Manly Monday Blueprint Globe

Welcome back to Manly Monday where I cruise the web looking for recently made masculine cards for your inspiration. Click on the blog name above the photo clip to be directed to the masculine card and then check the bottom for my card.

Mon Chat by Scrap

Taylormade Cards 4U

Images by Heather M

Paperesse

Tinyrose's Craft Room

DJ Crafter

KT Fit Kitty

Ustvarjalnica Jaal

Coby's Kaarten

Crafting with Cotnob

I'm not usually a one to use sketches but this one was perfect for what I was doing and so I went with it.
Sketch from Mojo Monday

I used a Tim Holtz blueprints stamp of a globe by stamping it with Versa Mark ink and heat embossing it with Ranger Platinum embossing powder on watercolor paper. I colored the image in with Peerless watercolors and a water pen by Ranger. Then I die cut the image out with a Spellbinders die and inked the inside with distress ink by Ranger. Patterned paper: The striped paper is an old one from my stash, the polka dot paper is by October Afternoon, map paper is from a paper pad named Danny O by K and Co and the background paper is by Tim Holtz Idealogy. I used some gray and white cardstock by Recollections for the strip going across behind the globe. The compasses are die cuts from my Cricut and the cartridge Wall Decor and More. I inked them with distress ink by Ranger.

Don't forget about yesterday's giveaway opportunity. Scroll down one to see what it's all about.

Thanks for looking.

Mom's Day Dog Card + A Giveaway

Seeing how today is Mother's day in the US I am posting a dog card for two reasons; 1.) I am only a mother to my dog and 2.) My mom loves dogs. She would rather see/hold/pet a dog or puppy more than hold/play with a baby. I think that is a little extreme but hey whatever floats her boat. 

Anyways, onto my card. I'm using a new Gina Marie Pets Cats and Dogs stamp set. I inked the dog with a Colorbox pigment ink and let it dry overnight. Then I die cut it out with a Spellbinders fancy rectangle die, inked the inside with distress ink by Ranger, and matted it onto two Cricut dies. The sentiment was on the internet so I printed it out on white Recollections cardstock. The background paper is by Nikki Sivilis and the red bone is a brad but I'm not sure by who.  

I'm linking this one up for Simon Says Stamp -Yellow challenge

So Giveaway anyone? I have a mom Mother's Day stamp set along with some other goodies for someone that wants to comment on this post. AND If you share this giveaway on social media like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram you can comment again for each share. That's 4 chances to win the prize and the only requirement is you must be a follower.

My name on Twitter is MCScraps

My name on Instagram is Cre8iveCindy

My name on Facebook is Cindy Groh

In case you wanted to know.

April came, April went.

I sent this card to two friends of mine that we said we would get together every other month and we didn't. The one sent me a text the very next day and we got the other one to join us too. It really is healthy for each of for different reasons to get out and have some girl time. The last time we got together my cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing so much. 

My card design was simple and effective. Got love that. The die cuts are cut out from my Cricut and the Wall Decor and More cartridge. The words are alphabet letters by Lawn Fawn. The card base is white cardstock and the black cardstock are by Recollections. The patterned paper is by Bazzill.

Thanks for looking.

Steampunk tag

I'm here today for Sassy Studio Designs Flashback Friday. We are all about steampunk this month and it is kind of fun to try a new style. I made a tag with this week's image. 

First I embossed the top of the tag with a Darice embossing folder and then on the bottom I stamped a bunch of wheels and cogs by Prickley Pear. I covered the seam with some Darice washi tape. I used some distress stain to cover the stamped area and the around the edges of the embossed area. 

I printed the image onto watercolor cardstock and colored her in with Peerless watercolors and water mixed with Perfect Pearls. I cut her down to the size she is and distressed the edges before adding her to the tag. I finished the tag with a Glitzy sentiment sticker.

Thanks for looking.

For a Mom Card

My card today is for Mother's day but I guess it could be for her birthday. The flower stamp is by TPC Studio and I've heat embossed it with white embossing powder by Stampendous and Versa Mark ink. Then I used my Peerless watercolors to fill in the flowers. I cut the stamp down in size so I could mat it with a Cosmo Cricket patterned paper. Then the background paper is by Stampin Up and the sentiment is a Stamp N Plus stamp in Hero Arts black ink.

Thanks for looking.

http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/ Watercolor

http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/ Mom

http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/ Mom

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ AG

Mother's Day Birdcage Card

Today's card is for a Mom this upcoming Mother's Day. The birdcage and bird stamps along with the bird dies are by Prickley Pear. I stamped the birdcage onto white cardstock by Recollections with brown Stampin Up ink. I fussy cut it out and colored in the leaves to match my paper with Stampin Up watercolor pencils. I then punched a whole in the top of the birdcage to set an eyelet with my Crop-o-dile. I ran this string (for lack of a better word) through the top and adhered it to the back of the patterned paper. The "string" is a find from my MIL's craft stuff when she went into a nursing home. The birds are tricky but I found that die cutting them first and then stamping the image was easier then vice versa. I cut out a ton of birds and then stamped them with different Stampin Up inks. I adhered the wings to the appropriate bird before adding them to my patterned paper. The sentiment stamp is a $1 aisle find from Michael's by Studio G and the patterned paper is by Crate Papers.

Thanks for looking.

http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/ Mom's the word
http://cutedaisymay.blogspot.com/ Things with wings
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/ Female cards
http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ Mother's Day
http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/ For mom
http://www.retrorubberchallengeblog.com/ AG
http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/ AG
http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/ Stamping

Grapes and Wine Birthday Card

There's a new anything goes challenge at Through the Craft Room Door. The sponsor this week is Oak Pond Creations. I'm using the wine digi stamp for my card today.

I printed the image onto Ranger watercolor paper and colored it in with Peerless watercolors. Then I matted the image onto SEI cardstock. The green patterned paper is by Echo Park and the card base is by Recollections. The sentiment is a stamp by Clearly Besotted in Hero Arts black ink. 

Thanks for looking.

http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/ Watercoloring
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG

Manly Monday World Stencil

Hi welcome back to Manly Monday.  The winner of my Manly Monday giveaway is Andree. Email me at grohcm@gmail.com with your address.

I have 10 cards for your inspiration today. Click on the blog title to be directed to the masculine card post. 

It's Cazzytime

Brenda's Card Corner

KT Fit Kitty

Beebeebabs

Lilibet's Monkey Hut

Kari's Kortverden

Maya's Hobby Blog

Passion Creations

Viv's Visuals

Bright and Breezy Crafts

So my card today uses a stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils.

Globe Stencil

I dry embossed it with my Cuttlebug and then inked the raised area with distress ink. I cut that piece out and matted it with a tan colored cardstock. The background paper is by Die Cuts with a View and I inked the edges of it. The sentiment is by Stampendous and I stamped it with Hero Arts black ink. The ribbon is by May Arts.

Thanks for looking.
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ AG
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ AG
http://www.drsdesignsblog.blogspot.com/ Neutrals
http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://simplypapercraftsforalloccassions.blogspot.co.uk/ AG or lots of layers
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://pictureandscrap.blogspot.com/ Masculine
http://becraftyandcraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/ Embossing
http://liastampz.blogspot.com/ Embossing
http://nordsalten-hobbyklubb.blogspot.no/ Monochromatic
http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/ Around the world
http://thesistersofcraft.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ AG
http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/ AG
http://useyourstuff.blogspot.com/ Embossing

Be the Change card

I have a new graduation card for you today. The sentiment stamp comes from Unity Stamp Co and the circle stamp in the background is by im Holtz. I stamped the sentiment in Versa Mark ink and heat embossed it in silver. The circle stamps were stamped on the blue cardstock with Close to my Heart blue ink. The world stamp is old by PSX and I colored it in with different colors of distress markers before stamping it on white cardstock. I punched it out with a EK Success punch and then a black one out of the next bigger size. The graduation cap sticker is by EK Success.

This card is almost the exact same however I titled the blue cardstock on top of the black cardstock.

Thanks for looking.

Deep Red Pink Chalk flowers

My card today uses a flower stamp by Deep Red Stamps. Unfornuately this stamp is a little bit harder to find. The only place was at Oozaks. The stamp is called Dianthus Chalk Flowers. 

So I heat embossed the flower with Versa Mark ink and Ranger Platinum embossing powder, Then I color the flowers in with Peerless watercolors with water and fine tip brush. I die cut the image out onto white cardstock by Recollections and a Spellbinders fancy rectangle die that I inked the inside with Ranger distress ink, Spun Sugar I think.

I placed my green cardstock down and started to load it up. The first layer is  pink piece of paper by Studio G that is embossed with a Cuttlebug swirly embossing folder. Next layer is the image it self and in the lower left corner there is a Sizzix die with a Pebbles sentiment sticker on top. Below the image I added a row of Washi Tape but I felt it need a little bit more to work with t embossing powder color. Hear is my solution; I placed a row of adhesive on each side of the washi tape. I took off the release paper and added some silver glitter to the exposed tape adhesive, I returned the release paper to the now glitter tape and burnished over the release paper with w bone folder, I repeated on the other side as well. What this does is keep the glitter o the adhesive and not over everything else like a boy. My husband hates glitter, smh.

Anyway, to get back to the card, I had these Recollectionsglitter dots in different colors. They were on sale at Michael's and I got them all. It was on! and I won-lol. I thought three was fitting for this lovely thank you card. 

The stamp is called Dianthus Chalk Flowers

Thanks for looking.

Vintage Santa Christmas Cards all Year Round May

This month at Christmas Cards all Year Round the challenge is vintage. My card uses patterned paper by Pink Paislee. I inked the edges with green distress ink and kept the Santa uncovered because he looks vintagy. The sentiment stamp is by Stamp N Plus which I heat embossed with platinum embossing powder and Versa Mark ink. I did all of that onto Strathmore watercolor cardstock. I inked the watercolor paper very heavily and then sprayed it generously with water mixed with Perfect Pearls. Last I adhered my sentiment to the card. Easy Peasy!

Thanks for looking.

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ AG

http://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/ Polka dots

http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/ Emboss resist

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/ Anything but square

http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/ Polka Dots

http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/ AG

http://brownsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/ AG

http://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/ CAS

http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Wet embossing because you can do so with so many colors and it has the touch appeal when people receive a card with heat embossing on it.

http://www.faithhopelove1cor13-13.blogspot.com/ I've had the sentiment stamp for over 3 years

http://blog.red-rubber-designs.com/ Letter S Santa

Sassy Ladies in Steampunk today

This month at Sassy Studio Designs I'm on the Facebook group and this month is steampunk. The image you see below is free to SSD FB group fans but they have to use the image by May 26th and post it in the groups photos. Then they have a chance at winning a gift certificate to the SSD store. Then the following month they can get the next image for free with the same instructions. If you get May's image and don't use it then you cannot get June's image for free. You either sit out for a month or you buy it to play along. Join the Sassy Studio Designs Facebook group so you're in the know.

I printed out the image onto Cryogen cardstock and colored her in with Copic markers. Then I fussy cut her out and adhered her with foam adhesive to white cardstock. I did use the silver Wink of Stella pen on the bolts of the frame and on her top. I put Glossy Accents on the lens of her goggles too. 

My card base is size 5x5 1/2. I took some Adirondack silver paint and applied it heavily to the edges of the white card front. The brownish patterned paper is by Tim Holtz that has been dry embossed with a Darice embossing folder. The sentiment is also by TH in Simon Says Stamp red ink and then I cut it a part inking the edges with Frayed Burlap distress ink. the two brads are by Eyelet Outlet and the hot air balloon die cut is by K and Co. The letters for the word "Hopes" are by Joann's.  

Then we have the Flashback Friday image which is Steam punk Amelia. I printed out the image onto Cryogen cardstock and colored her in with Copic markers and then die cut her out with a Sizzix die. While she was still in the die I inked her edges with distress ink. 

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for the background of the card. I inked it with distress ink and then applied translucent embossing paste by Dreamweaver Stencils. After it was dry I inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink. 

The rest of the card came together with a die cut by K and Co, a metal suitcase embellishment by Bo Bunny, washi tape, a ticket by Memory Makers that I stamped a Tim Holtz stamp with Stampin Up brown ink. Amelia is adhereed to the card with foam adhesive by 3M.

Thanks for looking,