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Saturday 15 August 2015

Fantasy Stampers - Boy's Rule!

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you have had a good week and that the weather has not affected your plans too much. I have had a week on my own at home which has meant that I have had lots of time to craft. I know I am lucky in this respect. Surprisingly I didn't get as much done as I thought I might.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Fantasy Stamper Challenge Blog and the new theme is Boys Rule! This is a good excuse to make one of those pesky masculine cards that we all find a bit tricky but are usually fine when we get going. For my card I am sharing the one I made for my husband's birthday, which was the day we came back from the cruise. For this reason I wanted to make a nautically themed card. We celebrated by having a very nice afternoon tea at Marks and Spencer.


I started by making the background I used a stamp set from My Paper World called "At the Seaside". It has all sorts of nautical elements the maps and compass I stamped in Perfect Medium and I heat embossed with silver powder. Then I stamped the anchors with Perfect Medium and heat embossed them with white powder. Finally I inked over the page with three shades of blue Distress Ink. 


To create the topper I used the "Nautical Words" stamp by Creative Expressions. I had some nautical postcards in my stash, one of a cruise ship, that seemed appropriate for the design. 


I hope you have a good weekend. If you check back tomorrow on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog you can find the winners of the last challenge. Also there is Design Team call out at the moment. 

I would like to join in with the challenge at Crafting by Design - 3 or more layers

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

24 comments:

Unknown said...

hi Jackie ... just love Keith's card ... very cruise lol ... have a geat weekend ... where are you for coffee today !! xx happy crafting and love sandy xx

Linda Simpson said...

This is fabulous Jackie, love the design!
Hugs
Linda xxx

Unknown said...

Great card love all the layers Hugs xx

Unknown said...

Fabulous card Jackie, love the theme and the sentiment is great. Hugs Jennifer xx

Brawny x said...

Fab card Jackie. Very topical after your cruise, looks like you had a great time x

Lorna said...

Brilliant male card, i love the images and colours you have used

hugs Lorna xx

Laine said...

Stunning card Jackie.
Laine
xx

Unknown said...

Love your nautical card Jackie. I do enjoy making cards for males so will pop over to the challenge when I get a chance.
Cathy

Donna Mosley said...

A really great card Jackie, love the design and fab layers.

Donna x

Doreen said...

A stunning card.xxx

pam said...

Brilliant male card design Jackie, great images and layout.
Hugs Pam x

McCrafty's Cards said...

Brilliant card Jackie, I like the design
Kevin xx

Andree said...

A brilliant male card Jackie. I love the postcard toppers and the background you've created xx

Jackie said...

Wonderful nautical card. Surprisingly, I get less crafting done on my weeks off work than I do when I am time challenged :o)
Jackie xx

Tracy Welham said...

Great card, lovely layout and I really like the images you have used. Creative Blessings, Tracy x

ALI said...

Great layout and images for this male card.

Holley (Tondre) Barnhart said...

Lovely nautical theme card today. Perfect for men. Cheers, Holley

Herbaholic said...

Brilliant card Jackie, sure your hubby loved it :) Debs x

Angela said...

Fabulous card, love the layout and all the images x

Nataliascraft said...

What a brilliant card for your hubby, great design x

theboelemas@aol.com said...

Lovely card, fabulous choice of stamps x

karenlotty said...

I'm just catching up All of this weeks posts are glorious I especially like the Gorjuss one and to add that pop of a D-Lites poppy really frames the card nicely
Today's card reminds me of one of those 1950's tattoos

Kathy said...

Love this fab masculine card

Dawn said...

Fantastic Boy card Jackie! Love all the little details!
HUgs
Dawn xx