Two cards featuring Diamond Shapes

 Well again I'm joining in the fun at Darnell's Twofer Card Challenge #8 - Geometric.  So this month I decided to use a stamp featuring a Diamond shape pattern on a Birthday card and a Fathers' Day card.

 For my first card I stamped the diamond pattern with Versamark and heat embossed it with Pearl Gold EP.  Then I sponged Distress Inks over the stamping.  I stamped two sentiments on my card panel and to finish added my stamped and DI watercoloured 'dancer', fussy cut and mounted with foam tape.

For my second card I stamped the Diamond pattern in black and cut them out individually and  sponged on Distress Oxides to colour them.  I arranged them in a border on the edge of a Distress Inked panel, drawing a black marker line frame to connect them.  Then I stamped my tool box, used Distress Ink to watercolour it and rough fussy cut it out.  To finish I mounted the panel on a blue card and stamped on my sentiment.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy your weekend... 

Happy Father's Day

Well I hope you are having a lovely start to the week... it's beautiful here, weather perfect, chores are done and I've free time at my desk.  Earlier this year I remember this owl stamp in the back of one of my stamp drawers and when I saw the challenge at The Paper Player #349 Feathered Friends I knew he'd have a staring role.  I have also used 'masculine colours' for the Stamplorations CAS Card challenge for June and then followed with the theme at Stamplorations June Theme and Sketch challenge.... Stamps and Family.  I used coloured pencils for a change to colour the image and then added some feint shading to the background - the mauve and blue influenced my choice of layering and card.  To finish I added a stamped sentiment for Fathers' Day.  Thanks for taking a peek

  

Happy Father's Day

 Well Father's Day just crept up so quickly this year and I was caught on the hop with one for Stephens dad, got that sorted and sent and today I've rustled up with for hubby....using the theme at Scrapbook Boutique August monthly challenge and over at Shopping Our Stash SOS#116 they want a 'Boy Card'.  Thanks for taking a peek



SOS #116 For The Boys

Crazy 4 Challenges, Play Date Cafe

  

I've made a card for my hubby for Fathers' Day this Sunday using the layout from Crazy 4 Challenges C4C151, just because I love him and he's the dad to our wonderful kids....thanks for being there for me Ollie.  I used the colour scheme from Play date cafe for last weeks challenge #146 - black and white with a splash of Lime. Thanks for taking a peek

Fathers' Day card

 

It's Fathers' Day next weekend and this card needs to be in the mail today... it was a bit tricky making a male card this time as most of my masculine stamps are wood mounted and these I chose not to bring with me because of the storage space problem in our caravan. Anyway I did manage to find this comical one and added my own sentiments. I was planning to make this card with a tapering shape like my friend Vikki but in the end decided I should've cut the shape first so it's just a tri-fold. Thanks for taking a peek...see you again