Muscle Man

Hi all,

Here I am again with a card I made for one of my son's friends.  I have to say, I usually end up buying male cards but I had an idea for this one (he likes going to the gym) and with the colour inspiration from this week's Dynamic Duos challenge, here's the card I made ...

The muscle man was cut using my silhouette, and the SU sentiment was stamped in black onto Pool Party and clear embossed.

The kids are back to school today. It was a bit of a shock to their system getting up early and it was a bit of a shock to my system starting on tidying up the house.  There's just no point trying to keep things tidy when they're all at home - well that's my excuse!

Thanks for popping in.

Take good care
Suze xx

Masculine Dynamic Duos

Hi folks,

Another quick CAS card - I'm on a roll! Lol!  

This time it's for Dynamic Duos

Challenge 49 - Basic Black and Basic Gray (dessert option: masculine)

It kinda makes a matching set with my previous card!

I used Stampin' Up French Foliage (leaves are stamped in Basic Gray and the splodges are in black), mounted onto Basic Gray and Black Card. Diecut letters are also Stampin Up.

Okay, I'm off again.  I need to quickly make tea for my daughter and myself and then my son will be arriving home from his 3 day Duke of Edinburgh camping/hiking trip.  No doubt he'll be full of stories.  Well, either that or I'll get nothing out of him and he'll just crash out on the sofa!

Thanks for popping in.

Suze xx

IT'S A FUNNY OLD WORLD

Yeuch, what's that on your face - is it a booger!

Ha, ha, ROFL - Happy April Fool's Day!

I know, I know, very childish, but with those of you who have young kids, I'm sure there's been great hilarity in your household today!

Okay, time to be serious and it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers and your hostess this fortnight is "MOI"! (that's me practising for my holidays - can you guess where I'm going!?)

Being the first of April, I picked the theme "HUMOUR" - add a touch of humour to your card - something silly - something sarcastic - googlie eyes!! 

Here are a few cards from me ...

Dog stamp is Inkadinkadoo. Sentiment is computer generated. DP is Stampin'Up

Same but different!

and this one is for my Mum & Dad's 53rd Anniversary.  
Made using the Stampin' Up Owl Punch

Our sponsors this time are:

Di's Digi Downloads

and Hobby Art

So come on - I know you all like to have a bit of fun - give me a giggle and post your creation on the CCM Challenge (and remember it doesn't have to be a card).

Thanks for popping in, I hope wherever you are someone or something makes you smile today.

PS. We're off to visit "Paris in the Springtime" for a few days. I'm so excited, the kids and hubby have been before, but this will be my "premier voyage"! So If I don't see you before I go, I'll catch up when I get back.


Take care and au revoir!
Suze xx 

CCM 86 Masculine Birthday

Hi all,

Another week and another Monday are upon us and it's time for another challenge over at Crafty Cardmakers.

This time our challenge is MASCULINE BIRTHDAY.  (Make a masculine card that includes some technology or a gadget).  Well, this certainly was a challenge for me because I don't usually "do" male cards - I tend to just buy them!!!

I don't do fancy either so it's another clean and simple card ...

The penny farthing stamp and sentiment are both Stampin' Up.  I also used a snippet of antique map DP.

Our sponsors for this challenge are Di's Digi Downloads and The Stamp Man

Now, tell, me, does anyone have a cure for crafting aversion! I've been like this since Christmas, I just can't seem to get enthused to do anything and I have to tell you, it's starting to annoy me.  I really want to get back into it but nothing seems to be inspiring me.  Any suggestions gratefully received!  

Okay dokes, thanks for coming to visit, hope you're all keeping well.

Suze xx

We are family ...

Hi Bloggers,

Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.

I've a card for you today, made for the CASology challenge



Again, I've been stumped with this week's CASology Challenge, however, I started to tidy up my craft room yesterday (it's going to take a while!) and came across my "Back in the Saddle" stamps from WaltzingMouse.

This was my first attempt but for me it was just too messy to be CAS

The card base is embossed with TH woodgrain EF and the sentiment and cowboy were stamped with VersaMagic Night Sky and clear embossed.















This was my second attempt, and for me, much more 'clean and simple'

Sentiment stamped in Bundled Sage and clear embossed, cowboy stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia, mounted onto some DP.


Now, I'll give you all a laugh, my first idea was to do something using fingerprint faces of my own family but I thought it looked too naff to put on a card.  They actually do look like us.



Okay that's it for today, 

Thanks for coming to visit.

Suze xx

Birthday Fishes

Hello everyone,

Tell me, what do you do when you're stuck with a challenge, for me, the answer is to "think outside the box".

My dilemma is with this week's CASology challenge Week #6 - the cue card being SCHOOL.  I have no stamps which fit with this educational establishment, so (I think I may really be chancing my luck here and may well be disqualified!?) but I've gone for "a school of fish" ...

Stamp is Inkadinkado, stamped in Sky Blue, Copper & Ivy Brilliance Inks. A touch of Broken China DI. Sentiment is computer generated.  There is a bit of reflection in the photo - that is caused by the SUN, which is making a welcome appearance today.

This card also fits two other challenges, so I'm trying my luck there too ...

CAS-ual Fridays CFC65 - Square Card, and
Addicted to Stamps Theme Challenge #2- Cards for Boys

Thanks for taking the time to visit.  Schools here go back next Tuesday so I should have a bit more blogging time when we return to a normal routine.  Goodness knows how we're going to get up and out of the house for 8.15!

See you soon.

Suze xx

Cowboy Card

Hi everyone,

Well it's not a very 'sunny' Sunday in the north east of Scotland, hope it's a bit better wherever you are.

The challenge this week over at Less is More is to add "SOMETHING SHINY" to your card and over at the Artful Times Challenge the theme is "MEN".

Even though it is Father's Day here in the UK, I've made a card which is suitable for a birthday too ...

There's no missing my 'something shiny' - a clip on Sheriff's badge, which is stuck on with a removable sticky dot.  Cowboy stamp is Waltzingmouse and sentiment is Woodware, inked in Versafine Vintage Sepia.

Thanks for coming to visit, wishing you all a lovely week (hope the sun makes an appearance at some point!).

Suze xx

"Back in the Saddle"

Well howdy bloggers!

When I saw the new set  of stamps "Back in the Saddle" by Waltzing Mouse, I just had to have them as my pa is a huge John Wayne and Western fan.  The western theme sure seems to be making a big come back this year!

Once I started stamping with these little beauties there was no stoppin' me!

Edit: The above card is for my Dad's (sorry Pa's!)  birthday next week, and on Aileen's suggestion thought I would enter it as another (last minute) entry to the Less is More Challenge.  Thanks to the challenge, I think a lot of us have overcome our fear of masculine cards this week, Lol.

All stamps "Back in the Saddle"
Versafine Vintage Sepia & Onyx Black Inks
Clear embossing powder
Distress Ink Vintage Photo
White Sakura Pen
Kraft card (Stampin Up)

Happy Crafting & Have a Nice Day Y'all!

Suze x

"Less is More" Challenge

This week over at the Less is More Challenge, the theme is 'Masculine'.  I'm sure the majority of us went "aaagh!!" when we read it, but we're not quitters are we ladies!  So here is my entry:

I stamped and clear embossed the image once onto white card, then again onto patterned paper. I then paper pieced the main section of the cake and coloured the remainder with promarkers (with a little bit of stickles on the flames).

I then matted the cake onto embossed and textured card.

Stampendous Fifteen Candles Stamp Set
Dovecraft Paper
Versafine Vintage Sepia Ink & Clear Embossing Powder
Promarkers & Diamond Stickles
Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Away now to check out the other entries.  Thanks so much everyone for taking the time to visit and leave comments.

Happy Crafting

Suze x

"One Layer Wednesday" Challenge

Through looking at some of the other crafters' blogs via the Less is More Challenge, I've come across another 'minimal' blog challenge - One Layer Wednesday.

I really like the minimal style, I think it's really "me", so I've decided to enter into this week's challenge, which must have a musical theme (and of course, be a one layer card).

So here's my entry:

Now, I know it's not perfect.  The embossed lines in the top left corner are very messy - I don't have one of those dust buddy things and it's too late at night to do it again - so I hope you'll be forgiving!

I masked off a square and brayered the middle section, stamped and embossed the image in silver, and silver embossed the corner lines.

I'm off now to visit and comment on the other entries.

Stamp: Inkadinkado 'In the Groove'
Silver embossing powder
Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves & Stampin Up Green Galore Inks

Happy Crafting

Suze x

The Dreaded .... Male Card

Decided to have a go at making a masculine card and what a faff it turned out to be!

I had intended to use a candle border stamp and just layer it up for a quick card but the stamp tore ...

Never mind, I still could have gone ahead as I'd planned but the idea came into my head that I could use the smaller torn piece to stamp a circular image.  I managed to do this by drawing round a punched out circle to act as a guide:

But then of course I didn't have a big enough punch to cut it out so I had to make a quick online purchase for a set of circular nesties (I'd been eyeing them up for a while anyway!).

Then of course I had to fill in the centre, it took me ages (2 days on and off - trying all sorts of stamps, papers, inks) to get to this:

In the end, I'm quite happy with it as it's something different.  The card isn't overly masculine and could easily be 'feminised' by a change in colour scheme and a flower in the middle.

Candle image - Stampendous Fifteen Candles, coloured with Promarkers
Versafine Vintage Sepia & Kaleidacolor Autumn leaves
Sentiment - Hero Arts
Star - Stampin Up, Darling Dots
Stampin Up green cardstock
Designer paper

Happy Crafting

Suze x

A Man Card

It's always more challenging to make a card suitable for men, so here's a very quick one I've done using the Cuttlebug man die.