My Time to Craft! Challenge #345 Masculine

Good morning! I hope you are all having a good weekend! We have grey skies and a chilly wind here in S-E Herts, but on the bright side I have seen several Swifts flying by in the last couple of days, which means that Summer is on its way!

On to our new Challenge at My Time to Craft! and it's to make something For the Men in Our Lives. Yes, one of those tricky creations for a bloke!

I've made a Father's Day card - I know the actual day isn't until June, but I thought I'd be efficient and make one early!


I used the Balloon Bouquet outline die from Simon Says Stamp and cut it in black card. I glued it to the card front, which is covered with paper from an old Studio Calico Kit. Then I cut the die again from snippets of coloured card and inlaid them. I gave them some sparkle with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen.

The sentiment is from an old set by Clearly Besotted, sadly it's now out of print.

Do go and see my teamies' gorgeous creations for some great inspiration!

Thanks for looking!

love Mags B x

Comments

KraftyKoolKat said…
Another fantastic creation Mags.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx
Saturday, May 06, 2017
Faith A at Daffodil Cards said…
UP up and away for a Great day AND card, Love the balloons layered like that and the paper, you are on the ball, good for you.
Hubby saw one swift this morning, hope he doesn't get too cold LOL.
Faith
x
Saturday, May 06, 2017
Lynne in NI said…
Great masculine card Mags! I haven't seen any swifts up our way yet so I'll be watching out for them now I know they're on their way :)
Saturday, May 06, 2017
Shell Shearer Swinscoe said…
Fabulous make hun, love the sparkle on those balloons
Hugs Shell xx
Monday, May 08, 2017
scrappymo! said…
This is a lovely balloon bouquet die! Balloons are so popular right now. My friend just loaned me her single balloon punch and I am going to give making a bouquet a try!

Your pretty green and blues loook wonderful here.
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Pat said…
Great Father's Day card Mags, love the balloons.

Pat xx
Friday, May 12, 2017
Mrs A. said…
Perfect card especially for Fathers Day. Hugs Mrs A.
Saturday, May 13, 2017
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