hardware. It is popped up on the front of the wallet. Let's take a look at what's inside:
Pockets full of goodies!! I really wanted a Home Depot or a Lowe's gift card but I didn't have one on hand. And then the largest bill I could find was a $1 bill - LOL! My son said he had a $20 bill but he didn't tell me. Stinker!! Anyway, I think it is so fun and would make any man a happy man!
So there you have it! I hope you enjoyed these projects! Time for you to move on and see what the famous and genius and super talented Jan has made for you to oooh and aaah over. Have a super wonderful day!
Good morning everyone! Boy I hate being a slacker but I sure have been these last few weeks! And I really need to get busy, busy stamping!! My allergies have been kicking my butt this last week! UGH!! Finally, last night, I think I had a break-through. I blew my nose and I could breathe!! And I slept awesome!! And this morning my ears are even opening up and my head doesn't hurt! Could I really be feeling better? I hope so!! Can you believe that it is supposed to rain all week and barely get out of the 60's? The central mountains are even under a winter advisory!!! Ha! It is the middle of May, right? Well, at least it won't be so stinkin' hot this weekend when Nick's team plays their soccer tournament. That will be nice!
O.k. I am so excited to share my card today!! I downloaded some new images for My Digital Studio yesterday and I was determined to make a card with them! You see, Friday is the Control Freak monthly blog tour and the theme is Father's Day/masculine projects. Well, I needed some more variety so I went digital! Lots of people are doing it (lol). Anyway, for this card I printed off the sailboat image on Crumb Cake cardstock. The image is actually in Early Espresso ink (or pretty darn close - depends on your printer). And that strip of designer paper? Yup! That's printed off, too!! I added some white highlights to the boat with my gel pen. The greeting and punch and sponging and baker's twine and cardstock are all my additions as well. I love it! Getting the digital images makes it so that you can have the stamp in any size! And the digital images take up less room - lol!! I am excited to do more of these kind of cards! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge and then on Friday for the Control Freak blog tour! Have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Sailing Away from My Digital Studio, Thank You Kindly; Paper- Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Nautical dsp from My Digital Studio; Ink- Early Espresso; Accessories- Early Espresso/white baker's twine, brads, decorative label punch, white gel pen, sponge, dimensionals
