Fun Fold Friday - He's The Man Simple Faux Step Card

 

Another Large Faux Step card (aka Simple or Easy Step Card)

Again using the new He's the Man papers... and the Biggest Wish stamps for the greetings... 

With images from the retired Stampin' Up! Classic Garage papers for the car, wheel trim and bike...

And more apologies for the quick post... but as an avid ex tennis player... I have to admit that Wimbledon has caught my eye somewhat this week...  It's the first time for years that I have allowed myself to watch anymore than the finals... and I am loving it! 

Doing me the world of good... though I had to laugh at myself on the first afternoon I watched... as I felt so guilty... and was visibly twitching... as it is SO long since I just sat and watched something during the day!! It just didn't feel right!! Good job that feeling left me pretty soon!!

Three Ways on Thursday - Moving Along

Introducing Moving Along... a go to travel stamp... and very cute!  Love it!

3 simple cards based on 3 simple cutting templates and a small piece of Designer Paper, can't really go wrong... Simples!

And whilst I am here... a bonus card for you... 

More Geared Garage for Monday

 5 more even...

 Few colour and greeting variants of the card shared here...

Thanks again Tracy for your inspiration... a little beauty!

Male card Monday... clean & simple Geared Up Garage

A clean and simple A6 card using Geared Up Garage for you today... though maybe not quite so clean with all those dirty exhaust fumes designed in...

Car stamped in Memento Black... coloured in using Real Red, Balmy Blue and Smoky Slate Stampin Blends... and then die cut with the Garage Gears dies...

Gray Granite exhaust fumes or smoke by inking up and stamping twice before re-inking

Real Red greeting...

And finished off with silver embossed washers... 

And here is the original stunning 'all in red' card by Tracy Lynn Sinclair from our team training swap that I CASEd... thanks again Tracy... 

I just switched the colours around so that my ladies could do cars of whatever colour suited their men folk... and still use the same prepped class kit...

Though annoyingly I forgot to photo the "British Racing Green" and Blueberry Bushel ones made... as both were rather stunning...

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Everything is Rosy... available May only... and only while supplies last...Just £74 for all this! Or is that that!

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Classic Garage Convertible!

Snip a bit off the top of the car cut from the Classic Garage papers and here you go... a convertible (aka cabriolet... soft top... open top!)  to make many a man happy! And quite a few ladies too ...

Hardtop version shown below! With more details here...

Or stamp & snip... this one looks more like my silver Mercedes CLK a few years back! Always miss that car on a lovely sunny day!

Oh and the eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that I have changed my road production method!! 

I still sponged to start off with... but then I also used Gray Granite and the "thin straight" in the Waterfront stamp set... to create more definition... inking up...stamping... stamping again, inking up and so on...

Enjoy Life.. on the open road...

Just leaving it here... for the car mad men folk in my family!

Waterfront meets Enjoy Life... meets Classic Garage papers...meets En Route stamps... which is going to be a keeper for me... love it!

Something Special for Saturday... Tool Shed Bench Fold Card....

I have a real treat for you today...

As many of you know... every so often someone makes my day... by sending a beautiful creation that has been inspired by one of my makes...  or using one of my tutorials... or often a bit of both!!

And... if I am allowed (as sometimes sadly I am not)... it means I get to share someone else's very special creation with you... and they are always very very special (aka masterpiece) ... and so always make me feel proud for my little part in what others do...

And today is no exception... isn't this Shed Bench Fold Card by fellow teamie and friend, Sarah Lavelle just wonderful... such talent! Just check out that calendar to the LHS!!! Check out Sarah's post with more details here...

Thank you so much for allowing me to share this Sarah... and I may just be "pinching" some of your ideas... as ... as you know... I want to make an updated Garage (or Tool Bench) version for this year for my father...

And want to make your own... you will need both the Wood Textures and Classic Garage papers ... the Classic Garage Metal Embellishments... and the Geared Up Garage bundle would be pretty useful for the finishing touches too!!!

Live in the UK...? Purchase just the 2 papers and embellishments (or products equivalent in value) and I will send you my Bench Fold Card Tutorial for free... just email me after placing your order to say that is what you would like as your gift with order...

And yes...  I have got my Bench Fold Card tutorial out again!!! And I have also found my list of about 100 projects that my brain came up with at the time!! Just need a few hours to play... maybe week after next!

In the meantime... if anyone else would like to share their own masterpiece(s)... you would also make my day!

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If you are ordering today... do remember to add the Host Code shown below to earn yourself a gift and help support The Craft Spa at the same time... For orders over £150 you should claim your own Stampin Rewards when ordering... you will still get a separate gift from me... 

Please note that this host code is relevant to today's blog post date... it does expire and change over the months... but the current code is always shown at the top right hand side of my blog...

Current Catalogues & Products

Everything is Rosy... available May only... and only while supplies last...Just £74 for all this! Or is that that!

Paper Pumpkin The Shelli Card KIT... Such good value... Available only while supplies last... £20 for 12 cards including stamps & ink spot! 

Garage Card Part 3... Happy Fathers Day... Dads!

So I finally finished off my own father's Fathers Day card... so a quick share of the finished garage interior... as well as another ...very different... interior later on for Andrea's Dad...

I kept it simple... just a favourite wished-for car, Jaguar F Type... in a favourite colour (that he would never be allowed!!)... with his personalised registration plate...

But I just know that he will LOVE this card!!

Click here for the original share(s) with the directions...

And Happy Fathers Day wherever you and your family may be...

Images used (for personal use only!) care of a Google Search for Jaguar F Type... and "personalised registration plate" - which came up with many sites that physically produce registration plates and so you can enter the letters and numbers you want and an image is generated... easy!

And before I go... here is Andrea's for her Dad... 

A wonderful amalgam of things for boats & gardening along with a crowded bench & lots of tools... this hobby makes being so wonderfully personal with our cards so easy!!! And that always keeps the men folk happy!!

Beautiful Balloons Ride Celebration by Jane

We had a special moment in classes this week... We were all poised to make this card...when Jane said can I add a Beetle!? Well of course Jane...

 

Isn't it fabulous!! I just had to share... 

I love it Jane! And I am absolutely positive that your friend about to celebrate her 40th Birthday will too....

And I hope you have a bit of your Wink of Stella pen left!!!