Metal at Cardz 4 Guyz

It's my turn to choose our theme at Cardz 4 Guyz so this week we want to see your creations with Metal on them. There are so many ways to go with this but I've gone for a Faux Metal technique. Now I have a couple of friends to thank for this idea - Pam and Cally and they in turn got it from one of Clair's workshops. I wish I lived closer so I could go as they make some great cards

It's really difficult to get a decent picture but I've made this for my cousin's Birthday this week. It's made with plumbers tape and plasterboard tape, cereal packets and alcohol inks

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - For the Boys

I'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge

D.I.Y. AT Cardz 4 Guyz

This week at Cardz 4 Guyz we want to see your Do It Yourself  projects for men. Mine is a really simple
 card following this sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketches

I love the Bond look of this guy

Wild Rose Studio DIY Legend stamp
Wild Rose Studio Male Sentiments
Wild Rose Studio Man About Town papers

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Sweet Pea Stampers - For the Boys/Men
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes

Don't forget to pop over to the blog and see what the other girls have created for this challenge

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #185

It's another week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp so it's time for a new sketch and this is what we have to play with this week - you can add a sentiment and embellishments wherever you like

For my card, I've started with three papers from the First Edition Up & Away pad. I've cut the papers and edged them with Certainly Celery ink before sticking down. The papers are double sided so I've used the back of the centre strip to nest my die cut circle on and to layer the sentiment. The bird and branch are from Stampin Up's Language of Friendship set. I've stamped the bird and wing with green ink onto a blue paper and cut with the matching punch.The branch is stamped with green ink onto the green paper and again cut with the punch. I've stamped the birds feet straight onto the white circle and then onto the stem of the branch before sticking everything down. The sentiment is from Express Yourself and cut and matted with Stampin Up punches. I wanted to add a flower to the sentiment but only had a small snippet of paper so I've used a sticky not to be able to put it in the punch and line it up with the stamped flower. This way you can use the smallest snippet to punch

I'm also entering this into Pixie's Snippets Playground when it opens and the Brown Sugar Thank You challenge

And here is my card

Cuttlebug Mania Tuesday - Flying High

It's time for another challenge at Cuttlebug Mania and this week we're Flying High. I'm lucky enough to live on the south coast and we recently had the Bournemouth Air Show.  We went along on the first day and it was great especially when the Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster flew over together. For the next 3 days I sat in my craft room and saw the planes fly by after taking off and just before landing. On the Friday it was like my own little ari display especially when the Red Arrows came home one by one from different directions. 

So that was the theme for my Flying High card. I've used two folders from the Cuttlebug Skyward set and embossed some Core-dinations that came free with a Darice folder. I've sanded the centre piece to highlight the clouds. For the image, I've used the Hobby Art set called Flypast and coloured with watercolours and cut with Nesties Labels 2. I've cut some clouds using Memory Box Puffy Cloud dies and stamped the sentiment onto the largest one

I'm also entering this into the following challenges
Friday Sketch - flipped
Brown Sugar - Transportation

Orange, Yellow & Green With A Button

That's the challenge at Cuttlebug Mania this week - fantastic summery colours.  I've used the Woodware Bubble Bloom Felicity stamp and stamped it with green ink and cut it out with a Nestie on my Cuttlebug. Lots of orange and yellow buttons from my stash and for the smaller dots I've used yellow Stickles. The leaves were stamped again on the green backing paper and raised with silicon glue. The sentiment is by Stampin Up and layered on another die cut.

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Kaboodledoodles - Summer
Brown Sugar - Summer
Polka Doodles - Summer Birthday
One Stop Craft Shop - For A Friend