Something beginning with T

Hello friends! I've been absent from the craft desk for a couple of weeks now following some sort of bug which left me feeling yuck and mojoless!  So my card for the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz is a super simple one.

I love this cute octopus stamp, and yes I know octopus doesn't begin with T but tentacles does!  I sponged a square in a pale blue and added the bubbles in a darker blue. The octo is fussy cut although I have now got a matching die.

I hope you'll be able to join in with us with your makes for men beginning with T.

A Classic!

Welcome to the first challenge of 2019 at Cards 4 Guys. Jane has chosen a nice easy theme to get us started and wants to see Trains/Planes/Cars. I dug out an old Creative Expressions stamp set of vintage cars.

As well as an old stamp set, I used old paper and old dies then inked it to make it look old! Well it is vintage after all!

More inspiration from my fellow DT members can be found on the challenge blog. I hope you'll be able to join in.

New Beginnnings

The last card for this year at Cardz for Guyz, where the theme is already looking to 2019 -  New Year, New Beginnings!

I made a fireworks background with Craft Artist, then added the words using letters from a Memory Box set of dies and some sequins. The odd black splotches towards the bottom are a rooftop and lamppost! I do hope you'll find time to join in with your makes for men.

Jolly Snowmen

This is the penultimate challenge for 2018 at Cardz for Guyz. and the subject is Snowman or men! Rather than make another Snowy card I opted for this Woodware stamp which hasn't been used enough!

I coloured them with a mix of Promarkers and Copics and added some sparkle with glitter pens. I embossed the base with a Creative Expressions embossing folder as it looked unfinished just left plain. Looking forward to seeing all your snowmen, but remember your card must be for a male!

Christmas Critters at Cardz for Guyz.

I was originally going to use some cute mouse stamps for the theme "Christmas Critters" but thought they didn't look very masculine. So as Cardz for Guyz is all about making cards for the men in your life I decided to use this rather good reindeer head stamp that was a magazine freebie.

I stamped it in black and clear embossed it onto some gold cardstock and cut it out with a stitched rectangle die. The paper is from a nordic Christmas pad from a few years back. The tag is from the same pad.

If you are looking for more inspiration, check out the rest of the DT's makes.

Winter Blues

It's time for Winter Blues at Cardz for Guyz, the colour that is, not the miseries! I stamped the three smaller snowflakes from Happy Little Stampers Let it Snow in three different shades of blue onto a piece of white card.

I stamped and embossed the sentiment on vellum and wrapped it round the panel, which was mounted onto a piece of blue holographic card, then onto a 5 x 7 card blank. I think I might make a few more of these!

Into the Woods

The challenge for the next two weeks at Cardz for Guyz is Into the Woods. We want to see anything you might find in the woods on your cards, but they MUST be male orientated. As I have realised my Christmas card stash is seriously not enough I went for the Christmas option.

I sponged white ink on some Kraft card but it just seemed to soak in, some Tim Holtz dies and a small sentiment out of my odds and ends box.

I look forward to seeing your masvuline makes!

Something Fishy!

Cardz for Guyz is All at Sea! Not really, that is just the theme for the new challenge, anything to do with the sea. I chose to use fishes in the sea.

The stamp set is from SU- Seaside Shore and coloured with Copics. The seaweed is die cut and left loose at the top. I hope you'll be able to join in the fun!

Bugs!

The new challenge at Cardz for Guy, chosen by Amy is Bugs! Apparently the English and US definitions of bugs are different so we have gone for the US version which gives much more scope! Who knew?
I recently found a new-to-me range of stamps called Your Next Stamp and while browsing the range found these delightful mini bugs which also have matching dies.

I randomly stamped some of the critters on a piece of white card and coloured them with Promarkers. Mounted that onto a green card base, and added the sentiment onto a green strip across the front. Two more bugs were cutout and added to the strip. The wings were WOS'd and Glossy Accents added to the ladybirds' spots. Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's makes.

Cardz for Guyz - Get Well

The challenge this time at Cardz for Guyz is Get Well. I decided to go for a humorous one.

The digi stamp is from Bugaboo, coloured with copics and cut out with a stitched rectangle die. I mounted it onto red, again cut out with a stitched rectangle, and placed it off centre to make room for the sentiment, which is from a Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz set.

There's lots more inspiration over on the challenge blog, so hope you'll come and play too.

Relax with Cardz for Guyz!

Time for a new challenge at Cardz for Guyz who want you to Relax! There has been quite a lot of relaxing in this house as the heat and I don't really get on..Today (Sunday) it is cooler and very wet, so silly hubby decided to do some pruning in the garden!!

I have used a stamp from Little Claire and coloured it with Copics to match the colours in my background paper. I edged the diecut by running the chisel end of the blue pen around the edge. I do hope you'll be able to join in with us.

Blue and Brown

We have a new challenge for you at Cardz for Guyz, we would like to see your creations using blue and brown for the men in your life.

I have to confess that it had to be something I could make really quickly as my craft room is just too hot and stuffy to be in for any length of time with this unusually hot weather we're currently having.. I used the SU set Epic Celebrations, stamped in Soft Suede on Crumb Cake card. The shoes were coloured with pencils and i doodled a border

Metallic Madness at Cardz for Guyz

This new challenge at Cardz for Guyz is Metallic Madness.  I have gone with Mirri card for the metallic bit, and die cut some cogs out of gold and grey.

The card base is my last but one sheet of Early Espressoand the patterned paper is a snipet from an old SU paper.I finished it off with a peel off sentiment! Something I haven't used for a long time. Hope to see you joining in with us.

You're Out of This World!

Good morning all! Time to post my card for the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz and this time it is Science Fiction or Steampunk. I went with science fiction as I'm never sure what steampunk really is! Mind you science fiction was a bit of a stretch as well for me as none of my stamps seemed to lend themselves to the theme.

So Craft Artist came to the rescue once again.A lovely Daisy Trail kit provided these fun images. I printed everything twice and fussy cut the spaceman, alien and sentiment to decoupage to the base. The stars were covered with gols Wink of Stella and the yellow on the alien's eyes, and space helmet have been glossy accented! So in real life it is shiny and sparkly! Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT.

Men's Hobbies.

Welcome to my blog! What lovely weather we had this Bank Holiday weekend, it makes such a change from the usual wet weather on such occasions! On to my card for the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz which is Men's Hobbies. I wanted to steer away from the usual football and sporting ideas, and a rummage through some very old bits and pieces revealed some card toppers, which had been long forgotten.Now initially the little square pictures were all together in a square sheet which I thought I could use as it was. Not to be as they were not lined up, just slightly, but really showed up when I laid it on a square mat.

So I cut them all out and re-aligned them on white card. Then matted onto green, then onto  black mirri card. Hope to see you joining in and check out all the inspiration from the rest of the DT.

World Book Day

It is my turn to choose the theme for Cardz for Guyz and I chose World Book Day. According to Mr Google it is on April 23rd except for the UK where we seem to do our own thing and have it in March!

I used a set of stamps from Simon says Stamp that were part of a kit a few years ago, They are quite fun to use, but thank goodness for the Misti, and I still managed to get my pile of books floating instead of sitting on the shelf!

Be sure to pop over to the challenge blog to see what my teamies have made!

Have a Blast!

Welcome back to the new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz.This time the theme is Travel/Transport.

It took me quite a while to decide what to do for this, even though it is not a difficult one. In the end I went with a stamp that was a magazine freebie some time ago. I coloured it with Distress markers then sponged the sky around it. Although it doesn't show in the photo the black strips are glitter strips and the black edge to the image panel is done with black Wink of Stella.

Hope you're all having a good week and get chance to join in with us.

Superheroes at Cardz 4 Guyz

Well we still have lots of unpacking and things to put awaybut we are slowly getting there. Trying to get the contents of two houses into one is a nightmare. The charity shops are doing very well out of us. The craft room is sorted enough for me to be able to use it, the challenge being finding the things I want to use! It was really enjoyable being able to spend a day doing DT cards - I have missed being able to play.

Anyway the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz is Superheroes which taxed me a bit as I had nothing suitable to use, so went searching for a digistamp and found this one at Dr Digi's.

I know I've used  Superman colours when he's really based on Batman, but I'm calling it artistic licence! Do hope you can join in!

Jungle Fun!

This week at Cardz for Guyz we have a sketch for you.

I cut out three circles from a panel of white card. Then I stamped the animals on some scraps of white, coloured them with Copics and fussy cut them. Fussy being the right word for the monkey!

I popped the three animals behind the holes and stamped some leaves to break up all the white. The stamp set was a magazine freebie some time ago and had sat uninked in my box of NBUS stash! The sentiment is from Uniko.

As always there is lots of inspirattion for you on the challenge blog.

 

Something beginning with L

Hi and welcome back to a new challenge at Cardz for Guyz, where this time we want to see something beginning with L. I discarded the obvious like lamb and lion and went for light bulb instead!

I found some nice yellow spotty paper to use as a background - I really need to use up some of the huge amount of papers I have. Then I matted everything on to black. The stamp set is from a Simon Says Stamp monthly kit.