Sunday, 9 February 2014

Hero Arts Birthday

Hi Everyone
Hope you are enjoying your weekend.  The sun is shining here but it is quite windy so not planning on going out anywhere.  I have been watching the winter Olympics and was delighted when team GB won a bronze medal this morning for the womens snowboarding.  Go team GB.

Today I thought I would share a male card with you.


The balloon images are a set of stamps from Hero Arts that I have had for a couple of years.  I stamped the images using distress ink.  When the ink was dry I then went over with various shades of distress ink to create the background.  I cut out the images and mounted onto paper from Papermania (chronology paper collection).  The blue cogs backing paper is from the same collection.  I inked around the edges and matted onto some brown card.  The birthday sentiment is from Craftwork cards and the cogs are a combination of peel offs and an all occasion die set that I got from Robert Addams.  

Thanks for popping by and would love to know what you think.  Please feel free to leave a comment as I love reading them.

I would like to enter the following challenges:
ALBC - Man Up
Feeling Crafty - Dies and/or punches
Crafty Cardmakers - This is a mans world
Craft All Day - Male cards
Papertake - Anything goes
Divas By Design - Die cuts
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Crafty Girls - Anything goes
Allsorts - Colours beginning with B (Blue and Brown)
Pan Pastel - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

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25 comments:

  1. rachel9 February 2014 at 13:43

    great card Mags - wonderful images and great layout too - fabby xx

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  2. Desire Fourie9 February 2014 at 14:01

    A gorgeous steam punk creation. Love the free balloon panels.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  3. Sue9 February 2014 at 14:49

    Fabulous card for the boys Mags.
    Sue x

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  4. julie_woolston9 February 2014 at 17:58

    Fabulous card Mags
    Hugs Julie xxx

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  5. Linda Simpson9 February 2014 at 18:23

    Fabulous! Love the stamps.
    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  6. Sue9 February 2014 at 18:50

    Such a fabulous card Mags. I love the images and the way you have coloured them. A really great layout too.
    Sue xx

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  7. Donna Mosley9 February 2014 at 19:17

    Really fab male card Mags, love the balloons and fab design.

    Donna x

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  8. Daniele9 February 2014 at 19:43

    what a great card Mags, lovely background really sets off the images
    hugs

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  9. Linda Palmer9 February 2014 at 19:49

    Love the three panels that embrace the fun things in life for a great masculine card.

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  10. Lin9 February 2014 at 21:39

    Love this design Mags. The vintage balloon stamped images are gorgeous and make this a perfect masculine card.

    Thanks for sharing with us

    Lin
    Crafty Cardmakers and More

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  11. Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes)9 February 2014 at 22:50

    This is fab Mags. I have these stamps not used as I couldn't think what to do with them but I love how you used them. Susan xx

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  12. Jules9 February 2014 at 23:25

    Hi Mags

    A brilliant male card .. .. love your images / layout and colour combo.

    Hope you had a good weekend.

    Love Jules xx

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  13. brenda10 February 2014 at 07:46

    A perfect creation for our theme this week Mags and what an effective design as well.

    Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge.

    B x

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  14. Papercraft By Carole10 February 2014 at 08:18

    Love the vintage balloons and all the cogs. Thanks for joining in with my challenge at CCM&M. Cxxx

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  15. Carole Pollard10 February 2014 at 10:15

    Great card love the way you've cut up the stamped images so effective. Just the perfect man card good luck in the challenges Love and Happy crafting Carole xCarole x

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  16. Jennifer Johnston10 February 2014 at 10:17

    Fabulous steampunk card Mags, love the way you have done it in three panels and the cogs are fab. Enjoy tour Monday off work lol. Hugs Jennifer xx

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  17. Sue B 10 February 2014 at 15:42

    This is gorgeous Mags!! what a fab design and layout… it has a lovely vintage feel to it...the balloon images are wonderful and I really love the cogs! :-)
    Thanks for joining us at Divas by Design this week!
    Hugs Sue B xx

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  18. alex10 February 2014 at 16:59

    Such a wonderful masculine card, love your design, thank you for playing at 613 Avenue Create
    Alex

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  19. Suze Bain10 February 2014 at 18:47

    I love those stamps you've used - a super masculine card. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and More. Xx

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  20. Andree10 February 2014 at 21:58

    A brilliant card Mags. The stamps are gorgeous and I love the layout.

    Thank you for joining in with the Feeling Crafty challenge this month and good luck x

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  21. Berry 11 February 2014 at 11:08

    This is fab hunny! Thanks so much for playing with us at Divas by Design this week! Hugs Rebekah xx

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  22. Sarah13 February 2014 at 21:13

    Just love this card Mags, gorgeous images and colours. Thank you so much for joining us at Allsorts this week x

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  23. Hath15 February 2014 at 18:27

    Beautiful card. Thanks for joining us this week at 4 Krafty Girls - good luck. hugs Angelie

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  24. Chana Malkah16 February 2014 at 01:26

    Beautifully done! Thanks for dropping this off by our house here at 613 Avenue Create!
    Hugz,
    Chana, Owner

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  25. The Craft Bucket21 February 2014 at 12:08

    You have done a great job on this male card, love it. Thank you for playing along with us at ALBC this month & good luck. Jane x

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Thanks for popping by. Your comments are much appreciated.
Mags
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