Gamer Bambino's

Now this should have been my entry for the Blue Challenge #22 @ Make It Colourful. Oh well, but it does qualify for the Squigglefly Challenge #102 Make it Masculine SFC102. If you don't use a Squigglefly image you aren't eligible for the prize, but you are still able to enter.

My husband is a HUGE gamer and will just adore this card. This image represents him more then any other Fathers Day card I have EVER made him. Gaming or Mountain Biking are his truest love's beyond family. So I am super excited to finally share with all of you, what is now my FAVORITE image.

It's a actually 3 Tiddly Ink images combined into one: Gamer, FlutterBy and Big Bad Dad. I asked Christy if we could modify Gamer so that it would represent both my littlest ones. They just love to game with their Daddy. Christy very graciously played with my mock up to come up with this TRES FABULOUS image.

I am not loving the shading on my daughters hair, but I ADORE how my son's crown turned out. His hair is very sticky up in the back so this is a good representation.

The card layout I have been wanting to do for a while, but never got around to it. It's June's Sketch For You to Try by i{heart}2stamp. I haven't participated in all of this years sketches, but have done quite a few. They always have fantastic samples.

As well, my fabulous Rrrred rrrrrick rrrrack is my "R" embelishment for the Crafts for Eternity challenge - C4E #24. How awesome is that idea for a challenge, just give a letter as the inspiration, leave the door waaay open. Very fun.

Mojo Monday on Wednesday

There is a really fabulous sketch over at the Mojo Monday Blog - sketch #193.

This was a fun challenge, I don't think I have ever made a non square or rectangle card before. It was super easy though with the Coluzzle tool. even cutting the pie shapes was quick - just fold your circle in half, cut, then fold and half and cut again.

I decided to make my Fathers Day cards and get them in the mail today since the Canadian Post Office may go on strike this Friday - I might just be able to get them on route before the strike. Fingers crossed.

I had paper pieced these retired Stamping Bella shirts last winter and set them aside intending to use for this Fathers Day, but couldn't quite fit them on the front of the card the way I wanted to, so used them as inside embellishment.

You can't tell by the photo, but the whole card has been paper stained with Antique Paper stain.

Fathers Day Feast

With fathers day fast approaching, I needed to whip up 4 cards. I usually send out duplicates to the Father and Father-in-Laws and something separate for my hubby, but this year I scrounged through my sample stamped pack and made individuals for everyone.

Pennyblack Bubbly Critters, DCWV The Fall matchstack dp, SU riding-hood red card stock, Copics, glitter gel pen and Studio G sentiment.

Dustin Pike digital art Fish Fear, coloured with Copics, SU from my scrap drawer and computer generated sentiment.

Stamping Bella beerafella, DCWV The Fall matchstack dp, SU riding-hood red card stock, Copics, glitter gel pen and Studio G sentiment.


The fourth Father's Day card for my hubby I won't post, he peeks at this site occasionally.

Here is one last card of thanks for my daughters Junior Kindergarten teacher.

Pennyblack Bubbly Critters, DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies dp, SU card stock, Copics, glitter gel pen, Studio G sentiment and sticker gems.

TCP Hubby

I was struggling with a card for my hubby for Fathers Day, I knew the image and sentiment I wanted to use, but couldn't quite get the layout right. As well it didn't help that I was trying to use Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie and So Saffron from SCS latest colour challenge.

When I saw Jen's (I{heart}2stamp)samples for TCP Tuesday (The Cat's Pajama's), I saw the layout I had been looking for.

The old olive Rose I hoped would look like a Prize ribbon, thanks to Kerry J. for the link here for the instructions.

I excitedly ran to my local craft store looking for large chunky grommets, but couldn't find any except the standard size. :(

The

Details:
Stamps: Delta Creative, computer generated sentiment
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, SU Old Olive, Tombows, Copic
Paper: DCWV - Fall Matstack, SU - Old Olive & Riding Hood Red
Accessories: SU ribon and clip, Dollar Store metal baubles, Nestabilities, brad

Copper Fathers Day

Lovely As a Tree was the one stamp set that I promised myself to purchase at my SU stamp club, and wouldn't you know it, I didn't bother ordering it until the last month. Perfect for Fathers Day though. Thanks goodness it arrived in time.


This card was super simple to make. Good to have those easy one's for when you are in a jam.

Details:
Stamps: SU - Lovely As A Tree, SU - All Year Cheer II
Ink: Versamark, Copper emboss powder, Color Box - Copper pigment
Paper: copper, black, Old Olive, Whisper White

Tool-A-Fella

I really don't have very many masculine stamps, so I have been re-using the ones I do over and over again. I have WAY too many male cards to do for the month of June.

I had a little chuckle with myself thinking I could do up a computer generated sentiment "Your a #1 Tool", hehe. I'm not sure the receiver would appreciate the pun.

The hammer and tool box are a bit large for the Fella, but I wanted to a fella without golf clubs or beer, so used the tools from the Pink Cat Studio - Dress Up Billy set.

Details:
Stamps: Stamping Bella - Beerafella, Pink Cat Studio - Dress Up Billy, Studio G sentiment
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, AMM - Chocolate paper stain, Copics, Tombows
Paper: SU - Old Olive Designer Series & Chocolate Chip, DCWV Fall Mat stack - shorts
Accessories: SU - Chocolate Chip ribbon

Aligator Birthday

I am on a roll with masculine cards. I have to do 4 Father's Day cards plus two adult masculine birthday's all for the month of June, as well as the Get Well card that I posted yesterday.

I am having trouble water colouring my images with my Tombow markers since buying new white cardstock. I ran out of the plain white cardstock from Michaels and picked up some Whisper White from SU and some from the local office store. My Tombows won't blend on either paper. So I had to resort to paper piecing the alligator on green cardstock.

The sentiment is computer generated.

Details:
Stamps: Sandylion - Boy clear stamp
Ink: Tuxedo Black, gray copic
Paper: Fall Matstack, SU - Kraft paper, Michaels cardstock
Accesories: Su - ribbon, button, floss, SU - mat pack

SC229 - Get Well

I needed a masculine "get well" card for my nephew who was diagnosed this week with Kidney Disease. My heart goes out to him and my sister, I can't imagine how scared they must all be, they are in my thoughts constantly.

The layout is from Wednesday's sketch challenge over at SplitcoastStampsers (SC229). My colour inspiration came from a colour challenge I recently saw using any colour of blue and green, but can't I remember what the challenge was so can't give them props. I think it was Viva la Verve!, but now can't find the thread.

I didn't have a get well stamp, so thinking of you made the most sense. I masked the Monkey Paw Fern in order to stamp the Script around the leaf.

I tried to roughen up the edges of the white cardstock using scissors, but it doesn't really show in the photo.

Details:
Stamps: Rubber Stamped - Monkey Paw Fern, Inkadinkado - Script stamp, Studio G clear stamp sentiment
Ink: Memento- Cottage Ivy & Rich Cocoa, Vivid - Inky Blue
Paper: Michael's cardstock green and blue, SU - Pattern Pack II, The Fall Matstack
Accessories: SU - blue ribbon, silver brad, Cuddlebug label die cut

Fathers Day Shirts

This is my entry for the May 9th - Sketch for You To Try on I{heart}2tamp. I steered away from the sketch a bit because I really wanted to use my new SU - Top Note die. I couldn't decide which shirt I liked better. The blue shirt photographed better.




Details:
Stamp: Stampingbella - Fellashirt, Studio G Clear stamp sentiment
Paper: Su - Washington Apple, SU - bashful blue, pumpkin pie, whisper white
Ink: SU - pumpkin pie
Accessories: SU - top note die, hole punch, SU - riding hood red ribbon, Cuddlebug swiss dots emboss folder

Jamie Case

This week's SplitCoastStampers featured designer is Jamie at Sweet Little Designs. Jamie has a fabulous SCS gallery, it was hard to choose which card to case.

This is my take on Jamie's card Tip Your Waitress. I know that you aren't suppose to do Sketch Challenge cards, but this layout is from Taylored Expressions January 2009. I had wanted to try it out back then, but never got around to it. This was a fun card to make. I only wish I had a sentiment that said "dad" instead of "father", father sounds so formal, especially when your handing them a beer. As well I noticed after I had mounted the image that the orange cardstock mat should have been laced under the 3 horizontal stripes - my bad!

I of course paper pieced the Fella, it's my favorite thing to do to the Bella stamps.

Details:
Stamps: Stamping Bella - Beerafella, Studio G Clear stamp sentiment
Paper: SU: bashful blue, pumpkin pie, barley banana (should have been so safron, but I didn't have any), Designer Series - Washington Apple
Ink: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Copics
Accessories: Swiss Dots Emboss Folder, SU Mat Pack

Fore You - Gulfafella

I designed this background originally for my Father's Day cards, but didn't end up using them because it didn't go with the stamp as well as I had envisioned. However, I love it with the Gulfafella stamp, it is much bolder in person, the picture seems faded. As well, the Stickles aren't so bright in person eihter.

I had some trouble staying in the lines with the watercolouring, story of my life : D

More Bella Fellas

I have extra work cut out for me on Mother's and Father's Day. Both my husband and myself come from divorced homes and our parent's are all remarried. So that means: 4 sets of cards per holiday not including my hubby which makes five. Then just to add a little more to the mix I also have four June birthdays, two on the eighth and two on the twenty-fourth, bizarre, but true. Two of those birthday's are for above mentioned fathers, so that makes 7 Father Style cards to make in one month. I do a lot of cheating though, I will make only 3 designs and make duplicates accordingly.

Here is the card design for the other Father's in my life for Father's Day: (I am much too lazy to make individual cards)


Hmm, I think it needs a sentiment though?

Chatterbox - Loft Argyle
Stamping Bella - Dotty Tie Circle
Tombow markers and watercolour pencils

Stamping Bella - Fella

Yes, it's been a while. Very long story, no need to bore you with it. I am back though, and I probably have no visitors any more, but that's okay.

Here is my "Fella's" Father's Day card. When I saw this stamp online I envisioned a bold and graphic card. I think I succeeded.

My props: Fella Shirt - by Stamping Bella, sentiment by Clear G dollar stamps, Tombow markers, North Shore Benson by Scenic Route Paper Co.