Masculine card

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to our Masculine Birtdhay challenge!

Irit is here and also it's a lst day to enter this challenge, you still have pretty much time to do so.

Here is my card made for this challenge: masculine colors and very general sentiment, but then it's just a good fit for the challenge.

First I made a background with Memory box mask : Texture distressed grid  and distress inks.
Then I made the focal panel with new released Backgrounds stamp using my favorite resist emboss technique: clear ink, white embossing powder and then  a lot of inking over the embossed image.
I used ATC white cardstock and then matted it over ATC black one with a bit of edge cutting.

I made the embellishment with Globecraft/Piccolo bird cage chipboard covered with embossing enamel and layered over the background shape and just added a piece of twine.
The sentiment was made with the new gorgeous sentiment set and my card was all done.
Seams like a lot of techniques, but then it's easy to make card.
Now it's your turn: just  one more day to enter the challenge! Go for it and you can win!

ATC Backgrounds #3 Clear Stamp Set	Distress Ink Pad DUSTY CONCORD	Distress Ink Pad MOWED LAWN	Black Artist Trading Cards ATCs
Distress Ink Pad PEACOCK FEATHERS	Distress Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN	Simple Greetings Clear Stamp Set	Black EP

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On the Hunt- Masculine Birthday

We are the most spoiled DT out there I think!  We get to play with lots of goodies at Sweet Stamps- the latest- The Globecraft Piccalo Accents and Enamel Embossing Powders.

 The texture from the Enamel EP's is so awesome- and I love the Copper accents in the Copper color- hope you can see that in the picture on the letters and the base of the deer. The top of the deer is embossed with Brownstone EP. This is one of the pieces from the On the Hunt Accents set. You can see the full set HERE. I think I know a couple of guys that would enjoy this card : )

We hope yo see you join us for the Masculine Birthday Challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly

For Dad Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #120 For Dad is...

Debi B

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree at shop.SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a NEW technique challenge every month, along with a weekly challenge each Tuesday!

Happy stamping!

For Dad with Guest Designer Elizabeth Hart

A Sweet welcome to Elizabeth! She will be joining in our June challenges as a Guest Designer. You can check out her creations here on Thursdays!

And now, a little about Elizabeth:

Welcome from Maryland. This is Elizabeth from Warm Harted and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for SweetStamps for the month of the June. This means that I have the opportunity to use the many fabulous stamps and supplies that SweetStamps offers in their on-line store and then show what gorgeous projects you can make with them! This week's challenge theme is: 

For Dad

I used the Gone Fishing Silhouette stamp (6009e).

I chose to make a center stair-step card to prominently highlight this great image.

First, I water colored the background paper then stamped the image in black ink. This was a very simple process but the effect was very dramatic.

I think any Dad, whether they fish or not, would enjoy this card.

Keep Stamping and I'll see you next week.

Elizabeth 
~Warm Harted~

For Dad with Guest Designer Donna K

A Sweet welcome to Donna K! Donna will be joining in our June challenges as a SweetStamps Guest Designer and you'll be able to see her posts here on Wednesdays!

Hello from Eastern, NC! I am Donna K from Created by Donna K and I am honored to be posting as guest designer today for SweetStamps.

Just a quick note about...ME: I've been creating with paper since about 1999.  I started with scrapbooking and quickly found my way to cards and mini albums, which are my favorite. I love the satisfaction of finishing a project in a short amount of time. (even though some cards have taken me HOURS to complete!)

I am the wife of a retired Marine and mom of three adult children and one spoiled Yorkie. Aside from crafting we spend a lot of time cycling, walking and riding our Harley. 

I came across SweetStamps via Facebook and I'm so happy that I did. I love the precise images of their stamps and have even played with the SweetCuts dies recently and they are just so very fun!

I hope that you will play along with this week's Dad challenge and link up your project for a chance to win some amazing SweetStamp treasures.

Now on to my card...

My Happy Father's Day card features a variety of papers and textures. 

My "goal" was to make the silhouette stamp stand out as if it were a vintage photo. I stamped and heat embossed the image in black. I think it shows up nicely on the aged papers.

I used the following goodies from SweetStamps to create this card:

9011C Happy Father’s Day

6009E Gone Fishin Silhouette

Thank you for stopping by today and thank you so much to Stacey and the talented crew of SweetStamps for having me.

I hope you have a wonderful day today!

~ Donna K

Challenge #120 For Dad

Greetings from Massachusetts! Father's Day is coming up, so this week's challenge theme is:

 For Dad

Come back this Wednesday and Thursday to see some more creations as we welcome two Guest Designers who will be joining in our challenges for the month of June!

Check out the manly creations from the Sweeties this week: 

Annette Andersson

Bonnie Sharp

*Calypso Bastian*

Carolyn LaBille

DeNetra Bates

Denise Paxton

Erika Selander

Irena Kowalczyk

Irit Shalom

*Jacqueline Hill*

Karrie Snider

*Kendra Sand*

Lisa Lahiff

Monica Edwards

Roxie Glaza

*Shelly Schmidt*

*Tamara Morton*

We'd love to see your masculine creation (cards, tags, scrapbook pages, and altered art are welcome), so come and join the fun! You could win a $20 shopping spree for goodies at SweetStamps.com's online store by playing along in our challenge! Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

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Don't forget our Monthly Technique Challenge (Flip Flop Card) runs through June 14th. Check out the monthly challenge here.

Next week's challenge theme will be Parchment Craft. Hope you'll join us for your chance to win some sweet stamps & stuff!

Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!
 

For the Guys Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's challenge #82 For the Guys is...

Lillian

 Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a new challenge every Tuesday!

Challenge #82 For the Guys

In remembrance of September 11th, please check out the 9/11 Day Movement and remember those who were lost 11 years ago and those who lost their loved ones.    

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Our challenge theme this week at SweetStamps.com is

For The Guys

We'd love to see your manly card creation, so come join in the fun! Remember to use a SweetStamps image on your creation to get an extra chance at winning $20 of rubber stamps from SweetStamps.com. Rules are listed in the sidebar and instructions can be found at the bottom of this post.

Take a look at what our talented design team sweeties have created this week:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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WIN FREE STAMPS! 

Join our weekly challenge

You can use any stamp on your challenge entry, but if you use a SweetStamps image, you will get two entries into the giveaway! To enter the challenge, please add the URL to your actual blog post or online gallery to the InLinkz at the end of this post. Please do not link to your main blog; we want to be able to find your post to leave you comments. Also, please link back to our blog.

Remember, you can only enter the challenge one time, use a SweetStamps image to get an extra entry in the challenge. Please limit the amount of challenges to 10 (including ours).  You must link back to us in your blog post.

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Next week our challenge theme is Shades of Autumn. Don't forget to stop by to see what our DT sweeties have created for you next week!

Happy Stamping! Hope your week is super sweet!

:) stacey