…a superb tailor’s work is ageless

I’ve made another parcel card for a special birthday featuring my all-time favourite image for a male, 1920’s Kody from Some Odd Girl, which seems to have been retired!

This is going out to a guy so I didn’t want it all florally and girlie so I went to my favourite stash of embellies, my Prima and Tim Holtz metal stuff.  What a great find that there was a 30 among the Prima Door Signs because, you guessed it, this is for a 30th birthday.  I also found some words that fitted in well and allowed me to jazz up the parcels, which I’d stuck down before thinking about adding twine or anything to.  I’ve missed using my metal embellies as I haven’t done anything Steampunky for a while so it was great to get them out.  As they are my favourite embellies I’m entering my card in the current challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.

I did throw in one flower as there was this space just sitting there under the Typo Bulbs, it is a burlap one and I did alter it a bit.  I pulled off the bottom layer and trimmed the others to make it smaller and pulled out the stamens, I swapped them for a metal brad and some glitter.  Hopefully not too girlie!

I thought the quote from the Kaiser rub ons was appropriate for a milestone birthday and it helped fill the space too.  As did the parcels to make this a nicely embellished card without all the flowery, girlie stuff we normally add to our cards.

I’m also entering my card in the current challenge at Incy Wincy Designs, where the theme is to use a number, something I have done thanks to this being a milestone birthday and that great Prima Door Sign.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E31, E39, 0

Lips E11

Hair YR04, YR07, E09, E18

Outfit B91, B93, B95, N4, N6, N8, V91, V93, V95, V99, W0, W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, 100

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Distress Glitter ~ Rusty Hinge

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Rub ons ~ Inner Self & These Days

Petaloo Textured Elements ~ Burlap Blossom Black

Prima Junkyard Findings ~ Jeans Plates & Small Typo Bulbs

Prima Shabby Chic Treasures ~ Door Signs

Stickabilities ~ ⁷⁄₁₆” Hand Drawn

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Black Soot & Faded Jeans

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ Kraft

Bazzill Cardstock ~ Typhoon

Graphic 45 French Country ~ Abundance

Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells ~ Frightful Folly

Prima Cartographer ~ Montgolfiere

Riddersholm Design Tailgate Marked ~ My Street

Stamps

Some Odd Girl ~ 1920’s Kody (retired)

Challenges

Incy Wincy Designs ~ Use a number

Tuesday Throwdown #226 ~ Favourite Embellishment

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Reindeer are flight and motion and magic in moonlight…

My card today features the cute Reindeer Tilly a retired Sweet Gothic Kids image from Simply B Stamps.

I made this card for a male friend of mine as I figured Tilly looked a bit sassy and he’d appreciate that.  I made up the sentiment myself to go with the image.  Being for a guy I kept this quite plain and let the layers add interest.  As it is a card for a male I am entering it in the current challenge at The Male Room.

To make up the card I followed the current sketch over at Atlantic Hearts.  It was a nice clean sketch that allowed me to layer up my cardstocks and go easy on the embellies.

There’s a new challenge over at Lolli Lulu Crafts asking if you’ve been naughty or nice.  I think this card can pass for nice, you could show it to your child, but it is a bit naughty with the potential other interpretation of the sentiment and the image.  So I think I’ve been nicely naughty!  My friend liked it at any rate and, when it comes down to it, that’s what counts in crafting.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes G12, G14, G19, 0

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair E21, E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit G12, G14, G16, G19, N4, N6, N8, R24, R29, R46, R59, R89, 100

Cocoa Mug B02, B04, B06

Embellishments

Jesse James Button It Up ~ Glitter Holly

Inks & Paints etc

Spica ~ Melon

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Forest Moss

Papers

DIYi Invitations Paper ~ Chardonnay

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Forest & Scarlet

Ribbons & Trims etc

American Crafts ~ Red and White Polka Dot Ribbon

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Reindeer Tilly (retired)

Challenges

Atlantic Hearts ~ Sketch #86

Lolli Lulu Crafts ~ Naughty or Nice

The Male Room ~ Christmas

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Maybe Christmas...doesn't come from a store

I’ve had some fun today playing with a new image from Simply B Stamps, Very Merry Betty, and getting in another Christmas card ahead of the December rush.

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, I just swapped out the circle element for a snowflake.  To help me pick my embellies I also followed the recipe over at Hanna and Friends using three poinsettias for the flowers, some lovely Christmas papers (the green one does have a subtle design on it, not sure it shows so good in the pic though) and adding a bow in some Christmas ribbon I found in my stash.

As my snowflake is a die cut as well as the tag I printed my sentiment on, I am also entering my card at the current challenge at Card Mania.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 (E02 cheeks)

Eyes E30, E39

Lips R24, R29, R46

Hair N4, N6, N8, 100

Outfit T4, T6, T8, T10, 100

Presents G12, G14, G16, G19, N0, N1, R24, R29, R46, R59, T4, T6, T8, T10, 100

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

Cuttlebug Anna Griffin ~ Snowflake Solo

Spellbinders Shapeabilities ~ Grommet Tags

Embellishments

Kaisercraft Pearls ~ Snow

Paper Poinsettias from stash

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Inks ~ Festive Berries & Mown Lawn

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

Graphic 45 Patterns & Solids ~ Night Before Christmas

Kaisercraft Cardstock ~ Scarlet

Ribbons & Trims etc

Christmas Ribbon from stash

Stamps

Simply B Stamps ~ Very Merry Betty

Challenges

Card Mania #59 ~ Use Your Dies

Hanna and Friends #209  ~ Recipe: 1 Bow, 2 Design papers, 3 Flowers

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 ~ Sketch #33

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Swervy suave severity

I have a CAS card to share that I made up today for a colleague.

To make up the card I’ve followed the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, they are a CAS style challenge and that’s what I needed for this card as it is going to a male.  I resized the sketch to a 6x6 and printed it out and then cut out the three vertical elements to use as templates.

I used the Tic Tac Toe board at another CAS challenge site, CAS-ual Fridays, to help complete my card, I’ve gone with dots (the Candi) and grey for my colour scheme.  I already had twine from the sketch so that gave me my three in a row.   Tic Tac Toe challenges are great for helping you use your neglected stash, like my Candi that has been in my stash for near on two years and rarely ever used.

I am the world’s worst stamper so my sentiment is a bit blurry, I wanted to add interest so I used Fran-tage to emboss these so I am also entering this in the current challenge over at a A Gem of a Challenge.

Despite the dodgy stamping I think this turned out quite well.  I’ve kept my embellies masculine too, I didn’t have an appropriate button so I went with a car part from the Junkyard Findings’ range and some screw brads.  I love my metal embellies and I do love things a bit grungy, hopefully so too will my colleague.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Fran-tage Embossing Enamel ~ Aged Silver

Embellishments

Candi ~ Saville Row

Eyelet Outlet ~ Screw Brads

Prima Ingvild Bolme Junkyard Findings ~ Car Parts

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Pumice Stone

Papers

American Crafts Cardstock ~ White

Core’dinations Cardstock Tim Holtz Adirondack ~ Slate

Ribbons & Trims etc

Grey Twine from stash

Stamps

Close to My Heart ~ Art Philosophy

Challenges

A Gem of a Challenge #125 ~ Embossing (Any)

CAS-ual Fridays #134 ~ Tic Tac Toe (Dots, grey, twine)

Freshly Made Sketches #147

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