Male card for a stamp collector!

Good morning! The holidays are over, the children have all gone back to school with porridge in their tummies this chilly spring morning, and I'm starting the week with a male card as usual. At Make My Monday this month the overall theme is Male Cards and this week's challenge is Sports and Hobbies, so that's what inspired today's card. Come and have a look:

My brother collected stamps when he was a boy and I remember his excitement about the possibility of one day discovering a rare stamp. I loved his album with its pages of colourful stamps. One of the must-haves from the spring mini catalogue in my opinion is the Postage Stamp punch  - I love being able to make postage stamps in any design I like! The punch is only available until the end of the month, so if you'd like one you'll need to order it soon.

To make the stamps in this card I first cut a 2.5cm (1") square into a post it note and used it as a mask, stamping the aeroplane into the hole and sponging a background with a sponge dauber. The planes were then coloured with markers and the stamps cut out with the Postage Stamp punch which gives them their distinctive border.

I do like a tag on a card! This luggage label-style tag is made from Crumb Cake card stock; I glued a punched circle to it and cut a hole through both layers with my cropadile before threading it with white bakers twine.

This sentiment is from the For My Family set which is so useful for personalising cards and other projects. Uncles, in-laws, teachers, siblings... you name them, everyone gets a mention in this brilliant set!
Here's what you'll need to make today's card:

Stamps: Ain't Love Grand (hostess set), For My Family

Ink: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Wisteria Wonder, Riding Hood Red

Card stock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Other: Markers, 3/4" circle punch, cropadile, white bakers twine, Postage Stamp punch, sponge daubers, paper snips, stamp-a-majig

I'd be delighted to order any of these items for you and can have them delivered to your address in the UK. I'm committed to providing excellent customer service and am always happy to offer help and advice. To place your order, just send me an email or give me a call on 01280 820593. And don't forget to add a free pack of designer paper if your order is £45 or more (Offer limited to one pack per qualifying order - click here for details).

As usual, the end of the holiday signals a major clear up so I'll be changing beds, sorting piles of laundry and wielding a hoover and cleaning cloths today. There might just be time to squeeze in a quick card though so do pop back tomorrow.

Hugs,