Music Birthday .....

... Morning! I had planned to put up a project yesterday but I got busy sorting through paper work. I did have some time in the afternoon to make another, much needed, birthday card for my stash:

Stamps: Visible Image - Rock Out, Music Speaks; Uniko - A Gift for You
Inks: Distress - Dried Marmalade; Gina K - Turquoise Sea; Versafine - Onyx Black
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Gina K Card - Turquoise Sea; Clear Embossing Powder; Tim Holtz Stencil - Concerto (THS067); Turquoise Fountain Pen

I got the theme from Cardz 4 Guyz - C4G#225 where they want to see music related cards. The colours are from Less is More - LIM#401. CAS on Friday - CASOF#162 want us to use a stencil on our cards. And finally, this is a masculine birthday card, so I'm submitting it to The Male Room - TMR#117 for the birthday theme and also to AAA Birthday - AAAB#04 where they want cards for boys.

After masking the right side of the card, I stencilled the musical background using tangerine distress ink to form an ombre from dark to light. I used a turquoise fountain pen to ink in an aqua border. I stamped the grunge guitarist using Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear powder. I finished the front with a simple birthday greeting in aqua. On the inside, I cut a mat layer of aqua card. I stamped an oscillogram image at the bottom of the white panel. I left the rest blank for my own message.

That's all for now. We have a weather warning for high winds in North Wales, so I don't plan on going out. Perfect excuse to spend more time in my craft room - it's so nice to be back!!!

TMR - Stash ....

... Afternoon everyone! I don't quite know what's happened this month, my mojo seems to have taken a bit of a hike. I'm not sure whether it's back or not, but at last I do have my design cards for our new challenge at The Male Room - TMR#52. For the next couple of weeks we want you to use some of the Washi tape stash you have (I've got lots and lots). Here's my first card:

Stamps: Visible Image - Rock Out; My Favourite Things - Kind Thanks
Inks: Distress - Twisted Citron; Stampin' Up! - Island Indigo
Dies: Winnie & Walter - Cheers Cutaway
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Island Indigo, Basic Black; Washi Tape

I found three co-ordinating Washi tapes from my stash and used them to cover some scrap white card and create my own design card. I used a die to cut the word "cheers" from one panel, adhered some black card behind and glued back the bits that normally we throw away. So the sentiment is the negative cut. On the inside I cut a mat layer of teal card and on the white panel added some graffiti style stars and a greeting. I used the sketch from Match the Sketch - MTS#160 for the layout of this card.

As I used the negative of the die cut on my first card, I decided to make another card using the actual die cut.

Stamps:Visible Image - Rockout, Teenage Kicks
Inks: Distress - Twisted Citron
Dies: Winnie & Walter - Cheers Cutaway
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Island Indigo, Basic Black; Washi Tape; Doodlebugs Sprinkles - Black

I used the sketch from the new Freshly Made Sketches - FMS#271 for the layout, but flipped it. I stamped a brick wall background, added a border of black card and adhered the die cut word. I finished the front with a few black enamel dots. On the inside I cut a mat layer of teal card and on the white panel added a fun image - perfect for a teenage boy. I'm submitting this card to AAA Cards - AAA#81 where they want to see cards to say Hello, Hi or whatever word you use to say Hi - so cheers!

These cards hardly made a dent in my Washi tape stash. I really must use it more often. Do visit The Male Room blog to see more inspiration projects from the rest of the team. You've plenty of time to join in with us - deadline is midnight (GMT) Tuesday 31st January - that's 7.00pm EDT for those of us this side of the pond! Have fun!