Autumn Splendor

Here is my third male card.

Firstly, a huge apology for the awful photo. The theme for this card was leaves and trees. I started with a soft suede base and using versamark ink stamped leaves from my autumn splendor set all over, I then added mica powders in golds and greens. I stamped two trees from Lovely as a tree set on to whisper white card (I love this card!) using chocolate chip ink and then die cut with a leaf shape nestie, I added pieces of chocolate chip grossgrain ribbon to form the trunks. I stamped leaves using stazon on to acetate and cut them out, I stuck them on with glue gel, unfortunately you can see this in my poor photo, I added the trees using foam pads.
I hope you like the effect, Thank you for visiting Dawn x

Beware Pirates!

Here is my second card with a male theme.
I used crumb cake card for the base, I stamped the ship from Beware Pirates along the bottom edge with crumb cake ink, so it looks like a water mark and the words "Beware Pirates" across the top. I stamped the ship onto very vanilla card using chocolate chip ink and tore it in to a "square", I inked the edges and then in towards the middle. I placed the ship approximately where I wanted it, made a pencil mark and then removed it while I stamped the speckles (a very versatile stamp from my Bird on a branch set) using real red ink, first in a square shape near the centre and then randomly over the front of the card. I then stuck my panel on with foam pads. I tied some twine across the corner to finish. I was pleased with the results, I hope you like it too. Dawn x

Beware Pirates!

I'm on a mission to make more cards for men and here is my first I have to show you, the others are coming soon.

Here I used sahara sand as my base card (yes its another square card!) I used the Stampin' Up! spritzer tool to help achieve the background colour along with a stamp from my Bird on a branch stamp set, using Early espresso ink for both. I cut two thin strips of card as an accent and stuck them down the left hand side of the card blank. I stamped the skull image in Early espresso and Real red ink onto vanilla card, I punched the red skull with a circle punch and layered it onto the espresso image, with foam pads, after I had torn around the edges (I was way out of my comfort zone for this, tearing I mean) I tied some twine across one of the corners as an accent and added the "greeting" on the bottom edge with red ink. I added a plain insert to finish the card. I hope you like it, please feel free to leave a comment.

Fast & fabulous

 Here are two cards I made using my fast and fabulous stamp set, this stamp set is a hostess set, you earn it for free with a workshop of £300 in sales.
I used rich razzleberry and whisper white as my colour combo. Below I tried a ribbon technique I had seen, I'm not sure I have quite "got" it yet.

Two quite simple cards, I like them, I hope you do too. Please leave me a comment, any help or advice with ribbon techniques would be greatly received. Until next time Happy crafting Dawn x

Cheeky mouse

I adore house mouse and when I saw this stamp I knew I had to have it. Coloured with promarkers, a simple mat and layer, a couple of hand made flowers and punched leaves and it was complete. I know easel cards have been around for ages but this was my first attempt and I was happy with it, I hope you like it too.

Growing Green

Last Thursday was a lovely ladies birthday, Sandra, and this was the card I made for her.
I used daffodil delight card for my base and stamped using whisper white craft ink around the edges (it doesn't really show in this photo, its very subtle) I then stamped onto a mat of very vanilla also using a stamp from my growing green set, adding an icon from my tiny tags set. I heat embossed the greeting onto vellum and attached using brads. I made an insert and stamped with matching ink for a clean and simple card. I hope you like it. Happy crafting Dawn x

Punch bunch samples..

As promised a couple more cards made using the punch bunch stamp set available free, for a few more hours only!!!!

"Real Red"
This card is the same design as the melon mamba one earlier, but  in bright red, this is my favourite of the two, I think the flowers look more poppy like in this one.

Old olive
This is a simple patchwork design card...

and in tempting turquoise.

This time with ruffled ribbon and designer series paper.

Last day...

Today is the last day to get your free stamp set, as many of you know Stampin' Up! have a fantastic offer during January and February called saleabration, where if you spend £45 from the catalogue you can choose a free stamp set, there is a choice of four different sets.

Some of my crafting ladies, when choosing their free saleabration set said they loved the owl (punch bunch) but what would they do with the other stamps in the set, well, here are some samples as promised.....

Baby Girl

This card was made using pink pirouette, a very soft shade of pink, I'm not usually a pink person but this colour is gorgeous!

...a bright female card, melon mamba card, papers, ribbon and ink

Baby Boy

                                         ...and a bashful blue, patchwork card. I'm loving this technique at the moment, and its very easy to do with the 1 1/4" square punch from Stampin' Up! I will post a couple more designs later, also using this technique.
Bye for now Dawn x

Happy birthday...

Today is Rachel's birthday, and this is the card I made for her. I made this card using my "farm animals" stamp set. Rachel loves animals so I thought this set was perfect for her, I hope she is having a lovely day.
I stamped all the animals in black ink and heat embossed with clear powder, coloured with promarkers and cut out. The wood effect was made by inking an embossing folder and then running it through my machine. The greeting was stamped embossed and coloured the same way and then cut out and fixed on with brads and twine to look like a sign hanging. I doodled the top background with a marker pen.
Dawn x

Happy birthday...

It was the lovely Sandra's birthday on Thursday, this was the card I made for her.
I used marina mist for the square base card and stamped with a flower from growing green using whisper white craft ink for a subtle effect. I cut a square of whisper white card and stamped with the same flower using marina mist ink around the sides, I stamped one of the little stamps from my tiny tags set also with marina mist ink, in between the flowers. I stamped the greeting onto vellum with matching ink and embossed it with clear powder, I tore the edges and attached using brads to complete the look.

Happy Birthday Sandra

                                  Thank you for visiting, until next time Happy crafting Dawn x