Toy Soldier

Toy Soldier - I don't do CAS cards very often, but I loved the simplicity of this little nutcracker/toy soldier. No designer papers this time, just cardstock.

This fellow is one of Bugaboo's creations. Don't you just love their images?

I colored him with Copics. No glitter this time. This one is for my grandson and he really doesn't like for me to girl it up to much. LOL

My sentiment is Hot Off the Press. I used two SU punches for the sentiment. I like that the sentiment is Celebrate. This card could be used as a birthday card or a Christmas card.

My only embellishment is 6 tiny red brads.

Our challenge this week at One Stop Craft Stop is boy toys.

My grandson painted a nutcracker a few years back that he is quite proud of. He was 5 at the time, but he loved doing it and was quite proud to see it come out with the Christmas decorations.

Sketchy Colors #141 Sketch
Here Come the Boys Blog Challenge #41 Birthday
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Triceratops -

Triceratops - It is time for another sketch challenge at Sunday Sketch and Stamp.

You are going to love this sketch. I know I do. It is so easy and the result is beautiful. Go to the challenge blog and see what my team mates did with this sketch.

 My Designer papers are The Paper Studio. My grandson is really into dinosaurs and I bought this paper to make the invitations to his birthday party. I am being good and using the left over papers. I loved his invitations and I like this card even better.

The image is Doodle Pantry. It was a Freebie that I picked up ages ago. I really enjoyed coloring him with my Copics. I stayed away from the glitter for this image. Somehow, I don't see little boys liking a sparkly Triceratops.

The sentiment is SU. I stamped it with Chipped Sapphire distress inks.

One more look at this fun card with the buttons and hemp cord.

Fab N Funky Challenges #144 Animals - I hope this counts. I know that they no longer exist, but they are animals.
Southern Girls Challenge #56 Animals - I hope this counts. I know that they no longer exist, but they are animals.
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #156 Male
Card Makin Mamas  Anything Goes

Piratey Day

Piratey Day - It is Saturday and that means that it is One Stop Craft Challenge day. This week we are sponsored by Doodle Pantry. The provided me with this super cute pirate ship image. With so many grandson's, I always need lots of boy cards for the million parties that they go to, so this image was right up my alley.

The challenge this week at One Stop Craft Challenge is everyone's favorite - anything goes!

The sentiment is also by Doodle Pantry. There are several sentiments to choose from that all all really great with this image.

My image is colored with Copics and I air brushed the background of the ship and the sentiment. I like how soft the color is with the air brush.

I added 3 buttons tied with baker's twine and added a dolphin charm to the top button.

Reed

Reed - The challenge at Alphabet Challenge blog is M for man. Masculine cards are hard for me and that it had to be for a big man and not just a boy.

I decided to go Clean and Simple, again not something that is my strong suit.

 
My reed stamp is Tattered Angels, Seaside Coastal Breeze. I stamped it with Pine Needles distress ink. The sentiment is Hot Off the Press Masculine Collage stamps. I stamped it with black Memento.

My ribbon is Prima.

Now that you have seen what I made, I hope that you will come and see what the rest of the team did for this challenge and come and play with us at Alphabet Challenge Blog.

Stampin Sisters in Christ #149 CAS
Simon Says Stamps Challenge Anything Goes
Crafts and Me Challenges #94 Anything Goes

Cowboy Stars

 Cowboy Stars - Howdy!!!!!!!! Look at this sweet little guy from Bugaboo.

We are all about cards/projects for children this fortnight at Craft Your Days Away. So make something for that special little person in your life and join us!

For my card, I used Tim Holtz retro DP. I like them for male projects. I tore them to make them even more rugged. They were distressed with Walnut Stain distress inks. I embossed the cardstock with a star CB embossing folder. The stars are paperclips. I distress inked them a little, so that they would not be so bright.

The image is Bugaboo's BC Fence. I colored him with Copic's. The photo does not do justice to the image. The colors are much more brillant in real life.

The sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

Come join us at Craft Your Days Away in our challenge for the children.

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Simon Says Stamps Challenge Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenges #81 Embossing

My Mums Craft Shop Challenges #54 The Great Outdoors

Kathy's Waffle Sketch File Sketch

Paper Lovin Gals #29 Photo Inspired The colors in the tulips remind me of a sunset.

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog Anything Goes

Craty Catz Weekly Challenge #130 Anything Goes

Ye Olde Mappe

Ye Olde Mappe - Not only did I have so much fun making this card, but my 7 year old grandson wanted to make his own treasure map from the same digi stamp. His is the big one!
This is the sketch for Seems a Little Sketchy challenge. I turned the sketch (I find that turning it helps me to visualize the sketch from different angles) and forgot to turn if back around before posting it. You can go to Seems a Little Sketchy to see it turned correctly.

My DP's are Tim Holtz, Retro Grunge. I like them for masculine cards and thought they would be great for an old treasure map.

The pirate ship is a Cuttle Kids die cut. I cut it in a couple of colors and trimmed up some of the pieces to layer them. My stark white feather was trimed and aged with distress inks.

My sentiment is Hot off the press and punched with a SU word window punch.

The image is from our sponsor Delicious Doodles. This is a great image for masculine projects. What I really enjoyed about it was that I put away my cherished Copics and worked with tearing and distress inks. You can see, even a 7 year old can have fun with it. You should have seen his eyes when I crumbled the image. LOL

This is a close up of Tyler's map. Didn't he do a great job! I think everyone with a boy should have this image to play with, so head over to our sponsor, Delicious Doodles and buy it for your boy!

My Mums Craft Shop Challenges #50 Stamp it (Sentiment is stamped)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #126 Digi
Fairytale-Challenge Blog #38 Everything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenges # Dots and Stripes
Stamp With Fun #155 No Easter

Button Up

Button Up - Craft Your Days Away has a double difficult (for me) challenge. We were to make a masculine card/project with buttons. At first I was stumped, then I remembered this nifty shirt stamp that I bought at a stamping show last year.

My DP is Prima. I didn't even know they made paper, then I found this stack in a box. I think they were for children, but I really like the muted colors.

I ran forest moss distress ink over the embossing folder before I ran it through the Cuttlebug. With the buttons the paper strip looks like that strip that runs down the front of a shirt.

My sentiment is Hot off the Press stamped with mememto black ink. I inked all of my paper images with the moss distress ink. I used to of SU punches for the sentiment, then 2 brads.

The shirt stamp is by Too Much Fun. I stamped it on card stock that has a 2 sides,one darker than the other. I then cut and folded the shirt. I used a couple of Copic's to shade it.

My favorite part of the shirt is the tiny buttons that I attached to it.

My 7 year old grandson just told me that this is my best card yet. He is my biggest fan. Big hugs, Tyler!

Craft Your Days Away is sponsored by Crafty Emma's and I hope that you will make a mascule card with buttons and join us at Craft Your Days Away.


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The Paper Shelter #For the Boys
Simon Says Stamps #A bit of Green
For Fun Challenges #Circles - Buttons and brads are circles
Crafts and Me Challenges #75 Circles - Buttons and Brads Again :)
Cute Card Thursday #208 Birthday
Card Makin Mamas #41 buttons
Totally Paper Crafts #108 Male Card
Crazy 4 Challenges #128 Green
All Sorts Challenge # 146 - 3 in a row - Buttons!

Twitterpaitted

Twitterpaitted - Male cards are hard for me to do. I love pink and flowers and glitter. So this fortnights challenge at Creative Card Crew of masculine cards, was hard for me.

I finely sat down and thought about what would my husband like in a Valentine's card. Not what I wanted to give him, but what does he really like. Then I thought about how much he loves the outdoors and probably his all time favorite gift that I have given him was a book that made bird calls. He used to sit out on our balcony at our apartment that overlooked a wildlife preserve. He would have the book make the calls and wait for the birds to come and return the calls.

This card combines his love of birds and my homework assignment from my Copic's class, which was to color bird feathers.

My DP is Glitz Pack Afternoon Muse. Glitz paper pack and other delights to go with it are available at our Sponsor Simon Says Stamp. They are just back from CHA and are getting in loads of new stuff, so now is a great time to browse their site.

My sentiment was created by me. My husband liked to imatate some of the lines from Bambi when we first met, so he will totally get this sentiment. I punched the sentiment with my new punch from stampin up. I also punched a heart to go behind the sentiment with my Creative Memories heart punches.

My image is Designed to Delight. I colored it with Copics and fussy cut it. I framed it with Stampin Up framelits die. The punch border was a MS punch. Everything was inked with Black Soot distress inks. I used a button and twine as my only embellishment. I don't normally use kraft, but I like the rustic look of it with the twine.

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Simply Create Too #Red Hot
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All Sorts Challenge #141 Free and Easy
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