Three Cheers

Good morning all.

My doesn't time fly when you are enjoying yourself!

Is it really a whole 7 days since I last wrote it was time for a new challenge at Cardz4Guyz.

This week our topic is -

FOOD and DRINK

For my card I went with just the drink part!

Astute readers will recognize that this is the same layout as my baby card on Saturday. Well as I was making that one I couldn't decide on the colour of the base card, so cut this cream panel but eventually went with a white linen one instead. So waste not want not. I found a panel of left over NitWits paper and used that as well, I am trying to cut down on all my bits and bobs that have accumulated but its a large stash.

The image is one I picked up from the Range awhile ago from the Fizzy Moon collection called Cheers. I stamped and coloured with Copics then fussy cut the image, adding a few hi lights with a white gel pen on the glasses. I kept the sentiment pretty ambiguous, the final card can then be used to cover a variety of situations from exam to success to a new job or promotion as well as a significant birthday!

That's about it from me, for more info please check out the rest of the DT and why not join us, we'd love to see what you come up with. 

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613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes optional twist of a masculine card
ABC Challenge - E is for Everything

A bundle of joy.

Good morning, hope I find you fine and dandy.

The weather is supposed to be a little better this weekend after a drop in temperatures in the week here in Shropshire!

As it's Saturday its time for a new challenge over at Fantasy Stampers.

This time Jan has chosen the theme of - 

A NEW BABY

Here is my card for your inspiration.

I used this sketch which was one I liked from Sketch Saturday a couple of months ago and a scrap of NitWits paper with this sweet LOTV image called Balloon Basket, which I picked up at Port Sunlight last October. This is its first outing.

The panel of DP was glued flat to the linen textured base card then using the rest of the A$ sheet of white card I cut a narrow panel, then cut a circular apperture. The outer ring was cut with a slightly larger die then again with the original and then glued over the apperture.

After stamping and colouring the image with Copics I fussy cut it and glued it across the center of the opening. I coloured some thin white satin ribbon with a Copic to match my colouring then wrapped it around the top panel and tied a bow. The greeting from Molly Bloom, was stamped in black, the whole top panel was then popped up on pads.

For more inspiration check out the rest of the DT and why not join in.

If you do join in please remember -

We can only award a Top 3 to projects with traditional 'rubber' or polymer stamping as the main focal point. Digital or die cut images as the main focus do not qualify for the top 3.

It's such a shame when we have to disqualify fantastic projects for not following the rules.

Please don't be put off, just get out those trusty stamps!

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CAS card for a guy?

Morning all and welcome. 

As it's Tuesday and it's 9 o'clock it must be time for a new challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

This week we would like to see your projects for the males in your life that are -

BLACK and WHITE

What do you think of when you here that? I thought of piano keys, old TV programmes, movies and footballs, soccer to our US friends!

Here is my card or should I say cards.

   

I'd seen a similar card using balls, basket balls in that case, on Etsy and thought what a good idea it was for a simple card especially for a guy.

The ball stamp I've had for many many years, I think I picked it up from the Stamp Man stall at a Harrogate show. I used a die to cut it out then simply added the lines and sentiment.

Job done!

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With my second card

White space but not  WHITE 

And because I used a HLS sentiment

Birthdays

Stencil Monoprint

Good evening folks.

Just stopping by to share a card I made for a few challenges. I must admit I love it when I can combine a few challenges together, it's very satisfying!

I've had the panel that forms the basis of this card for quite awhile. It is in fact a waste not want not print I took after making this card last summer.

. After stamping through the Flutterby stencil from STAMPlorations, there was a lot of ink left on the stencil itself and the Yorkshire gal in me just couldn't wipe it off and waste it, so I spritzed the stencil with a little water then took a monoprint. The white space was a little unclear so to sharpen it up I replaced the now clean stencil and inked though with Versamark then embossed with white EP.

I used a MFT die to cut the wave and stamped happy birthday repeatedly in the space.

All done and dusted and another piece scrap used up!

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My choice is embossing

     

STAMPlorations theme and sketch

Good afternoon and welcome to this post to announce the start of a brand new monthly challenge over at STAMPlorations.

Here is my card for your inspiration.

You can use the sketch

        

or the theme or combine both to get your creative juices flowing.

For this card I stuck with the sketch element of this month's challenge.

I recently saw a video for a technique using layers of clear embossed images to resist ink here, so thought I would use the technique for the bottom half of the card. I wanted a springlike flavour for this panel so used Twisted Citron DI as my chosen ink. The stamps I used for this technique were two of the plain Trendy Leaves set.

 Once I had a panel I was happy with I die cut a 'happy from it and then raised it up on a couple more layers cut from scrap white card. The 'birthday ' is from the the Balloons and Banners set stamped in black.

So that's my project, please check out the main blog for all those Ts and Cs and details of all the other DT projects as well as this month's fab GDs, Ashwini, Mac Mable and Conil.

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