Black And White Birthday w/Kara

Hello! Today, I thought I'd have a go at taking a feminine set - Flock Yeah! - and giving it a masculine feel.

Now, I said I was going to challenge myself not to use black on my next project and I failed. Even though I failed my personal challenge, I was successful in creating a card that I love. These flamingos in shades of black and gray look so cool! As they say, If it ain't broke, don't fix it!

I started stamping my background by placing the main flamingo in the center of my card panel. Working off that main image I stamped vertical rows of flamingos. I stamped them head to head and toe to toe. I knew that center flamingo was going to be my focal point so I stamped and die cut another and colored it with gray Copic markers (T1, T4, T6). I added black Copic coloring to all of their beaks and some clear Wink Of Stella because it just looks so pretty. I finished off the design with some party accessories and a sentiment from Oh My Gostrich! (the "brother" set of Flock Yeah!)

Speaking of Oh My Gostrich! This design would look equally as great swapping out the flamingos for the ostrich.

Hopefully this gives you some ideas. Take a look at your stash and see if there are any "feminine" sets that could fit a masculine theme just by switching up the colors.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 PURE COLOR Black Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Flock Yeah! Shop at: WP9	Flock Yeah! Die Shop at: WP9
Oh My Gostrich! Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Die Shop at: WP9

Mix and Match Stamp Sets w/Joni ft. Modern Anemones

Hello Everyone, Joni here sharing another take for the Valentines Day card ideas. For this project I used the oldie but goodie Modern Anemones stamp and dies, then combined it using the sentiment from the Biggest Fan stamp set.

To begin, I distressed the white cardstock panel using Distress Oxide Inks in Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Faded Jeans. I then splattered the panel with water and gold watercolor paint to create a little texture. Next, I die-cut the center using the decorative die from the Oh My Gostrich! Die. I stamped the card base that shows through the die cut window with the large "love you" sentiment from Biggest Fan.

For the florals, I stamped the anemones and leaves from Modern Anemones on white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. I used the coordinating Modern Anemones Die to die cut all of the images.

I adhered the florals at the top and bottom of the card, framing the sentiment, with foam tape for a little more dimension. I also used a few Pretty Pink Posh Ivory Jewels for added interest.

For my next, card I used the same products, but added the Milk and Cookies stamps and dies to the mix. These sets are not something that one might think to used together at first glance.

But, I think they look pretty awesome together! How about you?

I started by distressing white cardstock with Distress Oxide Inks in Abandoned Coral and Worn Lipstick. Again, I splattered the panel with water and watercolor gold paint.

For this card I stamped the large "love you" again from the Biggest Fan then stamped the "we're just better together" sentiment from Milk and Cookies over the middle of it. I adhered the florals from Modern Anemones behind the milk and cookie images. And like the last card, I again used the Pretty Pink Posh Ivory Jewels to finish the card.

I hope you guys enjoyed my take on mixing and matching your sets and gives you some ideas to incorporate into your own work. Make sure to shop your stash and experiment pairing different things together. It can really breathe new life into those older products. And, you may even find something that would look great with a new product that you've had your eye on!

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you have a wonderful week!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the featured Wplus9 supplies used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase.

Wplus9 Modern Anemones Stamps Shop at: WP9	Biggest Fan Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Die Shop at: WP9	Modern Anemones Die Shop at: WP9
Milk & Cookies Shop at: WP9	Milk & Cookies Die Shop at: WP9

Keep Your Head Up - Masculine Cards w/Dawn

Hello crafty friends! Yes, I'm still alive! I've taken a little hiatus from social media, I know. Not planned at all, but you know, life. Sometimes other priorities take center stage.

But, I've still been here and still doing my thing in the background. Our next release of new products will be coming at the end of August. I have a few more things that, again, took priority. But once those are complete, I'll be back in the saddle fully.

In the meantime, I have a couple of cards to share with you. I have shared these previously on Instagram, so if you follow us there, that's why they may look familiar.

If you have been on the fence about these little cuties from "Oh My Gostrich!", well, these might push you over the edge. Sorry. My absolute favorite use for this set is for masculine cards. Now it can be used for women or men, but I love that it's not girly or frilly, but also not the stereotypical "fish, tools, barbecue" motifs either.

It's still fun. I chose to pair it up with our Whimsy Alpha stamp set just to reinforce the quirkiness of it. And I kept the layout and design quite clean and simple.

I stamped "OMG" three times in a vertical stack using Whimsy Alpha in our Wild Mango ink. Using Copics, I colored and then die cut a male ostrich (let's face it, the male ostrich is so much prettier than the female ostrich) to pop up with foam tape right on top.

I added a banner from the Oh My Gostrich! Die and then stamped the sentiment to tie the background in with the sentiment. I left the inside blank so that I could fill it in when needed. (if it ever makes it to the mail box! haha) But there are a few sentiments included in the set the would complete the card and be suitable for many occasions, from birthday to encouragement.

I really loved this design, so I created another with a longer message for the background.

I arranged the letters on my MISTI to spell out "Keep Your Head Up". Any where I did not have enough of a duplicate letter, I just left the space open so that I could come back and add it after my initial stamping. I inked and then stamped all of my letters at once in Falling For Blue ink. I then came back in and stamped the missing letters in Silving Lining using an acrylic block. I did purposely leave out the "U" in the first pass so that I could balance out the design and stamp it in using Silver Lining as well.

Same as before, I colored and die cut another ostrich and then popped him up over the background sentiment. Before adhering him, I stamped and heat embossed my smaller "Things will get better" sentiment onto black cardstock and trimmed it down. I played around with the placement of both before committing to ensure that the sentiment underneath would still be legible even though portions where covered.

That's it for today. I hope that you enjoyed todays project! This really is one of my new favorite designs. If you don't have these exact sets, you could always play around with large alphabet stamps and different sets you may already own to create something similar.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope your week is off to a fantastic start!

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Wplus9 White Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Black Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Shop at: SSS | EH	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun Hero Arts Shop at: SSS
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Shop at: SSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	EK Success CRAFT TWEEZERS Precision Tip Shop at: SSS	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit Shop at: SSS | EH
Wild Mango PURE COLOR Dye INk Shop at: WP9	WOW Super Fine Bright White Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS	Sizzix BIG SHOT Shop at: SSS	Falling For Blue PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
EK Success CUTTER BEE Scissors Shop at: SSS	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full Size Shop at: SSS	Sizzix Magnetic Platform Shop at: SSS	Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder Bag Shop at: SSS
Silver Lining PURE COLOR Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Shop at: WP9	Oh My Gostrich! Die Shop at: WP9	Fiskars 4 Acrylic BLOCKS SET w Storage Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch MARKER W3 WARM GRAY Grey Shop at: SSS | EH	Copic Sketch MARKER W7 WARM GRAY NO. 7 Shop at: SSS | EH	Copic Sketch Marker W8 WARM GRAY NO.8 Shop at: SSS | EH	Copic Sketch Marker W1 WARM GRAY No. 1 Shop at: SSS | EH
Copic Sketch Marker W0 Warm Gray Shop at: SSS | EH	Copic Sketch MARKER 100 BLACK Shop at: SSS | EH	Whimsy Alpha Shop at: WP9