Love Is In The Air !

Hi Crafty Friends, 

Today I have for you another card that I have made - I have been storing these up for you all :) 

I thought I would share with you another anniversary card, this time it is one I made for my hubby. 

I decided to use one of my fav wedding photos, I took it into my photo editing software and created it in Sepia so it would match with the colour scheme that I wanted to use.

I find it really difficult doing male cards, never mind male anniversary cards, I want them romantic but not slushy and mushy. 

The card is an 8x8 square card matted with a light brown and white card. The top layer has been embossed using a heart embossing folder. I matted and layered our photo and cut some "hinges" and hearts using my cameo machine. I embossed one of the hearts to give it a bit of texture.

He loved it so that is the main thing! 

Thanks for stopping in and I look forward to reading your comments. 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Fishy Wonders

Hi Crafty People, 

How are we all doing? 

Today is puppy sitting day whilst watching the F1 well trying to watch the F1 whilst entertaining the puppy.

Today's card is another Fathers Day card, I made this for a lady who requested it through my Facebook Page, I received great feedback on the card and was informed the recipient loved it. 

The criteria of the card were; for a male, with sea fish for the theme, it was a gift card for some Euro's to go in. 

Quickly got my thinking cap on, and looked for inspiration on what I could do, I am not going to lie it was a head scratcher to start with, I come across a site that allows you to download different elements of digital stamps and you can create your own scenes with them; perfect just what I needed. So the digital aspects are from the site but the scene is my own. 

I created it using my publishing software, printed it out and coloured it using Letraset Promarkers. 

I matted and layered the card up, added glossy accents to the eyes and a sentiment which I cut using the Cricut machine. 

That was that; the front was done now to tackle the inside. 

The front

 Close up of the scene

 Close up of the eyes on the fish

The inside of the card - the white card in the pocket pulls out so you can put the gift card/money inside the pocket

The inside was matted and layered with the same blue and white card as the front. 

I created a pocket and used a white gel pen to edge around the pocket and put fake stitching detail to it - I kind of tried to make it look like the back pocket of a pair of jeans - I think it worked. 

As requested the inside was left blank so the family could write their own verse and sentiment inside. 

So that is the completed card. What do you think? Do you think I got the requirements right? 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #39 Anything Goes - 01/08

Brown Sugar Challenge - #104 For the Boys - 01/08

Crafty Catz Challenge - #24 Anything Goes - 01/08

Sister Act Card Challenge - #67 Anything Goes - 01/08

That is it for me for today. Don't forget to pop back tomorrow, to see the card I have for you from Bee Crafty. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Happy Belated Fathers Day

Hi Guys, 

So I have had a few scheduled blog posts for whilst I was away but I didn't get as many up as I wanted to before I left (how bad am I time just ran away from me) 

So anyway I am back from a fantastic week in Turkey, whilst we were there me and Alan celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary it was brilliant, just the two of us, spending time around the pool in 38 degree heat sipping cocktails most the day - just what the doctor ordered. 

Anyway today i have a card for you I made for fathers day. This is the card I gave to my dad. How late am I in getting this up on my blog.  OOOPs

So I used a Lili of the Valley image -  I love this image and it was perfect for my dad, we have dogs in our family (well he has three) and you will often find him sitting out in the garden with one of the dogs sat on the bench next to him, so as soon as I seen this I knew I had to use it!

I used my promarker pens to colour the image in with and chalk for the "sky" I added white liquid pearls to give some extra detail to the image. 

I used brown and green and matted and layered the papers up. I added a cloud with the word "DAD" in and a sentiment of "HAPPY FATHERS DAY" All the die cuts were cut using the cricut expression original machine. I added fake stitching around some of the letters and the cloud. 

I finished the card by adding string and card candi to it. 

I will be entering this into the following challenges:- 

Animal Friends Challenge - #16 Must have animal - 01/08

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Must use digi or rubber stamped image - 01/08

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything goes using patterned paper -01/08

The Sisters of Craft - Anything Goes - 01/08

Sarah Hurley 365 - July - Celebrations -01/08

I hope you have enjoyed the card and I look forward to reading your comments. 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Yellow, Grey and A Tin Man

Hi Guys, 

Thanks for stopping back in today. 

Today I have a card that is great for a male. 

To create the card I folded and created an A5 Card base, matted with a grey layer. I added fake stitching to this layer to give the eye somewhere to stop. Next I cut down some stamping card to fit within the grey. I used a yellow ink pad and stamped the "Bark Positive" background stamp. I repeated this to create three sections. On the bottom layer I added twine and finished it with a knot. I matted this on 2 layers of foam tape and placed it at the bottom, the middle section is on one layer of foam tape and the top section I glued down flat.  I then used a yellow piece of card blank cut it down using a circle die, and used my grand calibre to run it through with my Inkables "Honeycomb" mask to give the embossing to it. Finally I stamped my "Tinman" stamp added stitching around him and matted him onto the grey card stock, I cut a shape out for the sentiment and used the Wordage "Thank You" Stamp, and added three pieces of card candi. 

That is all for me for today, don't forget to pop back tomorrow for more creations from Sue.

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx

Craft or Blog Everyday In June - Day 7

Good Evening,

Sorry it is a bit later then normal... Been a busy day shopping with the hubby for some new clothes ready for the summer -- well that is if we are going to have a summer.

So today is Day 7

Our theme that has been set is "What is your favourite medium to work with, or craft something sporty"

So I thought I would craft something sporty. And make it for a male and keep it ready for that "forgotten" male birthday.

The image is from the Paper Shelter. I have coloured him with promarker pens. The backing paper is from Crafters Companion Male Hobbies CD

I cut my sentiment using my cricut and finished the card with card candi and stitching. I am starting to like the more simple cards for males..

Don't forget to leave a comment and let me know what your favourite craft gadget is, this will also help you into the draw for the giveaways 

I have decided as well that  I will also do a little give away -  3 separate winners -

Prize 1 - £10 Bee Crafty Gift Voucher

Prize 2 - £5 Craft Magazine - winner to choose

Prize 3 - Lili of the valley stamp to the value of £4.75

The only rules to be eligible are:

1. Follow my blog

2. Comment a minimum of 20 days out of the 30 

This is not a rule but I would also love for you to follow me on Facebook - if you do follow me, let me  know in the comments and this will give you an additional entry.

Unfortunately due to postal charges these days this give away is only open to UK friends. (I will look into how I can do a give away for my international friends and try and do something in a few months time)

Hugs Kelly 

xxx

Start Your Engines

Good Morning Guys, 

Here again for another card! 

This time it is the start of a new challenge from Fab n Funky and our challenge this week is:

Fathers Day or For The Man In Your Life. 

This week we have received some fantastic images from The Paper Shelter. 

So on to the card. 

I went with My Racing Car image  and I picked the digital stamp part of the Image, I coloured it in using my promarker pens.  I picked this image as it is perfect for my dad for his fathers day card, he loves racing, is in a racing league and often goes go karting as well.

The papers are from Joanna Sheen Messy Rabbit, which I think contributed lovely to the card. 

The title "Start Your Engines" and the Flags are from Miss Kates Cuttables and I have cut these on my Cameo machine.

I matted it with white and orange card, edged the layers with fake stitching. 

I am going to enter this into the following challenges

Creative Cutting Challenge - Fathers Day Card - 09/06 

Paper Makeup Stamps #143 Anything Goes - 09/06

Eureka Stamps - Fathers Day - 09/06

Incy Wincy Designs - Something For The Men In Your Life - 09/06

Well that is it for me for now, I will be back later with the Blog 30 Days of June Challenge 

Crafty Hugs

Kelly

xxx