Masculine Birthday Card

What a busy two weeks I've had decluttering and getting ready for our painter to freshen up our living space.  It's amazing how many collectibles and household goods get stashed away in cupboards, never to see the light of day.  I'm proud of myself as I've managed to box up all my copperware for a Spring garage sale and send off at least four boxes of dishes and Tupperware to some local charities.

Oh and I have to shout out about one of my biggest organizing accomplishments in February.  My husband and I have been procrastinating for quite a while about getting rid of our old Sony TV and cloth recliner.  So, when he brought it up last week again, instead of doing nothing I called 1-800-Got Junk and set up an appointment.  They came the next day and hauled these two items plus our old blinds.  What a relief that was!  

Here's this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #618

HERE'S MY CARD: 

Time for another masculine birthday card. I need several in the month of March, so this sketch challenge is perfect for using up scraps.  I decided to use some of the paper from the March Hello Spring Paper Pumpkin kit.  The background paper has a small design that has copper in it so that inspired me to make one of the stripes copper foil.  

This card got off to a funny start, as I was planning to do a standard top fold A2 card, and then somehow grabbed a 4 1/4 x 11 piece of basic beige by mistake. add to the confusion, thought I had laid my stripes on the bottom of the card and they were actually stuck on the side.  Oh well this is my version of the sketch and I'm sticking with it.  

SUPPLIES: 

Stamps and Dies: 

• February Paper Pumpkin Kit - Hello Spring paper 
• Stitched circles and Sizzix Nested dies for circle layers 
• "To A Wonderful Friend" and "for you" sentiments from Hello Spring PP stamp set
• "Happy Birthday" Picture Perfect Birthday #145519 (r)

Cardstock and DSP:

• Card Base 4 1/4" x 11"  Basic Beige scored at 5 1/2"
• Scrap Basic Beige for 1/2" circle  for sentiment
• 2" x 2" scrap Old Olive for circle die cut 
• 3/4" x 5 1/4" strip Copper Foil and 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" scrap for circle 

Ink:

• Copper Clay(r)

Accessories:  

• Dimensionals

I hope you like this card, and will leave me a comment.  I'm interested to know how many masculine cards visitors make during the month.  I always tend to need about four but try to have some extras on hand.  Come back again next week to see the other cards I have made with the March Paper Pumpkin kit.  Cheers!  

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT 

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up Demo since 2006

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March Hostess Code

 

Welcome to March.  It's with some sadness that I post the last Hostess Code for my customers.  Stampin' Up! has some changes coming up in April, so the hostess code rewards will no longer be available through my business site.  They will be replaced with an enhanced "Stampin' Up! Rewards" program instead.  

No worries though I will still send out thank you cards to all of my customers who purchase from me throughout the year.  

MARCH HOSTESS CODE:  

If you're planning on placing an order with me this month valued from $50 to $199.00 (before shipping and tax) just add my March Hostess Code #YMNCZC2W at the end of your order and you'll receive a reward from me value based on the total number of workshop orders received and a personalized thank you card from me.  

The benefits of shopping at my online store and adding my monthly Hostess Code are:

• You never have to go to a workshop or party, you can order from your own home.
• If you need help with your product choices just call or email me, I'm always here to help. 
• You decide when to place your order - daytime or evening my online store is always available 24/7.
• Want exclusive items that aren't available in any of the catalogues, well you can get them in the Online Exclusive Shop on my webpage. New Online Exclusives are released every two months.  
• Delivery is fast and comes directly to your front door.  Orders generally arrive within 5-7 days of placing your online order.

After you've placed your order and applied the current hostess code you'll receive a free surprise gift from me and thank you card generally within 2-3 weeks.

ADDING THE HOSTESS CODE TO YOUR ORDER:

If you don't already have an online Stampin' Up! account with me, you'll need to set one up.  It's fast and easy.  To add this month's Hostess Code locate the "shopping cart symbol" in the top right hand menu line on my web page.  It looks like this:

Before you finalize your Shopping Cart order at the checkout remember to add my March Hostess Code into the circled area marked "ADD HOSTESS CODE" (see blue circled area in above snapshot).  

Sadly, I'm unable to add the hostess code for you once your order is placed, so if you forget to add it before hitting the checkout button, it won't qualify for my free gift, although you'll still receive a personalized thank you card. 

Stampin' Rewards:  

If you place an order valued at $200 or more after tax and shipping you'll automatically receive Stampin' Rewards at the checkout based on your order total and will be prompted to enter product numbers adding up to the qualifying amount. 

NOTE:    My March Hostess Code promo closes at noon Monday March 31st, 2025 and your free gift and thank you card will be sent within 2-3 weeks. 

HAPPY STAMPING!

PENNY TOKENS STAMPIN' SPOT 

Penny Hanuszak, CDN Stampin' Up! Demo since 2006 

Click here to visit my 24/7 Online Store