Floating Frames

 Hello again,

We are having a late heatwave here in New South Wales, this week has been 27C to 30C a little too hot for me. I am again joining the lovely ladies over at Group of Seven Cardmakers this month's technique is Floating Frames I chose some lovely new stamps for my Christmas present from Paper Rose called Sketchy Rose, I stamped them in Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured them with Faber-Castell coloured pencils before die cutting them.

I rolled up pieces of washi tape (sticky side out) to temporarily position the flowers over a 12x17.2cm piece of white card stock.  I added foam circles to the backs and replaced each flower, before die cutting the hexagon from the centre adding the first piece to a card blank covered with black paper.  

The second card uses the die cut hexagon, I have added an Inkylicious sentiment which I won from Snippet's Playground on a snippet of black paper. Adding some clear (no silver backing) flat backed gems, packet says it is meant to be 'shaker mix' also from Paper Rose. The black layer behind the die cut was traced and cut by scissors.

The two cards together

What I used:

Paper Rose 'Sketchy Roses' stamp and die

White A4 cardstock

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

Memento Tuxedo black ink

Clear embossing ink

Gold and white embossing powder

Inkylicious sentiment

Kaisercraft Hexagon nesting die

Kaisercraft Roses embossing folder

MFT Happy die

Scraps of black and gold papers

Magazine freebie stamp 'birthday' and butterfly die

Flourish of gems clear silver 

Adhesives: Foam dots, Double sided adhesive, pva glue

Other: Stanley knife, scissors, steel rule, heat gun.

I would like to enter these cards in:

Group of Seven Gallery Floating Frames

First Card

Creative Knockouts #242 Birthday Wishes

Cut it Up Challenge #325 Happy Birthday 

Beautiful Blossoms #27 Anything Floral goes 

NBUS #72 Anything goes with Never before used schtuff (flower stamps and dies)

613 Avenue Create March Anything goes optional Any Occasion 

Second Card
Love to Craft Challenge Blog #84 Anything goes
Make My Monday Challenge #247 Use die or punch

Crafts Galore Encore #133 Anything goes

Crafters Cafe #317 Anything goes optional CAS

Can You Handle the Pressure? Optional Lucky, St. Patrick's Day

A Cut Above Anything goes with a die cut

Thank you for looking in...

Have a Wonderful Week...

Megan

p.s. Many Thanks to my kind blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #202 Alex Syberia Strawberry Cupcake

 Hello again,

Well, we are enjoying (I am not enjoying the heat at all) an early Autumn heat wave and today we are expecting 34C (93F), I am sure my poor little budgies are getting confused, they are currently moulting and we hope they are growing their winter feathers and not summer ones... during the week I finally caught the NSW Water Dragon up the side of the house almost two stories up, current length 6.5 Brick courses...

Today brings us to another all-new challenge with my teammates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, and this fortnight we are being sponsored by Alex Syberia Design who kindly gave each of us a choice of her digital stamps to work with. I have used Strawberry Cupcake to make a birthday card.

Alex Syberia Design

Prize $15 gift card

Alex Syberia Design Shop

Facebook

Instagram- currently coming up as a broken or removed.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Alex Syberia Design Strawberry Cupcake 
Core'dinations cardstock
Blue and black cardstock scraps
white card for printing
Faber-Castell and Derwent coloured pencils
MFT stitched rectangle die
Happy Birthday top edge die ?Impression Obsession?
Wink of Stella 
4 blue brads
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Clean and Simple
A Perfect Time to Craft Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore #109 Anything goes
Ally's Angels Anything goes 
Happy Little Stampers March Birthday Challenge Anything goes
Alphabet Challenge Y is for Yummy

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week,

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a message. I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #172 Morgan's Art World

 Hello again,

We are finally experiencing some summer weather, we have been fog bound for much of the last few weeks and have had lots of rain here in eastern Australia, so much so that our cherry tree crop for the year went mouldy on the tree and we have grown algae in the grass (which I have tried treating the area with Bi-Carb soda to kill it off)... 

Today at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends we have our last challenge for 2021, we are being sponsored by Morgan's Art World who kindly gave the Design Team three images to work with. I have used the rose from Morgan's Art World- Flowers 2 set to make a birthday card. 

Morgan's Art World

Prize- Same three images used by the Design Team

Morgan's Art World Store

Morgan's Art World Open Challenge Blog

Morgan's Art World Facebook 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 5x7" card blank (12.6x17.8cm)
Morgan's Art world Flowers 2 image
Derwent and Faber-Castell coloured pencils
Mystery background paper, I think it looks like a trellis
CCD border flower
CCD Butterfly die
Nesting rectangle die
Sentiment stamp from Magazine cover
Francheville coloured rhinestones
Clear embossing ink and Fine embossing powder (silver)

scrap of silver paper

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam dots, PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

Digi Choosday Week 50 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Any holiday

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #144 Patties Creations

Hello again,

Here we are again, another Anything goes challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Pattie's Creations who are offering two images as a prize for the lucky winner, we would love to see any crafts you have been making.

Pattie's Creations

Prize 2 Digi images

I have used Butterfly 1 from Pattie's Creations to make a birthday card for my stash. The vine down the side of my card is from a Papercraft Museum in Korea. I have heat embossed the white pattern on the butterflies wings and fussy cut the front wing and lifted it up on sticky foam dots.

Here is my card:

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm (5x7) card blank

Pattie's Creation Butterfly 1 Digi image

woodgrain patterned paper

Black and orange gel ink pens

White cardstock

MFT Cross-stitched rectangle die

Newton's Nook Sentiment stamp

Clear embossing ink

Gold fine detail embossing powder

Clear embossing pen

White embossing powder

Self adhesive vine (Papercraft Museum Korea)

mulberry paper flowers

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Things with Wings or Anything goes

CCC Digi Creations Anything goes

Thank you for popping in, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy. Thank you to my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to pop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all! Have a wonderful week... Megan

LPoCF August Challenge

 Hello again, 

Well, we are hoping to avoid a second wave of Covid-19 here in NSW, we are still choosing to stay close to home, so still no little feathered friend for my lonely budgie. I started making face masks this week for our family and used pipe cleaners for the nose pieces, large scraps of quilting fabric for the inner and outer layers, they will all need a good wash, the fabric has been in storage for a few years and of all things the barrier layer is a pillow protector which is made from the same fabric as the government suggested re-usable shopping bag... I can breathe and not fog up my glasses, so a few more are in the works... need to sort out sizes, some need to be bigger others smaller....

Today brings us to an all new Anything goes Challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, I have made two cards one of which is in the post... both for Family History Friends one who loves Autumnal Colours and the other for a Cool Climate garden lover... using Corner Roses Pre-Coloured from our Sponsor Fred She Said

Fred She Said

Prize $10 Gift Certificate

Here are my cards:-

What I used:-
2x C7 card blank 
Fred She Said Corner Rose Pre-Coloured set
Kaisercraft Basecoat paper, (1st card)
Kaisercraft Script stamp
Memento London Fog ink pad
Altenew Layered Poppy Sentiment (magazine freebie)
MFT Label maker Sentiments
Waffle Flower nesting stitched rectangle and stitched scalloped rectangle set 
Self adhesive pearls 
Kaisercraft Wandering Ivy paper pad (2nd card)
Newton's Nook Birthday Essentials Stamp
CCD Nesting Cross Stitched Fishtail Flag dies
Impression Obsession Border Duo set 1
Baby Blue Liquid Pearls
White cardstock
Clear embossing ink
Metallic Gold and Silver embossing powder
Fussy cutting scissors

I would like to enter these cards in:-
The Happy Craft Challenge Always Anything goes
Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes

Is anyone else finding issues with this new blogger, I have had to change several settings to get it to looks as a normal page, I kept getting big gaps after hitting enter to start a new line. Could they not have it set up like other programs... finding the same settings in similar spots... I had to highlight and play with it until I got it to look 'normal'... 

Thank you for looking in...
I hope you are all staying safe and well and following all the various health advice...
Have a wonderful week... 
Megan 

P.S. A huge thank you to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment... 

Inspired by a Movie

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our challenge and this week the challenge is inspired by a film, we have one fabulous sponsor this week Ike’s Art will be giving the lucky winner a $20 gift certificate for their store.

Ikes Art

PRIZE $20 gift certificate

I have used a digi called Japanese lady (pre coloured) from Ike’s store inspired by the film Memoirs of a Geisha, I had a simple card in mind to add to the requested card order for a friend who has a Japanese daughter in law, so she likes cards using Japanese papers which I have a few of in my stash after my Aunt went to Japan on holiday and brought me a little present back. I printed the image and fussy cut it out layering it over a stitched circle frame and adding a plain red circle cut from plain Japanese paper from the same pack, now it is finished it reminds me of the Japanese flag, not intended but it works. I added a sentiment in black ink from Close to my Heart to the red centre.

This challenge is open until February 26th, you can add your project by using the Linky tool over at Crafting by Designs. Please be sure to link your project back to us.  

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 10.5x14.8cm card blank 

Ike’s Art Japanese Lady Pre coloured image 

White card for printing

Scrap white card

Japanese papers

Close to my Heart Happy Birthday Sentiments

Memento Ink Tuxedo Black

MFT Stitched Circle frames

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create 218 anything goes

Crafty Creations Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Layered Sentiment

Hello again,

I’m back to share another distress oxide card made for my sister-in-law who had her birthday during the week, like me her favourite colour is purple so I used Picked raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock feathers inks to create the background, rubbing more ink on here and there and splashing water on it between drying it out with my heat gun. I stamped the three flowers from a set of clear stamps from China onto the card in clear ink adding black embossing powder. I tried to colour the flowers a little darker than the background using some more ink and a paint brush, it didn’t really turn out how I had wanted it to but it still looked okay. 

The sentiment was die cut from the main background piece and I then layered it up three times in white cardstock adding the tiny pieces back into the sentiment where they belonged, I only lost one which I cut out of a scrap with similar colours, so the piece blends in… not bad for a first try of this technique.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 12.5x14.6cm card blank (fold on short side)

White cardstock

Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks (+Water)

Clear embossing ink pad

Wow! Black super fine embossing powder

CCS Floral stamp set

My Favorite Things Happy Birthday sentiment die

Bling from my stash

White card scraps

Adhesives: Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

Creative Craft Cottage #110 No Patterned Paper
Daisy Chain Challenge #22 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Stamp your mark on it 
Aud Sentiments Challenge #209 For the girls + Sentiment
Happy Little Stampers Anything goes with Dies
Love to Craft Challenge Blog August Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful weekend...
Megan

P.S. A Huge thank you to all the lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Baby Elly's Birthday

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our Anything goes challenge, we have one lovely sponsor this week Sasayaki Glitter  will be giving the lucky winner One image of the winners choice from their store. 

Sasayaki Glitter 

PRIZE 1 Black and white digi image from the shop

This challenge is open until July 24th and you can add your project by using the Linky tool over at Crafting By Designs . Please be sure to link your project back to us.

I have used one of our sponsors cute digi stamps Baby Elly’s Birthday to make a super quick and very simple card. I have flipped the image and used the very tip of a cocktail stick to add the tiny drops of liquid enamel to the centre of each of the flowers surrounding the cake. My apologies for the slightly blurry photo. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Sasayaki Glitter Baby Elly’s Birthday 

A5 card folded to make card blank (14.8cm x 10.5cm)

White paper for printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Pink paper from stash

MFT Stitched mini scalloped circles

White liquid Enamel

Opera Pink Versamark ink pad

Cocktail stick 

Sentiment stamp from China 

Adhesives: Double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

 CCC Digi Designs Monochrome 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Distress Oxide Flowers

Hello again,

My Mum asked for a birthday card for a friend she made when my older brother started pre-school, both recognised each other outside the pre-school, my Mum having worked in a bank in the city and her friend at the Coles supermarket nearby the bank, back in the day when supermarkets had staff hand people items from behind the counter, not the modern help yourself style store. Both moving west to the mountains to raise their families, when  steam trains were the mode of public transport in the 70's.

Mum's only real request is that the card was of a purple-y colour scheme, not too fussy as she doesn't keep her cards, I received the flowers dies during the week and decided to give them a try adding some double sided adhesive to the back of the card before I started, using a card I had seen on Pinterest as inspiration, my photo is not all that great, I may try for another one in better light tomorrow. 
No it is not your eyes, the large part of the sentiment is slightly skewed, but it stuck well and fast, no moving it without causing more trouble..., admission although none of you can see it there is a slight issue with the border on the left and I was able to hide it with well placed greenery....

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7" card blank (12.6 x 17.8cm)

Striped paper from stash

White textured cardstock

Green and metallic silver cardstock from scrap box

White cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves

Water mister

MFT Stitched scalloped border die

MFT Layered Leaves Die

MFT Birthday die

MFT Label maker sentiment stamp

CCD Flower dies

Mauve bling from stash

Adhesives:-PVA glue, Double sided tape, adhesive sheet, Foam tape under smallest flower and stamped part of sentiment

I would like to enter this card in:-

Daisy Chain Challenge #17 Spring

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #198 Anything goes with a Sentiment

Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything Goes March

The Flower Challenge #19 Anything goes

Southern Girls Challenge Pop it up

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the lovely ladies who pop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all! 

Stella Fireman Call #3

Hello again,

I still have had one Birthday card for my Mum’s kindy friends up my sleeve, already coloured with a paper pad in my mind to use, I hopped over to see this week’s Stella Says Sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug blog and decided to play along, using the requested Stella Birthday- Fireman call image again. I hope I get bonus points for using Stella 😊

This weeks sketch:-

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7” card blank (17.8cm x 12.6cm)

Amethyst AC card stock

Stella Fire Man call Digi and Sentiment

Derwent and Faber-Castell Pencils

Wink of Stella Clear

Cupcake stamp from MFT Hog Heaven

Papers from Sugar ‘n’ Spice Studio Jewel pad

Adhesives:- Double Sided tape, PVA glue and foam tape

MFT Stitched Oval Die

Nesting Circle die

CCD Stitched nesting tag die

Fiskars scalloped border punch

I would like to enter this card in:-

Stella Says Sketch #604

Snippet’s Playground Challenge 320 Anything goes with Snippets

Crafting Circle February Challenge 

Craft-A-Holics R Us Challenge #8 Anything goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges #182 Anything goes

Love to Craft Challenge Blog February Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...
Megan

 P.S. A huge Thank you to all the lovely visitors for their kind comments on my cards and also well wishes, prayers and hugs for my recent surgery, all went well, treatment is working and fingers crossed I don't need to go through it all again in another six months. 

Ink Blending

Hello again,

With our recent cooler weather I headed out to my computer and craft space did a little online shopping spending my Christmas gift voucher on some Distress Oxide ink pads, they arrived and I got them and the ink blender out to have my first go with both, deciding to make a card for my neighbours birthday inspired by an article in Australian Simply Cards, well they used brushos but never mind. I chose pickled raspberry, wilted wisteria and peacock feathers and blended them onto a piece of regular cardstock spraying with a mini mister once finished. My first ink blending experience, not the last one for sure.

On the weather front, summer is not quite done with us yet, heading for another week of 30-35C temperatures, with afternoon or evening storms. Some one should tell the flowering cherry trees and some of the maple trees in the area, some already have leaves on the turn, bright orange nestled in amongst the green.

Late last year when I first discovered that Darkroom Door was a little Aussie company I bought a Rubber stamp assortment pack direct from the store and received a variety of their stamps, cling foam to mount them on and this stamp is one from the pack. I got almost a complete set with African animals in the pack along with some sentiments, fish, flowers, stars and half an alphabet/numeral set they fill two and a half of the clear DVD cases that they also sell. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7” card blank 12.6 x17.8cm

White card stock

White embossed card stock

Silver glitter deco tape

Silver paper from stash

Flower stamp from Darkroom Door

Pickled raspberry, wilted wisteria and peacock feathers Distress oxide inks

Mini Mister

Kaisercraft 2mm silver rhinestones

MFT happy die

MFT Label maker sentiment stamp

Sea foam White embossing powder

Adhesives:- Double-Sided Tape, Adhesive sheet, foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge
Love to Craft Challenge blog Anything goes
Seize the Birthday Anything goes with Optional topping Candles

Many thanks for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the lovely visitors and friends who take the time to leave me a a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Bond James Bond

Hello again,

So this month I had a big push to make a couple of 40th Birthday cards for my brother along with all the Christmas cards, after looking up some of the popular films, shows, toys and games of 1977 I settled on a suit card with a James Bond image for the first, James Bond The Spy who Loved me was first released in 1977 and can still be found in DVD format, which my parents gave him last weekend, a surprise for us that he intends on waiting to open his gifts and cards until his real birthday a few days before Christmas. Since he doesn't see my blog it is safe for me to share.

I was inspired by this card which I found on Pinterest but gave the card my own twist.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White Card blank 12.4x17.4
Black card stock
Patterned paper from Echo Park Style Essentials
Tiny James Bond sign from here
James Bond images are an old download from Papercraft Inspirations (no longer available)
Black bling from stash
Silver glitter card
Nesting circle die
Elizabeth Craft Happy Birthday die
Memory Box Parker Alphabet die
Buttons and Silver star brads
Signo White gel ink pen

I would like to enter this card in:-
Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenge Anything goes
Love to Craft Challenge Blog
Seize the Birthday Monochrome
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes


Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all the lovely visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #64 Fabrika Fantasy

Hello again, 

Today brings us to another brand new challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and as always the challenge is Anything Goes, so come along and join in with whatever you have been working on, we have two lovely sponsors this fortnight Fabrika Fantasy and Peppercus Design offering a prize to two lucky winners.

Fabrika Fantasy

Prize 3 Images

Peppercus Design 

Prize 3 Images

Don’t forget to stop by my team mates blogs to check out some more fabulous inspiration.

I am using an image from our sponsor, Fabrika Fantasy called Water Fairy, I decided to use the pre coloured image to make my card, I found a piece of paper from an old magazine freebie cover book which worked well with the image colour and a scrap of coloured cardstock from my box of bits. I printed the image twice so I could layered the little fairy on top of the flower adding some dimension, I decided that there was too much white behind her and used a tiny star stamp from a Christmas set to add some silver stars, I should have cut a mask for the flower and fairy but did things the hard way… Then fussy cut her wings out on the 1st image and die cut the circle leaving the wings poking out from the circles edge layering the fussy cut second fairy onto the image. As a final touch I added four forest mushrooms cut out in purple and metallic cream card attaching them with foam tape to add dimension.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6 x 17.8cm card blank (5x7”)

Fabrika Fantasy pre-coloured image Water Fairy 

Scrap cardstock and papers from my stash 

Wow! Metallic silver super fine embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Close to my Heart All is bright stamp (tiny stars)

Poppystamps Forest Mushrooms

CCD Border die 

Lifestyle Crafts nesting scalloped circle die

MFT Stitched circle die

MFT pierced fishtail flags die

Wink of Stella Clear brush pen

X-Press it Glitter deco tape

Bling from my stash

Sentiment stamp from Magazine

Adhesives:- PVA glue, foam tape and Double-sided tape

Fine tipped scissors

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge

Crafting by Designs August Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday Anything goes

Love to Craft Challenge Blog August Anything goes

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

I've Been Everywhere Man...

Hello again,

Well I’m back with another male birthday card, I made this one for my Dad who bought an old mini school bus several years ago and converted it into a caravan for him and Mum to go away in, I have used a digi image I won from Beccy’s Place and I paper pieced the caravan in layers, adding a thin layer of PVA glue to give the outside a bit of a shine, I did it on purpose (not) another accident with too much glue and it spreading everywhere even after applying it carefully with tiny toothpicks.

No there aren't any places around the harbour that you can pull up and make camp, although it doesn't stop some people.... mini vans often hired by back packers park in car parks near our beaches and sleep the night there... no facilities a take away dinner or cook dinner on a park barbecue to enjoy the views.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 5x7” 12.6x17.8cm

Ultimate Crafts Sights of Sydney dies

Beccy’s Place Road Trip Image

Merci Papers (Big W in Aus.)

Kaisercraft Sandy Toes Paper

Grey, Sandstone and Metallic cream paper from scrap box

Various scrap papers to piece the Caravan

Black fine line pen

MFT Sentiment stamp curved to line up with the Harbour Bridge

Sprinkled Sugar stickles

Double sided tape, PVA Glue, foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Beccy's Place August Challenge

A Gem of a Challenge #200 Birthday Wishes

Seize the Birthday Optional topping Tie one on

Come and Get it Challenge Die Cuts

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all of the lovely visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Teen Boy Birthday

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a card I made for my neighbours eldest son, who shall we say is a typical teenage boy, grunts for answers, sleeps all he can etc. I often see him coming home from work with his headphones on so I used my new CCD headphone set and also a set of stamps from China.

I used a sanding block to distress the black cardboard, then having decided where I wanted the main panel to go I worked my way around the card stamping various splatter stamps in Versamark ink and heat embossing in clear ink to give some extra interest to a fairly plain card. I used my rectangle dies to create the frame and raided my scrap box to die-cut and fill in the pieces in the headphones. The sentiment is a combination of a CCD and MFT stamp set, I finished off my card with some paper stars cut with Marianne Design Die Star Punch.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7” 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Couture Creations nesting rectangle set
CCD Headphones
CCD Happy Birthday set
Cheap Chinese Stamp set
MFT Label maker Stamp
Marianne Design die Star Punch
Pebbles Basics Paper pad
Black card stock
Silver, red, black paper from scrap box

I would like to enter this card in:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground weeks 291-292
Craft-a-holics R Us #29 Anything goes
Seize the Birthday Optional topping Splatter

The Sisterhood of Crafters Boys to Men

Thank you for looking in…
Have a wonderful week…
Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all of the lovely visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!