Krafty Chicks challenge #834 - Masculine

Good morning lovely friends; I hope your week is going well so far and you've managed to fit in some crafting. I'm sharing my card for the new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 4; as always the theme is 'Masculine' and Lori is our hostess. We know it's not everyone's favourite challenge, but we do have to make some masculine cards sometime and this challenge will hopefully help you get them done. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I recently bought a few things from a friend's crafty de-stash and she sent me some lovely Hunkydory pre-printed images as a thank you.  I thought they would be perfect for a quick and easy masculine birthday card.  The images are so super cute and perfect for males of all ages.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

A closer look at the cute pre-printed image:

plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting the pre-printed image panel down using a stitched rectangle die and I also used the same die to cut a panel from lime green gingham paper.  I adhered the image onto the paper, using liquid glue, leaving an equal border at the top and bottom.  I also cut a mat black layer and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I used two pre-printed sentiments and die cut them out using a sentiment strips die.  I adhered the sentiments to the top right and bottom left along the border between the image and the paper using liquid glue.  I finished off with some stars die cut from gold mirror card.  I adhered the panel to my card base using double sided tape.  For the inside I cut a white panel with the stitched rectangle die and also a small piece from the lime gingham paper and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre using black ink and finished off with some gold stars.  The panel was adhered to a black mat layer and then added to my card base with double sided tape.    

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Moments challenge - make it cute

Daisy Chain challenge - animals

Hearts Quest Celebrations of Love - BEWAS (birthday)

Little Red Wagon challenge - anything times three (3 cute animals, 3 balloons, 3 stars)

Love Those Pretty Papers challenge - use designer/patterned paper optional theme look to the skies

Paper Rocks Scissors - use paper or scissors (I used gingham paper)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Tic Tac Toe challenge - #tttc300 - die cut/punch, patterned paper, bright colours

Try It On Tuesday challenge - inspired by a song ('Celebrate' by Kool & the Gang)

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Masculine' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I'll be back later with my card for the Just Us Girls challenge.  

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Hunkydory - smudge & mitten pre-printed images (can only find them on eBay)

Memory Box - key lime gingham paper - discontinued

Gina K Designs - master layouts 14 (for stitched rectangle die)

Gina K Designs - master layouts 01 (for plain rectangle die)

Gina K Designs - birthday babble sentiment sheets (for outside sentiments)

Gina K Designs - sentiment strips dies

Gina K Designs - birthday cheer stamp (for inside sentiment) *Bumbleberry Crafts

MFT - tag builder blueprints 6 (for stars)

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card (for card base)

Limetree Craft - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

gold mirror card from my scraps bin

I have Affiliate Links for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my links as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you x

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - August 26

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with P, Q & R. I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter. I'm trying to stick to animals and food but we'll see how it goes. I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too. I used mostly older, retired products (except for the Quokka stamp which is new to me) but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them; do you have a favourite from this month's trio?

Here are my three ATC's:

A closer look at 'P':

A closer look at 'Q':

A closer look at 'R':

I decorated the backs the same as usual:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for my backgrounds (as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself) along with some embossed panels and card strips left over from a previous project.  I also added some extra stamping and ink blending to make the ATC's match the images a little more. I finished the backgrounds with some white spatter.  I stamped all the images and coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating dies to cut out the quokka and raccoon but had to fussy cut the parrot. I decided to use the frames again this month as the images fit inside them nicer this time.  I die cut them from card to coordinate with my backgrounds and images and adhered them with liquid glue (I also added some vellum behind the black frame).  The images were added inside the frames with foam squares. I die cut the letters from the same card as the frames, stacking them x 3 and added them to the ATC's with liquid glue. For the backs I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one of the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink. 

I would like to enter my ATC's in the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - embossing - dry or heat (I used an embossing folder on my green ATC)

As You Like It challenge - favourite colouring medium (Promarkers as they are budget friendly and blend so easily)

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - ATG embossing optional theme tie it up 

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist use die cuts

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Moments challenge - make it cute

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Daisy Chain challenge - animals

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - fashion or ATG

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies optional mood board

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesAugust26 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I really appreciate you stopping by today. 

Love and hugs,

ATC supplies:

MFT - Polynesian paradise stamp (for parrot)

Lawn Fawn - Quokka my world stamp & die set

MFT - raving raccoons stamp & die set (for raccoon)

Promarkers

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Hunkydory - moonstone scalloped edged picture frames dies

MFT - little letters dies

MFT - distressed patterns stamp

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Winsor & Newton - white gouache (for spatter)

ATC silicone stamp (won in a challenge)

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - July 26

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with M, N & O.  I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter. I'm trying to stick to animals and food but we'll see how it goes. I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too. I used mostly older, retired products (except for the Narwhal which is new to me) but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them; do you have a favourite from this month's trio?

Here are my three ATC's:

A closer look at 'M':

A closer look at 'N':

and a closer look at 'O':

I decorated the backs the same as usual:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for my backgrounds as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself and added some extra stamping and ink blending to make the ATC's match the images a little more.  I stamped all the images and coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  The images were added to the backgrounds with foam squares. I die cut the letters from coloured card, stacking them x 3 and added them to the ATC's with liquid glue. For a little continuity through the series I once again used the frame dies that I had used on previous month's ATC's, cut them from coloured card and added full frames to the 'M' and 'O' ATC's but only parts of it to the edges of the 'N' ATC. For the backs I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one of the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink.  

I would like to enter my ATC's in the following challenges:

Craft Rocket challenge - animals

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - favourite colours (I'm playing the ATG option)

The Little Things challenge - flamingo and/or elephant (I'm playing the ATG option)

Triple B challenge - birds, blooms or butterflies and optional inspiration board

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesjuly26 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I really appreciate you stopping by today.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Sizzix - love you tons stamp & die (bought mine from eBay)

Heffy Doodle - chimply the best stamp & die (store now closed)

Clearly Besotted - still a hoot stamp & die (retired)

Promarkers

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

Hunkydory - moonstone scalloped edged picture frames dies

MFT - little letters dies

MFT - distressed patterns stamp

Limetree Craft - 300gsm smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

ATC silicone stamp (won in a challenge)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - ocean mist, blue lagoon, warm cocoa, jelly bean green, grass green, red hot

coloured card from my scraps bin

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop June 26

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with J, K & L. I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter. I'm trying to stick to animals and food but we'll see how it goes. I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too. I used mostly older, retired products but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them; do you have a favourite from this month's trio?

Here are my three ATC's:

A closer look at 'J':

A closer look at 'K':

And a closer look at 'L':

The backs are simply decorated with the ATC info stamp and some blending:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for two of my backgrounds as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself. I did add some stamping on 'K', a little stencilling on 'J' and ink blended around the edges. For the 'L' ATC I used part of a die cut panel that I cut but never used.  I stamped, coloured with Promarkers and die cut all my images and also die cut extra white layers for the images and adhered them together with liquid glue.  The images were added to the backgrounds with liquid glue.  I die cut the letters from coloured card, again stacking them x 3 and added them to the ATC's with liquid glue.  I once again used part of the frames that I had used on previous month's ATC's, cut them from the same coloured card and added parts of it to the edges of the ATC. I added white spatter to all three ATC's.  For the backs I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink.  

I would like to enter my ATC's in the following challenges:

* to be updated *

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesjune26 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I really appreciate you stopping by today.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

MFT - kangaroo crew stamp & die

Lawn Fawn - you're the zest stamp & die

Promarkers

MFT - little letters die set

Hunkydory - Moonstone dies - scalloped edged picture frames

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Memento - tuxedo black ink pad

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card (store now closed)

ATC silicone stamp won in a challenge

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

Winsor & Newton - white gouache (for spatters)

*Gina K Designs - just keep swimming stamp & die

Gina K Designs - fizzy stencil (used on 'J' ATC)

Gina K Designs - ocean mist ink pad

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - May 26

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with G, H & I.  I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter.  I'm trying to stick to animals and food but we'll see how it goes.  I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too.  I used mostly older, retired products but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them; do you have a favourite from this month's trio?

Here are my three ATC's:

Here's a closer look at 'G':

A closer look at 'H':

and a closer look at 'I':

The backs are simply decorated with the ATC info stamp and some blending:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for two of my backgrounds as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself. I did add some stamping and ink blending over them to tie them into the image a little more and I think they turned out great.  For the 'H' ATC I used part of an embossing folder that I embossed but never used.  Luckily for me the gingerbread man was already assembled and ready to go so that ATC was simple to complete; I added him with foam squares and added the letter G with liquid glue.  As my focal images were too large to use the frames from the previous month's ATC's I decided to die cut one from the kraft card and cut it apart to add parts of it to the edges of the ATC.  I added some faux stitching around the edge with a black fineliner pen and that ATC was done.  I stamped and coloured the horse image and used the coordinating die to cut him out.  I added the embossed piece onto a plain white ATC with double sided tape and die cut some grass from three shades of green card, these were then adhered with double sided tape.  I added the horse, standing in the grass, with foam squares.  I die cut a few clouds from white card and added them, as well as the letter H, with liquid glue.  Onto the final ATC; the cone was stamped in kraft card and die cut out, the pink ice cream was die cut from pink card and the chocolate layer was stamped in brown ink and fussy cut out.  I stamped and die cut the cherry and then adhered all the pieces together with liquid glue.  I added some extra details to the blended background with this fun stencil and also stamped some of the sentiments from the stamp set with the kraft ink.  I again die cut the frame from pink card and cut it apart added some pieces to the edges of the ATC with liquid glue.  I adhered the ice cream with foam squares and added the letter I with liquid glue. For the backs of the ATC's I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink.  

I would like to enter my ATC's in the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments challenge - embossing and/or flowers + sentiment

Can You Handle The Pressure challenge - use an EF optional balloons

Cardz 4 Guys challenge - use an embossing folder

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Creative Friday challenge - animals

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - use die cuts

Dream Valley challenge - embossing wet or dry

Farm Quest Grocery Game challenge - food and/or drink

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - use craft dies

Stamping Sensations challenge - cute creatures

Tag-along (&ATC's) challenge - use some pink

We Love Stamping challenge - all creatures great and small 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesmay26 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you. 

I really appreciate you stopping by today. 

Love and hugs,

ATC supplies:
MFT - on the farm stamp & die

MFT - you're the sweetest stamp & die

MFT - cutest clouds ever die set

MFT - grassy fields die set

MFT - little letters die set

Spellbinders - stocking full of joy die set (for gingerbread)

Hunkydory - Moonstone dies - scalloped edged picture frames

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad
Promarkers

ATC silicone stamp won in a challenge

Sakura - white no. 10 gelly roll pen

*Gina K Designs - ink pads - innocent pink, charcoal brown, kraft, cherry red, grass green

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x

ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop - April 26

Hello friends, I hope you're doing great and you've had a great start to your week. I'm sharing my creations for this month's ATC Scrap Makes IG Hop. We challenge you to use leftover die cuts, sentiments and card stock to create Artist Trading Cards (ATC's). You can send them in happy mail, save them on a ring to highlight your favorite creations, swap them with friends or add sweet notes to a lunchbox. Join us if you like; the only rules are to use scraps and create cards that are 2.5” x 3.5” in size. We share our little snippets of happiness on the third Tuesday of the month.

This month I am continuing my alphabet series of ATC's with D, E & F.  I think it will be fun each month finding images/dies for each letter (although I did struggle with F this month and breathed a sigh of relief when I found the fairy stamp lol!).  I'm excited to see them all at the end and I hope you are going to stick around to see them all too.  I used mostly older, retired products but I still love them so why not use them. I hope you like them.

Here are my three ATC's:

Here's a closer look at 'D':

Here's 'E':

and here's 'F':

The backs are simply decorated with the ATC info stamp and some blending:

Once again I used my leftover ink blending scrap paper for my backgrounds as they turn out really interesting and not something I would create myself.  I did add some stamping and ink blending over them to tie them into the image a little more and I think they turned out great.  I stamped the dog, elephant and fairy images and coloured them with Promarkers.  I had the dies for the dog and elephant but had to fussy cut the fairy.  I die cut the three frames (the same die set that I used last month) from gold mirror card and adhered them to the backgrounds with liquid glue.  I die cut the letters 3 times in each colour and stacked them with liquid glue; these were then adhered to the top left corner with liquid glue.  I added each of the images with foam squares.  For the backs of the ATC's I simply ink blended the matching colours around the edges and stamped one the ATC info stamps (that I won a few months ago) in black ink.

I would like to enter my ATC's into the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - die cuts/stencils

Alphabet challenge - z is for zoology (any animal)

Classic Design challenge - ATG optional twist furry friends

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Dream Valley challenge - things with wings (my fairy ATC)

Paper Rocks Scissors challenge - use paper and/or scissors (I fussy cut the fairy)

Tag-along (& ATC's) challenge - blossoms, butterflies & birds or ATG (I went ATG this time)

Try It On Tuesday challenge - make your own background 

I hope you will pop over to Instagram and check out the hop; please use the hashtag #ATCscrapmakes2026 or #ATCscrapmakesApril26 to see all the gorgeous creations and also if you want to participate we will be able to find you.

I really appreciate you stopping by today.

Love and hugs,

ATC supplies:

MFT - puppy kisses stamp & die (for dog)

MFT - distressed patterns stamp

MFT - little letters die set

MFT - new best friend stamp (for paw stamp)

W Plus 9 - unforgettable stamp & die (for elephant)

Tonic Studios - I love you fairy much stamp (for fairy)

Hunkydory - Moonstone dies - scalloped edged picture frames

ATC silicone stamp won in a challenge

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card (not available but other options are here and here)

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Promarkers

Tsukineko - silver encore ultimate metallic ink pad (to stamp the stars)

coloured card and mirror card from scraps bin

*Gina K Designs - ink pads - dark chocolate, warm cocoa, slate, stormy sky, dark carnation

*I now have an Affiliate Link for the Gina K Designs store. If you are considering making a purchase I would appreciate you using my link as it will earn me a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

Thank you x