The Journey is the Destination

Hello and welcome! I have a new post to share today as it's time for a new optional theme at Allsorts challenge. This week we'd love to see "Masculine" creations but of course the Anything Goes option is there for those who just want to share their new creations with us so come join us for your chance to win one of our prizes. This month we have prizes from Craft Stash, Anna Marie Designs, AALL and Create, Oakwood and Wowvow which will be for the weekly challenges ending in September and then announced in our winners post the last Friday of the month.

The starting point for my card was a narrow-ish piece of previously inked cardstock where I had used green and blue inks, perfect for a masculine card. So this card came together quite quickly.

The harlequin stencil was right at the top of my stencil stash and I thought it would be a perfect choice on a masculine card. To decide on a focal image I looked through my box of mixed brand of masculine stamps, these are mostly old wood mounted single stamps I found at thrift stores over the years and and that's how I decided on the cowboy stamp by Magenta. It's actually just one stamp with the images horizontal on a wooden block but I cut them apart after stamping and assembled them in a vertical way. Before I did that I thought the background needed something more and once again I reached for my new Friendship Flowers stamp set by Aall and Create and used a stamp from that set. I then also used an old script stamp from Just for Fun Rubberstamps (company is no longer in business.) Mounted the image panel on navy card stock and then a white card base. The sentiment is from Stampers Anonymous Tiny Text.

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The card measures approximatley 4x8 inches and fits well into a legal envelope with a bit extra room lengthwise in the envelope. I'm not usually a fan of tall cards but somehow I really like how this one turned out :)

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I plan on sharing with these challenges:

• Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! - Stencils
• Everybody-Art-Challenge - AG
• Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges - AG
• Path of Positivity - Anything Positive
• The Corrosive Challenges - AG
• We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative

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Allsorts Challenge 503: Make it Masculine

It's time already for a new theme at Allsorts challenge, my turn to host this time, and I selected the theme of

Make it Masculine.

Hope you can join us for a chance to win two stamps from Bee Crafty. All details can be found on the challenge blog.

I have been really good about using some of my designer papers, they do help making quick cards. This one was really quick and easy to make.

The western scene trio stamp is an older one by Magenta stamps, and I cannot find a link to it anywhere. I heat embossed on Neenah white card stock and then added some distress ink to the backgrounds. Metal hardware (from Stampin Up - retired) and some twine finish off this card.




I am sharing with these challenges:
Crafting By Designs  - Corners, Borders and Frames (border around each square)

Watercooler Wednesday Challenges  - Masculine

Lost Coast Designs - Silhouettes

Pile It On -  January - Land Animals
Dream Valley Challenges -  Anything Goes
The Male Room -  Anything Goes 
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

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Sparkly Flower Trio

I came across a fun sketch at Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge blog and decided to play along this week!

For my card I used an older stamp by Magenta. I have no idea how old this stamp is ...I could not find a link anywhere for it and there is unfortunately no stamp name on the wood block other than the company. I did find it as part of a stamp lot sold on ebay here.

I stamped on Copic Xpress It blending card and used my copic markers for coloring the blooms. Stickles glitter glue was applied ot the flower centers to make them sparkle. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set Friendship stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink. Embellished with a little butterfly done with an old Martha Stewart punch and some sticky rhinestones finish off the card. The card base is Stampin Up's Wisteria Wonder. I also did some paper piercing along the paper strip.

Challenges:

The sketch was inspired by 

Hand Stamped Sentiments:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes opt. something yellow

Crafting By Designs- August Anything Goes

Crafty Creations- Always Anything Goes  

Creative Moments- Always Anything Goes 

Crafty Sentiment Designs -  Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity -  Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Clean & Simple

Crafting-With-Friends- Anything Goes 

QKR Stampede – Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge 2Weeks - For the Girls
Cute Card Thursday Weekly - Anything Goes
Through the Purple Haze - CAS

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