Life at the Farm

                                                 The Male Room Challenge #139 - Use Diecuts

When I was looking at my dies stash for this challenge, I just realised I have very few dies that I can use for a male/boy card, but am glad I found the Karen Burniston Barn Pop Stand Die to create my card. 

Here is the image for this new challenge.

For my card, I started off by assembling the barn. You can find the assembly video here.  Then, I diecut the following pieces for the grass, hills, fence, chicks, fox and the word "farm." Adhered all these elements once I was satisfied where everything would go. 

Next, I assembled my card front. 

To make this, I used several diecuts such as the owl, palm trees, sun, door and wind vain (converted to windmill), grass, clouds and the word "howdy." The supplies I have used will be listed below.

We are delighted to welcome  Janet Swanlady as our guest designer for this challenge. Hope you give her lots of love as well as the rest of the DT for their die cut projects. Thank you for stopping by and hope you join us for this challenge.

Supplies are as follows:

barn - KB Barn Pop Stand

mountains - Lawn fawn Stitched Mountain Borders

 chicks - KB spring Animals 1074

 fox - KB Woodland Animals 1001

owl - KB Feathered Animals 1075

palm trees - Lawn Fawn Hammock and Trees

sun and cloud - Sunny Studios comic strip everyday

door and wind vain - KB Barn Pop Stand 

"howdy" and "farm" -MFT pop up alphabet

grass -Sunny Studios Woodland borders die

Happy crafting and have a great day. Be safe, stay home and stay positive.

xx Clarissa

Time at the Beach

                                         The Male Room Challenge #138 - Sketch

It's winter here in New Zealand, and I have been dreaming of summer and beaches. So here is my take on this challenge. 

Wow, time flies and another challenge begins at The Male Room. I hope this challenge inspires you to follow our sketch.

For my card, I started off by stamping the central image using an old Stampin Up stamp (sorry, I don't remember the name of this set) in Versafine Onyx Black ink. Then, I water coloured my image using Altenew 36 pan set. For the 1st background panel, I stamped the background using the small images from Stampin Up Just Beachy in versamark clear ink and embossed it using clear EP. For the second background, I used the same stamps but embossed these images in Wow ultra fine bright white EP. Then, I inked the background using tumbled glass distress ink to make the white pop out. For the banner, I used a waves stencil design to blend with the sea theme.

We are delighted to welcome back the talented Shawna, who is guest designing with us again for this challenge. And hope you check out what the rest of the DT has come up with. Thank you for stopping by and hope you join us for this challenge.

Happy crafting and have a great day. Be safe, stay home and stay positive.

xx Clarissa