The Male Room #08

A little while ago I put my name forward to try for the DT at The Male Room. And guess what I made it!
Super excited about this! Not only is it right up my street because it's male orientated, but scrapbook pages are also allowed - so when the theme fits I'm hoping to occasionally make my DT sample a scrapbook page.
Well today is the big intro over at The Male Room and my first card as a DT member is up.

The theme this fortnight is letters and numbers and I knew I had some patterned paper with numbers on. Once located, I stamped the word smile on top and hand cut it out. And I'm certainly smiling at the moment!

Then I finished the card off by stamping the rest of the phrase underneath. And I left it at that. A really quick and simple card - hope you like it!

Supplies:
Stamps: Woodware, Huge Smile
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Paper: Doodlebug, Take Note

So now it's your turn. Get on over to The Male Room to see what the talented DT have created to inspire you - keep pinching myself to make sure joining them is not a dream!

Monday Moments

This week's challenge at Less is More is a one layer card with some splatter. Well I has a couple of DT cards that seemed to fit the bill - but no they weren't one layer! So just the excuse I needed to create an inky splattery card.

Well admittedly a lot of the splatter is actually included on this very gorgeous stamp, but I did add a few more splatters with my go to Gorgeous Grunge.

I had such a frustrating time trying to photograph the pale yummy colours on this card - which incidently are covered with a very generous layer of Wink of Stella. Much more spectacular in real life!

Supplies:
Stamps: Visible Image, butterfly inkognito; SU, Gorgeous Grunge; Clearly Besotted, Say It In Style
Inks: Ranger distress, spun sugar, shaded lilac, scattered straw; Memento, tuxedo black
Embellishments: Wink of Stella, clear

One of my other splattery cards can be seen at AAA Cards now, and the other is coming up on Thursday at CAS Colours & Sketches

So pleased you stopped by my blog today, many thanks.

And keep crafting! 

AAA Cards Game #37 It's Springtime

Already time for the next challenge at AAA Cards and this fortnight the theme is It's Springtime! I'm loving that inspiration photo again - the colours are so me.

I've been itching to ink up this splodgy flower stamp from Visible Image and had so much fun with it. I used a baby wipe and ink refill bottles to make my own ink pad. I just love how this gives such a vibrant mix and random look to the colours! And I thought it matched the unique style of the stamp beautifully.

I'm so loving this stamp and how impressive it looks when given centre stage. So I just kept the sentiment very simple and clean to contrast with the more messy look of the stamp.

Supplies:
Stamps: Visible Image, Flower Inkognito; Clearly Besotted, Say It In Style
Inks: Ranger ditress, mowed lawn, evergreen bough, mustard see, worn lipstick, picked raspberry; Memento, tuxedo black

So now it's over to you. Hope you have fun creating from AAA Cards' inspirational photo. Need a bit more? Check out how the rest of the DT interpreted it - here.

Thanks for looking today, I appreciate your time. And keep crafitng!

Saturday Slot

A scrapbook page to share today using the first April sketch from Let's Get Sketchy.

A blast from the past for this page! This photo tells so many stories without needing a lot of journalling. My three boys looking as if the age difference between each of them is vast - three totally different stages of development. Love it!

And just look at the hair! Think the look the older two were sporting was called 'curtains'. And my baby's style can only be described as 'pudding basin'!

Just a little journalling to clarify their ages - something I always want to know and try to work out when looking at old photos of them.

Supplies:
Papers: Kaisercraft, Rewind; My Mind's Eye, Mischievious
Dies: Spellbinder, standard circles small; Xcut, spiro circles; Marianne, LR0188; Clearly Besotted, Superstar
Embellishments: button, candi dot & tag from my stash

So pleased you had time to visit today, thank you.

Enjoy the weekend and keep crafting! 

CAS Colours & Sketches #119

Did you enjoy the colours from last week's CAS Colours & Sketches challenge? Certainly had some super entries. So this week it's a sketch and a super simple one with endless possibilities.

As soon as I saw those circles I knew I was going to use the oh so versatile new sunburst stamp set from Clearly Besotted. And I wanted the colours to reflect an Aztec jewellery look because that's what those sunbursts remind me of.

Now my two photos look like different colourways, but its just the effect of the light - I'm so poor at getting this right! And as always this small close up is far truer to the real colours.

I'm loving the potential of this stamp set. It's one of those with lots of different sizes and patterns that can be combined in endless different combinations - so cool!

Supplies:
Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Sunburst; Uniko Studio, All Occasion Sentiments #1
Inks: SU, tempting turquoise, soft suede, pumpkin pie
Punch: Xcut, corner rounder
Embellishments:The Hobby house pearls, chocolate heaven

So now it's your turn to get creative with this week's sketch. An of course remember to check out what the rest of the DT have come up with at CAS Colours & Sketches - you're sure to be inspired!

Thanks for looking today, your visit is much appreciated. And keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Just popping in quickly today to share my black card made for Less is More's current challenge.

 

A really quick and easy card, definitely less rather than more. The star was die cut from the black card and backed with gold holographic card.

And the sentiment was embossed in gold leading into the star to finish off the phrase.

But the challenge came trying to photograph this card. My camera didn't like all that shiny black and finding the right place and angle to catch it proved really difficult!

Supplies:

Stamp: Clearly Besotted, Superstar

Ink: Versamark

Embossing: Personal Impressions, mirror gold

Die: Clearly Besotted, Superstar

Thanks for looking today.

And keep crafting!

The Memory Nest - Make It Monday 37

Time for the first Make It Monday sketch for April. Be sure to join in and play over at The Memory Nest - remember you can use the sketch for a card if that's more your thing. And great incentive to link up - the chance to win a gift certificate to spend at The Memory Nest shop.

I love this sketch and knew immediately I wanted to use it for a Spring based page for my 2015 album. So off I went out into the garden and took photos specifically for this page. And that set my colour choices - loving the clashing contrast of yellow and purple, nature always get it right!

A quick rummage through my paper scraps and the page quickly came together. I decided to use the sub-title spot for a dictionary definition of Spring. And boy did it take a while- and several bin jobs -  to get the font sized and centred so I didn't snip it off when I punched the corners!

As the photos really told all the story I hand wrote a poem about Spring instead of journalling. I was hoping the contrast of the typed card and the handwritten poem would create balance and contrast. I'm liking how it looks - what do you think?

The main title words are both die cut in a purple to match the crocuses. A few sprinkled sequins just added a touch of movement and sparkle to my page.

Supplies:
Papers: Bazzill Basics, plain cardstock; KN, Hip-hip Hooray; scraps from my stash
Dies: Cuttlebug alpha, Hippy Chick; Clearly Besotted, Hello
Punch: Woodware, inverted corner
Embellishments: sequins from my stash 

So pleased to have you visit today, your time is appreciated. Remember to hop over to The Memory Nest to be inspired by all the gorgeous DT creations!

And keep crafting!