Man of the match

• Hunkydory: for the gentlemen collection 'man of the match' toppers, background card and inserts (there's some left over!) 
• 2 6x6" White card blanks
• Gold mirri card
• Blue adorable scorable

For the first card, I made an easel... 

I folded the front of the card in half and covered with a matt of patterned paper. I added the topper onto the front, only positioning the glue on the lower half of the topper. I then added an insert, cut down to size to fit inside making sure the image would be visible. I trimmed the border strip from the coordinating cardstock and added this across the bottom of the inside of the card, using foam to create a stopper. 

And for the second... 

 

 

I matt and layered the cardblank with gold mirri card and blue adorable scorable. I cut the centre from the topper and glued this down flat on the front of the card. I then trimmed the remainder of the topper down, cutting from the inside of the aperture to create a frame. I glued this in position using foam to raise it up surrounding the main topper. For the inside, I trimmed down another insert to fit inside neatly. 

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decorating delight !!

 

stamps: a lick of paint from lili of the valley

inks: memento (tuxedo black) ink pad, promarkers

cardstock: born to shop go green paper pad, kraft 5x7 card blank plus extra cardstock, craftwork cards digi cardstock

dies/ punches: banner punch from stampin' up! ticket framelit dies from sizzix

extras: paint sample book

 

I chose a selection of coordinating papers and some paint colour swatches. I cut the various matts and layered them onto the cardblank. the paint colour samples were punched to shape them into banners and added to the card following the sketch. the topper was stamped and coloured in promarkers, to match the colour scheme. I die cut the image out and added it to the card using foam pads to create some dimension. I think the paint colour samples work really well for this image, for a quirky embellishment on a mans card !!

 

freshly made sketch #135

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rugby red !!

 stamps: rugby mad from lili of the valley
inks: memento (tuxedo black) ink pad, promarkers
cardstock: craftwork cards digi cardstock, red 6x6" card blanks plus red card and silver paper
dies: vintage market alphabet from tim holtz alterations, circle framelits all from sizzix and cut using their big shot machine.

matt the patterned paper onto some silver paper, to create definition from the red card blank. next add a strip of red card, again matted onto silver. stamp the image onto craftwork card and colour with promarkers. then die cut the image into a circle, using a larger die to cut the silver matt. finally, die cut the 50 in red and glue it all together following the sketch. 

'sketch Saturday #297'

 



'paper players #183'

'colour challenge -red'

 

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watercolour wishes ...

stamps: summer afternoon (hostess), blooming with kindness, language of friendship all from stampin' up!
inks: archival ink pad (sepia), tim holtz distress ink pad (brushed corduroy)
cardstock: kraft 4x6 card blank plus extra, cream cardstock

I cut a mat of cream cardstock, and stamped it all over with flowers (from the language of friendship set). I then added shading to the centre of the flowers, using the distress ink and a bit of water on a blending mat with a paint brush. I finally edged the background mat with distress ink before sticking down to my kraft card blank. I marked out and cut my topper to look like a polaroid, making sure the sentiment and chosen image fit in the appropriate  places. once cut, I stamped my sentiment (blooming with kindness set). I then stamped the focal image (summer afternoon set) on to a square of cream card and added shading as before,(very much like watercolour) to add depth to the picture. I layered these pieces together then glued them onto the card blank to finish.

'cas(e) the sketch #61'

 

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skip to it !!

 

stamps: papermania mix 'n' match borders, petite pairs by stampin up! and skipping from LOTV

inks: tuxedo black memento ink pad, sekura glitter pen and promarker pens 

punches: large oval, scallop oval and scallop trim border from stampin up!

 



I kept this one simple, with the cute LOTV image as a focal point. the embellishments are kept to a minimum, with the accent of pink on the side trim and message, then using the stitching to define the edges of the central panel. overall I think this makes for a more grown up feel

 



'pretty in pink'

 

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