Happy Anniversary at Cardz 4 Guyz

We want to see your creations for a masculine Anniversary at Cardz 4 Guyz this week. It was my 27th anniversary on 8th June and this is the card I made for my OH - very simple

Spellbinders Birds On A Wire die
Nellie Snellen Heart dies

So pop over to the blog and get some inspiration from the team and let us see what you come up with

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Sketch N Dies - Anything Goes
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Ooh La La Creations - Father's Day/ Masculine
That Craft Place - Men

Capsule Collection Dragonfly

The challenge at Docrafts this week is to use their Capsule Collection to make a card. I was lucky enough to win some lovely Capsule Buttons in last weeks challenge but I've gone for a softer effect for this card so I'll use them another day. For this card I've used some backing paper from the Jesse Edwards Parkstone Pink collection and the Big Bloomers flower is from the same collection. The large brad in the centre of the flower is from an older Capsule Collection The image is a dragonfly from the Urban stamps collection. I've masked the smaller two dragonflies off so it would fit into the oval and embossed it with pink crystal powder. The sentiment is from a Woodware set cut with a Stampin Up punch and added a couple of gems

I'm also entering this into the C.R.A.F.T. challenge which is Monochromatic and the challenge at That Craft Place which is also Monochrome

Go Green

That's the theme at CD Sunday this week. I missed last week and the previous ones were just inside the deadline so I was determined to do better this week. For my card I've gone for the golfing green with this image from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia Collection CD. The backing paper is from the Forever Friends Good Life collection and the sentiment is by Stampin Up. Some Card Candi and a golf bag from my stash to finish. I'm also entering this into the challenge at That Craft Place which is Makes For Men

Happy 3rd Birthay

The challenge at That Craft Place is to make a card for a child and the Daring Cardmakers challenge is Childs Play. For my card I've used a Clipart Fairy image and this sketch at CRAFT

The backing paper is from the Dovecraft Tea Party pack which goes so well with the image. The border is a Marianne die with ribbon thread through. I've punched some pink card flowers and added some cupcakes from the backing paper to the centres. A Craftwork Cards greeting to finish

Love

I love this Don & Daisy image by Marianne Design and I think I'l be using it a lot. I've coloured it with Promarkers and cut out with a Marianne die - a lot of Marianne dies on this card. The backing paper is from the Marianne Beautiful Butterflies paper bloc. The heart is another Marianne die which comes with some cute word stamps. The flowers are  yet another die set which comes with 5 dies which is great for creating flowers of various sizes. I've added glitter glue to the centre of the flowers and a few gems to finish. Probably unsurprisingly, I'm entering this into the Marianne Design challenge, the the Wedding challenge at That Craft Place and the Anything Goes challenge at I Love Promarkers

Happy Birthday

This is another Kanban card and although they've gone out of business, I've got enough to last me for years. I loved this topper and didn't want any patterned papers to take away from it so I've used some pink, purple and green Pan Pastels on the base card. The silver gilding doesn't show up very well but it is beautiful in the flesh - this was the only half decent picture I could get without too much reflection. A simple ribbon from my stash to finish.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
Eclectic Ellapu - Birthday
Pan Pastels - Girly Theme
That Craft Place - Anything Goes

Candi Stamps

This card is made with a set of Candi stamps which were free with Simply Cards & Papercraft. I've stamped the heart in red and cut it out with Netsies. The candi was free with the magazine too. I've layered it onto pink then red card - the pink card is embossed with a Sizzix hearts folder. The tags are made with the Stampin Up set called Tiny Tags and punched with an SU punch. A small heart gem holds them on - well not really but that's the effect!

It might seem a bit late to be making Valentines cards but this is going to the forces and it can take some time for it to get there, hence it doesn't actually say Valentine but the sentiment is there

I'm entering this into the following challenges
Addicted To Stamps - Heart, Stamp & Love from their Bingo card
Polka Doodles - Valentine Love
The Stamping Shack - Red, Pink & White
That Craft Place - Valentine