Simple Saturday: In the Meadow

In the Meadow.0217Did you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day yesterday?  I don’t have a drop of Irish blood in me but I did wear a green t-shirt and my shamrock earrings.  We did have a few friends over for Rueben sandwiches and some green food items.  We had some March Madness basketball on but weren’t really watching it.

Did you fill out a bracket?  I like to fill one out even though I don’t really follow college basketball.  I just guess.  I’ll choose a team from a state where I lived or choose it from the sound of the name.  I chose Gonzaga to take it all just because it’s a fun word to say!  Ha!  I’m sure basketball fanatics everywhere are cringing when I say that!  Oh, well.  We’ll see how well I do.  After 36 games I only have 5 wrong picks to I’d say I’m doing pretty well!  I must be a good guesser!  🙂

It’s another installment of Simple Saturday today!  This week’s card is made using Stampin’ Up!’s In the Meadow stamp set.  Simple and perfect for a guy.  Those masculine cards are hard to come by, aren’t they?

I just stamped the tree and the grass stamp multiple times.  That was it.  I did add an extra layer of Basic Black along with some Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine to finish it off.

Have a great day and good luck on your March Madness Bracket!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

May is for Masculine (cards)!

IMG_8393Every May I hold a class where we make 5 guy cards.  With Father’s Day and my dad’s birthday in June it’s the perfect time for those hard to design cards.

I used the In the Meadow stamp set on this card.  It wasn’t one of the first stamp sets I chose from the Occasions Catalog but I knew I’d be getting it eventually. There are some beautiful images in the set.  I especially like the mountains.

This card would be great for any occasion.  I can using it for a sympathy card, can’t you?  Hmmm…I may have to whip up a few extras of these.

If you don’t have this stamp set yet don’t fret.  It’s going to be in the new 2016-2017 catalog.  🙂

You’ll be happy to know that I actually made a few cards today.  I’ll be sharing them with you soon.

Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!