Welcome to the Creatin' With Kirsteen stop on the June Kre8tors Hop.
This month the theme is Masculine.

Who doesn't struggle with Masculine cards?
Heck - I struggle to think of gifts as well as cards...what to get the man that has all the stuff he wants?
A GIFT CARD! And - make a gift card holder to show him you care enough to make something ;P

For this Gift Card Holder I used some new product from the 2020-2021 catalog, some carry-over product and one of my tutorials from a few years back.

This is a double slider card - with a slot for a gift card in one of the slider 'wings'. When you pull the tab on the right hand side, a tab slides out from both sides :)

As I said in the original post for this Double Slider Gift Card Holder - usually these are made with 12" wide pieces of card stock - but I altered the dimensions so we can use regular 8 1/2" x 11" card. 

There's a list of products used at the bottom of this post.

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Roll Call List
Melissa Tennison (USA)
Libby Fens
Sandra Roberts (UK)
Jacqui Lawrence (UK)
Laura Mackie (UK)
Anastasia Radloff
Jo Blackman (UK)
Cheryl Taylor (UK)
Sue Allen - Australia
Kristie Wilson
Susan Simpson
Kirsteen Gill (USA)
Su Mohr
Ann Krucek - Corner of Plaid and Paisley
Rochelle Laird-Smith (Australia)
Cheryl Hamilton
Dana Sullivan
Nicole Mahler
Jan Musselman - USA
Angie McKenzie - USA
Tricia Butts
Rebecca-Jo Unwin- Australia

Don't you think any animal looks SO CUTE with a little tilt of their heads?
Already cute animals get even more cute!
There are so many animals you can make with the Foxy Friends Bundle - a stamp set with matching punch.
We used this bundle at The KILTS meeting this past weekend, and made a few projects with it.
The first was a little raccoon - with a titled head - it is as though he is asking 'How're you?' ' How's things?'
And so I paired him up with a sentiment from the Sitting Here stamp set that seemed so appropriate for him with his little head tilt whilst sitting on a tree stump...

To make this card I used these products:

Yesterday I showed you a card that used Red Foil cardstock as a whole  layer - and if you cut that foil carefully you'll get 12 cards from a pack of card with a few bits left over.
Here is what I did with those left over bits....punched out lots of little hearts using the mini hearts punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.
I embossed some thick Whisper White cardstock with the Happy Heart Texture folder and added a little X and O from the Bloomin' Love Stamp Set.

The Sale-a-bration catalog is full of great card samples - and some are quick, easy and - clean lines (which you know I love!)
This 'Botanicals for you' Stamp set is FREE when you purchase $50 of Stamping' Up! Product! - and guess what - you can buy everything you need for this card for $51.50! That makes 26 cards!!!
Scroll down for a list of what you need - you can even click on 'Supply list' and you'll have the full list ready to print out!

Don't you love the POP! that white embossing powder gives on a dark card stock?
And the contrast of bright colors on a dark background?
I had already decided I wanted to include white embossing on a dark card in my card Buffet Class last week but was struggling to find something else to use on the card when I saw Dena's card HERE had the black and white layers - but the pop of color was just what I was looking for.

HINT: Use your embossing buddy - a LOT, on dark card stock.
​It's okay to get lots of powder on the card - yes it leaves the dark card looking cloudy but once you've embossed with your heat tool you can go back with a VERY slightly damp cloth and give the card a wipe - this will return the dark card to it's original rich dark color ;) 

I am not a hearts girl - so I find designing St. Valentine's cards for card buffet class quite difficult. I do like clean simple lines though and when I saw this card layout HERE, I knew it would be great using some of the Love Blossoms designer paper as well as a wee bit of bling from the new Blushing Bride Glimmer paper. The splodges from Gorgeous Grunge stamp set give the card a wee bit more dimension too.

Welcome to the Stampin Friends September Blog Hop!
We will be hopping on the third Thursday every month, with a different theme to inspire you each time :)
The theme for September is 'Everything Fall'.
If you just arrived from Cheryl's Blog, thank you for continuing with the hop!
You can continue on the blog hop in a loop by clicking on the Next button below.

This month we are excited to have three Awesome Guest Hoppers that you should definitely check out!

Barbara Welch
Kim Smith
Maria Willis

Don't you LOVE Fall?
I do...the crisp mornings and the colours.  It is something I very much miss living here in Katy Texas - we don't really have Fall. Certainly not the way Scotland has Autumn!
But, I can get to play with Stampin' Up! colours and pretend!
So, at a recent Downline event I used Fall colours to create the table settings, then used those as inspiration for a fall card.,

I hope you enjoyed my projects. You can click on Next to go on to Lisa's Blog and continue on with the hop.
I am appreciative of your comments - please leave one below if you have time :)
I have listed the Stampin' Up! products I used at the very bottom of this post.

Blog Hop Links:
1. Elizabeth
2. Tina
3. Andrea T.
4. Deana
5. Raquelle
6. Maria
7. Kim
8. Mandy
9. Barbara
10. Siara
11. Andrea P.
12.  Cheryl
13. Kirsteen (you are here)
14. Lisa

What you need to make these projects:

Last week I worked on a little packet of notecards as a door prize for my Catalog Sneak Peek. These new In Colors are growing on me....
Tip Top Taupe, Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon, Mint Macaron, and the background color - and color of all the leaves is Cucumber Crush.
For these cards I used the Aqua Painter - very gently, and picked up ink from the lid of the ink pads. Then I went back and very gently added some darker color with the fine tip of the markers. The stamp set is called 'You've Got This' - another 'thought-I-wouldn't-like-it-but-do-now' of the new products :)
WATCH OUT FOR A CLASS COMING SOON!