Little Red Wagon #224 - Pocket

Phew - a busy day today with one thing and another and as I only got home around an hour ago, today's Little Red Wagon post is just a smidge late!

This week Joanne would like to see a pocket on your creation so I took the challenge in it's literal sense and added.....a denim pocket......complete with rivet and stitching!

This weeks card is another 'easel' variety except this is what I like to call the 'make it up as you go along' style!

Not the most structured design I'll admit, but a pretty good way of using up a whole bunch of scraps from your stash.

Here's a close up of that pocket.........

I specifically chose this collection of papers from Authentique for the denim print, but one of the sheets has a whole bunch of 'rivets'(if that's what you call them!) printed on there, so I fussy cut around one, added a little Glossy Accents and stuck it on.  The stitching and a gift card stuck in the top finished things off.

Hopefully you'll get a chance to join in with this weeks challenge over on the blog and come up with your own 'pocket' creation.

I'm off to check out what the rest of the Girlfriends have been up to, so have a good one and I'll see you again later in the week,
Jayne.x.

A 'Manly' Birthday.

Good morning.

Time for another card today and this time it's the 'manly' variety!

I don't colour too many male images because they're usually not cute.....obviously (!), and you may have guessed by now, I like cute.  However, one image I quite often colour up, because he is cute in that 'want to rub his bald head' kinda way is 'Maurice' from Pollycraft.

The male members of my family are probably getting a complex by now, wondering why they're quite often sent cards of a man sporting very little hair and a well rounded tum.  No offence to my Dad (although if the cap fits.........), this latest version was given to him for his Birthday.

I did try to soften the blow a little via the sentiment, printed from Word.

Maurice is coloured with Copic's and papers are from a My Minds Eye 'Six by Six' pad.

That's all for today, but I'll be back in a day or two, with scrapbook pages I think.

Till then, have a good one,
Jayne.x.

Snapshots of You.

Hello and a Happy Monday to you!

It's time for another Crafty Challenge on the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum, and today my challenge has two aspects......you can choose either or both in order to satisfy the challenge requirements.

As Father's Day is fast approaching, I thought it was only fair that today's challenge should be in relation to all the 'menfolk' out there!  With that in mind, your first option is 'Manmade'.  I'd like you to create a card, scrapbook page or any other crafty item with a male as your subject matter......Son, Hubby, Father, Grandpa......the choice is yours, as long as he's male.

The second option is also 'Manmade'.....or rather 'Womanmade'!  Put something on there which has been created by you.  This could be handmade flowers, tags, fussy cutting, the options are endless as long as it's 'handmade' and not pulled directly from it's packaging.

I have a layout as an example for you.  A rare scrapbook page of my dearest other half.

Papers are from My Minds Eye for this one, and I managed to include a fair few handmade items on here, such as a 3 dimensional button heart........

A rolled zipper flower complete with handmade 'metal mesh' petals........

Faux 'Polaroid' photo's..............

Tickets............

And even a 'manmade' mess - paint splatters on the background..........

I hope you'll get a chance to play along this week and don't forget, you can use only one or both aspects of the challenge.  Upload your creation to the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum and Gallery in order to qualify for buttons.

Have fun and I'll see you next time,
Jayne.x.