TPB: Masculine Christmas!

Happy Monday, friends!

I hope you had a most wonderful Thanksgiving/break!

Ours was simply delicious (in so many ways!)

While doing some Black Friday shopping,

I was able to scoop up some really good deals,

including some gifts for the guys in my family.

And it got me thinking ...

a masculine style card for Christmas!

Since Mondays are the day that I post for The Project Bin blog,

I knew right away how/where/when I was going to do my card :)

And ended up making TWO! :)

(the sentiments from The Project Bin are easy to do that!)

I immediately thought of the rustic deer from the Deer Mom stamp set,

and paired it with a different holiday stamps:  North Pole.

Both of them offer a simple holiday greeting that was perfect.

 

After stamping out the deer, I added a sentiment to each card ~

giving it a slightly wonky look to the image and cardstock.

This beautiful Deer Mom stamp is shown here as another way to use the 

stamp set to extend the life of your stamps from The Project Bin 

and use them in a creative way!

 I hope you enjoyed the cards today!
You can see the stamp sets in entirety here:

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings ♥

~Kelly

Cards for the guys :)

 

Good Morning!

Today's card is showing the masculine side of card making

for the new challenge at The Ink Spot.
With only 39 days until Father's Day,
and just a handful more until summer,
I thought I'd created a card for the grill masters! 

 Dh used to do a lot of grilling back in the day,

now it seems like the kids (and their friends) have taken it over

and do a really good job :)

And there is nothing better than fresh veggies on the grill!

Yum! 

   

You can see more masculine cards from the DT

by visiting the blog at The Ink Spot,

as well as see all 6 stamp stores in one convenient place!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!

~Kelly

Card entered into Cards Und More - masculine cards

stamps and fun - male 
Creative card crew - Anything Goes 

Summer time fun!

Wow, it's Monday!  How did that happen! :) 

 

 

One of the greatest joys in crafting is the friends I've made

along the way and the crafting we do together!

While we are miles apart, I love that we chat everyday

via threads, texts, groups, etc ...

it just makes the whole crafting hobby that much more of a blessing!

 

I'm also usually rushing to the mailbox

and forget to take pictures of my swap cards!

But this time, I got lucky! :)

 

For today's card, sistah Gael from the SOTC hosted the swap this month

and her theme was ... ready for this! .... Non-masculine masculine!

Wowza!

This had me thinking outside the box!

Rather than the traditional 'guy' cards like sports and motorcycles,

she asked us to think outside the box and send a masculine card

not representing the obviously male .....

I thunk, and thunk some more .........

and reached for super cheeky Riley zipping along through the forest!

The new Riley and Company Challenge, hosted by Sandye,
is to show off some Summertime fun!
This will be my DT card for the week ♥

We actually had the opportunity to zip line in the Great Smoky Mountains
last year ~ oh, can I tell you how much fun I had :)
I would truly love to do that more often! 
 We were HIGH UP, zipping through trees - not open spaces!
Super exhilarating and energizing and oh. so. fun!

I hope the other swappers like my humble offering to the swap :)
I hope today is a summer play day for you!

Big hugs, Bigger Blessings! ♥
~Kelly

I'll enter this into:  Come and Get it - Animals

 Pile it on 26 - Outdoor Fun
Love to Create 122 - Three or More DSP!
 

Calendar Girls -- One for the Guys (Riley *Sneak Peek* 4!)

Happy Wednesday! 

It's the 28th of the month and that means the Calendar Girls

 are posting our monthly cards with a chosen theme ...

and
it's Day 4 of the

Riley and Company 
*Sneak Peeks* 

so my card is sharing double duty today :)

 

 Okay, our hostess this month is April and this was her challenge for us:

 

It is May and I always like to honor my father this month.
So, to celebrate him (and fathers every where) let us make a masculine celebratory card with any SCS sketch that ends in 25 (the year he was born).
Please let us know which sketch you used and a memory of a special man in your life!

Thanks, April!

 My card reflects a very special man in my life -- my brother ♥

He's currently stationed overseas in the Army and he is LOVING it!

He was born to be a solider and we could not be more proud of the tours of

duty he's had and the service to our country that he has given with pride.

 

But he is also a perpetual clown! 

There isn't anyone on this planet that loves to laugh as much as him,

play pranks and he's an absolute NUT JOB!

With that in mind, I thought of him with this new sentiment being released

"When I was a kid ..."

{Truthfully I haven't grown up much, either!:)}

                                 I used SC325 which looks like this:

 

 

And my card!

 

 and of course, my card inside :)

 

 

This was a great sketch to work with, April - thank you!

This FunnyBones sentiment stamp will be available on Thursday at our big new stamp release - 34 stamps in all!

 

• Join us for our release Blog Hop this Thursday 28th May 10 PM EST, starting on the Riley and Company Blog.
• 34 Funnybones Sayings to be released
• New Release Stamps available in the Riley and Company Store from Thursday 28th May10 PM EST.

 

Be sure to stop in and see what the rest of the Calendar Girls masculine cards

and

the Riley and Company DT *sneak peek* cards!

 

Thanks for stopping in today!
Big hugs, Bigger Blessings!
~Kelly

 

 card entered into:  Paper Minutes - animals
Created with Love - Lots of layers
Make my Monday -- card to make you laugh