Fishing boy and numbers

I'm always in need of cards for boys and men. Here I used a rubber stamp from LOTV, colored with Promarkers and fussy cut to fit my die cut frame (Altenew). 

I used a Tim Holtz stencil with arrows and black ink and one with numbers and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. And just a little hint of splatter with black ink and water.

This card is for:  

• Stamping Sensations - Make It Masculine 
• Allsorts - #583/4 - Make It Masculine
  
• Try It On Tuesday - Words or Numbers
• Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #554 For a Male/ Boy

 

Ink #219 - Face

For our new challenge at Inkspirational we have a word promt challenge: Face. Isn't this a fantastic theme? So many options - I decided to add another card for my Christmas collection.

I used a Santa stamp from Tim Holtz. I colored is with Promarkers, added a die cut frame and foliage and used a chipboard sentiment from my stash.
The background is made with a stamp from Concord&9th and I spritzed it with Art Anthology mist.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my teamies have made. 

This card is also for:
Fab n Funky - #492 Christmas
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Christmas/Santa

Freebie Friday - Ice cream

Happy Friday! I'm here to show you my card featuring the Freebie Friday -  you can pick it up at no cost in the Bugaboo store.

I printed the ice cream and colored it with Promarkers. Then I found inks in the same colors and used a brush to make splatters.
The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn and is stamped with brown ink.

This card is also for:
Make My Monday - #128 Clean and simple
Shopping Our Stash - #426 KISS/Keep It Simple Sister
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #257 Anything Goes + A Sentiment 

Sketch #813

Catch the Bug is back with another sketch challenge.

For this card I used the image Flower Pot 04 and I placed it in a die cut frame from Altenew.

I used a DP with text for the background and a leftover strip of DP and a paper lace border.

The sentiment is cut wit a Penny Black die.

This card is also for:
Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Die Cut Divas - Flowers

Elephant silhouette

Today starts a new challenge over at Catch the Bug - and it's a photo inspiration.

I was inspired by the colors. The image is Silhouette - elephant paisley, and I chose to color in the details. The dies I used are Wild Animals from Amy Design. I made the background with distress oxides and found a DP in my stash that match with the theme and colors.

This card is also for: 
Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes
Crafty Animals - Anything Animal Goes

Ink #218 Red and white photo

For our new challenge at Inkspirational we have a photo inpiration for you. I was inspired by the spots and the red.

I used an image from Stamping Bella. I paper pieced the armchair with a DP with red spots. The floor is made with a Tim Holtz stencil. The sentiment is made with a die from Concord&9th.

Please head over to the challenge blog to see what my teamies have made.

This card is also for:
Krafty Chicks - #517 All occasions
Fab n Funky - #491 Use A "Real" Stamp
Little Red Wagon - #559 Spots or Stripes

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 7

So the final day of this year's Catch the Bug Christmas in July event is here, it's day 7. We have a color scheme for you to follow.

I used a freebie paper from a magazine - I've got to use some of my freebie stash for this event -for the background and the word "Merry". The Bugaboo freebie, which will be found here, was colored with Promarkers. The die cut word is made with a Tim Holtz die.

This card is also for:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper
Send a Smile for Kids - Christmas in July 4 Kids or Anything Goes 4 Kids

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 6

It's day 6 of our Christmas in July event over at Catch the Bug and we have a photo inspiration for you. There's a Santa with his list, so that's what I used.

The Santa can be found here, I used a freebie stamp for the list, and the presents stamp is from Magnolia. I kept the presents uncolored. For the background I used red Dox. The sentiment is made with my Dymo and a die from Concord&9th.

This card is also for:
Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas Characters
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Santa
 

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 5

We're celebrating Christmas in July over at Catch the Bug, and for day 5 we want you to make us laugh.

This was a really quick card to make. I colored up the JJ "Naughty" Christmas List, stamped a sentiment with red ink and added a border of washi tape. Simples!

It's a sassy image, not one I'd put on a card to everyone, that would be risky, but I do know a few ladies I'm certain would appreciate this kind of card.

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 4

Today is day 4 of our Christmas in July event over at Catch the Bug. I've used the flash freebie and the middle horizontal row of the bingo chart.
I made the background with a Tim Holtz stencil and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. The edges are distressed with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. The sentiment is made with dies from Concord&9th. "Season" is covered in glitter paste - I love a bit of sparkle on Christmas cards.


This card is for:
My Time to Craft - #436 Christmas in July
Sweet Stampers - #46 Christmas in July

Guest Elf at Christmas Kickstart challenge

Today I'm honored to be invited as a Guest Elf over at Jo's Christmas Kickstart Challenge. The challenge theme is "Starry, Starry Night".

 Here is my card:

I love making Christmas cards as well as masculine ones, so I tried to combine the two. 

For the background I used a stamp from Concord&9th, I stamped it with Altenew inks in three different shades of blue. On top I used a Memory Box star stencil and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. 

Thet die cut geometric deer is from Marianne. The sentiment is a combinatoin of dies from Tim Holtz and Concord&9th.

This card is also for:

Cut It Up - #204 Create your own background paper
Aud Sentiments Challenge - #255 Christmas In July + A Sentiment
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - #75 Anything Christmas Goes

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 2

It’s time for my favorite event of the year, Christmas in July over at Catch the Bug, with a week of daily challenges. For day 2 we have a sketch.

Like for yesterday's card I used freebie papers, 3 of them that came with different magazines. I really like the combination of red and aqua for Christmas. The image is Stocking Santa Present. The die used is Penny Black antique franme


This card is for:
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - #499 - Anything Christmas Goes + optional use A Die Cut or a Punch
Christmas with the Cuties-  #39 USE TWO OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

Christmas in July 2020 - Day 1

Today starts our Christmas in July event over at Catch the Bug. It's my favorite event of the year. We start off with a theme: Santa's work shop

For my card I used christmas kidz 01, colored with Promarkers. The DP with all the presents came a freebie with a magazine a while  (years?) back. I placed the image onto a die cut holly wreath from Amy Design, covered with glitter paste. I found some silver bells in my stash and added it to twine. I fussy cut the stamped sentiment.

This card is also for:
I love Promarkers - #414 Anything Christmas
Shopping Our Stash - #424 Christmas In July
Dies R Us Challenge - #149 Christmas in July

The design team is also posting one of their favorite cards made by Julie Temple in her memory.

Embrace Your Geekness Day

Wednesday is "Humour me" day over at Catch the Bug, and this is my DT card for "Embrace Your Geekness Day".

Image is Gus Birthday - Optional
colored with Promarkers and placed on top of a die cut frame from Altenew. Background is made with a burlap stencil, Nuvo expanding mousse in gold, and I  spritzed with Sangria Art Anthology mist. Sentiment from Tim Holtz' "snarky cats" set.

This card is also for:
Craft Rocket Challenges - #72 For Men/Boys
Cardz 4 Guyz - #249 No Patterned Paper

Ink #217 Use painting or coloring

For our challenge at Inkspirational this fortnight Shauna has chosen a theme I think will be very popular - Use painting or coloring.
 
I fussy cut and colored up an image from Stamping Bella with Promarkers. A little glitter glue was added to her dress and glossy accent was used for the bottle and glass.
The background was made with inks, a Tim Holtz stencil and Nuvo expanding mousse in silver. The sentiment is made with dies from Concord&9th.

I look forward to seeing your projects. You can see what my teamies made too, just head over to the challenge blog.

This card is also for:
Dream Valley Challenges - #228 ALL OCCASIONS
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 27 Anything Goes Colouring

Red, White and Blue for a boy

I'm always in need of cards for boys, so I made one in nautical style in red, white and blue and a bit of kraft for the panels.
The image is from LOTV, colored with Promarkers, and papers are from Maja Design.
The layout was inspired by the sketch over at Tuesday Morning Sketches as they celebrate their 11th birthday. 
This card is for:
Tuesday Morning Sketches - #562
Fab n Funky - #489 For Man or Boy
Cardz 4 Guyz - #248 Red, White and Blue
Seize The Birthday - #194 Birthday + Option: Red, White And Blue

Sketch #812 - Snowflake Reindeer Silhouette

Catch the Bug is back with another sketch challenge, and for this one I used Snowflake Reindeer Silhouette.

For the background I used a stamp from Concord&9th with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. The starry panel is made with a Memory Box stencil and gold Nuvo expanding mousse. The sentiment and greeneries are made with dies from Concord&9th.

This card is also for:
Die Cut Divas - Christmas in July
Fezziwigs Festive Frolics - Anything Festive 

Snarky cats - birthday and Christmas

I've got two cards to show today. Both feature cats from Tim Holtz' "snarky cats" set. For both cards I used a stencil, also Tim Holtz, and Nuvo expanding mousse, in gold and in silver.

1) BIRTHDAY CARD

I placed the cat on a die cut frame from Altenew, made of black paper covered with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. I spritzed with Sangria Art Anthology mist . The pen is an older stamp, the sentiment came with the cat set. The ink splatters are made with stamps from Lawn Fawn.

This card is also for:  

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #40Anything Goes with a Critter
Show us Your Pussies - Furrything Goes

2) CHRISTMAS CARD

Here I got to use some items from my stash of leftover/ready made pieces. I gave the cat a chipboard Santa's hat. The pencil is part of the same stamp as the pen on the card above. I love this cat, look at his eyes - I think the sentiment is right for him, lol.

This card is for:
Krafty Chicks - #514 STAMP ACT
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - #24 Anything Goes

Black, white and gold for a teenager

Today I've finished up a youthful masculine design, using black, white and gold.
The footwear is part of a more detailed stamp, but I cut them out after heat embossing with black.
For the background I used a new stamp from the Concord&9th "Seasonal Borders" set. I stamped with Altenew Enchanted gold ink. I used the same ink to cover the die cut frame from Altenew.
On top of the stamped border I used a Memory Box burlap stencil with gold Nuvo expanding mousse (fun stuff!). I blended some of the mousse with water to add some golden splatter.
I stamped the happy birthday and used one of the dies from Concord&9th "Season of cheer" set. A few gold star stickers from my stash.

This card is for:
Make My Monday - #125 USE STENCILS
Crafty Cardmakers - #260 CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND
Sweet Stampin - Create Your Own Background 

Ink #216 - Sketch

For our challenge at Inkspirational this fortnight we have a word prompt: sketch. We don't have a sketch for you, you can use a sketch of your choice, sketch an image or use any other interpretation of the word, it's up to you.

I decided to follow a sketch, using several paper scraps, real lace and paper lace, wooden items and an image cut from a DP ages ago.

I look forward to seeing your projects. You can see what my teamies made too, just head over to the challenge blog.

This card is also for:
Tuesday Morning Sketches - #560
Shopping Our Stash - #423 You're So Sweet
Creations in Pink - #23 Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Pet

Over at Catch the Bug, Thursday is 'Oldie but goodie' day and that's when we showcase some of the older Bugaboo images.

I used the image Funny Pup, colored with Promarkers.
I made the background with mainly green and blue DIs and DoX and used several stencils. I covered the stencils with ink, sprayed with water and used them as "stamps".
I doodled a frame and stanped a large birthday greeting,

This card is also for:
Allsorts - #577 Pets
Crafty Cardmakers - #259 MASCULINE
Incy Wincy Designs - MANS BEST FRIEND/FUR BABIES/PETS

Skating mice in non traditional Christmas colors

I'm really behind on my Christmas cards this year, but I tried to get into the spirits by using the Lawn Fawn set of skating mice I did quite a few cards with last year, in addition to stamps from two other Lawn Fawn sets.
The background was made with blue Distress Oxide ink.
A lot of fussy cutting was done, and some elements were raised with foam tape. I heat embossed the heart the mice supposedly have formed with their skates, using white embossing powder.
The sentiment, heat embossed in gold,  is from Concord&9th. I love this one - to me Christmas IS the most wonderful time of the year.

I was inspired by the colors from the Color Throwdown photo.


This card is for:
Color Throwdown - #598
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - #23 Anything Goes
ABC Christmas - L is for Love

Bingo - Rose watering can

Today starts a new challenge over at Catch the Bug - and it's BINGO time.

Jodie has several watering can images to choose from, and this time I used Rose Watering Can, colored with Promarkers and cut with an oval stitched die. I used an aqua colored DP for the strip an embossed panel in white. A birthday greeting in Norwegian.



This card is also for:
Alphabet Challenge - F IS FOR FLORA OR FAUNA
Craft Rocket Challenges - #71 Embossing Wet/Dry

Bottle tag - Chef Pierre

In general I'm struggling with making tags or bottle tags, there's so little to space to create on. But it's really practical to have some tags or bottle tags on hand, it makes a bottle gift of whatever more fun and personal.

I colored Chef Pierre Wine from Bugaboo with Promarkers and fussy cut him. I made a background using two stencils from Tim Holtz, one for the floor and one for the wall. The wall's color is quite subtle as I brushed rather than sponging with pink DI, hope you still can see it.

This bottle tag is also for:
Cute Card Thursday - #638 Masculine

Ink #215 - Yellow paint photo

In my corner of the world we have high (for us) temperatures and beautiful sunny weather. And my annual leave starts on Wednesday - yay!

For our challenge at Inkspirational this fortnight we have a photo which can be interpreted in many ways, but I went with a sunny scene and yellow paint.
For my card I used an image from A Day for Daisies, fussy cut and mounted on foam.The sentiment is in Norwegian and translates "Wishing you a day full of smiles and laughter".

I look forward to seeing your projects. You can see what my teamies made too, just head over to the challenge blog.

This card is also for:
Simply Create Too - #161 ALL SUMMER LONG
Little Red Wagon - #553 Sunshine

Sketch - zebras

Catch the Bug is back with another sketch challenge, and it´s a nice and clean one, so it was quite hard to settle on just one image. But I went with Zebra, or actually two of them, merged together. They required little coloring, just black for the stripes and a little grey and blue for outlining.

I had this zebra print DP in my stash, so I added two stripes of the same paper, and instead of a bow, I added grey and white enamel dots.
The sentiment is a birthday greeting in Norwegian.


This card is also for:
Alphabet Challenge - E IS FOR EARTH BOUND ANIMAL
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - #39 Anything Goes with a Critter

Fishing peanut

Happy Friday! I'm here to show you my card featuring the Freebie Friday -  you can pick it up at no cost in the Bugaboo store.

The fishing peanut was colored with Promarkers. I added an old pipe sticker from my stash. Fish are from Lawn Fawn, the sentiment is a Poppy Stamps one. Freebie paper as water and a really old dotted DP from my stash.

This card is also for:
Use Your Stuff - #399 MASCULINE OR FATHER'S DAY
Shopping Our Stash - #421 Stuck On You (the pipe is an old sticker)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper