Cards for Men

I like coming up with ideas for men's cards...sometimes it's tough...so for this swap over on SCS...i chose to do a birthday card and an any occasion card...

for the birthday card i chose to do the creative color combo on the SU color coach for More Mustard...

Men's Birthday
Paper: more mustard..cajun craze..natural white..paper studios dsp
Ink: night of navy
Stamps: lexicon of love - celebrate
Accessories: pewter brads

For the any occasion card i created my own sentiment and DP...leaving the inside blank so "she can say" whatever "she" wants!!

Men's Any Occasion
Paper: yo-yo yellow..basic black..? mark dp..whisper white
Ink: memento black..SU markers..printer
Stamp: Art Impressions Norm
Accessories: diamond/clear gems

and the crap room is almost shoveled out and re-re-reorganised...yeah for someone who hates to change things around this is one room i seem to consistently change...go figure..


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Masculine Cards Swap @ SCS

these are the cards i made for the masculine cards swap @ SCS...i did one for each category: sympathy..get well..and birthday...

Masculine Birthday Card
Paper: early espresso..really rust.. naturals ivory..dsp
Ink: early espresso..really rust..marina mist
Stamps: and many mower

Masculine Sympathy
Paper: basic black..chocolate chip..crumb cake
Ink: chocolate chip
Stamps: nature silhouettes..inside: you're in my thoughts
Accessories: cuttlebug..embossing folder

Masculine Get Well
Paper: basic black..ridinghood red..whisper white..dsp
Ink: ridinghood red..black printer ink
Stamps: apples fruit borders

Masculine Get Well Inside

Child/Cute Birthday Card Swap

  These are cards i made for a Child/Cute Birthday Card Swap over @ SCS...it is a 5 + 1...the +1 going to RMH Southern Alberta...i need to get these in the mail ASAP...but today is a real crazy Monday!!...couple of sick ones home...cat is very ill too...vet appt this afternoon...but both boys are napping and i have a couple of minutes to post...yay me...

Paper: Night of Navy, Wild Wasabi, plaid dp, Basic Black, Naturals White
Ink: Night of Navy, Navy Printer Ink (the font looks like a road with white lines)
Stamps: Let's Roll car
Accessories: 1.75", 1.50" & 0.5" circle punches, white brads

Car Close-Up

Font Close-Up

Paper: So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Naturals White, flower dp
Ink: So Saffron, Perfect Plum, Certainly Celery
Stamps: It's Your Birthday
Accessories: pink, lavender & teal gems

for the flower card i made 2 cards of each color using Bashful Blue, So Saffron, & Perfect Plum as the card bases...with alternate colors around the sentiment...plum on the saffron cards, saffron on the plum & celery on the blue... 

HYCCTC05 - Twine Time

decided to do a masculine card for the twine time HYCCT challenge...had these scraps and so it just came together quickly..."borrowed" the fly from my dh's tackle box...dulled the hook and attached it to a swivel and the twine...now dh wants me to make a copy for my step-son's b-day...he loves to fish so he should like this card

Paper: cajun craze, naturals ivory, dp 
Ink: always artichoke 
Stamps: angler  
Accessories: hemp twine, fishing fly and swivel

Happy Birthday Swap- funny card and serious card

i mailed out my cards today for a Happy Birthday Swap over @ SCS...i did one funny and one serious...i really like the SC296 sketch so i used it for my serious card...the peridot flower gem is sooo much prettier irl...gotta work on my photo skills...

the funny card i did using the frog from SU Birthday Banter...i love that set...but then again i love most every set i have...and finding new ones to love all the time... i think this is the first time i've used ink on an embossing folder...and one of the few times i've sponged color on a card...i think it turned out well...the black ribbon was used purposely to go with the sentiment..."we may not be tadpoles anymore but at least we haven't croaked"...also submitting this one for the Cuttlebug #100 Happy Birthday Challenge

Q's B-day Card

My nephew's b-day is coming up soon...he loves anything that has an engine...cars...trucks...lawnmowers...tractors...and trains...choo-choos as the boys call them...we live about a block away from some tracks...love the sound of trains and planes...so the boys run out to the deck whenever they hear a train coming...and report loudly that a choo-choo is going by...this card is perfect for him...

i used always artichoke for the base and my new favorite cajun craze (i love really rust) to frame some naturals ivory on the inside...some plaid DSP with those shades and CC ink on a stamp i picked up at a yard sale...a wood button and some hemp twine completed it...had some trouble with my punch but i got the circle done okay...

Tasha's B-day card

Cute card  made for my TashaBear's birthday

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black  

Stamps: Just Jawing  

Accessories: Silver Brads, Silver Glitter Glue

Can you tell I like CAS cards?...this is about the most bling I've ever used on a card...lol