More Male cards

Hi again,

Well spring didn't last long from my last post did it...lol  Anyway as you may have read, about a week ago I posted some cards for my husband's birthday.  I showed you 2 one that was from me and one from little Leo, although he's not so little now... he's two in July where does the time go?

So back to birthday cards, I needed to make 2 for my daughters to give to dad.  Obviously I couldn't make two the same so needed to come up with two more ideas for male cards.  Whenever they are for the girls I always let the first one here chose.  Nicola was the first one to chose this time and chose one where I had used the New Sizzlits S die - pinwheel.- from the spring catalogue (pg 33).  I also, for the first time despite having it months, used the big square scallop die to create the wavy edge boarder and went around them with crumb cake ink.  The ribbon was initially whisper white but, having rubbed it along the Cajun Craze ink pad and leaving it to dry, it became the same colour as the card, just perfect.  The name "dad" was from the set For My Family

Next is the card that I gave to Kirsty for her dad.  Again it was difficult thinking up a front but I found the template for this card among several I have saved in the past.  I usually struggle with the layout of a card so templates are brilliant for me.  So here I used the stamp set The Open Sea.  The embellishment in the top left corner is one of the new bottle top embellishments we have in the Spring/Summer catty on pg 24.  I put it through my big shot to flatten it and then added the stamped image after.  The one inch circle punch is a perfect fit for the larger bottle top and the half inch circle for the smaller bottle top.

The ship images was stamped and then die cut using Floral Frames Framelits, which are another new product, but this time can be found in the main catty on pg 191.  The sentiment is again from For My Family as its hard to get individual "names" in sets don't you think?

Well I hope you have liked looking at my creations and all the mess in the background...lol.  Sry but its been a bit of a hard week for me one way and another and I have only just realised I haven't cropped the photos....doh.

Til next time 

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Bordering on Romance

Sorry I haven't posted for a couple of days but this week saw me return to work after 51/2 months off.  Thankfully I am on a phased return and even though I have only worked 4 hours each day since Monday I've felt too tired to do anything so its been a real effort to get some cards done that I needed for yesterday and here is one of them, the other I'll share with you tomorrow :)

Yesterday was my lovely daughters birthday so obviously I needed to make her a card.  I was pondering on what stamp set to use and I remembered I had bought the lovely set Bordering on Romance but hadn't used it yet. I even took the brave decision to use my Aqua Pens and do a bit of "adult" colouring in !!!!! As Stampin' Up! inks are water based I stamped the main image in Stazon to prevent any "bleeding" of colours. Now I have never been one for colouring in as I always do a botch job but I was very pleased with my outcome on this card.  I'm sorry the picture isn't quite straight but, as usual, it was taken in a "need to get going" moment but I think it picks up all of the detail perfectly.

As you can see I have used many products from the new Summer Mini catalogue (which you can view by clicking on the image on the right) and enjoyed every minute of making this card.  It's great how the new Edgelits dies and matching embossing folders work so well together, Stampin' Up! really spoil us with their wonderful products don't you think?

The colour theme is Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder in card/ink plus Rose Red ink and the paper is Speciality Sweet Shop DSP.  Now for those of you who are eagle eyed you may have noticed two things with this card?  Firstly the second layer of the Framelits dies is actually the reverse of the spotted paper, I've done this to show the de-bossed side as the white dots are actually raised and the second thing is that I've used the "waste" from the edgelits along the join of card and paper after all us crafters don't waste a thing do we????.  Here is a close up -  

I even put a little decoration on the inside of the card and envelope.

I think she liked it, although not as much as the money and new outfits we had bought her...lol

If you would like to purchase any of the items used to make this card just get in touch, a shopping list is at the end of this post.

Many thanks for visiting my blog and if you would like to leave a comment please do as I always enjoy reading them.

Hugs
Tracy -x-


Shopping List:
Stamp Sets: Bordering on Romance, For my Family, Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess set)
Card- Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Inks - Wisteria Wonder, Lucky Limeade, Regal Rose, Stazon
Big Shot 
Big shot accessories - Framelits - Labels Collection, Edgelits - Adorning Accents, Embossing Folders - Textured Impressions Adorning Accents and Designer Frames
Punches - Modern Label, Extra Large Oval
DSP - Speciality Sweet Shop
Accessories - Adhesive Pearls, Glitter Brads (Subtle)

Need for Speed

Hi All,

Today's post is another card I made for my nephew who was 15 yesterday.  He has grown up sooooo much and, next to my husband, must be the tallest member of our family.   He loves ice skating and supports our local team, The Panthers, but other than that he's not really "into" anything so making a card for him is quite limited.  So I decided that at some point in his life he will like cars and, as luck would have it, Stampin' Up! now do the fabulous set, Need For Speed and this is what I came up with:-

The image I tried to create was the car moving so I stamped the car image on a scrap piece of card and cut it out.   Once I had stamped the first image onto the card I then put the template over the main image and stamped again without re-inking my stamp.  I then lined the the template over the last image therefore creating the shadow effect. This technique is known as Masking, you can use it to make images look as though they are behind others..   I stamped the image in Stazon ink then coloured it in using the blender pens. The rosette was made with Twitterpatted papers, Pleated Satin Ribbon and the scoreboard from the new Summer Mini.  I used the Brushed Silver card along with Basic Black and Whisper White.  I even stamped on the inside of the card above the verse.

I'll be back soon with the third card I made for my nephew.  Thanks for stopping by and looking at my projects.  If you would like to purchase any of the products please get in touch.

Hugs

Tracy -x- 

Products

Stamp Sets - Need for Speed, For My Family 

Card stock - Basic Black, Whisper White. Brushed Silver 

Punches - Scallop boarder, 1" and 3/4" round punches, Round Tab

Scoreboard 

Twitterpated paper

Inks -  Stazon, Real Red

Blender pen

Black Marker pen

Silver Brads

Yesterday I posted the cards that daughter,grandson and sister had done for my hubby's birthday and today I'm going to show you the one I managed to do for our youngest daughter to give him. As I have already said, he is an avid gardener, so I thought I'd try and do another one on the theme of gardening and this is the end result....

I created the basket by using the round punch and cutting a bit away from it, the handle was made by punching out a section from where I had just punched the round shape from.  I then used tiny strips of chocolate chip card to create the lattice effect on the front.  The fruit is from the fruit and flowers set with the apple stamp making the background by using daffodil delight ink onto daffodil delight card.  The little fork and spade were made using the smallest oval punch, cutting it in half and then cutting some off from around the sides and the handles were made using the word window punch.  The happy birthday was from party this way and the dad from the for my family stamp set.

Hugs

Tracy -x-

Yesterday was my sisters birthday and today its my gorgeous daughter, Kirsty, 20th.  So you can imagine its been a busy time making all the cards.  Luckily I managed to get them done in time and gave them to her yesterday ready to open today.  I'm not sure if I will see her today due to the snow, our road is a cul-d-sac and doesn't thaw out that quick so is quite a nightmare to drive on, but I have spoke to her and sung "happy birhtday" to her over the phone.   Not sure if the singing was a good idea or not....lol

Anyway, here are the cards I made for her:

This one was for my mum to give her.  I have used the Create a Cupcake stamp set and matching punch.  as you can see I have also been using my big shot and embossing folders again along with the For my Family set to create the sentiment.  The colour combo is Crumb Cake, Pool Party and Calypso Coral.

This is the card from me and her dad.  I have used several different products on this card, Under the big top stamp set, big shot and emobssing folders, pennant punch, Happiest Birthday wishes Hostess stamp set and Just Perfect Alphabet for her name.  I even coloured in the image again using the stamp pad and blender pens.  The colour combo is Calypso Coral, Elegant Eggplant and Lucky Limeade.

  You may have guessed by now that I am having a spree of using the 2012 In Colours, I just love them all they are so bright and cheerful.   My eldest daughter choose a card from my stock which was one that I made at a Jules recent training event but I forgot to take a picture.  I will however be doing a similar card in my class at the end of the month so keep looking :)

My SU order has just arrived so off I am to play.  Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment as I love to read them.

Hugs
Tracy -x-

Last night we had our gorgeous grandson, Leo, over to stay and he is such a comic.   At 61/2 months old you can image how inquisitive and fidgety he is.  Well he's had us in stiches over the weekend by pulling such a funny face, not quite sure where he's got it from.  He is almost sitting up on his own with just the odd wobble or two here and there and he really enjoys tummy time with all his toys. 
I finally managed to capture him with one of his funny faces on:

and here he is with some of his toys, isn't he adorable or am I just biased...lol

Well today its my sisters birthday and what a present she got, the lovely snow...  Now if you're like me you will enjoy looking at it but not going out in it.  Lukily, in some ways, I don't have to do that as I'm still off work but still don't like to see the white stuff on the ground.  I managed to make the cards for mum and me and took them down last night.  The girls chose two that I had already made so that took a little bit of pressure off me.

For my mums card I used Paisley Petals to create a elegant card.  I stamped the image onto very vanilla card and then, using blender pens, I copied the colours from the DSP that goes with this stamp set.  The larger flower head had been cut out and mounted using dimesional.  I was inspired to create the corners from a publication demos receive from SU and it's using one of the punches.  If you would like to know more then come to one of my classes to find out how to do it :)  I have also used punches to create the bottom boarder.  The sentiments are from the hostess set Happiest Birthday wishes and the For my Family sentiment set from the main catty. 

The next card is from me.  I've used the Creative elements set and created the background by resist embossing.  The sentiment is again from the For my Family set and the frame has been embossed using the big shot and cut out by hand.  The colour combination for this card is Soft Suede, Crumb cake and Calypso Coral

 
Tomorrows its my youngest's birthday so I'll be back to show you some of the cards I made her.  
 
I hope you have enjoyed looking at my creations.
 
Hugs
 
Tracy -x-