Well bearing in mind.............................

I always say I don't like making male cards............................

here is yet another one........................

 

now I realise that this isn't a brilliant photo so I have taken another couple but can you spot the difference??....................................

apart from that the stamping that is in a slightly different place (only just noticed that) lol!!


This card is my general male card for this year (fortunately I don't send too many male cards) and only three to male relative which I try and make personal to them.

To try and save time I inked through the stencil once and then moved it along the cardstock without cleaning it and inked through it again so I could heat emboss the card in one go.  Well I'm not sure if I turned the stencil back to front but the ink caught in the places it was not supposed too!!

At first I thought I was going to have to cut this bit off and 'file' it but decided that I actually quite like it (I think it is known as 'A Happy Accident')!!  I was also going to cut the corners off the background to match the card blank but again decided I quite liked it as it was - so left well alone - which was a bonus because then I didn't have to try and match the cuts up.

A very simple card to make and fab for batch making - especially if you clean your mask off in between inking with Versamark!!

A closer look at the Happy Accident................................

Ingredients used:-

Craftwork Card Blank
CE black card
Indigo Blu stamp - Grand Tour set
Sentiments from Stamps Away montage greeting set
Crafters Workshop Mask - Mini Harlequin
SU Pewter Emboss Powder
Versamark Ink
Black Archival Ink


 I hope you like what you see and thank you for stopping by.

xxGailxx


PS just to let you know that I will not be posting for about a month as not in the country but I am hoping to catch up with all the blogs that I normally follow and leave comments. If I don't pass your way as often as normal please forgive me - but I will definitely go back over previous posts as and when I can and leave a comment xx

Not a brilliant photo but............................

decided to show it as I left a comment on Hazels blog re:  a card that she had painted after using an embossing folder.............................

I made this for a lovely friend who had a major operation last summer.................

It is very muted but the beauty of that is that it is not so obvious when you go over the lines  (which I did numerous times)!!

like I say not a brilliant photo..........

but when I was taking these piccys it was for my reference only as I never thought I would be capable of having a blog!!

This is such a quick and easy card to make if you need one in a hurry - Hazel I hope you like xx



Well today is really lovely here at the moment bright and sunny skies with just a little breeze - I'm going to get 'togged up' and do a walk via our local post office.  I hope the weather is good where you are today.

Thanks for calling by and leaving lovely comments.

xxGailxx

I can show it now......

this was a different kind of card for me.....................

CAS - which is a contradiction in terms for me as simple it was not..............................

it took me several attempts to get the final look, first of all I stamped the tree and it wasn't grounded and looked a bit silly - so second attempt looked okay but then I managed to get a finger print on it!!!......................

this is the third attempt........................



I wasn't brave enough to keep it as CAS as I originally intended as I only stamped the birds once but after looking at it for a while I gave in and ended up stamping them twice!!

so not as CAS as it could have been - but we all have to start somewhere......................

I coloured one of the heart leaves with red stickles and managed to keep it in the shape of a heart with the help of a pokey tool.............................

 

 

 

the other half likes it anyway so I suppose that is what counts!!

 

 

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you and yours are all keeping warm and safe

 

xxGailxx

 

 

I am entering this into House of Cards Challenge 

 

Some more cards.......

and I really do mean cards............

regular followers will have seen the card I made for our son for his 30th Birthday - well that proved to become a bit of a theme in 2012-  and so the playing cards had to be used again for my nephews card...........



well with his name it would have been rude not too........

 

 

..........................see what I mean!!!!

 

 

............the cards were crackled again to give them a bit of an aged look and also to give them a bit more substance...................

................the finished card was A5 size.

I hope you like what you see.

 

 

Just a few mentions - first of all hugs to Mrs Duck - I hope you are paddling in the pond real soon.  Second congratulation to Patricia on being one of the lucky people to win one of Sue's amazing creations. Well done.

 

See you soon

 

xxGailxx

 

 

 

Do I.......don't I.........

this is a card I made for our daughter in 2011........

makes me realise that although my card making has evolved it has not changed that much......not sure if that is a good or bad thing........

........think I play safe - really!!

Now this particular post came about because on reading Patricia (Summerhouse crafts) blog - she has made another beautiful card and is entering it into the HOC challenge.  

I have decided that I would like to have a go but don't have time to make a card - so decided to look back through previous cards that I have made and photographed and this is the only one that looks as that it might fit the remit.......

let me know your thoughts Patricia, please.

There is just one tiny thing left then, how to work out how to put it on the HOC page............this time tomorrow I may have pulled all my hair out!!

Thank you for visiting and looking at my offerings and thank you to all those that take to trouble to comment......we all lead such busy lives, so it is much appreciated.

Keep warm and safe and dry.

xx Gail xx

Just a quickie...................................

thought I would post this to show something a little different.........a little recycling that I did after being inspired from a project class I attended................................

......have you guessed what it is yet?

 

 

Okay.......

 

                 I will put you out of your misery......................

 

                                                                                                                                                   

 

It is a recycled Pringles carton..................dah-dah!!

 

 

Really easy to do but a bit messy!! - I am trying to get into more messy crafting but just don't like clearing up after......................!!!

 

I now keep my glue sticks in it for my hot glue gun - it is the perfect size, although I had no idea what I was going to do with it when I originally made it.



 

 

I used metallic foil which was cut to size and then embossed in a Tim Holtz embossing folder. I then covered it with black acrylic paint......this needless to say was the messy part........it was left to dry off slightly and then buffed up with dry kitchen paper until the desired finish........I stuck it to the carton with Cosmic Shimmer glue..........different I know but hope you like it.

xx Gail xx

Fairs - fairs.......

well I have posted the last two years birthday cards that I made for our son so here is the one I made for our daughter last year.........

 

 

the previous years card (2012) can be seen on the post dated 2nd December..................

The emboss folder is by Crafters Companion and the dies I used are from Go Kreate - the sentiment dies and flowers are from Spellbinders and the butterflies are from a Memory Box die the sentiment is an Indigo Blu stamp.......

Well after having a weekend of rain, sun, rainbows, hail and lots more rain it has been dry and relatively sunny today - although extremely cold.  I have been for a walk with our daughter and her adorable dog around the local golf course and it is like a quagmire - the dog and us were both pretty 'mucky' when we got home but still enjoyed the fresh air and spending time with my gorgeous daughter.  Thermals were required and a hat with flaps to cover the ears - not a good look but at least my 'tabs' were warm.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you like what you see.

xx Gail xx