A bit of Argyle

Yeeeehaaa!

Well as you read this I shall be on my way to London, hopefully, to go to the Country Music Festival!! Eeeek! Excited much??

Almost as excited as I am to share this card with you! Ok, maybe I'm a tad giddy today! (don't worry, I'll be back to normal next week!) 

Back to the card....I have had this Argyle embossed panel sat on my desk for months, and no, I am not exaggerating! I had plans for it once but they didn't pan out so it has sat there getting shifted around until I finally found the perfect sketch challenge to use it with (details of that below). Imagine how chuffed I was to find I had matching Back To Black DSP too!

I die cut 'happy' from Crazy About You, then stamped the 'Birthday' from the same bundle before punching out with the Word Window Punch. I then added some banners of ribbon to give a little colour and voila! Another 'man card'!

I think I'm getting the hang of non-girly cards just recently!

So here are a couple of challenges which helped inspire me...

Stampin' Celebration - #99

Stampin' Royalty - Embossing

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I'm now going to enjoy the rest of my weekend...I'm sure I'll be back with some pictures after the weekend! 

Have a good one y'all! ;)

Partial Embossing using an Embossing Folder

Good morning!

And another bright and sunny one it is too!

Here is one of the cards I made at Jen's yesterday afternoon whilst there with Vicky too.

I decided I needed to try my hand at a male anniversary/valentine card as I have none in my box! Can you see how the card has been partially embossed? I did this popping my card blank into my Argyle EF and taping it shut so the card doesn't move. I then taped a strip of double thickness chipboard across the outside of the EF, where I wanted embossing. With the chipboard side down, I ran it through my bigshot missing the bottom clear plate. I repeated this step further down the card to create another strip.

The word 'love' is stamped onto the card blank using my brand new Morning Post stamp set, and I cut out the 'O' and popped it up for dimension! The button is made from the fabby Simply Pressed Clay...it has added no weight to my card at all! The hearts were sadly retired a while ago.

Supplies

Stamp - Morning Post

Ink - Real Red, Island Indigo

Embossing - Argyle EF

Other - Simply Pressed Clay & Moulds, Island Indigo Baker's Twine

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Challenges

Sketchbook Saturday - #100

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Let's Hear It For The Boys

4 Crafty Chicks - Dry Embossing

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Do come back tomorrow and I'll let you know how I got on, plus I have different of using the Simply Pressed Clay to show you!

Have a great Sunday!

Remembering Granddad

Hello!

Here is another one of the commission cards I have on order...

This one is using Serene Silhouettes and a computer generated sentiment.

I added some embossed panels and designer paper for texture and interest, and the ribbon just finishes it I think.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Designer Paper - Subtles

Stamp - Serene Silhouettes

Ink - Basic Black

Embossing - Chevron EF, Argyle EF

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Challenges

Sweet Stampin' - Sketch

Sister Act - Anything Goes

A Gem Of A Challenge - Emboss It

Anything Goes - Father's Day

CAS on Sunday - Black & White plus one other

Craft Your Passion - Father's Day

Have a lovely Tuesday and see you tomorrow!

Need For Speed!

Good morning!
Here is another card I made at Jen's on Saturday...can you see a theme yet? Yup! Men! I needed some male cards so I have made quite a few!

I embossed my Night of Navy card panel with the Argyle EF, and then trimmed the edge for some shape. It was supposed to be the other way round but I didn't notice til the whole card was stuck down lol! I stamped the car in Rich Razzleberry and fussy cut it out, mounting it on Stampin' Dimensionals.

Supplies

Cardstock - More Mustard, Midnight Muse

Designer Series Paper - Brights

Stamps - Need For Speed, Itty Bitty Banners

Ink - More Mustard, Rich Razzleberry

Framelits - Bitty Banners

Embossing Folder - Argyle

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Challenges

Create With Connie & Mary - #247

Just Add Ink - #161