Going Dotty

This fortnight's Tanda Teaser is Going Dotty over at TandaStamps. I used the Polka Dot background stamp from Tanda to stamp the background. You may think you have seen this card before....it is very similar to the one I did for the Diamond challenge a few weeks ago...in fact the strip of diamonds on this card was the waste trimmed off the background of the diamond card....well I couldn't let it go to waste could I!

The dominoes were stamped using a cube that I found in a dump bin at the Stamp Attic in Wantage. I think this is going to prove very handy for men cards.

The dotty ribbon was from fantastic ribbons.

Preparations are going well for Saturday's workshop...getting nervous now!
Sue
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M is for Men

Over on the Alphabet Challenge the theme is M for Men. One of our friends helped us fix our loo the other day, so I thought that I should make him a Thank You card! I saw this Do craft stamp a little while ago and thought that it would be perfect for making the ever problematic 'Man' card. The image was stamped in Distress Ink and coloured with copic markers. The papers were from Papermania.

All At Sea

Bad blogger here....I just realised that I haven't blogged for over a week! I do have an excuse though....things have got rather fraught here. We were supposed to be flying off to Turkey in a few days.....you guessed it.....the travel agent had booked the flights through Goldtrail....we booked on Thursday and Goldtrail went belly up on Friday. We were away from home for the weekend so didn't find out that we were effected until we got home...this week, so far, has been spent trying to find out how to recover our money...doesn't look hopeful for some time...and trying to find another holiday...cash flow is going to a bit of an issue to say the least over the next few months!

To make things worse....I got a really bad puncture yesterday in my front tyre, so this morning was spent at KwikFit together with a quite a few pounds as my other front tyre was only just legal. At least now I won't get failed on the MOT for tyres!

Well onto happier things...the Tanda Teaser for the next fortnight is called 'All At Sea', you guessed it, it's a nautical theme. My card is an easel card made using the sea border and the ship stamps that Andrew at Tanda re sized for me. In this larger size they are proving to be quite versatile. I stamped the images in Distress Inks and then coloured the waves using copic markers. I hope that you can find time to join us in the Teaser and look forward to seeing your take on the nautical theme!

Sue

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I is for Icy Colours over on the Alphabet Challenge this week

This image could be sooo tacky with black and red costumes, but it turns quite classy with these ice blue tones....a perfect man card that doesn't offend the ladies...at least I hope that's what I achieved here...otherwise I am probably in trouble!

The image is made up from digital images from "charmed Crafts" Maddison was printed out 3 times side by side in her rather riskay outfit and coloured with copic markers. A tiny bit of shimmer was added to the girls' feathers and corsets with a sakura clear star gelly roll pen.

The chosen colours make this perfect for the icy colour alphabet challenge over "here"

Quick prom update...Em's dress is almost finished...just the hem to do...hair and makeup rehearsals this weekend went well..I finished the underskirt today...it's been a bit of an interesting weekend...ended up with 6 teenagers....were only planning 3, best laid plans and all that!

Catch you all later, thanks for visiting...
Sue
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Another Fathers Day Card

On Wednesday I found the perfect stamp to make a Fathers Day card for my Husband...he's called Trophy Guy, the stamp, not my husband, and he is from Wild Rose Studio. I coloured the image with Copic markers and distressed the edges with distress ink. The trophy and rosette have been decoupaged and covered with glossy accents. The rattle and shoes have also been coated with glossy accents. The backing papers were bought in Hobby Craft, I cannot remember who they were by. I made the ribbon rosette using two widths of ribbon in co-ordinating colours. I just found a blog for cards for men and their challenge this week is to make a fathers day card, you can find "the challenge here"


Here's hoping that my hubby hasn't found my blog yet!

Catch you all later
Sue
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Tanda Teaser For the Big Man!

This is the card I've made for my Dad....no he's not fat, he is just my font of all knowledge and hence my big man! He has always loved sailing, but had to give it up when my brother and I appeared on the scene. The love of sailing didn't get passed on to me, despite my Chemistry teacher's best efforts, but it did to my brother who trained as an instructor and can blame crewing on the Tall Ships for finding the love of his life and moving to Boston MA. He's now got two boys and has given up sailing too!

I spotted two Tanda Stamps that I thought would have a lot of potential if they were resized....so I asked Andrew to do just that....The waves can be found on one of the Pirate plates and is tiny...blown up to this size it fits the DL card as a border perfectly...it also has a lovely oriental feel...but more of that in later weeks! The ship is on the Transport set and again works fabulously at this larger size.

The ship was stamped in Distress ink as were the waves...the waves were then coloured using Copic Markers. I also used the waves on the Tag...

I know that not everyone has a father around...I have one less Father's day card this year, so I just want to stress that this is a Man card challenge rather than a Father's day challenge..I hope you have time to join us over on the Tanda Blog and Forum, and look forward to seeing your work!

And just incase this was all getting a bit too man orientated....here are a few more flowers....

Take care
Sue
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Transport of Delight!

This week it is my turn to post the Tanda Teaser and as we seem to have rather a lot of male birthdays in the family at the moment I have a chosen a theme that is suited to the ever problematic "man card".

For my card I have used distress inks to colour the card and to stamp the images. The motorcycle and crackle stamps are both from TandaStamps. The tag was cut out using a spellbinders die, stamped, run through the Cuttlebug embossing folder, distressed with ink and then edged with Krylon. The main image was layered up under a layer of acetate, with co-ordinating card and distressed card and attached to the main card with brads.

The photo corners are actually cut with Spellbinders dies from Coke cans coloured with alcohol inks.

I hope that I haven't made the challenge too difficult for you this week and that you get a chance to join in!

Sue

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New Tanda Teaser, Ink it Up!

Wendy is unable to post the Teaser again this week so I have decided to set an inky challenge, any excuse to get dirty fingers!

For my card I have used Distress inks and pulled ink onto the edges of the card mats with a makeup sponge. I've then used the inks to stamp the crackle and the ship (both Tanda stamps). The edges of the card mats were edged in silver Krylon Pen and the boat image was painted with glossy accents. I mounted the card as shown in the picture then punched holes and threaded them with garden twine finished in a wreath knot.

I hope you find time to play this week!
Sue
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