In the Forest...

Good afternoon everyone!

I wanted to pop in real quick today and share a few masculine cards with you...

Although, I think my first card could be for a male or female :)

 They feature beautiful papers from Stamperia's 8x8 'Forest' collection. I used several dies to cut everything out and all of the edges were distressed with Frayed Burlap ink. I added some copper brads to the card above and crackle paint to the eagle card.

Well, that's it for now- thanks so much for stopping by and for the comments you leave!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Craziesr- Anything Goes with a Critter

Cardz 4 Guyz- Things with Tails

Daisy Chain- Boys/Men

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday- For Boys or Men

Ike's World-  Anything Goes/option of Animals

Be brave... Be awesome

 Good morning everyone! 

I've been working on some cute and encouraging cards to add to my donation box so I thought I would pop in today and share one of them with you :)

It features a really sweet lion image out of the 'Be a Warrior' stamp set from Tracey Hey... it's stamped in Ranger Archival Ink and colored with a combination of Zig and MozArt Brush pens. The sentiment was heat embossed with white powder and attached using TH tiny attacher. I used a CrafTreat stencil and Mermaid Lagoon DI for the heart background.

 

That's it for now- thanks so much for stopping by!

 Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

613 Avenue Create- Anything Goes + option: Watercolor

Country View Crafts'- Use a Stencil

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations- For the Men/Boys

Dream Factory- A Perfect World- Masculine

Happy Little Stampers- Anything Goes Watercolor

Little Red Wagon- Bettie Davis Eyes

My Time to Craft- No Patterned Paper

Sweet Stampin'- Create Your Own Background

Wild at HEART

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

Today I'm sharing a fun birthday card that I made for my Dad! :)

It features a cute image from Vera Lane Studio's Wild West digi stamp set and I colored it with Copics. I used a MFT stencil for the clouds and a Simon Says Stamp stencil for the grass. The sentiment, sun and plants are from Recollections Wild at Heart stamp set and the letters were cut with a misc. die.

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and enjoy your weekend!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

 Addicted to Stamps and More- Make your Mark (coloring with Copics)

C.R.A.F.T.- Masculine

Little Red Wagon- Masculine

Pearly Sparkles- For the Men/Boys

Scrapping4fun- Father's Day/Masculine

Simon Says Stamp- Masculine

The House That Stamps Built- All about the Boys

The Male Room- Dad's & Grandads

Patterned Papers...

Good morning everyone and happy Saturday!

It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Monthly and for this challenge we want to see 3 or more Patterned Papers on your cards! 

This is one of my favorite types of challenges because I have a TON of paper... for some reason I just can't stop buying it! :) So today I have a couple of cards to share with you and they feature very cute cat images from Penny Black! 

On my first card I used one of the images out of the 'so love' stamp set... it's stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with Copics and the sentiment is also from Penny Black. I added some flowers and a little distressing for a feminine touch. 

And on my second card I used one of the images out of the 'Bubbly' stamp set to create a masculine card... it's stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copics and I used a sentiment strip from Simon Says Stamp. 

I hope you can join us and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the teams beautiful creations!

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafter's Cafe- Dots and/or Stripes

Mod Squad- at least 3 patterned papers

Papercraft- Animals

Penny Black Saturday- Anything Goes + optional: make the sentiment the focus

Sisterhood of Crafters- Masculine (2nd Card)

Show us Your Pussies- Furrything Goes

Other Supplies used:

Papers: Lawn Fawn, My Favorite Things, My Minds Eye & Doodlebug Design

Dies: Avery Elle- stitched rectangles, My Favorite Things- flowers, fishtail flag & stitched circle

 Poppystamps- buttons

Walnut Stain Distress ink & Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher Stapler

Happy Trails to you Buckaroo...

Good morning everyone! 

Today I wanted to share a really fun masculine birthday card with you! It features one of the images out of the 'Wild West' digi bundle from Vera Lane Studio- Isn't that cowboy cute?! And he was so fun to color! With that huge mustache he kinda reminds me of Tom Selleck or maybe Sam Elliott! LOL! 

Anyway, for background I added some Faded Jeans Distress Ink to the Numeric (Tim Holtz/Sizzix) embossing folder, spritz it with water and ran it through my Cuttlebug machine using a piece of blue cs. I colored the image with Copics, fussy cut it out and then added detailing with a with Posca pen, the sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas. I used a Pink & Main die for the stitched rounded rectangle, a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and Taylored Expressions dies for the clouds. I cut the succulents out of a dark brown cs using Spellbinders dies and then I added a few 'star' like flowers to the saguaro cactus.

Well that's it for now- thanks so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
Take care, 

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
Artsystamper- It's A Guy Thing

Creative Craft Cottage- Make it Masculine

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations- For the Men/Boys

Happy Little Stampers- Always Anything Goes with Dies

International Art & Soul- Humorous
Try It On Tuesday- Cut it Out

You Rock!

Good morning everyone... I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I wanted to pop in real quick today and share a card that I made featuring a cute image from Bugaboo Stamps!

It's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. I used QuicKuts dies for the stars, a Sizzix die for the Dotted rectangle and the paper is from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by... I'll see you soon! 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Allsorts- Music

Catch The Bug- Color Challenge (use greens & blues)

Crafting with Dragonflies- Guy Card

Crazy 4 Challenges- Masculine Cards (not for little boys)

Double D- Moon or Stars

Sasayaki Glitter- Male Project

The Crafty Addicts- Anything Goes/Boys and Men

Wise Dragon

Good morning everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at Creatalicious and the theme is...

Anything Goes with the option of adding a Animal as your main focus!   

Our sponsor is Fabrika Fantasy and my card features the fabulous Wise Dragon... I love this scary looking dragon :) He's colored with Copics and the sentiment is computer generated. The background was embossed with the CB Tiny Bubbles folder, I used a MFT die for the fishtail flag and the papers are from MME... added a few enamel dots and it's done! 

Also, this is my last post as part of the Creatalicious design team- so I wanted to take a moment to say 'thank you' to Melanie for having me... It's been wonderful to be part of this talented team... I wish you and the entire DT the very best!

Well, that's it for now... enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Cards in Envy- NO girls allowed- masculine

Crafty Boots- Masculine
Digi Choosday- Just for Men

DoubleClick Skittles- For A Man or Boy!

Eureka Stamps- Father's Day/Masculine

Inky Chicks- Father's Day or Male

Love to Scrap- It's A Boy Thing! 

Melonheadz Friends- Masculine

Try It On Tuesday- It's All About Him
Creative with Stamps- Masculine cards

WANTED

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I wanted to pop in today and share a Father's Day card with you... 

it featuring the adorable Yee-Haa Stamp from Lili of the Valley!

It's a 5 x 7 card, stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Stampabilities. The striped DP is from Cloud9 and I created the star background with VersaMark ink and another stamp from the same Stampabilities stamp set. The middle portion was embossed with the CB mesh folder and to finish it up I added a few punched stars and some blue hemp cord.

Thanks so much for stopping by... your comments always make my day!

Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:

Catch The Bug- Masculine

Crafty Calendar-  Father's Day/For a Male

Crafty Girls Creations- Always Anything Goes

Dragonfly Journeys- Daddy Day Care- Masculine
Fantasy Stampers- Man's Best Friend  

Glitter n Sparkle- Father's Day
Jo's Scrap Shack- Father's Day

Polkadoodles- One for the Boys

Simon Says Stamp- Father's Day/ For A Guy

The Male Room- Father's Day

The Sky's the Limit

Good morning everyone!

It's time for a new challenge at Fussy and Fancy and this week it's Lozzy's turn to host the challenge and she would like us to use our dies and punches... 

Our fabulous sponsor is The Paper Shelter and my card features one of the adorable Funny Giraffe images! He's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Penny Black. The background was embossed with Darice's Multi-sized dots folder and the papers are from MME & DCWV. I used MFT dies for the stitched rounded rectangles, skyline border and the tab... to finish it up I added some punched stars.

 Now head on over to the main challenge blog to check out the rest of the DT

beautiful creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Tammy x

I  would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Brown Sugar- Anything Goes

Cards und More- Masculine cards
Crafting-With-Friends- Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs- Something with Wings

Dream Factory- Fast and Furious

Moving Along With the Times- Man Or Boy

Pile It On- You're a Star

The Male Room- Transport

Wolf Country

Good morning everyone!

Today I wanted to share a birthday card that I made for my Dad! 

It features a gorgeous wolf image from Eureka Stamps and a Vintage Cowboy map from Create with TLC. I colored the image lightly with Copcis and used Walnut Stain ink for the distressing. The wooden chevron arrows were painted with gold metallic paint, crackle paint and then I added distress ink to them also. I found a charm in my stash that had a flower in the center so I removed it and altered the charm...  

I punched the word wolf out of an old dictionary, distressed it and then added Dimensional Magic for a 3D effect... it looks so cool IRL!

Well, there you have it... a very masculine card. It was so fun to make and my dad really loved it!!

I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks so much for stopping by!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like enter:
Cardz 4 Guyz- Wood in Design (I used wooden chevron arrows)

Crafting with Dragonflies- Masculine

Dream Valley- (C10) All Creatures Great and Small

Incy Wincy Designs- Inspired by a Song/book/movie (Dances with Wolves)

Let's Craft & Create- Card for a Man
Simon Says Stamp- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday- Show us your Metal (metal charm & Metallic gold paint)
Stampaive and More- Button and/or Charm
Tuesday Throwdown- Anything Goes

Celebrate with Style!

Hello everyone! I'm back with my second post for the day... 

please scroll down to see my Creatalicious card! :)

It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's letter is...D for Dots! 

My card features the fun Pogoin' Dragon image from High Hope Stamps! He's stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Copics, the sentiments are from Hero Arts. The background was embossed with the Darice Multi-sized dots folder and the polka dot paper is from Darice too. I used MFT dies for the Pierced Fishtail Flags, Pierced Rectangles and Stitched Circles, the gears were cut with a Tim Holtz die.

  Now head on over to the main challenge blog and check out the fabulous 'Dots' creations by the other team members!

That's all for now, thanks so much for stopping by...
your comments always make my day!
Tammy x

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Cards und More- Fantasy

Craft Rocket- Favourite Colour Combo (shades of greens & teal)
DRS Designs- 2+2+2 (2 circles, 2 gears & 2 banner/sentiments)
 Inky Impressions- All About The Boys 
Inspiration Destination- Always Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper- Anything Goes (2nd entry)
Simon Says Stamp- Let's Do The Polka (2nd entry)
Tuesday Throwdown- Use your die cuts

Wacky Guy

Good morning everyone and Happy Monday!

Today starts a new challenge at Creatalicious and the theme is... 

Favorite color combo!

 I had a hard time choosing a favorite color combo... I have SO many! :) But I think lime green & blue is at the top of my list! 

Our fabulous sponsor is... KennyK Stamps and my card features the fun Wacky Guy image! He's colored with Copics and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. The bg is embossed with the CB Spots & Dots folder and the paper is from The Paper studio.

Now head on over to the main challenge blog for more inspiration from the DT using KennyK's images!

Well, that's it for today... thanks so much for stopping by~ I always look forward to your visits and wonderful comments!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
ABC-(C10)B is for: blue, bow tie, buttons & big smile
Brown Sugar- Favorite Color Combo
Crafting from the Heart- Always Anything Goes
Crafting with Dragonflies- Anything goes- cards only
Inkspirational- word prompt: POP (I popped my image and sentiment up with foam tape)
Love to Scrap- Anything Goes
Scrappers Delights- Always Anything Goes
Sparkles Forum- Something for the Males
Stamps & Fun = Creativity- Dots (enamel dots & dots embossing folder) 
Suzy Bee's Bloomin'- Anything Goes with a twist- Sentimental

Boys Rule!

Happy Saturday everyone!

Today I'm here to share my second post as the Guest Designer over at 

Fantasy Stampers!

The current challenge is... Boys Rule and my card is for the Midway Motivation post and it features the adorable Sk8r Boy from Stamping Bella! 

I decided to make a Back to School- Boys Rule themed card! My image is stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and the sentiments are from Paper Smooches. The papers are from American Crafts & My Mind's Eye. I used an EK Success punch to create the notebook edge and Shabby Shutters ink for the distressing... the green twine and button are from my stash.

Well, that's all for now- thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to Fantasy Stampers to join the fun!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks- Distressing
Brown Sugar- Buttons & Bows
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards- Use a Sentiment
Cute Card Thursday- Back To School
Kitty Bee Designs- School
Sassy Studio Designs- For The Boys
Simon Says Stamp- Back To School

Round UP

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

I wanted to pop in today and share the card that I made for my dad for Father's Day!

I used my new Yee Haa! stamp from Lili of the Valley! Oh, I love this image...
I know my dad will too!
It's stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa, colored with Copics and the paper is from Graphic 45. The bingo card is from Teresa Collins and I stamp a sentiment from The Cat's Pajamas inside, the 'Round UP' stamp is from Stampabilities and the 'dad' letters were cut with MFT dies. The edges have been distressed with Walnut Stain ink and to finish it up I added some punched stars and twine.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Cardz 4 Guyz- Father's Day
Crafts 4 Eternity- Dads
Crafty Cardmakers- (C15) For a Man/Boy

Get Creative- For the Boys / Father's Day

Loves Rubber Stamps- Masculine
Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet- Masculine + Kraft CS
MAWTT- Inspired By A Song: Happy Trails to You- Dale Evans & Roy Rogers

One Crazy Stamper- Anything Goes
Our Creative Corner- What Makes You Smile: My dad, my dogs & this image!
Simon Says Stamp- Use Your Favorites- (fav. technique- distressing/ fav. product- distress inks)

A Par-fect Birthday!

Good morning everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

I wanted to pop in today and share a birthday card with you... 

my Stepfather loves to golf so I made this for him! :)

It features the fun Golfing Guy from Bugaboo Stamps... he's colored with Copics, the sentiment is computer generated and the paper is from Pebbles. For the background I used the Burlap stencil from Tim Holtz and sponged on some Faded Jeans DI, for the dots I used the Swiss Dots stencil from MFT and sponged it with VersaMark ink and then embossed them with silver embossing powder. I cut the button out with a MFT die and embossed it with 2 coats of  the same silver EP. I used a MFT die for the Fishtail Flag, a EK Sucsess punch for the corners and the edges have been distressed with Faded Jeans ink... to finish it up I added a little shimmer to the golf clubs with the Wink of Stella pen.  

Well, that's all for now... enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:
A Gem of a Challenge- Something Blue 

Art Impressions Stamps- For The Fellas
Aud Sentiments- Bingo (die cut, embossing, 3D item)

Catch the Bug- Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity- Birthday

DoubleClick Skittles- Father's Day or Man Project

Inky Impressions- Make It For A Man

Little Claire's- Outdoors
Love to Scrap- Male Call! (Father's Day or Masculine Project)
Pile It On- For/Featuring a Father/Man
QKR Stampede– Golfing
Simon Says Stamp- Make It Masculine

Sparkle N Sprinkle- Anything Goes (I used silver embossing powder) 

You're Old... embrace it :o)

Good morning everyone and Happy Saturday!

Just a quick post today to show you a birthday card that I made for my Dad... it features a fabulous image from Tim Holtz- Vintage Things Blueprint stamp set! 
I stamped the image with Black StazOn ink onto watercolor paper... I used Faded Jeans & Black Soot Distress inks to watercolor it. The sentiment is from Paper Smooches and I used Tim Holtz Postage Stamp die for the base of the card. Added a few black adhesive nail heads and there you have it... a very quick and easy masculine card!

My hubby and I will be spending Easter with family tomorrow, so I can give my Dad his card... I hope he likes it! :)

Have a wonderful Easter and thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Catch the Bug- Anything Goes

CCEE Stampers- Humour
Crafting Musketeers- It's a man's world
Crafty Catz- Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner- Humor, Comedy, Funny

DoubleClick Skittles- Use A Punny or Funny Sentiment

Simon Say Stamp- Happy Birthday
Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers- (C10) J is for Just Kidding 
One Crazy Stamper- Anything Goes

For Daddy!

Good morning everyone!

 It's time for a new challenge at Moving Along With The Times and this week we would like to see your Father's Day creations! 

I decided to make a card that Quinn & Maddie (our fur babies) can give to their Daddy for Father's Day!  It features a super sweet pre-colored image from Lili of the Valley! I love this image... the little dog looks a bit like our Quinn! :)
The sentiment is from Hero Arts, the papers are from American Crafts and BasicGrey. I used a EK Success punch for the paw print and the red gems are from my stash.

 For more inspiration be sure to stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT fabulous creations!

Thanks so much for stopping by... I'll see you tomorrow!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Animal Friends- (C10) Hobby (bike riding)
Aud Sentiments- Any Sentiment for a Guy
Cardz 4 Guyz- Father's Day/The Man In Your Life
C.R.A.F.T- Father's Day/Male

Fab 'n' Funky- Father's Day/Special man

Incy Wincy Designs- Something for the Men in Your Life

Lili of the Valley- (June) Male or Sporty

One Stitch At A Time- Boy'ish'
Simon Says Stamp - Father's Day/Masculine
 The Crafter's Cafe- Masculine

Transportation...

Good morning everyone!

 It's time for a new challenge at Moving Along With The Times.

This week it's my turn to host the challenge and I chose the theme... 

TRANSPORTATION

So think Planes, Trains and Automobiles and any form of transportation will do... Bikes, Boats, Hot Air Balloons etc. 

  I decided to make a couple of Father's Day cards with Tim Holtz "The Journey" stamp set...

On my first card I used the vintage truck, ticket and receipt from the set- they are stamped with Black Onyx ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. The bg is embossed with the Paper Studio Gears folder and the polka-dot paper is from Bazzill. The key and gears were cut with Tim Holtz dies and the sentiment is from Hero Arts. I used Vintage Photo Distress ink for the distressing and the metal round clip is from my stash. 

 

For my second card I stamped the vintage car with VersaMark ink and embossed it with black embossing powder. The bg is embossed with the Paper Studio Postage Stamp folder and I used Pumice Stone Distress ink for the distressing. The key charm and screw brads are from my stash.

That's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous creations by the other team members!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Artistic Stampers- Embossing and Texture 
Card and Scrap- Metal

Cardz 4 Guyz- Wheely Fun

Get Inky!- Die Cuts
Little Red Wagon- numbers (1st card:ticket & receipt/2nd card: ef)

Paper Shelter- For the Boys

Penny's Paper-Crafty- One for the Boys

Red Carpet Studio- Heat (heat embossing)
Stempelsonnen- (C10) Brads and/or eyelets (card #2)

WOW Embossing Powder- Metal + Heat embossing