Oh Man! - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

I did warn you that I'd be back so here I am!  We've been so lucky with the weather this half term and I've been out and about with the boys making the most of it.  In fact, I've taken some photos at the nature reserve near our house and have shared one later on in this post.

Before that I better tell you about the latest Daring Cardmakers challege.  Kathy has trouble with male cards and wants to see your inspiration to help her!  The only addition is that the card shouldn't be for a child.

I'm a fan of personalised cards (although I can't actually remember ever receiving one but that could be due to the fact that my name is rather long!) and I send them often as who doesnt like to see their name in print?  This was a simple card for a football fan - not that all men like sports but this one happened to.  You could of course substitute the football for something else that your repicient likes.

My favourite part of the card is the stamped sentiment using the Ranger Letter It Birthday set.  I just love that scripty font and until I can write like that I'm happy to use this set!  You'll be able to see a lot more inspiration from the rest of the Design Team HERE and I hope you'll join in and share your inspiration with us!

Here is the nature reserve with all the ducks!  I used to take the boys regularly and as babies in the buggy and it would be a daily walk.  The boys may be older but they still really enjoy going there.

This weekend I will be preparing for a demo at The Range in St Albans that opens next week so lots of beautiful papers are on my desk ready!  

Have a wonderful weekend whatever you do!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Ranger Letter It Birthday Stamp Set

Everything else from my stash

Monochrome Valentine's Card - Bubbly Funk DT

Happy Weekend!

I was going to post this in the morning but life got in the way, then I thought I'd post tomorrow but I'm off to Creativeworld in Germany for the day so I've decided to publish this post now as I leave at 4.30am in the morning - the sacrifices you have to make for your passion in life!

On to the task in hand, every year I have to make a number of male Valentine's cards and I spend longer thinking about them then the ones for females.  I decided to go monochrome this year and began with picking on the ceramic looking key hole.

Obviously I had to have a heart in it because what is life without hearts right?! I used a chipboard one from the box which I coloured with ink and then I printed out the wording I wanted and backed on to black glitter card.

For the background I used a favourite stamp set of mine and I added an item from a preloved Lawn Fawn stamp set together with a stamped sentiment.

More details on the Bubbly Funk blog HERE. 

See you again next week!
Shabneez

Products Used:
Chipboard Heart and Ceramic Looking Key Hole from the Bubbly Funk 'Love' Box
Everything else from my stash

Black, White, Pop! - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

It's been a great week - I'm almost on target for the week.  Hopefully the shower and dishwasher will be fixed soon.  You know, I managed years without a dishwasher and now I appreciate just how much time and effort is saved in having one.  Can you tell I hate washing up?!

Kathy has set the challenge this week for the Daring Cardmakers and it's a really good one! So you use black and white and add a pop of any other other colour.  Fun, right?!

I decided to go for a male theme on this one and make a card for my Dad whose birthday is coming up.  I used orange for my 'pop' colour.  That happened after I chose the sentiment 'Top Guy' for my card.  It's a sentiment from a set I bought in Craftwork Cards sale.  I love their sentiments - something for everyone!

I used an old paper pad from DCWV which had the diamond pattern and I die cut circles and the letters for DAD.  To embellish I used washi tape, ribbon and enamel dots.

I hope you have a good weekend whatever you're up to.  We've got another busy one - of course, it's the boys and their social life but after the Christmas holidays we've had they deserve it!

See you next week!

Shabneez

Products Used:

DCWV Stack

Craftwork Cards Sentiment

First Edition Alphabet Dies

All adhesive from Stix 2 Anything

Everything else from my stash