FMS525 ... Masculine Card

Happy Thursday!  It is a gloomy day here today, a perfect day to hang out in the craft room.  I created this masculine card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge:

I'm currently working on masculine birthday cards and Father's Day cards, so I can have them ready ahead of time.  When I saw the lines going down, I immediately envisioned suspenders, so that's the route I went with.  

Supplies:

Paper:  All from Recollections (Michaels)

Accessories:  All images cut with the Cricut Maker

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The Kraft Journal... Father's Day Card

Happy Friday!

I have a card to share with you for this week's The Kraft Journal.  Theme this week is "Just for Him"

My card:

 

 

I started out with Crumb Cake card base, followed with Not Quite Navy card stock.  The card is sponged with Sahara Sand ink and Bashful Blue ink, masking off different areas to create the ocean and sand.  The rock stamps & the flying birds (unknown company) were stamped in Basic Black, and colored with a grey pencil.  The other birds are from SU! Wetlands Stamp Set.  The sentiment is from Michael's Craft Store, and was stamped in Early Espresso ink.  For a final last touch, I added some green leaves from the same stamp set on the bottom right hand side of the card.

 

Other challenges:

 

The Pink Elephant Challenge - Happy Father's Day

Catered Crop - Manly Men

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #199 - Special Man

 

Thanks for taking a peek,

Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge #1

Hello my friends,

I am super excited to join in the fun over at Blooms and Butterflies Color Challenge!  This is their very first color challenge!  Brandy asked us to use Black and White.

My card:

I gave this card to my brother for Father's Day!  I am so glad I took a picture of it before putting it inside the envelope!  The base of the card is Whisper White, followed by Basic Black.  I took a page from an old dictionary that had the definition for "Father" and photocopied it.  I then ahered it to my card.  The image is from SU! You're My Type - one of my favorite stamp sets.  The sentiment was computer generated, since I did not have anything small enough to fit in the space.  Lastly, I added two buttons.

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Dynamic Duos #49

Hello everyone,

It's time to play Dynamic Duos Challenge #49!  We were asked to use Basic Black and Basic Gray with a dessert option of a Masculine Theme.  It was nice to use some different colors, since I've been very busy making Mother's Day cards.

My card:

I CASE'd Karen's awesome "black tie" card, with some changes to make the card my own.  I used grey gingham patterned paper for the shirt.  Not sure if you can see, but I added 2 pockets that I hand drew and added a black handkerchief to the right hand side pocket.  I used the SU! Petite Pennant Puncher for the black bow (not sure who to give credit for this idea since there are so many cards on Pinterest).  The sentiment is from SU! Best Dad Ever.  I think I took longer looking for 3 black buttons than putting this card together!  

I think I will use this card as a template for my Father's Day card this year!  I really like the way it turned out. 

Thank you so much for stopping by... Love to read your sweet comments!