Submarine.... Cards For Men #2 Boys & Their Toys

Morning.... Can you believe we are half way through January already... I'm here this morning with this fortnights Cards for Men challenge which is "Boys & Their Toys".

We are sponsored by the Fab Hope Jacare....

Inspiration:
The Sweet Stop: SSS141




Card Recipe:
Image: Hope Jacare
ProMarkers: Amber, Sky, Mandarin,
FlexMarkers: Sunflower, Dolphin, Pumpkin, Canary, Egyptian Blue, Buttercup, Sapphire
Papers: Nitwit Gingerfella
Dew Drops: The Ribbon Girl
Sizzix Embossing Folder
Font: YellowSubmarine
Glossy Accents

I'll be back in a bit with the new Sketch n Stash challenge....

Jen xx

Cut Out For Each Other

Can you believe that another fortnight has flown by so quickly... Anyhow it's time for another challenge over at card for me and this week the theme is: FANCY FOLDS so we want to see cards with more than one fold... the more imaginative the better...


We are sponsored by the fab Whimsie Doodles

The Prize is a $10 gift certificate but in addition: A special offer for Cards for Men fans - use the discount code CFM10 at the Whimsie Doodles online store and receive 10% off your next order! Code expires 30 days from today.


Anyhow here is my card using one of the fab images from the shop..

I'll be back shortly with my promised exciting news lol...

Have a great Monday

Jen xx

It's Nearly Christmas....

Well can you believe how fast time is flying by this year? It's time for another challenge over at Cards for Men and this time we are sponsored by Karen's Doodles and the theme is..... "It's Nearly Christmas" so we want to see all those fab Christmas cards... I've got a couple of cards for you using these fab images...

Card Recipe:

Image: Christmas Tree

ProMarkers: Pine, Forest, Holly, Lime,  Poppy, Berry, Crimson, Canary, Sunflower, Sky Blue, Cyan, 

Paper: Anna Marie

Sizzix: Wet Paint Alpha (a really old one, I've had this about 7 years I think)

Flowersoft: Snow White

Card Recipe:
Image: Bigsby Swinging
ProMarkers: Lime, Forest, Poppy, Berry, Crimson, Canary, Sunflower, Sky Blue, Cyan, Almond, Tan, Cinnamon,
Sizzix Retro Metro Alpha
Flowersoft: Snow White

Hope you have a great Monday

Jen xx

Match Ready

Can you believe it's time for another challenge at Cards For Men, and this fortnight the theme is SPORTS and we are sponsored by Peachy Keen Stamps.  Here is my little card...

Inspiration:
Cards For Men: #20 Sports
Sketch Saturday #174
I Love Promarkers: #84 Include a Number

Card Recipe:
Image: No 7 Bear LOTV
ProMarkers: Indigo, Putty, Caramel, Cocoa, Burnt Sienna
Paper: Papermania & Anna Marie
Sentiment: LOTV

Please take time to visit the rest of the DTs blogs to have a look at their wonderful creations.
Hope you all have a great week

Jen xx

"G" for Garden Shed

Well can you believe it's time for yet another week at Cards for Men and this week the theme is G for and we are sponsored by Letraset so we would love to see you using those ProMarkers, Aqua marker, FlexMarkers or Tria's in this weeks challenge.  I used a mix of ProMarkers and FlexMarker to colour in this little card...

Card Recipe:
ProMarkers: Tan, Cinnamon, sandstone, Cocoa, Cool grey 1,3,4 Sun kissed, burnt orange, honeycomb, moss, pear. berry
FlexMarkers: Glacier
Papers: MME bloom and grow and asparagus
Card Candy from Craft work cards

Hope you all have a great bank holiday

Jen
 xx

My Ride Through The Autumn

Well it's Monday night and I'm a little later tonight as I've been searching for a spurt of mojo in my scrap paper draws.. I just hope I found enough for you to like this little number..

Inspiration:
Polly Craft Monday: Autumn Colours
Here Come the Boys: Brown & Oranges
The Sweet Stop: SSS122 With Spin of Fibers

Card Recipe:
Image: Polly Craft Swings & Slides
Papers: MME Scraps
Promarkers: Tan, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Crimson, Berry, Almond, Sunkissed, Buttercup, Mustard, Pear, Moss, Cool Grey 5, Black,.
FlexMarkers: Glacier, Lemon Chiffon,
Button: Stash
Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Hope you have a great week...

Jen xx

The Best Ship is Friendship

Well it's time for another challenge over at Cards For Men and this week it's "Anything Goes" sponsored by Doodles By Hope Jacare. Here is my little card....

The sky is done using the cloud effect with distress inks ( Tumbled Glass) and the water done using distress inks and the brushes.  I didn' write down the promarkers (sorry)

I'll come back and update the rest of the Card recipe a bit later on .... sorry....

Have a great Monday

Jen xx

Gone Fishing... Clean & Simple @ Cards for Men

Well we are into August already and another week at cards for men and this time I got to chose the theme and I went with Clean & Simple ( any of you surprised by that one lol...) here it is

I've have really simply stamped the image with a cocoa memento ink and added a little sentiment... Truly clean & simple

Card Recipe:

Image: LOTV

Ink: Memento Cocoa

Sentiment: Wood ware fishing set

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Hope you all have time to visit the rest of the fabulous Design Teams creations

Jen xx

Harley Boy

Well it's time for another challenge at Cards For Men and this post from me is scheduled as I'm diving with the fishes in the Red Sea.... This time the theme is Use a Key and I have gone for this little fella from this weeks Sponsors - Prairie Fairy...

Now I've not used any eyelets for years and I found thousands of the things in multiple colours and sizes so you can expect to see a few of these from me in the next few weeks lol.... I wanted it to look a bit like a keyring..

Image: Prairie Fairy Harley Boy

Promarkers: Cool Grey 1-5 Almond, Putty, Sunkissed Pink, china, cobalt, poppy

Mini Keys: From a cheap padlock I had lying around lol

Sentiment: Font - 10 Minutes

Ribbon: Stash

Eyelets: Making Memories

Anyhow that's enough from me... please visit the rest of the Design Team to see there wonderful creations...

Jen xx

Every Man's Home is His Castle

On my way yesterday to help my BF move flat ( he's going from 17th floor to the 1st in the same building) I popped in to a little craft shop in Farnworth, Bolton - Crafty by Nature and found a little gem of a stamp set that I knew would be perfect to make him a little house warming card. Here it is:

Inspiration:
The Sweet Stop: Sketch 114
Here Come the Boys: #5 Spots and Stripes

Card Recipe:

Image: Hoist The Flags ( Lindsay Mason for Personal Impressions).

Memento Ink: Rich Cocoa

DP: MME Asparagus ( from scrap box)

Green Card: Co-ordinations

Hope you like it... I'm off to Lizy's now to drop some stuff off and a good old chin wag I'm sure...

Jen xx

Have a Blast of a Birthday - Cards For Men DT

Well this weeks Cards for Men Challenge has a theme of stars and is sponsored by The Stamp Boutique.  They supplied some lovely images this week and I decided to use this one:

Hope you all have time to visit the rest of the design teams cards this week... they are fab as always.  Sorry this is such a quick post but I don't seem to have time to think today lol.


Card Recipe:
Image: The Stamp Boutique
Promarkers: Poppy, Burgundy, pastel blue, Ice Grey 1,2, silver
DPs: Pink Petticoat from the Big Fella Collection
Red card from stash.

Thanks for visiting

Jen xx

Up for a Little Golf?

Well I feel like I've not been here for ages.. work has overtaken again this week so this has been the first opportunity with a couple of last minute father day orders ( Typical ... and I made twice as many as I had orders for!!!).  Here is one of them.....

I'm Entering this into the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts: Boy Oh Boy
The Sweet Stop: Sketch 111

Card Recipe:

Image: Google...I was desperate

Promarkers: Almond, Tan, Cinnamon, Pear, Marsh

Paper: My Mind's Eye Wild Asparagus

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Button: From Stash (Vintage)

Font: Courier New

Hope you all have had a good week... There are more on the way.  But I really need to catch up on some commenting too...

Jen xxx

Being Together - Cards for Men DT

It's Monday again and time for another challenge at Cards for Men and this week its Black & Blue and we are sponsored by Heartsong Designs.  Here is my card....

I've used the Hot Air Balloon image from the sponsor and coloured in the balloon part with promarkers ( Mignight & Powder blue).  I then cut this out and added in some twine from The Ribbon Girl.  I then re-printed the image in some kraft paper to get the basket.  The clouds are made from cotton wool and I've used an image from Scrap-a-Licious. 

Hope you all get to visit the rest of the fab DT.  Enjoy the challenge and good luck

Jen xxx

Aeroplane

Well I have had a manic afternoon transforming my craft room from the mess below.... after my ribbon storage fell over and broke :-(

to this.....

But I thought I would sneak in a little card using Aeroplane from LOTVs latest release and following the sketch from The Sweet Stop # 111. 

I've coloured this in with promarkers ( satin, sandstone, cool grey 1, caramel, almond, sunkissed pink, mustard, buttercup, pear green, marsh green, moss & blender).  The DPs are from a fabulous set that arrived in the post this morning thanks to the wonderful as a gift to help me get to the magic 100 cards from Mandi... they are Stampin Ups Sweet Pea stack and they are gorgeous and I now want to buy more Stampin Up stuff.....
Twine is from the ribbon girl and buttons ( I think they are basic grey) are from stash.  I've printed off a simple sentiment from my PC using homemade apple pie font.

I'm entering this into the following challenges...

The Sweet Stop - #111 Sketch
Charisma Cardz - #22 Something that Flies
Craft Your Days Away - #21 Fathers Day

Hope you like it.... I'm off to watch CSI now

Jen xx

Zooming Along Now You Passed & Top 3 @ I Love Promarkers

Well I have a really good week with Top cards with my 3rd of the week (not really sure how) coming from one of my favourite cards "Leap frog over the dots". I was a little surprised to say the least.

Anyhow, enough waffling, here is my entry into this weeks Cards for Men #7 - Embossing and I Love Promarkers #59 - Emboss it! As well as Totally Papercrafts One for the Boys. Here is the card....

The image is LOTVs Zooming Along, which I have coloured in with promarkers (Poppy, Cardinal, Berry, Black, Ice Grey 1,3,4,5, Cocoa, Tan, Cinnamon, Pear, Moss, Pastel Blue, Buttercup, Blender). I have then cut out the image and added a little glitter to the "Angel".  This is then positioned on a road made of black card embossed with Sizzix embossing folder - Tim Holtz Gridlock.  I've used some of the white ribbon that come from the lovely packaging from the Ribbon Girl to make the road markings and then mounted the lot onto MME Bloom & Grow paper.  The Red crimped paper was from the papermill shop and the image is printed from PC and cut out using my nesties.  It's finished off with some black card candy.

Hope you like it....

Man of the Match

I'm on a roll tonight and I'm here with my entry into this weeks Cards For Men sketch challenge and CES #27 Cards for Men. This card is for one of the lads at work's birthday tomorrow.  So here is the card.

I've use a Papermania image and coloured in with promarkers ( Cool Grey 3-5, Lipstick red, berry red, Burgundy, almond, dusky pink, buttercup and mustard) and then cut around it leaving a very fine border.  I've used the Promarker card I picked up from Anna Marie designs yesterday and no bleeding (yippee!!!).. Following the sketch I have used Pink Petticoat papers from the Big Fella collection, and on the stripe I imported it into word and layered it with white writing so it would leave a void in the stripes.  I have then gone around the letters with a black fine liner in a dash fashion to make it stand out.  The Footballs are made using a wood ware clear stamp from the sports set that have been stamped using stazon onto white shrink plastic.

Thanks for looking today.  Hope you like it

Jx