Sunday 3 June 2012

It's a Man Thing

Good morning everyone hope you aren't too wet here in the UK! I hope it stops raining this afternoon for the Queen and her flotilla! Well the boys have been and gone it was lovely to see them even if it was briefly.  It was quite funny because one minute the house was so full and the next everyone had gone, including Dave who went up to Carlisle to practice Tai Chi with some master or other and so he was gone all day.  Funnily enough I didn't do any crafting as I felt lonely lol!! I'm hoping today I will get some done as I have a load of DT work to do.

My card today I made the other day, Wendy at Digital Delights had asked if any of the DT wanted to do a couple of extra cards for these great new images she had so I jumped at the chance! I actually made three so I will show one today as I haven't made any others!  They are for Father's Day and my father passed away 11 years ago so it does feel weird making Father's Day cards.


I have used Wendy's Shirt image, Just for Men Digital Paper Pack and Dad Sentiment.  I paper pieced the tie and added a couple of small green brads to the collar buttons.  The sentiment has been cut and matted with Spellbinders. Some scrim and silver Card Candi from my stash finish off my easel card.  So easy and no colouring required. Pop over to Digital Delights and have a look at the moment there is a 70% Sale on retiring products - so grab them while you can!!  I would like to enter the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Here Come the Boys - Anything Goes
Jellypark Challenge - For the Man in Your Life

I am dead excited - I am a lottery winner on the Euromillions ...... £6.20 mmmm wonder how I should invest that???  Thanks for looking today and take care xx

34 comments:

Catherine said...

Fab male card, love the shape.....

Caroline said...

Morning Susan brilliant father's day card love your layout and the scrim looks fab. I know what you mean when the house is full one minute and then when they go how quiet it is. Don't spend your winnings all at once. Have a great weekend. Happy crafting. Caroline xxx

Lorraine said...

Great mans card Susan. It must be so hard trying to decide what to spend your winnings on!! Don't go mad now!! lol
Have a lovely weekend.
Lorraine x

Teresa - My Crafty Heart said...

Hi Susan,
What a great Father's day card! great idea for the shirt and tie, love the way you added brads too - it looks really effective :) oooh, enjoy spending your winnings!;) Hugs, Teresa xx

Doreen said...

Love this card Susan...a great shirt.xxx

Eileen said...

Great mans card Susan. This just reminded me that it's going to be father's day soon.. oh my haven't even thought about it.
Just looked through your cards of the past couple of weeks and you have been busy making some great creations. Love your style
Eileen x

Liz Miller said...

That's a brilliant masculine card Susan and could be adapted for any age, occasion or colour theme. Thanks for the inspiration.
Liz xx

chrissy xx said...

Fabulous colours..LOve this shirt..
JUst Gorgeous.
Chrissyxx

amanda stokes said...

Hi Susan,
Great male card,love the design! :) x

sandy's crafty bits said...

wow super mans card ... sorry to hear you have lost your dad ... I have too and it is a bit of a sad time when fathers day comes around isn't it ?? that's funny we won the lottery toooooo ... but ours was a ten pound win lol ... guess we both need to try harder next time ... hope you are enjoying your weekend ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

The Crafty Blonde said...

Fab card, love the shirt image and masculine papers.
Lyndsey xx

julie_woolston said...

This is a great card for a male Susan, love the image and colour combo.

Hugs Julie.x

Claire said...

Fab male card. Hugs, Claire x

Unknown said...

What a fun male card this is Susan! Your shirt looks perfectly ironed ;-) Fab papers, btw! Hugs, Ira x

Vicky said...

This is fabulous Susan...and great layout too hun :o)

big hugs Vicky xx

Unknown said...

Snap I won exactly the same, a fantastic card luv those papers and the shirt think I may pinch that idea for hubby's card.
Chris x

pinky said...

Well done on your win lol, I am SOOOO jealous. Think how many dolly mixtures I could get for that lol. I love your male card, excellent papers too.

coops said...

so stunning suzie.fantastic design and i love the colours ;D

xx coops xx

karen said...

Wonderful job Suzie, hugs, Karenx

♥Gemma♥ said...

This one fantastic male card hun..love it!!
hugs and xxx
Gemma

nnalorac said...

Super man card Susan. Ooo that's a difficult one that, have fun spending that amount! Carolxx

Inkypinkydelights said...

Well it is brilliant to know someone who has actually won something! We never seem to get a number, always one number beneath or above! lol Susan this card is brilliant! How unusual, I absolutely love it. Thanks for stopping by my blog too. Judy x

Sonia said...

Unusual great man card! Good idea Susan:)
Hugs,
Sonia

Sue B said...

Wow! this is gorgeous Susan! what a wonderful design with the shirt - I love it! The papers are really scrummy! :-))
Congratulations on winning the lottery hun…. shame you couldn't add a few zeros on the end eh!! ;-))
Hope you're having a good weekend!
Big Hugs!
Sue xx

Carol said...

Fabulous male card Susan, love the colours. We've had glorious sunshine today! Don;t spend all your winnings in one craft shop lol Carol x

May said...

Love this Susan.. colours are fab and the design is brillant.. perfect male card! Hugs May x x

Glenda Atkins said...

Great card for Father's Day, love how it is put together. The shirt and tie are wonderful and the tie goes so well with the background paper. Ooooh I love this easel card!
hugs
glenda

Debs said...

Fabulous male card Susan - great design.
Hugs
Debs xx

Sarahshandmadecardsx said...

A great male easel card Susan and I love that shirt image and it looks great with the tie paper pieced and your collar buttons.

Congratulations on your win!!

Hugs Sarahxx

Craftychris said...

Brilliant! Looks fab as an easel card. I have some scrim, I love using it. I'm sure your Dad would have loved these cards xx

Unknown said...

How fabulous is this Susan what a super idea for a dads card and the colours are superb, love this shape of card but have never made one myself. well done.
Great work Hugs Elaine

Anonymous said...

Excellent easel! Love the shirt! Fantastic Card! Thank you for sharing and playing at Here Come the Boys Good Luck! Woo x

~Tammy~ said...

oh my goodness, this is the perfect man card! I run from them, but we all have to make them! :-) You rocked at making one fabulous Dad card! I love this!

karen said...

Super Smashing Susan!! Fabulous work, thanks for sharing with us over at here come the boys, Karenx