Challenge #16 -- TIME

Challenge #16 at Cardz 4 Guyz has been chosen by Jan, who decided upon TIME. This is always a popular topic for male cards so we are hoping for a good turnout of entries at the main blog. Please do pop over to see the Design Teams samples for you can't help but be inspired to go off and start planning your project. Last week I added on a scrapbook page for the Wheels challenge in an attempt to let all who visit us know we will accept anything which has been created with paper, this includes MDF and the remainder of altered art materials. I am following this on this week with my selection of gifts for a guy.
  Let me introduce you to them one by one.

A Gift Card Holder

Inside holder with Gift Card.

  A Fat Page 4" x 4"

An ATC - Artist Trading Card - 2.5" x 3.5"

A Bookmark

I used for the gifts the following

Blue and white cardstock, Distress Inks, Chipped Sapphire, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans.

Stamps from several sets,  Paperartsy, Stampendous, 

Instructions for the Gift card holder are on  You Tube, it is so easy to make. 

hope to see you over on the Cardz 4 Guyz blog, thanks for taking the time to visit and hopefully comment. 

Mid Week Motivation at MMM

Every week on a Wednesday the Design Team member of Make My Monday, who chose the challenge theme provides you with a Mid- Week Motivation project to hopefully guide, instruct or simply inspire you. I decided to make 3 bookmarks where I have used the same new stamp but in different ways, hoping to give that inspiration if you need it.

The Bookmark on the LEFT is a simple Monochrome approach, using a white piece of card, and a black ink pad for the stamp. I have also added further interest stamping a few leaves from another set of stamps. I dragged around the outer edge with the chisel nib of a black marker pen. Added fibres and ribbons.

The CENTRE example shows how my adding pretty papers to your bookmark, you don't need to add any further colouring to the background. I have only coloured the birds, made a small flower using a stamp and again added fibres and ribbon.

The final bookmark on the RIGHT is more of a Vintage style, I coloured the background with TH Distress inks Old Paper, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. All the stamping was done using a black ink pad. I added a piece of lace and a fancy button, along with the fibres and ribbon to embellish it.

Stamps Used----

Left -Bird Cage with two birds from Inkylicious. My non - inked stamp.

Left - Leaves - Paperartsy - Flora and Fauna 3

Centre -The small flower - from Dreamees

Right Border top and bottom from La Blanche stamps.

Mid Week Motivation - Bluebell

I know how busy everyone is at present either making Christmas cards, or even out shopping for them. Hopefully you will get some time to enter the Favourite Flower Challenge over at Make My Monday.  I decided for the mid week motivation to move to my second favourite flower which is a bluebell. I have made an easel card and the additional inspiration in this post is I hope to encourage you to give a gift along with your card, by enclosing  a bookmark. The stamp of the Bluebell is from Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque). The butterfly is by Lyndsay Mason from her tattered Butterflies set. Coloured with Promarkers. background Papers from a pack by Papermania.