Charcoal Chuck TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT card for today is for 

 

So many things I could have done with the subject, but it seems I'm on a run with a Dr Digi images. I love this image and as my Nephew in Law, is a great BBQ King it was made for him, he really does delicious things with the BBQ, so it's perfect for his birthday. 

I started with the background, pretty simple, I stencilled the clouds and grass and cut to size with a die. I then took the image into Silhouette and print and cut him 3 times for depth.  Next was to colour him with DI's. I really am no artist. The stencilled layer was added to the base card and then Chuck was added. I also print and cut the sentiment 3 times, it was a copy of the words I had in my files, that wouldn't fit, and it was layered onto the card. Quite simple, but that's my mind set atm. 

image - Dr Digi, Charcoal Chuck

inks - Distress Inks

Silhouette

stencil - Funky Fossil

die - Sue Wilson Noble square

sentiment copy words - Lettering Delights 

font -  Almond Slices

 

 

What is your outdoor subject?  See you at The Male Room

 

I was thrilled to be Card of the Week at Dr Digi. 

Food or Drink TMR

Hi Everyone, my DT post today a second card for

The Male Room

 

Food or Drink, now that is a great challenge for me, but I have managed to do two for the challenge this month, I couldn't decide which to do, so did both. Birthday cake is food, isn't it?  

After a lot of thinking, I looked through some sketches and decided on this simple sketch. 

Now for colours, for this I went through my digital papers and this spotty multicolour popped out, I made a banner shape and coloured it in light yellow and added the sentiment. I decided to make the green the main colour, no idea why! I hadn't used watercolour pencils in an age, so decided as the main features were quite small, I would use them. They were all taken into Silhouette and print and cut, the image twice with a 1mm border, as in a die. 

 

The sentiment banner was edged with a DI, so was the spotty paper. They were added to the card. I then decided to add 3D glaze to the image as it looked dull. Then thought to add some stars to make it more celebratory, to which I also added 3D glaze. Card done. Shame you can't see the shine with the glaze.

 

 digital stamp - Dr Digi, Connie Confectionery 

inks - watercolour pencils, Reeves - Distress Ink, twisted citron 

paper -  Just So Scrappy, School Rules paper #3 2011

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

Silhouette

star dies - CraftAddictions UK 

font - The Blue Cabin 

 

What will your Food or Drink be for the Challenge?

Food or Drink, Burgers TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for

The Male Room

 

Food or Drink, now that is a great challenge for me, as I don't have many food or drink stamps. I saw this digi for sale and just had to get it. With the GNephews being adults now, I thought they would appreciate it. I hope. 

 

I took it into Silhouette and print and cut it 3 times, then coloured it with DI's using a lot of colours. The sentiment was printed and fussy cut, maybe I should have had Silhouette do it, anyway, I then had to do a background. After looking through backgrounds in my files, I found this beauty, just perfect for Bob and his dog, even the shadows fitted it. I find digital scrapbook kits are very handy with their different papers and elements.

 

Next I layered all the images, then added the background to the base card and the layers onto it. The sentiment was added with 3D pads.  For all the colouring, it really didn't take that much time, I'm glad to say. It's a big image on a 5x7 card, and my colouring isn't brilliant, but I quite like it. 

 

image - Dr Digi, Bob's Big Burger

inks - Distress inks, too many to say

white pen - Posca

background - Afternoon-Delight/Dezines by Nae at Digital Scrapbool.com 2020

 

 What will your Food or Drink be for the Challenge?

Create your own background TMR

 Hi Everyone, my card today is for

I had a card to make for our neighbour, so went looking through stamps and my digi stamps and found Ted. I've used him a couple of times, and cased one of my cards here, our neighbour loves his garden, it was for his 82nd birthday.

I took Fred into Silhouette and cut him 3 times, the background twice, in case I made an error, you know I hate fussy cutting!  I coloured the background in DI's, adding a few bushes in the garden, then some grass and sky. All layered onto a die cut circle. Ted was coloured, and the 3 layers glued together and added to the background.

digi stamp - Dr Digi, Ted & his shed

inks - Distress Inks

circle die - Tonic pin dot

hollyhock die -  AliExpress

sentiment - from the web  

Birthday cake card

 Hi Everyone, a card for my eldest brother today, I made it for a DT post and forgot I had made it, I had put it in a pile of cards made for birthdays. 

My excuse is, I bought a new guillotine, with Christmas money, that can cut A3 card, so I can easily cut 5x7inch cards landscape. I am so excited, as the only way I could do it before was to use my Silhouette.

I always look through my files for birthday, it doesn't always, but for this card it turned up trumps, yet again.

I took the Baker and the sentiment into Silhouette, then placed them as I wanted them. Next, I added his age and the sentiment. The page design and 3 copies of the Baker were printed. The Baker was coloured with markers, although not my best effort, I hope my brother doesn't notice. They were glued together.

The background paper was printed, and the baker layer was added to it, with the die cut sentiment.

Baking Chef - Dr Digi, Baking Brian (my brother is also Brian 😁)

inks - Spectrum Noir markers

sentiment copied from - From the Heart Stamps, Cat Pout

background paper - Marisa Lerin at Digital Scrapbook.com

happy birthday svg - Simply Crafty svgs

 

Retirement Teacher

Hi Everyone, I hope you are all OK after all the awful extreme weather, worldwide, we have had in the last few weeks. 

My simple CAS card today, was for our nephew in law, who has retired from his Head of Creative Arts Teacher post. Although they have asked him to go back for 2 days a week! He has been very busy in the last 2 years helping his sons who have bought houses to do them up too. I think he deserves to take his time now. 

Anyhow, I typed the sentiment in Silhouette and cut the sentiment sheet and background. The image was then cut 3 times, I cut out the Retirement in 2 colours to match the pants and background paper. I had paper pieced the pants in Photoshop, so printed that out and fussy cut it as I forgot to add it to Silhouette duh! I then coloured him with DI's, added 3D glaze to his specs and layered the retirement pieces. All were added to the sentiment paper and to the card. 

I have shown you the insert, before printing. The apt Teacher resignation verse is from Craft-U-Print free verses.  I hope it's large enough for you to see.

image - Weekend Walter  Dr Digi 

inks - Distress Inks, faded jeans, chipped sapphire, abandoned coral, candied apple

3D glaze - Nuvo Crystal Glaze

 dp - Dawn By Design 

verse - Crafts-U-Print

insert mugs - Hugware

 

Radio Birthday

 Hi Everyone, sorry I've been AWOL. A couple of weeks ago I was out watering the pots on the edge of the lawn, hubby called, I turned and was closer to the edge of the step than I thought. Over I go onto the concrete. It was a bad fall and may have broken one or two ribs. I also pulled my lower leg muscle and my poor knees had a bad time too, also my left breast it really has been an ouch time. I didn't attend A&E as I was convinced it was just a bruised muscle, but the pain became worse last week and I had to attend A&E. I was told it was probably broken or fractured rib/s, but an X-Ray was not required, as there was no treatment even if it/they were broken and to just keep taking painkillers, although I was given stronger ones to help me sleep. 

Anyhow, that's my reason for not visiting, although I did manage a little time on some days and tried to comment on some blogs, those I didn't I apologise.

Now onto why you are here, my card. I made it before my fall and can't remember why I did it? Maybe a challenge or something? I had this radio digital stamp a long while and used it for this card. I followed a sketch, used my Cameo to cut out 2 layers of the Radio and then coloured it with inks. Using clear powder to heat embossed it, although I don't think you can see the shine in the photo. I had a vintage paper pad and die cut pieces to make the sketch. I took a Kraft scalloped ready card and splattered it with gold ink, added the radio with 3D pads and the sentiment I also made and cut with the Cameo and also heat embossed all over. Quite simple really. 

sketch = Paper Play Sketches #08

image - Dr Digi

inks - Distress Inks, vintage photo, gathered twigs, walnut stain, ground expresso

markers - Spectrum Noir markers 

Silhouette Cameo

paper - Craft Sensations.

gold ink - Kuretake

 

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #217  B is for Birthday

Masculine 90th birthday

 Hi Everyone, a card today made for someone who lives in the small village, where I was born and bred, he was the son of a local farmer, hence the reference to soil, he is still very active and certainly doesn't look his age. I knew I had "Ted" in my files so went to find him, I took him into my Cameo, as always, and cut 3 layers of him and also the background which I cut into a circle with the sentiment I had added. 

I die cut the larger circle and a small circle in brown card I have in my stash, after measuring both to ensure they fitted the background and the die cut number. I coloured the image and background with DI's and attached the background to the larger brown circle. I attached all layers of "Ted" and attached him to the background. I thought a touch of a flower helped.

image - Ted and his Shed Dr Digi 

inks - Distress Inks 

dies - Tonic pindot

90 dies - could be First Edition?

hollyhock die - AliExpress, coloured with Spectrum Noir markers

sentiment - saw on the web 

gold card - Stash

 

Whoop whoop, I had Dr Digi card of the week for this card.

Sports TMR

 Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for 

The Male Room challenge #162 

I have had "Derek" in my files for too long! it was time to use him and for the perfect challenge. I took him into Photoshop as I wanted to add a plaid paper for his shorts, digitally paper piecing. I print and cut him (so easy) in my Silhouette using a border cut, maybe a little to large? After the 4 layers were cut I coloured him in watercolour pencils. I didn't think his glasses stood out enough, so added a fine liner black pen to make them stand out. Then added 3D glaze.

I stamped the sentiment onto white card and sports items onto another piece of card, clear heat embossing them, there are dumbbells and weights on it, but with my cutting and placement you can only see the skipping ropes oh! well. 

I die cut the border coloured card, stamped, fussy cut and added the weights in the corner. I could have added more details but thought the men don't see the extras, so left it quite simple. I could call this card mixed media?

DumbBell Derek - Dr Digi

watercolour pencils - Nuvo Water Colour Pencils

shorts paper - Gina Jones

card - Craft Sensations, Lidl, Crafters Companion 

stamps - Magazine Freebies

dies - Sue Wilson Noble dies

 

 

EDIT : 

I'm thrilled to say I was chosen as card of the week by Dr Digi 

 

Horsey Gal

 Hi Everyone, a lot of things going on which has meant a pause in posting apart from my DT cards, we still have our cupboard drying out, so still things out of it in my craft room! We had a call to let us know the cover on our our faulty divan has been discontinued and we had to choose a new one, making it another 4 or more weeks before we have, hopefully, a perfect? replacement. A few other things added to the stress, but, it can't last forever can it? As they say, things are sent to try us!

However I have made a card for my Horsey Niece. I make her a card with a horse image every year, this is her 59th birthday, so I thought this image suited her perfectly, you know, struggles come about to do things at her age. hahaha

I took the image into my die cutting machine, with the tree, leaves and fence, I cut them all out of plain white card with 2 layers of each and coloured them with Distress inks, the horse is white, as hers is! 

After colouring them, I passed the tree through a wood embossing folder. I printed a dp background, onto which I had added a sentiment, that I thought suited the scene. I placed them all to the background and used silver gel pen around the barrel step, then I added a marker pen shadow underneath the horse. I hope she will be pleased with it.

image - Horsey Harriet Dr Digi

inks - Distress Inks

markers - Spectrum Noir

silhouette digital die cutting machine

EF - Crafters Companion Wood texture

fence shape - Aveziur_Spring_fence 

tree - Alaa'K Silhouette Design Store

silver gel pen - Uniball

background paper - Studio 4 (2012)

sentiment - computer generated

showing the layers

EDIT, Storm Eunice is pretty horrendous, our neighbour has lost his shed roof, we have been lucky so far, just our patio chairs have gone walkabout a bit, but not too bad.

Polkadoodles Challenge Wk 8

Crafty Animals Challenge #58

Outlawz Monday Greeting 

Outlawz Saturday A La Mode

Selfie Santa

Hi Everyone, I'm so behind in blog posts, I can't seem to get anything done, plenty of inspiration, but nothing working for me. Until I saw a challenge and a light went on! About time too. Here's my offering.

I printed the image out onto ordinary white card that I'm finding I can paint with my Distress inks. Watercolour card at 300gsm is far too heavy for my printer. I keep promising myself a new printer to print heavy card, but have seen  varying reviews about them.

I went looking for Christmas papers and found what I liked in amongst my files. I printed and cut them with dies and also printed out some sentiments in the files. I then cut the image and as I had printed it too big for the die, I cut it with Santa's boot outside the frame. The image and sentiments were added and 3d'd. I love the happy image. After finishing the card I decided that some 3D gloss would be good on the sentiments, boots and eyes. Well, Santa would polish his boots and his eyes would be sparkly don't you think? 

image - Dr Digi Selfie Santa

coloured with Distress inks

white card - Hobbycraft

papers & sentiments - Gina Cabrera

The Spot Creative Challenge

Ikes World

TCP Tuesday

The Paper Girls

Outlawz Monday Greetings 

Forklift Fred!

Hi Everyone, my DT post today is for

Sponsor: Dr. Digi's house of Stamps

Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4 years ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with likeminded people.
I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.
This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue!

Prize- 2 digital image of choice

My card is using the Wonderful

  Forklift Fred by Dr Digi

http://pammiesinkypinkieschallenges.blogspot.com/2018/08/pip-challenge-1832.html ATG

https://stampsfun-creativity.blogspot.com/2018/07/329.html ATG

https://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-2018-challenge.html  ATG

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-87.html ATG

http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2018/08/challenge-8-anything-goes-august-and.html ATG

http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/august-challenge-dots-andor-stripes.html Dots and/or Stripes - dots and stripes with the background greeting paper.

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/2018/08/2-or-more-patterned-papers-challenge.html 2 patterned papers - Yep!

TTCRD challenge

Hi everyone there is new

Anything Goes challenge over at

 Through the Craftroom Door 

sponsored by

http://www.doctor-digi.com/

the prize is 2 digital stamps

My card today is using the fabulous "Land Ho"  image, I thought it appropriate for hubby for Father's Day, (I know a little early for the UK, but at least then I won't forget) his Grandfather was Norwegian and the story goes that he got shipwrecked and was washed up on the East coast of Britain!  I don't know if it's true! but I thought I would do a play on the story and use this wonderful Viking image. 

See the Teaser on the right for details in the May / June magazine

http://asnowflakespromise.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-51.html ATG

http://cardz4guyz.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-194-mens-hobbies.html - Men's Hobbies - Sailing?

http://createsandmakes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/challenge-21.html  ATG

https://digichoosday.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/wk-20-digi-choosday-challenge.html  ATG

http://avenue613.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/challenge-209-anything-goes-optional.html  Mainly Blue

http://intaas.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/ch-33-all-about-boys-or-men.html  About the Boys or Men

Science

Hi Everyone, my card today is for

I chose fun Science, as I had made a space card for TMR here.

image Professor Dummkopf - Dr Digi

sentiment from the web

elements and papers - Janet Scott @ Pixelscrapper

image, ruler and white board 3D'd with 3D gloss to the spectacles

Want inspiration for Male Cards? go and see what is in

  The Male Room Challenges

where my fellow DT are spot on with Masculine cards, so are the entries.

Teapot and Teapot and mugs

Hi Everyone, after a great deal of thinking what else I could give to hubby's Sister for Christmas,  I saw this teapot in Matalan and saw a similar image for a kitchen wall on the web, so I decided to combine the two and make my own image and here it is.

Cut on the Cameo in vinyl. She loved it and now uses it everyday, I am so pleased I got someone so difficult to buy for, something she uses.

Here is the teapot and mugs for a gift for SiL number 2, this is the SiL and Brother we stay a lot with, so as a gift for this stay I did the mugs too.  I did the Teapot and couldn't think what to put on the mugs, then saw one with Tee-hee on the web, what do I put on the other? well of course Tea-Her! - sorry for my sense of humour LOL. I added the male and female sign to enhance the sayings!!!

Only thing is, the mug and teapot don't match, I felt the ones that matched were difficult to hold, so as it's a just a bit of fun I bought the others. 

Glad to say they liked them and had a laugh too.

Now just to show how mad I am, this was made in a time of "what the heck can I do to play" moment, when I didn't have any mojo, but wanted to do something.

 I was just pinging around Pinterest, I saw images for light switches?

SO - here is my light switch in my craft room. The reaction of my son? -you'll be tattooing the house soon!!!!!!! Hubby's reaction - he shook his head with a smile,  he knows me so well LOL.

the image - Dr Digi "Phyllis the Festive Fairy", a delicate fairy is not me!
It was her or nothing LOL.

This caught the light, but it's straight LOL.

This is a better photo but at an angle, 

I LOVE walking into my craft room and having a smile when seeing it.

I hope you have a fun day today.

NEW!

Hi Everyone, the challenge over at

My middle brother has his 78th birthday on the 5th, so I decided to take advantage of the challenge to make him this card. I wanted to shout out that it was his birthday. As 4 years ago, we didn't think he would have another birthday. He survived and is healthier than ever. So definitely NEW for him and I thank God for each of his birthdays.

I coloured the image in PS with some paper piecing too and then cut it out a few times, to layer it, on the Silhouette Cameo, the speech bubble is a PS shape.

image - Dr Digi

balloons -  LouCee Creations

brick dps - Far Far Hills freebies

Gardener

Hi Everyone, it was our next door neighbour's birthday so I made him a card. The image is one I had already coloured for this card, so thought I would make life easy! and reuse the details.  I do love this image by Dr Digi. the sentiment on the front and inside are by Create with TLC, I used a gradient effect in PS for them. Papers by Marisa Lerin at Pixelscrapper the flower and bee are by Hodge Podge. I followed the sketch (but turned it) which is a choice of a few, to follow for the Scrapbook.com challenge.

http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1663085/ August card sketch #3

Motor bike fan

Hi Everyone, nothing produced for a few days and then 3 in one day! Today's is for my Niece's husband. I was told that he has a motor bike in his garage that he looks at longingly, I believe it needs a little work! I decided to look through my files for a motor bike and this fabulous image came up, it suits him, as he is a very young 52 LOL.

Anyway the card! I laid it out following a mojo sketch and coloured him, following the colours of the paper, in PS, then added the paper and layered it on black paper added black Nuvo drops and some 3D gloss on his specs. My SIL came up with the sentiment for me, she had seen it on the web, I think.

Image Dr Digi 2 fat boys

DP's ScrapOrchard 

http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/challenge-35-theme-dt-call.html Transport

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/20-man-or-boy.html  Man or Boy.

http://www.scrapbook.com/forums/showtopic.php?tid/1662165/post/new/#NEW  Father's Day or Masculine

Dad's Garden!

Hi Everyone, my card today is for The Male Room Challenge. I saw it had reference to Shakespeare and as I had already done this card, it seemed to match in with the theme. 

Shakespeare had a lot to say about gardens and I thought this piece was relevant for the card. 

Here's flowers for you;
Hot lavender, mints, savoury, marjoram;
The marigold, that goes to bed wi' the sun
And with him rises weeping: these are flowers
Of middle summer, and I think they are given
To men of middle age.
The Winter's Tale (4.4.122-7)

I made it for hubby's birthday a couple of weeks ago, (although he's older than middle age LOL) my son was ill and couldn't go out to get one, he didn't want me to buy one for him, but wanted me to make one of his choice of images, sentiment and inside verse. I had hoped for him to be well enough to go out, and left it until the last minute! as you do LOL. I chose the simplest CAS card I could find in my sketches file. For some reason I have done a few CAS card recently. 

The image is Dr Digi's "Ted and his shed" which is funny as hubby's first name is Edward, although he never uses it.  I coloured the image in PS added a PS stroke effect and cut it out with a circle die. I made a mistake in the size of the underneath papers, but went ahead with it anyway and think it works OK. I embossed all the papers. I 3D glossed the wellies, you have to have shiny wellies don't you? (Wellington boots) and the tools. I added Nuvo drops to the chimney. I added SN marker to the windows as I had forgotten before printing.

I would loved to have added my name to the DT call, but most challenges want hand coloured and my preferred colouring is PS, it limits me a lot, but I love doing hybrid cards.

http://themaleroomchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-34-theme-dt-call.html Shakespeare 

http://cinspirations.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/challenge-250-for-boys-or-something.html Anyhting Goes.

http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/birthdays.html  Birthdays

Sunshiny Card

Hi Everyone, I have a sunshiny card for you today. It all started when I saw the freebie sentiment of the day from Create with TLC, I knew exactly what I was going to do.

I coloured the beautiful sentiment in PS and added gold shimmer pen to it after printing it out on DP. I added a sunray DP to the "Ewe",  well - she represents my sunshine! you must know how I think by now LOL.  I fussy cut the Ewe and 3D'd her and added the gold shimmer pen to a few places on her. Layered them all on yellow card.

Ewe "Flossie"  Dr Digi
DP sunshine paper Melo Vrijhof Pixelscrapper.
DP background paper Sheila Reid Pixelscrapper

I had this lovely comment so had to add it here.

Ann Yates

11:09

 

After all the lovely comments you've left for me on my blog, I thought it about time and came and paid you a visit. Your cards are lovely and colourful, but this one is my favourite. It made me smile as soon as I saw it :)