One for the Boys

 

I was challenged to make a funny card for my husbands friends birthday. I thought the funniest thing is the saying. I am totally into printing random images and making them look distressed! I used a wood stamp and embossed the paper to make the background. I also used sealing wax and heated it once it melted I used a Stampin up Brad to create the design. Hope you like my card. By the way, we had to miss the party because of time constraints so if you like my card you can bid on it on e-bay.. If you tell me you came from my blog I’ll give you free shipping. http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Handmade-Card-for-the-Boys-/251316795351?pt=Greeting_Cards&hash=item3a83a5f7d7

I’d like to enter my card in these challenge:

Top Tip Tuesday – 107 embossing

The Male Room Challenge Blog – Anything Goes

Ruby's rainbow – Vintage

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Simply perfect

 

I would love to get really good at making simpler & elegant cards. I decided to give it a go using this bells and whistles stamp I adore. I’ve used it on boy and girl cards as well as non gender specific.  I stamped it in momento ink potters clay and colored it with copics. I wanted simple I really tried to not overdue it, especially since it’s a boy card. I didn’t even pull out any DSP. I am finding I love embossing folders; Nellie Snellen and Darice brands make beautiful ones. The ribbon is from my stash, and I liquid pearl in blue around the border. the leaves are from a MS punch called fronds. Here is a closer look at the image

and the inside is stamped with a Stampin UP set, sorry for the dark background.

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room: Oh Baby!

The Pink Elephant: Masculine

Top Tip Tues: Spooled Items

7 kids: Anything goes with a vintage twist

Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate all your lovely comments. Have a wonderful day.

Celebrate Life

 

 

Hello, It’s such a wonderful day here in California. The beaches are glistening and I wish I was there. Instead I am bogged down with busy work. I still managed to make this cheerful little card. I wasn’t sure what type of saying to put on it.. Maybe Celebrate Life will be in order. Either way I just wanted to make something because I really want to get back into crafting more than I have been. We shall see if time permits. Either way, I’d like to enter this card in these wonderful challenges:

Southern Girls – # 73 No Spooling around (got it right this time)

Saturated canary – Any kind of celebration

Fussy and Fancy – Lemon and lavender

Crafting for all seasons – Bingo #56 Middle down Flowers, digi image, pearls

Top Tip Tues- Hexagon and circles (my card is circle shaped)

Thank for looking and hope to see you soon. ~Angela

Happy and Blessed

Hi Crafty Friends, Today I am sharing a card I made in which the colors are totally different than what I normally go for, but I like the way they meshed together. I tried no lines technique and used copic markers. Here’s a close up (the streakiness is clearsnap smooch I used on her hair)

I used some old DSP that I bought second hand when I first started crafting, and flowers I bought long ago, but today I found a good use for all of them. The stamps I used are Tilda Forget me not, and 7 gypsies. woodchip letters were found at Marshall’s; Just love that they carry crafting items now. The dies are spellbinders, and doohickey’s. Ribbon is stampin up and the layered Butterfly is a MS punch. I would like to enter in these challenges:

Marvelous Magnolia _ #35 Anything goes

ABC Challenge – is for quite a few layers

Southern girls – #73 No Spooling around

7 kids – anything goes with Alcohol markers

Loves rubber stamps- use a hoarded item, (I hoard lots n lots o paper)

Thanks for stopping by, have a fabulous weekend. ~ Angela

Turning the wheels of steel

Hey there, I was not planning on making this card because I am terrible at making male cards but… I went to the card store and could not find anything suitable for my lil man child. He is not your average boy, He has a liking for retro things. Which is a little different because he schools us on things from 40+ years ago. He loves thrift shopping and looking for rare antique items, specifically  toys and records.. But pretty much anything vintage catches his eye.

I found the stock photo on the internet, and the paper is Basic Grey. I have had this paper for 5 + years and today I decided to do some crate digging of my own

I would like to enter in the Inky Chicks Challenge – Anything goes

All I can say is this barely mine sketch totally saved me, it helped me create something I know my son will appreciate. So of course I will be entering in their challenge #92.

Thanks and have a sweet day. Hugs ~ Angela

School Girl

 

Hello crafting people. Just taking a minute to share a card that I made for a friend of mine who has decided to return to school. I am so excited for her, she is studying to become a sonographer. The nice thing is she will be done in 18 months, that is a sweet deal for her since she is a mommy of young children. I decided to send her some encouragement by making her a card with sweet Tilda carrying pencils. I used copic inks as usual to color her. MS branch punch and colorful cheerful flowers to brighten up things. Ruffled ribbon and paper is SU and the crochet lace & doily are all from my stash. The paper is so old but it’s one of my favorites. I would like to enter in these challenges:

Bearly Mine – Flowers Galore

Magnolia-licious – Luscious Lace

Southern Girls – Give it and Upper cut and Punch it Out

Marvelous Magnolia – Bright Colors

ABC Challenge – P is for pretty in pink (bottom picture reveals pink background paper)

Tilda’s Town – Use stash

Here is another angle of the card, thanks for looking I appreciate all your comments ~ Angela

Chocolate Love

Hello to you! I have been posting so much this last month, I kind of think I like it. I can pay attention to my blog because I have had some downtime, it feels so nice to exhale and breathe. Sleep in and spend lots of time in my kitchen. Oh how I LOVE when summer comes. It usually means Vegas for the hubby and I. Check out this picture I took in Vegas last week. Keep in mind this “chocolate” woman was life size.

Anyone who knows me personally, knows this girl loves chocolate. Umm I have been spoiled with the best too. I was introduced to the really good stuff when a friend in high dated a foreign exchange student from Germany named Mandy. She and I became friends, and when she’d come back to school from vacation, she’d bring me a brick of chocolate. This was seriously a 5Lb. brick she’d bring me, and I could count on getting one at least twice a year! And till this day I have tasted nothing that comes close to those bricks of buttery, smooth goodness.

My chocolate affair has only grown since then, on the hunt for the best chocolates I can find. It is my one affordable pleasure, where I really indulge myself with the best. The word “chocolate” comes from the Aztec language, and it means bitter water. Something I learned along the way is you should never refrigerate or freeze chocolate, (although you can keep it for an eternity that way) it takes away the distinct qualities of taste. Back in the day, they used chocolate for perfume. Can you imagine that? I’d be licking everyone that passed me by! hee hee. Another interesting tid-bit is that chocolate can help you loose weight! it’s true if you eat a little bit of chocolate before a meal it will suppress your appetite. That came straight from the mouths of research peps at San Diego State University. Don’t eat too much though, besides it counter-acting your master plan, It is known to be lethal in large amounts. I think you’d have to eat like 30lbs. If I had to pick my own death, that would probably be the best way to go. Ok so now that I’ve convinced you that I am a chocolate nerd, take a look at the cute card I made. It has Chocolate and Tilda, the best of both worlds.

A closer look, there’s glitter on the hearts, the jar is covered with liquid glass

I would like to enter my card in these challenges:

Bearly Mine – #90 Anything Goes

Shabby Tea Room – Blue, Pink, White & Flowers

Magnolia-licious – Lace (it looks like crochet style and it is my favorite)

Bunny Zoe – Wings (on the butterfly on the fence)

Inky Chicks – Love ( my love for chocolate)

Southern Girls – Gems, distress ink (in Moss), Spots (pink and blue ones all over)

Well, that’s all for today but I’m looking forward to creating some more, and sharing it with you in the very near future. Take care, Angela