These are the Days

I'm hoping this card will not jinx the good weather that is finally upon us!  I was asked to make a birthday card for someone who loves to snowboard.  I searched and searched for a snowboard image but the majority of them were young boys, this card is for an adult.  In my searches, I came upon this clipart and thought it would work quite well.

The image is colored with my copic markers and added glossy accents to the headband (yes, the color is actually red, not orange, really!), gloves and bindings.  After adding the tags I needed something for the top right of the card so I found my lone grey button and strung some bakers twine thru the holes.  The papers are from the Notes to Self Collection by Echo Park

Challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Masculine
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cool Men
My Craft Creations - Bingo for Men (Sport, Twine, Red)
Ohh La La Creations - It's a Man Thing
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - One for the Boys

Felt or Fabric Challenge

The challenge theme at ABC Christmas Challenge is "F" for "Felt or Fabric".  Time to pull out your material scraps and add them to your creations!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sweet Stamps and the lucky winner will receive a $10 gift certificate the their store!

I decided to play with this Mitten Template from the Silhouette and thought the left over
felt from my son's stocking would work quite well.  After cutting out the template with my Silhouette Cameo, I put it together using some felt snowflakes I had in my stash.  I have to say I love the way the card sits and think it's quite unique looking.  Will have to make more of these, they are quick and easy!

Make sure you check out the creations from our talented Design Team!


Prize - a $10.00 Gift Certificate for Sweet Stamp Store

SweetStamps.com manufactures artistic rubber stamps on cling cushion for use with acrylic blocks. We carry a variety of stamping and paper crafting goodies like our own Shades dye inks, metal embossing plates, embossing folders, cutting & embossing dies (Cheery Lynn, Marianne, Joy! and Nellie's), fine detail embossing powders, specialty cardstock and vellum along with supplies for parchment crafting. 

Challenges:

Crimbo Crackers - No Stamped Image
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - No Red or Green
Forever Friends - Shaped Cards

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Shaped Cards

Happy Easter to Ewe

 Hard to believe that Easter is just around the corner!  To celebrate, Cards for Men's challenge theme is Easter.  You will have until March 31st to show us your Easter creations.

Our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and Jodie will award the winner 7 digis of their choice!

This adorable image from Bugaboo is Happy Easter to Ewe.  I colored him up with my Copic markers and added a bit of glossy accents.  The paper is from  the Generation Tech Stack by DCWV and the pennants were made by using Pennant Punches by QuicKutz and the sentiment was cut out with Fishtail Flag Stax by Die-namics.

 

 

Bugaboo Bio – 

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge,Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing! From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects. Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!

If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stampsstamps at Totally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

Challenges:

The Stamping Shack - Easter

Creatalicious Challenges - Easter
Hiding in my Craft Room - Designer Papers x 3
My Sheri Crafts - Easter
Digi Haven - Easter
Simply Create Too - Easter or  Bunnies

On an Easter roll