Well, I ventured into that scary territory again today of doing a masculine card! No rhinestones, no flowers, no pearls, OH MY! It's so hard to make it look right and not add those extras.
I have the SU Totally Tool set, but I do find it hard to use them for some reason. I liked the color and layout of this card that I ended up casing to help me get something I halfway liked out of this card. It, of course, goes with the sketch challenge. It's a card done by beestamper at:
Registered: August 7, 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 28113
Wed, Apr 01, 2009 @ 5:48 PM
Oh my goodness! This is perfect for this sketch! Love the hammer image and your tabs... the texture... it's a great masculine card!
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Registered: September 12, 2007 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 61357
Wed, Apr 01, 2009 @ 9:17 PM
Pam, what an awesome masculine card this is! yikes, no bling! your papers and cb are fabulous with that image and those great tabs. How perfect is this!
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Registered: July 26, 2007 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 11788
Wed, Apr 01, 2009 @ 10:51 PM
Pam this is an AWESOME guy card!!! I was going to do something so similar to this for my brother's birthday (remember how many b'days I have to make!!)! Love the striped PP and the embossed BG and the use of hardware! I'm sure the person who gets it will love it!!
Registered: October 13, 2006 Location: North Attleboro, MA Posts: 7459
Thu, Apr 02, 2009 @ 3:16 AM
You handled the scary territory very well!!! This came out awesome. You're like me; I always want to add to a card. Men don't take to ribbons and bows so I stick with hardware and twine.
I'm sure the recipient of this creation will treasure it!
Registered: April 3, 2007 Location: In a state of oblivion.... Posts: 14120
Thu, Apr 02, 2009 @ 7:02 AM
Love the washers! And I see you were able to get the 'required' punched elements on it too with your tabs... I too struggle with masculine cards - yup, love those pearls and the glittery stuff too - you've succeeded in making a great guy card... The cuttled portion looks great too...
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