Blog War Male Cards - Day 2

Hi again bloggers!

Here is another male card to get you all inspired...this one is using a flower stamp but in a way that it still looks good for a guy. I think it was whirlpool bazzill that I used for the base (but any colour fromt he castaway A5 card pack would work wonderfully) and then placed the piece of castaway SB paper on top of that leaving a slight border on left and right. For the tag I stamped cosmos in watermark ink then with my mini mister (filled with water and some walnut stain ink refill) I sprayed the tag very heavily to cover entire tag in the walnut solution. The solution will give a colour over the whole tag but will appear darker on the watermark ink. I then just attached a spiral clip to the tag and stamped a greeting on the background paper with walnut stain distress ink.

Hope you like it!

Blog War Day 1 - Male Cards

Ok Ladies...I am doing well so far as I have my first card for the week posted!
This card is actually one that I am almost ready to submit to Kaszazz as a demonstration card (so any consultants looking...no getting any ideas!!! hehehe).
This card is made using Aspen and Pinecone bazzill, Madero Beach card (Neutrals A5 card pack), green/cream mini gingham and aged copper spiral clip. The image used is 1535LJ Train and this has been stamped in Coffee Bean Vivid! ink.

Hope this gives you all some inspiration for male cards...Father's day is getting close! Be sure to check out the blogs of the other Kaszazz Blog War girls (see blog list on right of this page) for plenty more inspiring ideas.

Happy cardmaking!
Joellen

No Posts & Blog Wars Starts Again

Hi there everyone!

My oh my I have been slack with my blog lately...let's hope that this time I can post a little more often! I just seem to have been so busy lately with work, craft and Chloe (I can't believe she is 19 months old now!).

Anyway, I am aiming to re-commence the Kaszazz Blog Wars this week so keep an eye out on my blog to see some great creations. Please also be sure to check out the blogs of the other participants.

Hope you are looking forward to some creative inspiration this week with a Male card theme.

Happy Blogging
Joellen

MIA & New Product Release

Sorry...I have not managed to do my last 2 days projects for last week...I have still not recovered from my flu and bub has it too! I will attempt to do some of the projects over this week and next week but will not commit to doing them everyday. I have my fundraising crop on 29th March so need to get everything sorted for that and am hoping to design a few new card make and takes for that day. For this reason I will not be doing any giveaways for the next 2 weeks...will start those again when I get back into things properly.

For those that have not yet seen...Kaszazz released some new products today and they are FAB! The bella papers look gorgeous, the stamps as always are fantastic but we also have the 150mm chipboard scallop circles, the Girls Things charms, the ink blending tool and the mini mister organiser. Another fantastic item(s) in the new release is the A to Z album...basically it is a set of different kits to allow you to create a page and pocket layout (1 12x12 page and 6 4x6 mini pages to fit the pocket page inserts in the pebbles albums) for each letter of the alphabet...what a great way to do a year in review album! Check out the new release at www.kaszazz.com

Anyway, keep looking at my blog over the next 2 weeks as I may still upload some pics f my cards I am designing even if they don't fit with the blog war theme.

Happy Scrapping

Blog War Day 2 & 3 - Better late than never!

I know I am slow in getting this up...but atleast I have gotten to it eventually right? Still battling the dreadful flu going around trying to get it better so I can go to work tomorrow. Well anyway here are 2 more projects to inspire you...both incorporating the mini mister with the distress ink.
Day 2 - Shimmer Tag


For this tag, I have created a shimmer spray by adding the following to a mini mister filled 3/4 of the way with water
*3 or 4 drops of Spiced Marmalade Ink refill
*Small scoop (half little finger nail size) of sunflower sparkle perfect pearls
Screw lid back on tightly and shake to mix.
I have basically spritzed the tag with this mix and dried with my heat gun. From there I have stamped my image and sentiment using the black soot distress ink and egded the tag with the spiced marmalade ink pad.

Day 3 - Castaway Cosmos Card


Ok now the featured items in this project are the cosmos stamp (from our January release and one of my faves), castaway paper and tea dye distress ink. I have used the distress ink in a couple of different ways for this card. To start with I have attached the castaway paper to whirlpool bazzill and edged the bazzill with tea dye ink using the hydra sponge. The sentiment has then been stamped with the tea dye ink in the normal way. The tag is the fun thing. As promised I have incorporated the mini mister so this time I have just made a mix of water and about 5 drops of tea dye distress ink refill. So to do the tag I have stamped the cosmos image onto a white tag with watermark ink and then heavily spritzed the tag with my ink solution (you want to be very generous so there is almost a puddle across your tag...dry the tag using the heat gun and watch at how the stamped image absorbs the exta colour from the spray. This is a great way to create a subtle image on a distress project...I might just have to try this on a layout. Oh obviously to finish the card I simply edged the tag with the ink and hydra sponge attached the aged copper spiral and mounted on card using magic mount.

I have started playing around with this same mix of ink and water to see how the mix reacts with different things so hopefully come the end of the week I can fill you all in.

Distress ink is definately versatile.

Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win this weeks giveaway! Check out the great projects on the other girls pages too ...The links are down the right hand side of my blog.

Blog War Day 1 - Distressed Inks

Welcome to another week of blog war! I can't wait to see what the other girls come up with using distressed inks. I actually created this card last week for a card swap. I have used distress inks on white gloss card. The background was created by applying the various coloured inks with hydra sponge then I used the lavender stamp from the Spring Time stamp set. Now to stamp this I actually used the stylus tool to apply different colours to the stamp so the flower was in Dusty Concord and the stems in Pine Needles. The sentiment is from the Mini Messages set. If you would like any more details please feel free to ask...have not been well today so the head is not working well for explanations. I look forward to coming up with many creations for you this week. Don't forget to check what the other girls have been up to!

Vellum week winner

I am giving the vellum for this week to Sarahau
sarahau said...
"Love that card! the softness really makes it. loving the pop of the purple underneath as well."

Well Sarahau contact me before the end of this week with your contact details and I will get yur vellum sent to you! If I have not heard anything by Friday night then I will do a redraw on Saturday.

Thanks everyone for your comments last week and I look forward to many more this week with our Distressed Ink projects. Don't forget to tell your friends about this blog so they can be in the chance to win as well.

Happy Crafting
Joellen