The Enjoy the journey Card

Male cards are always hard to create, you cannot embellish them with with pretty ribbons and flowers, but I have discovered Tim Holtz stamps and it makes it a little bit easier, I got my inspiration for this card from here,

I have used,
an old map as backing paper,
Tim Holtz the Journey Stamps,
Gold mirror card,
and buttons from stash 

thanks for popping by Jo xx

The Sort of Steampunk Card

I recently brought some Tim Holtz stamps as I love the vintage distressed look and wanted to have a go at making some tags, This is what I came up with, not exactly distressed or steam punk but my interpretation of it.

I have made the tag using various tim holtz stamps and any inks that I had handy and an ink duster to create the background, 
The clock and gears were cut out on the craft robo,
The paper was from the scrap box which I ripped to give a vintage look and ink dusted the edges,
and to finish off  I embossed half the card using a crafts too dots folder, and added some eyelets using a cropadile.

Thanks for popping by Jo x

A Vintage Aeroplane Card

My Father in Law has just celebrated a milestone birthday and this is the card I made for him, He has always loved aeroplanes and this sort of came about.

I used a vintage aeroplane image from the internet and for some reason the printer printed it out in sepia.
I mounted it on to beige card and inked and distressed around the edges,
Stamps are Viva Decor, and some magnetic stamps I picked up in a bargain bin which I  stamped in brown ink, I used a Tim Holtz ticket die for the sentiment and the ribbon and brad came from stash.

I would like to enter in into the following challenges,

Creative Card Challenges - Vintage/Distressed
Try it on Tuesdays - One for the boys
Cards for Men - Someone Special
Crafty Cardmakers - Steampunk or Machines
Polly Craft - Boyz to Men
Stamps R Us - Masculine

Thanks for popping by Jo x

Nan's Birthday Card

I was just messing around with a new xcut  daisy edger punch, and this card just came about really, 

To make this card I have used a Maggie in Jumper stamp from sugar nellie coloured in with prismacolour pencils.  I created the background using a tiny square stamp and some green ink, the background paper is from a K and company paper pack and the flower was created using a Tim Holtz tattered flowers die, the paper for this was scraps from some patchwork backgrounds I had made earlier.

thanks for popping by
Jo x