A Masculine Birthday Card with Safari Animals

As hard as I find it to make masculine birthday cards I do enjoy the challenge and today I am sharing another masculine birthday card. "Masculine" is our challenge theme this week at Allsorts chosen by Wendy and I do hope you'll join in for a chance to win a fabulous nautical themed stamp set which will be perfect for masculine cards. 

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I think this Safari animal stamp set from Penny Black is perfect for creating masculine birthday cards, this one was made for an adult male, but I think it would be just as perfect for a boy. 

The set is from an older release but available on Amazon.

Pretty simple to make:

1. I used a torn piece of printer paper as a mask to ink up the "sand dunes" using Antique Linen ink.
2. Next I used my stamp platform (options) to stamp the safari animals with Versafine Onyx ink
3. Then I used the banner stamp from the same set with the stamp platform inked with Mustard Seed Distress ink and a little bit of Fired Brick Distress ink on the edges to stamp the banners. 
4. Sentiment from the same set was stamped using Versafine Onyx ink. "Let's Go Wild" also from this set was stamped on a separate piece of card stock and cut out using a circle die (options) then attached with a couple of staples.
5. I tied a piece of orange grosgrain ribbon - mine is old from Stampin Up, to one of the staples.
6. Tiny birthday sentiments from the Penny Black set Snippets were stamped onto the background using Antique Linen ink.
7. Along the top edge I inked with Antique Linen ink and a tiny bit of fired brick ink.
8. Finally I added a strip of striped black & white paper before adhering to a piece of patterned paper from my stash and then to a white heavy weight card base.

Products Used:

Stamps: Lets Go Wild, Snippets (both by Penny Black)

Inks: Versafine Onyx, Antique Linen Distress Ink, Fired Brick Distress Ink, Mustard Seed Distress Ink

Tools: Stamp Platform (options), Circle Die Set (options), Stapler (options)

Accessories: Grosgrain ribbon (options)

Papers: Patterned papers from stash, Neenah 80lb for Image Panel, Recollections Heavy Weight for Card Base

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For more masculine card inspiration please do visit the challenge blog to see what the rest of the team made and hope to see you joining in too!

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I'm linking up here:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Use a sentiment // Lavinia World Challenges - Rubber or Clear stamps // Addicted to Stamps and More - Birthdays // 

A/G

Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // A Place To Start // Creative Fingers 

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The Animal Kingdom // Mid month for PB&More 

I Spy Photography Challenge No. 5

Happy Sunday! I'm joining in Lysha's I Spy Photography challenge again where we're given 5 prompts each week and share photos taken during that week inspired by the prompts. Anyone can join in the fun, you can check it out HERE.

 

This week's prompts

• Collection
• Yellow
• Tiny
• Photographer’s Choice
• Photographer’s Choice

Collection:

Some of my favorite wood mounted rubber stamps. I recently re-arranged things in my craft room again (it's always a work in progress and never done!!) and I'm not sure if I'll keep these on the top shelf here or not. I love these wood mounted stamps displayed but they take away so much room!! Too cute to unmount though!!

Yellow: 

A yellow rose which was part of a bouquet of flowers I used in one of last week's photo prompts. 

Tiny:

My daughter bought this tiny turtle on our last Myrtle Beach vacation. It's about as small a quarter and I thought it would qualify for something tiny even though it doesn't look as tiny in the picture. 

Photographer's Choice

Black and white dried flowers in my backyard. They may be old and dried up but I always leave them until the spring. I think they look pretty!

Photographer's Choice

Another closeup of some old dry flowers in a flower pot. Not as pretty as when they are in full bloom, but I still think they are too pretty to toss, so they stay until spring.

Looking at this picture I realize I could have shared something like this for last week's backyard photo prompt as the neighbor's homes are blurred out.

Photos taken with my Canon DSLR camera. 

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I'm linking up here:

A Camera and a Cookbook // Dare to Share // Inspire me Monday // Jenerally Informed Happy Now Blog Link  / Shelbee on the Edge Spread the Kindness //  Effortlessly Sophisticated // Wonderful Wednesday // Welcome Wednesdays // Classy Flamingos // Thursday Favorite Things //  Little Things Thursday

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A Masculine Valentine's Day Card with a Truckload of Hearts

Hello and welcome! 

I'm sharing another cute Valentine's themed card today, for Tracy's Allsorts challenge theme of "Love is..." and my sketch was inspired by this week's MFT sketch challenge. 

Love is...... hearts, hedgehogs and all things cute :-) and here is my card:

I started out by stamping the image from the Penny Black set Loads of Love onto Neenah 80lb card stock and colored with Copic markers. Then fussy cut.

Next I used Tim Holtz' Rays stencil on the top portion with Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch Distress inks, and on the bottom I used part of Penny Black's stencil Oscillations with Pumice Stone Distress ink. Adhered the image using foam tape.

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The sentiment from the same set was heat embossed on black card stock with white ultra fine embossing powder. I still had a few paper scraps laying on my desk and they were perfect for this card so I added them with a couple of staples. 

Products Used:

• Stamps: Penny Black Loads of Love
• Inks: Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink , Pumice Stone Distress Oxide Ink, Memento Tuxedo Ink, Versamark Ink
• Embellishments: Ultra Fine White Embossing Powder
• Tools: Copic Markers, Rays Layering Stencil, Oscillations Stencil, Ink Blending Tool - Options, Cutterbee Scissors, Heat Gun, Stapler, Stamp Platform - Options
• Papers: Neenah 80lb for card front and image, Recollections 110lb for card base, patterned paper scraps from stash, Black card stock from SU
• Other: Foam Tape, Tombow Mono Multi Glue

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I'm linking up here:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Sending Love // C.R.A.F.T. - Love // Cute Card Thursday // Moving along with the Times - Love // Little Red Wagon - Hearts // Mod Squad - Include word "Love" // Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the air // Sisterhood of Crafters - create your own background // The Paper Funday - Love // Fab n Funky // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Penny Black Saturday - Use PB products

Double D Challenges - Valentines Mood Board below // MFT Sketch Inspiration below

 

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - February Challenge: Hearts or Flowers

Hello and welcome to the February Crafty Wednesday challenge right here on my blog! Thank you so much for stopping by and for checking out the new theme! Maybe you'll get to join in too and share your crafty creations for a chance to be featured! Thanks everyone who played along last month, my top picks are below so be sure to take a look! 

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This Month's Theme

For the month of February I selected the theme of..........................

Hearts or Flowers

Remember, this theme is optional for your inspiration but you may share any of your crafty makes!

My February Card

I thought these cute mice were perfect for a Love or Valentines Day themed card and I used them along with some other favorite Penny Black stamps.

The mice were stamped on Neenah 80lb card stock using Memento Tuxedo ink then colored with some Copic markers. The heart from the Penny Black Set So Very Much was stamped using Victorian Velvet Distress ink on Neenah paper and I used foam tape to add the cute image.

Next I stamped the postmark and cancellation mark from the set Posted with Love to the bottom right using Pumice Stone Distress ink and the heart in the middle using Victorian Velvet ink. 

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As many designer papers and scraps as I have, I could not find anything I liked, so I decided to use my Classy Stripes stencil and Victorian Velvet ink again to make my own striped paper and cut off a small strip to add to the card.

The sentiment which is part of the set Micey Day has been heat embossed using Versamark ink and white super fine Embossing Powder on black card stock and added to the card with foam tape. I thought it needed something else dark on the top left and found some paper scraps in my scrap box which I added a paperclip to and tied some white ribbon onto it. To finish it off, I inked the edges using the same Victorian Velvet ink, then mounted onto a 110lb heavy weight card. 

Stamps: So Very Much, Micey Day , Posted with Love (all by Penny Black)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo, Victorian Velvet Distress Ink, Pumice Stone Distress Ink, Versamark Ink

Tools: Copic Markers, Classy Stripes Stencil, Ink Blending Tool, Stamp Platform - Options, Heat Tool Options, Super Fine Embossing Powder White

Papers: Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White, Recollections 110lb white cardstock, patterned paper scraps from stash

Embellishments: May Arts silk ribbon, Stampin Up paper clip (old)

I'm linking up with these blogs:

Challenges:

CAS on Friday - Animals // Colour Crazy Challenge - Coloring // 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Critters // Crafty Animals - Animals // Crafty Friends Challenge - Animals // Perfectly CAS - Stencils // Crafting Happiness Challenges // Dream Valley Challenges - Four Legged Friends // Path of Positivity  - celebrate those you love // Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Love/Hearts // Use Your Stuff - Love // Little Red Wagon - Hearts // Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air // 

Double D - Valentine's Mood Board

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Crafty Sentiment Designs // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // A Bit More Time to Craft // A Perfect Time To Craft // Classic Design  Challenge // The Creative Crafters // A Place To Start // Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges // Crafty Creations // 

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Last Month Top Picks

Note:

I will continue to add my favorites to the dedicated Pinterest board, but going forward I will once again showcase the top pick's creations with links to their individual blogs, which will be removed at the start of each new month's challenge to remain in compliance with GDPR. 

Choosing favorites is never easy but something that needs to be done and here are my top picks in the order of entry. 

No. 5 Hazel

No. 31 Debbie M.

No. 34 The Creative Twins

Congratulations! Your top pick logo is below. Feel free to post it to your own blogs if you like to!

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A few things to remember:

• You may follow the theme or anything crafty goes.

• Backlinking is allowed.

• You may combine with any other challenges.
• You may use any brand of stamps/digis/products (no company restriction).
• No more than 3 entries per person please - no worries if you end up with more.
• Please do include a link back here to my blog in your blog post.

Note: Top picks will be selected from the entries shared with the linky tool. The top pick's creations will be displayed the following month along with their blog links until the start of a new challenge. If you do not want to be featured, please do not use the linky tool.