Lazy summer days

It's time for my midway post for

We Love Stamping

where the theme is summertime/anything goes.

Just be sure and stamp somewhere!!

We have two amazing prizes up for grabs

so be sure and join us!!!

For my card I used a sunshine stencil from

Crafts Direct2U using wild honey distress inks.

I added some of my text washi tape to the bottom

then ran the whole lot through my sewing machine.

I stamped the boy using an old Whiff of Joy set

called fun in the sun. He was coloured up with

markers.

I stamped some birds from a set called

Mountain Air (SU).

I punched a circle to fit into my sun stencilling

and added the sentiment and same colour

and 3d'd in place.

I would like to enter this into

Crazy is our fame - stencils

HQCOLCB - celebrations option masculine

Unicorn Challenge - no designer paper

Let's craft and Create - ag + fun in the sun

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Inspirations - summer sunshine

Windy and cold here today.

What a change in the weather.

But at least I will get something done today lol.

Have a lovely weekend.

Sports and hobbies

Our June challenge over at

WE LOVE STAMPING

has the theme sports and hobbies/anything goes.

We have a lovely prize up for grabs

so be sure and join us.

For my card I use mostly scraps of leftover sports paper (SU)

and then made two tags for the centre,

stamping the golfer and colouring him up

with markers.

I decorated with card candi and die cut golf balls

along with the birthday wish and golf

sentiment all from the same stamp set called

Clubhouse (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - men/boys

Hearts Quest Celebrations of love - option masculine

Craft Rocket - birthday

Sweet Stampin' - for the boys

Girlz Makes Guyz cards - no squares

Dragonfly Dreams - masculine

My daughter has had her drain removed this morning

and her temperature seems normal.

Fingers crossed she gets out but has to

go back on Wednesday for more bloods.

Now I can breathe again!!

They're our babies no matter what age they get to.

Jockey on tour!

Another card for a friend to send to Australia.

I have been making cards for this boy for about 20 years now

and believe it gets harder every year to come up

with a different theme lol.

He is a jockey but also likes traveling so

I used an image from Kenny K and put jockey on tour

on his shirt.

In the background is a photo of a famous French horserace.

The papers are from Nitwits called Little Tumbleweed.

He has been coloured with markers then fussy cut.

I would like to enter this into

Daisy Chain - boys/men

Paper Rocks Scissors - anything with paper and/or scissors

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Have a great weekend!!

Birthday card

My busy birthday month (April) is closing in fast

so I am trying to get ahead.

This card is for my eldest Grandson Oliver but this one is from

his Great Granny. So I need to come up with another version for him lol.

For this one I have used a Mo's Digital Pencil image.

The background papers are old ones from my stash,

and he has been coloured up using markers.

I added his age and a sentiment using Nitwits

and my computer.

I would like to enter this into

Krafty Chicks - masculine

Everybody-Art - for a boy

Unicorn challenge - boys/men

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Mirtillamente - anything goes

Mix it Up - anything goes option layers

Level Up!

I have another birthday card to share with you.

This one is for an 8 year old and I have used a cute

image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Level Up.

I followed the sketch over at Cardz 4 Guyz challenge

for the layout and the papers are old ones from my stash.

He has been coloured up with my markers

and I finished with some silver card candi.

I would like to enter this into

Cardz 4 Guyz - a sketch

Everybody-Art - kids/babies

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Passion for Markers - embellish it/anything goes

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything goes or add some sparkle

And relax!

I have another birthday card today.

This time it's for a friend's Grandson who

works very hard and forgets to have fun sometimes!

I have used papers from an old pack called

Birthday from Paper Pizazz.

The image is from Bugaboo, coloured with my markers

and I used some stamps from a set called

Beautiful Balloons (SU).

I would like to enter this into

2 Sisters on the blog - men's cards

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark

Craft Rocket - Happy Birthday

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy Birthday

 

Time well spent!

I made this card for a friend to give to her son.

He is a Grandad now himself and one of his youngest

Granddaughter's is just like this little girl lol.

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil called Love you Daddy,

and the papers are from Nitwit's called

Manpants.

I have coloured the image with my markers.

I would like to enter this into

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Passion for Markers - favourite colours (pinks & blues)

I 💓 ProMarkers - anything goes or Springtime

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option birthdays

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - Happy birthday

Roughing it!

A bit odd barbequing in November but this card is winging it's way

to Australia where this man will be camping and cooking for sure.

I used an image from Bugaboo and coloured him up with markers.

The background, embellishments and paper are all from

Nitwits Camping download.

I would like to enter this into

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

I Love ProMarkers - anything option flowers

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything option add ribbon

I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

The beach is my happy place!

Friday the 13th! 🙄 I'm too long in the tooth now to worry lol.

I have another card I made before going on holidays.

This was for a boy who loves to surf and lives in Australia.

The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil and the papers are from

Nitwits. I used a few cut outs from an old paper pack

to embellish.

He has been coloured using my markers.

I would like to enter this into

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz - anything goes

Digi Choosday - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Hole in one!

I had a male birthday card to make for a man who loves golf.

I pulled out some left over paper from a set called Country Club (SU)

and I also had a large embossing folder that had the same pattern

so did a piece of white in that. It is from CraftWell.

I layered up all my papers on green card then I cut

a circle of designer paper from the same pack.

This time it was a black and white scene image which

I coloured up with my markers.

I then stamped the golfer from the Club House bundle (SU),

coloured him up and die cut him.

The sentiment is from the same set and the SON came from

a stamp set called Family Party (SU).

I finished off the card by die cutting some tiny golf balls

and adding them to the corners.

I would like to enter this into

Dream Valley - anything goes

PINspirational - die cuts

Creative Inspiration - summer fun

Cut It Up - anything with dies

creative Crafting  Uncles - anything goes

Beautiful Balloons

I made this card for my nephew Brendan from his Granny.

He is turning 40 next month!!

I went with a fun fold celebration card using 

Beautiful Balloons stamps and die.

The fold is nothing exciting, just two creased, concertina folded

and a front added.

I used Country Woods papers as they have a nice manly feel.

I stamped and die cut lots of balloons and some stars for the top.

I used the Alphabest set for the numbers on the balloon.

Inside I stamped the sentiment on the left along with some candles

from a set called Approaching Perfection.

The sentiment on the right has been printed from my computer

and die cut with a rectangle die.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - August challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

PINspirational - use die cuts

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Moments - patterned paper

Masculine Fun Fold

Pop Up Pillar card.

Side view.

Folds flat for posting.

Today, for my midway post at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

I have gone with a funfold birthday card for my son Milo.

He is very in to his cars so I have gone

with a car theme.

The papers I used are retired SU ones.

The stamp sets used are

Geared Up Garage  (SU) for the car and all the embellishments.

I used a Lisa Horton stamp set (Linen Texture)

for the sentiment.

I added chalk pen lines up the sides and

there is a verse on the back of the card!.

I used promarkers, silver gel pen and memento ink to colour

and alphabet dies from Helen Griffin for his name.

Took me ages lol but I do like to give a funfold

card to all my kids for their special days.

I hope you get to join us this month with your

masculine themed projects. Remember we have

a lovely prize up for grabs too!

I would like to enter this into

Sweet Stampin' - Father's Day/masculine makes

Moving Along With the Times - masculine/Father's Day

CRAFT - transport

A Perfect Time to Craft Open - June challenge

Paper Funday Challenge - anything option masculine

Creative Creases - any funfold and stamping

Thankfully I did not test positive for Covid.

Hubby now has sore throat though so he is probably

coming down with whatever this is I have!

Enjoy your day. Ours is pretty wet so bit of

housework and crafting for me.

 

May all your DRUMS.....

Another family birthday card,

this time for my brother Tony who love his drums.

Again I have followed the sketch over at

Try Stampin' on Tuesday.

I treated myself to some Paper Discovery sets a while ago

but have only played with the dies, not the stamps.

So out they came for Tony. They were bought with him in mind.

The stamp set is called Music Play On and I also used another

set from the same bundle called Play On Textures.

The base is white card, layered with Pear Pizzazz card (SU)

and an old card from my stash, (Brenda Pinnick).

Everything was stamped in memento.

I love the drum sentiment, perfect for Tony lol.

I used oval dies for the sentiment and I added

some black dots to make it stand out more.

I would like to enter this into

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - challenge #559

Double Trouble - Masculine, sketch and stripes/plaid

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Dream Valley - add a sentiment

Let's Craft and create - use a sentiment

Love to craft - anything goes

NBUS - new stamp sets

Finally turned a corner with this flu (can no longer call it a cold).

My lungs hurt with every cough but I am beginning to

get my energy back!

Only thing I can do at the minute is craft😇😂 

 

One for the boys!

Our June challenge theme at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is 'make it masculine'.

We have a great prize up for grabs so get your stamps out

and come and join us.

I made this card for a friend's birthday and he

is a big car lover (and motorbikes) so I decided to go with a

funfold card.

I saw a card online and decided to have a go making an a5 size.

The papers are from a pack called Best Route (SU).

The stamp sets used are

Driving By, Geared Up Garage (SU) and

Beautiful Anemone (LH).

I went with night of navy card, and ink

and used my promarkers and blends to colour.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Pearly Sparkles - one for the boys

The Paper Funday challenge - anything goes option masculine

Creative Creases - anything with funfold

Try it on Tuesday - for the man in your life

Creative Inspirations - masculine

Creative Knockouts - funfold

Moving Along with the Times - masculine/Father's Day

Hope you get time to join us HERE

 

Dragonfly Garden - card sketch 12

 

                                                                      

For card sketch 12 following

Kendra's Card Challenge 3

I have gone a bit masculine.

You can watch my quick video here

Items used

Dragonfly punch, one happy family stamp set,

cinnamon cider ink, metallic pearls

everything else from my retired stash.

You can join in here.

Remember you have 3 whole months to complete 16 cards!!

Link to Kendra's Card Challenge 3 Link to Facebook Group where you can share your cards Link to Kendra's YouTube Channel Tag your cards on social media - #kendrascardchallenge3

I would like to enter this into

The Male Room - birthday

Aud Sentiments - anything + a sentiment

Sweet Stampers - dies and/or punches

circle die and dragonfly punch

Simply Create too - monochromatic

I'm not even going to mention that it's Friday 13th 😇

 

A Good Man - card sketch 8

 

                                                                      

Card sketch 8 today following

Kendra's Card Challenge 3

and this time I went with a manly theme.

You can watch my quick video here

I have used

A Good Man stamp set

Bumblebee card

Embossing folder from my stash

Tailored Tag Punch

Crumb Cake, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party,

Night of Navy, Smoky Slate blends

You can join in here.

Remember you have 3 whole months to complete 16 cards!!

Link to Kendra's Card Challenge 3 Link to Facebook Group where you can share your cards Link to Kendra's YouTube Channel Tag your cards on social media - #kendrascardchallenge3

I would like to enter this into

CCC Digi Creations - for the men/boys

Sweet Stampers - summer fun

CRAFT - summer

Double  D Challenges - colours of summer

(PIN)spirational - photo inspiration

Use your stuff - summer fun

Hope you all have a lovely, relaxed weekend.

I'll be back on Sunday with my August Stamping Sensations card.

 

Birthday Cogs!

Happy Monday!

My card today was made for my

Mother-in-law's Grandson.

He is an engineer with Triumph motorbikes

and loves his fancy cars so I thought

this would suit him.

I have used the garage gear dies to

create all the cogs in silver, black and mango melody card.

The background papers are retired.

I also used the little brick die from the

Brilliant Wings dies to make a brick stencil

to add some brick to the papers.

The sentiments are stamped in memento

and come from Family Party and Itty Bitty Birthday

stamp sets.

I would like to enter this into

Crafting Happiness - outdoors or anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Moments - anything goes

Simon  Wednesday challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

Craft Rocket - use dies and/or spring

I've been up all night with an upset stomach

and not much better this morning

so just taking it easy today.

Enjoy your day whatever you are up to!!