I'm with Genius

Hey guys. Thank you for stopping by today! :) I feel like I say that at the beginning of every post.. but I really mean it. I know how long it can take scrolling through all of your fave blogs, and if mine is among them.. well.. thank you! :)

I've got some Fabulous Friday Inspiration to share with ya in the form of some Tiddly Inks goodness!! I'm excited by this project. I think this little boy may be a new fave for me.. HA! I say that everytime I colour a different Tiddy image up. Christy is DA BOMB!! I've already told her I'd love to spend a day inside her creative head! LOL. :)

Okay.. so this is Genius! Give him a wave, you've gotta!! He's too cute! He's been coloured using ProMarkers and FlexMarkers - what else - to match my papers from My Minds Eye Lime Twist. I'm living dangerously guys.. I'm almost all OUT of this paper. I know. I freakin' KNOW!! It's good that I'm using stuff up.. but it's bad.. what am I gonna do for boy cards?! LOL! I'm on a paper pack ban.. soo.. I'ma struggle. I'm sure I'll come up with something *she says.. quietly.. full of doubt*

I've cut him out using my largest circle nestie and doodled around the edges with a Real Red SU! marker. I've gone down the stars route again.. how could I not. I've punched a few using my SU! Star punch from yummy turquoise polka dot patterned paper. The large lime green polka dot paper was the last of it's kind in my draw *wipes tear dripping from eye* and it wasn't quite long enough to be the base layer of my card.. soo.. I kept the little band that attaches it to the spine in the pack.. YKWIM? I then distressed all of the edges with my TH paper distresser and added more Real Red doodles. :) I folded the top corner over to reveal that.. golfy kinda pattern.. what is that called?! and tucked another turquoise star behind it. 

I wrapped some lime green bakers twine around the right hand side of the design to balance my little sentiment strip, which I have created using a little Amy R stamp! <3 Some different punched circles using up that super cute hot air balloon paper and to fill in some gaps.. and finally some perfect little Doodlebug brads. 

Job done. Cute? No? Love that boy! :)

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

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Head over to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog now and see what the other girlies have got for ya! xo

At the Beachhh!!

Happy TUESDAY! :)

August. For real?! Yip. 2012 is zoom zoooooming past. 

I'm not really sure how much of a 'summer' the northern hemisphere has had.. but today over at Passion for ProMarkers we're trying to celebrate the finer weather in life. Our challenge to you this week.. is to show us summery creations.

AT THE BEACH

I had a really tough time deciding which image to use on this card.. there are loaaaaads of summery/beachy ones out there to choose from. In the end I went with some Some Odd Girl goodness. I made my little cousin his 10th birthday card using Popsicle Tobie.

I've coloured him up using the following PMs and FMs. Check, check.. I wrote them down! ;) I know it's a rareity! LOL. These colours match the papers I've used from Echo Park This and That collection. Perfect for male cards and stuff.

Blush, Soft Peach, Rose Peach, Lavender

Cocoa, Cinnamon, Nutmeg

 Pastel Green, Mint Green, Soft Green

Marsh Green, Olive Green, Forest Green

Oatmeal, Apricot, Pumpkin

Soft Lime, Lemon, Summer Sun

Soft Aqua, Pastel Blue, Cool Aqua

I've used some Core'dinations cardstock to create some sandy texture for Tobie to stand on. At the beach and all that! ;) I've also added some Cinnamon, Sandstone and March Hare around his feet on the image panel in tiny dots to mimic? HA! sand. :)

As for the card base, I've used another Some Odd Girl stamp and some Lawn Fawn alpha stamps to create the random 'Happy Birthday Cousin' sentiment. Really love how that turned out! :) 'Just Chill' and '10' has been stamped using Harolds ABC's from Lawn Fawn and die cut using an X-Cut die. I've added some Doodlebug brads to the holes and layered them over my image panel. Hmmm.. a little bit of yellow bakers twine tied in a pretty bow to finish this design off! :)

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:

- Love to Create - Punches and Dies

- MarkerPop - Bright Colours

- Paper Playtime - Hot and Spicy + die cut or punch
- Stamp with Fun - Maritime/ Summer
- Craft your Passion - Anything Goes

Please head over to the Passion for ProMarkers blog and see my other teamies BEACHY creations!! Can't WAIT to see what they've come up with! :)

xo

It's the new boy on the block - Jessie

Day Three of previews for the BRAND NEW Tickled Pink Stamps Pinkette release. How are you guys liking the new schoolies on the block so far?! I think there is something for everyone in this release! Next up is our boy!!

School Pinkette Jessie

Now first up, his name rocks my socks. I LOVE that name for a boy or a girl. Secondly, have you SEEN how swarve he's lookin'?! With his backpack and football at the ready?! Gaaahh!! What a cool guy. I've coloured him up using ProMarkers, fussy cut him out and adhered him to the card using dimensionals.

Have you guys got a certain sketch or layout that you ALWAYS go to when you're stumped for a starting point?! I have, and it's this one from Sketch Saturday.

I don't know what it is about it, it just always makes me wanna create!!

I've used some old papers from Pink Paislee and created a sentiment on word. I eventually got me a new colour cartridge, so there ya have it.

Hope you like this guy as much as me!! Take a look over at the TPS Blog to see what the other awesome Pinkette teamies have got for ya! Be sure to stop by tomorrow for the last preview before all of the images are released!

Wild Child at LLLC

Morning guys. :) Time for some more Friday Inspiration over at La La Land Crafts, with the fun theme of..

Wild Child!! 

Naturally I had to use Outlaw Luka for this card.

I've coloured Luka with ProMarkers to match the papers from My Minds Eye.

Skin - Blush, Soft Peach, Rose Peach
Hair - Buttercup, Vanilla, Mustard, Gold
Jeans - Dove Grey, Powder Blue, Arctic Blue
Cool Grey 1-5, Black
Red, Poppy
Royal Blue, Indigo Blue
Meadow Green, Apple Green

I've kept the layout pretty simple, because we all know boys don't like a whole lot of fuss, right?!

Head on over to the La La Land Crafts blog now and see what other wild cards Team Friday have got to inspire ya!

Second Week of POLLYCRAFT Christmas Special

Sorry if you were over here yesterday looking for my Weekly Catch up. I didn't have much to catch up with really. Nothing new to show you or tell ya about - so I done without. :) Plus I'm worn out with the cold. I have a chesty cough on top of a sore throat and poppy ears and a runny nose. I'm such a catch right now! ;)

Enough of my sob story.. I promised I'd be back with a weekly reminder for our Special Pollycraft Christmas Challenge.. and here is the second installment. You guys joined in yet?! No?! HEAD ON OVER THERE!! Have you seen the prizes?! Yikes, you do NOT know what you're missing!!

So, who knew boy themed Christmas cards could be such fun?! That's the effect Paulas images have on me, they make even the trickiest projects a joy to create with such ease. Check out the new Christmas release over at the Pollycraft Shop.

For my card this week, I used a freebie from last Monday.. Casper Silvermist - "Too Cool For Christmas" You can still grab him for FREE HERE over at the Shop.

I've coloured him using Copics and ProMarkers and fussy cut him out. Sorta wish his jumper wasn't grey. Hey ho - what's to stop me printing him out again and trying a different combo?! ;) I've added Stardust Stickles to the fluff on his Santa hat and adhered him to the card using dimensionals. Fluff. Love that word.

I have used scraps of paper from Basic Grey Jovial collection and kept the layout pretty simple, being a Christmas card for a teenage boy and all. I used Die-namics Button Quartet, lime green bakers twine and some Prima pearls to add a few embellishments.

I'd like to enter this card into these challenges:
× Mark's Finest Papers - Make it Masculine
× The Poodles Parlour - Christmas
× Stamping with the Dragon - Anything Goes
× Simply Create Too - #1 All About Christmas
× Sweet 'n Sassy - Favourite Things
Dies, Doodles, Digis, Ribbon/ Twine
× Totally Papercrafts - Christmas

Seventieth 70th

Some of you may know I attended my second ever craft fayre at the end of October, and because my sister loves me, she hopped on the train from Burton and stopped at mine over the weekend. The night before she was due to leave she sprang upon me that she needed two 70th male birthday cards made within the week. Crikey!! So I set to work..

I didn't think images and stuff would be suitable for these sorta cards, so I went with my version of CAS for the both of them! :)

For the first card I chose some chocolate brown cardstock from Papercuts for my card base paired up with some Baja Blue cardstock from SU! which matched my patterned paper from Kaisercraft Homemaker collection perfectly. I followed a layout I loved the look of from one of Kristina Werners Holiday Card Series cards. I stamped the word 'birthday' from a Hero Arts set in Versamark ink down the entire length of the Baja Blue cardstock. I then added 'happy' using some Jenni Bowlin alpha stickers.

See what I done there?! ;)

To finish it off I used my Slice to create a 0 and a 7. I then attached the numbers to a die cut from the collection a top another die cut spellbinders circle. Mandatory doodles tie it all together.

Now baring in mind these cards were for the same person.. off different people.. :/ I needed to make them radically different. So..

For the second card I used a Kraft card base alongside some papers from Echo Park - For The Record collection. I cut a piece of the plain green patterned paper using a Mat Stack 3 die from PTI and used a coordinating stamp in Garden Green from SU to give it a bit more interest.

I cut some of the gorgeous lime green patterned paper using a ticket die from Whimsy stamps and added some doodles around the edges. To balance it out I added some lime green bakers twine from The Ribbon Girl to the right hand side of the sentiment panel, which was made from some yellow scraps of gingham paper from the same collection.

The sentiment was created using some Jenni Bowlin alpha stickers. Perfecto for this sorta thing. I cut the 7 and 0 with my Slice using some more beige paper from the For The Record collection. Finally I stamped some text from a Waltzing Mouse set on the card base in Crumb Cake ink from SU and rounded the two top corners! Eaaasy peasy! :) 



Quixotic

Good afternoon!! Here I am sharing my Quixotic Card this week. I post on Wednesday's over on the Quixotic Blog, but I seem to have lost the use of my brain over the past few days.. and I forgot to post here. HA! I hope you've all had a better start to the week than me.

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet 'cause I am pooped!! I did have a plan in mind to use the Quixotic Sketch as inspiration for this card, but I've only recently got my laptop back to life after leaving my charger at my boyfriends over the weekend. NEVER again. I've been having withdrawls. So, inspite of the fact I don't have a photographic memory.. I had to go with something different.

Instead I used an adorable Some Odd Girl Stamp - Tobie and His Puppy stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I've had this stamp for forEVA but only just got round to inking him up now. Is that bad?! I don't know why I put it off for so long, him and his pup are the sweetest (of friends)!! There are so many colour options with this image too, you could make your project really personal! :)

I have coloured Tobie using Copics and ProMarkers to match papers from MME Mabel 6x6 paper pad. I've also used a paper doily and some American Crafts Ribbon. The edges have been distressed and I've doodled around the main panel on the cardbase using a brown fineliner.

Copics - Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, R30; Hair: E33, E35, E37; Eyes: E33, E35; Dog: E44, E47, E49, W0, W1, W3

ProMarkers - Jeans: Cornflower, China Blue, Midnight Blue; Oranges: Honeycomb, Ginger; Greens: Mint Green, Soft Green

Like I said, short and sweet! ;) Enjoy your Thursday.. whatever you may be doing.

La La Land Crafts Dots & Spots

It's all about the Spots and Dots over at La La Land Crafts this week. Team Friday coming at ya! ;) This is my second post for LLLC and I'm having a BLAST so far. All of the girls are just awesomely inspirational, I can just tell these two months are gonna go by far too fast!!

Anywho, this time round I wanted to make a boy card. I don't know if you seen my Pollycraft post earlier this week, but I gotta stop being a push over and get those male themed cards in my stash built up!! Fisherman Luka was the perfect answer.

I paired this cutie up with some Pink Paislee papers which arrived in my GDT kit earlier this week. Seriously.. Irina ROCKS! One of the reasons I hold back doing boy cards is because you can't embellish them so much. But I dunno, I ain't done half bad with this!! I've added some interest around the image panel using a detail stamp, added some ribbon as well as a snap and some brads!! Heyyy! ;)

Head on over to LLLC now to check out what the rest of the Friday Team have got for ya! ;)

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Southern Girls - Slugs, Snails and Puppydog's Tails

× Crafts and Me - Use a Digi

× Fab 'n' Funky - Dies and Punches

× Ruby's Rainbow - For The Boys

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen; Bazzill Kraft;

Patterned Papers: Pink Paislee - Old School

Digi/Stamps: La La Land Crafts - Fisherman Luka; LOTV - Mixed Circular Sentiments; Stempelglede - Grunge Collection

Colour: Copics - Skin: YR000, YR00, E11, E02; Hair: E57, 59

  ProMarkers - Shirt: Putty, Tan, Cinnamon; Reds: Cardinal Red, Burgundy; Greens: Holly, Forest Green, Pear Green; Greys: Cool Grey 3, 4, 5

Ink: DI - Frayed Burlap; Versamark

Tools: Seeing Spots EF; Fiskars - scallop edge punch; WRMK - Crop-a-dile

Dies: Nesties - STD Circles LG

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - 9mm white spot organza; Papermania - neutral brads, glazed brads, jumbo snaps

Misc: brown fineliner; white embossing powder

I'll be finished work at 1:30PM today, YIPPEE!! A whole day of craftyness ahead, cannot WAIT! But FIRST I gotta get my ass into gear and find something to wear for my boyfriends nephews christning on Sunday - good lord!! Wish me luck! ;)

Pollycraft Challenge #113

Good morning Pollycrafters. How've you all been?! Good weekend I hope?! I've been off work for three days, and I won't lie - it's felt lush. Just a shame I've got to go in and do a four hour shift later on this afternoon. *think of the money* HA! Anywho..

Today over at Pollycraft Challenges, guess who's set the challenge theme?! YEAH!! Only yours truely! ;) Like you need three guesses to guess what I set up?! A SKETCH!! Of course! ;)

Here is it. Apologies for the hideous colour combo - I just didn't want any confusion. Get me?! :)

The prize for this weeks winner is 10 POLLYCRAFT DIGIS!! I can't see why you'd need any more reason to join in, personally! ;)

So here's my take on my sketch. HA!

I had to use the handsome Casper Silvermist, because.. he's too handsome to leave behind. Truth is, I gotta pull my finger out and start making more male cards. It's not that I don't enjoy doing them, it's just.. it's a lot harder to 'jazz' up a male card as opposed to a female card which you could embellish til 'the cows turn blue' (which is a phrase I heard on Capital FM the other morning and nearly peed myself. Obviously the girl meant til 'the cows come home' - mortified!!).

Anyway, I've coloured Casper - what a dreamy name - using Copics and ProMarkers then fussy cut him out. I've paired him up with some of the blue and grey papers from MME Hattie collection. I've used both STD Circles LG and LG Pinking Circles to cut out my shapes and doodled most edges. I've stamped a sentiment from PTI Tiny Tags set in Chestnut Roan ink onto a small circle.

I think that just about covers it, oh and I also added some aqua bakers twine from The Ribbon Girl around the longest strip of patterned paper for an added something.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Here Come The Boys - Wheely Nice

I hope the wheels on his skateboard count, ladies?

× One Stitch at A Time - Use a Digi

× Paper Sundaes - Lots of Layers

× The Crafty Pad - One for the Boys

× Createalicious Challenges - Anything Goes

Be sure to stop by the CHALLENGE BLOG to see what the other AH-mazing ladies on the DT created with my sketch - and remember to leave them some LOVE!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papercuts - Cream Linen

Patterned Papers: MME - Stella and Rose HATTIE Collection

Digi/Stamps: Pollycraft, Casper Silvermist - My Board/ PTI - Tiny Tags

Colour: Copics: Skin - E000, E00, E02, R00; Hair - E50, E51, E53 ProMarkers: Cornflower, China Blue, Midnight Blue, Cocoa, Henna Walnut, Pastel Green, Mint Green, Cool Grey 3, 4, 5

Ink: Colour Box - Chestnut Roan

Dies: Nesties - STD Circles LG, LG Pinking Circles

Embellishments: The Ribbon Girl - Aqua bakers twine

Misc: brown fineliner

Sentimental Sundays #64 - Masculine Projects

Hey there, sorry this post is going up so late today.. I've had a REALLY busy week. I had my graduation on Friday morning and I literally spent ALL week getting prepared. I left it until Wednesday to organise an outfit, HA! What a stress. On top of that I've been trying to get some more stuff made for the craft fayre I have next month - I have no idea how much stock to actually take.. so I'm just blasting it out! :)

I would share some pictures of graduation with you all, but my Mam and boyfriend are offically the worlds worst photographers, aside from the two incredibly blurry pictures of the stage I have some hideous professional photos which can take up to a month to arrive. To be honest.. I hope they get lost in the post! LOL. Anywho..

Time for a new challenge this week over at Sentimental Sundays.. We want to see..

MASCULINE PROJECTS

I know you ladies sometimes it difficult to product male/boy themed cards and projects, but it really isn't all that tough - you just have to think outside the box a little. Hey, I even added WOC flowers to my project today.. and they don't look at that out of place.. honest!! :)

This week we are sponsored by Dude Time Doodles. Pop on over to the Sentimental Sundays Blog to check out what the lucky winner will recieve and don't forget to grab your free sentiments.



For my project I decided to use a cute little image from Some Odd Girl alongside a Raindrop Echo Designs Sentiment from the 'Fast Lane' set.

I have used papers from Cosmo Cricket - Social Club 6x6 paper pad and matted it onto cardstock from Papercuts. I have added Jenni Bowlin Malted Milk acrylic paint to the cardstock and Frayed Burlap DI and brown fineliner doodles to the patterned paper.

My image has been coloured using Copics and ProMarkers and cut using the largest labels 14 nestie. I have added a sky background using a scalloped template and some Bashful Blue ink from SU! I have doodled around the outside using a brown fineliner. Is the frog in his pocket not the cutest thing you've ever seen?!

Here is a close up of the sentiment. I think it suits the image perfectly. The mess some kids get in jumping in muddy puddles is hilarious! I cut it using the ticket die from Whimsy Sentiments and stamped the blank ticked on top using Bashful Blue ink again.

I know.. I know what you're thinking.. but this is a boy card.. and those are WOC flowers. Well.. I think it kinda works.. please tell me it works.. it ain't like they're bright pink or something! LOL.

I hope this has inspired you to create something masculine so you can join us this week. I hope to see you over at Sentimental Sundays - don't forget to stop by the blog to see what the other awesome ladies have got for ya too!!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Pink {INK} Sketch Challenges - Sketch #1

× Pink Gem Challenges - #25 Let's Hear it For the Boys

× Sweet Stampin' - One for the Boys
[I stamped the ticket detail.]

× Totally Gorjuss - All About Boys

× Picture and Scrap - Punches/Dies
[I cut my image using a die cut.]

× Crafter's Companion - One for the Boys

× Get Funky - Boys, Boys, Boys

× Card Mad Fairy's Digi Day - Must Include an Animal
[I hope my frog counts.]
× Tellens Place - Anything Goes

× DYSU - Sew : Faux or Real
[Faux]

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzil - Kraft; Papercuts - Lime Green

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket - Social Club

Stamps/Digi: Some Odd Girl - Stompin' Tobie; Raindrop Echo Designs - Fast Lane Sentiments; Whimsy Stamps - Friendship Tickets Sentiments

Ink: SU! Bashful Blue; DI - Frayed Burlap

Dies: Whimsy Stamps - Ticket die

Embellishments: WOC - lime cherry blossom, 15mm yellow rose, semi open 8mm turquoise rose, white gypsophila stems; The Ribbon Girl - white satin ribbon, cream loopy trim

Colour: Copics: Skin E00, 11, 13, YR00 Hair E35, 57, 59 ProMarkers: Hoodie & Wellies Grass, Bright Green, Lime Green, Marine, Petrol Blue, Midnight Blue T-Shirt Marine, Mustard Trousers Cocoa, Henna, Walnut Frog Mint Green, Green, Lush Green Puddle Powder Blue, Blue Pearl, Blender

Misc: baby blue liquid pearls; Jenni Bowlin - Malted Milk acrylic paint; brown fineliner

Pollycraft Challenge #101 - *//The Great Outdoors\\*

How did you enjoy last weeks special 'Celebration' challenge? Fun, wasn't it? Thank you to everyone who entered, it was great to see your interpretations of the theme.

As for the random winner of the 'Swinging Friends' digi..

CONGRATULATIONS

*Donna Mosley ~ My Happy Place ~*

Please email me at loulouwas@hotmail.com to claim your digi!

Onto this week.. we have an equally fun challenge!!

**THE GREAT OUTDOORS**

How FUN?! Check out all the details over at the Pollycraft Challenge blog and see the other the creations the awesome ladies have created to inspire you!

I have created a boy themed card using 'Pirate' from the Swings and Slides - Enchant and Explore collection. I have coloured him using Copics and Promarkers and added a sky background using a template, DI and a sponge.

I created the sentiment on my computer using Earwig Factory font. This is one of my fave quotes about the beach and the ocean. I have distressed all of the edges using Frayed Burlap DI and added some faux stitching with a brown fineliner around the outside of the main panel.

I have kept embellishments to a minimum and added some green stitched grosgrain ribbon as well as some navy blue bakers twine and a pirate flag charm. A few areas of blue liquid pearls finished the card off.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Cardmadfairy - Include an Animal

× PCJ Challenge - For Him

× City Crafter Challenge - Birds of a Feather

Don't forget to head over to the Pollycraft challenge blog and join in with the fun!!

Pollycraft Freebie - 'Gorgeous'

Morning people! I have something exciting to share with you today! We're previewing a new digi image over at Pollycraft..

I would like you all to meet..

GORGEOUS

What else could Paula possibly have called him?! LOL!! My Gorgeous is "snot" coloured. I've made this card for my little cousin, he's nine soon.. obviously.. and I guess this image and the colour ;) is just perfect!!

I have used a Kraft cardbase which I have watermarked with some other monster images from a Hero Arts stamp set. My sentiment is from the same set and stamped in Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. The papers I've used are from MME Lil' Robots collection and I have distressed the edges with Frayed Burlap DI and added faux stitching using a green fineliner.

I have coloured gorgeous using PM's and added some Diamond Stickles to his teeth! LOL. I've fussy cut him out and added him to the card using dimensional adhesive. I die cut a '9' using my MM Slice and added it to the top banner and again added Diamond Stickles for some added personalisation!

I would like to enter Gorgeous into these challenges:

× The Paper Shelter - Lots of Dots

× Ruby's Rainbow - Happy Birthday

× Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Happy Birthday

× Bows and Berries - Use Kraft

× Creative Stamp Friends - Dots

Head on over to Paula's blog HERE to see what the other ladies have come up with for this new release!! You will not be disappointed!!

What are you waiting for? Pick him up for free HERE until 29th July.

Sentimental Sundays #59 Father's Day/ Card for a Man

Good morning all. Thank goodness for scheduled posts, right? I would never make it out of bed at 5am!! Another Sunday, another Sentimental Sundays Challenge.. this week.. we want to see..

FATHER'S DAY PROJECTS/ CARD FOR A MAN

You get the idea, it's Father's Day on the 19th in the UK, USA and Canada (I think..) so what a perfect theme for a challenge!

I have used a cute little image from The Stamping Bazaar called 'Catch of the Day' along with a Raindrop Echo sentiment from the 'Great Day to Fish' set. Such a cool bunch of sentiments, perfect for male cards. I have coloured both images using PM's and fussy cut them out. The two panels of patterned paper are from Cosmo Cricket - Mr Campy collection which is my go to paper for male cards, the colours just lend themselves so well.

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:
× Bows and Berries - Masculine
× Crazy Challenge - Father's Day
× There's Magic in the Air - Masculine
× Woodware USA - Masculine Cards
× Ladybug Crafts Ink - It's All About the Males

[Note: Typical, it seems I tempted fate. This post was all typed and scheduled for 5am.. I checked my blog at 11:30 and guess what?! The post wasn't there!! So I've quickly had to retype all of this, sorry for any mistakes! This has never happened before, and I hope it doesn't happen again.]

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #23 - Texture

Hey pink ladies!! How has your week been so far? It's time for another challenge over at Tickled Pink Stamps - can you believe it?! This week we want to see creations with..

TEXTURE

Take that how you wish, it could be anything from embossing and distressing to ribbons and lace. I can't wait to see everyones interpretations of this weeks challenge. Take a look at the TPS Challenge Blog and see what the other members of this awesome team have come up with!!

Here is my take on the challenge..

I have used the awesome-ly cool Lil' Lad Eric, I think he will remain a firm fave of mine. I have coloured him using ProMarkers - isn't his red hair cute?! I think it makes him look soo innocent. I have matched him with some papers from Cosmo Cricket Social Club collection. The kraft tag which I got in a pack of 20 aaaages ago from WHSmith which I need to use up has been embossed with a houndstooth embossing folder.

I have stamped the cardbase with the ledger stamp from Hero Arts in Blue Bayou ink from SU! I have distressed and torn the edges of my base patterned paper to add some extra texture. I have distressed the die cut which Eric in upon and added some baby blue liquid pearls. Lastly, I've added some.. ribbon?! I don't know what you call that stuff?! around the banner I've created from the same patterned paper collection.

I decided to leave this card without a sentiment so I can write whatever I need to inside when the time comes. There are so many possibilities though, and I love these images as they make those male cards sooo easy! Eric, you're AWESOME!

This is the last card I've made using my sewing machine. Mr Janome is broken!! I'm gutted. Going to try and get it sorted though as I'm having withdrawls. He just won't pick up the thread off the bobbin. I honestly don't know what's going on!? Plus.. I've misplaced the manual, which never helps matters.. Anywho..

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Delicious Doodles - Texture
× Fussy and Fancy - Card for a Man or Boy
× Stamp Something - Use a Digi
× The Stamp Man - Boys and Men
× Aud Sentiments - A sentiment/ card for a male

Thanks for stopping by today! xo Lou.

PaperPlay - Father's Day/ Card for a Male

Morning guys, how are you all?! This is my first ever post for PaperPlay Challenges - I cannot even begin to tell you how excited I am!!

First things first.. the theme this week over is..

"FATHER'S DAY/ MAN'S CARD"

We've been very kindly sponsored by Love To Stamp, and the lucky winner will recieve a $15 voucher!

So, I've gone for a hybrid of the two.. using an adorable digi from Some Odd Girl©. Just so you know.. I thought of the sentiment ALL BY MYSELF! Awesome, I know! ;)



The card came together pretty fast - if you're a follower of my blog you will probably recognise this layout. I can't get away from it. I spotted it on someones blog aaaaages ago and I can't remember who it was to give them credit! It has stuck with me ever since though and I use it. A LOT! The little Magnolia die was sent to me by my lovely friend Roz. She cut me a bunch from white cardstock, so I've 'coloured' this one with Old Paper DI to coordinate it with the rest of the card - not overly sure how well that went.. but there you have it.

Supplies

Cardstock: SU! Naturals Ivory; Crumb Cake

Patterned Paper: Kaisercraft - Homemade paper pad

Stamps: Studio G alpha, Some Odd Girl© Super Tobie

Ink: SU!; Soft Suede; Old Paper DI

Embellishments: Coffee button, brown bakers twine from The Ribbon Girl; brown Prima pearl

Tools: WRMK - Corner Chomper; SU! 1 1/4" square punch; Oval nesties;

Misc: brown fineliner

I hope to see you over there. I know us crafters generally find it difficult to produce those male cards, so this challenge may take you outside of your preferred comfort zone, but TRY IT!! You never know - you might be chuffed with the results!!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Crafting for all Seasons - Father's Day
× Ambers Crafts and Stuff - Special Man
× Crafts and Me - Stamp Something [I stamped my sentiment - letter by letter - I hope that counts!]
× The Sisterhood of Crafters - Celebrating Dad/ Man in your life
× The Paper Variety - For The Guys
× Timeless Tuesdays - Father's Day
× The Stamping Boutique - Men Only
× Critter Challenge - Let's get Krafty
× The Kraft Journal - It's a Man Thing

Enjoy the rest of your day whatever you may be doing! xo Lou.

Lexi's Creations #41 - Father's Day

Hey everyone, this fortnight over at Lexi's Creations the new challenge is.. FATHER'S DAY. We want to see you celebrate the male figures in your life!!

Here is my take on the challenge..

I have used Squaddie Scruffles, isn't he perfect for Father's Day? So many of Lexi's images are perfect for a Father's Day card, including Golfer Max and Footie Ali!! Check out Fairy Dust Crafts and see which one is your fave. I have coloured Scruffles using ProMarkers - this is one of my fave colour combos for dark brown fur - Cocoa, Henna and Walnut.

I have cut him out using a labels four nestie and stamped the edges with various 7Gypsies stamps in SU! Crumb Cake ink. I then inked the edges with Frayed Burlap DI.

This fab and very hand ticket sentiment is from Stitchy Sentiments. I coloured around the outside with a green PM to coordinate with the rest of the topper.

The sponsor this fornight is Letraset..

..and the winner will recieve a pack of five ProMarkers.

I would like to enter this topper into these challenges:

× Charisma Cardz - Boy Oh Boy

× Aud Sentiments - A Sentiment/ Card for a Male

× Ladybug Crafts - Meow, Woof, Roar, Squeek ~ Animals

× My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut

× Party Time Tuesdays - Animal Themed

Thanks for stopping by today, be sure to check out Lexi's Creations and see what the rest of the DT have come up with for Father's Day. xo Lou.

You're A ROCK STAR!!

Hey guys, I'm not feeling at all well today - full of cold!! My head feels like its about to explode and I'm totally achy all over. I spent about 10 minutes just standing under the shower with the water really hot to try and ease some of the pain. It felt great - until I got out! :( Urghh!! Its the last thing I need right now with the dissertation deadline drawing ever closer! I'll be heading into uni early tomorrow - if I can drag myself out of bed, so hopefully all my friends will be able to bounce some encouragement around! Anywho, enough of my sob story, onto the card!!

After going wild and buying almost the whole new release in digi form from TPS the other night, I sat down and made a card using my fave fox about town, Lil Fox (Rockin') Emilio!!

It took me most of the night to complete, as I kept sitting down, looking at it, moving pieces about, going away, and coming back to it again. Even though it took me almost four and a half hours (you would never be able to tell..) I really quite like the result.

The sentiment and star shape are both from a PTI set called Star Prints, such a versatile set and perfect for male cards! "You're a ROCK STAR". I have used three different patterned papers from SU! all in the colour Pumpkin Pie, to add a bit of interest to the bottom of the card. I have sponged the edges of these pieces with Crumb Cake ink.

I have coloured Emilio using lead pencil and Sansodor solvent. His scarf is coloured using ProMarkers. The card base is Crumb Cake from SU! (what else?!) and I have stamped music notes using the Music Notes standard wheel from SU! in Crumb Cake ink for a tone on tone effect, I have then sponged around the edge of the card with the same ink and added some faux stitching with white gel pen.

I have added some pearl swirls using my Bazzill template - perfect pearl swirls everytime! :) I added a slice of Pumpkin Pie taffeta ribbon around the points on the star to give it some added interest. The sentiment has been stamped and embossed on a die cut from the nesties Fancy Tags collection onto Really Rust cardstock from SU! This colour is now retired and I'm super sad about that! The closest to it is Cajun Craze.

I have taken a liking to decorating the insides of my cards lately - its a perfect way to use up scraps of patterned paper and adds a little something 'extra' to the whole card! Everything ends up matching and it's super fun. The next step will be to make a co-ordinating envelope, but there's plenty of time for that! I used some tiny Studio G alphabet stamps to create the phrase ROCKIN' on the scalloped oval cardstock. The stamps are round, and tiny, and SUPER hard to line up straight - but hey, it adds to the 'boyish' look when it ain't all so perfect!!

I would like to enter this card into these challenges:

× Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges - One For The Lads

× Ambers Crafts & Stuff - Use a Die cut
× Ginger Snap Creations - Copper, Ginger or Rust
× The Sisterhood of Crafters - Lets Hear it for the Boys
× Stampavie and More - For a Boy
× Cupcake Craft Challenge - Monochromatic
× Pollycraft Challenge - Swirls & Pearls
× Creative Cowgirls - Monochromatic
× Gingerloft Challenge - Die cuts/ punches
× One Stitch at a Time - Something for the Boys

I have gone post crazy this afternoon - and have a load of stuff scheduled for next week. I've also tried super hard to find loads of challenges to enter my next DT card into for PTD. Make sure to stop by on Monday to check that out - it might give you some of the inspiration you have been looking for!!

Thanks for stopping by today, I'm off the boil the kettle and make a Lemsip!! *sad face*

xo