How to make a Masculine Birthday card with MSD by: Aneta and Challenge nr.1

Hello my friends and thank you for visiting me today.

I have a special challenge for you today where you can win 

an amazing MSD bundle. Isn't that exciting?? :)

But that comes later, now I would like to present 

my second: "HOW TO..." tutorial.

This time the difficulty level is 2 and it's Masculine Birthday Card.

I made this for my husband on his 30th birthday.

If you feel like to check out my first tutorial

just CLICK HERE.

And now, here it comes:

Step 1: gather your supplies.

Step 2: use some black ink to shadow all edges,

Step 3, 4 and 5 : use some distress ink for a more vintage look

and start to arrange all the layers on your card, 

Step 6 and 7: Use some pop dots 

for 3D effect on some of the last layers, 

Step 8: I cut out HAPPY BIRTHDAY in my cameo

and used pop dots for 3d effect,

Step 9: Finally, attach some flowers and leaves...

Step 10:... and use some liquid pearls for the final touch.

I hope you're ready to have some fun.

I prepared some challenge for you and I hope you'll like it.

The rules are very simple:

1. Use a color palette or a sketch below to start your project. 

You can choose colors, sketch or both if you feel like it.

2. This is our first challenge and this time NO Marion Smith products required

but I would love to see some of your fantastic projects 

made with our fantastic products :)

3. When your project is ready just write a post on your blog 

and link it HERE. You'll find the tool in the end of the post on MY BLOG.

 (please add link directly to the post you want us to visit,

not to the entire blog)

4. This challenge is open till 21st of September.

5. Winner will be drawn out by the Random Numbers Generator

and announced 26th of September in my next: "HOW TO..." post.

And now our prize, sponsored by MSD and me:

Prize includes:

- 14 MSD tags

- 5 sheets 15x15 MSD papers

- 6 handmade flowers made by me:)

- 10 vintage roses

- 1 crocked doily 

- 20cm black lace

- 4 vintage ribbons

- 1 MSD resin rose

- 2 packages of MSD Junque & Gems

( 2 necklaces and 2 photo cameras )

I'll cover shipping of the main prize to the lucky winner :)

So, who is ready to be a lucky winner and have some crafty fun?

You'll find the linking tool  ON MY BLOG :)

Thank you for visiting us and good luck everybody!

xoxo

Aneta

Farewell Post by Tonya Gibbs

Wow - I can't believe it has been a year already. Where has the time gone?  Honestly, I feel like I just started this creative journey.   I've enjoyed sharing with you guys each week, and I've made a lot of amazing friendships during this past year. My team mates are some of the world's most talented, and what an honor to serve next to them.  Marion is an amazing person, and I'm so happy that I can call her my friend!  Thank you for this awesome opportunity, and I look forward to future endeavors!

As my final project share, I thought I would create a masculine layout of my nephew and his first grade teacher.  I'm using pieces from Never Grow Up, Motley, Garment District and Nirvana in today's layout!

It is so fun to mix and match your collections to create the perfect project.   I love that all of Marion's lines coordinate so well! 

I have prepared a process video showing you how I made this layout!

Here are my projects from the past year.

It has been such an amazing year.  I've made some amazing friendship!  Thanks for all your comments, feedback, and love!  Let's stay in connected!  Follow the link to my blog and subscribe to all my social media outlets. 

Thanks for stopping in today, 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomoms.com 

Resources for Today's Layout Share:

• Marion Smith Designs: Nirvana - Documented
• Marion Smith Designs:  Never Grow Up Never Never
• Marion Smith Designs: Never Grow Up Treasure Map
• Marion Smith Designs: Never Grow Up Wild & Free
• Marion Smith Designs: Never Grow Up Sleep Over
• Marion Smith Designs: Never Grow Up Self Portrait
• Marion Smith Designs: Motley Anthology
• Ranger Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Refill Black Soot
• Studio Calico:  Wood Veeners  Arrows, Speech Bubbles
• Glitz Designs: Glitter Tape
• Tim Holtz: Idea-O-logy - tissue tape
• Washi Tape
• Sizzix Tim Holtz  Alterations Block Talk
• 7Gypsies Postale Alphabet Stickers
• Plus Decorative Roller Stamp - Filmstrip
• Die-Versions Wee Petites - Super Stars
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Stamper's Big Brush Artist Pens - Black #199
• Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft® Essential PITT Artist Pens BLACK SX
• Faber-Castell PITT Soft Chisel Pen
• Cosmo Cricket - Gold Glitter Paper
• We Are Memory Keepers - Cinch Square Holes

Father's DAY is on it's WAY!

Hello friends!  Thanks for visiting today!  I am thinking that June is moving right along and the coming weekend will be all about "DAD"!  I love the fact that the Nirvana line Marion made has such amazing elements perfect for making "guy" stuff!  I had an adorable Daddy and Me photo I wanted to scrap and this line was perfect for it!

One of my favorite "Junque and Gems" charms is that darling mustache!
Look how adorable it is with the top hat! 

There are lots of cute journaling spots and elements that make cute layers!
Tie on some charms to add some fun!
These are the pages I used to create my layout!
I also added some American Crafts Thickers Alphabet and Cork Stars
plus Tim Holtz clock hand and Charm "Listen".

Don't forget DAD on Sunday!!! 

Have a fabulous DAY! 

Colette Nederhoff 

Vintage for Dad

Hi everybody, 

I don´t know about you but when I think:

"masculine cards" I know I'm in trouble.

But not when you have some goodies from MSD.

To make this vintage project I used:

 I hope you like it :)

It's still time to apply and make your dreams come true:

Have a wonderful Saturday everybody and thank you for visiting!

xoxo

Aneta

Boy Birthday Card by Tonya Gibbs

Hi everyone, I hope you are having a great week.  My favorite part of Marion's designs are all the little tiny elements that you can fussy cut and cluster together.  Today's project was inspired by the layout I made for yesterday's post.  

 

I used a  few of the same techniques, but this time, I took elements from Marion's Nirvana collection, and the Texture stamps from Marion's latest release to create the mixed media background boy card. 

 

 

 

Here is how I did the background for this card. 

I started with a piece of cardstock, and spread modeling paste or gesso using your favorite stencil. Allow it to dry completely.

 

Using a Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Pitt Artist Pen - carefully rub some of the ink onto the stenciled area. Try to avoid direct contact with the cardstock.  Do a small section then go to next step.

 

 

Using your finger rub the Pitt Pen Ink to blend, allow some of the ink to spill over the cardstock.

 

 

 

Archival ink was used around the edges to further distress the background.

 

I used a green Pitt Artist Pen directly on my stamps then stamped it onto my background paper.   These pens are temporary blendable ink on a prepped surface as seen on the hexagons.  However, when used on a non-prepped surface they offer a permanent ink solution. 

 

 

Pick a brown watercolor shimmer mist (I used Gossamer Gold by Lindy's Stamp Gang), and spray onto a non-porous surface. I used recycled packaging for my pallet.

 

 

 Use a circular item and stamp the bottom into the ink, then apply it to your project. 

 

 

 

 

The grungy effects give this background and instant masculine feel.   All I have to do now is build out my layers.  In addition to Marion's ephemera, I've also included a chipboard #2, sentiment, twine, and puzzle pieces.

 

 

Thanks for stopping in today,

 

Tonya Gibbs

http://www.psychomomscrapbooks.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

Grandpa's day

Hi everybody and happy monday,

Like I mentioned in my last post this project will be for Grandpa, 

because 22nd of January is Polish Grandfather's Day.

So here is my proposition for a masculine Grandpa card:

I chose the NIRVANA collection which is perfect for masculine projects.

I started with this sheet for background:

Then cut out a bike from this sheet:

and a tag from this one:

Next step was some stamping using:

... and voilá, the card is ready.

Thank you for visiting us and have a great day.

Stay tuned

Aneta