Happy Birthday Ben..

Hey,

Yesterday was my Godson's birthday.

He is no longer a teeny tiny baby or a curious toddler, he is a full blown, super tall, clever, sweet, teenager!

How did that happen?! And what on earth do I put on the front of his card?!

With all of this in mind, I opted for abstract / grunge!

I stamped the great lines background by Hero Arts in Chipped Sapphire distress ink and spritzed it with water for a bit more interest.

The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set and I trimmed it out, to it in with the 2 random scraps I was adding to the card.

I stapled this all to the card, adding more staples than necesary for the grungy teenage boy feel (?)

I die-cut the entire panel and affixed it to the spotty cardblank, but it felt like it was missing something. Cue a few random enamel dots.

I think it's a fun card for a teenager, hope he likes it too.

Happy Birthday Ben.

Cx

Space stencil....

Hey,

Happy Friday..

I can safely say I am ready for the weekend, it has been a LONG week...

When I was home recently I bought a big batch of stencils by Dutch Doobadoo, I had never heard of them, but saw a load of their cool stencils in a magazine...

The one I used on this card is called 'The Sun'..I thought it looked kind of like space / the galaxy..

I used x4 different colour distress inks through the stencil directly onto a whopping 5x5inch card...

I die cut out the middle of the stencil using a Simon Says Stamp stitched circle die.

I then stamped and coloured the Gerda Steiner spaceship and Alien.. I had to mask off the ship to stamp the Alien inside.

I fussy cut it out, added some thread and mounted it to my card, so the ship would be half in and half out of the circle..

For the final touch I stamped the fun 'Happy Birthday Human' sentiment onto a banner from the same set and fussy cut it out.

The stencil is blowing my mind a bit..

Fun card, that is in the post and winging it's way to a little boy that I think will love it!

Have a great weekend, I am going to craft, workout and eat...

Cx

Birthdays for boys...

Hey,

So today is my Brother-in-Law's birthday.

I made him a fun card a few weeks back..

I am a teeny bit obsessed right now with the Simon Says Stamp I See You stamp set..

I used it here along with SSS Baby Party Animals sentiment stamps.

Simple, because guys like simple cards LOL.

Cx

Macho Man cards....

Hey,

Happy Monday!

I am back in NYC - whoop whoop..I love going to London, but I miss Hubby and my desk..

So essentially, no-one is exempt from my year round snailmail bombing...

Not even the totally uninterested in receiving a card boys / men in my life :)

So every now and then I have to sit down and focus on male cards.. 

I decided that stencils would make a nice background for the cards. I used 3 different stencils x2 Heidi Swapp ones (spots and stripes) and a Simon Says Stamp grid one.

I used distress inks to stencil with and I really like the slight variations in colour where I didn't quite blend properly..

I dug out 2 fave stamps, the balloon is by Teresa Collins and the car was a freebie last year. 

I love how they look against the backgrounds, they really pop out.

The sentiments are by Hero Arts and Clearly Besotted.

I mounted them onto co-ordinating coloured card and then mounted the entire thing onto a white card blank.

Here are the other 2 cards that I made - 

Pretty pleased with these bad boys..I think I've found myself a super simple 'male card' formula LOL.

Cx

Ahoy Captain!

Hey,

I love Simon Says Stamp cardkits, the best thing I ever did was signing up for them.

If I am ever stuck for inspiration, I turn to the folder that houses all of the kit overview sheets and papers and voila! Inspired.

I had to make some male cards for a friend and I turned to the July 2015 cardkit, all the papers and boat stamps are from the kit. 

The dies are MFT and Lawn Fawn and the HB sentiment is by Clearly Besotted. I added a white enamel dot to the main card, it was supposed to be a brad..but that's what happens when you stick things down too soon.

Here's the other card - 

Again, really easy cards to make..I am really happy with my new Lawn Fawn stitched curvy border dies, they make excellent, Sea, Snow, Grass and many more things :)

Cx

Moving Along With The Times - Birthday Boys...

Hello there!

It seems like no time at all since the last MAWTT for Team B.

It is Team B's turn over at Moving Along With The Times this week..and the theme is Birthday Boys, as chosen by the talented Susan.

I decided to use a new Bugaboo Stamp (RockStar Boy) and some of the paper that I got at Thanksgiving from Michaels. I die-cut the stars using my Bigshot and xCut star dies. The yellow and the green stars are actually thin paper mounted onto card, as the colours worked really well, but the paper wasn't heavy enough for die-cutting. I love corrugated card it adds texture to things. The sentiment is by Studio G (I think) and not obviously birthday, but it suits the card and I can say 'Happy Birthday' inside.

Pretty cool card for a boy (or a Man I have in mind) I think and super simple.

Pop on over to MAWTT and check out the rest of the team's designs and join in the fun,

Cx