The first Man card for 2017!

Hello sweet visitors and welcome to my blog.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day and the weather is being kind to you.  Have heard a lot about the snow overseas but here we are experiencing a heat wave.  Had a couple of days where the temp was in the low 40c and the last few days have been in the high 30c.  Just heard on the news we have another storm coming our way.  There was lots of flooding and damage done throughout the State from the previous storm (which was only a couple of weeks ago).  Just hope and pray everyone gets through this one alright.

On to happier things!!
As you can see by the post title, I'm sharing my first 'man' card for 2017 today.  Thought I would get started early this year as I have quite a few of these to make during the year. 


The papers are from Maja.

Made a few of my own flair using book paper, 2 clocks, 1 epoxy sticker and glossy accents.

Made a couple of tags and crumpled up a little ticket.  The clock flair is very easy to make.  Simply print the image (there are plenty to be found on-line), cut it out, mount it on some chipboard and cover it with an epoxy sticker.

The two flair below were made in a similar way.  Printed the clock image (got the bit of book paper from .. surprise, surprise!!  .. an old book, LOL!!), cut them out, mounted them on scraps of chipboard but, because the epoxy stickers I had left were the wrong size, I covered them both with glossy accents .. easy peasy!!

Voila!!  The first of my man cards for this year, done and dusted!!

Thank you so much for dropping by and taking a peek.  
Your visits are very much appreciated!

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

Stash Busting for a Man Card!!

G'day crafty peeps and welcome to my bloggy space.  Lovely to have you visit.

Here I am with another one of my blokes cards.  Think I've mentioned once or twice (or maybe more times!  LOL!!) that I have more male friends and rellies than female, so I do have to make quite a few of these.  I don't mind though .. I quite enjoy making them.

Have been inspired again by Lizzy Hill to do some stash busting, so the papers are a mix from different collections by Kaisercraft although the number strip is from Prima. 

Distressed the edges and did some inking with Ground Espresso Distress Inks.

 Added a shaped paper clip ..

 .. a couple of cogs ..

 .. and a little twine as well.  All from my stash. 

The 'Happy Birthday' chippie is from 2 Crafty Chipboard (yep!  from my stash!).  It was randomly coloured with Bronze VersaColor.

Pockets on the inside as usual.

 Done!!  .. and my stash is a little smaller .. LOL!!

Thank you for dropping in for a visit  and hoping I have given a little inspiration.

Enjoy the rest of your day!!
Take care and God Bless.

A Card for the Men.

Hello sweet crafty visitors and welcome to my blog.  So pleased you dropped by.

Does anyone else have problems thinking up titles for their Blog posts??  I never know what to use for a Title so they all seem pretty blah! to me.  Wish I could think of something cool to call them .. ah well, it is what it is. 

Sharing another masculine card with you today.  Still going through some old paper pads that I've got in my stash.  These are from Kaisercraft's 'Sears and Son' Collection.

This one is a bit more 'grungy' than the ones I've shown lately .. just felt in that type of mood.

The inspiration for this card came from one made by Pamellia Johnson.  If you don't know Pamellia, she is an exceptionally talented lady who makes the most wonderfully romantic shabby chic cards and she has also created some fabulous male cards.

To see the card that inspired me HERE is the link.   You will see that my card looks nothing like hers but I didn't set out to copy it, I simply gained some ideas from it.

Like the layers, the tags and the twine ..

.. the printed clocks covered with epoxy stickers and the little 'bites' taken from the edges of the cardstock strip.  Even if you can't 'see' it, the design is similar too.
Thank you so much Pamellia .. your 'Little Craft Things' are truly inspiring.

Added some metallic seed beads and a couple of staples.  The staples didn't go in properly and I was going to remove them and try again but then decided, 'what the heck, it adds character'.  LOL!!

The chippy Chicken Wire is from 2Crafty .. bits left over from other projects.  Slowly getting to use those up but still have heaps to get through.  Just coloured with stamp pads and covered in Glossy Accents.

The small 'Celebrate' chippy is from Scrapmatts.  Love their little word chippies, so easy to add onto a card for the greeting.

The usual pockets on the inside  with some added doodling and stamping.

Must admit, I do like that touch of  grunge on my male cards .. makes them a bit more 'manly' I guess.  LOL!!

Thank you so much for dropping by and taking a look at my little creations and for any comments you may care to leave.  I really do appreciate each and every one.

Take care and God Bless.

Another Celebration!

Hello sweet crafty friends .. welcome to my blog and thank you so much for stopping by.  Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

I have another masculine birthday card to share with you.   This is another one I created from scraps  and, if I remember rightly, they are a mix of Kaisercraft and Prima.

This chippie is from 2Crafty Chipboard and is also a scrap piece left over from a previous project.
Coloured it with Distress Inks and then coated it with Glossy Accents.

Didn't do a lot on this one.  Just distressed the layers.
Did pop a little ink on the tickets though.

 The chipboard greeting is from Scrapmatts and was not altered in any way.
Love these .. so easy to add  to your card.

 

 

The inside, done in my usual style.

Just a fairly simple card but, happy to say, it was very well received.

Thank you so much for visiting and taking a look at my little creations.
Hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.

Celebrate!

Hello my sweet crafty friends and welcome to my blog.  Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

I cannot believe it is the 1st of August already!!  Where has this year gone???  Flew past me at the speed of sound I think .. won't be long and we'll be celebrating Christmas again.  Didn't that happen only a couple of weeks ago???  Scary!!

Anyways, I'm back to share another masculine card with you today.  This is a fairly clean and simple card made for a close friend who celebrated his birthday recently. 

The papers used are some left-over scraps from other projects so it's a bit of  a mix.  Some from Kairsercraft some from Prima and some from Megs Garden.  Some layers were cut in my trimmer, some were distressed and some were simply torn to size.

Added a little stamping too.  The ink splat was made with a Kaisercraft stamp and archival ink.

Ran the base layer through a Tim Holtz die for a bit of interest.  Such a simple thing to do but it is so effective.  Love the look.

Used a Scrapmatts chippie for the greeting.

 The usual pockets on the inside ..

.. and .. voila!!

 All done!!!

Thank you so much for dropping by and looking at my little creations .. I very much appreciate you taking the time.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your week and that the weather is kind to you.  'Till next time ..

Take care and God Bless.

Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy 

into a friend.