Summer afternoon

 

Stampin up!- summer afternoon & guy greetings 

Archival ink pad-jet black

Zig clean color real brush markers- 41, 43, 67,68,20.

Water colour cardstock, Kraft card blank, water & paint brush. 

I cut a piece of cardstock just abit smaller than the card front. I stamped my image and sentiment in black. I added bits of colour with the markers then blended out with a small brush and water. I added more colour by putting a bit of marker on a plastic sheet, then picking up the colour with the brush. Once happy I glued my panel to my card blank.

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Big birthday

• My favourite things- big birthday die
• Stampin up- crazy about you
• Tim holtz distress inks- salty ocean, shabby shutters, mowed lawn.
• Black card blank and watercolour cardstock 

I cut down my piece of watercolour cardstock and added water. I simply squished the ink pad onto a sheet of plastic, and used a big damp paint brush to pick up the colours. I added them to the card in lines and blended them together slightly. I let this dry. I diecut the big birthday and glued it on to the panel. I stamped the ‘to you’ underneath. I finally added the panel to a black card blank to finish.

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Manly moments

• Hunkydory- little book of manly moments
• Lil’ inker designs- happy birthday border die
• Paper mania ('son' stamp: not sure what the set was called)
• Black & white cardstock

I made a 5x7” card blank and stamped son in the bottom corner. I trimmed the little book image to fit the remaining space and matted onto black cardstock. I then die cut the happy birthday border and placed over the top of the image to match the sketch. 

I think this simple card is great for men and could easily be adapted with a different image to suit the man!

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Case this sketch #267

Adrenaline rush part 2

• Kanban 'adrenaline rush' paper craft toppers
• DCWV Fresh floral stack 
• Black & white spot paper (old one from the scrap box)
• Silver mirri card
• 7x7" card blank

I created a layout using two of the toppers with a frame from the collection. I then found two different dotty papers to coordinate. I mat and layered the orange spot onto silver mirri card to leave a white border on the card front. I then trimmed the black spot to fit as a band going down the card. With the toppers, I arranged them onto the card front and glued down with varied depths of foam pads to add more dimension to the card. I completed the front with the sentiment in the top corner, overlapping the circle frame to link it into the design. I think this is a nice bold design perfect for a birthday boy!!

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adrenaline rush

• Kanban 'adrenaline rush' paper craft toppers
• Stamping up! Teeny tiny sentiments stamp set
• Paper mania 'happy days' paper stack (& coordinating colours from my scrap box)
• Silver mirri card
• 5x7" card blank

I chose coordinating papers and cut them, following the sketch layout, to fit the card front. I stamped the sentiment onto the red band, before gluing the layers down. I added the topper in position using foam pads for dimension to complete this simple men's card. 

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Cas(e) this sketch #263

motoring classics

• Hunkydory charming chaps 'motoring classics' luxury card collection 
• Silver Miri cardstock 
• White card blank
• Bakers twine (docrafts)
• Su! Large numbers framelit dies
  

 To make this card i used the sketch as a starting point. I chose the cardstock with the image in the bottom corner. I trimmed to size, just smaller than my card blank. I added a coordinating baker's twine to create a band, securing it at the back of the piece of card and tied a knot at the front for added detail. I matt and layered onto a piece of miri, cut to the same size as my cardblank. I glued both layers to the front of my 5x7" cardblank. I diecut the big '50' from some silver Miri card for the sentiment, and added it to my card using foam tape. To finish the card I added the coordinating insert to the inside of my card.

 To make this card I simply Matt and layered the remaining cardstock onto some more Miri, cut to fit the front of a 7x7" cardblank. I chose the layout of my toppers and sentiment and glued it all in place, using different depths of foam tape for dimension. Finally I added the coordinating insert to complete my card.

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case this sketch #255

Archaic birthday

• Basic grey- archaic paper pad
• My favourite things- brush stroke birthday greeting
• SU!- endless birthday wishes
• Archival 'jet black' ink pad
• Black cardstock
• White 6x4" card blank

For this card I used scraps of coordinating paper, and followed the sketch for my layout. I simply cut the cardstock into strips leaving one piece for the corner. Once all the strips had been glued to the card blank, I chose my sentiment. I stamped the 'happy' and die cut the word 'birthday' for a bolder detail.

I think this card worked well for a men's card and had the added bonus of using some leftover pieces of patterned paper!

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I'm joining :

Cas(e) this sketch challenge blog - #252

Christmas cocoa

• Hunkydory classic Christmas luxury card collection: Christmas cocoa
• Hunkydory second little book of Christmas
• Hunkyory essential book of Christmas sentiments
• Gold mirri card
• A5, 5x7" & 6x4" card blanks

I created this first A5 card using the little book image as the topper. I trimmed the cardstock down to fit the card front with a matt of mirri card. I then layered the little book image onto a matt of gold mirri to create the topper.  I glued the topper in place with a sentiment from the essential book beneath, using foam pads for dimension. For the inside, I trimmed down the coordinating insert to fit neatly. 

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 I used the other half a sheet of patterned cardstock with the printed border for this 5x7 card. I trimmed the cardstock down to cover the front of the card blank. I then added the topper, layered up with the decoupage pieces for dimension. I completed the front of card with a little sentiment topper from the set, positioned in the bottom corner. I added an insert, trimmed to fit inside.

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I used another little book image as the topper for this A5 card. I covered the card front with the other patterned cardstock. The little book page was added to a matt of mirri before I glued this down flat, perfect for posting. I completed the inside with the coordinating insert.

inside

For the final card, I created this cute little 6x4" landscape card featuring the printed image from the cardstock. I simply trimmed it to fit the card front and finished with a sentiment from the essential book and the insert trimmed to fit inside.

inside

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driving home for Christmas

• Hunkydory snowy season luxury card collection: driving home for Christmas
• Hunkydory essential book of Christmas sentiments
• A5 landscape & 6x6" card blanks

I created this landscape A5 card using the large topper from the collection. I cut the patterned cardstock in half and removed the snowy border. I then cut the striped border from the remaining half a sheet of cardstock. I added the main piece of cardstock to the front of the card and trimmed off the end of the card blank to reveal the inside of the card. I then added the other matching border inside the card, to sit neatly in the reveal. I used half of the decoupage layers on foam to add dimension to the topper. To complete the card front, I simply positioned the topper image along with an essential book sentiment raised up on foam pads.

For the second card, I made a feature of the printed image on the cardstock. I trimmed down the cardstock to fit the front of a 6" square card. I then layered on the coordinating border across the top, raised on foam. I also layered the car with the remaining decoupage pieces to give this dimension and mirri accents. I completed the card with the sentiment topper from the set in the space above the car and the insert trimmed to fit inside.

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I felt the best use of the toppers in this decoupage style collection was to make two nice cards. I still have a full sheet of cardstock left over from this collection, which I will use later with either the little book images or some extra toppers from other collections.

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Merry Christmas, sausage!

• Hunkydory cute Christmas luxury card collection: Merry Christmas, sausage!
• 7x7", 6x4" & DL card blanks
• Gold mirri card

I created this 7" square card using the largest topper from the set. I mat and layered the patterned cardstock and gold mirri onto the card front. I then positioned the topper on using foam pads, so the scarf border on the topper lined up with the dog on the backing card. I completed the card with the coordinating sentiment from the set, overlapping the topper on deeper foam pads.

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Using the other piece of patterned cardstock, I created the DL card. I chose the DL format as it fit both borders on, I simply cut the cardstock to fit the card front. I then added the oval topper and large sentiment on foam pads for dimension. I completed the inside with the matching insert trimmed to fit.

inside

For the 6x4" card, I cut down the remaining cardstock to fit the front of the card, this time removing both borders. I then layered the bottom border onto the card with foam pads to create dimension. I added the square topper above the border on foam pads to complete.

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packaging pouches!!

• Kraft & cream cardstock
• Stampin up! 'skinny mini alphabet' & 'epic alphabet' stamp sets
• Archival ' sepia' ink pad 
• Card bags

I stitched these little pouches as gifts and wanted to package them nicely to send. I found clear card bags which fit the pouches in neatly and sealed them in. For the top piece, I measured the width of the bag and decided on the height I wanted, (bearing in mind the stamp size + matting). I cut the Kraft card to the right width and doubled the height. I folded the cardstock in half over the top of the bag and secured with staples. I then cut the cream cardstock to layer on top and cover the staples. Before gluing into place, I used the letter stamps to spell out the contents 'wash bag!' or 'cosmetic bag' to complete this simple packaging. 

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vintage sports car

 

• LOTV 'vintage sports' rubber stamp
• memento ink pad 'tuxedo black'
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• copics: R24, 27, 29, 89. E42. Y13, 15, 17. E23, 27. YG21, 23, 25, 61. G21, 24, 46. B0000, 41, 45. N0, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9.  
• lawn fawn 'Finley's ABCs' dies & 'happy happy happy' clear stamps (inside)
• road atlas (cut a page up for the map background)

I stamped the image onto Neenah card stock and coloured it with copics. I then fussy cut around the outer edge and coloured the frame. I die cut the letters from Neenah cardstock and coloured with a fade to the centre using copics to match the frame. I took a page from a road atlas and chose a section of the map to create a background for the card. I glued this onto the card flat, added the image on top using foam and liquid glued for the alphabet.

 

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I would like to enter the following challenges:
The ribbon girl June card challenge
LOTV Facebook challenge 'summer'

Out of space...

• Kirsty Wiseman - terrestrial friends
• Neenahclassic crest cardstock
• Copics-G46,24,21.YG61. R24,27,29. B14,16,18. A selection of Course marker's
• Watercolour cardstock
• Tim holtz distress inks- fossilized amber, blue print sketch, candied apple, chipped sapphire, black spot & hickory smoked
• White paint
• My favourite things- brush stroke birthday greeting dies
• Tim holtz polkadot stencil

I cut a piece of watercolour cardstock to create my space background. I inked the cardstock using the brighter colours randomly spread to fully cover the cardstock. I then added the darker ink over the top to again cover the card. For the stars, I watered down some white acrylic paint and flicked this on to create a fine splattering over the ground. Once dry, I trimmed the background down into two panels to fit the card blank. I then stamped, coloured and fussy cut the rocket from Neenah cardstock. I also die cut a sentiment from watercolour cardstock. To soften the white, I added light patches of ink using the blending tool, then used the dotty stencil to produce a crater effect over the top. I glued the background onto the card blank using double sided tape. I then added the sentiment using liquid glue, and finally positioned the rocket on foam pads to complete the sketch.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
case this sketch #225
Simon Wednesday says: make it masculine

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for the mod man...

• hunkydory the little book of charming chaps
• hunkydory essential book of sentiments
• bazzill bling: cream cardstock
• white 5 x 7" card blank

I followed the sketch to create this simple birthday card, making the most of the ready to use images and sentiments in the hunkydory books. I cut the topper sheet across the border line to create the split background. I trimmed a piece of cream cardstock to cover the front of my card blank, then positioned the topper pieces and glued these down flat. Finally, I added the message overlapping the topper to complete the sketch and add some dimension, by using foam pads to stick it down.

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

freshly made sketch #291

Simon Monday says: masculine

 

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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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Happy times

 

• LOTV- happy times
• SU!- remembering your birthday
• Craftwork card- man made paper pad
• Momento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• Neenah classic crest cardstock
• Copics- E30, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39, 47, 49, 50, 51, 21, 93. YR07, 18, B99. N1, 3, 4, 6. W00. W1, 4.
• Silver pearl paper
• White 5x7" cardblank
• Brown button 

 

I cut a mat of pearl paper and a layer of patterned paper to fit the card blank. I then stamped and coloured the image on a mat of white card. I layered this onto pearl paper and glued it onto the card. To complete the sketch, I stamped the sentiment onto white card and shaped it into a banner, before matting onto pearl and adding onto the card. The finishing touch was a button secured in position with a glue dot.

 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Ribbon girl 'use an image'

Sketch Saturday #459

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Simple birthday...

• SU! Big news
• Archival 'colbolt' ink pad
• Patterned paper
• Red & white cardstock

 I kept this one really simple using a scrap of patterned paper from my scrap drawer and a nice bold sentiment. I stamped the sentiment and matted it onto red card. I then cut the patterned paper matt and layered with the red card. Following the sketch, I glued both pieces to a white card blank.

 

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Challenge i would like to enter
Freshly made sketches #268

magical dragons...

 

• my favourite things- magical dragons (stamps & dies)
• SU!- made for you
• mama elephant- landscape trio dies (before starting this card, i used the cloud die and some template plastic to make a mask)
• tattered lace- circle dies
• tim holtz 'tumbled glass & broken china' ditress ink pads
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad
• copics- V17,15,12. Y38,35. YG25,23,21. RV14,13. E42,41. C00,1. 0.
• sakura micron '01' pen
• white funky foam
• white cardstock

 

I cut a piece of cardstock slightly smaller than my card blank to form a matt. I created a sky background using shades of blue ink and a mask (I created my own mask using the landscape die to form the clouds). I arranged 4 different sized circle dies according to the sketch and die cut them from the matt. I edged each aperture on the matt using a micron pen to create faux stitching. I also stamped a sentiment in the bottom corner of the matt, following the sketch. I temporarily placed my matt onto the card blank, then glued each cut out circle down onto the card blank in its original position. I removed the matt from the card blank and prepared my images.

I stamped, coloured and die cut my dragon images. Since you only see the top half of the dragon and the rest is trimmed off to fit neatly behind the apertures, I only coloured the areas which would be seen. I used the 0 copic marker to add texture/ scales to the dragons. On the reverse of the sky matt, I glued each dragon behind a circle so they were peaking through. I added funky foam (you could use foam tape instead) to the entire back of the matt, then glued in position on my card blank, ensuring all the circles lined up.

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Challenges i would like to enter:

freshly made sketches #263

 

 

sunday drive...

• lawn fawn- stitched rectangle stackables & louie ABC'S
• hunky-dory- little book of manly moments
• black & kraft cardstock
• black funky foam

 

to make this super quick 'fathers day' card...I used a sheet from the little book (with a car image) to cover the front of a black card blank. I created a frame using the stitched dies from kraft cardstock and glued this on to my card. I die cut the letters from both kraft cardstock and black funky foam, to spell dad. I glued these layers together to add a dimensional element on to my card.

I took the inside of the die cut frame and stamped a fathers day greeting. I glued this to the inside of my card, to create a finished look and somewhere nice to write.

 you could easily use a different image and die cut words, to change the look of this card for other occasions.

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challenge I would like to enter:
simon says: father's day/ for a guy

super striker!!

 

• LOTV- super striker & for him sentiments
• lawn fawn- happy birthday border die
• memento 'tuxedo black' ink pad & copic marker friendly cardstock
• copics (E000,00,01,11,55,57,59. N0,1,6,7,8,9. R24,27,29. G24,28,29.)
• 6x6" black card blank
• black & blue cardstock
• foiled star cardstock (had it for years and im not sure where its from)

I mat and layered a black card blank with some blue cardstock. following the sketch, I cut the triangle shapes from a strip of star patterned card. I matted this on to black and attached it to my card. I then cut a piece of white cardstock, stamped the focal image and coloured this using copics. this was also matted onto black and added to the card using foam. To complete, I added a stamped sentiment at the bottom and a black die cut sentiment across the top.  

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challenges id like to enter:
sketch Saturday- #416
paper players- colour challenge #299