Fit for a Boy!

I decided to make a quick card for Alex today. His official football season ended on Friday - they lost their last game:( But Alex has really gotten to be a lot tougher player this season. And some pretty exciting news, their Varsity team is going to CCS play-offs. And Alex was chosen to be pulled up with the Varsity team!


Even though that means at least another week of practice (driving back and forth to the school - an extra hour and a half off my day!, more laundry to do, late nights with quick dinners...), I'm super excited for him to be a part of this exciting time with his team!


So anyway, I made him this pretty quick card to tell him that I'm proud of him!

His school colors are Royal Blue, Black and White, but I decided to just go for a masculine look for the card - and I kinda like it!!


I used the Houndstooth Embossing Folder for some added texture. And I stamped the football directly onto the First Edition Newsprint papers for something a little fun! And I only added a little 'subtle' bling with the black Glimmer Brad!


Hope you had a great Sunday today,


Julie

Mocha Morning Makes it Masculine!

I needed a quick masculine card today for my brother's birthday. So I went with this super simple layout - and pulled out some Mocha Morning papers - Wah lah! I love how those papers have just the right mix of stuff - a lot of it is great for masculine cards.

And a quick Happy Birthday from the Perfect Punches set. It's punched out with the Wide Oval punch and then layered on a Lots of Tags Big Shot die cut. - Some great "must-haves" for quick cards!

Oh, and I did run the background through the Houndstooth Embossing Folder - hmmm, Houndstooth checks and stripes together?? Oh well, I think it's ok on a card!


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

Sometimes You Just Gotta CASE!

I had a super busy week of just life kind of stuff, and I did have good intentions of posting more on my blog. Well, it just didn't happen. But I did get a lot of stuff done, including some upcoming projects (and stuff that I'll probably blog about another day!).

But, today, after cleaning off my stamping space, I decided to CASE a beautiful card I had seen this week - and I was dying to make! I saw this card on Stamping 411, which I do a lot of their Challenges, and it was made by Lee Conrey. She does really clean and pretty work - I love her style! So I had to make one for myself!

I think my card is pretty much exactly like hers. But if you have an 'eagle eye,' you might notice that I even cut around the antennae on each butterfly. I guess I either had a lot of patience this morning, or I needed the therapy of cutting! Either one is good, huh?!

And probably the hardest part was the double bow! It wasn't super tough, and I think it turned out pretty good!


Thanks for stopping by,


Julie

Casing Myself for Class!

Here's a card we'll be making at class this Friday. It may look a little familiar, and that's because it's a CASE of one of my own cards. I used a different stamp, but it's from the same set, Button Buddies.

I decided to use this particular stamp because I wanted to show the "Any Color Pearl" centers on the flower buttons. First of all, those super-cute little flower buttons scream for a center. And although the Rhinestone Jewels are one of my favorites, I think the Pearls, especially with color on them, make the flower buttons POP!

So, if you're coming to class on Friday, you'll learn the little secret to making that color happen!!

And because I can't just leave a cute card cute, I had to add a "to die for-cute" clothespin... and if you have a clothespin, it's got to have a cute accent... yep, a linen thread bow.


I hope to see you at class on Friday,


Julie