A Monkey

Morning everyone.  Ths morning I've made my third male card for this week!!  As we have mainly fellas in our family I thought I'd crack on whilst the creative juices were flowing lol!  I thought I'd enter this for the following

Cards for Men - Green

Crafts 4 Eternity - Sketch Only

RECIPE

Stamp - Whimsy

Papers - Basic Grey

Cardstock - Sizzix

Circle Punch - XCut

Leaf Punch - Leone Em

Letters - Papermania Stamps

I'm really chuffed with the result and love this stamp!!   I haven't fulfilled the recipe for Crafz for Eternity but wanted to use the sketch!  This is the first time I've joined in this challenge - might be back later with another that fulfills all for this challenge as its a fab sketch!  I'm really chuffed that Cards for Men in now fortnightly as monthly was just too long when you have lots of fellas to do cards for lol!  Why not pop along to both if you have time and join in too!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day. 

Mel X  

A Card for Nathan

Evening everybody!!  I've eventually made a birthday card for Peter's cousin's son,  Nathan.  His birthday really is on Christmas Day though I forget how old he'll be - three or four I'm sure!  So for him, I didn't want a card that was too babyish!  I know he loves his cars, planes and trains etc!!  My original attempt at this card involved a rocket, a pop up card and a different image - until Peter's remarks put me right off the idea!!  Won't go into the details now but it sure did amuse my forum buddies!! Anyway, I copped out and went for the "safe" option of a more traditionally shaped card LOL!

I'm fairly pleased with the final result and will be entering five challenges with it:

Dotties World - Boy oh Boy!

C.R.A.F.T.  Challenge - Christmas Birthday

Cards for Men - Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges - Punch Happy

PaperPlay Challenges - Christmas without Red or Green

I wanted something fairly seasonal but not overly traditional and screaming of Christmas so thought blue was a good choice.  I love the music script on the darker paper and the snowflakes on the panels!!  The image I thought fitted the bill perfectly, even for the time of year!!

I really wanted to use buttons on this but Peter really felt they wasn't working (don't know why I'm still listening to what HE thinks LOL!). So I went with Ethan's opinion - he liked the flowers!!!

RECIPE

Digi Image -Charmed Cards & Crafts

Papers - Anita's

Punch - Martha Stewart

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Flowers and Bling Gems - stash 

Card Candy

I hope you like the finished result.  Enjoy the rest of your evening and thanks for stopping by.  Take care and happy crafting everyone!

Mel X