Who said masculine cards were hard?

I was one of those people...but its really quite the simple process when you think about it.

No glitter or pretties, manly images & basic colours-browns, blue, black and white. I don't think you can really go wrong?!

 

The Open Sea

 





                                                                     By the Tide

                                                                        Need for speed

                                                                  Need for speed



You get my heart racing!

Not your traditional valentine, this is one for the boys! I figured I'd give my man a break from the lovey dovey pink hearts etc and appeal to his masculinity.

I usually tend not to stamp a message on a card unless I have a specific recipient in mind, it's more versatile that way.

SU recipe:

Baja breeze, basic black, basic grey, watercolour paper

Need for speed, making tracks wheel (retired)

Marina mist, bashful blue, so saffron, daffodil delight, river rock, sahara sand, certainly celery markers

blender pen

tombow mono

Wealth of time

So just a quick one today.

Have you noticed that the game spinners make great clock hands?

Just trim one with your craft scissors, just behind the middle ring. And the other one I used my crop a dile to punch a hole through the end. It didnt punch out the first time, but punctured it. So rotate and punch again using the smaller punch and adhere with the brad.

Challenges

I'm really getting into the challenge thing! It's inspiring me to use different colour combinations and sketches.

Here is my submission for Colorlab color challenge #43 

and for Just add ink #70 round sketch

This also qualifies for the SUO challenge celebrate Fathers Day-thanks Jess :)

                                                                      SU! products:

Motorcycle, Extreme Elements and Teeny tiny sentiments stamp sets

Early Expresso, Riding hood red & Not quite navy inkpads

Frost white shimmer paint

Versamarker and clear EP

Circle scissor

sponges and dauber

Carousel note

White gel pen

snail

Life's a adventure

Hi All! I know it's been a while to say the least, but we've been busy around here with birthdays, helicopter rides, mini breaks and enjoying life in general.

So here is my first submission for Colorlab color challenge #42

I've coloured the boat direct to stamp with a marker, and the waves with versamarker and clear embossed. I then turned the stamp upside down, re-versamarked and clear embossed twice more. Adding white gel pen for the spray. The boat I've coloured in using watercolour crayons and a aqua painter.

SU! Card recipe:

Seaworthy

Square lattice EF

Very vanilla, baja breeze, soft suede and sahara sand
versamarker
clear EP
White gel pen

CAS Valentines Matey!

Sometimes you don't have the right sentiment or images to stamp for special occasions. Don't feel limited by your supplies-improvise!

So here I combined SU's Ahoy Matey with A Happy Heart. I partially inked one sentiment from each set and combined them to say something different. And you can even hand write part of the sentiment yourself as I did with "You arrr a treasure".

The cards are stamped in Staz on black on Sahara Sand which has been distressed, adhered on Sahara Sand and coloured with markers and a bit of Crystal effects on the hearts.

Great CAS cards to make at the last minute!

Ahoy Matey!

So here is another card stamped with the same set. The Parisian Breeze DSP from SU is distressed around the edges and adhered to my favourite chocolate chip. The map was a piece I had wheeled several times previously to save time. I coloured in all except the "land" with markers, using a white gel pen for the mountains. I swiped creamy caramel over the map to "age" it. The ships mast was to thin to leave it as one piece, so I adhered it to two toothpicks which also pops it up. The tag (from the newsagent) is stamped and sponged in chocolate chip.

You arrr treasured

So it's about a month till Valentines day and we normally love to use the traditional pink, red and white; some ribbon, glitter and some other cutesy things for the ones we love...something we ourselves would love to receive. Although they appreciate the gesture, it's not really manly is it? Something that might be put in a drawer to look at from time to time, somewhere his mates won't see it.

So with that in mind this is what I came up with. The card base is Sahara Sand which has been stamped with SU "A Happy Heart" in Bravo Burgundy and then sponged with Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa along the sides and Chocolate Chip on the corners and edge.

"Matey's Map" was rolled on Chocolate Chip on Whisper White cardstock, coloured with markers and a white pencil for cliff tops, and sponged in Creamy Caramel and Close To Cocoa. The edges of the map were sponged with black chalk ink.

Using my Stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the chest and pirate from SU "Ahoy Matey" on the map in Chocolate Chip first for placement and for the finer details-legs and arms. Stamped again on Sahara Sand, coloured with markers, cut out the solid pieces and adhered. I went over the legs and arms with a darker brown pen as they had blended into the background.

"You arrr invited" was partially stamped and the "treasured" was hand written, then sponged and put on foam that had been edged with ink so it wasn't as noticable. Then distressed and sponged the edge.

What do you think?

Can you bear it?

I was trying to come up with more masculine cards as it's soo easy to play with all those pretty papers and ribbons, and as a result I have an abundance of feminine cards. SO what about the men in our lives. Ok so I know the ribbon isn't entirely masculine but I couldn't resist. Having said that though, guess who bought 18 rolls of ribbon for $50 without any help from me. Guess I don't have an O.S.R.D (obsessive compulsive ribbon disorder) as much as I thought!

The background trees from Happy Camper are stamped on whisper white in garden green and chocolate chip marker with a layer of coloured vellum ontop (You could easily create your own coloured vellum sheet with a brayer). Another row of trees is added ontop. Card base is creamy caramel and the bear and fire are stamped on kraft in chocolate chip. The fire is easy to create using red, orange and yellow pens. Shade a little red on the top of the flames, a little orange and then yellow. Draw a line inbetween each log to define them better and create shading and your done!