Male Birthday Cards

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As I seem to have come down with a slight cold, I'm busy sneezing my head off today, which is in no way conductive to getting anything crafty done, but I thought I'd share a couple of cards I made last week and didn't post.

I pulled a couple of all nighters while my grandmother was sick and in between times when she was sleeping, I thought I might as well be productive and work on a couple of cards a friend had requested.

The first one is for a 40th birthday - and uses DIY Chester from Pollycraft!



I coloured him with my promarkers: cool grey 4, cool grey 3, warm grey 2, warm grey 1, ruby, poppy, sandstone and caramel. The paper is from Fancypants Designs 'The Good Life' pack on a black card base. The sentiment is computer generated and I added twine and gems to embellish.

The second one is for a 10 year old boy who loves maths!



I really ended up liking this one, but first, I wracked my brains for weeks... (no, seriously, weeks!) I didn't have anything 'mathy' in my stamps or digi stamp collections... never mind in my papers! But once I got my hands on Authentique's Curiosity paper pad, that was at least one of the two taken care of!

A cursory look through my digi stamps and I was still wracking my brain until I came across this 'Casper too Cool for School' digi from Pollycraft. He wasn't very 'mathy' but the paper would take care of that! I coloured him with my promarkers: black, slate, cool grey 4, cool grey 3, warm grey 2, warm grey 1, spice, mustard, gold, buttercup, yellow, vanilla, blush, marine, china blue and denim blue.

The sentiment is computer generated and I added a few gems to embellish.

CAS Mothers Day

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A quick CAS card this afternoon because my brain is to busy being dead to do anything more complicated!

I cut a base card in red, layered it with a scrap bit of white card and used a scrap of paper from my scraps box - no idea where it came from! The Stamp is from Flonz and I stamped it with papermania pigment ink, stamped the sentiment from stampin up with the same ink and used x-cut dies to cut the circles and a dovecraft punch for the heart, adding a small gem to complete the card.

I'm submitting this too:
- Unscripted Sketches #197 - Sketch
- Clear it Out - Stash: red/white items Theme: anything goes

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 60. Geburtstag

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A 60th birthday card for a friends Mum, she said she likes fairies and earthy-tones... so I've used papers from the New Leaf paper pack matted on kraft card and all mounted on a brown card base.

The stunning fairy image is from Milk Coffee. I've coloured the image with my promarkers: buttercup, lemon, canary, yellow, mustard, pear green, marsh gren, meadow green, lime green, soft green, tea green, honeycomb, spice, terracotta, and blush.

I didn't have any ribbon that I liked the look of with the paper, so I cut three lengths of thick twine and used them instead. The flourish is cut with a sizzix die. The sentiment is computer generated and I added flowers and pearls to finish it off.

I'm submitting this for:
- Cupcake Craft Challenges #229 - Sketch
- Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Pearls and Swirls
- Tuesday Throwdown #134 - Anything Goes

Retro Chester

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It is a male friends birthday on the 21st and I have apparently no suitable cards! Oops!

I made this using an adorable Chester image from Pollycraft, coloured with my promarkers: lipstick red, berry red, burnt orange, burnt sienna, henna, cinnamon, caramel, sandstone, honeycomb, amber, gold, duck egg, cool aqua, warm grey 2 and black.

The papers are from jillibean soup, handmade 6 bean soup pack, layered on brown card from papermill direct. The sentiment is from Flonz and I added a button, some twine and three gems to finish it off.

I'm submitting this for:
- Tuesday Morning Sketches #185 - Sketch
- Party Time Tuesdays #107 - 3 and 3

Black, White and Grey

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I am very much over valentines and it's not even here yet, lol, but while we're on the love theme, I thought I'd go for a wedding card, after all, what says love more than deciding to spend the rest of your life with someone!

I used paper from Authentique's Fresh collection layered on black card from papermill direct. Used my nesties to cut and emboss the image from Pollycraft, before colouring it with promarkers: black, slate, cool grey 4, cool grey 3, shale, caramel, sandstone, gold, mustard, buttercup, vanilla, blush, almond and soft peach.

The sentiment is from stampin' up and I embellished with a few pearls, some twine and a heart charm.

I'm submitting this too:
1. A Die for A Sketch #9 - Sketch
2. Twisted Tuesday Challenge #43 - Couples, Black Tie Event (A card for a couple, with black)
3. Crafty Creations Challenges #208 - Black and White Plus One (Grey)
4. Cards for Men #3 - All My Love
5. Paper Crafting Journey - Love
6. Charisma Cardz Challenge #5 - Love
7. Daring Cardmakers - Love is in the Air
8. Totally Paper Crafts #152 - Valentines/Love
9. One Stop Craft Challenge #215 - Love is in the Air
10. Sentimental Sundays #141 - Love is in the Air

Alles Liebe zum Muttertag

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When a friend saw yesterdays mothers day card, she was reminded she needed one too, so asked me to make one (and a fathers day card, but that will be for another day!). Her Mum enjoys gardening, so I used this sweet little image from Pollycraft, coloured with my promarkers: pear green, marsh green, olive green, manderin, bright orange, honeycomb, amber, gold, mustard, shale, caramel, warm grey 2, blush, vanilla and soft peach.

The papers are from the new leaf paper pack and (although the picture insists on making it look black!) the base card is a dark brown, from papermill direct. The sentiment is computer generated, I punched a butterfly from the paper and added pearls from my stash to complete it.

I'm submitting this for:
- Freshly Made Sketches #72 - A Sketch by Cindy
- Moving Along With the Times - Only Girls Allowed!!
- Chocolate, Coffee and Cards #32 - Hobbies

Happy Mothers Day

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The first of several mothers day cards I need to make this month, this one uses papers from Authentique's Curiosity collection on a stampin' up daffodil delight basecard. The image is from Cornish Heritage Farms, coloured with promarkers: slate, cool grey 4, cool grey 3, warm grey 2, warm grey 1, yellow, canary, buttercup, mustard, meadow green, lime green, pear green, marsh green, olive green and caramel.

I'm submitting this to:
- Cupcake Craft Challenge #228 - Yellow and Grey
- The Sweet Stop #1997 - Sketch