THE MANS CARD THAT GREW

Hi all Kat here AKA Kat's craft creations
for my final guest design spot
for the month of April,
here on the the artistic stamper creative team blog

Thank you to Hel's & Jennie for inviting me
I have had a blast.

here's my project,

As you can see I have made a whole brief case of stationery,

which started out as a man's card & grew,

inspired by the man off Man's plate 001

For the Stationary,

I have pretty much used the same things throughout,

Man stamp Men's plate 001

Tim Holtz enjoy the journey stamp 

Distress inks antique linen, brushed corduroy & vintage photo

background stamps smudge, ink blot & speckle,

archival ink coffee,

I used 6 card blanks, 6, A5 sheets of paper, 12 envelopes

& 6 tags, from my stash,

along with  brown ribbon, Fleur De lease brads,

& old map papers, some clear embossing powder,

post it notes, scrap of card & a paint brush

instead of listing all that over & over

I took pictures of the items & what I used,

other wise we would be here all day

reading a very long post,LOL

The cards,

The notelets,

The envelope fronts,

& backs

(silly me forgot to clean the craft mat each time so I had to

decorate the back LOL)

& last but not not least the tags,

as you can see from the photos,

is all pretty much self explanatory.

Now on to the case,

I had some large card given to which came in very handy,

so I made the case in the style of one of those cardboard folders,

before I stuck it together I painted it with

raw umber acrylic paint & some cut & dry foam,

& I also made a little shelf inside for the stationary to sit on,

so when you open it it's all in view & not just laying in the bottom.

I then added strips of grey board painted with black acrylic paint for the straps,

& the handle was made in the same way,

I added a couple of brads & clasps

& some faux stitching with a gold pen,

& there you have it!

I added some bands of brown pearlised paper

around each pack,

then popped them in.

well that's about it I think,

Hope you like it!

Thanks for having me,

It's been so much fun,

& you never know I may just pop up here

again from time to time,

(If  Hel's or Jennie ask me)LOL

Have a great day,

Kat x.