A Masculine Birthday Card - Designer Jan Francis

Hello Everyone:  I probably should have posted this card earlier in case anyone wanted to copy this same format for a Father's Day card, however, it's not too late for masculine birthdays later in the year or even in the coming year.  Hope you love this card by our very own Jan Francis as much as we do!

Isn't this clever?  Jan used Creative Impressions Cork Paper along with some paper scraps, a Happy Birthday stamp and alphabet pieces to create this beautiful card.

Jan die cut several stars from cork paper as well as a mat created with the same paper onto which she layered all the separate pieces.  She cleverly used two scrap pieces of patterned paper die cut in a rectangular shape, layering the second piece with foam dots.  Then she added the cut stars, adding bits of foam tape to the edges of the larger stars in order to bring them to the same level as the die cut patterned paper piece.  All that was left was to stamp Happy Birthday at the bottom of the cork layer and add some heavy card alphabet pieces spelling the word "Dad" and the card was finished.  Easy and elegant!

If you would like to copy this idea, we have Cork Paper available n either 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" sheets (89000), in 12" x 12" (89001) or in a package of 5 (8 1/2" x 11 3/4") sheets (89005).  Let us see what you create!

Susan

A TRIO OF BEE THEMED CARDS

Hello everyone:  Did you wonder what happened to me?  Well, during this crazy time of the pandemic I have moved my 90 year old parents here to Colorado from California and then I went back to sell their house and bring their car here. I haven't had much time to think of cards, but now I'm slowly digging out of extra stuff brought to Colorado and am ready to create again.  Hope you enjoy these cards:

I had so much fun creating these cards!  I gathered up most of my "bee" stamps, added some Creative Impressions embellishments and a Tim Holtz die and off I went!

The first card is probably the simplest, but they are all simple to create:

I stamped my sentiment in the center of a piece of white card stock and then stamped three bees around the sentiment.  I used a black pen to create a little flight path for my bees..  I had some black card stock scraps which I adhered to the top left and bottom right of the panel.

To make this card pop, I wrapped a length of Creative Impressions Bee 1/2" Printed Ribbon ( 70443)        around this panel.

To finish the card, the entire panel was adhered to a yellow card stock panel and finally to a white card.

 Now for the second card.  I apologize that I didn't take a separate photo.  It is the card in the center:

For this Happy Birthday card, I  actually hand drew the beehive and cut it out.  I then used a Tim Holtz Sizzix Honeycomb die to cut out a honeycomb from yellow card stock and placed it behind my cut out beehive.  I cut a yellow card stock panel and placed it behind the beehive.

I used some Creative Impressions Heritage Small Felt Blossoms and Leaves ( 62002 ) , along with Heritage Mini Rounds (90173) to create two flowers at the left hand side of the hive and three more towards the bottom right of the card.  I took another length of Creative Impressions Bee Ribbon and wrapped it around the bottom of this panel knotting it over the flowers.  

Lastly, I stamped, colored and cut out three bees and adhered them to different areas of the bee hive.

To create the third and last card, I used the  leftover yellow "hexagons" from the die cut honeycomb and glued them in different areas of my card.  I stamped "Thinking of You' on part of the white panel.  Three bees were stamped onto scrap card stock, cut out and adhered to the card.  This white panel was  adhered to a black mat, wrapped with another piece of CI bee Ribbon and finally adhered to a white card.

I hope you have enjoyed this Trio of Bee Cards.  Now get some Creative Impressions Ribbon and other embellishments out and show us your take on "Bee" cards!  We would love to see them!

Susan