Tuesday 3 November 2015

Guest Designer.......

I am very flattered and excited to be asked to be The Guest Designer at Cardz4guyz ,
for the month of November.
I jumped at the chance as I enjoy their challenges and love making Male cards.
What a kind and wonderful opportunity....Thank you.

I have always been creative and love nothing more than being in my craft room designing, 
crafting and getting messy. 
What I enjoy mostly is learning and trying out new techniques. 
The Blog world is where I get most of my inspiration, from very generous, 
friendly and very creative crafters.....Thank you x

The Theme this week at Cardz4guyz is ....... Hope U Feel Better Soon
This is my card.....
The card has been embossed in Brown ink and heat set with clear EP for the main card 
and the edges sponged with black distress ink.

I used white embossing paste through a mini square stencil, onto kraft card for the centre piece.
The edges have been heat set with Frantage embossing powders, which I love and give 
a 'rugged', 'molten' unpredictable and glorious shiny finish.
The sentiment has been die cut from individual letters
and heat embossed with clear EP, twice.
Very time consuming but well worth it to get the shine.
There are two layers of the sentiment to give some height and texture to the card.
The large 'U' has been die cut several times and numerous layers 
of frantage to get the look I was after.
The centre piece and the 'U' are mounted onto foam to add dimension.
I loved doing the card, used a few techniques and had fun along the way x

I am entering the card into
The Mixed Media MC Challenge-Texture
There's quite a bit of texture on this card and I hope it comes out in the photos?

Crafty Hugs xx

15 comments:

Ros Crawford said...

It's such a pleasure to visit here and see your creations ... Lots of the techniques are new to me too... Wonderful card!

Mac Mable said...

Thank you Ros, yes learning all the time and loving it. There are so many 'new' techniques out there for us to try! What a kind comment to make about visiting my blog. Thank you so much x

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

Very sweet!

Julie B said...

Fab masculine card, love all the embossing.
So pleased to see you as our GD this month. :)

Becca Cruger said...

Wow! Love the way that frantage embossing powder looks! I would love to have a link to it, if you know it. It creates such a cool textural effect!

Mac Mable said...

That's so kind of you, thank you very much x

Mac Mable said...

Thanks for stopping by...I've had the frantage in my stash for some time, didn't use it for ages and now I am I'm loving it. I will try and track some down and get back to you. Thanks again x

JayBe said...

Great to see you at Cardz 4 Guyz, Mac Mable - and what a super design. I love all the different layers and textures, the time spent with your frantage powders worked a treat.
Hugz, Jan xx

Mac Mable said...

Thank you so much for your kind and generous comments...good to be at Cardz4Guyz xxxx

Hannelie said...

Amazing texture rich card! Fabulous job!

Mac Mable said...

Thank you so much, I had fun doing this one. Very much appreciate your comments, thanks x

Donna B. said...

Gorgeous card! I love all the texture. Thanks so much for joining us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge.

Rachel said...

awesome man card... so dimensional i just wanna touch it! Thank you so much for playing with the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge!

-Rachel
rwkrafts.com

Mac Mable said...

That is very kind of you, thank you very much

Mac Mable said...

What lovely comments, thank you very much x