Steampunk or steampunk style is great for men’s card. The design is quite simple – I was trying to recreate a smoggy scene and grunged it up a bit.
Inks: Distress inks Black soot, Antique linen, and Pumice stone, Black India ink
Card: white card, pale dusky green, black
Stamps: Clarity stamps wrought iron corner (?), Oxford impression Steampunk
Other: natural sponge to stipple on black ink
I found a great Jazz blues stamp the other day that was just perfect for a birthday card I wanted to make for a friend who enjoys jazz and blues music. The background is an image from a Greek magazine (thanks Lizzie) cut down to fit the card.
I think the band is called King Oliver’s Creole Jazz band.
Inks: Archival cobalt blue, Adirondack sailboat blue
Card: white card
Stamp: Graphic45 ‘Curtain call’
Other: gold peel-offs colour using Faber castell multimark pen.
I hope you all had a lovely time over the Christmas holidays. It was a quiet Christmas day in our house but a very busy boxing day and I have spent most of my time cleaning, cooking, eating, cleaning, cooking, eating etc……. so I am hoping that I now have some spare time to finish the ukstampers weekly challenge. I am only up to week 41 and I would like to get all 52 done and dusted by 2012 so these last few will be rather rushed.
Week 40 is about birthdays:
I do remember birthdays and I love sharing the celebrations with my family and friends with a good meal (much better than parties). This year my brother Chris and his family cooked one of my all time favourite meals; slow roasted lamb over here and they did all the cooking and clearing up so I didn’t have to do anything thing. Mum and dad came over too and we had a lovely relaxing day. The most memorable story however would be at Harry’s 40th birthday BBQ in our back garden. He managed to break his ankle just by picking up a CD from the floor and turning round awkwardly. He ended up at A&E the following day and needed his ankle pinned and in a stookie for 6 weeks.
Inks: Distress inks More mustard and Stormy sky, Memento London fog
Card: white card
Stamps: Tim Holtz Urban tapestry and Fairytail frenzy
Other: Intense pencils and copic pens to colour
Callum’s birthday card: I am trying to get him interested in growing his own herbs as he loves cooking. I bought him a herb garden growing kit so you never know – he might just get the bug. Ok so he got cash too just in case the herbs are just not his thing! The images are clipart on photo card matted onto green patterned paper. Hope you have a fab birthday Callum!