Hats Off with Hat Builder

 My brother-in-law's birthday falls on the 4th of July.   His

card this year, was a no brainer.  A red-white-and-blue

baseball cap was in order.

The Hats Off Stamp set (p 47), with coordinating Hat Builder

Dies (p 159) has really grown on me.  It allows you to

personalize this standard headwear, for the recipient, which

is a pretty sweet deal.  I layered the cap on to a piece of 

Pattern Party Hostess DSP on page 171.

The sentiment was created with the Art Gallery Stamp set

(p 13) and cut out with the Floral Gallery dies on page 163.

Hey Birthday Chick with Dies

 Yes, I am overdue for a Hey Birthday Chick (page 65) card.

The Birthday Chick Dies (page 162) just make things

so effortless.  I used a layer of In Good Taste DSP (page 132) 

because it gives the appearance of a chicken coop.

I ran the card base through the Tasteful Textile 3d Embossing

folder to give that chicken some textured background.

The sentiments were cut out with Hippo and Friends

(page 162) dies.  I cut the top sentiment twice, to reduce

the size of the frame.  The balloon needed a bit of 

Linen Thread, so that completed the card.

Beauty of Friendship with Beautiful Trees Dies

 I really like simple, basic masculine cards.  The 

Beauty of Friendship Stamp set on page 11, with 

Beautiful Trees Dies (page 158) is perfect for this kind of card.

I stamped the trunk and tree top and then ran that layer through

the (retired) Subtles 3d Embossing folder.  I stamped the 

sentiment and cut it out with the coordinating die from this set.

From there, I simply layered things up, using a piece of

In Good Taste DSP (page 132) and Old Olive card base.