Two for Tuesday: Autumn Toile Masculine Cards

My Two for Tuesday card share today features my current favorite Autumn Designer Series Paper, Autumn Toile. I like this paper collection so much that I have a feeling I may actually use the whole paper pack soon! Both cards today are masculine cards, which are cards that I don’t have many in my card stash. So it’s nice to have these ready to go when needed. The first card here is (obviously) a birthday…

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Birthday Wishes for PP#755

Today’s card is coming to you after quite a struggle. I mentioned before about how I find so much inspiration from playing along with card challenges. One of my favorite challenges to participate in is The Paper Players. However, color challenges always present the biggest challenge for me and I sometimes shy away from them. So when I saw LeAnne’s challenge this week, I took a deep breath and said I WILL make a card…

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Moody Masculine Slimline for #TTTC278

As the blog title indicates, I created a masculine slimline card for Tic Tac Toe Thursday. The patterned paper, from the Beautiful Gallery Designer Series Paper, was the perfect pattern for both a masculine card and the challenge. Although I don’t have too many men in my family to create cards for, this one will be perfect for my Son-in-Law, James’, upcoming birthday…win/win! The Basic Beige card base measures 8″ x 3 1/2″. I layered…

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Creating Coast to Coast: Sunflowers

Karen and I are at it again, crafting, creating and crossing the country! This month, Karen Hallam way out in California chose our direction, which was West, right?! lol. She also chose our theme: Sunflowers. The only current Stampin’ Up! sunflower product I had on hand was the new Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder. And boy is it a beauty! The embossing is so deep and detailed lending it to many ways to use it. Full…

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