Anything Goes Challenge 87 "Very Manly"

Happy Tuesday !!

Welcome to the start of another fortnightly challenge over at the 

Anything Goes Challenge Blog

We have been challenged to make a
"VERY MANLY" card
for Challenge 87

My daughters have asked me to make cards for their Dad's Birthday so I have been able to combine real life and my DT card this time around

Whilst I'm on rest and recuperation I've been having a slow and gentle crafty clean up and came across some pretty Kanban foiled cards long forgotten in a plastic storage box and this lovely Zebra die cut topper

It's not my bad photography skills this time the topper is slightly blurred lol!!

I used a black A5 card for the base and cut some black glossy card, silver mirror card and Zebra tissue paper rectangles using the new soon to be released Spellbinder 5x7 card creator dies

I used  antique gold and antique silver Fran-tage embossing powders and Stampendous Silver embossing powder randomly on  all the elements to bring them together and stuck them down with Cosmic Shimmer glue

*Top Tip*

I used a tiny piece of a freebie blending foam pulling out bits of it to make a random pattern and "blodged" it here and there with Versamark ink from a refill bottle, this means the Fran-tage can still be heated from the top of the card and prevents the beautiful chucks from blowing away

I used Sizzix dies and my big shot for the happy birthday and "DAD" letters

Goodness only knows where the Zebra paper came from but I really enjoyed using up some forgotten treasures to make room for some more of  the lovely goodies available from Lynne over at the Craft Den

PS...The tiny photo corners are from the Tim Holtz Sizzix range and are designed to fit the ATC movers and shapers die. I Fran-taged a piece of black card BEFORE I cut them out !!

You have two weeks to make and share your own "Very Manly" card if you'd like to join me and the amazing design team over at the Anything Goes Challenge Blog. We will be around to see all your creations leaving crafty comments everywhere lol !!

FCCB Challenge #144 "Its a man's world"

Happy Monday Peoples !!

Welcome to a new challenge over at FCCB

Challenge #144

... IS ...

"It's a man's world"

(lol, thats what they think !!! he he he !!)

Our challenge is open from 0800 Monday until 2400 Sunday (SMT), please come and join us with your own project and visit the fabulous DT blogs. 

Remember to use at least one Cricut cut and name the cartridge for a chance to win a fab prize and claim a top 5 blinkie for your blog.

My card is made with Papermania Wellington papers and topper. I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder for the background cogs.

I used my favourite Stampendous embossing powders and some Tim Holtz Clear rock Candy with some ribbons and a car charm.

The papers are already distressed and I added some Pumice Stone Distress ink to blend it all together.

Mt Cricut cuts are from Artiste (I will go back to my other cartridges soon lol) I embossed the cog cuts on the front of the card and added a border strip to the inside.

It should have been pretty quick to make but for some reason it took me hours !!

I'll be back tomorrow with some exciting news and another card 

Yippee !!

FCCB Challenge #136 Fall Harvest

Monday morning greetings ladies 

Welcome to the first Challenge of the new FCCB term !!

The lovely Janea has kindly swapped with me so many thanks to her  for letting me play on her week !!

Challenge #136 is 

FALL HARVEST

Make a project using fall leaves 

Our challenge is open from 0800 Monday until 2400 Sunday (US Mountain Time)

As ever please use at least 1 cricut cut on your project and let us know which cartridges you have used.

I'm looking forward to seeing our fabulous new designers projects so please come and share our first challenge excitement with us !!

 I decided to combine some embossing, distressing and frantaging along with my cricut cuts this time around.

I used Elegant Edges leaves oblong frame and shadow cuts at fit to page on 6x6 Tim Holtz distressable card stock.

I distressed all three background colours and added some stamps, embossing powder and frantage elements 

I used Straight from the Nest to cut random leaves and used some distress inks in 5 different shades,

Autumn and the pine cones are from Lyrical Letters.

I finished it off by adding a light layer of Crafter's Companion Gold Glitter varnish to give it some subtle shimmer.
PS

 Don't forget to come and see my first DT blog post as I announce the winners of Challenge #135 Seeing Spots this Wednesday !!!

Monday is challenge day at FCCB !!

This weeks FCCB challenge is about celebrating our favourite Summer memories so appropriate as the UK appears to be bypassing Autumn and heading straight for Winter !! 

It's cold, dark and miserable as I sit here writing this scheduled post.

Anyways, less whining ... more crafting ...

Challenge # 129

Make a project that reminds you of summer ...

Our challenge runs from 0800 Monday until 2400 Sunday US Mountain time 

As always please drop by and visit the DT here, amazing projects ladies x

I always think of strawberry picking when I think of fabulous summer afternoons and there is nothing nicer than a bowl of strawberries, sugar and cream ... yumm !!

I had a matting and layering moment with this one using some pink freebie papers and red Papermania textured card.

I used  Cricut Simply Charmed Cartridge and cut the bowl at 10cms. 

The elements all re size automatically and I cut the strawberries in 2 slightly different reds and embossed some of them for added definition. 

I also embossed the shine on the bowl and two the green stalks.

I cut the shadow outline in white and embossed it with Stampendous Shabby pink powder.  

I used a mixture of more Shabby pink powder and Perfect pearls to decorate, with some red gems.

The letters are cut from Lyrical Letters and at a mere 5mm height they still cut perfectly - I've  used a Quickie glue pen to stick them down.

The bowl has some sparkly trim to finish.

Roll on summer .... lol 

Rock Chick Birthday !! x

I've had a mooch round the challenge blog's for a bit of inspiration this evening and come up with this rock chick birthday card !!

I used the layout from the current fortnightly Sketch N Stash challenge.

 
The ladies and gentleman like to hear about the new/neglected stash used in the projects for their challenges. Very neglected is the rock chick herself - I've had her for months and she has never been used. Its not strictly "stash" but my new expression has been used (of course lol !!) and I guess the Stampendous embossing glitter is a recent purchase too.

 I have stamped and cut out the lovely lady, coloured her with Promarkers,  and matted her onto a 4" doily cut from Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge, with another 6" cut behind her. I have used George and Basic shapes to help with the matting and layering. (Cricut Essentials = 2" sentiment).

I have used Stampendous Lilac Embossing Tinsel and Clear Deep Embossing Power  to add interest and some Craftwork Cards Black Candi  and gems to bling her up with a little bit of lace and ribbon.

I am also entering the Rock Chick into Whimsy Stamps Inspiration Challenge  their current challenge is "Monocramatic" hence the Purple and Black colour scheme.