Manly Monday multiple steps background

The background doesn’t really look like much, but it took a couple of steps to get there. I don’t love it but somebody will love getting this card. What I see and what the recipient sees are very different.

The card base is cherry red and I was going to work that background into an orange red like the sentiment card. Stand back! LoL! 

I took a background stamp from Stamping Up, inked it with black distress oxide ink and placed the card on top of it. I sprayed the background with water and hit it with the heat tool. I heavily inked the background with two oxides and the one I know was Rusty Hinge. I went direct to paper and it wasn’t changing the color like I thought it would. While the ink was still wet I heat embossed it with clear powder. The embossing didn’t cover it completely but that’s okay

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge-Thank you card.

Manly Monday Tree silhouette die cut

The tree background die is by Dreamweaver Stencils. The yellow background was made using distress oxide. The bottom edge is made up of border punches just 2 layers to make it look fuller. After I added the tree die to the background I dry embossed it with an embossing folder by The Paper studio at Hobby Lobby. I added distress oxide over the whole thing before added a upcycled thank you tag. 

I’m entering this card into the thank you challenge at Simon Says Stamp. And Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge Thank you 😊 

 This card was made with a piece of basic gray patterned paper and a piece of copper metallic paper that has texture. The sentiment is by Bo Bunny, and the brad is by Creative Imagination.

The background paper is by Accord Publishing. This time I colored the die cut with a Copic Markers. I cut the edge thin so that it would sit inside the frame of the patterned paper. 

The background inside the frame was made with distress ink. I tried to make it look like a the shadows of the tree trunks. I ripped a piece of paper on the bottom edge of the tree and made it look like dirt. Hopefully it did. 

Thanks for looking and reading my long post. 

Manly Monday Kayak card

I made this card for a friend's husband's birthday. This old cling stamp set is by TPC Studio. I heat embossed the kayak with Salty Ocean embossing glaze by Ranger. Then I used distress oxides to palette paint the kayak in. The paddle is heat embossed with Stampendous silver embossing powder and colored in the same way. 
The background...I made a bunch of these that day while experimenting with different-sized paintbrushes.  I took a chance and painted close to the kayak with a large wet brush and this is what it looked like. I love it. I have to thank Simon Says Stamp for challenging me to roll my sleeves up and play.  It feels great to use some of the fun products I've collected throughout the years. Thank you.
I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday-Masculine

Manly Monday Black Background Music card

I made this background using thin patterned paper and an old Fiskars texture plate. From there I tested different red Copic markers on it to see if they needed to be refilled. Then I thought it was a good idea to go direct to paper with Black Soot distress oxide. That is a juicy ink pad and it saturated the paper all the way through. 

The image was cut out, and not very well from a patterned paper by Feature Art in Australia. I had to go around the edges with a dark grey Couture Creations alcohol marker to make them look even. 

The sentiment is an old rubber cling stamp by Fiskars. I stamped it out with Versa Fine black ink. The stars are from a birthday present die that I found with no packaging.

These cards are going out for donation.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges- Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge masculine 

I’ve been using this challenge to make and use products in different ways that I haven’t before. Idk if my projects are exactly right for this challenge but it’s helping my creative block.

Simon Says Stamp Wed challenge-Anything goes 

Addicted to Stamps-any occasion

Glitz and the heart of letters-M for masculine

Manly Monday Chalk Markers Hello card

I stamped The sunrise and car with chalk markers. The car is a second generation stamp image. I added yellow, blue and green, distress ink to create the sunny scene. The car is from Tim Holtz and the sunrise and sentiment is unknown. 

I put that front panel onto a black card stock card base. 

This card was made for Craft Roulette #287. The parameters were: project – card with a hello. Colors – crisp. Element – Sunny. Random – pennant.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp-bright and colorful

Manly Monday Spider-Man card

The background was made by my niece. The spider-man stickers are by ek Success. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Hello with Metal Squares

A day early. 

The patterned paper is by Bazzill. The sentiment is by Fiskars. The squares are my metal for the Simon  Says Stamp challenge. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Square background card

I made this background with leftover squares from my Accordion cards. I inked the background with distress ink. Then, the white frame was made with Stampendous dies. The sentiment is from a store-bought card. Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

I'm entering the challenge at The Male Room

Manly Monday Mustache card

This card may not seem like much but all of those mustaches are die cuts that were cut out with my Cricut. Thanks for stopping by. 

Manly Monday Balloon die cuts Birthday card

I found these balloon die cuts amongst the things people gifted me. I’m going to guess that they are by Creative Memories. The check patterned paper, also a gift is by Colorbok. The oval-ish white die is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. The thread was probably hanging off of my husband’s shirt. I tied that around the bottom of the balloon. The card needs a sentiment but I don’t want to cover up the thread. Thank you for visiting my blog.

Manly Monday Peace and Rock N Roll cards

 The digital image is from Bug-a-boo. I colored them in with Copic markers. The patterned paper is by Imaginicse. The orange and black papers are scraps from my stash. The peace sign is made of chipboard, and it may be by Basic Gray. 

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Manly Monday E=Mc2 Graduation card

This is a Craft Roulette card episode #259. The parameters were: a card with two folds, Math, and markers. The color parameter was Jelly beans. The colors are too loose meaning you could use any colors. So, a Zoom group and I pull a card out of the Color Cube and make that the color parameter. I like more of a challenge. Idk. 
My card is a matchbox card. The background, E=Mc squared stamp is by Deep Red Stamps. I stamped it with black ink and blended my background with distress oxides. The grad cap was made with my Cricut. The sentiment die is by Spellbinders, and the sentiment is from Stamps of Life. The ribbon is from Michael's. I colored the white line in the middle with a Copic marker.

Thanks for stopping by.

Manly Monday stenciled Circles card

This is for the Craft Roulette #267
Parameters: 4 Bar card size which is 3.5 by 4 7/8. Colors: In a craft store. I used the color cube pictured below. The other side was a car. I used it as the model car section of a craft store. Element: Sewing. The rectangle has a stitched edge. Random: Stencil. The stencil is from Scrapbooking Made Simple

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Manly Monday Large Baseball Glove card

The frame is by Accord Publishing. The glove is a Cricut cut, and I crumpled it up. Then I added distress ink. The sentiment is by Jilliban Soup. 

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Baseball Cards

The bat stamp is by Stampin Up. The arrow die cut is by Clearly Besotted. It reminds me of the stitching on a baseball. 

The arrow die is by Clearly Besotted. The ball in the above card is a sticker on foam adhesive. The sticker border at the bottom is by Creative Memories. 

The borders and ball corner, as well as the bat, are by Accord Publishing. The Play stamp set is by Colorbok.. I colored in the “Play” sentiment.    

Thanks for looking. HAGD!

Manly Monday Art Impression Lighthouse card

The lighthouse stamp is by Art Impression and I colored it in with Copic markers. Then I die cut it out with an eBay stitched square die. The patterned paper is by Paper Favourites. The hemp is by Tim Holtz. The enamel dots are by Hero Arts. The sentiment is by Scrapbooking Made Simple. 

Thanks for looking.

Challenge:

Art Impressions Anything goes
Cardz for Men Body of water

Manly Monday 50th Lumberjack Card

I bought this die plate from Scrapbooking Made Simple. The lumberjack stamp is unknown. I colored him in with Copic markers. The sentiment stamp is by The Paper Studio at Hobby Lobby. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Anchor Card

The patterned paper is by Studio G. The embossed paper is by Colorbok. The sentiment is a stamp by Stampendous that I cut out with a Spellbinders die.  While the paper was still in the die I embossed it using a rubber mat and then inked it with distress ink. 

This card was supposed to go for Kendra‘s card challenge #10 but I didn’t like it. So it sat in the “To Be Finished” box waiting for an occasion or to come up with a brilliant way to finish it.

 The sketch that inspired my card is in the upper right corner. Keep in mind, sketches are there to spark your creativity, and this was mine loosely based on the sketch.

Thanks for looking. HAGD! 

Manly Monday Star stencil card

 I made this birthday card with glimmer mist and two stencils: The obvious one, the stars, and then underneath that is a polka dot. Those stencils are by The Crafter's Workshop. The sentiment stamp is by Paper Smooches. The star die cuts were in my stash. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday Colored Pencils Bird on a Tree

I made this card for Craft Roulette #258 with the guest May May Helms. The parameters were:

  HERE’S THE LINK TO MY CARD

The images are by Maya Road. The tree has a trunk with some bare branches. I had to do some masking to fill the tree with leaves and put the bird on top. One of the parameters was pencils, so I used colored pencils on my image.

This is the background made with distress ink. Thanks for looking. HAGD!