Saturday, is the weather good enough to BBQ?

Hi there readers,

Well, here we are .. at another Bank Holiday weekend. I know the weather's been glorious much of the week but hey .... BANK HOLIDAY people so, is it raining yet? It' looking pretty nice here right now but then, the BBQ's still in the shed, wait till we think about getting it out!

Managed a little time at the Table of Craftiness, a pal asked for a couple of masculine cards so, armed with my washi tape - here's one I made earlier!

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White A2/C6, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of black card, cut to mat
• Snippets of card in both black and white, for my image panel
• Washi tape
• Tim Holtz plane image (from THMM105) and sentiment (from THJ009 - "Saying Stuff") stamped using Versafine onyx black and Ranger Archival cobalt blue inks

I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:-

1. Water Cooler Wednesday - challenge No. 222 - ALL ABOUT OCCASIONS
2. Allsorts - challenge No. 520/521 - BIRTHDAY
3. CraftyCatz - challenge No. 463 - MONOCHROME
4. Moving Along With The Times - challenge No. 98 - MONOCHROME
5. QKR Stampede - challenge No. 349 - ANYTHING GOES

And, since my friend asked for "several" masculine cards, here's another .......

My card

 

The front, back and inside of my card along with the front and back of my envelope

Materials used:

• White A2/C6, 250gsm, card and matching sized envelope
• Two pieces of white card cut to fit
• One piece of grey card, cut to mat
• One piece of scrap card (cut to size) and a rectangle die cut from the piece, to use as a mask
• With the mask taped in place I applied Distress Ink in hickory smoke, to give an even coating
• Using two Tim Holtz stencils (THS006 "dot fade" and THS013 "clockwork") I applied the hickory smoke ink through both, obtaining a nice (IMHO) mottled layering look
• Kaisercraft "crackle" image stamped using Ranger Archival grey shadow ink
• Kelly Creates large sentiment (348273) stamped using Versafine onyx black ink
• A quick spritz of Krylon fixative (having first placed the mask back over my inked panel)
• Scribbles "night star" (black) 3D glitter glue used to trace over the large sentiment - to add both highlight and texture

I'll be entering the above for the following challenges:-

1. Patties Creations - challenge No. 158 - BIRTHDAY
2. Just Add Ink - challenge No. 458 - Q, X, Y, Z ...... I went with "Y" with my happY birthdaY
3. CardzTV - challenge No. 90 - ANYTHING GOES
4. Crafting From The Heart - challenge No. 243 - ANYTHING GOES
5. Sweet Stampin' Challenge - May 25th challenge - BIRTHDAY BOYS