For my Superman

Hello there crafty friends,

Today I'd like to share with you a masculine card. Some people think it's way too hard to make a card for a man or have to grab all the vintage images they have in their stash, of course with vintage cars or mechanisms. But you can make super bright and modern cards for men instead of vintage ones. 

I used the stamp I designed for Crackerbox&Suzy stamps called Sweater.

Stamped the image on the folded card, cut out around it leaving a white border. Don't cut around the nack, it will be the folding line for your card to open. So the card is of a sweater shape. Isn't it cool !?

I stamped the image for the second time on a separate piece of paper, colored it in with Chameleon pens to prevent from soaking with inks through the card base. Adhered the second seater on top.

Printed out a small Superman sign, colored it in and popped up with foam tape.

P.S. There's my Superman's hand holding the card on the 1st pic :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a lovely day!

~ Olesya Andreyeva

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Brick texture

Hello there crafty friends,

I have so many projects to share with you that I have to post several times a day )) Now I'd like to show you my card for a Texture challenge at Memuaris blog. The theme is - Bricks/Tiles.

• I used Texture Fades Bricked&Woodgrain embossing folder with a black panel.
• Added dark blue wax to reveal the texture more.
• Stamped Peony Scrolls images and colored with Chameleon pens.
• Created a tiny shaker frme with stitched rectangle dies, filled with stars confetti.
• Die cut a Congratulations sentiment out of silver mirror cardstock.

You can add your projects --- Here till March 19th.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Have a nice day!

~ Olesya Andreyeva

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Non traditional masculine card

Hello there!

It's been sooo long since I was here, almost a month ago, that's not a typical thing for me, just had no mood for posting but made a huge pile of cards for you and finally ready to show them to you one by one :) Thank you so much for your patience, I appreciate every single "like" and comment you leave ❤.

A couple months ago I made a masculine card in non traditional manner, so to speak... with flowers. Yes, some men love flowers :) there's nothing strange about it) This card was made for my friend and the sentiment says 100% Friends Forever.

Here's the Russian post of the brand which dies I used to create this card --- here. 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a lovely day!

~ Olesya Kharkova

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New challenge| Suzy & Crackerbox stamps

Hello there, crafty friends!

So glad to announce our very first challenge over at So Suzy & Crackerbox blog called Masculine cards.

The challenge will run from May 15th till June 14th.

The participants can use ANY stamps, just need to follow the theme.

If participants use So Suzy Stamps or Crackerbox Palace Stamps they will have a double change to win.

Winner will be announced the 15th on the next challenge.

Prize will be a $25 Gift Certificate for So Suzy Store + a chance to become a guest designer! 

All projects need to be new and the link need to be directly to the blogpost or gallery not the entire blog for an easy way to find a project.

Here's my project I've made for a very close friend of mine whose name is Alexander.

I used my very fave stamp by So Suzy called Beech Line Leaf. Stamped the leaves with Green Apple SSS ink onto light green cardstock to get tone on tome look. Really love the result. Them cut them out with scissors.

For the background of my photo frame I chose camping themed paper ( don't remember the brand's name, First Edition I suppose).

To cut all those latters I used PTI Polka Dot Parade Alphabet Upper Die. And using a colored pencil I drew woodgrain texture.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a very special day!

~ Olesya

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Masculine birthday card

Hello there!

I heard that many of crafters were struggling with masculine designs for their cards. I don't think that it's a big problem to make a masculine card as long as you don't think that all men cards should contain gears, or smth with techy feel, you know. For me masculine cards are the same as feminine without flowers of course and they can be the same bright and cheerful.

My friend ( a man) had his birthday a couple of months ago ( yes!! belated card) and I know for sure that he needs a very cheerful card to lift him up ( that apathism sucks).

I like my Distress Oxide inks so much but never tried Tim Holtz's favorite demo techniques with bright inky puddles. It turned out interesting. I was waiting for my parcel with all the rest Oxides to come and decided to mix Oxides i had with several regular Distress Inks. I was careful not to make mud out of it and the result was very pretty.

I used:

Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink

Fossilized Amber DistressOxide ink

Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink

Broken China Distress Oxide ink

Seedless Preserves Distress ink

It's your birthday stamp by Crackerbox Stamps

I love making double shaker elements on one card, it looks very attractive.

I also like small sentiments that fit even a small square frame like this. The entire card measures 10x10cm. Love this size so much :) so you can imagine how small this sentiment is. It's Birthday stamp by Crackerbox stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a nice day!

~ Olesya Kharkova

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Tropical Birthday card

Hello there, crafty friends!

It's been awile since I posted my last video tutorial and I don't why I stopped filming, maybe too many things to do and I just got tired of all that stuff. But now I decided to revive the channel, I hope it will last longer than before )) And today I'm glad to share with you Tropical Birthday card. I filmed it awile ago and the material was waiting for the moment to see the light :) So here it is :)

I think of this card more as a masculine variant. Even though it's quite bright against the black background, it's mole like restrained with embellishments.

Materials used:

- White cardstock

- Black cardstock

- Simon Says Stamp - Green Apple Premium dye ink

- So Suzy Ink Bites - Mermaid Mist ink

- Distress Oxide - Cracked Pistachio

- Lesia Zgharda stamp - FL188 (monstera leaf)

- Lesia Zgharda stamp - FL191 ( palm leaf)

- Lesia Zgharda stamp - TA135 (sentiment)

- Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard

- Enamel dots

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you got inspired if you did, like it and subscribe :)

Have a lovely day!

~Olesya Kharkova

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I love you, Pumpkin!

Hello there!

Several hours ago I came across MFT new Sketch challenge #347 and it inspired me so hard, so I decided to make a card ASAP. I have a good reason. Tomorrow we have a 5th wedding anniversary and I'm happy to present this card to my Pumpkin hubby :)

I used:

Harvest Mouse stamps set by MFT

Peek-a-Boo circle Window dies by MFT

 PTI alphabet dies

brick patterned stencil

Frayed Burlap Distress ink

Walnut Stain Distress ink

alcohol Chameleon pens for coloring

Wink of stella glitter pen

I clearly remember those days when all the sets with Harvest Mouse were sold out for several weeks and I chased for it several months until I got it and we never were apart since then. I didn't do too much with it but I loves looking at it ))) weird, right?!)) Today I made a card and loved them even more, co cute mice.

Have you notice my mouse wears a sweater )) ?! But no pants

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!

~ Olesya Kharkova

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Surprise Birthday Blog Hop

Hello there, dear crafters!!

Today's a big day, we've made a surprise blog hop for our lovely Maurie Manning to celebrate her upcoming birthday!!! Yay! 

Dear Mo, I know you're reading it now ❤ Happy upcoming birthday to you! You are not only a super talented artist but also a fabulous person I have a chance to know. May your life be full with the same emotions I have when I look at your digital stamps ( more particularly: delight, pleasant excitement, happiness and scream for joy). Hug you super tight!!!

And now to the blog hop! If you're following our designers' chain, you perhaps have come here from my adorable teamie Elin. And here's my card. We all used one and the same digital stamp by Mo's digital pencil called Look, Ma! -  a cute little boy with big achievements. This is Mo's favorite image.

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I decided to make a simple desing ( as always:)) to attract more attention to the colored image. I colored it with alcohol Chameleon pens and some accents with wax based Chameleon pencils. For the background i used diy cloud border stencil and Broken China Distress Oxide. The sentiment was by CASual Fridays - Mon Ami, which I stamped with white pigment Ink Bite - Angel Wings by So Suzy stamps. I alsolutely in love how the whole card turned out!

Here's the whole chain of my adorable teamies:

Debby

Lou

Julie

Rosette

Kaly

Elin

Olesya ← You're here!

→Gaynor← Your next stop!

Nela

Anneke

Daria 

Gretha

Franz

Pat

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!

~ Olesya Kharkova

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Petabytes of Love или Валентинка

Всем привет!

Ох и долго я не скрапила, недели полторы точно и это было прекрасно)) Но наше новое задание в блоге Мемуарис Brand Challenge с производителем Polkadot расшевелило меня и я сделала валентинку мужу. Стараюсь делать для семьи заранее, потому что потом дела или заказы отнимут время, а открытки последних минут - это не открытки для меня.

Итак, в работе использвала два листочка из колеекций "Папа может все" и "#школа". Для чего я выбрала именно эти листы, во-первых, я люблю медведей, особенно таких чудных нарисованных. во-вторых, искала изображения всяких гаджетов, типа телефонов, ноутов и пр. 

Мы с мужем познакомились очень давно в интернете и стали переписываться, много лет переписываться)) И эта валентинка нелишнее напоминание о том, как все начиналось) Часы разговоров по телефону, годы разговоров в интернете, литры кофе и петабайты любви (так переводится фраза на открытке). Петабайт - самая большая известная на сегодня единица измерения количества информации. К тому же, муж - программист. Так что все сошлось как нельзя лучше в этой открытке. 

Ноутбуки, наушники, телефоны, и медведи в одном окне. Символично. Переписываясь на расстоянии, мы были по разным окнам как вернтуальным, так и стеклянным. Вон они теперь пустые по обеим сторонам открытки, а сейчас два медведя вместе в одном окне, наконец-то :)

Спасибо большое за внимание! Всем отличного продуктивного дня!

Masculine envelope или Этно конверт

Всем привет!

Сегодня у нас в Магии Творчества вышло задание - коллекция месяца. И коллекцией стало "Этно", синяя, ягодная, со зверями с огромными прекрасными глазами. В общем, красота.

У меня получился конверт с закрывашкой, в которую просовывается  сам конверт. Вообще это открытка в виде конверта. Она открывается и внутри можно писать послание. Создавался конверт как мужской :) 

Спасибо большое за внимание! Отличного вечера!

Dream Big или Мечтай по-крупному

Hello there,

It's Sunday, it's me :) with another card for Mo's dream team. This time it's a funny birthday card with a cute hamster whose dream obviously has come true :)

Всем привет!

Воскресенье  - день работ для команды Мо с ее же классными цифровыми штампами. На этот раз у меня открытка на день рождения с хомячиной, чья мечта. видимо, сбылась.

I made a very simple design as the main focus was directed to the colored image. By the way, I used Cupcake Hamster image by Mo Manning and colored it with Chameleon pens. 

Дизайн очень незамысловатый, потому что хотелось сфокусировать внимание именно на изображении. Это Cupcake Hamster, ссылка выше. Раскрасила его спиртовыми маркерами Chameleon.

To make the eyes more interesting I used Enamel Accents in black by Ranger. Love this product.

Глазкам добавила объема с помощью эмалевых акцентов от Рейнджер.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day and don't forget to dream big! :)

Olesya.

Вот, собственно, и все. Спасибо большое за внимание! Хорошего дня!

Еще один мега-пост и больше не буду))

Всем привет!

Hello everyone,

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Я так рада вернуться из отпуска, и там классно было, и дома очень хорошо. Скучала по материалам, пересматривала фотки и думала над новыми работами, рисовала новые штампы (пока эта часть моей деятельности под вопросом, но даже сам этот вопрос уже приятен мне)) Итак, мои работы за несколько недель до отъезда, которые я не успела показать, но люблю их как и прежде.

В блоге Memuaris было задание на палитру, очень клевое, хоть и не очень легкое для меня на первый взгляд. Откладывала работу над ней почти до последнего, но потом на следующий день села и сразу же сделала очень быстро.

Очень люблю эту работу еще и за то, что использовала набор штампов Fresh Cut Florals от Wplus9. Хотела этот набор еще год назад и все никак не получалось с ним встретиться. Зато теперь наштамповалась вдоволь, МИСТИ тут просто отличный помощник.

Фоновая бумага от Мемуариса, называется "Счастье - это...",  да да, теперь они еще и бумагу выпускают, дебют и очень прикольный, надо отметить.

Hello Fall card

Всем привет!

Hello everyone,

If you'd like to continue reading in your favorite language, please click the Translate badge in the left sidebar of the blog. Thank you for stopping by!

Если вы читаете это сообщение, значит я уже ускакала отдыхать ( слава Богу наступил этот момент) и приготовила вам немного вдохновения или настроения :), запланировав несколько постов.

Сегодня воскресенье, а значит время показывать работы с моими любимыми цифровыми штампами  от Mo Manning.

Все изображения раскрашены маркерами Chameleon. Звездой открытки здесь выступает изображение с тыквами ( кушать их не люблю, люблю смотреть) - которое так и называется Pumpkins. 

Фоновая бумага была однотонная, я решила ее "развеселить" и сделала горячий эмбоссинг листьев прозрачной пудрой. Окошко вырубила с помощью ножа MFT Peek-a-Boo Windows.

За окошком находится пакетик с желтыми блестками.

Кстати, про листья, те, что раскрашенные: Листья №2 Mr Painter, а справа от Lesia Zgharda.

Еще больше вдохновения от наших дизайнеров тут.

Спасибо большое за внимание! Отличного настроения и хорошего выходного дня!

Pumpkin Witch

Hello, my sweet friends,

Today's my first inspiring post for mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com. I'm very excited to share my Halloween card I've made using Pumpkin Witch image. This card is supposed to be masculine, for my hubby. We don't celebrate Halloween in our country but once a year I like making this type of card for my husband. He loves this theme and I love autumn + coloring + Mo's images = the perfect blend :)

I colored the image with Chameleon pens and set it aside to start creating a background. This particular one was made with distress inks: Barn Door, Wild Honey and Black Soot. Then sprinkled with water to get those cool splatters due to reaction distress inks with water.

Sponged the trees die cuts with Walnut Stain distress ink. And added some leaves left from some other projects. I never throw away that sort of stuff :))

For the peekaboo window I used Peek-a-Boo circle window by MFT and die cut both layers the top and the card base to make a see through window.

For the inside I used my fav Altenew To the Moon set and MME Happy Haunting quite old stamps for bats. Stamped the moon with SSS Sunshine ink, Watering Can Archival ink nd for the bats I used Jet Black Archival ink.

I mounted the panel with some foam tape then placed the witch on top with the same tape to make it pop up.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!

Olesya.