Nature at Cardz 4 Guyz

This week at Cardz 4 Guyz   - Kim has chosen Nature, a lovely suggestion for this time of the year when we are all so much looking forward to spring. For some of us in the UK we really haven't had to endure a long cold winter, or the dreadful rainstorms, but it has been a long strange kind of winter and Nature is showing signs it is ready to enjoy the forthcoming spring, so a good choice Kim. Remember you need to make your project for a male person of any age. Have fun and I look forward to visiting you.

Background Papers - off cuts from Scrap booking card

The main image  and verse - Stamps from Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque)

Shell stamp a freebie with Craft Stamper magazine.

Sentiment from Go Kreate - Stamp and Die Set.

Coloured with DI Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade.

Promarkers used to colour the posts and seagulls feet.

Spring Colours

At Fantasy Stamping Jan has chosen or our challenge, for us to use Spring Colours. It was a pleasure, to be able to look for the yellows, light greens, such pretty pastel colours. For a Christmas present I was fortunate (after lots of un-subtle hints) to be given 6 of the LOTV flowers in containers, this being the Daffodils. I have coloured the flowers with Promarkers.  The background is a sheet of music sheet printed from a Debbie Moore / Leonie Pujol CD - Songbirds. The additional daisies and stems are from my stash. Please pop over to the main blog for the team have been having a fun time producing their inspirational cards for you. Oh! How I am looking forward to the Spring. 

B - is for Buttons and Bows

Alphabet Challenges our challenge for the next two weeks was chosen by Shaz, she would like to see lots of Buttons and Bows for our letter B. I wonder why it isn't until you have up - loaded your picture onto your blog do you spot the buttons aren't straight. Well if you own't mind I'll forget it too. I used a pretty green DP from my stash for the background, a piece of pink lace, three pre-made ribbons with pearls. The saucy corset and stamp are from a Creative Expressions stamp set - Vintage Lingerie. I used Promarkers to colour the corset. Die is from Go Kreate , lightly coloured with Worn Lipstick DI. I look forward to seeing your Buttons and Bows, hoping you have lots of fun. Please pop over to the main blog for I am sure the array of Buttons and Bows will inspire you to have a go. 

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge #7 is MUSIC

This week at Cardz 4 Guyz - Janice has chosen Music, it can be whatever your inspiration creates, anything which depicts Music. Please remember this challenge site is for cards/projects for MALES of any age, but Male only. In my huge supply of stamps, I have discovered I don't have anything suitable for music, but in my Craft CD collection I was saved. I made the card above with papers and decoupage from a Debbie Moore Shabby Chic Music CD. I hope you like it and find some inspiration from it. Please pop over to the main blog where you will find more inspiration from the wonderful DT. 

I am also entering the card into 

Crazy 4 Challenges - Inspired by Music

Crafty Bloggers Network - All About the Boys

Melonheadz Friends Challenge For the Boys

Quotations

For this week Carol at CD Sunday Challenges is challenging us to produce a project with a quotation, bearing in mind all projects for this challenge MUST contain something from a CD. For my card it is almost all made  from a Debbie Moore/Leonie Pugol CD - Shabby Chic Songbird. There are some wonderful images on this CD and of course being Debbie Moore there is always a nice supply of quotations. The shape of  the card is also from a template on the - Katy Sue Fabulous Fashion CD. have fun everyone, I'll be popping around this week to see which quotations have inspired you. 

Something New @ MTTC

This week at My Time to Craft our challenge is to celebrate Something New, (not new stash). Please pop over to the challenge blog for more information and of course to see the wonderful inspiration from the DT. 

One of my grandsons recently went for an interview, sadly not successful, but I thought I would get prepared for the future. I made my card using the following:~

White scalloped card

Red paper to mat

Background paper from Papermania

Crafty Individuals CI ~ 077

Hand from Tim Holtz Steampunk set

Have fun with your NEW challenge, will it be , house, job, baby, adventure? 

Let's Feel It

This my first ever entry in the challenges at Cuttlebug Mania, but somehow, knowing how I love my Bug, it won't be my last. The challenge for this and next week is Let's Feel It, the emphasis being on dimension/texture.  Why don't you pop over and see, they have a long list of suggestions. I have created the main dimension with an embossing folder, this is the list of my ingredients: ~

White card stock and plain white card for the embossed topper

Cuttlebug embossing plate of Bird in the Field (texture)

Distress Inks - Broken China, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey and Vintage Photo

Garden Twine (texture)

3 decorative shapes - had these for ages (texture)

Happy Birthday greeting - Go Kreate - Stamp and Die #100101 - Set 1 (dimension)

raised on a dimensional sticker pad. 

I decoupaged the bird and drew the birds in the top left corner. 

Thanks ladies for a very interesting challenge, I really enjoyed this challenge.
I am also entering this card into the Crafty Cardmaker's challenge of 'Come Fly With Me.'