Summertime fun

 Morning all.  We have a new theme over at Cardz4guyz today.  Let's have some 'summertime fun'.  I've used a very old sheet from Gordon Fraser over at Crafts-u-print.  Isn't it fun.

He reminds me a little bit of the guy that keeps losing his ice cream in Lilo and Stitch.

Please join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

The advantages of living on a boat - I don't have to do the garden!

 Morning all.  It's my theme over at Cardz4guyz and I've chosen 'Gardens/Gardening'.  We had a lovely garden when I lived in a house but, I have to say, it's not a skill that I have.  Shrubs!  Shrubs are good.  You just stick them in and leave them to it.  I'm lucky I don't need to worry about it anymore.  There is no lawn to mow when you live on a boat.  Having said that, Howard, our neighbour, has so many plants on his roof.  It's stunning to look at.  He used to teach horticulture and he has a passion for succulents.  He doesn't drive so, every now and again, one of us on the pontoon will nip him out to a garden centre just to see how happy it makes him.

Here's my tribute to Howard.

I hope you will all pop over with your gardening cards so that I have something to comment on.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

A late card and a missing card

 I have my weeks all in a muddle.  I could have sworn it was next week this week.  As a consequence yesterday's Make My Monday card is late.  We would like you to 'say it with flowers' please. My favourite is Lavender so that's where I went with this one.

My missing card is from the Cardz4guyz blog.  I uploaded it last week and it has disappeared.  I have asked Caz to add it to the page so it may appear yet.  The theme is 'Squash it' basically it means 'use an embossing folder.  I hope Caz can add it to the page as the folder I used is my favourite.  It's an old double sided one from Spellbinders.  I'm so pleased by how this one turned out.

Please go and check out the other DT cards and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

How could I forget the Guyz

 Sorry this is late.  Now Cardz4guyz is monthly I have to remember what date it's on.  This month we are looking for 'CAS' projects for the Guyz in your life.  I bought a fabulous set of clipart from Etsy for Patrick's birthday this year and I've used some of the images for this card as well.

I think the images from Tysartwork are brilliant for young males.  Most of my other stuff is snarky older men.  Sorry the picture isn't brilliant.  The camera on my phone is useless and keeps crashing.  I have to go with whatever it takes first.

Please pop over to join the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

My Hero

 Hello all.  It's time for the fellas in our lives again.  Over at Cardz4guyz we have a colour challenge for you.  Please use 'light blue and brown' on your projects. I made a totally different card for this challenge and made this one from the scraps.  When I came to it I liked this one better.

The image is a freebie I got from Cinematic Circle on Etsy.  I have very few cards for kids so it's nice to get some new ones in my stash.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Monochrome adventure.

 Morning all.  Over at Cardz4guyz this month we have the theme of 'a monochromatic colour pallette'.  I have, once again, gone to my Stamperia papers as they just work so well for this.

It's been so much fun using these papers recently.  They fit in so beautifully with the themes.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Let's go on an Adventure

 Morning all.  I hope you are all well and looking forward to a new 'Cardz4guyz theme.  We couldn't get more perfect for the men this month with 'Epic Adventure' for a subject.  I have some more fabulous paper scavenged by Howard from the recycling shed.  I couldn't believe my luck with this set as I knew this challenge was coming up.

I won't be short of ideas for the fellas for a while.  I think the papers are Stamperia.  They are certainly fun and full of ideas for adventures.

Please pop over and join the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Christmas Critters

 Morning all. It's time for a new challenge over at Cardz4guyz.  We are looking for 'Christmas Critters' on your project please.  I did a lovely card with an ice skating mouse on for this one then realised it wasn't very 'Guy' so I did another.

And, just because I'd already done it, here's the other one.

I'm so pleased with these.  I love the cute images from Clipartprintdesign on Etsy.  I have a load of images I haven't got to yet.

Please pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Birthday wishes with a little purple

 Over at Cardz4guyz today we are looking for 'A birthday card with some purple'.  Should be a nice easy one.  I went through my purple scraps for this one.  Once I'd found some I liked I stuck them together and popped a printed topper on.  

The image is from a set on Etsy from by Digimonarch.  He looks like he's having a good birthday, doesn't he.

Please pop over and join the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Fernily enough

 Morning all.  We have a colour challenge for you over at Cardz4guyz this month and, funnily enough, I've been inspired by one of last month's cards.  Check out the beautiful blending on Donna's card.  I just fell in love with it.  As we are looking for you to use 'orange, black and purple' - at least one or more of those colours - I decided to have a go at something similar, on a much smaller scale.

I blended the colours first then looked for something to silhouette in front. I thought these ferns would look lovely and I think I was right.  I didn't want to detract from the panel so I've gone very CAS.

Please pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Messing about in boats

 Messing about in boats is exactly what I will be doing - God willing - when my blog post goes live on Tuesday.  I have two glorious weeks off work so we are heading off down the canal on the narrowboat we live on.  Isn't it appropriate that I chose 'Boats' for this month's  Cardz4guyz challenge. 

I also thought it would be ideal to get out my narrowboat die and give it an airing.

I'm really pleased with the result.  I've got another boat cut out but I was running out of double sided sticky tape so I may make another one of these when I've been shopping.  I've sold some of my cards on the marina at a couple of charity events and I think this one may appeal to the other boaters at the next event.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Confused! Sorry

 OK, so things have changed a little over at Cardz4guyz.  We are now a monthly challenge (the third Tuesday in the month) instead of bi-weekly.  And I managed to forget this for our first monthly challange.  'Summer Holidays' is our theme for this month.  I've used another one of my beach clipart images as I do love a beach in summer.

I hope you will support us by joining in now we've gone monthly.  It gives you plenty of time to get inspired.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Feeling Blue? Perk Up!

Morning all. We have the fun new theme of 'Shades of Blue' over at Cardz4guyz  today.  I dug out some blue scraps from my paper bin and added a few brown die cuts.  I love how this turned out.  It's very much a card that my hubby would love.

Please pop over an support the design team.  There is some fabulous inspiration and we all have different styles so there's something for everyone. 

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

A Body of Water Card...Made on a boat on a Body of Water.

 Morning all.  As a crafter that lives on a boat on a Marina I feel very qualified to create a card on the Cardz4guyz new theme.  We are looking for 'A Body of Water' on your projects please.  I chose to use some more of my old stash for this one.  I bought some oriental themed stickers from the V&A museum a few years ago.  One of my favourite pieces of art is 'the wave'.  One of these stickers reminds me a little of it.

I'm really pleased with how this turned out.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Straight down the middle

 Hello all.  I know we had fun and games last time on Cardz4guyz and we are sticking to fun with 'fun fold' as our new theme.  I'm trying to use up some very old stash so I dug out some more Margaret Sherrie decoupage sheets.

It's a simple z fold card but I'm pleased with it.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

It's all fun and games

 Morning all.  We are having lots of 'fun and games' over at Cardz4guyz this week as that is our new theme.  I had just the card idea as I'd just bought a download from Debbie Moore in order to create a card for my son's birthday.  I'd not used all the layers so I created this one from the bits left over.

I'm really pleased with how this turned out.  I think it makes a perfect 'Guyz' card.

Please pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Sweet 16

 I'm sorry that my posts this week are late.  I've been ill for about 3 weeks now and haven't been on the computer much.  Over at Cardz4guyz we have the challenge of 'S for ...'.  I've gone crackers with this one (a card I made for my nephew Charlie) - stars, stripes and 16.

Please pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

Dress it up

 Evening all.  It's my choice for a theme over at Cardz4guyz and I have chosen 'Men's clothing'.  I'm not sure what was in my mind when I picked this but I've gone with a rugby shirt and boots.  I've had this in my stash for so long.

I couldn't decide on a backing paper for this so I kept it simple and left it black and white.

I hope you will join in the challenge.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x

A little bit sketchy

 Hello all.  Just a quick post for today's Cardz4guyz challenge.  We have a sketch for you this time.

I love this for a challenge.  I went through my dies and decided on my theme first and then just through some papers together. Hot Dog! What a challenge.

Thanks for reading.  

Love Dawn x

CAS for the Guyz

 Hello all.  I find CAS really difficult to get right.  Guyz cards also don't come naturally.  So, let's have 'CAS for the Guyz' this week. I dug through my box of die cuts to see what I'd got handy.

I was going to make this a birthday card but decided it would make a good thank you card, maybe for someone who'd done some work for you.

Thanks for reading.

Love Dawn x