Masculine mode!!

**** If you are here on the Young Crafters Unite Blog hop

 scroll down to the post below for my cards ***
Thanks for all your lovely comments :o)

I love the ColourQ palette this week but was having trouble thinking of them on anything else but a guy's card....yep another one! So I just decided to die-cut some shapes from card-stock and pushed them around on the card before arriving at this design which also fits in nicely with CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week 'Off the Edge'

I used a Dienamics die called Mini Pennant with a sentiment and die set from Papertrey Ink.

The button is an old treasure I found in my mums button box a while ago....I can remember my Nan had buttons like this on her woollen coat when I was a child and I was fascinated by them, they look like old leather footballs don't you think!!!?

Well Rolo has finally crashed out on the bathroom floor....I think the tiles are cooling him down, it's November the 5th and that means fireworks!! He  really hates them and works himself up into a sweat... he sat for a while earlier under my craft desk cowering and panting before I noticed he was dribbling into a box of papers..... AAARGH!!!!  only two pieces of vellum spoilt *phew*

No fireworks for us, as usual, because James doesn't like them, but then when the neighbours put on such a good display why buy you're own!!

Hope you have a fun and safe Guy Fawkes weekend if you're having a display.

I'll catch up with all your lovely makes tomorrow because I need to go to sleep now, as long as the firework party doesn't resume, then I'll have a quivering dog dribbling on me! ... I've had a few late nights this week and I'm beginning to look like a panda !

Thanks for looking X 

Masculine Cards Blog Hop @YCU

Good Morning Crafters,

Today I'm joining in on my first Blog Hop with Young Crafters Unite and the theme is Masculine Cards ... yep those cards we put to the back of the list to make, until the last minute!!!

I'll try and keep this short and sweet as there are 34 blogs to hop through, the full list is over at the Young Crafters Unite blog along with details of the prizes for two lucky hoppers, so unless you're one of my regular visitors you will have arrived here from Maria's blog, and seen her fabulous card :)

I have two cards to share as my Dad's and Hubby's birthdays are on Monday and Tuesday of next week so it seemed a good idea to make them for the hop......good thinking eh????

This first card is for my Dad...he's not very computer techy so it's quite safe to show it :)

As you can see I scoured my stash (and the tool box for the nail!!) for materials to make the collage style sentiment and I had a creative blast doing so

It's a large card measuring 81/4" x 6" ....... 'Birthday' is quite a long word when your working with bits n pieces !!!!

My second card is for my Hubby...... he doesn't look on my blog either and thinks I only made the one card!

A standard sized card and just perfect for him....we don't do slushy and sweet, this will make him laugh and if I'm honest I bought these Paper Smooches stamps all those months ago with this idea in mind :)

If any of the projects along the hop inspire you to make a guy's card then you can always enter them into this months challenge at Young Crafters Unite, I'm off to add my two to the list whilst you continue on the hop by visiting Pat's blog next to see her wonderful creation.

I'm going to enter the first card into the 'Brads, Bows or Buttons' challenge at Wee Memories :)

Thanks for taking the time to visit X

Stamps: 'Falling for you' Paper Smooches, 'Sally's ABC' Lawn Fawn, 'Ovaliscious' a.muse stamps

Cricut Cartridge : Graphically Speaking - used for various elements on 'Happy Birthday' card

Sizzlets Die :  Hammer

Red And White Christmas

Hello again,

***This is my second post of the day, please click here to see my card for 

 the November Challenge at St Luke's CCC.***

First of all I'm hijacking this drafted post to say how thrilled I am that my Star congrats card is sharing the Colour Queen spot this week alongside Jen's fantastic card, such fabulous news to wake up to :o)

Now back to this card ......as I said in my previous post, I carried on using my Waltzing Mouse Nordic Winter stamps to make a card for One Layer Weds which is being hosted by Susan Raihala this week and the requirements are a Red & White or Red & Cream card.... but not necessarily for Christmas unless your in full gear now on the run up to that crazy time of the year!!

This is the style of card that Susan herself, so readily creates and has me sighing with content but I had to literally put my hands in my pockets and walk away so as not to add anything else to it!!!

I'm so happy how this turned out :)

Oh, I discovered this set has a correct way up to stamp it because the patterns are knitted motifs and the little stitches have a correct orientation so they look like stocking stitch!! Lucky I planned my design on scrap paper first, I'm probably the last to notice this detail!!

I'm just going to pop this in at Simon Says Stamp 'Anything Goes Challenge' because they are trying for 10000 entries again and who am I  to disappoint them :)

Then I'm off because that's enough chat from me today, back Friday on the blog hop at Young Crafters Unite :)

Thanks for looking X

Just want to add how thrilled I am that my Star congrats card is sharing the Colour Queen spot this week alongside Jen's fantastic card :o)