Button It at The Male Room

     Welcome to a new challenge at The Male Room, this time we would like to see you raid your stash for buttons, the DT have come up with lots of different ways you can use them.
     This card is very simple and easy to make. The greeting is die cut from very dark blue card and stuck on to the card blank, then a collection of buttons are added with hand drawn strings, they could have been tied to the greeting but I quite like them drifting across the card.
     Please come and share your button creations with us at The Male Room, we'd love to see what you make.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - For A Special Man

Crafty Sentiments - Kids
Cardz 4 Guyz - At The Movies  (Up)

MHK Designs Challenge #6

     

      Hello and welcome to our surprise Birthday Beach Blog Hop for the lovely Asha!  You should have arrived here from Nana Connie's blog. If not, start at the MHK Designs blog to complete the hop for more chances to WIN!  We are celebrating a very special lady today and we're doing so by creating beachy birthday cards to wish her many happy returns!

MHK Desings Blog Hop Inspirational Photo

     Asha's birthday card was made using shells and a sentiment from Serene Seaside along with a greeting from Beachy Keen.
     The shells were used at random to create decoration around the central sentiment, this was printed out twice. The top copy has had the verse die cut to make a window, after colouring with Distress Ink acetate was stuck over the opening.

      All around the window and the sides of the card topper there is foam tape, before sticking the topper to the card the window has been filled with micro beads to make it a shaker card.
     The assembled shaker topper has been stuck onto an easel card, the bottom of which has been covered with paper from Country Farm because in very pale sepia it looks a little like sand.
     The greeting is die cut, coloured and stuck on with foam pads, in the corners are little paper clay star fish and shells to add to the beachy look.

Beachy Keen

Serene Seaside

Country Farm - July Release

     Thank you so much for joining in our hop to say "Happy Birthday" to a dear friend!  Your next stop on the hop is Sathya's blog.  The complete hop list can be found on the MHK Designs blog.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Craft - Summer
Crafty Boots - Summer
Dream Valley - Summer Colours
Melonheadz Friends - Off To The Beach
Ooh-La-La Creations - Sun, Sand & Sea

MHK Designs - Butterfly Elements

     Today is the last new release from MHK Designs, this set is Butterfly Elements. Three great sentiments and three lovely wispy flower sprays with butterflies.
     This image was printed twice on card suitable for alcohol markers, the main image is coloured with a mix of markers and sparkly gel pens and on the second image just the butterflies have been coloured. Each butterfly has been cut out and scored down the middle so it's wings lift up, it's only glued down the middle to fix it to the main image.
     I coloured a white card blank green with Distress ink, layered up with a pearl burnt orange paper and then my main image panel. The sentiment is die cut and coloured with Distress Ink while the die was still in place, this is mounted on thin foam pads. The whole card will go as standard post as it all lies flat in the envelope.
     This may be the last of our new releases but we begin a new challenge tomorrow at MHK Designs blog, so please pop back to see what we have for you. Don't forget to join in with us for a chance to win some of the new stamps.

Butterfly Elements

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafting With Dragonflies - Dragonflies / Butterflies
Cardz 4 Galz - Summer Fun
Cute Crad Thursday - Little Bugs / Butterflies
Hanna and Friends - Butterflies

MHK Designs - I've Been Framed

     Day four of the new releases from MHK Designs is a very versatile set called I've Been Framed, it has five frames and five sentiments that can all be swapped around to give you even more possibilities.
     Hat's Off really appealed to me, it seemed just right for a Father's Day card. I have used it for a general masculine card here and I still have all the other options to try, now that's value for money.
     The hat is an image I already had so I printed the Hat's Off frame and quote quite small, then die cut it ready to tuck in the ribbon band on the hat. It's printed on white card and coloured with Distress Ink while the die was still in place, I've also stamped a crackle over it in the same ink to age it.
     Well Suited has some great papers in it, this one was printed out on cream card after changing it to browns rather than greys. The edges have been distressed with the same ink as the tag and crackle stamped too. There is a small dark brown mat between the backing and the cream card blank.
     The hat is mounted on thin foam pads, there is a small slit cut in the edge of the ribbon for the tag to go in where it's stuck down flat.
     With the addition of some scrabble tiles to spell dad the card is complete. The tiles do sit a little proud of the card so it would be best hand delivered rather than posted.
     We have one more new release tomorrow so you still have a chance to pop over to MHK Designs blog for the chance to win a stamp set.

I've Been Framed

Well Suited

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Die Cutting Divas - Father's Day

Scrap-Creations - Father's Day/Masculine

Inky Chicks - Father's Day/ Male Cards

MHK Designs - Eat Your Veg

     Welcome to day three of our new releases at MHK Designs. This set is Eat Your Veg!, very useful for making cards aimed at a keen gardener.
     The veg have been printed out and coloured with alcohol markers, then fussy cut. Country Farm paper set has a great rustic looking paper with chicken wire on it, which for me was just perfect as that's what surrounds my veg patch. Mounted on a small dark green layer and then on Kraft card kept the rustic garden look.
     Once the backing was on the card blank the veg were stuck on with the pepper raised on foam pads. The greeting is die cut and stuck on with thinner foam pads so that it sits under the pepper stalk comfortably. The brads are not brads at all, I have coloured the little dots that drop out when die cut and stuck them back in, they're directly over a foam pad so that made it easy.
     We still have two more gorgeous sets to show you so do pop back tomorrow, don't forget to visit MHK Designs blog for your chance to win a new set.

Eat Your Veg!

Country Farm - July release

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Melonheadz Friends - Masculine
Love To Scrap - It's A Boy Thing
Cards In Envy - Masculine
Try It On Tuesday - It's All About Him

MHK Designs - Open Bloom

     Today showcases the second of the new releases from MHK Designs, this one is called Open Bloom and features a beautiful flower along with three great quotes.
     For his card I chose to print the image extra large so that it filled the whole 6x4 card, it's on card suitable for alcohol markers, I kept the colours simple so the flower size has full impact. It's mounted on a small dark green layer that makes the leaves stand out a little.

      The butterfly is from a beautiful set released last year called Butterfly Wisdom. This is only one of the gorgeous butterflies in the set, printed on acetate and coloured with alcohol markers, for details on how it's made please see here.
      It's a very simple card that will lay flat in the envelope, this image is stunning so needs little decoration which is why I have not added a greeting.
      There are three more new sets to come so please pop back tomorrow, don't forget to visit the MHK Designs blog for a chance to win any one of the new releases.

Open Bloom

Butterfly Wisdom

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Critters & Creatures - Any critter or creature
Where The HeART Is - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams - Say It With Flowers

MHK Designs - Beachy Keen

     Welcome to the first new release from MHK Designs for this month, we have five new digi stamp sets to showcase over the next five days, as well as some great new paper sets. This set is called Beachy Keen and features a lovely beach scene along with five different greetings.
     The image has been printed in black on white card, to make my card square I have cut off the sea snail, it's coloured with watercolour pencils. I had some turquoise card for the mat layer and as luck would have it a perfect match for the colour of the sea.
     The backing paper is from Country Farm paper set, I have altered the colour in my photo package to suit my card, digi papers don't have to stay the colour they are when received. I'm not very computer savvy but I have managed to get to grips with my photo package, which is very simple, to manipulate the papers and increase their versatility.
     With the addition of a die cut bucket and spade and a die cut greeting coloured with Distress Ink the card is complete and it's still thin enough for standard post.
     Pop over to the MHK Designs blog to see all the DT inspiration and find out how you could win a new release set, don't forget to come back tomorrow for the next set.

Beachy Keen

Country Farm - July release

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter - Let's Go To The Beach
Robyn's Fetish - Children at Play