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

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

Game on

I know I am supposed to be on a stash diet but as soon as I saw this stamp set by Dimension I had to have it lol. I saw them on Create and Craft but decided as I wanted it quickly I would source it direct, I ordered whilst watching the show and at only £1 p and p was surprised that it arrived two days later. There are several other sets that I like the look of too but no more buying until my next Florida trip.

I used paper that I printed at least 2 years ago from 300dpi, they were the digital site for DCWV but they don't seem to be available anymore which is a shame.

I used cardstock from the Papertrey sampler pack in New Leaf, so impressed with their card stock, so many colours and they match perfectly too. This wouldn't have been a colour I would have bought normally but I can see me buying it now.

Ingredients

Image: "Boys Toys" Dimension Stamps

Papers: "Extreme Boys" DCWV

Cardstock: "New Leaf" Papertrey Ink

Sentiment: "Game on" Boy Basics - Papertrey Ink

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Not MIA but Mojo-less

Hello, sorry for my missing status lately, life sometimes gets in the way of crafting lol. Hopefully things will get better soon, still been making cards (although to be honest they all look the same) but my camera disappeared so have had to scan these ones in. Having new carpet in my bedroom so had to empty the room and everything got dumped everywhere lol, I am sure it is here somewhere lol.

Anyway onto the card, I used the aa video bay from Mo and loved colouring this one, I had to use bright blue and was so surprised the papers matched so well. I bought both of the variations of this stamp and can see me going back to get the girl version too.

Ingredients

Image: "Video Boy aa" Mo's Digital Pencil

Papers: "Extreme Boys" 300dpi (DCWV Digital Site)

Brads: From stash, no idea where from

Cardstock: "Fresh Paint" Target

Video Boy

Hello All, I loved this image as soon as I saw it but it has taken me a while to actually use it. I love colouring Mo's images they have so much character and life to them. I haven't made this card for anyone just for fun, and I don't do that very often.

Ingredients

Image: "Video Boy" Digital Pencil Too

Papers: "Extreme Boys" 300 dpi

Sentiment: Pollycraft

Almost the same card

I haven't really ever made an almost identical card before, well not from one of my own anyway. My friend saw the card I made for my hubbie and wanted one almost the same for her son. I used a different paper as he is only in his early twenties and wasn't even alive when we were all playing space invaders lol.

Coloured with copics and I must say s much fun to colour, used one of my precious eyelet outlet brads as well.

Ingredients

Image: Digital Pencil Too "Game On"

Papers: 300 dpi " Extreme Boys"

Brad: Eyelet Outlet

Copics Used: Skin E29, E27, E25, Clothes: B99, B97, B95, B93, R46, B29, YR04, Chair & Floor: W7, W5, W3, W1, Magazines, Cans etc: R27, R29, Bg10, B05, YG06, Y38, C9, C7, BG05.

16 - Wow they grow so fast

I can't believe that my cousin is 16, it seemed like only yesterday I bought him his first cuddly toy a frog that he used to carry everywhere. He is now a tall intelligent hockey playing guy, but is still the sweet little boy at heart.

He plays ice hockey for a team and as soon as I saw this image I knew it would be perfect, his uniform is black and white but the adult team is red, white and black so in honour of him being 16 I thought I would use red as well. This image was a joy to colour and is my first Kenny K but will definitely not be my last.

I used the 300dpi papers that I bought for my hubbies card, these are the digital versions of DCWV and I can see quite a few joining my collection. I love being able to size and print whenever I want so easy but it doesn't help to reduce the paper mountain in my craftroom lol. The pollycraft sentiment has been used again, these are fab as they can be coloured to match the image and there were four different ones offered as a freebie ages ago.

Ingredients

Image: Kenny K

Papers: 300dpi

Sentiment: Pollycraft

Wow - 1st post of September

I can't believe September is nearly over and this is my 1st post. Mojo went on vacation and is still lost but had to make a few cards as a necessity. I actually bought a card last week....eeek...shock horror...disbelief. I know it is a while since I actually bought a card but boy it's not just the price £1.89 for a single piece of card with an image but the style and content, I thought I must be getting old as the jokes just weren't funny. Bought a suitable one after looking in five different card shops lol and made a decision that I won't buy another card for another five years. I have decided to stop worrying about whether people like my cards and trying to please everyone and am just going to make cards I like. I know that this may sound logical and may be how you all do it but it is a change to me lol. So on to tonights card.

I made this for a my hubbie and as he is an avid gamer I couldn't resist this image from Mo , it is almost as though she has been looking through my curtains lol. I found the paper thanks to Emma who posted a link to the store on her blog. The store has DCWV digital paper packs and I couldn't resist a few, so fab to have the DCWV designs available to print as many times as you want.

Ingredients

Image: "Gamer" Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Paper: "Space Invaders" 300dpi (DCWV digital paper store)

Sentiment: created on the Mac using Checkbook font