Another Male Moment - August Blog Hop - Masculine.

I am still having fun with my new stamps from Inspired by Stamping 

and have made another card for the current Male Challenge HERE

Again I went CAS as I think males prefer them that way.

I used basic white card stock and then loaded it up with grey and white frame 

then added cut out designer papers.

Popped the main image which is from the new male set

Masculine Tags from IBS

The sentiment is from IBS also and is from Vintage Sayings

appropriate for this image I think. 

We could all dream of flying in one of these old vintage planes.

Finished this card off with some variegated twine and button.

That's it for me for now. Hope you come back soon.

Prep your IBS Stamps - Anything Goes Challenge WHW#114

Over at Inspired by Stamping 

Joanna has shown us how she preps her brand new stamps 

and has made a video HERE for us all to see.

It is an Anything Goes Challenge using the amazing IBS stamps.

How could I not find time to play with my NEW STAMPS?

 So I decided to make a CAS card this time using the

Graceful Hydrangea Stamp Set 

and Trendy Circle Sentiments for the Sentiment.

I used basic card stock and just layered it. 

I inked the aqua paper with versamark and stamped 

the hydrangea in a few different spots for highlighting.

The white card stock I pierced and popped the main image

which was inked with Peacock Feathers distress ink

added a little black pearl and there it is.

Thanks for stopping by today

A Father's Day/Male card Challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies

With Father's Day coming up shortly in Australia (September 1st) 

our Leader Hilde thought it an opportune time 

to get those Male Cards made in plenty of time.

So this Challenge is to do just that

MAKE A CARD FOR FATHER'S DAY OR JUST A MALE CARD 

for those that celebrate the day at a different time of the year.

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

who supplied the fabulous image for my card

and the Winner will receive 5 digi images

and

who will be giving 4 digi images also

I picked a truly male orientated digi 

and to go with that a really Clean and Simple card that most men like.

I used basic white and brown card stock

 and highlighted my main image 

with designer paper from Kaisercraft Pack your Bags Collection.

I did very little to my Ship (digi 21705) by highlighting it with a gel pen 

and also did the same for the blue water.

Cut out a further piece of the brown card stock 

with a MS Punch added some string and button.

My sentiment was cut from Just Rite Antique Labels and 

stamped with Gina K Country Roads - which goes perfectly with my image.

Please also check out what our other Designers have created

Barb Hilde Judith Kelli Susan and Tania

I would like to enter this card in the current challenge over at

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes.

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/2013/08/ttcrd-august-20-27-challenge.html

So glad you stopped by. I hope you will come back again soon

A Distress Stamping Tutorial at IBS

There is so much happening over at 

Inspired by Stamping

http://joannamunster.com/

Colour challenges Tutorials and More and if you had been checking out my blog 

you will see how busy I have been. Just loving it all.

On to the current challenge Kendra has a 

Distress Stamping Tutorial

and I decided to have a play with another new stamp I recently purchased there.

It is Graceful Hydrangea and I have used the Main Image as my Focal Point 

and the smaller one to use as my distressing.

The sentiment is also from that gorgeous set.

I don't know if I have the technique completely right 

but certainly enjoyed getting my fingers inked.

I did bling it up somewhat by mixing distress inks and iridescent medium 

to my work pad and inked my stamp from there being careful 

not to ink it all to try and get that distressed look. 

I cut out the main image with Spellbinders Heart Circles 

and backed it with plain card stock.

I also used the medium on that image and added liquid pearls 

and a small amount of diamond dust to the larger flower 

(which is a little hard to see).

Finished with a few pearls in the corner.

Sparkle N Sprinkle - August Challenge

I am back again with another colour challenge

(and I love them as you have guessed)

and this time from

Sparkle & Sprinkle's 

and their Challenge for August is a

you guessed it

A COLOUR CHALLENGE

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com.au/

and such gorgeous colours they are.

Since this is a challenge for a sparkly craft site I

 thought it proper to add some sparkle to my card.

I went for something cas here and below is my take on this challenge.

My base card stock is white and followed up with a burnt orange paper 

which was embossed with a Tim Holtz folder and distressed.

I then added a small piece of patterned designer paper and topped it up 

with my main focal image which is the beautiful rose - 

Temptation from Penny Black. 

Heat embossed with glitter embossing powder.

Added 3 Kaisercraft pearls own ribbon and sentiment is popped 

and cut out from Just Rite Antique Tags

 with the sentiment from Inspired by Stamping Trendy Circle Sentiments. 

Thanks as always for stopping by.

It's a MALE THING over at Inspired by Stamping.

A few days ago I got my HAPPY MAIL with my new order from

Inspired by Stamping. 
http://joannamunster.com/2013/08/12/august-blog-hop-preview/

They had a release recently of their new stamp sets and were Male Orientated.

I was particularly keen to purchase one stamp set in particular - Guitars

You see my husband is a Guitar freak and had his old one he used to
play in a band with (in his youth) restored. 

He also loves to get it out and practice until his fingers get sore lol

As it is his birthday later in the week this was a 

golden opportunity for me to make him a birthday card he will really love

and of course I can enter it in the 

 

http://inspiredbystamping.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/inspired-by-stamping-august_thumb.png?w=354&h=433

which happens to be to
Create a Masculine Card Layout or project.

I certainly enjoyed make this card

I have used blue and orange card stock. Stamped the background with a 

Kaisercraft grunge stamp and also the stamps from the IBS Guitars.

I cut several circles in different sizes - the 2 for the back of the guitar 

and the others for fill.

Also cut out the pick stamps and added to the circles.

The guitar is popped and I added glossy accents and stickles.

 Added another pick to go with the guitar.

The sentiment was stamped from the Guitars stamp 

and sentiment is from Masculine Tags.

So there you have my husbands birthday card. 

I am sure he will be thrilled with it.

Inspired by Stamping Challenge 63

I have had so much fun making my 3 cards for the

Inspiration Challenges over at the Inspired by Stamping Home

http://joannamunster.com/

and here is the 3rd one which is absolutely gorgeous.

I recently purchased the hexagon embossing folder 

from Stampin' Up and to my delight the 

Inspired by Stamping hexagon stamp set fits perfectly in it. WOW.

So of course that is what I decided to do 

for this really beautiful colour combination.

I was sooooo pleased with how my card looked when I finished it.

I used - 

Cream card stock 

Various designer paper for the background and hexagons inside

Stampin' Up hexagon embossing folder

IBS Hexagon Stamp Set

IBS Crocher Trim

IBS Flower in centre

Rhinestones

So glad you came by to see this card. Thank you so much.

Inspired by Stamping Inspiration Challenge 62

Here I am again with my second card for the challenge below

IBS Inspiration Challenge 62

I love making cards for colour challenges. They are so much fun.

The one above I thought I would go for a CAS look 

- and here it is

Again I have used white card stock as my base

Added some mottled green dp and heat embossed the images in white,

 a plain strip of brown paper (it does look black) to the top and a

piece of the same colour to the bottom with a MS punched edge.

The sentiment is from GinaK as is the stamped image 

which was inked several times.

The little flourish is from IBS All Year Wishes 2 

and I thought it a perfect finish to this card.

I have my 3rd card for the current challenges to upload so come back soon

to see the really lovely colour combination for that one.

New challenges at Inspired by Stamping (Challenge 61)

It is that time again and Joanna from Inspired by Stamping 

has some beautiful inspirational colour challenges going at present 

and I couldn't resist playing with them

HERE

I thought I would start with the first one below

and here is what I made

I used the following products on this card

White card stock as my base

Designer paper as a backing

The beautiful roses are from Inspired by Stamping Elegant Flowers

Leaves are GinaK Stippled Nature

Butterfly is GinaK Dogwood & Butterfly

Sentiment is Inspired  by Stamping All Year Wishes 2

Kaisercraft Pearls

SU ribbon.

Gell Pen.

I stamped the images onto the white card stock 

and inked and cut out an extra one to pop on the right hand side.

The butterfly is heat embossed and inked with distress inks and also popped.

Added some highlights to the lovely roses with a glitter gel pen

Finished with 3 pearls.

I am also entering this card in the current
Designer's Choice - Things with Wings challenge
over at The House that Stamps Built.
 http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

Thanks for stopping by to see what I have been up to,

THANK YOU for the WEDDING BLOG HOP comments - and the WINNER is....

First of all I must say how touched I was with you all concerning 

the loss of my wedding photos and also that you liked my wedding card 

I made with a photo of  our special day. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH

As you know you were all asked to work out the rhyme 

and I am sure you all got it correct and sent your answer to Susan.

Also we have a prize from each of the Design Team 

for the comment we thought the best

 - in my case it is the one that really rang true the meaning of a wedding.

My winner is  Divya Chopra Bhurat 

and this is what she wrote - 

Ina: What a beautiful wedding card!! I don't think money is what matters or makes anything beautiful but its the love, warmth and care that has made your wedding as well as wedding card beautiful.

And for this lovely comment Divya is the winner of a  $15 gift certificate to

Digistamps4joy

CONGRATULATIONS DIVYA.

Please leave a comment here so we can forward you your prize.

I hope you enjoy picking your images from this wonderful sponsor.

Once again I thank you for your wonderful comments 

and you will come back here again soon.

IBS WHW Tutorial #112 - Coloured Vellum Flower Challenge

Here is my second card I have made today for the

Coloured Vellum Flower Challenge

This was relatively simple as I love the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set

 and the Manhattan Flower embossing folder

from Stampin' Up as they work so beautifully together.

I used basic white card stock as my base and embossed the purple paper.  

I inked the vellum rose with different coloured inks. 

Added some stamped leaves from a MS punch and a pearl to the centre.

The sentiment is cut from Spellbinders Labels 20 and Stamp is from GinaK.

Thanks for taking a peek at my blog today.

Tutorial Challenge at Inspired by Stamping.

There is a great new tutorial over at Inspired by Stamping 

and it is to make a card with coloured vellum. 

http://joannamunster.com/2013/08/07/whw-tutorial-112colored-vellum-flowers/

I haven't used too much vellum but after seeing this great tutorial 

I thought it time I got that vellum stash out and had a play with it.

I was also having some fun with a few new products I had purchased recently.

They were Ranger's Sticky Embossing Powder and Twinklets Diamond Dust.

I used basic red card stock for the base and added some designer paper.

Also used

Spellbinders Fleur De Lis

GinaK Vogue Vases stamps set

IBS Elegant Flowers.

Vellum

White Embossing Powder

I stamped the IBS flower onto the vellum and inked the image. 

It wasn't as dark as I wanted so cut out another flower and attached it to the back.

I embossed the vase with the sticky embossing powder 

and then sprinkled the diamond dust to it. It gives it a crystal like look.

It is a shame the photograph doesn't show the rhinestones as sparkly as they are. 

Finished off with some glitter around the Fleur De Lis.

Don't know if I added a bit to much bling

 but felt that it needed something especially as the vase was so sparkly.

I enjoyed this tutorial and will be making more before this challenge ends.

Thanks for stopping by.

Alter Something for Challenge 8 at Crafting with Dragonflies.

Time for our next Challenge over at

We don't want you to get into a rut and just make cards for our challenges 

so this time we are asking you to 

ALTER SOMETHING.

Our sponsors for this challenge are

KennyK

Crafts and Me

Time to get your thinking caps on. 

There are a gazillions ideas that you could use and I am sure there are
plenty of items around the house that need a little attention
to spruce them up and become masterpieces.

So what are you waiting for?

oh some inspiration from the Design Team!

OK...

I was fortunate to get a coloured digi (New Rose Vintage Photo)
 from one of our sponsors Crafts and Me

and because I was so lucky I decided to alter a few items 

we all have near our computer or office.

Here is what I started with

a container I received when I purchased some pens.

a notebook for jotting down 'important notes'

an acrylic frame and post it notes for reminders.

****

I covered the pen case in designer paper my digi image

some ribbon punched flowers 

and a pen tag.

 My Notebook I covered with different paper 

followed by distressed designer papers

lace and digi image and added some 

gloss to the flowers.

Here is a close up view.

and finished off my projects with some designer paper

at the back of my acrylic frame then

added my digi image and note tag

and adhering the sticky notes to the front.

 The finished Items.

Now it is your turn to have a bit of fun.

But don't forget to pop in to my other Design Teamies 

to see what they have altered too

Barb Hilde Judith  Kelli Susan and Tania

I look forward to seeing what you find around your house 

for items you can alter.

Thanks for stopping by

Inspired by Stamping - masking tutorial and challenge - WHW111

Hello again - I had some spare time up my sleeve 

and since I enjoyed making a card yesterday for the challenge below

http://joannamunster.com/2013/07/24/whw-111-masking-with-your-background-stamps/

I decided to make another one.

I used some Kaisercraft stamps - the background for the masking 

and the Eiffel Tower to highlight.

After I had masked and inked the image I decided to cut it out 

pop it and distress the edges slightly.

I also inked the background with distress inks to add a bit of colour.

I inked the Eiffel Tower and then cut out another one which is also popped.

I thought the sentiment was a perfect match.

Who wouldn't love the be there?

Thanks for stopping by. 

Tutorial Challenge over at IBS

One of the challenges over at Inspired by Stamping 

is masking your background stamps and includes a TUTORIAL

I thought this perfect for the fabulous background stamp 

a friend bought for me while in London.

The stamp is from Just Rite and is called 

London Background Stamp (of course)

I decided to frame my stamped background image twice to make it stand out 

and also added a tenny weeny IBS stamp from All Year Wishes to the corners.

The perfect ink to use on this card was - Tim Holtz Distress ink London Fog lol

I used Basic Red & White card stock scored the corners in 2 different ways 

added a small pearl to Big Ben and a small sentiment 

from Just Rite Friends Antique Labels One to finish it off. 

Hope you like my take on the current  Tutorial Challenge over at IBS.

Thanks for looking