Hobbies

 A new challenge over on The Male Room blog. Hobbies.

Here is my card for it. I picked sailing.

I used blank Page Muse for the stamps and distress inks for the background. 

I stamped the water with distress ink in blue. I didn't cover the whole stamp so there were some open areas. I then blended the whole card with the same blue ink. 

Then I stamped the sailboat on white cardstock and layered it on black cardstock. 
On the bottom of the card base I added some twine and made a little tie in it. 

Outdoor challenge.

 Hello and good morning. We have a new challenge over at The Male Room blog. Outdoors. Here is my card I made for it.

I used Unity Bigfoot stamp and grass and pine tree die cuts. I them I layered it on some Unity pattern paper. 

I hope you join the challenge.

Blue and Brown card

 Today starts a new challenge for The Male Room blog. You have to use blue and brown. 

The stamps I used are from Lost Coast Designs and Crafty by Toni.

I used some paper I got from ETSY.

CAS card

 Good morning, a new challenge starts over at The Male Room blog. Clean and Simple. This was a very hard challenge for me. I went through 3 different cards before I got to this one. 

What I ended up with a stamped image and coloring the circle with copic markers and then adding some washi tape to the bottom then adding it to a black card base.

Add a tag challenge

 There is a new challenge starting over at The Male Room blog. You have to add a tag to your make. Here is my card I made.

I stamped on the background card base, and I used a stencil with some distress oxide ink. 

The tag part, I cut the top off one of the tags because it was too large for the card base. I cut the edges to make it back into a tag. I added some brown distress ink to make the background. 

All the stamps I used are from Topflight stamps except the little tag I have sticking out from the bottom of the tag, that is from Blank Page Muse stamps.

Christmas colors(red&green) challenge.

 Good morning, today I have a card for you for the new challenge over at The Male Room blog. 

I started with taking a red piece of cardstock and stamped a grungy word background stamp in red ink on the background.

I then stamped some snowflakes around the edge Next; I stamped the deer right in the middle. After that I stamped smaller snowflakes around the red panel.

I then got a green card base and stamped the same grungy words on it; I put the red cardstock piece in the middle and added a saying that I embossed with white on black cardstock. 

You can join the Christmas fun over at The Male Room blog.

Floral challenge

 Good morning we have a new challenge over at The Male Room blog. Floral. 

This is my card I made for this challenge. I used Unity stamps and paper for this card; I found this stamp set that had a pocket watch and floral around it and I thought it would be perfect for a male themed floral card. 

I stamped and colored only some of the rose's blue. I then wrapped some twine around the torn stamped piece and added it to pattern paper on the card. I then put it on a dark blue card base.

For a baby boy card

 Goodmorning, today starts a new challenge over at The Male Room blog. Make a baby boy card.

This is the card I made. I used all VLVS. 

I started out by stamping the sock monkey in a blue distress ink. I then layered it on yellow cardstock.

Then I stamped this strip in the same blue distress ink, and I cut in in half to fit the card.

Lastly, I stamped the moon in the same blue ink as all the rest. I also added some yellow stars.

I hope you join the new challenge over at The Male Room blog.

Bug filed

 Good morning, we have a new challenge over at The Male Room blog. Make your own background. 

I started out with some watercolor paper and some distress inks and oxide to make the background.

I took the oxide and a stencil and did the background. I also edged it with drown ink. I then stamped some squares around the stenciled area with drown distress ink. 

After I was done with that, I stamped the bug on Kraft and colored him in with colored pencils. 

I added some ephemera around and some washi tape. I also added a tap with the word filed on it. 

Universe challenge

 Good morning to you all. Today starts a new challenge over at The Male Room blog. Universe challenge. I decided to make some bookmarks.

 I had so much fun making these I made 3. I stared off all of them in the same way, I stamped my image and then I put masking fluid on all of the images and let it dry. I did it this way because I did want to fussy cut out all 3 of the images to make masks. 

This one is my favorite. I started out with 5 different colors of distress inks. A pink, blue, yellow, green and a purple. I added them too different parts of the background. I did the same for all 3 of the bookmarks.

I then added black distress ink to the bookmarks in the spaces that I didn't add any of the color. Next, I added some water drops to make layers. 

After that I added some white splatter for the stars in my galaxy. I then took off the masking fluid and layered the bookmarks on white cardstock.

Joun the fun challenge over at The Male Room blog. The universe awaits.

Fun folds challenge

 Hello everyone, there is a new challenge over at The Male Room blog. fun folds. Here is my card.

Here is the front.

Here it is open.

I took some old prima paper and added it to the front of the 2 folded side of the front of the card base. Next, I inked the edges with some brown distress ink. .

I then picked out a Tim Holtz paper doll and some other bits and bobs for the front and inside of the card.

I did a little stamping, and the card came together like that.

Come over to The Male Room blog challenge to join in on the fun.

Under the sea

 Goodmorning, there is a new challenge over at The Male Room blog today. Under the sea is the theme. 

I started out with some blue watercolor that I already had on my table. I then took a circle stencil and a baby wipe and took some color away. 

I then stamped the diver guy twice, once on the watercolor paper and once on white cardstock to color him with copic markers and cut him out.

Next step I did was stamp the fish the same way and colored and cut out also.

I turned it into a mini slimline card. I layered it on black and then a white card base. I stamped some sea grass on the bottom of the card.

I hope you join us over at The Male Room blog for this fun challenge. 

Geometric challenge

 Today starts a new challenge for The Male Room blog. Geometric. This is my take on it. 

I started out by die cutting some squares out of black and white cardstock and then glueing them 1 on top of another. 

Next, I glued them down the front of the card and added a gear to one of the squares. 

I then stamped the Genteman next to the squares and then added some washi and a saying on top.

I hope you join the monthly challenge.

Mixed media slimline card

 Good morning I have a slimline card for you today.

I used stamps, stencils, die cuts, washi tape and digital labels. I colored the mushroom with copic markers and added some white gel pen to the caps. 

This is for the new challenge over at The Male Room blog.

Monochromatic challenge

 Good morning, there is a new challenge over at The Male Room challenge blog.

I started out by spraying the card base with some lost shadow distress oxide spray. I then randomly stamped two stamps in black ink for the background. 1 was from Paper Artsy and the other is from Lost Coast Designs. 

Next, I added a label and some washi tape, so the die cut had a grounding spot. Lastly, I added an die cut standing gentleman. Edged it all in black and that is my card.

You can join the challenge here on The Male Room blog.

CAS challenge

 A new challenge over at The Male Room blog. Clean and Simple (CAS).

We start the new year with a fun new challenge. I used the robot stamp and just colored him in with copic markers. I also stamped the saying that came with it on the bottom. I layered it om black and then on sliver shimmer card base.