Monday is my brother's birthday, and we had a family celebration last night.
When I asked a number of weeks ago what YOU would like to see on my blog, one of the most requested things was masculine cards. I have to admit, it's not something I excel at! I went through my stash of cards yesterday thinking I might have something on hand for his birthday already, and NOPE not one masculine card. Yikes! Guess its something I have to work on.
So, this card actually fits for 3 challenges this weekend, the Limited Supply Challenge for Masculine cards from Friday, Sharon/notimetostamps challenge for polka dots and Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge.
To keep this masculine I used very deep masculine colors, no frilly ribbon. The accents are metal oriented with the clip and brads, and the texture gives it a masculine feel too, with a little white craft sponged over. I created the feel of my own designer paper with stamps on several of the layers. The sketch was for a square card, so I trimmed it to 4.25 x 4.25. I put a gift card inside for his present.
Recipe: Stamps - Party Hearty; Ink: Soft Suede, Night of Navy, White Craft; Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Soft Suede Patterns DSP; Accessories: Big Shot, Texturz plate, Circle Punches, Mini Clips, Silver Brads, Modern Label Punch, Piercer
Perfect masculine card, Christine! I love the color combo!!
ReplyDeleteThis is fantastic, Christine!!! Great colors and wonderfully masculine!!!
ReplyDeleteChristine this is wonderful! I love masculine cards, you did a great job. The colors, layout and images all pull together for one fabulous job. He is going to love it.
ReplyDeleteWOW Christine what a perfect man card!! Love all your deets and layers!
ReplyDeleteWonderful job -- love the whole look of this!
ReplyDeleteI totally struggle with masculine stuff too - I just don't think about making them - Guess I'll need to step it up in that direction, too. :) Beautiful card. Love the layers and the color combo. :) Have a fabulous weekend!
ReplyDeleteIt is a great masculine card. I agree that these a wonderful masculine colours and your use of the metal accents is perfect.
ReplyDeleteThis is perfect Christine. I really like these colors. I soooo struggle with manly. This is a super layout. Great job. I am sure he loved it.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely FANTASTIC masculine card Christine!! I LOVE the colors! And your sketch and bg's are fabulous!! Don't know why you think this is not your area, cause girl, you ROCK masculine!!
ReplyDeleteI agree this is a perfect masculine card, I'm always so challenged on those, thanks for the wonderful idea.
ReplyDeleteHe'll LOVE it! The colors are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS man card, Christine! I love it. Love the color combo!
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what a perfect male card love it
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Norine
Wow! This is spectacular, Christine! Way to work the Party Hearty stamps throughout your entire card, and I love the rich, masculine colors!
ReplyDeleteWow I think you did a terrific job with this card. Love your colors.
ReplyDeleteOh Christine, I love it! That background paper that you made is fabulous! I always struggle with this stamp set and you've done such a fabo job with it! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
ReplyDeleteI love this colour combo, can't wait to use it!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great guy card, Christine! I think you're one of the best at these masculine cards. You've used stamps I might not have thought to use on a guy card, but you applied them in such a manly manner -- it works, and very handsomely!
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