Still Crusin'

Hello there!

{Edit to add this card was selected as the winner at Hiding in My Craft Room on 5/30/18 I am very humbled thank you}

Hope the start of your week is going well!

As I mentioned yesterday, we have had some yucky weather, so I dusted off a lot of my crafting supplies and got busy! I decided with Father's Day around the corner I could make a dreaded man card. (DMC) They always are challenging for me. :-)))

 I started with a piece of black cardstock and pieced together some patterned papers attaching to the card front. I cut a banner and added to the left side of the card. I stamped my focal image from Crafty Secrets Classic Cars onto white cardstock and used a Spellbinder die to cut it out. I used Prima Watercolor pencils on the image itself. I layered the image inside a Top Note Die and placed the layers in the middle.

Lastly, I added some buttons for further embellishing and a license plate embellie from Tim Holtz.

I am joining in at Hiding in My Craft Room - Masculine/Father's Day, Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes, D. L. Art - May Linky, A Gem of a Challenge - It's a Man's World, The Male Room - Cars, Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Masculine or Father's Day, International Art and Soul - All About Boys or Men.

I hope you have a terrific Tuesday!
~Tammy~

The Kraft Journal 149 - Sketch Challenge - Masculine Birthday Card

Good Monday Morning To You!

For today's sketch challenge at The Kraft Journal, I thought this was a perfect sketch for a Dreaded Man Card (DMC) Which I have lovingly referred to on my blog many times.  Since I need more of these in my stash I used the sketch for inspiration 100%! 

I started with a card base of Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock which I layered a piece of patterned paper that was more on the masculine side. I took a length of Natural Hemp Cord and wrapped it around the center panel three times. I stamped my focal image from Crafty Secrets on Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock and colored in with various Copic Markers. 

Next I die-cut the image out and inked the edges using a blending tool and distress inks and layered it on a coordinated die-cut. Lastly, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment in black ink onto Brown Kraft Cover Weight cardstock also die-cuting adding distress inks to the edges to complete this DMC birthday card. 

Here is the sketch:

Please be sure to head over to the The Kraft Journal to check out the projects by the other talented ladies.  We hope to see your sketch pattern creations in the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from The Kraft Outlet store.

Have a fabulous week! 

~Tammy~

The Kraft Journal 116 - Tag Your It!

It's a Monday already....ugh....that means a new challenge at The Kraft Journal. Yay! Today's challenge is "Tag You're It".

I started with a Stained Grungy Tag adding some Airmail Washi Tape to the edges. I then stamped some images from Crafty Secrets - French Mail.  I finished off with a Natural Twill Tape bow embellished with a button fastened with some Natural Hemp Twine.  Lastly adding a red Tiny Wooden clothespins to the top right corner. 

Since I love using tags on cards, I may actually use this on a card at a later date or possibily to embellish a package. The possibilities are endless and The Kraft Outlet has some wonderful tags to make this possible. 

Please be sure to head over to the The Kraft Journal to check out the projects by the other gals.  We hope to see your Tag Your It project in the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from The Kraft Outlet store.

Thanks for peeking!

~Tammy~

The Shabby Tea Room - Creative Candy

Hello Hello~~~

I am back with my second post for The Shabby Tea Room this month. I am still trying to figure out where last week went. Just gone!

As always we have a gorgeous inspirational photo to get those creative juices flowing!  You will need to use the colors in the photo and include LACE, FABRIC and a BUTTON! 

Here is what I have for you. I apologize for the poor photograph as it was raining cats and dogs when I took it. No helpful natural light. 

Here is the inspiration!

Look at all the yumminess in the inspiration photo. 

I started with a cream card base and I layered on top my beautiful blue patterned paper.  I cut four scalloped rectangles from my beautiful calico material and added to a coordinating blue paper embellished with a doily!

A length of pink scalloped ribbon was wrapped vertically around the card front and tied off in a bow embellished with a button, twine, and a tag.

A tag was created from cream cardstock using a Sizzix die and stamped with some Crafty Secrets goodies from the set Material Girl. A trim of pink, gingham ribbon and a button was added to the top of the tag for a finishing touch. 

Don't forget to head over to The Shabby Tea Room to see all the delightful Creative Candy from the design team. 

I am joining over at Pixie's crafty Snippet challenge.  We will see if I can a turn on the swings. 

Hope your day is a crafty one. I will be back in a few hours with this weeks The Kraft Journal post. 

Till then!

~Tammy~ 

Dad's Day

Hi!

**I am thrilled that this card received the Comet Award from Papercraft Star on 6/19/12**

I managed to make another "dreaded man card". I took a break from some other crafty assignments and quickly put this together. (i.e. out of necessity)! :-))))

So here we go......

I started with a Kraft card base from The Kraft Outlet. The next is a mix of this and that and all from my scrap pile. I still had a library card on my desk, so I incorporated it in this card too. 

The stamps I used are all from Crafty Secrets: Car Classics. The car was paper pieced using some patterned paper also in my stash. So I got a "little" girly and gave pearls for headlights. :-)))

I am joining in The Kraft Journal - Cards for Him
DYSU - Boys/Men
My Craft Spot - King of the Grill

Papercraft Star: Father's Day
Pink Elephant - Masculine

Pixie's Crafty Snippet Challenge - Shopping from the scrap pile again! I guess I am making up for loss playtime! :-)

Sorry, keeping it short and sweet! If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. 

~Tammy~

A masculine birthday...

Well, I am waaaayyyy short of having guy birthday cards in my stash. That's because I dread making them and therefore call them" the dreaded man card"...I do cherish those I make them for, but ugg, no seam binding, bling, buttons, bows, flower embellishments...Blah....Well, I did add a ribbon and buttons with this one...J

So here it is: 

The photo is slightly slanted due to the rings on the notebook prop. I started this card with Brown Kraft cardstock from The Kraft Outlet.  I added some red polka-dotted paper rounding the corners to coordinate with the card base.  I took a library card and used a die-cut to give it it's shape stamping images from Crafty Secrets: Office in Versafine Vintage Sepia adding three brown buttons to the lower left of the library card.

A Labels 3 die was used to cut the red checked gingham patterned paper and a typewriter was stamped with a Happy Birthday sentiment in a cream circular die and added with foam adhesive over the length of stripped ribbon. 

I found inspiration with The Kraft Journal - Cards for Him

Retrosketches 15

I have played on the swings in awhile with everyone in Pixie's crafty Snippet Challenge! I hope I am allowed in the playground after playing hooky.

Have a good week!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Crafty Secrets: Office 

Paper: CS: The Kraft Journal, PP: Scraps

Ink: Versafine: Vintage Sepia, Momento: Tuxedo Black
Other: Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Ribbon: Stampin' UP!, Dies: Spellbinders

Live In the Moment

Hello!

Hope you have had a great weekend! Yesterday I was copped up with a sick little one and a husband that got called in on a mission, so it's not exactly what we visioned, but hey that's life. It was just gorgeous out, so it stunk sitting inside knowing it was a perfect spring day. It also didn't leave anytime for playing with paper so I am burning those midnight hours again. However, the "little" seems to be getting better. Pretty bummed he had to miss a birthday party.

So, I have a card that uses a variety of stamps.  I love to mix and match brands and collections just to achieve the finishing product I am looking for.

I started with a rustic cream card base. I added a trimmed Whisper White layer and distressed the edges. I stamped the dress form from Crafty Secrets Material Girl in a Charcoal Gray.  In the upper left corner, I stamped two hearts from Crafty Secrets French Mail in New Sprout ink by Momento.  The fancy little decorative design at the bottom is also from the same stamp set.

I added some seam binding tied in a fussy bow adding a button and curly twine. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Cuckoo Clocks and was nested on a Fleur de Lis Spellbinder die cut square.

The old fashioned bobbin is from Crafty Secrets which was stamped in a Bubble Gum pink and fussy cut.  To give it some realistic texture I wrapped some twine and adhered to my card face with a dimensional.

I created this with inspiration from these challenges.
Just Us Girls: Color Challenge

Retrosketches: I took some creative liberty with flipping the sketch and moving the two elements at the top. :-))))

That's it for me! 

~Tammy~
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{Recipe}

Stamps: Crafty Secrets: Material Girl and French Mail, Hero Arts: Cuckoo

Paper: CS: PTI, Stampin' UP!

Ink: Momento, Jenny Bowlin, Palette 
Other: Dies: Spellbinders, Buttons: Hobby Lobby, Twine:Joanne's, Seam Binding: Etsy, 

A True Classic

Hello~

Today I have a masculine birthday card to share. Masculine cards are a close second to sympathy cards when it comes with struggling in the creative process. I love to add buttons, bows or rhinestones, so I have to sit on my hands to make a CAS card for a guy! I have referred to them in the past as the dreaded man card!!!

Here is a man card to share with you today.

I started with Baja Breeze card base found in my stash. Next I added a panel that I repeat stamped the classic car and sentiment in Not Quite Navy. I die cut the mat stack 1 in Stampin' UP! Kraft (retired) and By The Numbers dies and added to the center panel. Last I completed the card by stamping the Happy Birthday sentiment on Whisper White card stock and trimmed to a banner.

Simple yes, but a classic!

My color inspiration came from: Hand Stamped Sentiments

I am also joining in with Pixie's Crafty Snippet challenge: All pieces and parts came together from the good ol' stash pile! Love it! 

Have a terrific day!

~Tammy~

{Recipe}

Stamps: Crafty Secrets: Car Classics, Sentiment: PTI Enjoy the Ride

Paper: CS: Stampin' UP! PP: Stampin' UP!

Ink: Stampin' UP! Not Quite Navy
Other: Dies: PTI, Dimensionals 

Hope this day is special as you are...

Hey all!

I was going through card making withdrawals, so I decided to make a little card with one of my scrap bags I just discovered in some things I unpacked. Boy! I have quite a stash of scraps to go through. I just love this pattern paper. I believe it was from The Angel Company.

Ugg, wouldn't you know the ribbon would be in the way of the sentiment for the photo. Normally, I would reshoot it, but as luck would have it, my card reader decided to die today, so I had to use hubby's ancient desert worn computer (full of sand), to upload the picture, and then I had to email it to myself so I could use my computer to edit it. Let's just say it took over an hour because I believe his computer has got to be the slowest one out there.  I am really surprised it still works after the abuse it has endured. 

The top and bottom of the card I took two small flourish stamps from two different Crafty Secret stamp collections to create an alternating image for a nice vintage flourish border.  I used VersaMark ink, but still have not found my heat gun, so I couldn't set it with heat and stick powder to really make it pop. (I must add I have not found my heat and stick powder yet either...oh the joys of moving)

I know it's still hard to see, but you can make it out a little. Really wishing the card reader had not bit the dust on me, so I could reshoot this little number.

I also stamped the tag top and bottom with the same flourish stamp, and placed my sentiment in the middle. Since you really can't see, I thought I would tell you! If anyone has some pointers on how to make watermark images photograph well, I am all eyes and ears!

Besides adding the seam binding which I love using on cards, I added a strip of elegant velvet aqua trim. 

I am going to play along with The Ribbon Reel's Chantilly Lace Color Challenge. The challenge colors were inspired by the photo below. Aqua, pink, cream or white. You also had to use ribbon and a flower!

I also thought it would be fun to play along at Stamp Something - Embellished challenge and Jules Crafty Snipped Challenge - #29.  I am still working from scraps as I mentioned earlier.  Hand Stamped Sentments - Flourish Challenge.

Well, I must go back to fixing and sorting and more unpacking....play time is over! Boo! I will be back at the end of the week with a new Off The Wall Craftiness challenge.  There is still time to play in this weeks challenge.

Happy Tuesday!

~Tammy~

Ribbons, Pearls and All Things Girls!

Hello There!

I have a sweet little vintage girly girl card for you today for The Friday Mashup!  The theme was Ribbons, Pearls and All Things Girls.  I think I covered it. What do you think?

I stamped the three silhouettes from Hero Arts in Angel Pink. I then stamped random images from Crafty Secrets French Mail in London Fog all on Whisper White Cardstock. Next I layered a piece of pattern paper from Me and My Big ideas Forever Watercolor line. I added a diecut from Kay and Company that was in my stash and I stamped the beautiful Frame and Eiffel Tower from Wilson Designs Simply Silhouettes. Topping things off with a beautiful girly flower, twine, ribbon, buttons and of course some pearls! I added some distress ink to the edges to give it that vintage feel. 

It truly is a girly girl card and I had fun creating it! 

Have a great evening friends!