swapping timee

Apologies this post should have pre posted on saturday so it's a little late ooops!

HI just stopping by to share my fathersday swaps with you, i set my girls the challenge of organising the team meet this month and they wanted to do a male card swap so here's mine!

I used my big shot with a tango drinks can to create the gorgeous embossed top note shape, and then added my cute little aliens from the make a monster stamp set which i had lots of fun playing with

I used basic black and certainly celery card stock,

can't wait to see what the girls come up with!

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

More kraft! :)

YES more Kraft card stock i hear you say!  I just love it!  but i promise to upload some projects without Kraft soon ok?

This is a project which i made for my hostess last week, she had some really lovely ladies at her workshop and we had fun making some children's birthday cards (with some help from the children)

The gift set contained 4 cards 2 male, 2 female, 4 gift tags and the gift box which she can re-use  I used the family accessories stamp set along with the  my sweet pea stamp set.  The for you stamp is from the occasional greetings stamp set.

Thanks for dropping by!

Abi

A little bit retro?

I just love this designer series paper that's in the mini catalogue so i thought I'd give it a go for the funky friday challenge and try out another male card at the same time, although i guess this could be for a man or a woman.
Any how the picture doesn't really show up all my paper piercing i was playing with my mat pac again :)  and my new soft suede card stock too!   it's gorgeous!

Thanks for stopping by  make sure you stop by the challenges and vote for your favourite entry this week!

Abi

Football crazy?

It's my sons birthday coming up soon  and he loves football ( which considering we don't watch it at home really surprised me)  any way this is his birthday card, England Football shirt of course  and a few footballs ( soccer balls)

Inside there is another shirt with his name and age on it.

Just soccer stamp set, night of navy, real red whisper white card stock, basic black ink.

Thanks for visiting!

Abi

More male

So I'm going with the male card theme this month, which I know I personally always struggle with mens cards but I'm actually quite enjoying so far.

So this is just a super quick card which I suppose could be unisex but I thought I'd just keep it simple today.

I used:

Kraft, white and chocolate card stock,
Chocolate and Brilliant blue ink,
Starring you stamp set .


Thanks for stopping by!

Male card month?

Hi every one!  I was joking recently about making May Male card month.............. and that's what seems to be happening.

I struggle with men's cards as do most people i think so thought I'd try and get over my barrier there so here's my first male card of the month!

I know slightly stereo typical tools but I figured I'd start at the beginning :)

and the inside pops up like so, I got this idea while looking for a fancy gift box in google images ( not sure really how this came up)  and unfortunately I didn't save the link but it looked something like this and I thought I'd recreate something similar using all my gorgeous SU stash

I used:

Polka dot background and the sanded background stamps

Occasional greetings and on a pedestal stamp sets

Large star punch 1" circle punch

Chcocolate Chip, Ruby Red inks

Shimmer paint in champagne mist and platinum

white gel pen and sponge daubers

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Happy!

Just a quick male card today, I still have poorly kids at home and no matter how much I love them I am having craft room withdrawal symptoms and it's not good!

So thought I should start on my male cards, Never really sure what to put on men's cards so I guess this card could be used for either male or female,  thought I'd use up some of my chipboard letters I now have no A, I or E's left!  so we could see some interesting words appearing soon, I feel an order coming on soon!

Plus my Mini pre order has shipped and the delivery report says it will arrive tomorrow so I am super excited to get my hands on all the gorgeous new stamps and punches that you'll all get to see next month!

Any how hope you get chance to craft today!

Abi

Masculine velentine

Just a quick male card idea, most men that I know aren't so keen on the frilly type of valentine so I had a bit of a play with some dazzlin' diamonds and my sticky cut shapes.

Here's what I used:

Card stock: Chocolate Chip

Ribbon: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue,

Accessories: Rhinestone brad, Sticky cuts sweet, Dazzlin diamonds, black marker, paint brush.

Ink: Brocade Blue

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

Turquoise rocker!

Thought i'd have a go at the jazzy inspirations challenge again only this time I remembered to post it on my blog :)
So I used Stampin' Up! starring you stamp set with versa mark ink and clear embossing powder,

Large star punch from Stampin' Up!,

Basic Black, Whisper White and Tempting Turquoise card stock,

and of course I used my sugarnellie rockstar, who I water coloured with my stampin pads and my aqua painter.

Thanks for stopping by!

Abi

It's safe to post this now :)

So this was my funky friday challenge card this week the colours were, Tempting turquoise, Night of Navy, Taken with Teal, Creamy Caramel and Garden Green,

if I get chance I Will play with these colours again, but this was my boys fathers day card for their dad, i also made one similar for my dad too which is the reason i couldn't post it sooner .

I used the big deal alphabet with the new choo choo stamp set from our mini catalogue, I also used one of my cuttlebug embossing folders.

Thanks for looking!

Abi

A Male card.

I won't be posting again until Tuesday so thought I would leave you with this really cute puppy, This stamp is from the for father stamp set, I coloured the image using my aqua painter and inks,

I used Bordering blue, Kraft, Close to cocoa and confetti white card stock, Chocolate chip ink and Chocolate chip gros grain ribbon.

I hope you all have a Great Easter!! and enjoy the Easter break!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Abi

A Male Sense of Time.

OK No i wasn't talking about my dh's time keeping lol I did actually mean the stamp set :)

I like all my edges to be clean and i like pretty cards so i thought i would try something a bit different, I keep checking out tim holtz's stuff and thinking i must have a go at something like that so that's what I tried out. I'm not completely sure what i think, it's not my normal style but it's definitely more masculine than my regular cards, but having looked at I it think I should have stamped the sentiment in a darker colour.

I used Chocolate chip, close to cocoa, creamy caramel and naturals ivory card stock with a chipboard circle and Close to cocoa and versa mark inks. The ribbon is chocolate chip taffeta....

and of course the all important Sense of Time stamp set.

Let me know what you think!

Abi

Funky Friday #8

As quite a few of you already know Today is Comic relief day in the UK, ( also known as red nose day hence the red nose on the frog)

where the whole nation is encouraged to do something crazy/ funny to raise money for the charity all over the country today people will be doing crazy things like sitting in bath tubs of baked beans and shaving their heads to raise money for the charity.

I'm a little bit more tame than that i just made a silly card and bought a red nose to wear :)

Any way this card was for my funky friday challenge not as crazy as i was going to do but i was getting tired by the time i did this, i might have another go later and see what else i can come up with, as it had to funny/ fun.

the colours were: real red, certainly celery, basic black and whisper white.

Why not join in? go on you know you want to!! :)

Abi

A card for Grandpa

I always struggle with men's cards and my father in law is no exception in fact i think it's worse so while i was blog hopping i came across this card made by Angela at the paper gourmet and loved it,

so mine is a bit simpler than hers but it was for a man! My kids helped decorate the cupcake with sequin sprinkles ( it's amazing how messy that can get!)

I used Whisper white card stock as the base ( one A4 sheet folded length ways)

The Crazy for Cupcakes stamp set, and the Big Deal Alphabet,

With bold brights inks: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Gable Green, Glorious Green, Lovely Lilac, Brilliant Blue and Only Orange,

I water coloured the cupcake then applied glossy accents and the kids added the sprinkles, everything is mounted on dimensionals.

Thanks for looking :)

Abi

Kwerner challenge #40 2nd try

I really wanted to use this designer series paper from the Summer Picnic paper pack and just thought I'd make it up as i went along i didn't really have a plan but decided the paper looked quite masculine so didn't want the card to look too frilly or feminine, and i quite like the result.

I used Loads of love accessories and the two tag punches.

If you like challenges and would like to join in with the Kwerner challenges go here

Don't forget tomorrow is Funky Friday!! come back and check out my NEW challenge on my challenge blog!! (ooops i lost a day somewhere didn't realise it was already friday sorry it's up now)

Thanks for stopping by.

Abi

SCSC at the zoo

This week the secret crafter saturday challenge was at the zoo so I didn't just make one card I did a whole lot, I used a one sheet wonder pattern, I actually had 5 more cards than this from the pattern but I couldn't fit them all in the photo.

I used the Stampin' Up! Wild About You stamp set, with the Earth Elements inks, I used a mixture of card stock colours, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Kraft, Going Grey, Really Rust and Bordering Blue. One sheet wonders are a really great way of making lots of cards in a short space of time ( I think these only took me less than an hour to do 16 which I think is pretty good going) If you'd like to know more about osw ( one sheet wonders) drop me a line and i'll let you know when the next osw class is

If you'd like to join in with the challenges go here

Thanks for looking,

Abi

Stampin' Up! Carte Postale

This card was inspired by a card in the current us Stampin' Up! catalogue which i fell in love with... and why not it's my favourite colour combination!

For my card i used the carte postale stamp set although the tone on tone bashful blue doesn't show up so well in this photo.

I used Sincere salutations with chocolate chip ink, chocolate chip card stock

Bashful blue ink, taffeta ribbon and card stock,

Kraft designer series paper from the hostess gifts and naturals ivory card stock and of course my lovely scallop edge punch.

I think it makes a lovely male card as i as so many others really struggle with men's cards but i think it would do quite nicely for male or female.

Thanks for looking.

Abi

Loads of love!

I made this card a while ago for my mum's birthday, from my two boys.

I used Whisper white card stock for the base and made a stencil from a scrap piece of paper which i sponged basic grey, bashful blue and certainly celery ink through to make the background for the truck, the truck was stamped onto some bashful blue designer series paper then cut out and i added some more buttons from my collection for the wheels.

I used Stampin' Up! markers for the boys and their delivery with whisper white gros grain ribbon and stuck everything on with some dimensionals.

Thanks for looking.

Abi

Kwerner challenge #39

I love my frogs!! I haven't used this set since the new catalogue came out but the Unfrogettable stamp set is still available while stocks last, aren't they cute!!

Every thing is from Stampin' Up! and colours are as stated I love using green galore on the frogs it's so vibrant. I used my aqua painters to colour the images in and mounted them with dimensionals,

I used the Unfrogettable stamp set, the balloon string from crazy for cupcakes and the heart from simply said. (so i managed to use 2 sets today that i haven't used for a while. yay!)

I used my blender pen to create the shine on the balloon by inking the stamp with real red then wiping the ink off where i didn't want it with the blender pen.

To join in with Kristina's challenges visit her here

Hope you had a Happy Thursday!

Abi

Roary the racing car.

My youngest son is going to his first birthday party today with out his big brother!! and this is the card i made for the birthday boy, he loves Roary the racing car so as you can see that's what i had a go at making.

I used Stampin' Up! Real Red, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock,

My Stampin' Up! corner rounder, 1/4" , 1" and 3/4" circle punches, my colluzle Fiskars trimmer with a scoring blade and lots of foam dimensionals.

I also used the star from the wondrous gift stamp set for his hat.

I love making kids cards it's so much fun, hope you like it!