Icy Cold

Welcome to another challenge at Cardz for Guyz where we want to see your Icy Cold creations suitable for the males in your life.

I have used an old favourite from Stampin Up called Polar Partybut I forgot that the sentiment doesn't stamp very well. I'll have to put a sentiment on top before I use it! I used some icy blue glitter paper to cut the snowflake border and some paper with snowflakes on to back the images.

I hopeto see you joining in to help with your Christmas card stash.

Celebrate at Cardz for Guyz

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz for Guyz and this time it is Celebrate. Lots of options there!

I have used a NBUS set of stamps and matching dies from Simon Says Stamp. The candles are coloured with Copics, cut out and raised up with foam pads. The sentiment is also from the sme set. It looked a bit stark so I used an embossing folder on the top part of the image panel to add some interest. I hope to see you all joining in with us.

Do It Yourself!

There was recently a give away with a magazine of some dies to make a pop up box with tools for the male version. Perfect for this fortnight's challenge at Cardz for Guyz which is DIY.
 I sort of followed the instructions to make the card with the box inside.
This is the front using some wood style paper that was from SU an age ago.

And this is the inside with the tools on acetate to pop up.

I have to say that this has been one of the fiddliest and most tim-consuming card I've made in a very long time. I doubt that I'll be making another any time soon! On the plus side it did use up some snippets, so I can take it over to the Playground.

Paper Planes!

It's Tuesday again and time for a new challenge at Cardz for Guyz.. This time we are looking for Clean and Simple  masculine cards .

I had a rummage through some stamps and pulled out this Paper Planes one by Ryn Designs. I think I've only used it once before. I stamped three different ones on my panel, coloured them with Copics, drew a couple of wavy lines round the edge and added a sentiment.  Don't forget there's lots more inspiration from the other DT members. Do go and pay them a visit!

Triangles!

I pondered on this theme at Cardz for Guyz for a little while as nothing came to mind for triangles. Then I did a search  on Pinterest and there were so  any ideas to choose from, but it jogged my memory that I had the Christmas tree punch. Then when I searched through some old papers I found this piece with triangles - Yay!! So a card was born.

I punched each tree out twice, once in the paper and once in card to stick behind to make them firmer. A diecut sentiment and a red snowflake were the fnishing touches. As ever there's lots of inspiration on the challenge blog from the rest of the DT.

Autumn Leaves

It is my turn to set the challenge at Cardz for Guyz and in line with lots of other challenges I have chosen a seasonal theme - Autumn Leaves.

To make my card, I masked off a rectangle and brushed Delightful Dijon ink over it. When I was happy with the coverage I stamped the sentiment from Uniko - another NBUS - which stamped beautifully. I did use the Misti so that I could ensure it was dark enough. Then I stamped random leaves from the SSS set Apple of my Pie in browns, green, orange and dark red, before moving the masking tape. So a one layer card which I used to hate making, but though I say it myself, I do rather like this one!

There's lots more inspiration on the challenge blog, so please pop over and see what the rest of the DT have made. 

Father's Day at Cards for Guyz

We're coming up to Father's Day here in the UK and that is our current challenge at Cardz for Guyz.
I don't often make a card for it unless it is a DT card as I lost my Dad fourteen years ago.
However I made this one with Roy in mind, hence the owl, as they are one of the many things he has collected over the years. I'll see if his daughter wants to use it!

The owl and background paper is from a Making Cards CD, and the sentiment was created in Craft Artist. The pieces of card are all snippets, although the pile never seems to get any smaller! I fussy cut the owl out and glossy accented his eyes. Make sure to check out the rest of the DT's work.
I'm also going to take this across to the Playground

Cardz for Guyz - Music

It’s new challenge time at Cardz for Guyz and this time we want to see cards with Music as the theme. By sheer luck a magazine I had just bought had a set of free music related stamps with it.

I used the drum kit which I stamped in black and clear embossed, then coloured with Promarkers. The sentiment and music notes are from the same set. A rummage through my papers and a nice bright sheet seemed to go well with the image. As always please check out the other DT makes, and hope to see you joining in.

Remembrance or Sympathy

The new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz is Remembrance or Sympathy. I decided to go with sympathy. I have wanted this stamp from SU for ages and only just got round to getting it. I think it is the perfect image for a sympathy card.

I stamped and embossed it in Elegant Eggplant and mounted it onto card of the same colour.

Nature at Cardz 4 Guyz.

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week the theme is Nature. I decided to play with Craft Artist and made this card using the Craftscapes digikits.

I printed off some extra embellishments and fussy cut them out before adding to the circular image. I really ought to play with CA more often than I do.

Hope you can join in with the challenge.

The Great Outdoors

Hello there, this week the challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz is The Great Outdoors chosen by Julie. After much thought and inspection of my stamps I decided to use Craft Artist to make my card. I created a scene using a Daisy Trail digi kit then printed out some separate elements.

I fussy cut the separate elements out and decoupaged them, then mounted the whole thing onto a dark brown mat and a white 7 x 7 card blank.

I do hope you cna join us this week and don't forget to check out my teammates designs as werell.

Christmas Animals

 Well here we are at Tuesday again and time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz. This week the theme has been chosen by Helen and it is Christmas Animals. Actually I'm not sure whether a penguin can be classed as an animal - but that's what I've gone with!

I embossed a piece of white card with a brick EF then lightly sponged it with grey ink to add some definition, and cut a door way out of it to give the impression of an igloo. The penguin is from one of last year's stamp sets from SU which I never got round to using. A piece of twine and a tag completed the card.

Cardz 4 Guyz - Autumn Colours

This week the challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz, chosen by Amy is Autumn or Fall colours.

  I had a partly made card in my UFO box with the hardwood background along with some stamped leaves left over from another project. So I put the two together and made a male birthday card for the challenge. Do pop over to the blog and have a look at the inspiration from the other DT members.

Cars at Cardz 4 Guyz

Gosh this week seems to have flown past! It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz, and this week it is Cars. Hopefully it will prove more popular than last weeks!
I dug out some old Creative Expressions stamps that have been waiting to see ink!  They must have been in my stash for three or four years! I also dug out a tent card blank that came from QVC. I've only got a few of these left, and they are all cream, which is a colour I don't usually use, but managed to find paper that had a creamy background to use from my stash as well.

I stamped the car in black archival and clear embossed it, then coloured it with Copics. Then I made a mask and inked the background with DI Antique linen and Pumice Stone to tone it in with the card.some linen thread and wooden candy added the finishing touches.

The fold shows up better in this view.

Snowballs for Cardz 4 Guyz

It took me a while to decide what to make for this week's theme of Balls at Cardz 4 Guyz .  I didn't want to go down the sporty route of footballs, golf balls etc. Then as I'm slowly getting into Christmas card mode I thought if snowballs. Of course having decided that this was what I was going to do I had nothing suitable, so went searching for a suitable digistamp and found two at Bugaboo.

I embossed the base card with a Cuttlebug snowflake folder then brushed some Soft Sky ink gently over the top to add a bit of colour. The image was coloured with Copics and some texture added to the snowballs with a fluffy stuff type of pen, then a bit of glitter as well.

For  for my second card I used my new distressed collage die for the background (thanks to Darnell for enabling me!) as I thought the circles could represent snowballs. Again I used Copics to colour the image and mounted it onto some green holographic card. The sentiments on both were from my stash from an old Kanban decoupage kit.

Cardz 4 Guyz

I am delighted to say that I am now a member of the Cardz 4 Guyz design team, and this is my first design team card for them. The challenge has been set by Caz and is "Congratulations" I put my thinking cap on and decided to go with passing the driving test.

I drew a large L on a piece of white card then tore it in half. The background and bottom sentiment was made  from a retired SU set Rev up the Fun, using the tire track stamp and one of the sentiments. The congrats stamp is anothe SU stamp from a card kit.I put a panel of grey card behind the L plate to make it stand out a bit more. Please pop over and see what the rest of the DT have done and why not join in as well. Just remember it must be a masculine card. I'm also entering it into the Playground as snippets were used.

Fast and Flighty!!

Cardz4 Guyz are asking for cards with a theme using the letter F.  Fish seemed to be the favourite option of the design team and I have to say that was the first thing I thought of.

Then I remembered the SU stamp set Need For Speed that I bought for the plane to make a card for my son who is in the RAF. It was time to get it inked up again.

I found some cloudy background paper from a 6 x6 pad, no idea what make it is, and a curly sentiment banner from my stash, and mounted that on a snippet of dark grey card. I stamped and coloured 3 planes and fussy cut them and mounted them with foam squares.  I'm taking this over to the Playground as well, need to see if Miss has got the paddling pool out!

Furry Friends!

Furry friends is the theme this week at Cardz 4 Guyz so it was the perfect excuse to use my NBUS stamp from SU - Baby Bear. It is a three part stamp which gives that lovely furry look to him.

I stamped him in Sahara Sand, Tip Top taupe and Soft Suede.The fancy mat is an old Spellbinders die and the backing paper is from Little Claire. The bow ia a ready made one that I found in my ribbon box, and I added some stars for extra interest. I made it into a new baby card as my neighbour's daughter is expecting her first baby soon. I already have a baby girl card in my stash so added a baby boy one so that I am ready when baby arrives!

I was delighted to see that I had been picked as one of the Top 3 last week! Thanks ladies!
 

Happy Birthday!

First of all I'd like to welcome June as my latest follower, it was good to see the follow gadget is working again, as I've not been able to follow any new blogs for ages!.

 Cardz 4 Guyz is looking for the sentiment or words to be the focal point of the card. I have been looking for an opportunity to use the new SU stamp and this seemed to be a good one.

I found a pad of male themed papers that I've had for ages and used one of the sheets - well. part of one, for the background.The tiny footballs and rosette were cut from another sheet. Ribbon didn't seem right for a male card so i pulled out a piece of raffia from my bits and pieces box.

Seaside Easel Card

I made this card a little while ago when Mr Mojo had taken a bit of a holiday! When that happens I find it quite useful to either case a card completely from a magazine or at least quite closely. This one was made using some papers that came with I think "Making Cards".

I made it into an easel card and added some stamped and fussy cur shells with a bit of gold cord. Many's the time I have sat in one of these shelters, sheltering from the rain in the wind on a British seafront! The theme this week at Cardz 4 Guyz is By the Seaside so I am joining in there and also at Craft your Passion where the theme is always Anything Goes.