Ahoy there on calm waters

                                      Hello ,welcome to my blog and thank you for calling in .I do hope that you enjoy your visit . I do appreciate comments left and will return the visit . 

I am a creator of mainly CAS cards and I do like to make masculine cards even though they can be tougher to embellish .Do you agree? 

I mean finding a masculine image is fine ..a motor car or bike , a plane or even a garden shed and there are plenty of masculine themed papers in abundance but, it is the background or the embellishing that can be tricky .

Here is a card created today .

                               

The stamp I have had for years , is from Stampin'Up. Basic thick white for the card base and for the image .A blue card layer then more white with a blue striped rectangle topped with the image .

I just sponged some blue ink around the image added the anchor and some blue dots . The sentiment ,from my stash , cut from who remembers where .LOL .I do tend not to throw anything away.

Do hope that you are well and contented and have someone to call a friend . Thanks again for your visit

Entering this challenge  https://www.welovestamping.co.uk/ 

         Cheers for now , catch you again soon .

                            Shirley-Anne.

Good Vibes

 Hi there , Visitor . Thanks for calling in  and welcome to my room . Thank you to those  who left kind words on my last post and I will be sure to return the visit soon . 

Well, today Hubby and I had our first Covid vac jab .So far so good with no reaction yet . Not that we are expecting any of course as none of our family or friends have indicated they had problems . Another good thing about today is that the sun  shone for most of it . I also saw some early blossoms on our gopher outing this morning so I am wondering if this a sign of an early Spring? We hope so as we are both so over Winter. 

Tonight I am posting/sharing another card using those magazine freebies . If you would like to see the first card I created using this music themed freebie stamp and paper  ,then just scroll down . Actually this was a very generous freebie as it also contained some topper die cuts too . 

This time my base card is Bermuda Bay with a layer of retired  SU Whisper White trimmed so that there is just a smidgen of a border . Again a smaller piece of fabulous patterned paper from the magazine is the final layer. 

The records are die cuts which I have added over  images of records with foam dots while adhering sentiment and guitar die cuts   flat .

And for the inside I created the sentiment using  three  stamps from the free set .

  Please be here and  on the lookout tomorrow night because I am sure that there will be another  music themed card to share  .How many do you think that I can create by only adding card stock? 

                                       Till then .

              Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne .

Steady on!

 Hi there , welcome to my blog and thank you for calling in . I do hope that you enjoy the card  that I  share today . May you stay a while and browse  through to other posts , and if you choose to leave a comment I will  appreciate that . Of course I will return the visit .

I don't believe that I have posted this card I created quite a while ago  so here goes .Certainly I apologize if I have done so .

The image was a freebie with a craft magazine and is coloured with copics .

Card base  is Crumb Cake.  I  layered  with another smaller piece after  this layer had a large circle die cut placed  on lower right corner and I sponged round the edges with Brocade Blue ink and then continued to ink all edges of layer .I then removed the die cut circle and stamped the image and sentiment within the shaded area . I then stamped second sentiment in top left corner . Just added some enameled dots for embellishment. 

Thought this might suit for a Father's day card as well as a birthday card for a dog lover .

Hope you like this fun male card .

                    Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne .

Vintage Imagine

Hi there , welcome to my room . Thanks so much for calling in .
Warm wishes for a happy day for you and yours .

Very hot here today.  Fans and air con working perfectly .Had a wonderful morning of card making with Fran and Sandy while Hubby dozed in lounge chair . Jatz with  cheese and gerkin and a few sweet plain biscuits and a coffee kept the energy levels up till lunch time at the Forest Avenue deli .

Will share one of the cards made here,  now .

And for the inside .. In case you are wondering ,
the paper clip is just there to hold card open  to show inside ..

Card base of Kraft card was cut from 12x12 kraft pack from SU
Basic Black ink .Image is a clear stamp from Kaisercraft . Sentiments from MFT.
Black pearls from my stash .Bit of sponging from SU ink , Backed Brown Sugar .

               A bee is never as busy as it seems;
                   it's just that it can't buzz any slower. 

                                                                                                                Kin Hubbard  

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Hold onto your hat!

Hello there .So happy that you called in . Welcome to my room where I am sharing this birthday card  made for a male relative . Hope you like it . 

I went through all my vehicle images , sporty and fishing images and thought that over the years I had probably sent them all on different cards to this male .I definitely had to think of some thing else. 

My great fall back is a visit to pinterest where I found this image . I used a SU stamp and punch set for the sentiment and even an embellishment in form of an airballoon . I used a small circle punch and Very Vanilla card to hold some bling adhering to front with foam dots . Brown card base , Very Vanilla mattes and ribbon from my stash . 

I think Frank will like this departure from the usual manly images he gets.

Cold  and wet again,  here,   today . Such a pain after one sunny top Spring day .


           Let us never know what old age is.
 Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. 

                                                Ausonius

Hooray , tomorrow is Friday .

      Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.    

Birthday Event

Hi there , welcome to my room .

Thanks for calling in . 

Weather still Wintry and  I have the sniffles , a scratchy throat and heavy eyes . This is about as close as I ever seem to get to "having a cold "so I expect to be over it all by tomorrow morning .

Warm wishes for good health to all my followers and visitors .

Sharing a card made this afternoon for #13 challenge at Kraft Krazy , a closed group .

SU Chocolate Chip card base , and Very Vanilla mattte.  Paper from my LOTV stash .

Image from Pinterest . Punched sentiment from SU , Tag Talk . Ribbon from my SU stash .

Bling from my stash . 

There is room on the panel to add an age number if required later .

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present. 


                                                                      Joan Rivers 


                                      Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne .

Birthday wishes from friends

Hello blog pals ,welcome to my room and thanks for calling in .

I hope that all is well with you and yours .

Had a fabulous craft morning with two delightful friends after which we went out for a light lunch . 

Lunch was delicious but the odor  from near by council rubbish bin was not so pleasant .

I am sharing today one of the cards made today .

Choc Chip card base , SU . Paper from my stash . Centre sentiment and punch used , SU .

Stamp set Badges and Banners . 

Images from Stampers Anonymous were coloured with copics  then die cut . 

Have not made a DL sized card for a while so I was happy that I did have envelopes and self seal bags to suit .

Thank you once again for your visit . 

The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.

 Hubert H. Humphrey

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne. 

June Challenge - One for the Dads

Hello , welcome to my room  and thanks for calling in .

A Winter blast has hit Adelaide and Hubby and I have succumbed to the dreaded sniffles .Of course I managed to shake mine off but Hubby  still has sniffles , a cough and is dozing  all the time . Added to that gophering out to our parks has been curtailed severely due to icy winds and rain . Can't wait for warmer weather .

For now though I am sharing DT card for Kraftyhands

This months challenge theme is One for the Dads

                                                           It's A Man's World CD
I printed this kit from the CD only using 1st layer and then coat,   extra hand and phone images to 3D
The faux  ribbon and the sentiment label added too,  all onto black card base . A few grey  pearls from my Kraftyhands stash and that's it .
Many would add more embellishing may be,  but I stick to my style .

 

 

http://www.kraftyhandsonline.co.uk/webshop/prod_1952824-Its-a-Mans-World-CD-Collection.html

 

 

Congratulations to winners from last months challenge . Thank you to all the entrants , hope that you had fun sharing .

Do call into the DT blogs for inspiration  and leave some blog love .

 

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

No fuss , no frills so simple.

Hi there chums , hope life is good for you and yours.

Welcome to my room and thank you for calling in . I see new follower ,Donna, and I hope that I can visit her soon .

Had a fabulous afternoon with Jane and Sandy . You know I don't remember having  as  much fun when I was younger . Must be something in the water /tea / coffee here . right girls??

Tonight I jumped right in to kit making . The first thing on the to do list was to grab a hand full of papers 12x12 from my huge stash and some scraps of coordinating card . I am still wading through my stash  . I had already researched my saved card photos and had in mind a card I wanted to make .

My card
Card base , Early Espresso , SU.   Paper from  Craft Concepts. 
Sentiment from SU .
The inside has same paper and larger die cut circle for greeting .
                                  

I am using this sample , below ,  as inspiration for  my   masculine card , no fuss no frills and simple to make .

                                   

Thank you MFT

I was inspired by the odd shaped back ground paper layer and the CAS style .

Now off to look for some challenges to enter ..


                   Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Time for Him .

Hi there , welcome to my room .
Thanks for calling in .

Quite cold today . Doug decided not to get up this morning while Sandy and Fran were here for craft  session  . So he and Twiggy just rested and listened to the wireless and dozed on and off.

The girls and I enjoyed each others company while cutting and adhering images to create cards. Thanks to Fran bringing the jar of  gherkin  we could have our usual Jatz , cheese and gherkin serve with our coffee.

Will share two of the cards finished today .

First is a masculine card printed from  kraftyhands CD, Man about Town

                                                   

The card base I made 13cm square. Kit was  printed at A5 page set up .

The second card
                                                      
                                                          

                  Sorry not a great photo . This was printed from kraftyhands CD that came
 with Create-it       Magazine , Issue Three.      Also printed with page set up set for A5.

Late afternoon now and time to start dinner so....

                                                            


                      Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Best Wishes.

Hello to you all , thank you for calling in . I love that you did and if you left a comment that's fabulous .
Welcome to my room .
It really is barmy weather .Very warm outside ..may be 28 degrees, Grey skies and very windy . Looks as though we may get rain as well .
I still have cards and  kits to make for craft morning tomorrow so better get cracking . Will quickly share this masculine card firstly.

Would this be called a double fold card?
Card base and blue layers  and sentiment with label on front  CTMH .  White sentiment die cut and blue  striped paper from SU. Front image  free from Vintage made for you . And inside vintage car from Graphic45. 
Now it was not until I added photos to my post that I realised that the tyre image from Kaisercraft die cuts is not of the same era .
TOO LATE ..A blind man would be happy to see it anyway!

                                       

                              Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Missed me?

Hi there.
Remember me?
I have missed blogging and welcoming you all to my room .

Just mundane life duties for a while  then Daughter , Michelle , and family visited for a few days .
It was great , a real  blast to see them all .Doug and I took them to our favourite parks . Fortunately
there were many koalas, kookaburras and other birds on show so that the Grandchildren could take lots of photos with the new cameras that Granddad had given  them .

But hopefully I can get back into my routine . Have to catch up on blog visits and commenting .

Welcome to my room, for now ,  and thank you for calling in .Many thanks to new followers and visitors .
 I hope that you and yours are well .
I do have some cards to share .

                             Using images from card project on Emporium of Curiosities CD, Kraftyhands
                               Card base , Soft Suede,  SU.
                               Bling , Kraftyhands.

 

#2

Card base and sentiment  , SU. Paper CTMH.

Image , an oldie from Thinking Stamps , OLD STATION .

Bling from Kraftyhands

Die cut boots from   MFT

 

#3

 

                         Christmas card kit from   Kraftyhands  Create -It  issue three, resource DVD -ROM,
                                             adapted for a size C6 card. Bling from my stash . Card base and white
                                             layer from SU. 

                   

Just a quick reminder now . The October Kraftyhands Challenge will be open on the 7th .We are hoping that we see you entering .

                                      Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Just for men

Oh , hello .So late tonight .
Welcome to my room  and thank you for calling in . Hope that you let me know that you have been so that I can repay the visit .
Have been playing with some Man About Town  Diecut topper sets from Kraftyhands .

Still in my plain and simple style .I figured I'd get away with it because the images and paper from pack are enough for masculine card .
1st card
 Ribbon from my stash and small wooden clock from Judie at http://www.crafty-emblies.org/

                              inside

                                        2nd card

only added the wooden crown here .
                                                                       inside

Thats it tonight .  Have to create 3 cards and kits for girls next week so just a bit of research before bed .
Thanks for looking , hope that you liked the cards
                          
                Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Unusual fold

Hello blogging pals .

Welcome to my room and thank you for calling in . I have read and  appreciated all the comments left. Hopefully , I will be back to crafting everyday now that I am feeling ..about 90% better.

But of course the weather is back to freezing here in Adelaide for the next few days .

Today I want to share a fabulous shaped card , the design I found on Split Coast Stampers blog.

One of my craft buddies wanted to make some different shaped cards for Tuesday morning session so this was one for Fran .

 

 

 

 

The one on SCS.had a separate piece for bottom section but I chose to make it one complete piece of card . The card base  stock is Marina Mist SU and Very Vanilla for diecuts too .The paper is from SU , Well Worn . The bike image is from SU .
 Our Daughter , Michelle and Family have arrived safely back home in Queensland after their holiday and visit here . It was wonderful to see them all , along with her brothers from the North of our state.

Mum and Dad in front with Michelle , Sonny and Danny behind . A treasured photo.
                                                              My Thought for Today

                                                              Tis easy enough to be pleasant ,
                                                                when life flows by  like a song ;
                                                               but the man worthwhile ,
                                                                is the man with a smile ,
                                                               when everything goes dead wrong.

                                                                                  - Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
  
Catch you again soon , cheers for now, Shirley-Anne.
                                                              
                                                         

Some workshop cards

Hi there , welcome to my room .What a fabulous day, weather wise, we had in Adelaide. We actually saw some sunshine . Thanks for calling in . I hope I can call in on you too very soon .

Had the " girls " here this morning for card making  . Cuppa , bickies and lots of laughter .

Thanks Fran and Sandy , you are both great company .

This card has image from

Vintagerio Vintage

The music note on right is from a free stamp set on  a magazine . I forget where the other music stamp came from ..sorry .

The next card was not made today but I really liked it and wanted to share it ..

Image from ..

http://clearlyvintage.blogspot.com.au/

This one made today and image from same site . The cards and chips  are from that free set as before .

T shirt and sentiment My Favorite Things

http://www.mftstamps.com/index.php?route=common/home

 Loved this T-shirt  diecut and stamp set . I cut two shirts in Bashful Blue and Pumpkin Pie card and cut the collar and cuff  from blue and paperpieced them onto Pumpkin Pie shirt .

Well a photo heavy post but still a quick one I think ..Just looking now for my thought for today .

Shared joy is double joy

and shared sorrow is half sorrow .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

A challenge

HI THERE .
Great to see you here . Welcome to my room .
Had a fabulous  craft morning with Fran and Sandy .Would have been happier if our coffee machine was behaving itself . it was telling me that the water reservoir needed filling , but I think that the float was sticking cause it was already  full . But we all got our cuppacinos  in the end .
I had made 3 cards and kits to share . My paper stash does not seem to be getting any smaller so many of my makes,  lately ,  are a challenge in themselves to make , as I try to use parts of 12"x12" sheets .
Had a go at making a man's card for a challenge .Except for the card base of SU Chocolate Chip and the Very Vanilla ,   everything else is from my ancient stash .
I actually enjoyed making this even though it is out of my comfort zone . That is , it is not CAS .

Congratulations and Happy Retirement are from  SU set Teeny Tiny Sentiments

The background paper and postcard, stamps , stickers and " typed Letters are from my stash . The men image is a vintage  freebie found on internet, while the clock face is from Stamp-It
I would like to enter this into
http://cardsformen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/challenge-11-congratulations-and-we.html

My thought for today ..
 There is nothing in a caterpillar
  that tells you
 it is going to be a butterfly .

                                         Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Make it Monday with Josh

Hi there blogging pals , welcome to my room on this, a pleasant morning . Hope that you and yours are enjoying your Monday . I am happy to be welcoming in the new week at

Make it Monday linky Party. , this week sponsored by Ladybug Crafts Ink!

Thank you for calling in and ,please, say hi in the comment box so I know . I will try to return the visit too .

First Car Josh

When I received this image from Kerry, I knew instantly how I wanted to showcase Josh and his first car. Of course it had to be a CAS card. As you can see there are no papers for this C6 card, just cardstock. The words are computer generated . Copics used to colour.

inside ..yes, I know CAS too.

This week, as I mentioned before , we are being sponsored by the lovely, talented Kerry of Ladybug Crafts Ink!

Kerry is giving away a £10 voucher to to the lucky random winner to spend in store!

http://www.ladybugcraftsink.co.uk/

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning! But you all know that , right..

I love the way that so many are spreading , blog love and craft friendship through comments .

Another week of wonderful , inspirational entries again last week .

Talking about inspirational projects, have you called in on the DT ladies blogs to see what they are sharing ? I wonder if they found it as hard as I did to choose one entry to feature on their post .

This time I chose ..

MANDY #138
http://asprinklingofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/little-friend-simon-says-stamp-dt-card.html


Stunning ,Mandy . I was just blown away with this . Beautifully designed , so feminine and topped with awesome embellishments . I hope that you visit Mandy soon , let her know you saw her card featured here and be prepared to be inspired .HOW COULD YOU NOT!!


Well I am off now to grab a coffee while researching a craft magazine or two ...or three.

OH, nearly forgot my thought for today .

Shoot for the moon.

Even if you miss it

you will land among the stars .

So there you go .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Heading North

Hooray , here it is FRIDAY ..well into second month of the year , and the weekend is nigh.
Mind you every day is a weekend when you have retired . But I still enjoy weekends especially when I have friends over for craft . But then again I love Tuesdays too, when I have the likes of Sandy here for a little crafting . See what I mean ?

Hi there , thought I saw someone . Please , come in , welcome to my room .
My upline [ I am a hobby Stampin'Up Demonstrator] shared a few men's cards with this set recently so thank you Roz for the inspiration .




FRONT INSIDE

All the images are from SU set , The Open Sea. The paper from SU, Nautical Expedition

I have Jane here tomorrow for craft so think I'll tweak this one again and create some other nautical themed card .
The weather has been so kind these past few days and Doug and I have been out and about quite a lot so I have been lacking commenting time . Sorry if you have visited , sent me blog lovin' and not heard from me . I will visit you soon .

Enjoy the rest of your day .Stay safe and be happy .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

No fuss for this card .

Hello there every one ,thank you for calling in . Welcome to my room .
 Before I share today's card I would like to say that I appreciate all the wonderful comments I get.   I am sorry that I don't always get around to all the  return visits that I hope to,  but I promise I'll try as soon as I can .
Doug had been progressing really well , then , like a bloke does , took one too many risks ,over extending  himself . The result being , he had a fall .A few bumps and bruises  muscle weakness and worse,  a loss of confidence . For  the last  few  days he has not wanted to walk any where with out me being at his side . I'm sure all this will pass eventually and he will return to full strength .
Today's card is a male birthday card.

                                                            Recipe
                                                        Chocolate Chip , Old Olive,  Naturals Ivory.SU
                                                        Lovely as a Tree, A little Birthday Cheer, SU sets .
                                                          Soft Suede, Not Quite Navy, ink SU
                                                          Ribbon from my stash .
                                                              Sizzix Ovals Die.
Really  is a no fuss or frills card . I guess that might reflect my sombre mood as of late . In any event I enjoyed making it . Might even make a pretty pink card now .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

                                                        

Simple things

Hello blogging friends , welcome to my room . Thanks for calling in . Hope that you are all well and crafting .
Yesterday I must have walked about 8 or 10 Ks and today my legs were telling me all about it . Doug  gophered and I walked around a couple of parks that we have near us . The weather was perfect and so was the quality time well spent .
 This card that I had for  this  mornings ladies was really my favourite.
A  male card

And the inside

I liked the way the sentiment inside just suited and went well with the front sentiment .
The front image and sentiment are from Kaszazz and for the inside, the  words are from Hero Arts . Card from SU and paper from my scrap stash.
Hope you like too.
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-anne.