How to Make Quick and Easy Male Cards - Part Two

Part Two

Read Part One here.

Continuing on from my post last week...this week I have more quick and easy Male cards to share.

Today I will be sharing four cards and basic instructions to make each card...

Card #1 - Wow!

1. Attach one of the "Wow" 4x6 cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the "Wow" sentiment from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.
3. Add some arrow stamping in the corners.
4. Add a sentiment with mounting tape.
5. Add googly eyes to the letter "O".

Card #2 - Say Cheese

1. Attach one of the "Say Cheese" 4x6 cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the "Say Cheese" sentiment and the camera from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.
3. Add some silver sequins.

Card #3 - Bicycle

1. Attach one of the "Bicycle" 4x6 cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the bicycle from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.
3. Add some arrow stamping in the corners.
4. Add a sentiment with mounting tape.
5. Add some triangle studs to the corner.
6. Put Kindy Glitz on the bicycle.

Card #4 - Skateboard

1. Attach one of the stiped 4x6 cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the skateboard from the 12x12 sheet and the "Let's Roll" banners and adhere with mounting tape.
3. Staple on a sentiment.

There we have four super quick and super easy Male cards.

Stay tuned for more quick and easy male cards next week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Alicia xxx

Heidi Swapp and The Greeting Farm Candy - Enter Now!

I haven't given away a candy for ages!!! And I do like to say "Thank you" to the beautiful people who read my blog.  So I have put together a little "Thank you Candy" that you might win!  (This post will stay at the top of my blog so please scroll down for my latest blog post.)

What is the Candy?

Six stamps from The Greeting Farm:

1. "Princess Anya"
2. "Syren"
3. "Surfer Ian"
4. "Skater Ian"
5. "Blush Babette"
6. "Tuesday"

And one Heidi Swapp Memory File.

How to enter?

5 Easy Steps:

1. Follow my blog - For one chance to win
2. Follow me on Pinterest - For one chance to win
3. Subscribe to my You Tube channel - For one chance to win
4. Spread the word by posting a link to the candy on your own blog/facebook/instagram/twitter - For one chance to win.
5. Leave me a comment on this Blog Post with the number of your chances. 

For Example:
If you follow me on all three accounts and have spread the word write your name and the number four. Eg: Jane - 4
If you follow me on all three just write your name and the number three.   Eg: Jane - 3
If you follow two just write your name and the number two.  Eg: Jane - 2
If you follow one just write your name and the number one.  Eg: Jane - 1

When will it be drawn?

It is an October Candy so I will draw it at the end of October. You have a month to enter!
I hope you win ; )

Alicia xx

Edited to add: I have used Random.org to draw the winner of my candy... and it is Carol! Congratulations Carol! : ) I will be in touch to send out your candy!

More Quick and Easy Male Cards

These cards were super easy to put together.  I followed the same sketch for each one and made some male cards in bulk.  Great to build up the male cards in my stash.  The cards were made with everything Close to My Heart: papers, stamps, inks and triangle studs.

I ended up adding number "30" stickers (just below the sentiment) to this card above...so it said "Hello 30" and gave it to my brother for his 30th Birthday.

I mixed and matched lots of different paper scraps for these cards.

Nothing fancy about this lot....quick and easy to put together.

These male cards were featured over at the beautiful Chris' blog.

With another set of cards I have made that I am sharing next week.

Have a beautiful day.

Alicia xxx

The Monday Message

"Surround yourself with what you love."

Love and happiness, its so important.
By surrounding yourself with things you love, you bring happiness into your life.
Feeling happy and loved, they've got to be two of the best feelings we can experience.
I am focusing on this quote this week.

Heres to love and happiness for all of us.

Alicia xx

P.S What do you love to surround yourself with?

How to Make Quick and Easy Male Cards - Part One

Your brother/husband/son/male cousin/ male friend is having a birthday and you need a card in a hurry.  You look through your card box and find plenty of girly cards, some baby cards, maybe a sympathy card or a wedding card...but there are no male birthday cards.  Why do you have such a shortage on male cards?  Does this happen to you?  This is often me.  I look at my birthdays for the month and rustle through my card box pulling out cards that might match the recipients on my list.  I usually conclude I need more male cards for my stash!

Sometimes it is hard to get inspired to make male cards... you might prefer to use pretty papers, lace, ribbons, flowers etc etc.  Well in this post I share four quick and easy designs you can make.  These cards will build up your male card stash in no time at all and you might even fall in love with the bright bold colours and graphics.  I have!

The good news is that Picture My Life Cards don't just have to be used for Pocket Scrapbooking.

They are also perfect for making quick and easy cards.  For the next few weeks I will be making male cards using the Later Sk8r Picture My Life Scrapbooking Program.

Watch the video below to see the product:

In this first card "Never Give Up on your Dreams" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "Never Give Up on your Dreams" 4x6 cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the "on your Dreams" banner from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.
3. Add some little white stars randomly over the card.

Super quick and easy!

Card #1 - Never Give Up on your Dreams

In this second card "Football Boots" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "Football Boots" cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out each boot from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.  Add a star to the star on the boot.
3. Stamp a sentiment I chose "Have a Happy Day" onto card and staple on.  Stamp arrows in the bottom corner.

Card #2 - Football Boots

In this third card "Play Ball" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "Baseball" cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out the bat, ball and red tag from the identical 4x6 card (there is two of each design in the pack) and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.  
3. Stamp a sentiment I chose "Have a Happy Day" onto card and attach.  Stamp arrows in two corners.

Card #3 - Play Ball

In this fourth card "You are my Fave" I followed these simple steps:

1. Attach one of the "You are my Fave" cards to a folded white base card.  
2. Cut out a star and bunting flag from another card and adhere it over the top of the first card with mounting tape.  
3. Stamp some arrows and a circle.  Stamp Thank You sentiment. Outline star, bunting and some letters in black pen.  Add the triangle studs.

Card #4 - You Are My Fave

The result = Four super quick and easy male cards for your stash.

Stay tuned for more Male cards next week...
Happy crafting,
Alicia

50th Birthday Card using Close to My Heart ~ Confetti Wishes

I'm sharing a 50th Birthday Card I made today.

This was very simple and quick to make.

This was for a friend from a whole group of people so it was made A4 size to hold lots of messages and signatures.  The friend's present was a ticket to do sky-diving!

I went along to see the jump in action!

The balloons are a sticker that I layered onto some card and popped up with mounting tape.

The gold touches keep it on trend.

This card was featured on Chris' blog here.

I have another pretty 50th Birthday card I made here.  

It is pink, black and white with a Paris theme. 

Hope you have a beautiful day!

Alicia xx