Rock on

I decided to finally colour the last of the stamps from Dimension, this one was easier than I thought and the whole card came together really quickly. I made all three so my mum could choose one for my cousin but she has decided to keep all three lol and has asked me to make her a selection of male cards so she has them on hand.

This card is probably my favourite of the teenage boy cards and one I can see myself recreating again.

Ingredients:
Image: "Boys Toys" Dimension Stamps
Papers: "DCWV Extreme Boys" 300dpi (site no longer trading)
Sentiment: "boy basics rock on" Papertrey ink
Cardstock: "blueberry sky" paper trey ink
Copics:
N7, 5, 4, 3,  B01, 02, 04, G40, 43, 46,
Memento inks:  bamboo leaves, grey flannel, bermuda blue

Challenges: Snippet playground
Here come the Boys

iPhone...gotta love it

I was so scared of colouring this stamp as the image is so iconic and it is for a teenage boy that they are bound to spot any errors. I had to have my iPhone in front of me whilst I coloured it and had to search for the apps to check the colours and discovered an awful lot are blue, green or grey, how very unexciting lol.

I tried stamping the sentiment straight onto the paper but it was lost so whilst looking for the sentiment strip I found this one and thought perfect, the mini iPhone was an after thought and I wish I had done it in white or lighter colours but too late now.

I used mostly snippets on this card so am entering the snippet playground, the image was stamped on a snippet and apart from the printed paper no whole sheets were harmed in the making of this card.

Ingredients:
Image: "Boys Toys" Dimension Stamps
Papers: "DCWV Extreme Boys" 300dpi (site no longer trading)
Dies: "Speech bubbles" MFT stamps
Sentiment: "boy basics game on" Papertrey ink
Brad: "Camera accents" MFT stamps
Cardstock: Walmart
Copics:
N7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 00, B12, 14, R24, 27, Y15, G43, 46, E70, 71, 74, 77, YR04
Memento inks:  bamboo leaves, grey flannel

Challenges: Snippet playground

Teenage Boys?

I really like making male cards but teenage boys...wow are they difficult. This stamp seems to be my go to at the moment as have used pretty much all my other game images for this person already.  I have left the design simple and the embellishments I created myself with an MFT stamp, memento inks and a bit of glossy accents.

There are three stamps in this collection and this is the only one that up until now has seen ink, I decided that I needed to use all three before they went back in the draw so expect to see the others over the next few days.

The cardstock the image and brads/candy were all from the snippet folder as was the grey only the printed paper wasn't a snippet so I am off for a play on the swings at the Snippet playground.

Ingredients:
Image: "Boys Toys" Dimension Stamps
Papers: "DCWV Extreme Boys" 300dpi (site no longer trading)
Dies: "Ticket Stub" MFT stamps
Sentiment: "Masculine Graphic Tee" MFT stamps
Brads: "Masculine Graphic Tee" MFT stamps
Cardstock: "Basic gray" Stampin up
Copics:
N9, 7, 5, 4, 3, W3, 1, 0, 00, B34, R27, Y15, G14
Memento inks: ladybug, bamboo leaves, bermuda blue

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Lil pop

I don't know about anyone else but I am constantly forgetting I have stuff, I bought this image when they first came out and I knew who for too so why has it taken me so long to make the card lol.

I have again tried the cut through style and love the way this turned out, this was inspired by Mary and I can see this being a go to design for a while. These cas cards take a lot longer than my normal ones though and the ingredient list is huge too.

Ingredients
Image: "lil pop with tortoise" Digistampboutique
Paper: "Boy Crazy" Design by Dani at Jessica Sprague
Cardstock:
White: Anna Marie
Blue: "Tempting Turquiose" Stampin Up snippet
Orange: Snippet folder
Dies: "blueprints 3" MFT and "nesting stars" paper mania
Sentiment: "happy hexagons" Papertrey ink
Number: "Billionaire" cartridge on cricut
Copics:
Skin: E11, 00, 000 , R02
Hair: E71, 77
Clothes: BG45, 49, YR16, 15, 12, Y15, 13
Tortoise shell: E84, 87, 89
Tortoise body: YG93, 95, 97

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Digistamp Boutique

Video Boy case'd

My mum asked me to make this card for my cousin, she remembered a card I made for someone else way back in 2011 and asked for the same. This makes making cards for someone else so much easier even if it does mean I don't get to be as creative. I made this in under an hour in fact the glossy accents took the longest and it is already in the post.

Ingredients
Image: "Video Boy" Mo's Digital Pencil
papers: "Extreme Boys' 300dpi (sorry link is disabled)
Cardstock: "New Leaf" Papertey ink and grey from snippets
Sentiment: Pollycraft freebie and "Boy Basics Game on" Papertrey Ink

Copics:
Skin: E11, E00, E000, R02
Hair: E21, 23, 25, 27, 29
Clothes: G40, 43, 46, N1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9
Accessories: R24, 27, 29, B32, 34, 35, 37, 39, YR04, 09,

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Another Handbag card

I can't believe I made this way back in April but haven't blogged it before. I made a set of these all at the same time and really enjoyed it. Need to make a few more as they have been very handy and stopped the last minute panic makes.

Ingredients:

Image: "mini diva" pink petticoat

Paper: "bethany" Sassy designs inc

Cardstock: "dark chocolate" paper trey ink

Font: Bookworm

Gems: originally clear coloured with copics.

Another Polished to Perfection

I love this image from MFT, I have used her for quite a few cards and she is so useful and different depending on the colours used on her. Such a versatile set I can see lots more uses.

I am still using the a6 style card and am surprised by how much I am liking this style. My images seem to fit better and filling the space is much easier too.

This card isn't needed until the end of July but as she doesn't view my blog I feel safe showing it here. Since I have not been working I have found I am miles ahead with my birthday cards although I still haven't made a christmas one.

Ingredients
Image and Sentiment : "Polished to Perfection" a la mode by MFT Stamps
Paper: " love me" MME
Cardstock: "Steel Blue" MFT Stamps and Anna Marie 300gsm pro marker card
Ink: "Gray Flannel"
Dies: "blueprints 3" MFT stamps
Copics:
     Skin: E00, E11, E000, R02
     Hair: E43, E44, E47, E49
     Skirt: W5, W3, W1
     Shirt: B02, B01, B00
     Nailpolish: R37, R35, R32, 100, N9, N7