One Layer Wednesday - for the man in your life

Stamps: Bitty Banners, Tiny Trees  (Waltzing Mouse)
Ink: Blue Danube (Memento; Christmas Red(HobbyCraft)
Font: EcuyerDax, Narkism

The layout was designed in Silhouette Studio.  I scanned in the stamp sheet & used the banner stamp to get the size & position of the letters before printing out on the PC.

Then it was easy just to stamp in the right place.  Simples!

This is the last one from me for a while folks.  It's half term next week, so I won't have any time in my messy corner of the conservatory craft room.

Linking to:

One Layer Wednesday: OLW90 Dudes Rule

Mojo Monday challenge

Stamps: Circle-a-Thon (Schlosser Designs); Boxes, Bags & Tags (PTI)

Ink: Pear Tart, Bahama Blue (Memento)

Other: Pear Green promarker; 1.125" & 1.375" circle punches; button twine (Waltzing Mouse)

Didn't have any green cardstock to match the ink, so I use a promarker on white for the same effect.

This is a lot fussier than I normally go for, & the jury's still out.  I think I might change the blue tags on the sentiment - they don't really work too well - but I love love love my new button twine from Waltzing mouse.

UPDATE:

Replaced the silly square tag thing with a nice sensible faux button!  It's never going to be love, but at least I'll let it live.  Only now I'm thinking it still needs a sentiment...

Linking to:

Mojo Monday 243 Round or Square?

Shaped birthday card

Paper: Hopscotch Boy (K & Co.)

Fonts: Aharoni, Special Elite

Fiddly to make, harder to photograph & probably impossible to write in!
Shape & letters designed & cut with Silhouette Studio.

Linking to:
Less is More: Week 69, Not a square
CAS-ual Friday: CFC54 Using masculine designer paper

Play Date Cafe Challenge 133 - baby blue, denim & cherry

Isn't it just typical?  You post a card with a new (to you ) colour scheme & the very next day a challenge arises that it would fit perfectly, if only back-dated entries were allowed.  Harumph.

Stamps: Fanciful Flower (Elzybells, discontinued); Boxes, Bags & Tags (PTI)

Ink: Danube Blue, Summer Sky (Memento); Christmas Red (HobbyCraft)

Card: from my stash

Font: EcuyerDAX

Base: A6 hammered white (Paper Mill Direct)

A bit outside my comfort zone - all those flowers & using the whole of the available space - but I guess that's what a challenge is all about.

Thanks for putting me on to this one Julie!

Linking to:

Play Date Cafe: PDCC133 Baby Blue, Denim & Cherry
Papertake Weekly: True Colours

One layer Wednesday (OLW89)

Stamps: Bitty Banners (Waltzing Mouse); Cake unknown

Ink: Christmas Red (HobbyCraft), Mediterranean Blue (Brilliance); Aqua (Adirondack); Versamark

Other: white embossing powder

Just a quickie - more of the same really, but without the paper piecing.

Linking to:
One Layer Wednesday: OLW89, Something Sweet
Papertake Weekly: True Colours

Same technique, improved execution



Same stamps etc as yesterday

Ink: London Fog, Rhubarb Red (Memento), unknown orange

Same idea as yesterday, but this time I drew around the 'tape' pieces using the window as a light box, & cut them out more accurately before using them as masking pieces.

The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice a small smudge of red towards the bottom left of the mask photo, that has disappeared for the final.  I sanded it down lightly & filled it with white gel pen.  This textured card is very forgiving!

How rude of me..

to forget to say welcome & thank you to my first followers - Julie, Judith & Therese!