Beer Monster

Cards don't always turn out exactly as planned (not with me anyway) but this one did and I'm quite pleased with it.  It was number One Son's birthday last Friday and this card was made for his brother to give to him.

  

Can't remember where I got this digital image from but I think it was a freebie.*  I coloured it with ProMarkers in blues and oranges to go with the craft card used for the 'beer glass'.  The layered  image has been shaped and attached with glue gel for dimension and the sentiment was created on the pc and printed directly onto the card. 

Challenge # 28 at Here Come The Boys is  'Anything Goes'

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge # 80 - 'Anything Goes'


Stampin' Royalty Challenge # 126 - 'Masculine Cards'


Hugs, Lynn x

Edited

Image was in fact free from Pollycraft.

Celebrate in Style

I made this card for my friend Marie, who turned 60 on the 14th May.  We did 'Celebrate in Style', with six of us (ladies only) flying to Belfast for the weekend.  Marie's brother has been to Belfast several times so he gave us a list of places that we just had to visit, we managed most of them and saw the Titanic Exibition too.  Back late on Sunday then back to school on Monday was tough but we got through the week and now have a sunny weekend to relax - only one more week then it's half term, I can't wait.

I used digital papers left over from a previous project so I'm not certain where they are from but probably a free download from Shabby Princess.  The image is from Bugaboo and has been coloured with ProMarkers.

Challenges Entered

Allsorts Week 156  - Happy Birthday to Someone Special

Pixie's Crafty Snippets Challenge

Passion for ProMarkers Week 150 - birthdays

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Hugs, Lynn x

'New York State of Mind'

It's the title of a song written by Billy Joel some years ago and I haven't actually been there myself.  However the son of some friends of ours was obviously in this frame of mind last year when he and his partner went over to the US to get married in New York.

Last week they celebrated their first anniversary so a New York themed card was .... well .. on the cards.

I  downloaded a picture of the New York skyline then traced it onto black card and cut it out by hand.  The sentiment was created in 'Word Art' and printed directly onto the background, but this white version was about the third attempt.  I tried a pink background with pink lettering first, on a white base card,  but decided that it looked too loud.  Eventually settling for white with silver as I thought that it looked classier.  The finishing touches are a couple of crystal gems in the top corners and a smaller gem to dot the 'i' in Anniversary.

I'm entering this card into the Anything Goes Challenge #67 - Black with one other colour 
That Craft Place Challenge Blog - Monochromatic

Thanks for looking,

Lynn x

Hole-in-one

This card is not my usual style.  Although I'm not one for adding loads of ribbon, lace, flowers and stuff I don't usually do something as minimalist as this, even on a masculine card.

As my husband and one son both play golf  I'm always on the lookout for suitable stamps or images so when I spotted a pack of die cut golfers at a recent craft show I bought them (as you do) and added them to my ever growing stash.

Some of these impulse buys lose their appeal later and don't always make it to a finished item, but I liked the idea of using this silhouette on a really simple black and white card.  The 'golf ball' is just a circular hole in the black strip of card and the computer generated sentiment was positioned to look like the path of the ball.

I've got 4 more golfers to play around with (a round with - get it?) so I'm going to see if I can come up with something 'more is more'.

I'm entering this into the Totally Paper Crafts Challenge 116 - No Pesky Girls Allowed

Thanks for looking,

Lynn x

40th Birthday Card

I made this card for a friend at school who recently celebrated her 40th birthday.  I was short of time so went with a design that I've used before - saved all the indecision that I usually go through when having to come up with something special at short notice.

The patterned papers are both Pink Petticoat left over from an earlier project. The stamp was given free with a magazine some time ago and I coloured the cakes with ProMarkers before adding some Glamour Dust to the 'icing'.

I'm entering this card in Challenge 148 at Passion for ProMarkers which is 'Special Birthdays'

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Let's Get Sentimental

"Long time no blogging."  With one thing, then another, I've not felt like blogging but finally decided that it was time I took the bull by the horns and got stuck in.  Two deaths in my extended family then a skiing holiday at half term meant that my little blog got neglected.  Work, decorating and gardening have taken more of my time but I've still managed to make a few cards so thought it was time I started to put them on here.

It hasn't helped that Mr Blogger has forced me to change over to the new Editor.  I was quite happy with things the way they were, I knew what I was doing (well sort of) but now everything is new and I'm muddling my way through.  According to my reading list some of the blogs I follow haven't had a recent post but if I go on them they have had several, some even today, so not sure why they're not showing up.

 It looks like Mr Blogger still has some problems to sort out.

This card is for the April challenge at Get Funky which is Let's Get Sentimental.  The base card is 15cm square and the papers are all from the Pressie Time collection on the Happy Happy Birthday CD.  

Thanks for looking.

Lynn x

Get Funky - Flying High

No internet connection for a couple of days so late with my entry to the February challenge at Get Funky, which is 'Flying High' and finishes at the end of today ready for a new challenge to start tomorrow on the 15th.

The digital image is from Bugaboo and shows a stork delivering a baby boy so I thought it would go with the theme and the sky paper which was this months freebie. I've gone with blue, yellow and white which is my favourite combination for baby boy cards.

I've used Promarkers for the small amount of colouring needed, done a little paper piecing and added Crystal Glamour Dust to the clouds.

Lynn x