Pink Fish, Yellow Fish, Green Fish

I wrote previously that I stumbled across some old Stampin' Up stamp sets at a local thrift store.  The other set that I bought at Value Village was a retired set called Fly Fishing.  I found very few examples on SplitCoast that I liked so I "borrowed" a concept from one of the cards.  That card is here.  After looking at it again I'd say my card is VERY different from hers. It's birthday and not graduation also.  Either way take a look at what I made.

I think that, for once, my idea turned out awesome! - Heidi

A Hunting we will Go!

Our Hobby Lobby moved about two months ago and they had all paper stacks for 50% off.  I guess they'd rather sell it than move it, but I am good with that!  I found this hunting/manly/outdoorsy stack of paper and of course I had to have it.  The designs are nice, but the paper is textured.  This makes it difficult to emboss on and photograph.  See what you think.

I messed around with a couple of different dies and some different birthday stamps and embossing powder.  The cards are A10s - so they are big.  I don't think they turned out too bad. - Heidi

A man card from body wash!?

I talked about "idea wandering" in a previous post.  That is what I call it when I go to stores and just wander looking for color combinations or card ideas.  This time my idea was right in my shower!  My husband uses this body wash.  What could be more manly than Old Spice?!  So I borrowed the color scheme and layout right off the bottle.

 I have been formulating this card in the back of my brain for some time now.  I have had finals to finish up my semester and have been otherwise busy.  I finally had the time to make my vision a reality (the card is a 5 X 7).  The colors are Pacific Point and Riding Hood Red.  The octagon is a Spellbinders die.  The background is Sanded and the ship is from the Open Sea from Stampin' Up.  As my brain is constantly churning I may go back and do another card with white embossed words to totally mimic the Old Spice bottle.  I'd say I need a hobby, but it's too late now!  Have a fabulous day - Heidi.

Outdoors and Postage

The above card is a CASE from Splitcoast Stampers.  I used her layout and colors except that when I combined the Summer Starfruit, Midnite Muse and Island Indigo the green looked more like Wild Wasabi than Gumball Green.  The set is Postage Due and it is stamped with Staz-on on glossy paper and then sponged with the above mentioned colors.

The next two cards use the manly set call The Great Outdoors.  I don't see a lot of examples using this card in the Splitcoast Galleries so I will do my best to promote the set.  I have a feeling Stampin' Up will pull it from the catalog next year.  Both cards use the Festival of Prints DSP from the Holiday 2012 Catalog.  That paper is so versatile I just wish they had made it in 12 X 12 instead of 4 X 6! Have a great night - Heidi

K & Company cards

These cards use the K & Company Travel 5 X 7 stack from Tim Coffey and EK Success.  The above card also uses The Open Sea from Stampin' Up and shimmer paint.  The below card uses the happy birthday from Recess set by Stampin' Up.  The card below also uses a variety of punches.  They are simple, but nice. - Heidi