Owl Card Trio

Here are the three owl cards that I made using the same image and some of the same products. You can see how I made Hoot Hooray and You're a Hoot and the center card is at the bottom.

Here is the list of supplies used on the middle card: 

On the final card I went a little different by trying to pull out the black in her eyes and legs and the orange in her beak. The scalloped circle die cut is by Spellbinders, patterned paper by Recollections and the black is a pro-type I was privileged enough to play with. The black patterned paper is by Die Cuts With a View. The wood grain patterned paper is by Bella Blvd, ribbon by Michael's, flower die cuts by Studio G and sentiment stamp and die by Stampin Up. It's not my favorite but it is what it is and someone might like it.

Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday and a Giveaway

Welcome back to Manly Monday. Today I have 10 awesome masculine cards for you to check out and I have some incentive for you to leave comments on these blog posts. One spectacular, random comment will receive a prize package from yours truly. Click on the blog title above the clip of their card to be directly right to the masculine card.

So here are the rules.

1. You must follow my blog by either Blogger or on Blog-Lovin'

2. You must say nice things about the person's card

3. Your comment must include that you are from Manly Monday 

Have fun and good luck.

CM Design

Made by Willeke

Jenfa Cards

Snippets

Beebeebabs

Aloha Cards

Gram's Treasures

Onions and Paper

My Creative Moments

Zack's Nana's Creative Imagination

My manly card today uses a Stampin Up stamp set. I made the stamped image at a SU party and then took it home to sit for a year. I think the center circle was punched out with a circle punch but the scallop circle I'm not sure if it was a punch or a die. Sorry. The flags at the bottom were fussy cut and then layered on top of each other. The brown cardstock is by Stampin Up but the blues are by Coredinations. The striped patterned paper is by Deja Views. The ribbon is by Stampin Up. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/ Bday w sentiment
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Bday sentiment
http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/ Bday sentiment
http://www.drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/ Bday Blues
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
Outlaws-Use a punch
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/ Birthdays
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

You're a Hoot

So today's card is similar to my last post using this owl but I wanted to show you how I changed things up and yet how some things are similar. The owl is cut to a slim rectangle shape to fit inside the pink wood grain die cut by Sizzix and then into the scalloped circle die cut by Spellbinders. Then the sentiment is cut out using the Cricut cartridge Straight from the Nest and inside the "o's" I adhered a flower die cut from a set by Studio G. The sentiment cardstock, white cardstock and star patterned paper are all by Recollections and the wood grain patterned paper is by Bella Blvd.

Thanks for looking.

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/ Animal magic

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Use a die cut

http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Things w wings

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/ Animal challenge

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ 2 or more DP
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

Celebrate - Hoot Hooray

Today's card has absolutely no stamping in it. Craziness. I know. The owl image is from the web and I cut him to a small rectangle to fit inside this pink die cut {Sizzix} and then into the white circle die cut {Spellbinders}. The sentiment was cut out with the Cricut cartridge Straight from the Nest. The sentiment is actually two Hoots but I left one out due to available space. Then I cut the shadow of the sentiment in white. The cardstock for the sentiment has shimmer to it and is by Recollections, which is same as the white cardstock and the star patterned paper. The celebrate banner is a die cut by Studio G and the pink wood grain patterned paper is by Bella Blvd.

Thanks for looking.

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ 2 or more DP
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/-Celebrate
http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com/ Animal magic
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/AG {Stash Banner}
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Things w wings
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ Use a die
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ AG
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ AG

Sweet Stamp Shop Grand Reopening

Sweet Stamp Shop is having a Grand Reopening Celebration and I am a guest designer for the event.

I used the

Sail Away Sayings

stamp set for my card. I stamped the saying with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it with sparkly blue embossing powder by Stamp N Stuff. Then I die cut it out with an X Cut/Do Crafts die and inked the inside with Ranger's distress ink. I also die cut the next largest die to mat behind it. 

The background is a stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils. I ran it through my die cut machine {Cuttlebug} to emboss the pattern onto my white cardstock. I then taped the paper and stencil to my work surface and brought in color with my ink blending tool and distress ink. I matted the background onto the blue cardstock and then onto my card base by Recollections with an 1/8 of an inch gap at the top and bottom. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ April showers
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ Die cuts
http://cceestampers.blogspot.com/ Stencils
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.com/ Focus on the sentiment
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/ Heat embossing
http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/ Spring is in the air
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ April Showers
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Use a die cut

Dreamweaver Stencils Showers

Ever use the expression, "When it rains, it pours"? This does not have to be a bad thing, does it? For the month of April, the Dream Team are featuring "Showers of Showers" as our theme. As usual, we'd love for you to play along. Just link your creation on the Dream It Up! blog for a chance to win the stencil of your choice...bonus chances for incorporating Dreamweaver and/or Stampendous in your design. Here's what I'm showering you with this week...
I used the Petals background stencil because they look more like rain drops to me. I dry embossed the pattern and then inked it with Ranger's distress ink and an ink blending tool. The blue die cut is by Dreamweaver Stencils called the Nesting Dies out of Coredinations cardstock. I die cut the umbrella by Marianne Designs and the word baby by Clearly Besotted out of white cardstock {Recollections} and inked them with green distress ink. To finish up my card the ribbon is by May Arts and the rhinestones by Queen and Co.

For a shower of inspiration, please visit the blogs of the "B" team:

Dream It Up!

 lynspaperpetunia.com

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Gill Wilson

Cindy Groh

An InLinkz Link-up

Challenges:
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://memascrafts.blogspot.com/ AG w twist dies/punches
http://livelaughstamp.blogspot.com/ At least two different colors
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/ Oh Baby
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ April showers
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/ April showers
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Use a die cut
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG twist AG {Umbrella}
http://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/ Dies
http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/ AG with twist Dies/punches
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ AG
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ AG
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ AG

Beautiful Butterfly Card

Today my card uses a butterfly stamp by Deep Red Stamps and is for the challenge at 

Through the Craft Room Door

The challenge is Anything goes

 I heat embossed it with white embossing powder and colored it in with distress inks and a water pen. The blue cardstock by Recollections is cut into a frame with some Studio Calico patterned paper behind it. The sentiment is a Pebbles sticker and the rhinestones are by Want 2 Scrap.

find the butterfly at:

Scrapbook.com

Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Red Truck

Welcome back to Manly Monday. I'm running a little behind due to uninvited guests that came over and wouldn't leave. Lol. I have a great handful of manly cards for you to check out. Click on the blog's name and you will be directed to the card. 

Deb's Bat Cave

Crafty Lil Mouse

Needful Things

Gramma's Room

Kozmikz Kardz

Creative with Monika

My Purple House

Scrap a Thousand Words

My Manly card today uses a truck stamp by Great Impressions stamps.

I stamped it onto white Recollections cardstock with Hero Arts black ink and colored it in with Stampin Up colored pencils. Then I die cut the image with a Spellbinders circle die and embossed it. While the die cut was still in the die I inked the inside with red distress ink. 

I embossed the grey cardstock with a Sizzix embossing folder but I masked off the circle where the image is to add interest. I inked the embossed area with Colorbox cat eye inks. The sentiment is by Stampendous with Hero Arts black ink. 

Thanks for looking.

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Happy Birthday
http://stampedblessings.com/ Birthday
http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/ die cuts
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ Anything goes
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

On Your Wedding Day

My card today is a wedding card that a lot of the manufacturers no longer exist.

The wedding bells stamp says 1993 Embossing Arts Co. and the sentiment is by Great Impressions. I heat embossed both stamps with Versa Mark ink and silver embossing powder by Stampendous. The bells were colored in with distress ink and a water pen. I'm not sure who the flower patterned paper is by but the stripped is old from Creative Memories. The left side has a piece of white cardstock with a Hero Arts background stamp in pink that I inked the edges with distress ink and an ink blending tool both by Ranger Industries. The silver paper and iridescent paper strip are both by Creative Memories. 

Thanks for looking.

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

http://www.faithhopelove1cor13-13.blogspot.com/ Old stamp

http://inthepinkchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Celebrate

http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://www.blogquickquotes.com/ Let's Celebrate

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://suzypantssmarty.blogspot.co.uk/ AG w pastel colors

http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG

Praying Hands Cards

Today I have two similar cards using the same Inkadinkado praying hands stamp.

For the first card I stamped the hands onto Ranger distress watercolor paper with Hero Arts Charcoal ink and colored it in with distress inks and a water pen both by Ranger. I cut the image into a small square and layered it on top of a Spellbinders die cut that is made with Forever in Time blue vellum. The patterned paper is from my local scrapbook store and there is no manufacturer name on it. I adhered the patterned paper to Bazzill cardstock in a light green color that matched the flowers on the paper. Using that same green cardstock I die cut and embossed a border die by Spellbinders. The second border is also by Spellbinders and the different paper is by K and Co. To finish I stamped the sentiment, which is by Stampendous in the same ink as the image.

For the second card I stamped with the same stamp and ink but this time onto Strathmore watercolor paper. I colored it in the same and layered on the same vellum die cut. The patterned paper piece is smaller in my second card and on to blue Coredinations cardstock. The patterned paper for the border die is by Making Memories, the polka dot ribbon is by Stampin Up, and the sentiment is stamped onto a Sizzix die. 

Thanks for looking.

http://slslinesdigitalstamps.blogspot.ca/2015/03/challenge-7-anything-goes.html AG
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

http://ladybugcrafts.blogspot.com/ AG

http://craftcreatoins.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.com/2015/04/april-challenge-anything-goes.html AG

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/ Use a die

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ AG

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/ Add a sentiment

Yeehaw! Horse card

Today's card uses a horse stamp by Inkadinkado. I stamped it with brown Stampin Up ink and die cut him out with a Spellbinders die. I inked the inside of the die with different color distress inks to represent the sun, sky, and ground. Then I die cut the die behind the image which is also a Spellbinders die. I inked the areas open on the paper before taking it out of the die. The patterned paper is by Best Creations {Are they even still around?} and the hemp cord is by The Beadery. I made the sentiment with Lawn Fawn alphabet stamps on a Sizzix die cut. The white die cut on the sentiments edges is the same die but cut in half and then adhered to the card as if it were a really long die cut. 

Thanks for looking.

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://stuckonusketches.blogspot.com/ Die cut chall, Clear skies
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/ Anything goes
http://creativecornerchallenges.blogspot.de/ Animal
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.co.uk/ Add a animal
http://jwscrapshack.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/ Anything goes

Inlay Die Cutting

I took the Stretch your Dies class from Online Card Classes and learned how to do inlay die cutting. Debbie Hughes taught the technique and I finally understood the concept and how to apply it.

 I used a word die by Stampin Up in white Recollections cardstock. The patterned paper is by Studio Calico, grey cardstock by Recollections, heart dies by Lawn Fawn, and a border die by Martha Stewart.

Thanks for looking.

http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/ AG
http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/ Use a die cut
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ AG
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ AG
http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.ca/ AG
http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ Mellow Yellow
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ AG
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

With Sympathy

Today's card uses a Clearly Besotted stamp and die cut. I die cut the shape first before stamping it because the die is closed and I wouldn't be able to see if it was cutting out correctly whereas I can see where I'm stamping with the clear stamps.The flowers and the stems/leaves are separate stamps but I did the same technique for each. I inked the stamp with a light color and stamped it and then went in with a darker color, rubbing some of it away first and stamping on top of the already stamped image. I didn't have two good shades of yellow so I went with an orange color. The ink pads I used are by Stampin Up, Close to my Heart, and Clearsnap.

I adhered the flower die cut onto a Spellbinders die cut.The sentiment is stamped with Versa Mark ink and heat embossed with Ranger's platinum embossing powder. The patterned papers are by Studio G.  

Thanks for looking.

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ AG with a die cut

http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/ Mellow Yellow

http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG with flowers

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG

http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

Craftin' Desert Diva's- AG

http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/ Must use a die cut

http://lovetoscrapchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Use two of something {2 Patterned papers or 2 die cuts}

http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG

http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/ Spring

http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG

http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/ Floral

http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ Add a sentiment