I have abandoned my sweet nothing series for a while as we have filled a whole week with them and I thought it was time for a change of scenery, so today I want to show a card I have made with my most recent Stampin Up purchase. It is a stamp set from their new mini catalogue called The Open sea, and I have used the matching designer papers called Nautical Expedition. I stamped all the images with Chocolate Chip ink.Not much more to this one! I have spent the afternoon at Mums making some Boy type cards, as I have neglected them lately! Time for tea, so Til tomorrow….
Category: Brrthday -Male
Sweet Nothings 5 ( a male Card)
I am still using kaisercraft sweet Nothings collections, and in keeping with my resolution of trying to make a male card out of these beautiful girlie papers I keep buying , this is what I have come up with for todays cards. The paper is the 12 x 12 version of kaisercraft sweet Nothings, and I also used the matching Collectables, and some Kaisercraft printed acetate and Tim Holtz game spinners. I used the tim Holtz Umbrella Man die – isn’t he great-, and added a quote that I particularly like. I came home from teaching my Paper flourish lesson full of good crafting intentions, had a lay down on the bed and woke up to find it was 4 o’clock – all those early 4.30 am mornings must be catching up with me ! Maybe I will do something tonight in the craft room – Til tomorrow…..
Madame Boutique #3 male card!
As promised here is a male card created with kaisercraft madame Boutique 6″ pad and collectables. I used a kaisercraft rub on – I do like this quote, and I also made a tag to tuck behind, but you could put a gift voucher in the pocket instead.Very busy day at work today, so I am a little tired but hoping to spend an hour or two in the craft room unwinding.. Til tomorrow….
Timeless Vintage 3 ( male)
I have developed the habit of challenging myself to create male cards out of the various collections I buy – sometimes its quite difficult as many of the collections are geared towards female cards, but this one was easy – again using Kaisercraft Timeless Vintage 6″ pad, I only added 3 black brads to complete the look. Thats alI have in the photo files of this particular paper, so tomorrow we will see something completely different! Tonight will be spent writing out xmas cards, so much easier to make them than find time to actually post them! Til tomorrow…..
Another male card
This is a stamp from Hooked on Craft that I found on my recent holiday. It was great to colour, using my aqua brush and an assortment of stampin up pads. The cardstock is also stampin up and the paper is Kaisercraft Up Up and Away. I will be doing more with this stamp, more stamping and colouring altogether as my village ladies are all keen to learn how to colour. Great fun will be had by all of us next lesson! Thats the end of the working week for me, a very busy first week back at work, and I am looking forward to a couple of days off. Market day tomorrow, always enjoyable…. Til tomorrow…..
A Mens Card…
It has been a while since I posted a mens card, and wanted to show this stamp. When I was on holidays, I found a little scrapbook shop in Kingston and among my purchases was this stamp set. It has this golfer as well as a fisherman and a bloke with his tools. Great stuff! I particularly like paper piecing and this stamp was perfect for that technique. I stamped the image three times onto various scrap papers and then cut out elements instead of colouring. I used a retired Stampin Up cardstock, and Kaisercraft Up Up and Away paper pad. I punched three circles and ran them through the cuttlebug machine with the swiss dots folder and used the debossed side to resemble golf balls. Paper piecing is a great alternative to colouring your stamped images, and I am going to have a closer look at my stamps to do some more of this technique. Til tomorrow….
Cock a Doodle Doo….2
Using my new kaisercraft cock a doodle doo papers and collectables I created this cute card. The cardstock is Stampin Up wild wasabi and thats all the product on this one. Tonight i am off to Paper flourish to take a class by a visiting overseas teacher, so not a long blog today! Til tomorrow….
Cock a doodle doo…
I have a lot of photos in my file still to show from recent makes, but I have skipped ahead to show you one I made last night after making my purchases yesterday. I bought the new kaisercraft range of Madame Boutique, and I waasn’t going to get any of the other release – Cock a doodle doo… but on an impulse picked up the 6″ pad and the sheet with all the animals printed on it as well as the bag of collectibles. Have you seen those? This is something new Kaisercraft are bringing out with their monthly ranges ad they are great. A bag full of printed cardstock cut outs – absolutely perfect for cardmaking. Anyway I got distracted… I bought these on a whim, and when I got home I did make a card with the Madame Boutique, but I made 6 with the cock a doodle doo and had to force myself to go to bed . I still have a lot of ideas in my head for this paper its such great fun! Nathans camera is still away being fixed, but he has borrowed Kays for the weekend as he has a wrestling show to photo, so we used it today to take photos of my latest cards. He was just making sure the settings were right for him!Til tomorrow…..
Teen boy revisited
I think I have shown a card using this stamp – Papermania Nostalgia set – before, but today I have used it with Well worn designer paper and Soft Suede cardstock by Stampin Up. I covered the front of the card with Kaisercraft music printed acetate and fixed it with a few black brads. I have had quite a busy day here at home, and I’m not finished yet – the dry washing is waiting for me to fold it, Til tomorrow……
Farmers market…
This card would be good for any gardeners in the family, male or female, and I always love Websters pages collections. This one is Farmers Market, and all i added to it was the little wheelbarrow which was stamped and cut out. The stamp is a really old one from kaisercraft. Its been a lovely day here, but i think hay fever season is upno us, and my head is suffering a little from it, so not sure whether the craft room will be occupied tonight. til tomorrow…..
Helens Card Designs 