FOR MEN ONLY! THE CARDS THAT IS!

A quick reminder of my goals for these cards:

1. Easily mailed / no extra postage - They get enough as it is in my opinion! 
2. Wide range of styles that reach out to the young men in our lives, the old or older, the tots, the ones who love jewelry, cuff links, rings, earrings (as so many of them wear now) etc. Basically those who love bling and those who don't!
3. To use items from my stash that have been long forgotten about! A Must!
4. To go back to what we did before the giant flowers, the fancy and not so brads, the rhinestones, the glitter glues, the bulky embellishments etc.
5. To get you all motivated enough to set time aside for making men's cards BEFORE you need them!

More for the men and not the last of them yet! I still have so many men's cards to load it's not even funny, FOR REAL, it's not! I don't know if any of you are tired of seeing them but... Here they are once again. Hope you enjoy this post! 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Bethann aka PawwPadd

 Didn't know what this one was going to turn into, started to trash it and my friend once again saved it! I just kind of drew the mountains and birds back there. After I'd placed the dog down, I really didn't know what to do with it, but I knew he needed to be looking out at something. Didn't have any mountain stickers or such so...

 These car stickers are very metallic with an irridescence to them

 I used a silver tape that I have had forever and ran it along the edges here. Dare to Dream is a rub-on, the plane is a sticker.

 Free Spirit is a rub-on

 Make a wish is a rub-on

 A Fresh Cuts

 Stickers that I simply overlapped

 These stickers were also overlapped

 Don't know if you can tell, but I actually added some stickles glitter to some of the swooshes around the football. This is a regular size card by the way. 5x7

 This is a 5x7 card and the stickers were overlapped. Cute for a little boy, I thought.

 This is another 5x7 card.

 Another 5x7 card and lots of stickers!

 This is a 5x7 card and the sports items are punch-outs. I was hesitant about entering this card but, I thought it would be cute for a little girls soccor player to give to her Dad, Brother, Uncle etc. What do you think?

 This car I  cut from an ad! The rest are stickers and paper.

 Hope you enjoyed this post! Thanks again for stopping by! See Ya!

AWWWW, A BABY SHOWER GIFT!

Hello All, Thought I'd show you what I've been up to in between loading my men's cards... Life does move on with or without us! This is a gift I made for my Minister and his wife who are expecting their first child in April! I have so much love and respect for this couple! They are such a good example of what GOD expects us to be in our lives and I'm blessed in having them as friends and a Christian Brother and Sister.

I actually made them a set a 20 Thank-You cards and decorated a tin for them to reuse. The front of the tin actually represents (pretty much) what the cards inside look like. They already know they are expecting a little girl so I thought I'd incorporate some pink for them. They are so excited about this event in their lives and I know they're going to be great parents!
Hope you all enjoy my photos and as usual thanks for stopping by!
Bethann aka PawwPadd

 This card as you can see was done with the swiss dot Cuttlebug embossing folder. I did the baby bottle with bow and the words by using a brass stencil my sister Rachel gave me. I Cuttlebuged the bottom with a border of buttons and then simply chalked them in same color combo as card. The mats on this card are simply large paint chips that I had picked up at Lowes or Home Depot some time ago! I cut them down and I love using paint chips because of their stability. They're wonderful! I used a paste with the stencil and before it dried I sprinkled it with an irridesant dust glitter.

 The next few cards are what the Thank you cards look like. I just did them in pink, purple and yellow and used a Pearl Cotton thread in varigated pastel colors to wrap and bring in the baby them. The base card is done with the Cuttlebug Thank You embossing folder. I used a 2002 Stampin' Up stamp as the focal image of the diaper pin and did it in matching color ink. The them of the baby shower was "Children's Books",  and one of them was Winnie The Pooh! I have quite a few Pooh stamps so I incorporated him into the cards. You will see his rear-end on the backs of the cards and his front side in the lower right corner of the inside of the cards. I love Winnie The Pooh so I really enjoyed using these stamps. By the way, these pooh stamps are actually about 20 years old and I don't really remember where I got them! There is a famous Pooh story about him visiting Rabbit and Rabbit, being a good host, offers Pooh some honey and of course you can't offer a Honey Bear honey without him getting really excited about having it! Pooh ate way too much honey while visiting Rabbit (all Rabbit had as a matter of fact) and when time to leave, Pooh could not fit through Rabbit's burro hole and got stuck! It's really a funny story! That's why one of these stamps shows Pooh's back and one shows his front! Cute huh?!

 Not a very good shot but it shows the shineyness of the Pearl Cotton Thread.

 This is the tin I did for the cards and pens. Simply used gingham ribbon, two different shades of pink buttons glued on top of each other (12 total) and each stack has pink gem stones glued on top. I used square gems (2) on one side of the can just to pull in the square in the gingham and the Pearl Cotton design. I simply did a mock card (front) to represent what is in the can. Thought it would make a nice design for the top of the can.

 The cards stacked in and the pens. I simply wrapped the pens in a satin white ribbon that has pastel colored baby feet all around it and tied it off with the same Pearl Cotton Thread, added tissue paper and it was done!

 Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by!