Guy inspiration

Hi everyone,

 

I have some very exciting news -  I have been asked to join the Come and Get It Challenge (CAGI)Design Team for the next 4 months beginning May.

 

So I want to share with you my card I have created for the current challenge at CAGI which is  for the Guys. 

 

Don’t we all get stuck for with those guy cards, so this challenge is helping me build up my stash!

 

I have used the colours Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pool Party and Whisper White for my colour inspirations.

 

The stamp set used is the Nature’s Nest and the sentiment is from the Hostess stamp set Perfect Words.

 

The base of the card is Soft Suede and I cut a piece of Pool Party card stock and stamped the peacock feather from the stamp set on the card stock with Pool Party ink to create a little background.

 

I embossed a strip of More Mustard cardstock with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder in the Big Shot.  I then punched one side out with the Scallop Edge Border Punch.

 

The turtle has been stamped on the piece of Whisper White cardstock in Soft Suede and I added some More Mustard around the edge of the card with a dauber.

 

I inked the image again in More Mustard and added some highlights on the image with the Soft Suede marker before I stamped it on Whisper White scrap cardstock.

 

The second image on scrap was cut out and layered on the Soft Suede image with dimensionals.  I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the sentiment.

 

I linked the layer of the Spice Cake DSP and main image with an antique brad thru the corners. These brads are another of my favourites and I often forget about them, maybe that is because I am running low and I am using them sparingly :)

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

 Supplies:

Stamp set: Nature’s Nest, Perfect Words

Card: Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink: More Mustard, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Antique Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Daubers, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Spice Cake DSP (retired),

Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

My little turtle looks like he is till trying to catch that Hare !

 

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge – # 215  One for Boys

DYSU Challenges – # 70 Circles

Creative Belli Blog Challenges – #142  Use Animal

Fab n Funky Challenges - #119 Celebrating Male-ness

Stampin’ for the Weekend – Layers (4 or more)

 

Hopefully you have been inspired to go and create a card for that favourite male in your life.

See you next time….. Meg

Going Green

Hi everyone,

 

It’s St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday and nearly everyone is going green so I have joined in.

 

I have used one of my favourite greens – Old Olive, for the base of my card with a small amount of the DSP Paisley Petals.

 

I have tried to stay as green as possible but there is a little hint of colour in the DSP and I have stamped the Hello Blossoms stamp in Early Espresso and punched out the letters.  The word ‘hello’ has been added to the Always Artichoke image with Dimensionals.

 

For a contrast colour I have used River Rock other than that I am pretty green.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Hello Blossoms

Card: Old Olive, River Rock, Whisper White
Ink: Always Artichoke, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Oval Punch (Retired), Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 5/8” (1.6 cm) Organza Ribbon Whisper White, Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Paisley Petals DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I have also used some of the Whisper White Organza Ribbon and layered some retired Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Creative Belli Blog Challenges - #138 Sketch

DYSU – # 62 Go Green

Pile It On ! – Shades of Green/St Patrick’s Day

Inky Impressions – Use Green, Luck of the Irish

Phindy’s Place – Green

Raise The Bar -  # 95 Go Green

Delightful Challenges – St Patrick’s Day

Simply Create Too – I’m So Lucky

Alphabet Challenge Blog – C for Celebrate St, Patrick’s Day or Good Luck

Pixie Dust Studio – # 117 Irish

Make it Monday – # 80 Anything Goes

 

Before I go an Irish Blessing:

 

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and the road downhill all the way to your door – Unknown Author

 

 

Until next time…. Meg