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Wednesday 12 June 2013

Crafting for all Seasons #54 One for the Guys

Good morning all.
Sorry for the lack of blogging, the lure of the sunshine proved greater than that of the craft room and now I'm chasing my tail trying to get all the wedding stuff finished, a pile of birthday cards made along with getting ahead with my DT work before we go on holiday next month!
Hubby was supposed to organise the holiday as he wanted to do Land's End to John O Groats or vice versa...guess who ended up doing it! I decided we'd only do Land's End this time so we're spending a few days in Wales at a lovely converted water mill before heading down to St Ives for a week. On the way home we're having a weekend in Devon and a few days south of Manchester. We'll probably have a night in the Lakes each way too. I've also ended up organising a few days away for our Silver Wedding in September...gave up waiting for hubby to do anything so we're going to Venice for a Monday to Friday break the week of our anniversary. 
So it hasn't all been sitting in the garden doing nothing!!

Today it's time for a new challenge at CFAS and this time the theme is "One for the Guys". We're  looking forward to seeing all your makes. We're being sponsored by Bugaboo who gave the DT images to work with.

Today is my younger son's 21st birthday so this is the card I made him......can't believe how quickly the years have flown! We off out for a meal tonight to celebrate at our local Chez Roux restaurant.


My image is Monster Birthday Sign which has been part digitally paper pieced and part coloured with promarkers. The papers are from Template Dreams "Hey There" kit. I've printed everything several times and layered up the image. Border punch is from Martha Stewart.



Do pop over to the challenge blog to see the rest of the girls inspiration, you won't be disappointed.

Challenges entered:
City Crafter Challenge - all about him
LEJ Designs - something for the boys
Our Daily Bread - masculine
Papertake Weekly - hello boys
Top Tip Tuesday - masculine
Ladybug Crafts - for the men in your life
The Crafter's Cafe - for a male
The Crafting Cafe - here come the boys
Cards for Men - boys will be boys
Craft your Passion - masculine
Get Inky - for boys/men
Kaboodle Doodles - favourite guy
Lexi's Creations - special male birthday

Carol x



33 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card Carol,love the great design.xxx

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  2. Oh what a fun card for a young man! Enjoy the sun, Carol.
    xxx Asha

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  3. Fabulous card Carol. Hugs Rita xxxxx

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  4. Enjoy the sunshine while you can CArol as the seasons change too quickly.
    Awesome card. Bugaboo have some cute images there...the MS PATP is lovely too.xx

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  5. Great card Carol, I hope your son likes it and has a wonderful Birthday.
    Your holiday plans sound fab, just hope the weather is nice for you.
    Pauline
    x

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  6. Beautiful card Carol and what a lovely frame too! great image l do like Bugaboo such fun images xx

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  7. Such a fab card Carol, love the image and the paper piecing, super card for your Son's 21st. Carolxx

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  8. Wonderful card, your paper piecing is fab! Sounds like you are going to have a lovely holiday and a superb break in Venice. Enjoy your meal tonight, hope you all have a lovely meal Karen x

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  9. Lovely card in really masculine colours.
    Thanks for joining us at Craft your Passion.
    xxx Michelle

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  10. What a great card!! I love the image!Thanks so much for playing along this week at CCCB :-)

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  11. Fabulous and fun! Thanks so much for playing along at CCCB!

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  12. I've never tried paper piecing but this looks great Carol and I love that image for a guy. Enjoy your meal! Christine xx

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  13. Great card Carol, love the papers and the image. Boy you sure where busy organising your holidays.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  14. what a lovely card thanks for sharing with lexis creations challenge this week
    happy crafting to you
    Rachel DT http://blossomcards.blogspot.co.uk/

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  15. love the border punch and great image -thanks for joining us at lej designs
    Carol DT x

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  16. Oh what a great birthday card Carol. Love this bugaboo image and your colouring/paper piecing looks great. Thanks for joining us at Cards for Men. Pat K x

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  17. Oh Carol, I love it! Great work as always! Glad to see you haven't been idle too!
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  18. Looks fun! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  19. Great card Carol,
    Loving the bright, fun layout
    Have a Great Day

    Patricia xxx

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  20. Back with my Crafting Cafe hat on!
    Thanks for sharing your great card with us in the Here Come The Boys Challenge!
    Good Luck
    Hugs
    Dawn xx

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  21. Fab idea! Your card really pops! So glad you joined us for our Boys will be Boys Challenge at Cards for Men!

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  22. Love what you've done! Thank you for joining us at The Crafting Cafe this month!
    Claire xx
    CC DT

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  23. my goodness! this is so cool!

    hugs and kisses from germany,
    silvi (GD this week on lexi's creations challenge)

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  24. Thank you for taking the time to enter the LEJ Designs Challenge No. 57 - Something for the Boys/Men...
    Great card. Not too much going on, but still enough to look at and draw your eyes in. The monster is wonderful and great for men/boys of by age.

    I really hope to see many more entries from you in our future monthly challenges on our challenge blog. Fantastic digi images from LEJ Designs up for grabs and other stuff from our amazing sponsors!

    Hugs Lisa xxxxx DT Member

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  25. This is lovely..Thank you for sharing with us at Crafty Sentiments and good luck.

    Caz CSD DT xx

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  26. What a great masculine card!! Thanks for sharing with us at ODBD!! I am sure the recipient will feel blessed to receive it!! What a great birthday card for a young man!!

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  27. great card, love the paper piecing of the sentiment....Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments!

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  28. This is such a funny card! Fabulous! Thanks for joining CCCB this week. Hugs and happy day, Wendy

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  29. What a fun little monster. Love the bright colors you used. Thanks for sharing last week at CYP. Hope you join us for this week's challenge.

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  30. Darling creation, perfect for any guy card! Thank you for joining us this week at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge! I hope you play along with us again soon!

    Jackie, Crafty Sentiments Designs DT

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  31. A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at The Crafting Cafe and good luck.
    Mags
    x

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  32. A fab fun card, thank for joining us over at the crafting cafe xx

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Many thanks for taking the time to comment on my post. Constructive comments are always welcomed and appreciated on my creations. Carol x