I Love U-Practical Scrappers DT Project

Happy Tuesday Krafters!

Today over at Practical Scrappers it is time to explore staples and paperclips! We have altered paperclips, multicolored staples and more! For my project, I tried to do something out of my comfort zone. I made my sentiment out of paperclips! Since Valentine’s Day is this week and I needed a card for hubby, it just made sense to go in this direction. Yep, you guessed it; a masculine card! Go over there and check us out!

I cut down some scrap pieces of metallic paper (DCWV metallic mat stack) and ran it through my Cuttlebug using the Diamond Plate embossing folder. This was layered on top of red cardstock. I added three red brads (WRMK) to the middle of the squares to keep it “valentine”.

I bent large paper clips using jewelry making tools (I have no idea what they are called. I just have them in my stash). This was not as easy as I had imagined it in my head, but I still like how the sentiment turned out!

Turning paperclips into titles is a good way to keep project masculine or even in mixed media! I had so much fun sharing this project and I hope you enjoyed it as well. Please stop by Practical Scrappers to get more ideas using paperclips and staples! Thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

*credit- this card is inspired by Gina K

10 Minutes or Less Birthday Card SOC DT Project

Hello Krafters,

January for me is full of birthdays! MLK’s birthday is this month, several family members and my hubby’s! Today I want to share the birthday card I made for hubby.

Anyone who knows me knows I like to do 10 minute or less cards. For those who don’t, about a year ago, I challenged myself to this because I was spending too much time on one card AND I needed a card in a hurry! This “challenge” has been a blessing really!

On this card, I used two patterns from the Bo Bunny Snowfall 6x6 paper collection. I also used a scrap piece of Vintage Cream Paper Trey Ink cardstock to stamp the sentiment and as a shadow to the banner. I colored white brads and clear buttons with Copic Markers to match the colors in the pattern paper. I love to do this because Copics are an alcohol based marker and it is permanent! So if you can’t find the exact color, try using a marker!

I hope you like and will try out a 10 minute or less card on your own. You may be pleasantly surprised with the results! Please stop by Scraps of Color Espire to check out the talented design team projects! Thank you so much for stopping by, Krafthead~

Day 24-OCTC

Happy Christmas Eve Krafters!

Christmas is TOMORROW! Can you believe it? Well today, I would like to share a project I did with my oldest (the other girls was just in the room playing with boxes LOL). We call DH’s dad Grand Pa Pa (you have to roll the “R” off your tongue). He is really not into Christmas, but we wanted to do something for him. Each year he buys them pajamas, so I decided to have DH take a picture of all of the girls in their pjs and present him with that.

It is no secret that I really struggle with masculine projects. You would think with four brothers and a husband, I wouldn’t…the irony! While it is not perfect, I really like how it turned out! It is a special gift that my daughters were involved in making, yet it is made just for Grand Pa Pa! Only thing left is to print the picture and add~

I hope you enjoyed today’s project! Thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

Materials:

Indi Art Cricut Cartridge-Gears & Crown

Heritage Cricut Cartridge- Grand Pa Pa

Cricut Expression 2

Wood Frame

Black Folk Art Paint

Metallic Gold Paint

Old Paper Crackle Paint

Mod Podge

Black Stazon Ink

Bo Bunny Timepiece Collection Pocket Watch Stamp

Valentine’s Day Stamp

Hemp Cord

Buttons

Happy Friday Krafters!

It’s Krafthead here to share a masculine birthday card using the Bo Bunny Et Cetera paper collection.  This paper collection is beautiful! I could not wait to make a project…it was love at first sight! Thanks for stopping by! Krafthead~

Outside:

Inside:

Thinking of You!

Happy Monday Krafters!

There seems to be some issues uploading projects to the Blog L However, I used that as an opportunity to work on a couple projects J

Today I want to share a card I made for a co-worker. I was told that his wife is gravely ill and I wanted to make him something just to let him know he and his family are in my prayers. As known, I don’t make a lot of masculine projects, but I am learning how.

For this card, I used the DCWV Guy Stack. The blue cardstock is also by DCWV which I bought by the sheet since I don’t have the coordinating pack for the pattern paper. I used the Script Cuttlebug embossing folder to add interest and texture to the card.  I cut the shapes using the Spellbinder Nestibilities Labels 13. I inked the edges of all the pieces. I layered each of the shapes, tied embroidery floss (since I don’t have twine) and used a rubber stamp for the sentiment. Simple!

Materials

Grand Calibur

Nestibilities Labels 13

Cuttlebug

Script Embossing Folder

Die Cuts with a View Guy Stack

Paper Trey Ink Kraft Cardstock

Fiskars Decorative Corner Punch

Stampin’ Up Close to Cocoa Ink

Embroidery Floss

Thank you all for looking J