Fancy a bit of karate!!!!

Good evening guys,

This post is really late im afraid i had it in my head it wasnt due till next week so hadnt even scheduled or drafted it lol,

Anyway We have a new challenge out today at Cards For Men And its a simple one if ever there was one lol, we are all about......HAPPY BIRTHDAYS so as long as its masculine and its for a birthday then your in lol,

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here is my card for you, its all monochromatic lol as wanted to keep it in line with the little karate kids ghee lol, i used the charcoal dovecrafts paper pack which ive had forever (about 4yrs)

 And Also got the chance to use my stamping up pennants punch, then all i added was some 1.5 cm satin ribbon,sakura pen for faux stitching, my promarkers and a craft work cards sentiment and thats pretty much it,

I know it may not be everyones cup of tea but im quite pleased with it, maybe i could have added a bit of colour but never mind now lol,

Id like to enter this card into the following challenges

1.Pile it on - Mens cards with sports theme

2.Paperplay - Banners/pennants/flags

3.Charisma - Anything goes

4.Crafts and me - birthdays

5.I love promarkers - Anything goes

6.Creative inspirations - Anything goes

Dont forget to pop over at Cards for men and see who our top 3 and winner is from the last challenge

simon says....its a stich up

Over on simon says its all about stitching for this challenge wether it be real or fake, this is my entry.

Yo mkae this card i used;

• bumblebee gorjuss girl image
• coloured with my promarkers
• icycle stickles used for wings
• gems from PDA
• oval scallop nesties
• white button brads from making memories i think??
• lovely lace from peartree yard
• sakura pens tp doodle
• card blank made from own stash to DL size

What do you think of bumblebee? isnt she just too cute for words...i think she is my new fave (for now lol)

MME card bloom and grow for fun

Here is another card i have made just for fun, it was made using the new bloom and grow range from my minds eye, with just added gold border and corner peeloffs, i know this is simple but was so easy to make and only took around 15 mins to put togetherm

To make this card i used;

• MME decoupage pad
• MME backing papers
• gold peeloffs
• clear sakura stardust on the decoupage for extra shine

simplicity in every way lol, but not bad for a quickie.

Cute card thursday-new beginnings

Over at CCT challenge 75 is called new beginnings wether it be new baby,new job etc i chose to do a new home card as my little sister has not long moved into her first little flat, its quite a simple design made mainly with backing papers and my trusty sakura pens.

This card was made by using;

• dovecraft brad
• stickles icycle
• backing papers are out of my scraps box so cant remember which they are sorry (i was in a recycling mood)
• sakura fineliner in black
• die cut sentiment from stash also (think it came from the craft club)
• yellow card blank from royal an langnickel

i know its simple but my sister liked it, what do you think?

PTW meets daring cardmakers

Tonight was my weekly night for going to my local craft group and as the centre have shut up for refurbishment,i managed to get hubby to let me dissappear for a bit in my craft area, as i was limited to tim i only made 1 card but went of 2 challenges, so here goes,

1. papertake weekly-sketch 22
2. daring cardmakers-anniversary/special occasion

as i usually make birthday cards i fancied trying something else,

To make this card i used;

• dovecraft wedding paper pack
• dcwv metallic matt stack
• doodlebug weddings stamp set for greeting and image
• stamping up flower an pearl (i think)
• lace from trimcraft
• white souffle pen and
• silver stardust pen for doodling
• small pearl gems from ebay

I actually think the end product is quite nice? what do you think?

Allsorts challenge week 15

This week over on allsorts it is a sketch challenge with the added theme of torn edges, i quite liked the sketch so thought id give it a go, i tore down all the edges of the paper by hand,and rather than use a stamp as i often do (im addicted to stamping) i decided on these lovely flowers with a lovely lace backing.

To make this card i used:

• making memories backing papers fresh anthology-eliza
• sentiment is from a hampton art,studio g stamp pack
• flowers from stash
• gorgeous lace ribbon from trimcraft
• silver gems were brought from ebay
• sakura souffle pen to do the edges

This is really a simple card to make but i think it looks really pretty, what do you think? it took me about 1 hour to put together.

creative inspirations entry

This is my entry into creative inspirations challenge 15 which is tags,

This is my first successful note pad which i made with my BIA and i was overjoyed that i had done it right,

To make this card i used;

• image is tilda with slate
• coloured with beloved promarkers
• backing papers were from dovecraft retro floral paper pack
• tag was hand made using dcwv pad
• dovecraft gem brad
• blue organza ribbon from craft central
• blue gems from ebay
• white gel pen for image
• wires and card from the BIA range

What do you think???not bad for first successful attemt hey even if i do say so myself lol.

a card for 2 challenges

I have made this card for 2 blog challenges and for the challenge at my local craft club, and for a change i really like this one lol, the image was sent to me in a swap and i really like it,

The 2 challenges are;

1. Truly scrumptious-a sketch with beads
2. Creative card crew-polkadots

I made this card using:

• backing papers from stamping up and papermania collossal warm tones range
• image from a swap
• colouring with promarkers
• swiss dots cuttlebug folder
• flowers punched out of backing papers with my 2 daisy punches
• pink gems from pda
• card blank from tesco
• sentiment is from personal impressions stamp set
• pink sakura pen to doodle

What do you think?

sketch saturday #60

I decided to make a mens card for this weeks challenge over at sketch saturday as i have my brothers birthday coming up and he is into cars and racing etc, this was actually quite fun to make,

To make this card i used:

• stamping up backing papers
• some gorgeous two tone pearlescent grey paper i bought from papermill
• the decoupage is from the craft house called sports
• ribbon from papermill also
• black gems from ebay
• sentiment sticker from stash,unsure where from
• black sakura to do faux stitching

This card does actually look better in real life than the picture even if i do say so myself lol

blossoms and butterflies

This is my entry to this weeks cupcake craft challenge no 48,

I made this with the following:

• Stamping up backing papers
• personal impressions cute characters set 1 stamp and greeting
• coloured with pro markers
• dcwv stickers
• peel off butterfly
• sakura stardust pens to do the faux stitching effect

stamp something meets pbsc

I used 2 challenges to make this card, i dont usually work with these colours together lol so not too sure i like the finished product but thought id put it on anyway....someone may like it lol

The challenges were;

1. PBSC - swirls
2. Stamp something - a colour combo......pink, green and yellow

To make this card i used the following;

• Penny black image
• coloured with ppromarkers
• cuttlebug embossing folders bloom dots and spots and dots
• pink velour ribbon from papermania
• sizzix swirls die cut with
• pink stickles
• pink gems bought from pound shop
• tag punched out with woodware punch

saturday challenge meets abc

This card was made from 2 challenges,

1. Abc - V is for vellum
2. Secret crafter saturday challenge - challenge 40 a sketch card

I have quite a few male birthdays coming up so i decided to make a male card for the challenges,

To make this card i used,

• Image is loving edwin from magnolia
• promarkers to colour in
• white vellum
• dovecraft brads
• handmade paper given to me by a crafting friend so not sure where its from
• nestibilities scallop circle
• white sakura pen for faux stitching
• happy birthday text is from my see ds collection
• stickles glitter
• pearlescent card bland from craft central
• 3d foam to give image a bit of a lift

stitch in time sketch card

I made this card for an upcoming family birthday, the inspiration came from 2 challenge blogs.

1. Friday sketchers # 59


2. Cute card thursday #67 is called stitch in time

To make this card i used;

• wild asparagus backing papers ( i must say these are beautiful)


• image is tilda with glasses


• coloured with promarkers


• gems from pda


• circle cut from nesties


• paper flowers


• dovecraft naturals brads


• white sakura pen for faux stitching

just magnolia sketch

This is my entry for this weeks just magnolia challenge week 11 which is a sketch by bev, ive also put the sketch on so you can see, i actually enjoyed making this card as i had my new backing papers to play with.

To make this card i used

• *NEW* papermania signature range they are called regency and i love them
• image given to me in a swap so not sure which tilda it is
• promarkers to colout in image
• white sakura gel pen for doodling
• prima flowers
• gem brads from dovecraft
• silver gems from own stash bought from PDA
• text is from a new stamp set i bought called personal impressions from hobbycraft
• ribbon lace i bought from a local sewing shop
• flamour dust for wings and around sentiment

cupcake sketch

Ive been on a bit of a roll the last couple of days, as i can only really make cards when my son is at pre-school ive been really knuckling down as ive a few birthdays coming up and want to try get ahead

This card was made from the sketch over at cupcake craft challenge blog #45

To make this card i used

• image is cupcake from snag-em-stamps
• cuttlebug embossing folder
• ribbon free from magazine
• pearlescent cream backing paper
• text from see ds
• flower stamped out with woodware punch with same papers already used in card
• circle punched out with woodware punch
• dovecraft gem brad
• gems from craft central
• diamond sticles
• sakura pens for doodling

CPS challenge card

Here is my entry for this weeks CPS121 sketch,

I made this card using;

• dovecraft masculine backing papers
• nestibilities scallop circles
• blue holographic card
• blue sakura stardust pen
• diamond stickles
• text is from see ds

i added the stickles to parts of the backing paper to add some sparkle, and doubled up the star on the front,

fathers day card no'2

This card i actually quite like considering i was rushed when making it, looking back i would have done couple things different to make it better but its still alright,

I made this card of friday sketches no'57

To make this card i used;

• Image is loving edwin coloured in with my promarkers and white pen
• backing papers are from dovecraft mens range
• sentiment recieved in a swap matted an layered on to same bp's and holographic card
• scallop nestie circle with free hand writing in
• sakura pens to doodle
  

fathers day card no'1

I have been so disorganised making my 3 fathers day cards this year, im not too fond of this one really but its too late to make another now lol and besides men dont seem too fussy when it comes to cards lol,

When i chose to do this one i used 2 challenges to combine;

1. Our creative corner -Stars
2. C.R.A.F.T - challenge 6 a sketch

To make this card i used;

• papermania mens range BP's
• sizzix die cut alphabet for the DAD
• circle punched out with woodware punch
• gems from ebay
• stars are peel-offs stuck on the same BP's and cut around
• ribbon from craft central
• whita sakura pen for doodling around edges
• greeting free hand and layered on holographic card

a card for 3 challenges

I thought to myself......how many challenges can i combine in one? so i had a look at all my challenge blogs and decided upon these:

1. penny black saturday challenge which is called birthday celebrations as they are celebrating their first year of the challenge blog.
2. Friday sketches 56 provided the sketch
3. Abc...... R is for roses

To make this card i used;

• penny black image coloured with promarkers
• stamping up backing papers
• ribbon free from papercraft inspirations magazine
• cuttle bug embissing folder cant remember name?
• nestie circle scallops
• flowers made using woodware punch
• die cut greeting
• gems from personal stash
• white sakura pen for doodling
• blue card for matting an layering from papermill

What do you think?

a card for 3 challenges

This card has been made with 3 challenges in mind,

1. Passion for pro-markers - week 3 colour combo is pumpkin and cinnamon, mostly used except the grass/hair and face,
2. Sketch and stash - challenge 12, my new stash is all my lovely promarkers and the gems,
3. Secret crafter saturday challenge #35 - bling, ive used pearl gems and brads to add a bit of bling,

What i used to make this card are as follows,

• stamping up backing papers
• daisy punched flowers from backing papers
• ribbon from craft central
• brads from dovecraft
• pearl gems from stash
• image is daisy from sugar nellie
• coloured with my favourite things my promarkers
• white sakura pen to doodle