It's my younger nephew's 17th birthday and, short of inspiration, I turned to my collection of things that have caught my eye while reading blogs or Twitter. Nothing specific leapt out at me, though there was a technique that used inked-up embossing folders to create a simple card and that reminded me that I haven't… Continue reading Metallic cogs
It’s my other half’s birthday today, so of course I had to create something special and geeky for him. I returned to a common theme: Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Specifically, this time, the new ones where Gypsy appears as a silhouette on-screen and Tom Servo flies around occasionally rather than being stuck in the seats.… Continue reading MST3K: The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Birthdays are no respecters of how you're feeling and annoyingly come along even when you have a horrible flu-y cold. And so it was I had to create a masculine card for my neighbour all while reaching for the tissues and breaking into a sweat. Ideal conditions to try something I haven't done before 🙄… Continue reading Whisky glass
This nearly ended up in the bin. I had die cut the cogs from both pearlised grey and a panel of black card, layered them over some double-sided adhesive sheet and added an ombre glitter effect inside the cogs. But I wasn’t very happy with the result and, try as I might, I could not… Continue reading Glitter cogs with stripes
I always try to match cards to their recipients as much as I can. So my mum gets cute critters and flowers, my other half gets something a bit geeky, his sister gets bunnies, and we seem to be developing a South Wales theme for his dad. Last year I did a picture of Port… Continue reading Birthday: Mumbles lifeboat
And so we start the year with a masculine birthday card. Something similar went past in my Pinterest feed and I thought I’d have a go at adapting the design to work with the supplies I already have. (I do not need another alphabet die set… I do not need another alphabet die set… I… Continue reading Birthday: Rainbow happy strips
This was created on 7th July: day 3 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge. What is it with all the masculine cards in the middle of summer? This one was for my neighbour, who does like an occasional tipple; I didn’t have any whisky bottle images to hand, so had to go with… Continue reading Birthday: Cheers
Another catch-up post; this card was originally made on February 4th. This was a quick card for my nephew. He's at that awkward age — nineteen — where his dad is no use whatsoever when asked what his interests are (other than "girls" and that's really not the sort of card he'd want to receive from his… Continue reading Birthday: Simple masculine
Time for another masculine card; this one for my other half’s dad. Luckily he, my other half that is, even came up with an idea for it, though it was definitely outside of my comfort zone. How: First find your inspiration. After trawling through Google images for pictures of Port Talbot and finding a couple… Continue reading Birthday: Port Talbot docks
What: The always tricky problem of creating cards for men - luckily I managed to find a cute digi stamp that works just perfectly for my other half's dad, who runs a scout group. Supplies: digi stamps: Lilyboo Designs - let's go camping colour: Distress - ink pad - mowed lawn (for edging the card)… Continue reading Birthday card: Copic camping
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