Men! Why are they so difficult? lol

If anyone has any fab tips or suggestions on how to make male cards then send your answers on a postcard to....

Just kidding! I can't say I find it easy though! lol. Here is my attempt at making Adam's birthday card for later this month. It's pretty plain and simple but he tends to like the minimalist look on cards.

I used one of my new personal impressions stamps from the set I bought over the weekend and coloured it with my polychromos (the colours look a lot paler when photographed for some reason). I cut and embossed the circles with my nesties hen shaded with polychromos and stuck on the nail embellishments which I found buried in amongst my craft stash.

Has anyone seen the new Penny Black clear stamp ranges yet? There are several new sets which I found over at http://www.diestodiefor.co.uk/ and I just love them! Can't justify anymore craft purchases this month though :o( Already spent out my polychromo pencil set last week at £30 (ouchy ouch!)

Anyways, if I have enough time I'll enter the Paper Take Challenge this week as I think the sketch is nice and simple yet effective:

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/

Ta ta for now.

Trix x

What a few days it's been!

Evening all,

It's that dreaded Sunday night feeling! Tomorrow not gonna be great day in the office as found out on Friday that I'll be one of people to lose their job due to credit crunch. I should feel fortunate as at least I have 3 months notice.. still not good though hey. Hope you all are surviving the crunch; just wish it were over already....
I locked myself away in my own crafting world last night ( well, more like my crafting corner lol. If you saw it you'd know why I laugh) as I find it a great distraction when other things in life not going so well.
Right, well, as with most of us crafting girlies I find male cards really troublesome, but thanks to Clare Curd's new Signature Range male stamp set it's made the task that bit easier.. see what you think of this little creation.

Comments, good or bad, really welcomed!
Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your week!

Hugz,, Trix




Materials: Promarkers, coredinations 'chocolate box cardstock (green and brown), white textured cardstock, Spellbinder's nestabilities scalloped and traditional circles, karen foster patterned paper, Clare Curd Signature Range Stamps - Male, gemstones - papermania, Whispers brushstroke pen (brown) for the edged doodling

Techniques: stamping, sanding, distressing, layering, doodling