Create & Take: Vintage

Good morning bloggers! We've got another fabulous Create & Take for you this week, perfect to use for a man's birthday card. Caz designed this card last week using the new Great Outdoors collection by Carta Bella and the new Kool Kats stamp set by Penny Black.

So let's get started.....

Products Used:

Penny Black Kool Kats Clear Stamp Set

DF3407 Marianne Tire Track Folder & Die Set

CR1355 Marianne Grass Die Set

Minc Foil in Gunmetal

Minc Machine

Bazzill Basics Cardstock in Grey, Green, Black and White

Carta Bella The Great Outdoors - On the Road Paper

Black Versafine Ink

Watercolour Pencils

White Pen

Instructions:

1. Stamp the image onto white card and colour with watercolour pencils. Fussy cut around the image and stick 3D foam on the back.

2. Cut square of On the Road paper to fit the size of the card base.

3. Cut a piece of Grey Bazzill Basics to create a road. Cut the cardstock at a slant to give a more realistic look. Use a white pen to create lines on the middle of the card.

4. Die cut grass from green card and stick behind the road.

5. Die cut the tire tracks die from Black cardstock.

6. The phrase has been computer generated and printed from a laser printer so that foil can be added using the Minc Machine. Add the gunmetal foil on top of the wording and put through the Minc machine.

7. Assemble the card as per the picture above.

Create & Take: Out on the Open Sea

Last week's Create & Take was a nautical themed card using the new Shipmates die set from Emily Atherton's collection for Sizzix.  A great card for the men in our lives and worked brilliantly with the Swirling Stitches die from memory Box, showing how you could use this die to illustrate waves in the sea.

Let's get started:-

Products Used:

Sizzix Emily Atherton Shipmates Die Set

Poppystamps Scribble Clouds Die Set

Memory Box Swirling Stitches Die

Bazzill Basics White Smoothie, Ocean, Nautical Blue, Kraft

Bazzill Basics Mylar Holographic Cardstock

Carta Bella Circus Icon Cardstock

Crystal Stickles Glitter Glue

White String

Red Ink Pad

Sponge Dauber

Instructions:

1. Cut Circus paper to fit the square card base and stick in place.

2. Cut a piece of Ocean blue cardstock and die cut the Swirling Stitches onto it.

3. Die cut the boat from Kraft, White and Nautical Blue cardstock and then cut and assemble as shown.

4. Die cut the anchor from a piece of Mylar cardstock and thread onto the string. Wrap the string around the Ocean blue cardstock and stick to the back with a piece of tape.

5. Die cut clouds from white cardstock.

6. Assemble the card as shown above.

Join us this Friday for Create & Take between 10am - 12pm. This week's card will be a Spring theme.

Create & Take: World's Greatest

Hi bloggers, we hope you have all had a great Bank Holiday Weekend and got in plenty of craft time! Today we are going to share with you last Friday's Create & Take which will be perfect for Father's Day coming up in June. This card could also be used for men's birthdays by simply switching the sentiment. So let's get started....

Products Needed:

Kraft Card Blank

Papermania Mr Mister Rosette Stamp Set

Taylored Expressions Shade Tree Sentiments Stamp Set

Bazzill Basics Kraft Gold Stars Cardstock

Bazzill Basics Haley Cardstock

Bazzill Basics Almond Cream Cardstock

Bo Bunny Almond Dots Cardstock

Authentique Durable Cardstock - Herringbone Chevron

Simple Stories A Charmed Life Cardstock - #8 Simple Basics

Gold Mirri Card

Marianne Banners Die Set

3D Foam Pads

Star Punch

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Herringbone/Chevron cardstock 13cm x 10cm and adhere to the bottom of the front of the card, leaving a slight border.

2. Cut a piece of blue Simple Basics cardstock 13cm x 7cm and adhere to the top of the card, leaving a slight border.

3. Cut a piece of Gold Stars cardstock 13cm in length to the width of two lines of stars and adhere to the centre of the card.

4. Stamp the Rosette stamp onto Almond Cream, Almond Dots and Haley cardstock and cut around the image. Layer the different colours of the rosette according to the image above and use 3D foam pads in-between each layer.

5. Die cut a circle from Haley cardstock and stamp 'World's Greatest'; adhere to the middle of the rosette.

6. Die cut a banner from Haley cardstock and stamp 'Happy Father's Day'; adhere to the card by layering underneath the rosette.

7. Finish by punching some stars from Mirri card and adhere onto the card.

Remember our new class list is now available and we have lots of classes throughout the next few months, which we hope will have something to take your fancy! Check out the new class list here.

Create & Take: Mine's A Pint!

Happy Monday bloggers! The sun is shining here in Surrey and we hope it is set to continue. Nothing beats a nice sunny day to get you in the creative frame of mind. Today we are going to share with you last Friday's Create & Take - something for the men in our lives! This card is great for giving money or gift cards as it uses the Die-namics Gift Card Grooves die. So let's get started....

Products Used:

Square Kraft Card Blank

Authentique Durable Cardstock - Statement Geo

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Nightmist

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Haley

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Kraft

Personal Impressions Cheers Stamp Set

MFT Die-namics Gift Card Grooves Die Set

Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Gathered Twigs

Watercolour Pencils

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Nightmist cardstock 13cm x 13cm and adhere to the card blank.

2. Cut a piece of Statement Geo cardstock 12.5cm x 12.5cm. Add a little distress ink around the edges and adhere to the card.

3. Cut a piece of Kraft cardstock 10.5cm x 9.5cm and add a little distress ink around the edges. Die cut one of the gift card groove slots from the top of the kraft card.

4. Stamp the image onto the kraft cardstock using black ink and colour the image with watercolour pencils.

5. Use 3D foam pads to stick the image to the card. Make sure you don't place any foam pads down the center of the card otherwise the money/gift card will not slot into place.

6. Cut a piece of Haley cardstock 12cm x 1.5cm and add a little distress ink around the edges. Make a fishtail cut at one end and stamp 'Mine's A Pint!'.

7. Adhere to the bottom of the gift card cardstock.

The Gift Card Grooves die is so versatile that you could use this concept on many different cards and as someone who sends money in birthday cards a lot I think this is a fantastic creative idea!

Create & Take: Birthday Tie

Happy Monday bloggers! We can't believe Christmas Eve is just a month away and we have been busy at Crafts U Love putting some Christmas ideas together to help your creativity flow during the month of December. So look out on the blog for some festive ideas! Also don't forget about our Christmas Jumper Day on Friday 12th December - which will be full of sparkly Christmas jumpers, a festive Create & Take, and lots of Christmassy treats!

But for today let's sum up last week's Create & Take which featured the Marianne Gentlemen's Tie die. Even leading up to Christmas we can't forget those birthdays that fall in the months of November and December. So without further ado lets get going with this birthday tie card for the men in our lives....

Products Needed:

A6 Kraft Card Blank

Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Cardstock - Big Score

Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Cardstock - Godd Ol' Sport

Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Cardstock - All Star

Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Cardstock - Cheer On

Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport Cardstock - Teamwork

Bazzill Basics Cardstock - Java

Marianne CR1292 Gentlemen's Tie Die Set

Penny Black Special Wishes Clear Stamp Set

Nailheads 3mm - Black

Maya Road Trinklets Grosgrain Ribbon - Forest

Maya Road Trinklets Grosgrain Ribbon - Pebble

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink Pad

Sponge Dauber

Instructions:

1. Cut the Big Score cardstock 14.2cm x 10cm. Distress the edges with some Walnut Stain ink and adhere to the card blank.

2. Cut the Java cardstock 10.9cm x 7.3cm.

3. Cut the Teamwork cardstock 10.5cm x 7cm. Distress the edges with Walnut Stain ink and adhere on top of the Java cardstock.

4. Die cut the Marianne tie die from Good Ol' Sport, All Star and Cheer On cardstock. Add a little bit of Walnut Stain ink to the ties and adhere them to the Teamwork cardstock.

5. Cut a piece of Forest grosgrain ribbon 2cm in length. Fold the ribbon in half and adhere the ends together with double sided tape to create a small loop. Repeat this for the Pebble grosgrain ribbon. Adhere both bits of ribbon to the top right of the card.

6. Adhere the Java cardstock to the top middle of the card, slightly overlapping the ribbons at the top.

7. Cut a piece of Teamwork cardstock 10cm x 1.7cm. Stamp the 'For your Birthday' sentiment onto the Teamwork cardstock, add a little bit of Walnut Stain distress ink and adhere to the card.

8. Finish by adding two black nailheads to the sentiment strip at the bottom.

This card would also be ideal for Father's Day just by simply changing the sentiment at the bottom.

We hope this has kick started your creativity for the week and we will be back with a few festive ideas that some of us have made at Crafts U Love this week!

Nephews Birthday

I made this card for my nephews 20th Birthday. I find it so hard to make mens cards don't you? I found this stamp which I bought about 10 years ago and I thought it still looks quite good. I also used the Basic Grey 6" x 6" Archaic paper pad.