June WLS #2 - Sports and hobbies

 Good Morning everyone

Time for some mid month inspiration for We Love Stamping Where the theme is 

SPORTS & HOBBIES

Once again I've gone down the hobbies route and this time a masculine card.  The men in my family have hobbies including wood and metal work and one brother likes nothing better than tinkering with engines and building things out of metal - he's made some amazing sculptures over the years out of scrap metal, nuts, bolts, cogs and old cutlery and dad can fix pretty much anything which is very useful! This card is ideal for both my dad and brother.  The stamping is the background.

Card size 6x6"

See last photo for how i made my stamped cog background. 

I then die cut the offset scalloped edge die from the front of the card - with the spine at the top so tent fold.  I then die cut the cog background to fit and a matt of black card, adhering to the front ensuring that the scalloped edge lined up each time.

As you cut a piece off the front of the card you can see inside of the card so to this i added more black card and cog design so that when the card is closed it is part of the design - photos below show this better.

I inked up a scrap of white card with the same blue and green distress inks used for the background and then die cut my alphas to spell 'Mr Fix It' matted onto white and then black card.  Cogs die cut from snippets of silver and blue mirror card and the screwdriver and spanners die cut from dark green mirror card scraps and then all arranged in a cascade down the front of the card, some flat and some with glue gel.

Showing the card stood up open, the point at the front holds it up nicely. 

Showing it side on

And from the opposite side.  

and onto my stamped background

My stamped cog background

I started with A4 white cardstock and this cog stamp. This is an A7 (4.1x2.9") stamp so i stamped it multiple times in black rotating it as i went so they weren't all facing the same way.  Once the black was completely dry i then over stamped the same cog stamp with distress inks salty ocean and evergreen bough, this added some nice colour to the background and broke up all the black.

Items Used:

aall&create stamp set #664 'Multilayered cogs'

MFT scalloped edge die

Cheerylynn cog dies

Tool dies (?brand)

Alpha dies (?brand)

Distress Inks 'salty ocean' 'evergreen bough'

Versafine Clair black ink

Black and white cardstock

We have these stamps from Visible Image as the prize this month so do hop over to We Love Stamping to join in, we do also have the anything goes option if sports and hobbies not for you but it must include stamping.

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Id love to enter the following:

https://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2026/06/pinspirational-challenge-338-june-blue.html

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https://craftingacutabove.blogspot.com/2026/06/june-challenge-and-july-anniversary-news.html

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https://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2026/06/june-challenge-masculine.html

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https://girlzandtheartofletters.blogspot.com/2026/06/challenge-29-de-letter-van-c-van.html -

  C for COGS

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https://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/sweet-stampin-something-for-boys.html

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https://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2026/06/crafty-calendar-june-challenge-all.html

 

Mens Birthday DIY theme shutter card

Good Morning all, i hope you had a good weekend.

So its time for another new challenge over at Make My Monday, the theme this fortnight is:

FANCY FOLDS

I made this DIY themed shutter card for my brothers birthday, he is an engineer and often fixing something or other.  

Using the tattered lace shutter card die i cut the blank from white card.  Then using the matting dies in the set i cut them from wood panel pattern paper.  I then die cut lots of tools, cogs, nuts from silver holographic card and turquoise pearl card.  I then cut the handles from the tools and glued onto the silver version.  

Using mixed alpha dies i cut 'Mr Fix It' from green cardstock.  Id had the landrover decoupaged made up for months and thought this card was perfect as my brother also drives a landrover. 

Showing the left hand side of the card, i added the landrover so it looks like its driving out of the card.

Showing the right hand side better.  Shows the colour better.

And the back of the card, i die cut another woodpanel patten paper in a paler colour so that the greeting can be written on easily.  I then added all the left over tools, die cut birthday sentiment.  

Items Used: 

Tattered Lace Shutter die set

Various tool dies

Papermania Mr Smiths Workshop papers.

Dufex landrover decoupage

So if you fancy joining in and to see the rest of the DT's work just pop over to make my monday

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and below is the second card i made for my brother. 

Black A5 cardblank, i then matted corrugated metal pattern paper onto copper satin card, added screw top brads to the 4 corners and matted onto the black base.  The robot topper i printed out twice from a daisytrail kit and decoupaged the 2nd one and added glossy accents.  I placed him behind a black glossy cog frame and matted onto copper satin card before adding the the base.

Items used:

Daisytrail Robot Rust digikit

Papermania Mr Smiths workshop papers

Cog frame die

Birthday sentiment die 

Thank you for stopping by and all your wonderful comments last week.  I hope you all have a good week and the weather is better.  Emma

Dads Birthday Cards

Good Morning all, i hope you're having a good week. 

So now dad's birthday has passed i can share the cards i made for him.  

A5 dark brown cardbase.  Kraft woodgrain cardstock, cream leather look cardstock.  I die cut the curved border from the cream card and then die cut all the different tools into it. I then using a brown fineline pen faux stitched around each tool to help them stand out, i then added that to the base on foam pads.  Stamped sentiment.

Just a close up.

and below another colour combo for the box. 

This one is totally flat for posting.  White A5 base card, teal cardstock and woodgrain patterned paper.  Spellbinders die cut sentiment.  I made faux 'brads' using a hole punch and glossy accents. 

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and on to the 2nd card i made for dad, he is a big steam train fan and i found this very old dufex train decoupage in my stash and combined it with a cog die cut frame.  

A5 Black cardblank.  I also cut the frame and sentiment from the same matt black cardstock.  After making up the train decoupage i backed the frame with pale blue paper and added the train so it kind of looks like its coming out the frame.  Die cut clouds.  White card embossed with a clock embossing folder and gently inked with blue distress ink.  Green twine added to pick up on the green of the train. 

Trying to show the colour of the train better.  My dad really loved it, so that was good as it gets harder each year to make him something different! 

Items used:

Cog Frame die - make unknown

Dufex train decoupage

Sizzix Tim Holtz clock embossing folder

Die-namics could dies

Tool dies

Spellbinders sentiment dies

Stormy sky distress ink

Papermania Mr Smiths workshop papers

Papermania pigments papers

Thank you all for stopping by and all your comments on my last uploads, as always i appreciate you taking the time.  Enjoy the rest of your week. Emma