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Tuesday 9 June 2015

Texture

Good morning,

First of all, I must say 'Happy Birthday' to my baby girl (who is 23 years young today) - blimey I am feeling old!

As this is my first post of the week, I will ask if everyone had a good weekend? I was at a local craft fayre on Sunday and spent far too much money, although I told myself before I went that I didn't really need any more crafting stash - but the message never reached my brain, obviously!! I have so many ideas in my head for new projects that I can't think straight - just need a few extra hours in the day to play.

On a crafty note, we have a brand new challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz - a blog devoted to male themed projects for the beloved men in our life. My teamie Jane has chosen the theme this week, which is

'TEXTURE'

This is a great one for men's cards and so easy to incorporate - here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...


I began with a piece of design paper from my stash which has a woodgrain pattern on it (although it's not easy to see on my photo), then I passed it through a basket weave embossing folder and highlighted the embossing with some Gathered Twigs distress ink, before layering it onto a piece of kraft card.

The stamped section is one (of my many) my purchases from yesterday - it is actually all one stamp from Inkylicious, but I stamped it out and cut it into three smaller sections before mounting on a darker brown. I added these to my background, layered on a piece of hessian, which is nicely frayed around the edges. Three little co-ordinating buttons finish off the design.

Why not pop over to the challenge blog and check out some fab inspiration from the team.
Hugz, Jan xx

3 comments:

  1. That looks very tactile and textural, I can just picture the recipient running their fingers over it.
    Jane

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  2. Lots of texture here Jan and I love the sentiment.
    Were you off to the Dome then on Sunday?
    I've never been but some of the girls at class were off talking of going.

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  3. Love what you've done with the sentiment, great card x

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