Waltzingmouse Guys

It's time for another challenge over at Waltzingmouse Fanatics and this time we just want to see a card for a guy.   I love making masculine cards but couldn't choose a set so I decided to combine our challenge with another to help me make my choice and I used the sketch at Seize the Sketch which led me to My Kind of Guy.

If you're a regular visitor here you're probably not surprised to see kraft - I just think it works so well with masculine cards.  I started with the central panel and stamped the rectangular frame in a darker brown and punched each dot with a pokey tool so I could stitch the border with twine.  Before stitching I masked off the edges of the frame and stamped half the panel with the woodgrain border from Way out West in grey to match the sketch.  I added sentiments from My Kind of Guy in brown and black and popped the little bowler hat (LOVE that hat!) over the G on guy and then used a fine pen to highlight the words in the middle.

Once I stitched the border (and made my fingers sore with the stupidly thick twine I chose!) I die cut a circle in black and embossed it with a woodgrain folder (SU) to match the panel.  I added a stitched border (hand drawn) to the card base and then mounted everything with foam squares.  I finished with the mustache from My Kind of Guy stamped in black and fussy cut.

Hope you like it - we can't wait to see your guy cards over on the challenge blog  http://waltzingmousefanaticschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

Dad's mustache

The sketch at this week's Less is More was a gift this morning as it let me use my new Waltzingmouse stamps which I'd been playing with last night so were still on my desk http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/week-117-sketch.html

I used the same frame from last night from My Kind of Guy as it's the perfect shape for the main element in Jen's sketch - stamped on kraft with soft granite HA shadow ink and then cut with the matching cut file on my cameo.  Whilst I had the cameo on, I cut a big fat moustache from black card to replace the sentiment strip and then I stamped one of the smaller sentiments from the new Man of the Hour stamp set.  My Dad is sadly no longer with us, but I couldn't resist this set as the sentiments are just gorgeous - I'm sure I'll find some friends who need father's day cards!

Giggle Goggles

We did a bit of a move around in the office yesterday and after filling 27 sacks with confidential waste I had a very sore back so I've been laid flat out for most of the day.  I managed a little play tonight for a couple of challenges. 

I combined the sketch for this weeks There She Goes challenge with the cue word of "Giggle" at CASology as I have lots of TSG's humorous stamp sets so it seemed a natural fit. 
http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/tsg204-sketch-challenge.html  and  http://casology.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/week-41-giggle.html

I opted for the Cutie Pi set and with a little masking and come pencil colouring had a quick and easy one layer card but still with the overall layout of the sketch.  This set appeals to the Big Bang Theory fan in me ;-)

I also wanted to ink up my new Waltzingmouse stamps and think there is some humour in this card too - more grown up and Mad Men style than the first card.

I used the square frame with grey, brown and black inks to create my backgound, added a strip of DP (Fancy Pants Swagger) and then inked up the circular frame around the "faceless-face" which I love.  I finished with a sentiment from the set in a speech bubble die (clearly besotted)