Masculine again!

At Glitter n Sparkle this week, we are being sponsored by Sasayaki Glitter.

The image I used for the "Fathers Day / Masculine" challenge, is:

Boy with Kite.

I thought he would be a really cute image to use

 for a masculine card, for a little boy.

Apart from colouring with my alcohol pens,

embossing the edge and 

raising the whole image on 1mm 3d foam pads, 

That's all I did with this image. 

I felt it needed to be kept clean and simple. 

Lazy days

I have had 2 birthdays to make a card for this week...

 My best friend - Craig, and a work colleague, Val.

Being the time of year it is, I thought these images would work wonderfully.

Craig is a foster carer and I think he would love

a scene like this in his life... as it's usually very chaotic for him!

His cat in this scene, would make it all the more perfect for him,

and a little more quiet and chilled for his cat, I think! 

I bought some sheets of these images, but I don't remember the make...sorry!

I added some papers from my stash. The knotty paper strips accross the middle

and up the right hand side, comes

from a docrafts seaside set. 

I embossed a line around the image and added a pc sentiment,

I hand made the little bunting by freehand-cutting

small triangles and using my white sakura pen to put on little patterns.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 16 June

Creative fingers - atg - 26 June

Fussy and Fancy - pamper your pets - 25 June

QKR Stampede - for the guys - 16 June

Crafty animals - atg with an animal - 1 July
Through the purple haze - use an animal - 14 June

I made this card in a very similar way.

These images are just beautiful. 

All the backing papers came from the docrafts seaside set -

 it is quite an old set.

 Infact, I think I bought it a few years ago... very, very cheaply.

Val went for her holiday in Llandudno recently, so I thought she would like this image. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Dis digi stamps - birthdays - 17 June

Colour crazy - atg - 24 June
Crafters cafe - atg optional twist travel - 15 June
Crafts galore encore - atg - 1 July
Lets create - girls, girls. girls - 1 July
Little miss muffet - atg - 15 June

Cheeky Monkey.

All Dressed Up 

are the sponsors for our challenge this week, at Glitter n Sparkle.

I got the image "cheeky monkey"...

...which I think is so so cute!

I made a sentiment on the pc, while printing off the image.

I coloured with my alcohol markers

and embossed around the edge.

The backing paper is one out of my much-too-large collection!

I punched the leaves, flowers and the butterfly. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Crafting from the heart - atg - 12 June
Crazy challenge - use flowers - 20 June
Come and get it - anything goes - 10 June
A gem of a challenge - for the boys / men - 8 June
Delicious doodles - include an animal - 21 June
Colour crazy - atg - 17 June
Little Miss Muffet - atg - 15 June

For the boys

"For the boys / Use a masculine image"

is this months challenge at Patties Creations. 

I thought a little outside the box and went for the...

"baby clothes duckie set."

As well as all the items on the washing line,

 you also get a baby grow and a baby cardi in the set!

But of course, you can use this set for a baby boy OR a girl, 

depending on what colours you use. 

A fabulous bargain!

I made a little washing line form thin wire, and curled the ends around a pencil.

Also, I embossed the background piece with swiss dots

and used one of my new bargain dies. ..

the scallop and stitched circle.

It's the largest one in a set of 3 scalloped circles, and then there's 

a little flower die in the middle ( not used on this card).

I bought the set of 4 dies in  "The Works " for a measley £3!

I love a bargain.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafting from the heart - atg - 12 June
Come and get it - atg - 10 June
Great Impressions - masculine - 1 July
Lil patch of crafty friends - atg - 16 June
A gem of a challenge - for the boys / men - 8 June
Cards galore encore - atg - 1 July
Colour Crazy - atg - 17 June
Little Miss Muffet - atg - 15 June