For the Dreamers

I suppose a lot of men dream of world adventure, sailing etc. Mine included--well not the sailing part but he loves traveling the world. And of course I love going with him! Where would we be if Columbus hadn't been a dreamer?

This week in blog land there are a lot of challenges that require masculine cards.
Tuesday Throwdown = Special Man
The Card Concept = Nautical Theme
The Kraft Journal=Just for Him
And tying them together with this sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

I did a clean and layered card with Kraft card stock base stamped with a Tim Holtz compass with SU's Baked Brown Sugar. The ship and sand are old stamps which have lost their label so I can't give credit there. Dream is Studio G. I lightly colored in some water with a colored pencil.

Missing You

Still on my quest to fill the box for Operation Write Home They ask for a lot of missing you cards. Understandable as deployment separates families for long periods of time. That time away from each other must be very difficult. Sending cards for them to write notes to home is a small way I can show my appreciation for their dedication and service.

All the papers, except the Kraft cardstock base, are from the scrap file.  That's another quest--use up some of the scraps laying around.
The map banner is actually from maps I salvaged from a worn out atlas. I added 3 square stick on brass brads to anchor the banners.
I can see now that the miss you (The Angel Company) is crooked even though I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig. My glasses must have been askew.
This is for The Kraft Journal challenge of "just for him".
And I used the sketch from Mojo Monday

Happy Birthday Sailor

For a friend who likes to sail

The sailboat stamp is Inkadinkadoo stamped and fussy cut. The sentiment is SU. I used SU bitty banner punch for the flags which are SU scraps. It reminds me of a mast on a sailboat with colorful flags flying. I couldn't leave the top with so much white space so I put a punched cloud, sponged with light blue, in the "sky". Do you have trouble leaving lots of white space on a card? I really admire those who can pull that look off but sometimes I just can't let it be!
I used the sketch from Fab Friday for inspiration.

Feeling Blue?

I found a set of really cute kid's quotes at Hobby Lobby and I accidentally threw away the label so can't tell you who makes them. But this one is so cute and sure to cheer up the recipient.

The DP is Creative Imaginations. I picked up the circle colors for the banner strips. And the blue polka dot ribbon is from the scrap ribbon stash.
This is the sketch I used from Freshly Made Sketches

Tuesday Morning Sketch

I have a pretty floral card to share for Tuesday Morning Sketches

I've been working with the floral background paper and still had some on my desk so decided to go with that for today's sketch. The DPs are from SU. I used a chevron IP folder for the aqua to mimic the chevrons in the border. Punched out flower layers with 3 different blossom punches from SU. Then added red gems for bling.
Here is the sketch:

Big Smile

I am enjoying a nice quiet afternoon in the craft room after a busy hectic week. This is another card for my Operation Write Home stash. I hope it will bring a smile to someone's face.

I did a clean and layered design for The Card Concept challenge. The gray polka dots strip is cut from a shopping bag. I love to recycle and this was a large bag so you will probably see more of it. The yellow DP is from SU. Sentiment is from a set of children's quotes and I can't remember who makes that. The gray ribbon is from the scrap box and tied with some yellow/white twine.
This is the inspiration photo from The Card Concept.

#1 Dad

Cas-ual Fridays has a super challenge this month. Make a guy card using no kraft as a color and add ribbon.
I had made some Father's Day cards for a craft sale last month. This one did not sell and it fits the challenge perfectly.

The base is a silver shimmery cardstock from a DCWV pack. The DPs are from SU. I used a Fiskar punch to make a border on top of the 2 patterned pieces. The aqua is run through the crimper. The tag was stamped at the top with a new tag topper punch from SU. The Dad sentiment is also from SU. The ribbon and sentiment are from Inkadinkadoo.  I chose a silver ribbon for the tag and then tied the aqua/white twine around that.

Rainbows

In tribute to Maya Angelou, a great women of wisdom. You can find many of her more memorable and inspirational quotes on this website.
I did the quote on the computer. Added ribbons from the stash. Punched out clouds and sponged on some blue to make them stand out, and then popped 2 of them with deminsionals.
I used the sketch from CAS(e) this Sketch

Inspiration Everywhere

It is true, you can find inspiration for cards wherever you are. While waiting at the Copy Trolly for some documents to be faxed, I was reading the magnets they had displayed there. The minute I spotted the one with the pile of turtles and this saying, I knew I wanted to use it on a card.

The stamps are from an old set from SU. I colored them all with colored pencils, fussy cut them out, and clued to the side of the sentiment that I did on the computer. The rickrack sticking out the top is tied with green & white twine.

This sketch if from Freshly Made Sketches

So when you are out and about, be on the lookout for inspiration.

Birthday Fairy

Today's card is a cutie fairy from Ladybug Crafts ink. She has multicolored hair on purpose for Tuesday Throwdown challenge of wild colored hair.

Well, the whole thing is actually colorful! I always think of polka dots when doing little girl cards. These polka dot DPs are BoBunny. The ribbons are from my stash. I colored the fairy with colored pencils. The hair color is hard to detect from this photo. It is yellow with streaks of blue and orange. I used a clear star gel pen for the wings to give them some shimmer.

On the inside:

I followed the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches