Tool apron card for men

Hello

I thought I'd show you another men's card I made using Crafters Companion Sara's Just for Men dies.  I can't take any credit for it though - Sara demonstrated this on her blog.

It was very simple to make, following her instructions. I used paper from my own stash and matted and layered it onto a white A5 card.

I cut the collar, straps and apron template from more white card, inked the edges and drew faux stitching around the edges.  I used some brads to attach the straps to the apron front, making it look more authentic.  They are then stuck onto the card using flat glue.

The tools were die cut using the Just for Men dies from silver and blue card, cut out the pocket from matching paper and then popped the tools on as shown in the picture.  The pocket was attached using Collall decoupage glue.  The sentiment was also from Sara's Just for Men dies.

I am so pleased with the end result and I think I shall be making a few for my handy sons!! 

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

Birthday caterpillar card

Hi

Today I thought I'd show you a birthday card for my grandson in Australia.  My inspiration was an article published in Issue 10 CC Crafter's Inspiration magazine, made by my clever friend Sandra Dry.

I used embossed some Kraft card with a CC folder and then inked the edges and brushed the ink over the pattern to emphases it.

I used the free gift multi-sized hexagon die from the magazine and cut out some blue card and then the smaller sized die on some pattern paper, which I think was another freebie paper from somewhere!!  I inked them up and then glued one on top of the other, stamping the letters on and then colouring them in blue using Spectrum Noir pens.  

I cut some even smaller hexagons from Kraft and blue cards, inked them up and stamped a pattern using the free stamps which also came with the magazine.  I then added the number four to the largest one and glittered it using the Aqua glitter pens, glueing all of them wherever you want them, using the Collall glue to raise them up. 

 

The embossing folder was not big enough to cover the card in one go, so I did it twice and covered the join with some ribbon I had in my stash.  I was so pleased I had just enough scrap of ribbon which was the right colour of blue and brown.  This was all I had and it fitted perfectly!

I attached the card onto the base of a 7 x 5 Kraft card so the ribbon ends were hidden.  Then position the letter tiles where you want them, using Collall decoupage glue to raise them up slightly.

I used the Happy Birthday die from Sara's Just for Men and cut two, one in Kraft card and one in blue.  I then glued one on top of the other, slightly off-setting them so it looked like a shadow, using flat glue.

I inked the face and 'antlers' with black ink and there you have it.  a birthday caterpillar.  I hope Joel likes it.

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

Card for men

Hello everyone

Today I thought I'd show a card using my new dies I've bought from Crafters Companion.  I fell in love with them when I first saw them being demonstrated on Hochanda as I could think of so many different variations I could make.  Men are so difficult to make for, aren't they? So again, using Crafters Companion blog as inspiration, I followed Sara's instructions.

I started off taking 2 pieces of black card and using a Crafters Companion wood grain embossing folder and Sara's Just for Men Clocks embossing folder embossed them both. I used silver and copper gilding wax and gently rubbed over the embossed clocks and also the wood grain. The wax makes the embossing really stand out and shows the folders to their best.

  

Taking some copper coloured and silver mirri board I cut out the tool set from the Just for Men collection.  These are really clever and cut all the different parts separately (except for the spanner) so you can make them in various different colour ways.

Using the Happy Birthday embossing folder which has sentiments all over it I embossed the black card and cut out the words I wanted and put gilding wax over them.  

I mounted a black card with matching copper mirri board then put the embossed cards on.  Where the join was I put ribbon on to hide it, but I forgot to put the ribbon on before I matted it onto the mirri!  Next time I'll make sure I do!  I placed the tools where I wanted them and mounted the sentiments onto silver mirri and placed them over the tools, using Collall Glue.

For the insert I used a pale orange (it looks a bit brighter than it actually is!) and used the sentiment die from the Just for Men package.

Because I could I popped the screwdriver on the opposite page of the insert.

I love this set and shall definitely be using them again.

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

Birthday Train

Hello again

This is a card I made for my two grand-sons (not at the same time!).  One was in Australia and one was here in England, so no comparing.

I used my favourite lady, Jayne Nestorenko's, stamps.  This time from her Cute Companions range, Playtime.  I love this set of stamps, full of childhood nostalgia.

I stamped all the characters I wanted from the set onto Centura card.  Then I painted them, using my water-colour pencils.  

The tricky bit was cutting them all out as some of the items, especially the train wheels were very fiddly.  I think they came out OK though.

The best bit was placing all the characters in different poses until I was satisfied.  I then used Collall decoupage glue raising them up off the page.

The backing paper comes from the Cute Companions CD from Crafters Companion and the stamp is Woodware Circular Greetings.

I was very pleased with the card.  

Thank you for looking

Liz x

Hats and shoes!

 Hello again

A few years ago I came across the most wonderful wrapping paper (well I thought it was wonderful).  It was full of beautiful hats, handbags, shoes and dresses.  It was so lovely I couldn't resist buying a sheet.  I wish I'd bought more - its always the way, isn't it?

Anyway it was too nice to just wrap presents in and for it to be crumpled up!  So I decided to make some cards with it.  I happened to have some gorgeous hat stickers in my stash.  Unfortunately its so long ago I have no idea who made the hats stickers.

In this first pink card, I used white glitter card and added some straight-line peel-offs onto the edges.  I then backed the wrapping paper onto silver mirri-card which I raised up using Collall decoupage glue.

I put in an insert and decorated it with Anna Griffin's punch.  The pink of the base card shows the pattern off quite nicely.

The envelope I made myself using Crafter's Companion Enveloper and their paper.  I decorated the envelope flap using the pattern on the Ultimate Pro embossing box.

On the blue card using card from my stash, I cut the wrapping paper into a 5" square and popped it onto the card.  I then cut some thick acetate and used it as a wrap.  

I attached one of the hat stickers onto the front of the acetate and cut a matching shape on the back of the acetate to hide the glue.

I also added a ribbon around the acetate wrap to hide the back of the card and tied a bit of the ribbon on the front to make a small bow.

I decorated the insert using the Anna Griffin punch and and silver peel off in the shape of a matching hat. 

The envelope I made in the same way as the pink one using the same decoration from Crafter's Companion.

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

Some more dreaded 'C' cards!!

Hello

These are some birthday and Christmas cards I made for my friends last year.  I had just bought the Katy Sue Designs of Fabulous Fashion and Fabulous Shoes CD Roms and loved them to bits.

This one is a birthday card I made.  I printed off the paper and the design from the Fabulous Fashion CD Rom.  I cut out and decoupaged the hat and hat stand.  I also used Craftwork Cards' Card Candy.

These two Christmas cards are printed from the Fabulous Fashion and Fabulous Shoes CDs.  The card stock is from my own stash and the hexagon topper has been raised using Collall Decoupage glue.

This one I printed off the backing paper from the CD and I used some Art Glitter Adhesive along the top of the boot and sprinkled it with glitter.

Thank you for looking.

Liz x

All aboard!

Hello

This time I want to show you a card I made for one of my Australian grandson's birthday.  It was for his 2nd birthday.

I have used Jayne Nestorenko's Cute Companions Playtime stamps.  I love her stamps; I have to confess to having any of them!!  They are very cute.  

I stamped them onto card, painted them using my water colour pencils and then cut them all out.  I have used Collall decoupage glue to raise the pictures off the page. 

I was so pleased with the result I made another one for my grandson here in the UK.  After all it was not as if they'd compare birthday cards, is it?

Thank you for looking.

Liz x