Another masculine card.......

There seems to be a lot of male birthdays in August to make cards for - hopefully this will be the last one for a while, as I never find them easy.  

This card is for my friend's DH who is a bit of a handyman, so this Papermania stamp seemed appropriate.  The image is coloured with Promarkers and die cut with a Memory Box 'Stitched Rectangle' die.  I embossed the top half of the background with a tool embossing folder and the bottom half is Anna Marie Design patterned paper.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge ~ Colouring

Creative Corner Challenge ~ Turquoise and Brown

Stamping Sensations August challenge ~ Anything Goes with a stamp and a die

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #157 ~ Make Your Mark (Used Promarkers)
Beccy's Place August Challenge ~ Anything Goes

CAS Owl

The Less is More challenge this week is "The Eyes Have it!", which immediately made me think of owls, probably because I can't resist an owl stamp!  This time it's a one layer card.

The owl, branch and sentiment are part of set of Woodware stamps and the image is coloured with Promarkers.  The feather stamp is one of the Papermania 'Owl Folk' stamps.

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Less is More - Week 236 One Layer Challenge ~ The Eyes Have it!

The Craft Barn Weekly Challenge ~ Colouring
Creative Corner Challenge ~ Turquoise and Brown

Fishing

A 40th birthday card for my niece's DH is needed this week.  It took me ages to come up with a suitable design - some people are just easier to make cards for than others! So, I went with a summery design, but keeping the colours quite masculine.

I decided on one of my favourite colour schemes of red, white and black.  The background was made with a Creative Expressions mask 'Wavy', using Black Soot DI.  The image is Little Claire's 'Silhouette Boat', which I stamped with a Versafine Onyx Black ink pad. The image and sentiment were die cut with Memory Box 'Stitched Squares' and 'Stitched Circle' dies. 

I would like to enter my card for the following challenges:

Stamping Sensations August challenge ~ Anything Goes with a stamp and a die

Cardz 4 Guyz Challenge # 83 ~ A Numbered Birthday

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 189 ~ Used red snippets

Country View Crafts August Challenge ~ Summertime
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #157 ~ Make Your Mark (Inkduster/Distress Ink for the background)
Deep Ocean Challenge #110~  Maritime

Card Candi Flowers

Two Get Well cards today using the same image.

The image is a Woodware stamp, with the leaves coloured with a Promarker. The flower head circles are just the right size for Card Candi.  I added a strip of washi tape down the edge and green patterned paper just shows through the dots.

The second card has a punched border down the side, with a strip of green card attached to the inside edge of the back of the card.

The next photo shows the card open.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges:
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 189 ~ Used green snippets
Little Claire's Monthly Stamp Challenge # 59 - 'In Bloom' 
Penny Black and More August challenge ~ Summer Flowers
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper August challenge
That's Crafty! Purple Passion Challenge