masculine thank you's...

TGIF!
I am always so glad when Friday rolls around!  I really miss having a day off during the week like I used to!!  Luckily I like the peeps I work with, LOL!!

I made a few (hopefully masculine enough) thank you cards for Mike to send out.  I love that they came together super fast!!  

Enjoy the Weekend!!!

YUP!! I made a card...

I cannot even remember the last time I made a card!!

I had some free time this weekend to play with my stamping stuff, since my sweet hubby helped me clean the house *smile* 

Mike  needed some Thank You cards for all the peep's who gave him Starbucks gift cards for Christmas...here is what I came up with, now he just needs to write them *wink*. 

Enjoy Today!!

bring on the love...

Hi all!!

I hope you had a Happy {heart} day!!  Mike and I took Kodi for a walk after work then we had grilled cheese and soup for dinner~pretty romantic, huh??  I have to say that it was totally fine with me!!  Comfort food, dinner & TV with my hubby and my yoga pants = pure bliss.  I love THIS show!!  Have you seen it??

I have one more Valentine/Love post for you, even though Valentines Day was yesterday (I am typing this post up on Tuesday night, so does that count???).  Here is the card I made for my hubby for heart day. 

During the holiday's I signed up for Ali Edwards stamp of the month, so I could get her December Daily stamp at a discount.  Here is the set I received in the mail for January.  I think it will be a nice addition to my Project Life (if I ever take it out of the box, LOL!!) journaling cards.  Luckily I document for the previous year and not week by week (I would never keep up that way, LOL!!).

 

Enjoy today!!

masculine BDay...

Hi all...
Today is super quick!!
Mike and I are taking a very short trip to Connecticut. We will be back on Wednesday (so my post will be a little late on Wed, LOL!).

I whipped up this card for my brother in law last week. I made the center image in Adobe Illustrator and just jazzed it up with a few buttons.



Enjoy Today!!

masculine birthday...

Happy Friday Friends!!
I am starting to make these late posts sort of a habit, LOL!!

Today is going to be quick~I needed a Birthday card for my father in law, who is celebrating his birthday on Monday (gotta get his gift in the mail TODAY!!). So I whipped up this masculine birthday card just for him.



ok that's it for today~told ya it was gonna be quick, LOL!!

Enjoy the WEEKEND!!!

masculine thanks...

Hi friends~ I am popping in quickly again today with another clean and simple (masculine) card. As you know I always struggle with guy cards~but as long as I can add a button, I am usually ok, LOL!! I am so excited I am will be making a (long overdue!!) Papertrey Ink order later today *woot woot*~my wish list has grown sooo long that I am really going to have to prioritize my shopping cart!!! Here are a few of my current fav's~ this, this and this, but I have been know to change my mind at the last minute, LOL!! I will let you know what I choose once I make up my mind :) Have a fabulous "middle of the week" day!!!

back in business...

camera batteries charged-check
photo taken-check
photo uploaded & edited-check

Here is a quick card I made over the weekend; I am planning ahead and trying to make some masculine birthday cards (these are always a challenge for me). I stamped the sentiment onto a transparency sheet and laid it right over the cardstock layers. When I tried to adhere the transparency to the card front, the adhesive was showing through (not really a pretty thing)~so I took my adhesive eraser and removed it~they added a couple of brads to hold the transparency in place, I also added some adhesive under the button. And there you have it...an easy peasy guy card :)



Enjoy the rest of your Monday Friends!!

masculine thank you...

Hi all,
How is your week going? Since I worked a half of week last week~this week is a piece of cake for me, not like last Monday, which felt like it would never end, LOL!

I am happy to report that Monday after work I went for my walk (My New Year Goal off to a great start), I even brought Josh's dog Kodi with me...let me just say~He walked me (that doggie is CRaZy and STRONG)!! I got quite a work out; and I had my new toning shoes on (which I wasn't sure if they would work or not; let me just say "they DO"), I couldn't go for my walk last night because my legs were killing me!! I guess that is a good thing right? I plan on going out again today~but without Kodi, LOL!

I am also making progress on my new pantry, and it is almost photo ready. Our new can organizer boxes arrived on Monday and my sweet hubby put them all together for me last night.

While I was stamping my thank you cards last Saturday, I remembered that I needed some "guy cards", which are always a little challenging for me. I used my new circle and Scalloped circle Nestabilities Dies (purchased with a gift card from a sweet friend), as a focal point, then just stamped some snowflakes on the circle and used a greeting from one of my favorite PTI sets Signature Greetings. I also used some retired SU! designer paper and retired cardstock. And I just had to add a button for fun!!



Enjoy Today!!

some headlight bling...

it's FRIDAY~Hooray!!!!!
I am always so happy when the end of the week arrives~it is so nice to have the weekend all stretched out in front of you~such a GLORIOUS feeling, if I do say so myself, LOL!!!

I am going to try to keep this weekend on the light side (we will see if I succeed), I have several cards to make/mail to people, and the usual weekly stuff (my least favorite being grocery shopping!!!). I have a few home projects on the back burner that involve spray paint~good times ahead!!!

Today I have another card that didn't make the publication cut, so it is going up on the old bloggy! I know I say this all the time, but I really need stock up on guy cards!!! Not sure if this is old news, but I found out that the PTI rhinestones fit perfectly in the small buttons to give the headlights some "bling" and I even did a little sewing on this card *smile*




Have a Fabulous Friday and Enjoy your WEEKEND!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Enjoy the Ride stamp set; Dark Chocolate/Aqua Mist/Spring Moss/Hawaiian Shores cardstock; Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Enjoy the Ride/Ric Rac Dies; Dark Chocolate Buttons; Rhinestones

hip hip hooray~birthday!

Happy Monday!!! The one bad part about the weekend~is the end (stole that from my brother's Facebook wall~isn't he clever??).

Another crazy weekend at the Clark house! We celebrated Nate's birthday yesterday, which was a lot of fun (Nate really liked his gifts, LOL!). I have an office birthday today, my mom's coming up on August 11th and then I am taking a birthday break for a while~I am birthday'd out, LOL!!!



Here is a card I made for our office party today~used some of my new stuff from Papertrey Ink. I needed a masculine card~so I tried not to fluff it up too much. Can I just say how much I am loving the ric rac die!!! I had been on the fence about it, but I can tell it is gonna get a lot of use!! LOVE IT!!!



Ok, I am seriously hoping to get caught up with my life this week (fingers crossed!!), I have some publications to work on today after work (which are due tonight by midnight~nothing like waiting until the last minute, huh???), just hope my schedule and stamping mojo cooperate!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Fillable Frames #3; Hawaiian Shore/Pure Poppy/Kraft/White Cardstock; Hawaiian Shore/Pure Poppy ink; Fillable Frame/Ric Rac Die; White Buttons; Twine; pop dots

DUDE...you rock!!!

Happy Friday!!! I am so happy to have today off!!! It has been a crazy two weeks for me.

And I am happy to report that my favorite (and only), nephew, Nathan went home from the hospital yesterday...woot woot!!! I as so proud of how brave he was and I still am amazed that he had open heart surgery on Monday and was going home on Thursday (here is the photo of him packed and ready to leave the hospital)~he is one strong kid!!! I am excited to hear how many new things he will be able to do now once he is completely recuperated!!

I told Nathan that his auntie Gretchen would send him a care package with things to do once he got home from the hospital...I thought his package would be waiting for him once he got home~but he beat the package, LOL!!!

Here is the card I made for him (with a little gift card goodness inside). Since he is a big Red Sox fan, I decided to make it green in honor of the "green monster" from Fenway park. And I tried really hard not to "girly" it up.



Have a terrific weekend!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Stamp of Authenticity (SU!)/Signiture Greetings; Choc Chip (SU!)/New Leaf ink; Kraft/White/New Leaf cardstock; Brown Grosgrain Ribbon (SU!); Dark Chocolate/New Leaf Buttons; Twine

father's day...

I have never been so happy for Friday!!! It has been one crazy, busy week!!! I am working again today, and then next week we are back to our usual work schedule~until Ashley leaves for a mission trip to Jamaica on 7/11. I am hoping to take a few days off in July to do some home improvement projects (painting and re-decorating my family room, updating my laundry room, and some fun and frugal projects that I will share soon~I promise).

I am excited to celebrate Father's Day this Sunday! The family will be here to eat, swim and get their pictures taken, LOL...Mike has requested one of his favorite foods...chicken wings (not sure what I will make to accompany them, maybe some sort of salad...for me and Ashley, and a yummy dessert {I think this is the recipe his mom makes~and it is his fav!!!}).

Here is another Father's Day card, since FD is right around the corner. I promise I won't use this set for a while, LOL!!! I have used it quite a bit lately for my "boy cards". I definitely have some masculine sets on my wish list!!




Have a FABULOUS weekend my blog friends!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Enjoy the Ride/Fresh Alphabet stamp sets; Garden Green (SU!)/Not Quite Navy (SU!)/Choc Chip (SU!)/Kraft/White cardstock; Not Quite Navy (SU!)/Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Dark Chocolate/New Leaf buttons; Twine

enjoy the ride~DAD...

WOW~I do not know where my weekend went!!! It was a busy one.
Mike and I had dinner with some friends on Friday night it was a lot of fun~and enjoyed some yummy food!!! Saturday I shot a graduation ceremony for a friend at church (snapped this cute one of my favorite son), ran a few errands with my hubby, had full day of church on Sunday (then I went to the grocery store, cleaned the fridge and put everything away and fit in a quick nap) Don't I live an exciting life????

I had a few minutes while Mike was studying for Sunday, to whip up a few Father's Day cards. Since I do not have a lot of masculine stamp sets~you guessed it~I used my new Enjoy the Ride set. Nothing fancy schmancy!!


Have a super day!!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Enjoy the Ride/Clean Alphabet stamps; Pure Poppy/Dark Chocolate/White/Kraft Cardstock; Pure Poppy/Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Pure Poppy Double Stitched Ribbon; Dark Chocolate Buttons; Twine

FIL bday wishes...

Happy TGIF!!
I am off to work today, filling in for a coworker who is on vacation~so another quick post. Mike and I are going out to dinner with some friends tonight at this place~very excited!!! Saturday we have a graduation party, and church on Sunday, so it looks like a full weekend.

My FIL will celebrate his birthday on Monday, so here is the card I made for him. I didn't realize that I used the same layout as my previous post, LOL! Which was taken from the Clean & Simple Blog Challenge. I think this layout is especially nice for "guy" cards, no ribbon or fluff.

And of course I used one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Everyday Button Bits!!!


Supplies used (PTI unless noted): EBB stamp set; Hawaiian Shores/Kraft/White/Spring Moss/Ripe Avocado cardstock; Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Aqua Mist/Lemon Tart/Avocado buttons; Twine; Pop Dots (Michael's)

college bound bug...

hi bloggy friends :)
I hope your week is off to a great start...I have been busy, busy, busy with work and other random stuff (some weeks just feel crazy). So I am going to make it quick today...

Mike and I are attending a graduation on Saturday night, for a guy at our church. So of course I needed a guy card for the occasion. I used my Enjoy the Ride set (don't you just love that little VW bug??). I paired Hawaiian Shores with Black and I have to say...I like it (very clean & simple). I also used several pop dots on the layers for some dimension (it looks like the blue layer is off center, due to the pop dot~trust me it isn't IRL, LOL!). All it needs now is some $$ tucked inside and we are good to go.




Enjoy Today Friends!!!

Supplies used: (PTI) Enjoy the Ride stamp set; Enjoy the Ride Die; Hawaiian Shores/Black/White Cardstock; Black Palette/Hawaiian Shores Ink; Making Memories Mini Button Brads

another enjoy the ride...

hi!
I hope you had a great weekend~I was feeling a little under the weather, so I didn't get all my to-do items done...don't you just hate when that happens? They are still waiting for me though, LOL!

Since I wasn't feeling 100 percent, I didn't have any stamping time *sad face* So here is a card that I made for Josh's Birthday last week. Another Enjoy the Ride card. I decided to use the negative space from the die on this one. I really am enjoying these new dies from PTI!!


Still having problems with my computer, I have NO memory left, so I am unable to edit some of my photos~hopefully getting a new one soon!!! My hubby is researching and looking into getting dual monitors too (not sure how to use those, but I think I may like it!!!). He takes good care of me!!

I am still trying to get the hang of my new soft box (lighting)~it is a lot bigger than my homemade one, and has lots of background colors.

Thanks for stopping by~Enjoy your Monday!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Enjoy the Ride stamp set/Die; Aqua/Dark Chocolate/White Cardstock; Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Satin Dotted Ribbon; Aqua Mist Button; Twine

HB~enjoy the ride...

Hi all...can you believe my hubby resurrected the computer? Although we are currently researching our next one, because I have pretty much outgrown this one and have no memory left!!! Exciting (and Expensive)!!!

so here is a quickie post for tonight...
I needed a masculine birthday card, and was so happy to have gotten my new Papertrey goodies in the mail last week!! This is going to make those "boy" cards so much easier!!! I am loving the new dies as well, so much better than cutting everything out!!! And they are pretty reasonably priced too!!


Enjoy your day!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Enjoy the ride/Polka Dot Bkgrd (SU!) stamp sets; New Leaf/Choc Chip (SU!)/Fresh Snow ink; New Leaf/White/Dark Chocolate cardstock; Green Galore grosgrain ribbon (retired SU!); Dark Chocolate Button; Twine; Enjoy the Ride Die; Pop Dots (Michael's)

masculine thanks...

It's Friday!!! *woot woot*
Even though I have to work today~I am still happy it is Friday!!!

Yesterday I had my annual eye appointment. I had to get my pupils dilated (I hate getting that done!!!), I could not see for 3hours after the drops went in my eyeballs. I had to make a few cards (including today's), so I hope it looks okay, LOL! Luckily my prescription stayed the same, so no changes, but he did say I am a year or two away from getting bi-focals~WHAT!!!! I guess 40 is the magic age for your eyes to start going to pot. Oh well, what are ya gonna do??

I needed some masculine thank you cards, so I went with a very minimal, clean and simple look. I was happy with the end result, since boy cards are just not my thing!! It is also a good way to use up some of my hoarded patterned paper, LOL!



Thanks for stopping by!! Enjoy your weekend!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Blooming Button Bits stamp set; Kraft/White cardstock; Choc Chip (SU!) ink; Fall Flowers Designer Paper (retired SU!); New Leaf Button; Twine

lots of circles...

Happy Monday Friends!!!
I hope you had a great weekend...they always go by way too fast!!! I have been busy spring cleaning. It is amazing to me how things can get so unorganized...for example, my pantry!!! I pulled everything out and threw out expired stuff, wiped all the shelves and re-organized (oh, such a great feeling for an OCD person like myself, LOL!).

We celebrated my birthday yesterday *good times* so the family was over for lunch (will post pictures this week on my 365 blog). Mike got me this (so cute!!!). I got lots of gift cards and $$ so I see some new stamping supplies in my near future *smile*

I needed some masculine thank you cards, so I used one of the sketches from Paper Crafts "Go To Sketches" Magazine (just altered a bit). Such a great magazine, btw!!! This is an easy peasy card, which is good because I had to mass produce it.



Enjoy your day!!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Damask Designs stamp set; White/Aqua Mist Cardstock; PTI Patterned Paper (Aqua Mist and Spring Moss); Choc Chip Ink (SU!); Circle Punch (SU!)

another masculine thank you...

Happy Wednesday to ya!!!
Hope you are having a terrific week!!! How was getting back to reality after all the holiday's?? It went pretty smoothly for me~just had a hard time waking up on Monday, but now that I am back into the swing of things~it's all good!

I have another boy card for you today (well sort of~it has ribbon/buttons, LOL!)...One of the reasons I LOVE acrylic stamps is that you can position the images exactly where you want them!! I was never very good with the Stamp-a-ma-jig!



I just received my PTI order (used some of my Christmas $$) the other day~I ordered lots of buttons, and they are beautiful!!! I have to make a trip to IKEA to get some of these to store them in. I hope to make it into my craft room on Friday, I want to work on some submissions.

Enjoy today!!

Supplies used (PTI unless noted): Stamp of Authenticity (SU!)/Signature Greetings; Enchanted Evening/Dark Chocolate/Kraft/Vanilla (SU!); Designer Paper (Retired SU!); Choc Chip ink; Scallop Punch (SU!); Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon (SU!); Vintage Buttons; Twine