Tags & Tickets - Easel Card

Hi everyone!!  Welcome to my blog .. so nice to have you here!!

Back again to share another of my 'guy' cards.  Not too many more to go and, once they are done, I can get started on Christmas cards.
Gahhh!!  Did I just say Christmas??????  Really didn't want to think about that just yet but I guess it isn't all that far away.  

This card was made for a close  friend who turned 70 (as you can see) and the papers are from different Kaisercraft Collections.  I am using up a lot of my scraps so don't always know which Collection I'm using.

  

I'm becoming quite enamored of using tags and tickets on my cards.  I think they add quite a bit of interest without adding too much bulk.

Of course, I also love using metal elements on my 'guy' cards and I also like to alter them slightly by adding some 'rust'.  Normally I brush some of the paint on and then rub it with my finger to spread it a bit and soften the look.  Unfortunately it was quite a warm day when I worked on this part of the card and the paint dried way too quickly so it's not quite as realistic as usual. 

The numbers are small wooden ones.  I've simply left them raw and just added a little gesso.

The inside is lined with more of the KC papers.  The cog border chippy is a piece from my stash so, of course, I have no idea where it came from.  I left it mainly raw and just added touches of paint and gesso.

Here's how it looks standing up.

I kept this one reasonable 'clean', in other words .. shock!! horror!! .. NO crackle and NO distress ink!!  I did do a little dry brushing with gesso though and I am happy to say it was well received, and that always makes me feel good.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and I hope you have a great weekend!!

Take care and God Bless.

 

My Latest 'Guy' Card

Hello everyone!!  A very warm welcome once again to my blog and a very special welcome to my latest followers.  Thank you so much for joining me on my creative journey.  I hope you'll find some inspiration here.

Well, I hope everyone's day is going well.  I have actually moved into my new craft room (Yayy!!) even though it is nowhere close to being finished.   As a matter of fact, all we've done so far is paint the walls.  I am using the work bench from my old craft space and that's about all there is in there at the moment.  Have to say though, I love having my own space .. and hubby enjoys having me out of what he calls 'his computer room'.  Hah!!  News for him .. my computer is staying in there so it will be my computer room too.  LOL!!

So, here is my latest card ..

The papers are from Kaisercraft but I couldn't tell you which collection.   The timber look one is probably from 'Base Coat'  but I'm not sure.  These pieces came from my scrap box .. I must remember to write  the collections on the back in future.

 

The metal trinket is actually two pieces glued together.  I find Helmar 450 is wonderful for glueing metal.  I have never yet known it to come apart.

The chippie is the 'Interlocking Grid Panel' from 2 Crafty Chipboard.  I love this piece .. it suits so many different styles of projects.  Here I have simply coloured it with Black Soot Distress Ink and then drizzled some Glossy Accents over the top.
I also love those Tim Holtz Word Bands.  I get mine from Megs Garden.  This one has been tied on with some twine simply wrapped around the back of the paper.

My fave technique on masculine cards is adding a touch of crackle.  I use a spatula to add some random spots and, when the cracks appear, I just love how it looks.  Usually I would rub some distress ink into the cracks but this time I left it clear.

The inside decorated with more of what I think is the Base Coat paper.  The piece on the right was border punched with an EK Success 'Binding Edge' Slim Border Punch.

Of course, once it was all put together I dry brushed randomly with a bit of gesso .. another of my fave things to do.

Well, that's all from me for now.  Thank you so much for popping in to take a look at my little creations.   I hope you have enjoyed your visit.

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

A 'Guy' Card

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to my blog.  Hope you are having a lovely day.  We have gorgeous sunshine in Adelaide today.  It is finally looking like Spring!!  Don't know how long it will last but, for now, it is just glorious!!   Taking my puppies for a long walk this afternoon.  We are really looking forward to it.

I have another 'guy' card to share with you.  This one was made for my youngest son's birthday.  When I say 'youngest son', he just turned 42 years old, and that scares the heck out of me.  Where did all those years go??   Darned if I know.

The papers are a bit of a mix.  Some from Prima, some from Kaisercraft and the tags are from K.J. Watson Designs.   

The papers were all torn to size using a ruler and then I distressed the edges with 'Gathered Twigs' Distress Ink.  Added some Clear Rock Candy Crackle for texture and some gesso over that for highlights.   Found the broken clock in my stash (have no idea where I got it from) and rusted it up a bit with some Patina acrylic paint.

Also found this hessian ribbon in my stash (again, have no idea where it came from) and tied on the cute little key (you guessed it, don't know where I got it) with a bit of twine.

I'm in the process of tidying up my stash a bit as I'm getting a new craft space.  Actually I am getting a Craft Room!!!  Can't wait.  Consequently I am finding all these lovely things that I had forgotten I had.  It's like Christmas!!

The tags were mounted on some black cardstock and used my Crop-a-Dile to add the eyelets and then tied some twine to them as well.  They were simply glued down between the layers so they don't actually pull out.

The inside of the card.  I added a verse and hand written message on the left hand side and the paper on the right is actually a pocket so I could tuck a gift voucher in there.

Pleased to say, my son loved it, as he always does.  Hope you like it too.  I will have another of my 'man' cards to share soon.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day, I know I will.
Take care and God Bless.

Another 'Man' Card

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to my blog.  So pleased you dropped by for a visit and hope your day is going well.

I have another of my masculine cards to share with you today.  This one was made for a very close friend who is celebrating his 70th Birthday.

Most of the papers I've used are from the 'Cafe au Lait' Collection designed by Kerry-Jean Watson with the base paper being from the '1920' Collection.  These papers are available as a digital download from Kerry-Jean's Etsy shop HERE.   She has a selection of different papers  and also some handmade items for sale as well.  The digital papers are so easy to download and what I like about them (apart from the fact that they are gorgeous) is that you print out only the pages you want so there is no wastage.

 The chippie clock is from 2Crafty and it was lightly swiped with a charcoal stamp pad and then with a little gesso and also with Rangers 'Rust' Patina.  The metal cogs were also lightly dabbed with the 'Rust' Patina.

I love these Tim Holtz Ideaology Word Bands, they have some great quotes on them, and they look good too.  Did a little stamping here and added some Clear Rock Candy Crackle and a little swipe of gesso.  Found the cute square paper clip at Ikea, of all places, and couldn't resist them.

Another little metal cog with some 'Rust' added and some plaster tape peeking out from underneath the layers.  This tape is just one of the many mundane, ordinary household and hardware items out there that come in very handy for crafting .. and they're cheap!!  Love it!!

The Tim Holtz ideaology buckle 'Rusted' up and some tickets from the ephemera page of the Sherlock Book Kit which is another collection designed by Kerry-Jean Watson.

The inside, also decorated with 'Cafe au Lait' papers and some added cut aparts and labels from Kaisercraft.  The pocket holds a tag with the sentiment and also a gift voucher.
The 'Birthday' quote was found on the net and simply printed onto some plain paper as was the greeting.

And there it is, another of my 'Man' cards done!

 I hope you've enjoyed this post and that I've given you some inspiration.

A little heads up .. Kerry-Jean Watson is giving away the complete 'Cafe au Lait' digital paper collection.  All you have to do is like her Facebook page, leave a comment on the Give away post and Share it.  So simple!!  HERE is the link, but you'll have to hurry, the give away closes on the 31st July.

Thank you so much everyone for visiting and for any comments you may care to leave, I really appreciate it.  Have a wonderful day!!
Take care and God Bless.

Man Oh! Man

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.  So pleased you stopped by for a visit.  Hope your day is going well.

So, here I am back to share another of my 'guy' cards.  I actually love the colours I've used on this one ..  my fave combo for masculine cards I think!!

The papers are a mix.  Some  from Kaisercraft and some from papers that I've purchased on Etsy from Kerry-Jean Watson.  Kerry-Jean has some gorgeous digital paper collections for sale  and they are so easy to download and you can print off just the sheets you want for your project.  No wastage, which I love.  You'll find a link to her shop on my side bar if you'd like to take a look.

The chippie is a piece cut from 2Crafty Chipboard's Bubble Grid Panel.  Coloured it with Midnight Black Versa Magic and added some Crackle Accents to the Bubbles.  The metal clock was swiped with Rangers Patina in Rust.  I love that look as the metal really does appear rusted in real life.  I attached the clock to the chippie with a piece of knotted twine which had been rubbed with Gathered Twig Distress Ink.

Some metal cogs from Megs Garden which have also been treated with the 'rust' Patina.

The little tag is a chippie from 2Crafty's Mini Tags.  I simply inked the edges then stamped and embossed the greeting and mounted it on some cardstock.

Another 2Crafty chippie.  This one is from Element Set 1.  I cut one of the pieces in half and then simply embossed it with black embossing powder and lightly swiped with the Patina Rust.  Don't you think the embossing makes it look like cast iron??  

The inside lined with Kaisercraft's Base Coat paper which has been  border punched on one side.

Once assembled and dry, I swiped the card randomly with some gesso.

So, there it is.  Another 'guy' card done and dusted.
There will be more to come, just not sure when. 

Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God BLess.

More of my 'Guy' Cards

Hello everyone, lovely to have you here for a visit.  Hope you are having a wonderful day and that your weather is treating you kindly.  Must say, it's been really cold in Adelaide lately ... simply hate getting up in the morning.  Although the days themselves haven't been too bad so, I guess, I can't complain too loudly!  LOL!!

As my post title says I have another 'guy' card to share with you.
At this time of the year we have quite a few of our male family members and friends celebrating their birthdays, so I need to make a lot of 'guy' cards.  I'll be sharing quite a few of these over the next week or so.

Thought I would go blue with this one so I've used some papers from Kaisercraft's Blue Bay 6.5" Paper pad.  Distressed all the edges and added a little doodling around some of the edges.   I wanted to add some crackle too but, unfortunately, I had to toss the little I had left in the bin as somebody (I guess we all know who!!) hadn't tightened the lid properly and it had all dried out.  Bumma!!!

The chipboard is from 2Crafty .. I simply coloured it with a VersaColor stamp pad and then just randomly heat embossed it. 

You can just see some of the embossing on this photo if you look closely.

The word circle is also from 2Crafty and I've treated it the same as the other piece.

Added a few metal cogs and all I've done to those is swiped them with a little gesso.

I had originally left this top layer of paper white because with all the printing on it I felt that it didn't need any more than that but, when the card was finished I changed my mind and added some stenciling and also rubbed a bit of Distress Ink to colour it up a bit.  I do like it better this way.

The inside ..

.. added some swipes of gesso and .. done!!

As I said at the beginning, I will be sharing more masculine cards over the next few weeks so I hope you found some inspiration here and will come back to take another look.

Thank you so much for visiting and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

Cardabilities Challenge # 126

Hello everyone and a very warm welcome to my bloggy space.  So pleased you dropped in for a visit.

Earlier this year I stated that I wanted to do more Challenges to take me out of my comfort zone.  I had planned to do at least one a month .. well, that hasn't happened.  I have done one or two but that's about all .. hopefully that will change and I will get the chance to do more of them.  Whilst looking around the net I came across the Cardabilities site and took a liking to the sketch for their new challenge so I thought I would have a go. 

 Here is the sketch ..

 which, I thought, would translate quite nicely to a masculine card .. and so, this is what I made.

As you can see, I followed the sketch fairly closely.

The papers used are from Kaisercraft's Antique Bazaar Paper Pad.  Did a little stamping and added  sprinkles of Black Soot Distress Ink and gesso.

I distressed all the edges and then cut a metal trinket in half and inserted it between the paper layers. 

Being a masculine card I really didn't want to use flowers so out came some metal cogs and I added those instead.  All the metal embellies have been swiped with Ranger's Patina in Rust.  The word circle is from 2Crafty Chipboard and I just left it raw.

I added the string for some extra interest.

Of course, I had to decorate the inside as well leaving plenty of space for the message.

Once it was all assembled I swiped some gesso in random places.

So, as I said at the beginning this will be entered into the Challenge at Cardabilities and HERE is the link.  If you haven't been there before do go and take a look. Their sketches are fabulous and, though I don't use them often, I found it so easy to make this card by following the sketch.

So, that's it from me, my work here is done .. for now anyway!!

Thank you so much for visiting and leaving me a little love.
Till next time, take care and God Bless.