April - Card Swap

The theme for the card swap was to use an old CD.  As it happens my card swap partner and I had the same Joanna Sheen CD and agreed to use an image from that CD.  Well I printed off some toppers and background papers - I even used some ink-jet printable canvas that I have had sitting on my shelf for a while.  This fitted in with my 'must use up what I have in my craft room' New Year's Resolution.

 

The fan is white embossed on vellum and green embossed on a metal embellishment.

 

So then I had to make some other cards to use up the leftovers, as I did not want to add to my "leftovers" box of bits for cards - I am trying to reduce what is in there.

Here I have added some sparkle self adhesive sheet to the main image.

Repeated Image - two different sized toppers.

Added flower soft to the main image.

March 2014 - Male Cards

Joanna Sheen Forum Swap - Theme Boys Toys

One of my aims this year is to start using and desposing of some of my stash that has been put away.  To this end I have been selling magazines that are heart/wedding/christmas/easter themed and taking out articles of interest from the rest.

However I did keep for myself a special edition of Making Cards called 'Making Cards for Men' from 2008!  In it I found a card that I thought suitable for the swap.

 

 

Once I had finished making the card,

 

 

 

 

I found I had enough bits to make another similar one, slightly different theme.

 

 

 

 

Now that I have made a start on the magazine, I need to make a few more cards and then I can throw it away.  Hope it does not take me 6 years to do that though.



 

February 2014

Male Birthday

I have no idea how many years this bowler has been in my craft stash - I bought 4 of them (2 male and 2 female) already made up off Ebay.

The birds and the grass are recent purchases that were in an Ebay Job Lot of crafting bits and pieces.  Used Co-ordinations card for the light green, embossed the images and sandpapered them.

December

Teenage Male Birthday

 

From a CD - Card Kits for Men from Crafty Computer Paper

 

From a CD - Crafters' Companion - Hobbies

Although the toppers came with different hair colours the backing paper only has the dark haired boy.

 

 

 

November

Sympathy Card

Imagery from Crafts U Print

 

Thank you card

 

For a male - Did some spirella and used some tartan card from Craft Creations.

 



October

Card Swap - Theme Butterflies

Yet another version of this card.

Butterflies and foliage scroll are from Clarity Stamp and the cage is a Spellbinders.

September

Card Swap - Theme Patchwork

Another version of this card - it is becoming quite a favourite.  Used one sheet of 12 x 12 double sided card paper and one sheet of 6x6 Helidot paper.

 

August

Joanna Sheen Forum Monthly Card Swap - Theme Roses.  I was surprised that I had so little in the Rose stamp theme, so I had to use a CD.  This comes from a Joanna Sheen CD Project book.

 The original project card from the book

 

 My finished version.

 

Birthday card for a 16 year old boy, which was just after his school prom.

 

Paper/Jolly Nation Decoupage.  Background paper I won in a Craft Magazine giveaway.

 

Birthday Card for a work colleague.

 

 Male Birthday Card.

Glittered Clear Decoupage Stickers put on paper and cut out.

 

 

 Another Male Birthday Card.  Another Jolly/Paper Nation Decoupage.

 

 

A commission card for a 92nd Birthday.  The lady's eyesight is not good, so contrasting colours and texture used.

 

 

July

 Teenage Female Birthday

 Teenage Male Birthday

 

Joanna Sheen Forum Card Swap Card for July - Theme Elegant Chic.  Used a Craftsuprint decoupage print that came free with a magazine.  I used a corner punch and some pearls to give it a little more chic appeal.