Men's Card "Cross my heart and hope to FLY"

This card was made at our Stamp Club meet up this month. I love our little get togethers as they are fun, idea sharing & every month one of us gets the freebies as a host. This month was Kaszazz month, so I get to show the group something new, get their imaginations flowing, etc. I do the demonstrating for the Kaszazz month & a friend of mine does Stampin' Up! the alternative month. This way, we get a great cross section of stamps, colours, dies, embossing... the list goes on & on.

Anyway, back to the card at hand. A quick run down on what I came up with, Apart from being all Kaszazz products.... lol. The papers.... I used one of the designer series 12x12 sheets (Funky Forest 2941 Lagoon Flourish Stripes) for the background colour of the car (page 64, Retro Car 4494J of the main catalogue) stamped & fussy cut around the car, all stamping was done with "Memento" black ink pad as well as the sentiment which is from the newest catalogue. I used the "Tags #3" (2915) for the label (black card stock), I "stamp dyed" the wide striped navy & white ribbon plus a tied checkered black & white thinner ribbon on the tag, vanilla card stock & a fine nibbed art pen for the roughly drawn lines around the outer edge. I enjoy coming up with "male themed cards" it's a good challenge if you get bored with the flowers & lace of female cards. Let's face it, if you make cards a lot.... then you most probably have tons on female cards.... more than you have to give to friends & family for a lifetime...lol

Talking of "Challenges", I have decided to enter this one into "The Stamp Spot" Blog Challenge the month of April, as it is "Masculine Cards and Paper craft projects". Here's the link  http://www.thestampspot.blogspot.com.au/  or look over to the right-hand side of this blog & you will find their logo that links to their blog.

Men's Card "Seize the day"

This card was made at our Stamp Club meet up this month. I love our little get togethers as they are fun, idea sharing & every month one of us gets the freebies as a host. This month was Kaszazz month, so I get to show the group something new, get their imaginations flowing, etc. I do the demonstrating for the Kaszazz month & a friend of mine does Stampin' Up! the alternative month. This way, we get a great cross section of stamps, colours, dies, embossing... the list goes on & on.

Anyway, back to the card at hand. A quick run down on what I came up with, Apart from being all Kaszazz products.... lol. The papers.... I used one of the latest designer series 12x12 sheets & cut out the "Traction Engine" & another DS I cut out "SEIZE the day", used the "Tags #3  2915" for the label, I "stamp dyed" the wide striped navy & white ribbon plus a tied checkered black & white thinner ribbon on the tag, vanilla cardstock &a fine nibbed art pen for the roughly drawn lines around the outer edge. I enjoy coming up with "male themed cards" it's a good challenge if you get bored with the flowers & lace of female cards. Let's face it, if you make cards a lot.... then you most probably have tons on female cards.... more than you have to give to friends & family for a lifetime...lol

Talking of "Challenges", I have decided to enter this one into "The Stamp Spot" Blog Challenge the month of April, as it is "Macsuline Cards and Paper craft projects". Here's the link  http://www.thestampspot.blogspot.com.au/  or look over to the right-hand side of this blog & you will find their logo that links to their blog.

Boutique Lady

The Stamps used for these 2 cards are from the latest small Kaszazz catalogue, as are the papers. We did these at our monthly Stamp Club meet up. I hope you like them, if there are any questions regarding any of the products I used, please do not hesitate in getting in contact with me... I am more that happy to assist where possible.

The Black Frame is actually a bird cage die (5323) & I have cut out the bars & the top pointy part that Kaszazz has in their main catalogue, page 222. I know for a fact that this die & others through Kaszazz will fit the Big Shot machine. The "Easy Press" which is the one Kaszazz has one feature that the Big Shot doesn't... it will take an A4 size page, where the Big Shot is limited in that area. Now don't get me wrong.... I have both & I love both as they have their own little extras that I can not go without... lol

Child's Card

Hi Everyone,
              This is the other card I made this week. It used Kaszazz's "Adorable Friends Set" of Stamps & also "Birthday Set". I made the branch myself & coloured with pens & lead pencils. I used a very fine tipped black pen to draw the tails back on to the animals as they were too fiddly to try & cut out. Yes, all the animals, cakes, words & gift were cut with a fine pair of scissors.... and yes it did take me quite some time to cut each one out, after stamping & colouring them prior to cutting. I call this my "Jungle Party" card, & am planning on putting in the same challenge as my "Cheeky Monkey" card... if they'll let me put 2 in at "The Stamp Spot" Blog  http://www.thestampspot.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/march-challenge.html
Happy Creating,
Reggie

Child's Birthday Card

Hi Everyone,
           I hope the week has been good to you all... or will be as it is only Tuesday..lol. Anyway, Here is a card I have made this week (one of two actually) with the theme being a child's card. Partly because I have been wanting to have more of a play with some of my new editions (Kaszazz Stamps), the other reason, (which I think is just as good) is that it's a Challenge for one of our Aussie Sites. "The Stamp Spot" http://www.thestampspot.blogspot.com.au/  Yes, I know what you are thinking, I am doing a stamp, etc. that is Kaszazz & the challenge is for the opposition.... well for one, they are both Australian, and one thing we all have in common.... Nobody can say they ONLY use one make of product in there craftroom. I for one have got soooooooo many different stamps, papers, cardstock, markers, pens, tapes, even cutters.... which I have 4 different cutters and that isn't counting the one's that cut dies/emboss... which amount to 3, 2 manual & one computer based.
        Anyway, back to the card.... Well I used blue cardstock, the stamps were from two sets from Kaszazz being "Adorable Friends Set" (the monkey & the words), the other used was "Birthday Set" (the gift). I had a spare bit of red/white twine so used that to tie to the hand & balloon. I coloured in the balloon in watercolour pencils, & the rest was done with my Stampin' Up! markers. I used dimensionals for the balloon & gift.
        I can't wait to get my hands on the new markers/pens that Kaszazz have just brought out, I will have to save my pennys!! Jess gave me a lesson showing me how to use "Alcohol Markers" her's being Spectrum Noirs, a couple of weeks ago. Now she's hooked me!!!!
Ok, now to go & add the other card I made.
Happy Creating,
Reggie

Distressing my card....

I thought I'd finally put up my first ever distressed card. I used all Kaszazz products (which can be found in the catalogue. The gold leaf effect is using Design Adhesives (Branches & Blooms) then rubbed on Designer Foils (Goldmine) these are fantastic & so easy to use, you can find the full range Kaszazz has on page 212 of the main catalogue. The flowers were punched ou in white card stock & distressed using Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Scattered Straw) page 190. I also used the same ink to rub around the card top (Card Basics, Oatmeal, page 185) base is SB Essentials 12x12 Mustard card stock, after dabbing & rubbing off excess of  Adirondack Paint Dabber (Snow Cap) page 199.
If there are any questions you would like to ask, please contact me on my email or comment here.
Thanks for popping by, happy crafting everyone.
Reggie

Kaszazz!!!

Hi Everyone,
    If you are looking for something a little different in stamps, Kaszazz may have what you are looking for. They are an all Australian company that also stock Tim Holtz/Ranger products as well as their very own designed stamps made in Australia. I have been using their stamps for a few months now & find them to be a very well made product at a reasonable price. I found with some makes of stamps that you might only want 1 or 2 of the stamps but have to buy the whole set (with ones you don't like) to get those 1 or 2. Kaszazz has a high quality product, with quite I few being single stamps. In their 12x12 sheets of card stock, one side has a texture, where the other side is smooth. In their specialty card stock, you don't have to buy a whole set (this also goes for the plain colours), you can order one or more of each, they do have sets with co-ordinating plain card stock as well. All their specialty papers are double sided too.
     I love the sets you can get that have all you need to make that project, which you don't have to stay strictly to their guidelines either, you can place your our twist on your cards/ scrapbook page/ 3D project.
     So if you would like to have a look at what is available, please go to the top of my blog (under the title) click on "Kaszazz" & have a look at the catalogues. Everything is available..... AND... They don't retire stamps every year!!!!
For those that like a bit of "Aussie design" look at the Main Catalogue from page 114 "Earth Elements" pages 126 onwards has the "All Boy" section which has an Australian car, beer mugs, & other male elements. Oh and the 1950's Collection has a "retro car" which I think most of us know what that is..... on page 64.
    The wording (spelling) is Australian too e.g. Mum instead of Mom (the USA version) for one. There are Owls!!! Asian inspired stamps!!! Retro Style!!! Christmas without all the snowmen & northern hemisphere weather for Christmas (only a couple with snowflakes, etc.). So please have a stroll through the pages & let me know if you decide you'd like anything from the catalogues.
Take care,
Hugs,
Reggie