Happy Birthday ....

... Morning! I'm sharing a clean, simple and humorous birthday card that I made for my father-in-law. It's his birthday today, and postal service permitting, he should have got the card today, so I am okay to share it here now:

Stamps: Inkadinkado - Humorous Birthday
Inks: Distress Oxide - Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke; Gina K - Black Amalgam
Accessories: White Card; Istencil - Inverse Square; Taylored Expressions - Square Mask Stencil; Copic Markers; Nuvo - Clear Aquashimmer Brush

I'm playing along with The Male Room - TMR#133 where they want to make us laugh, CAS on Friday - CASOF#177 to use black, white and one other colour, and Addicted to Stamps and More - ATSM#384 where it's clean and simple week.

I've used this cute lizard on several masculine birthday cards because he just works so well. I put the square mask stencil over the card and taped it in place, over the top I put the inverse square stencil and then added distress oxides in shades of grey using a blending brush. I do like these masks, they make it so easy to create crisp stencilled areas. I used my MISTI to position the image and words and stamped directly on the card using black amalgam ink. I then stamped the lizard again and coloured him with Copic markers. I carefully cut out the body, edged the image with a black marker and adhered him to the card. I added some shimmer to the body - sadly can't see it in the photo. On the inside, I kept it very simple and used another of the cute images from the Inkadinkado stamp set.

I know this card works because Kat burst out laughing when she saw it!!

It's a four-day Easter weekend here in the UK, but as we're all on lockdown at the moment, it really just feels more of the same. However, we are not allowed to go out and visit places, so we're enjoying the pleasant spring weather in Mum's garden. Strictly I'm upstairs in my craft room, but I do venture out occasionally. That's all from me today. See you again soon.

Shades of green ....

... Morning!  This is going to be a quick post as the deadline for submission to Colour Me Card Challenge - CMCC#62 is fast approaching!  I had to play along as I just love all shades of green.  I've made a fun little birthday card:

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo - Humourous Birthday; Uniko Studio - Simply Said Birthday
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up! - Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Copic Markers; Wink of Stella - Clear

This one was really quick and easy to make.  I found this cute lizard in my stash - he comes with a sentiment attached, but I cut it off and just stamped him.  I coloured him with Copic markers and added some sparkle all over with my clear Wink of Stella Brush.  I cut the little sentiment that comes with the lizard in half and used only the top portion which I inked in Pear Pizzazz.  I finished the front with a bold Happy Birthday greeting.  I'm submitting this card to Less is More - LIM#215 where the challenge is a one layer card (yes) and features and animal (yes).

I took a close-up of Mr Lizard to show the sparkle.  I've not done the inside yet, as I want to make sure that I submit in time for CMCC - I'll add a photo of the inside, once it's complete.

Edited:  At Kylie's suggestion, I'm also submitting this to the current Addicted to CAS - ATCAS59, where the cue word is GREEN. Sarah has suggested I add this one to the current AAA Cards Games - AAACG#35 where they want a "bare naked CAS" card.  By that, they mean lots and lots of white space.  Thanks for the suggestion Sarah!  I'm in!  Somehow I've managed to miss this challenge before - I won't again.

We have a fabulous day yesterday taking photos of the gorgeous Natalie.  The theme of yesterday's shoot was "Bohemian Style" and Natalie has a fabulous wardrobe.  Here's one of the photos from yesterday - just a quick edit:

I hope to get the rest of the photos edited in the next couple of weeks!  That's all for now - see you soon.

TMR - Give us a giggle ....

.... Good morning everyone!!!  It's time for our new challenge at The Male Room and our theme is "Give Us a Giggle".  We want you to make the guys in your life laugh - it can be a funny image, a pun, something really silly - anything so long as you make us all giggle.  Here's my card:

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo - Humourous Birthdays
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black; Stampin' Up! - Pool Party
Dies: Lil' Inkers - Stitched Squares #4
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Smoky Slate; SU DP - Daffodil Delight; Copics; SU Chevron Punch

Today is Jonathan's 50th birthday and my Mum asked me to make a card so that she could give it to him today.  Mum asked for something a bit silly which made it a perfect fit for our challenge.  I've used the layout and chevron theme from Fusion Card Challenge - FUSION#8 and the colours from Dynamic Duos - DD#100.  Sadly, it is the last ever challenge at Dynamic Duos and I'll miss playing along with the team.

I made the card base from Smoky Slate and cut a white panel using the Stitched Square die from Lil Inkers.  I stamped the little turtle into the corner of the card and coloured him with Copics.  I punched some bright yellow chevrons from design paper and adhered them to the card.  I finished the front with a fun greeting.  For the inside I cut a mat of yellow design paper, a panel of white on which I continued the funny sentiments and repeated the image of the turtle.  Jonathan will enjoy this card very much!!

For more cards that give us a giggle, check out the cards from the rest of the team.  I'm really looking forward to seeing what you make! 

See you soon - well soonish, it's rather busy here at the moment.  I'm really enjoying having Mum here with us.  We've been out shopping a couple of times and are now in the middle of party preparations for Jonathan's party (Saturday), so I might not be about much.  Bye for now.