Cards for Men Challenge - No. 22

Woohoo, another Christmas Card.  If I keep this up, I'll have  enough by Christmas.  I'm sorry for the poor picture, and I'll try to get a daytime one today.

This card is my DT card for the new challenge over at Cards for Men where the theme is 'Anything goes - as long as it's male'.  My hubby said he thought it was a bit girlie but I always had this image in mind as a sexy santa helper to use for my husband's card.  I'll add a sentiment nearer Christmas and hopefully that will make it clearer, lol.

The image is from our fab sponsor, Digital Delights and can be found here.  I've coloured it with Prismacolours and tried a bit of white glaze on the trim of the hat and dress.  Unfortunately it ran over the lines a bit and pulled in some of the red so ended up pink.  I'll probably have a second go at this image and try something like 'snowtex' instead.  Anyway, hop on over to Cards for men, where you'll find all the details of the latest challenge and some inspiration from the rest of the design team.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Stampman - Challenge #8 Cards for Men
Stamp Something - Use a digi
Tuesday Throwdown - Anything goes
Tip-Top Tuesday - Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time -  All celebrations

Smirk Calendar

This is my prototype for the calendars I intend to make for the school Christmas Fayre at the end of November.  I cannot claim any credit for the idea as I have seen lots of them made on crafty blogs over the last couple of Christmases.  I have to give a big thank you, though, to Craftygranny not only for the inspiration but also for a big stack of beermats that she very kindly sent me.  She currently has a candy giveaway on her blog and a wonderful digi-stamp for sale to raise funds for the Ear Trust.  Pop over and take a look.

So the papers are from the Smirk 'love and friendship' range as are the stamps.  If you like the stamps, you'll find them over on my Leftovers blog.

The calendar tabs are from Anita's and the ribbons and embellishments are freebies from magazines.  I'm hoping to make a load of them using scraps from my stash.  I'll post more of them as I get some different designs.

A card for Christmas

I made this card recently with a wonderful stamp from Jayne Netley Mayhew.  I thought it would be a good addition to my Christmas card stash (all 2 of them, lol) and I really did love the image.  It's coloured using my Prismacolours.  The backing papers are from Dovecraft's Jolly Happy Christmas and DCWV Christmas Wishes.  The holly is a die from Marianne Designs.

As most of you know, I recently and very sadly closed my online craft shop.  However, not all of my stock sold and I have listed the leftover Jayne Netley Mayhew stamps on my other blog.  If you're interested in purchasing any they are £3.49 each and can be found here.

Also, a quick reminder that our challenge theme on Cards for Men at the moment is 'Happy Birthday' so pop over and have a go.

Cards for Men Challenge - No. 21

Better late than never, is always my motto.  This should have been on yesterday, but I didn't manage to get the post done, so big apologies to the rest of the team.  This is my DT card for the latest challenge over at Cards for Men where the theme this time is 'Happy Birthday'.  The rest of the Design Team have done a stunning job so hop over and take a look.

The image is from our fab sponsor, Fresh Brewed Designs, and can be found here.  I've coloured him using my trusty prismacolours and blended with Sansador.  The rest of the card is from a kit I bought from Kars back in April and have only just dipped into.

My little boy quickly snapped this one up for his friend's birthday last week, so that was a firm seal of approval.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Use your Digi Stamps
Craftalicious - Anything goes
Crazy4challenges - Birthday
Create4fun - Use a Digi Stamp