05.02.09

Love ‘Loads of Love’ Ute

Posted in Masculine cards, cards at 9:53 am by bejewelledcreations

I have some catching-up to do and need to post some cards that I’ve sent to family and friends during my hiatus…
Here’s a card that I made for my brother-in-law’s birthday at the beginning of April. I was very happy with the way that it turned out – and my husband thinks this is his favourite card EVER!!! (*hugs*!)
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008

Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008

Again, I  took inspiration from the Idea Book & Catalogue as I was unsure where to begin for male cards. I still struggle for inspiration for grown-up male cards (kids’ cards are getting MUCH easier with the cute children’s sets in the ID&C). Look up page 39 for the example card for this set (Loads of Love) and you’ll recognise the general layout.
I used Old Olive cardsock and DSP (instead of the Polka Dot background stamp), Not Quite Navy and Kraft cardstock, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain ribbon and watercolor paper. I punched out the saying in my two Tag Punches and “hung” it from the looped ribbon with Hemp Twine.
Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008

Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008

I really enjoyed colouring this image, and feel that I’ve finally “got” watercolouring. LOL. The trick that I find gives a really nice finish is to quickly wet the area that you’ll be colouring first. Keep it very light (don’t over-load it with water),  and then pick up your colour with your Aqua Painter and use light strokes to brush the colour over the wet area. You’ll see the colour “run” and “bleed” over the wet paper and it gives a lovely effect. When it’s a little drier – which doesn’t take long! – you can always add more colour for more depth. I added highlights to the ute with my White Gel Pen.

I love that I could use the Loads of Love accessories to put “myself” and my “husband” in the ute. (On a side note, I’d just had my long hair cut quite short – chin-length bob – and the stamped image of the lady wass PERFECT to represent me!!!! Obviously it was “meant” to be!)

Here’s the inside of the card…

Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008

Images © Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008

Tee Hee. (Shane, me, Laura and Ronan) I think this is why Shane loved this particular card *so* much! He’s always very appreciative of my cards that I show him, for his “consideration and opinion”, but this one got a huge response. I was quite floored by how he priased it. *blush* And to think…. the front of the card wasn’t even my own idea *laughs!!!*

01.21.09

Quick Card.

Posted in Masculine cards, cards tagged , , at 7:15 pm by bejewelledcreations

*laughs* Here’s a card that I made with absolutely NO STAMPS! *GASP*

The story behind this card is that my darling husband was clearing up in the spare room and my large tub of stamps was waaaay at the back of the pile of ’stuff’ that he’d pulled out so that he could re-stack it in the new shelving he’d made. Don’t you just HATE it how everything has to get messier before it can get tidy? Anyway, I was DESPERATE for some card-making that day, and all I had with me were some supplies on the table from my last venture that I hadn’t got around to putting away. All my stamps were in the spare room! AHHHH! The Agony!!!

Well, I just had to get creative instead:

live-every-moment

I used Kraft C/S as my base, with some Outlaw Designer Series Paper and some punched stars in DSP and co-ordinating C/S. Add a little paper piercing, some inking of the edges of cardstock, a Rub-On that I felt matched the feel of the card, and Ta Daaa! One card!

But it was nice to be able to get to my stamps again, once the room was tidied up again.  *hugs them lovingly*