The right tools

Hi there , welcome to my room and thank you for calling in . 

Seems ages since I posted .I do make a start but get called away , do a little more then it is time for meal preparation or some other home duty . Does any one else relate or do you all post in one go? 

The card I share today is one in which I made my own back ground with two blue ink colours.

Thick White card stock SU .  Dapper Denim for matte . Whisper White for back ground layer and sentiment along with the image .

The  back ground stamp , the tool box image and the sentiment are from a freebie stamp set with a magazine .

The stripes stamp is only a quarter the size of the white layer so I inked and stamped it 4 times in light blue the because it is a clear stamp I was able to ink again in darker blue and stamp in between   the light blue lines .Quite effective I thought . 

It is plain but suitable for a masculine card do you think ?

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

 Hans Hofmann

Inside too 

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

Raise your glass

Hi there crafty friends , visitors and maybe family ..Welcome to my room .
Thank you for calling in . Hope that you are all having a good day .

Wont mention the weather as it has been pretty ordinary as of late .

Thank goodness it is Friday tomorrow and I get to spend time with a couple of friends , chatting , laughing ,  card making and generally expressing our views on world events .

Today I am sharing another  card which may suit  the male in the family .
I have heard of pink champagne and that's about the extent of my knowledge of the beverage .
So you may guess that I have taken a bit of licence with the colouring here .

                                     

The card base is from Kraft card with layer of Pacific Point which has been embossed .This will show up beautifully if you click on the image .  The embossing folder and set of stamps used were freebies from a magazine . I used a SU punch to add sentiments and copics to colour. I added the images and sentiments with Foam dots . 

 The sentiment and image for the inside were from the free  set as well .

  Hoping that this card is suitable for this challenge

               https://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2018/07/75-male-themed.html
                                                                                                   Collection closes in 13d 5h 21m. 

    

                                                        My thought for today 

                                                        

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

Take time out

My room is warm and cosy . Messy and not a lot of walking area but never the less warm and inviting for my cyber friends . Hi there, welcome and  thank you for calling in .
It is only 13 C degrees in Adelaide  as I begin this post .

Today I share a card that is a little out of my comfort zone . For one thing I have some colouring and made a scene with a few die cuts .

The gentleman image is a digi from Mo's digis , called Pigeons and I have coloured with copics .
The grass and fence are MFT dies .The sentiment is from Hero Arts . The cloud die is from Whimsy Shapeology dies .

                                           

 

Not quite as I envisaged but I like the scene . 

Thank you to those who have visited and left kind words on previous posts . 

http://handmadecardswithlove.blogspot.com/

https://kraftykoolkat.blogspot.com/ 

http://daffodil-faitha.blogspot.com/ 

https://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com/  

http://bigblue-sky.blogspot.com/  

http://joy-sandyscreations.blogspot.com/

These are but a few of my craft pal' s  blogs that I  recommend for your perusal . 

My thought for today

Think about that . Whether you are rising to greet the new day or retiring from a spent day , would you really want to miss it ? 

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

A gentleman of old

Hi there craft friends . So thrilled to welcome you to my room and blog post . Thank you for calling in and if you comment then I will know you were here . I will visit you too .

The weather has been cool as of late and poor hubby got caught in the rain one morning whilst riding his gopher .He got caught at the traffic lights while the rain bucketed down and arrived home absolutely drenched .Consequently caught a cold ,which  he gave me some days later .What a pair of misery guts we were . Still , all better now .

Today I would like to share I card made recently ,using card stock from my stash and images from a stamp set free with a magazine .

The sentiment and the  'gentleman of old topper'  is from a CD , Man about Town , from Kraftyhands .
 HELLO to the old gang!

It is 3.30pm here and the night air is closing in , my feet are getting cold and I had better check to see if Doug has his lap rug over his knees . He is currently watching TV through closed eyes . Mind you if I go there and turn TV off , he will be instantly awake and say " I was watching that!!" LOL


                                                    My thought for the day

         

Warm wishes for peace and contentment till next time .

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

Messy Message

Hello there blog friends and /or craft friends .Back again ,hopefully on a regular basis this time .

I am not feeling too bad now after my heart scare in February but have found that I  have put on some wt... DOGGONE IT!!!! Have to stop nibbling .

I do hope though , that this post finds you all well and happy . If you are only  one or neither of these , I wish for you better times and I  send a hug .

Today I have a card to share  .I did keep it simple and did not add bling or flowers so hopefully it will suit a male recipient. I drew on inspiration from this link ..

https://thepaperpixie.com/2017/06/peekaboo-pullback-card.html

 

Card stock is SU Dapper Denim and Whisper White .

Paper is from SU , Color Theory Series Paper Stack .

The pen image is from SU stamp set , Crafting Forever.

The sentiment is from CTMH stamp set .

I used SU circle punches 

                                        Pen colored with Copics.
                                                                  AND for the inside

                                           

 

There you go . Hope you like this simple  card .

With cooler weather well on its way I am hopeful that more crafting time is available . I am grateful for my craft room and all its contents as well as the extra time that I have been Blessed with .

                                                                     

 

Cheers for now , catch you again soon , Shirley-Anne.

Record the event

Hi there , welcome to my room . Thank you for calling in .

Firstly before I post , I cannot but share my sorrow for all Londoners .

 Father of mercies and God of all comfort.

How do I cope with this latest tragedy? 

 Pray with your whole heart! Share your sorrow and pain and God will give you comfort. 

A masculine card to post tonight 

When I get my girls to make this one I will suggest a darker ink for the sentiment .

I used SU , Crumb Cake card stock for card base and layer which I stamped with SU, Hardwood

using CTMH, Desert Sand ink before using foam dots to adhere to card front .

Scrap paper used with SU small banner tag punch . 

MFT die used for image frame  from SU Delightful Dijon, .Camera from SU set Traveler .

Basic Black for diecut man in hat . String and pearls from my stash . 

My thought for this day .... 

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

Ahoy There

Well I think that I have almost caught up with cards I had to make for sale and to hand out to  family . I have even been ahead with card kits for my craft  sessions and also found time to add some commenting . The task I am still dreading to start is the decluttering of my craft room .
I have "started " several times but just can't stick to it ..
Has any one have the same problem ?

Hello there , welcome to my room . Thank you for calling in .
Hope you like the card shared today .

 

Card base is SU , Mint Macaron , Paper is new , SU, By the Shore designer paper 

Fish images are from Seaside Shore  set . Top sentiment from same .

"happy birthday"  from Teeny Tiny Sentiments , SU . 

INSIDE

Wonder if this might fit  some challenges ?
Must check around .


You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. 

Bob Hope 

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

Salt air

Hello there you all . Welcome to my room . 

Extreme heat today in Adelaide so under air con and little fan on my desk working over time .

A quick post today as I have still 3 cards  with 3 kits  each to make up for my best craft buddies and our craft sessions .

Here to share today is one card made a week ago with the new SU  stamp set , High Tide .

As is my style , I kept this one very simple with some masking of the light house to add land and sea . Pacific Point card base , Paper from my stash and the  silhouette anchor is from pinterest . 

I did add some bling from my stash .

I like this set as one that I can use for beginner , intermediate and advanced sample for workshops .

 

Here , for the inside , I used the birds from the same set  on a SU die shape . 

Will enter this challenge ..
http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/




We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
Aristotle Onassis

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

Tongue in cheek

Hi there , welcome to my room . Thanks for calling in .
Awesome to see old friends calling in to say hi after my first post in 2017 .

I am blessed ,  truly I am . Here I am in the same beautiful place , still reasonably healthy , still the same weight  [ sigh] and  still able to indulge in  the craft I love with amazing friends  . I have all that  I need and most of that I want .

Today I would like to share some of the cards for males which were included in those cards made with friends while taking a break from blogging .

 

The first card on left 

This is an image procured from Pinterest . Paper from my stash layered onto green card stock  Pacific Point card base , SU  Sentiments are from odd sets in my stash . 

This one I thought I might give to hubby who will be 80 this year .

Second card on right 

Basic Black card base Papers are retired SU stock from my stash The man silhouette is a die cut in Basic Black . The sentiment is from older  SU set . 

Age is a case of mind over matter.

 If you don't mind, it don't matter.

 Satchel Paige

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

Masculine creations

Hello,  hello hello!! All set for a great weekend?  Hope that you do have a super couple of days .

Doug and I enjoyed a coffee and scones with Sandy and Fran this morning at a shopping centre and then I had another fun afternoon here  with craft buddies Sandy and Jane while Doug went out to give Twiggy a run in the park  . Am hoping for a craft weekend too , now .

Thanks for calling in and I hope that you like what you see .  Welcome to my room .

Just wanted to share a few masculine cards I have made  recently .I do hope that I have not shared them here before

                                                        Image is from Kraftyhands

                 Image is another  one  from Kraftyhands

                                                      
                                                               image from SU
                                                                 inside

For the inside of last card I punched small holes in corners instead of using rhinestones and masked  an area for the sentiment instead of using a label or tag .

Just a reminder before I go . Kraftyhands challenge is open and we would love to see your creations

September Challenge - Autumn Colours


                                                                                            Today's funny .
                                                        

“Thank you for calling the Weight Loss Hotline. If you'd like to lose a half pound right now, press 1 eighteen thousand times.” - Randy Glasbergen

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

A tune for him .

Hi there every one . Welcome to my room . Warm wishes to you and yours for a pleasant day and many thanks for calling in .

 

I am definitely getting old! Talk about feeling the cold ! We have had the coldest weekend since ...well, the last Winter , I guess  . Bone chillin' to say the least .

To top it all , my mojo has gone walk about so I have been searching for inspiration  from  my stash of magazines and blog browsing .

But today I must complete two kits for Tuesday morning craft.

So this is a quick post to say hello all and to share this card .

I must acknowledge that I saw the idea for the back ground stamp on a blog but forgot to save link .

 

 

 Card base is Soft Suede, SU , as is top layer , Sahara Sand with
Stamp ,SU, Hardwood .Image and sentiment ,SU, Timeless Talk.

Had this in mind for a male relative's Birthday coming up soon .
 Definitely love this back ground stamp  and can see it being used again .
 I may or not find a challenge to enter and will be back to link ...
http://www.cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/use-stamp-or-digi-stamp-somewhere-on.html

Had a pleasant surprise, hand made ,  delivered the other day from Amanda,
https://www.facebook.com/AmblingHome .

Of course the beautiful  cushion is in use but the stunning lounge pants are pinned ready to be hemmed so they will be worn when it gets a bit ..LOTS , warmer weather . I am really height deficient . Will model then.

There is a link to Amanda's Blog on her face book page and I know that once you have browsed her FB page you will definitely want to peruse her blog which is made up of interesting stories .

  Now I have not posted my weighty news for a while . Not because I have given up but because I seem to be a stable weight of 80 Kgs .So when I get off this I will share the news as I will be over the moon about it .

 

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

Old Legends

Hi there , welcome to my room .
Thank you for calling in .
Hope that the week ahead is a good one for you .
 Our last week was a  pretty quiet one . Still went out for coffee to get Doug out of the house but had to use the car . Wintry weather is not the best for gophers .
Had a pleasant Friday afternoon card making with friends Sandy and Jane and a CTMH consultant / demonstrator , Gloria .
Then a little more crafting in my room over the weekend only interrupted by TV, watching our team The Crows , win at foot ball .

A card to share today , using images and paper  printed from  Kraftyhands
CD Legends of Hollywood.

The inside sentiment is also part of the card kit printed out .

My weigh in
Happy that I seem to be holding my own with 80kgs for now .But with Winter barely started I can see lots of warm stews and crock pot meals with toast .Milo for supper , that's the killer for me .

                                                

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

Male Silhouette

Hello there blog pals . Welcome to my room .
 Thank you for calling in and to those who g+ my post or leave a comment here,  or on Pin , please know that I appreciate you taking the time to do so .

A real change in the weather here today . Woke up to rain . So no trip to the trails this morning .Instead we drove to a nearby coffee shop for our daily caffeine fix . Twiggy was a bit miffed that she did not get out .

Tried out my new die cut for this card
I have seen these silhouette images set on /in frames but chose not to do that this time
I saw this layout by Loll Thomson while browsing http://www.stampingwithloll.com/
and using different paper and image I hope that I made  the card  my own ..
                                        

                                     
Whisper White card base, SU . Papers , Marianne Design ,All For The Men.
 Silhouette man , Marianne Design. Pipe  image from free stamps on magazine .

      Still consider this rather a CAS style . Clever use of paper scraps too.

Now being Monday means that I must share this mornings weigh in .
This is a real incentive  for my continuing effort in weight loss ..no pressure !! LOL
From my first weigh in
http://shirley-anne-stampingforjoy.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/anchors-away.html which recorded 83Kilos  April 14th

Today

 

 

To revise ,I have had weigh ins at ....

83, 80.6, 80.8, 81.0, 80.4,

sweet!!

One Monday at a time .

 

 

Got to laugh!

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

Man and Dog

Hi there . Welcome to my room . 

Thank you for calling in .

 

For my share card today I have used Kraftyhands ' Man About Town' CD

 

 

Card base is Natural Ivory , SU, while the 1st layer of paper is from my still growing stash and the gems from Kraftyhands. .  The image and sentiment with the 2nd layer of paper is actually printed from the CD at 75% reduced. This fits perfectly on my card 11cm x 15cm.
So if you are thinking that the card samples on the CD are too large for you to post/ mail ,  then try printing them out reduced in size to suit yourself .

    Hope you like it .

                                                              Found on line

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

Time and time again

Hi there , welcome to my room .
Thanks for calling in .
Hope that your week is progressing well .

Just made a card this afternoon ..
I printed from Man About Town CD , Kraftyhands . Using SU card stock for  base , Natural Ivory .
Two reasons for this ..
 1,  the inside of stepper card would not be stark white and more in keeping with vintage feel .
 2,           All images printed out flat not gloss which is again more vintage in style .

I really enjoy creating masculine cards

                                

 

I like stepper cards too .

Have been going through my craft  CDs to choose some card kits for next week . Love doing that but OH BOY does time fly .

 

 Weather is going to be cool and cloudy with showers so I can see lots of printing and cutting going on in my room for a few days ..

 

 

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

Man's best friend

Hi there , welcome to my room . Thank you for calling in .
Here it is , Easter Monday .
I hope that you and yours are full of Joy ,  happiness and in anticipation of new good  happenings in your life .

A masculine card to share tonight , using some left overs in my stash .
Image is a die cut from Man about Town , Kraftyhands

Card stock is from SU , paper from my stash and bling from Kraftyhands .
Now off to check if it suits a challenge or two .


                                     WEIGHTY UPDATE

Very pleased to announce that I have lost a little weight ..

 

83.0 kl was last Mondays weigh in . I shared that in this post .......
  http://shirley-anne-stampingforjoy.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/anchors-away.html
Thank you to those who have  offered encouragement .
I guess the first week is always the easiest to lose weight .The only change I made was to halve my servings each meal .I have not used meal replacement products but I dare say that for  the last few kls to lose , I may need a helping hand .


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

Silhouette of a skater.

Hello and welcome to my room .
Hope that my new followers have enjoyed their visits and call in again soon . Please let me know that you have been and I will , as soon as I can , return the visit .

Just a quick post with the 2nd card that I made from the one printout of Project #8 from Kraftyhands magazine issue #1
I shared the 1st created card in previous post so hope that you will scroll down to check it out.
                                              2nd card from Project # 8

Create It  issue #1

 

            
                                                                inside
                                                 
There are still some sentiments from the print out ,  left for my stash .

 Well I hope that you are all enjoying fabulous  Easter  weekend with
family and friends and if you are away from home then  travel safely .

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

Anchors away

Hello crafty pals . Welcome to my room . Thanks for calling in .
Hope that you all had a fabulous weekend .
Am thinking of those who , at the top end of Australia , are at the mercy of the weather .

At the end of this post , purely for those interested , I have a photo that I am using as an incentive to record weight loss ...or not as the case may be !
I have hopes of publishing a new photo every Monday ..Please be kind ..

To share today I created this masculine card using a die cut image from Kraftyhands , papers from Lili of the Valley and card from SU. The anchor charm is from MeiFlower and bling from my stash .

                          

 I have left off a sentiment because it could be for many occasions and I can add one when needed .
Entering this into this challenge
http://justkeeponcreating.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/anything-goes-april-link-up-its-time.html

I am endeavouring to lose 15kl and chose to share my progress here . Hope that you don't mind ..
Starting today                                 14/04/2014
                                      

Wish me luck?

                                                 

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

Horse Power

Hello , welcome to my room .
Thank you for calling in .I hope that you like the card I share today .

Had to drive the car to our coffee place the last two days . I do believe that the Season has changed .Cant see any more hot days ahead .
I weighed myself the other day ...PHEW  definitely a wake up call!!
Need to lose 15 kilo. Have to devise a plan ..
JUST WATCH THIS SPACE .

Here I have printed from a CD from Kraftyhands where I am on the DT .
 I cant remember if it is one that I have purchased or one that was given to me from the BOSS  .


The CD is  Glamour Pin Ups.

 

The card base is Basic Black, SU and the paper is from my stash as are the rhinestones. The sentiment was a freebie from who knows where. sorry .

The images are sassy to say the least but not overly saucy so I hope that no-one is offended .
The card is another of my CAS creations and I look forward to using this CD again .
I reckon our male relatives will appreciate these images too .

                                      Envy  is a
                                         waste of time .
                                      You already have
                                          all you need.

Would like to enter a challenge or two
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/challenge-104-sentiment-for-friend.html

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

Games , cards and beer.

Hi there just a really quick post .
Hello and welcome to my room . Thanks for calling in .
A beautiful Autumn day,  bit of cloud a bit more sunshine  . A craft morning to add to the mix with Sandy and Fran .
One of the quick cards I made to a kit to share today .
   I printed this from Crafts U  Print  CD

I cut out the main image leaving a small border. There were 3D elements to cut out as well .

namely the board, the cards and the beer. The card base is a grey cardstock from my stash as is the black/white polka dot paper. I used a SU word window punch to hold the silver sticker sentiment

added same paper to inside with a Top Note die cut for greeting and a small card [ in a packet , a gift from Sandy ]  as embellishment .
This is a quick male card just have in my stash .
                               
                                Doubt whom you will ,
                                 but never yourself.
                                           Christian Nestell  Bovee

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