Monday, August 29, 2011

And for the Big boys



Teen boy cards are often the source of stress for card makers... get grungy and add as much metal as you can! I have run some metal shim thru my cuttlebug using an embossing folder that looks like industrial flooring, and it makes the perfect addition to masculine cards.  You can also use a coke can if you don't have any shim in your stash.  Just use a knife or scissors to cut the top and bottom off your can and give the metal a wash to get rid of the stick fizzy and you are good to go!  just be careful as the edges will be a bit sharp! You can punch or emboss aluminum easily.  The sk8r card has used a rubber stamp image from Rubbadubbadoo, and the woohoo card images are from whimsy doodles (car) and I can't remember where the boy is from... he was a rubber stamp I had a few years ago.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

For the Little boys






All of these cards are nice and quick, perfect for the boys friends birthdays.  The baseball player and Noah's ark are coloured with watercolour pencils, the alien with waterbased markers, and the Lion and 'super mouse' are pre coloured images, which make pulling these cards together even easier!

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Southern Girls Challenge - Black and White with a POP of colour


At Southern Girls this fortnight we want to see your black and white cards.. with a pop of colour!  We have 2 awesome sponsors, http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Digital/PCSDigi.htm and http://buysassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/ .  The image I have used is called Cat on a hat box from Pink Cat Studios.  I added a feather which I stole out of my wonderful husbands fly tying desk hehehe....
I hope you will pop on over to SGC and play along!!!

Monday, August 8, 2011

Valentines Cards





I made these cards to showcase the papers from echo park for www.scrapbookoutletnz.co.nz .  The images are from www.thepapershelter.com (love birds) and www.tiddlyinks.com (roboto) and I can't remember where the other 2 came from....(note to self.... make a note on each download as to where you brought it from!)
Off to get my hair done!!!
Nik

Sunday, August 7, 2011

A fun Layout


I did this just because I could. LOL. My gorgeous niece Kate.