Challenge # 16 - There is a Man in My Life

This week I am focusing on men, yes men.  The challenge this week is "There is a Man in my Life".  You can make a card, tag, etc. for a man or one with a man- young or old- on your project..  I would love to see what you create keeping this theme in mind. 

Moonlight Journey

My sponsor for this challenge is Moonlight Journey. Oh, they have so many great digitals.  You will have to go to their site and check it out.    There are women, men, doors, butterflies, castles and the list goes on.  The next couple of days I will be posting a number of their digitals as I  personally have quite a few of them.

Below you will see some of the projects the DT has created to give your inspiration.

Vicki

My card uses images from Moonlight Journey, the sponsor for this challenge.  The background is Distressed Glue, a Technique Junkie technique.  This is a very easy technique, but you have to have patience while everything dries.  I took a sponge that had been used with distressed ink and tinted my greeting as well as the face and hands of the image as I didn't like the stark white of the man's face and hands.

I am also entering this card in Gingersnap Creations' GC 96 Ginger, Copper and Rust.

Barbara Washington

My card also uses digital images from Moonlight Journey. The background is from Steampunk Backgrounds and the man and the words are from Masterful Men Tags. Only the hat is not from Moonlight Journey. I had one of those happy accidents as I was starting this card. When I went to print the images, I didn't realize that I had photo paper in the printer and I printed out the images. Normally I would have used plain cardstock. I really liked how the images looked like photos, so I used them. The balloon was printed twice. I cut out the balloon, rounded it with a paper rounder and used hot glue to attach it and give it dimension. The big clock, spinner, and gear are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology line. The little gears are actual watch parts that I had in my stash. I love doing Steampunk art and I think it makes great man cards.

Krisha

Using Tom Holtz stamps I created this card for my youngest son's birthday ( April 15) It is a cream colored card that has been dry embossed on the front cover. The can and the sentiment were stamped then trimmed. The sentiment is mounted onto a thin cork and gold paper. The time piece is stamped onto the hand made paper layer, and clock face and gold corner charm were the finishing touches.

Petra

Little men - big men ... it never seems to be so easy to make cards for either! The card is based on a sketch from Mojo Monday. I used Basic Grey papers for covering the square white card. The top of the second layer has been punched with an EKSuccess punch and has been embellished with machine-sewn lines. The stamped images are from Lily of the Valley and coloured with Copics and Koh-i-noor pencils. Buttons and thread are from my stash. Wishing you all lots of sunshine!

Michele

I'm definitely one of those folks who is challenged when it comes time to make cards for men. I don't exactly know why this is -- and I could get philosophical about it but I'll save that for another time... Anyway I have it in my head that I should keep cards for men more simple. And I like simplicity so that was the inspiration for this card. The main image is a Louis Armstrong stamp from the Stampsmith. I applied markers directly to the stamp. I cut out my image at an angle, drew a dark brown border on that with another marker and then attached it to some designer paper. I then attached that to the brown card stock. I thought about putting a saying on it but I opted to keep with the simple theme. I'd be happy to give this to any man in my life!

Challenge #13 - Is It Spring Yet?

I know by now everyone is asking "Is It Spring Yet?"  Well the answer is "yes".  At least it is in blogland.  This is the theme of our challenge the next two weeks.  Anything and everything "Springy"  is acceptable.  How about some flowers, sunshine, raindrops, and of course we can't forget the birds and bees.   

Alpha Stamps

I  have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge.  It is Alpha Stamps.  They carry an extensive  supply of collage supplies, rubber stamps, stickers, and charms as well as brads, eyelets and tags.  You will have to check them out.  Just click on their name above to visit their site.

Now, almost anything you create will probably qualify.  The rules are short and easy.

1.  Be a follower on my blog.

2.  Post my challenge on your site.

3.  Link directly to your entry and not to your entire blog.

Ok, let's get crafting some feelings of Spring.

Below are some inspirational pieces.

Krisha

Alpha Stamps provided the picture that inspired this card. Having studied art history (many, many moons ago)I loved all that were on the sheet, but this one was my favorite one. I did stamp over the picture as some people are apposed to nudity, myself I consider it art and has been art for centuries. The picture was trimmed and layered onto a very dark blue cs, then onto a mullberry that has gold run through it. (LOVE, LOVE this stuff). The collumn is from TPC stamps, the sentiment and flowers are from Inkadinkado. Is it spring yet? cause Girls just wanta have fun.

Micihele

My creation is all about traditional spring themes: flowers and bunnies. what can I say? I love them. first of all I'm obsessed with the millefiori technique from technique junkies. it is the springiest technique I've ever tried! and bunnies give you an awfully cuddly feeling. this card is on designer paper by basicgrey, with bunnies cut out from a twisted papers vintage image. the "joy" letter stamps came from pixie press, the flower from hero arts and the spiral is by connor's collectibles. I hope you are feeling springy too. If not, this challenge will surely help get you in the mood!

Barbara

I am so looking forward to spring. For my card this challenge I used an image from a collage sheet provided by our sponsor, Alpha Stamps. I thought the beautiful woman looked so lovely and springlike there among the foliage and flowers. To accentuate the feeling of spring, I added one of my favorite butterflies from Heartfelt Creations and used various shades of purple or lilac, such a wonderful spring color. The border die cut is a Spellbinders die. The background stained glass stamp is also from Heartfelt Creations. I think that the sentiment, from Club Scrap, is really uplifting and hopeful.

Vicki

I don't know how many of you are old enough to remember Tiny Tim who use to play the Uke and sang "Tiptoe Through the Tulips", but I thought about it the whole time I was working on this card.  However, I am not using tulip; I am using pansies.  My card has a top layer of cardstock on which I used the Faux Barnwood technique.  The main images (the dancer and the group of pansiers) are from my sponsor, Alpha Stamps.  The saying is from Moonlight Journey.  The ring the girl is dancing through was made using two scalloped ovals from Spellbinders.  The oval frame itself was made from a background on an old calendar.