Hello there!  I'm so happy to be here posting a new card for Make it Monday.

This week, Laurie shows us how to make our own foam stickers.  Cool, huh?

Plus, the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is 'It's a Guy Thing'.  Which

is great because I have another masculine birthday card.  With more to come, too!

 

I certainly had a 'why didn't I think of this?' moment, and couldn't wait to give

homemade foam stickers a try.  I decided to use some fun foam that I had in

my stash.  Let me tell you, this stuff cuts amazingly with the die cuts!  Again,

'why didn't I think of this?'.  Simply brilliant!

So, with some fun foam and a PTI number die, I cut out this big cool '3' to be

the star of this card.  Then I found this stripey pocket card from a Studio Calico

project life kit.  With this, I die cut three candles with another PTI die.  The

sentiments were stamped from a set I received in a Studio Calico kit.  This set

actually falls in the NBUS category...  Love that I'm using my NBUS more now

than ever!  Thanks again, Darnell!!  Finally, I decided that the space of the die 

cut candles really needed to be stamped with the coordinating set, Make A Wish,

for visual happiness.  I'm sure the little guy who is going to be receiving this 

card would totally agree.  *wink*  So, I stamped those candles, popped up the 

stripey layer, and adhered the '3'.

Voilà!  Another masculine card for a special little guy.  Too much fun!
It's getting a little late to join in over at Make it Monday... But, I really
recommend giving a try at making homemade foam stickers.  I know
I'll be making more of my own in the future.  Until then, thanks for
stopping by.  And I hope you visit again soon!

xo, janelle 

Hey Hey!

Hey there!  Thanks for stopping by.  I've got a card to share today.  I made this 

one for my brother-in-law's birthday.  It was on Sunday and he already got this

in the mail.  So, no spoiler alert here.  ~ Hope you had a great day, Kelly!

So, have you heard all about 'NBUS'?  You probably have... But, just in case, 

NBUS stands for Never Before Used Schtuff.  Yep!  The brilliant Darnell over

at djkardkreations invented this little beauty of an acronym.  Then she created 

a challenge for us all to join in on the fun of using our NBUS with her... Yeah!

I found my inspiration from this card.  It is in the Signatures Sketches from

January's Inspiration Archive at Nichole Heady's blog, Capture the Moment.

I also used the color combo from the Color Play.  Beautiful colors, huh?

And since I hadn't busted out my Ombre Builders stamp set yet...  Well, it

just seemed like a perfect way to use some of my NBUS.  Too much fun!

 

The sentiment is from a set that I got in a Studio Calico kit.  Each line is a

different stamp.  So, it was really easy to create each strip.  Then I popped

them up with some foam adhesive.  That gave the card just the right amount

of extra touch that I felt it needed.  Masculine cards... keep 'em CAS, right?

I hope you get a chance to create with your NBUS and join the fun.

Bonus: CAS-ology has joined in on the NBUS craze and their current

challenge's cue card is NBUS.  Thank you, Darnell.  You inspire so many!

xo,

janelle

Happy Camper Birthday

Hello & welcome my fellow happy campers!

I have a birthday card to share with you that I've made for my father-in-law.

I just love this card by Dawn McVey.  She posted it here along with a bunch of other lovely cards for the kits over at Studio Calico this month.  I felt that it would make for a perfect layout to make this birthday card.  Thanks for the inspiration, Dawn!

One of my Father-in-Law's favorite places on this planet is Priest Lake, ID.  I know he just can't wait to take his granddaughter camping there.  Maybe this summer we can make this wish come true...  Until then, I hope he enjoys this campy style card.  

I'm linking this over at CAS-ual Fridays & at the Birthday Linky Party over at Stacy's Stamping Stage.

 CFC108: Create a CAS project that has some sort of a material, i.e. fabric, felt, canvas etc

Thanks so much for visiting!

I noticed that my visitor counter went over 1,000 today... yippee!!

It's just a mini-milestone on this wonderful blogging journey.

xo,

janelle

:: Happy Camper Birthday supplies ::

Go Party!

Hello!
I am just so happy that I found some time to make another card for
the current challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

CFC107: Create a Clean And Simple project that features at least one arrow

 This card is for one of my nephews who has a birthday coming up this month.  I struggle every year when it comes time to make them cards.  Not just because it's a masculine card for a young teen, but because I think these guys are just the coolest and I really want to make them a card that they just might like.  I think this card has a good chance...

See that brad?  I did a little modification on that one to 'go' with the card.  After some thought, I chose a brad from one of my collections and removed the center design already there to make a blank canvas.  Then I stamped the 'go' from the Travel Girl stamp set, cut it out to fit the brad, adhered it to the brad, and then applied a good layer of glossy accents.  (hehe!)  I am just giddy over the results.

Well, I gotta run and get this linked up.  Thanks for stopping by!

xo,
janelle

:: Go Party supplies ::

(misc supply: Fresh Ink)

Father's Day in July

Hi-ya!  Can you believe it's the 1st of July?!?!  I can't.  Where did June go?  

I still have 1 more Father's Day card to share with you...  

This card was sent to my hubby's dad.  

I had fun playing with all the trendy arrow goodies.  

And lots of foam for plenty of layers!

Lucky me, it fits the current challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays.

CFC107: Create a Clean And Simple project that features at least one arrow

I did happen to get some new goodies with lots of arrows...
So, hopefully I'll find time to create another card for this challenge.
Too much fun!!!

Also, the challenge over at the Simon Says Stamp blog is 'Anything Goes'.
So, I'm linking up over there, too.

Thanks for the visit!  Hope you'll stop by again soon.

xo,

janelle

 :: DAD supplies ::

(misc supply: Bazzil Basics cardstock)