Kid birthday card

I have another card for the Kenny K birthday challenge. This digi is called Cupcake Celebration Stamp. His clothes are all paper pieced but the rest I colored with Copic Markers. I did die cut the image using a Spellbinders die. The background stamp is by Hero Arts and is stamped with Stampin Up ink. The sentiment is by Gina Marie stamps.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://kennykskraftykrew.blogspot.com/-Birthday
http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ Happy Birthday
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://blog.markerpop.com/ Anything goes with Copics
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Manly Monday Part 2

Here we have Part 2 of Manly Monday which is for the older masculines in our lives. Click on the blog name to be directed to the blogger's card. When you're done check out my brother's card for his birthday which is today.

MaxiBelle Studio

Paper Panda

Kompis Kort by MI

Stamp, Paper, Ink

Hazel's Happy House

Gramma's Room

ValeryAnne Designs

Aunty Sue's Craft Cavern

Banana's Crafty Blog

Made by Helen

Crazy for Flowers Cards

I have a a couple of similar masculine birthday cards to share in this post. The golf bag is a rubber cling stamp by Great Impressions. I stamp it in black by Hero Arts onto Ranger/Tim Holtz watercolor paper. Then I colored it in using distress markers and a water pen. The green cardstock is by Stampin Up, brown by Bazzill, white by Recollections, and kraft by Oriental Trading Co. The embossing folder is by Cuttlebug and the sentiment is computer generated. 

The only supply different from the first card is the sentiment is a SRM sticker.

Thanks for joining me on this Manly Monday two part series.

Challenges

http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/ Something Masculine

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Just for men
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/ Use kraft cardstock
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG Or No DP
http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ Something with circles

Manly Monday Part 1

I made this boy-like card for the challenge at Kenny K's using their Boy Gamer digi stamp. I colored him in with Copic markers and then die cut the image with a Spellbinders die cut. I did paper piece his shirt from a light grey cardstock by Stampin Up. I stamped it with a patterned background stamp by Hero Arts. For the shoes I used a Faber Castell Artist pen to give them a little metallic look. I did distress the edges of the die cut because it looked way to white and clean for a boy image.

The background stamps and sentiment are stamps by Papertrey Ink. I stamped the background with Sahara Sand ink by Stampin Up onto some random kraft cardstock in my paper bin. I heat embossed the sentiment {4 times but who's counting-Ugh!} using white embossing powder by Stamp N Plus, Versa Mark by Tsukineko, and black cardstock by Recollections. The light bulb brad is by Eyelet Outlet.

EST.

Welcome back to Manly Monday. I had so many people write me back about their card I had to split it up into two posts and I did so by separating cards for the younger masculine and the older masculine cards. This post has the younger cards but some could go for both. I really enjoy doing these posts featuring your cards and I hope you enjoy reading them and checking out the masculine card inspiration. Please click on the blog title above the little snippet to be directed to the blog post.  Then when you are done please scroll down for my card.

Rita's Universe

Anna's Handmade Cards

Kompis Kort by MI

Scrap a Thousand Words

Jo Edwards 

Jo Edwards

Gramma's Room

Diane's Country Cards and Crafts

Thanks so much for looking and the older male cards blog post will go live at 6:00 PM

Challenges:

http://kennykskraftykrew.blogspot.com/ Birthday with Kenny K

http://craftingwhenwecanchallenges.blogspot.com/ No Patterned Paper

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/2014/09/dtbst-248-metalology.html Metalology

http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/ Happy Birthday

Nautical Birthday and new technique

I have second post for today that I wanted to get out there for a DT call. You can call it a Pre-Manly Monday post because tomorrow there is going to be a lot of great stuff for your masculine card inspiration.

But for tonight I have a nautical card using a painter's tape technique by Kay Kalthoff. Check out the Youtube video for an explanation. I did it a little different with my blues showcasing the different "colors" of the sea/water but really it's the lack of light against the bottom of the body of water that makes the deeper water darker. Anyway, check it out and leave me a link if you do the technique.

The sentiment stamp is part of the by Birthday Words stamp set by Gina Marie Stamps. You can find all her stamp sets and great deals at WholeSaleCraftingSupplies.com.The boat stamp is by Stampin Up stamped in black Hero Arts ink on Tim Holtz watercolor paper. I colored the image in with distress markers by Ranger Industries as well as the jute in a bow. 

The frame around the ship is a Spellbinders die cut that I cut apart and made it shorter in height  to better fit my image. I trimmed up the edges with some scissors and placed an epoxy sticker over the seams. The border die cut at the bottom is cut out using my Cricut using the Wall Decor and More cartridge. I cut them out from white cardstock and then inked them with Pumice Stone distress ink. They're kind of cool looking. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back on Monday for Manly Monday once at 6 AM and part two at 6 PM {EST}.

Challenges:

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ Stay focused on Stamping-Anything goes

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Antyhing goes

http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.com/ Birthday

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG or No DP

http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/2014/09/challenge-100-and-our-celebration-blog.html Celebration {Birthday}

http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/ Birthday Card

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Just for Men

http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ Something with circles

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ Birthday

http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ Turquiose and brown

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ Happy Birthday

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/Use Kraft Cardstock

http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.com/ Water

http://vandicrafts.com/category/cards/artistry-challenge/ Under the Sea

http://wedodoobadoo.blogspot.co.uk/ Something Masculine

Poinsettia Dreamweaver Stencils Embossing Paste Card

I made this card for the "A Holiday with Chalk" challenge at Chalk Ah Lot. My cardstock is both white and red by Recollections. The sentiment is a rub-on that is very old but the star is a puffy sticker by Martha Stewart, the Patterned paper is by Little Yellow Bicycle, and the white ribbon in the center is by Offray.

For my image, I applied white embossing paste onto the Large Poinsettia stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils and let it dry completely. The next day I used my first used old makeup brush to apply Stamp N Plus Silver {Glitzy} powdered chalk to the center of the flower. It was at that point I realized that there was still some blush on the brush. {Ugh-Are you kidding me?} So I applied Stardust powdered chalk to the whole poinsettia with my finger to maybe cover up the blush {yea right} and to give it some major sparkle. Then I took my Zig glue pen and applied glue to the inside of the flower followed by sprinkling white glitter over top. After shaking off the excess glitter, I was really happy with how it looked and applied a little bit more. 

Thanks for looking.

Supplies:

Large Poinsettia stencil

Glitzy Powdered Chalk

Stardust Powdered Chalk

Challenges:

http://www.dreamweaverstencils.blogspot.com/ Christmas and the holidays

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2014/09/challenge-145-holiday-sparkle-new-ai.html Holiday sparkle

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes

http://craftingattheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/ Any Holiday

http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes with a twist of red

http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://suzysmarty1.blogspot.co.uk/ Christmas Anything goes

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ Main color is red

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes Christmas

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Use some flowers

http://www.myperfectlifeuk.blogspot.co.uk/ Any Christmas card

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes with a flower

http://www.scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes with 3 entries

Hello in Yellow Card

My card today uses flower and leaf stamps, patterned paper, and dies by Stampin. Up. I colored the flower with Copic markers on Cryogen paper. The yellow die cut behind the flower is by Spellbinders on yellow cardstock by Recollections. The yellow cardstock at the bottom is by Color-Aid and is dry embossed with a Darice border embossing folder. The yellow ribbon is by Martha Stewart and the orange is by Offray. The sentiment is a sticker by Pebbles. 

That's all for today. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ Anything goes stamping the main focus
http://hobbybookdesignerchallenge.blogspot.com/ Embossing
http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/join-in-the-monthly-challenge/ Textures and/or Patterns
http://acreativeromance.blogspot.co.uk/ In the garden
http://artbymiranchallenge.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Happy Halloween Shaker Card with Glitter

I created a fun Halloween shaker card and wanted to share it with you. 

The patterned paper is by Bo Bunny and the cardstock by Recollections. The inside of the shaker has orange, white and black glitter. The image inside the shaker is by Inkadinkado stamped with Hero Arts black ink {Best ink Ever!}. The witch on the right is a stamp by Prickley Pear Stamps and is also stamped in hero Arts black ink. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and is stamped in white pigment ink by Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking at my card. 

Challenges:

http://ablognamedhero.blogspot.com/2014/09/challenge-time-52-papers-please.html Patterned paper

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Use a transparency

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes with glitter {I got it right this time:)}

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Halloween Sentiment {Not sure if HH is enough thou? No problem to delete my entry}

http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ Stay focused on stamping Anything goes

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/use 3 layers

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/ Glitter

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/ Halloween/fall

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything goes

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes

Happy Princess card

I made today's card for the challenge at Sassy Studio Designs. This week they challenged us to use a banner on our project. I colored in Holiday Cinderella with Copic markers and used Stickles on the image and the corner die cut. The banner for my card is a stamp by Maya Road and the letter stamps and ink by Stampin Up. The image die cut is by Sizzix.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ Banner

http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything die cut

http://inkychicks.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://blog.markerpop.com/2014/09/15/markerpop-challenge-52/ Greens

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes

http://ppinkydollschallenge.blogspot.nl/ Anything goes make it girly

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Stickles glitter

http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2014/09/himcr-166-banners.html-Banners

A Deep Red Stamps Gold Wedding Card

Today's card features this Crochet background stamp by Deep Red Stamps. I heat embossed the background stamp with gold embossing powder by Stamp N Plus. I did have to stamp it twice, once on the top and again on the bottom of the card base, to cover the card front and because I didn't line them up perfectly. I used some gold cardstock to separate the two halves. I cut a Little Yellow Bicycle doily in half and covered the seam/edge with a Mrs.Grossman's border sticker. The flower sticker is by K and Co and then the word stickers are by Bo Bunny.

Thanks for looking.

Holiday Gift Tag

I have a gift tag to share today.

 My tag today uses a Deep Red Stamp Christmas stamp Called Jingle Bells Tag which you can find at

A Cherry on Top

or

Scrapbook.com

I heat embossed the tag with silver embossing powder and Versa Mark ink. Then I colored it in with powdered chalks mixed with paint by Stamp N Plus. The cardstock used for my tag is by Recollections, ribbon by Hobby Lobby and stickers by Creative Imaginations. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Tag It

Manly Monday Rock Star Card

Welcome back to Manly Monday. I have a bunch of cards to share with you this week and then see mine at the bottom.

Shell's Life

My Crafting Place

Eva's Card Creations

Rainey's Craft Room

Rainey's Craft Room

Pink Bling Crafter

Creating Somewhere Under the Sun

Wishcraft

My card today features a metal stencil by Dreamweavers. I applied clear embossing paste over the image that I inked with distress ink.  After it dried I cut the image to size and matted it with Coredinations red cardstock. The patterned paper is by Me and My Big Ideas and the black cardstock is by Recollections. I'm not sure about the sentiment.

Challenges:
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/ For a boy or man
http://www.craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://agirlwhocraftschalengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://cccdigicreations.blogspot.co.nz/ Man in your life
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes