Masculine cards are something many of us papercrafters struggle with. Most of us love the bling, the ribbon, the flowers, the ruffles. You have to throw that all away when you're making a masculine card. When I make a card for a guy I think earth tones, texture, and low frills. With father's day coming up we decided to go with a masculine theme in one of my card clubs for the swaps they do with each other. I decided to make a masculine card for one of the three projects we make in card club this month too.
The tree is from the set Thoughts and Prayers. This set is more of a sympathy stamp set but I thought the tree would lend itself nicely for a father's day card. I made it a little more generic than that with the sentiment "from the heart" from the Holidays and Wishes greeting set. I paper pierced around the perimeter of the kraft cardstock. The vanilla piece is roughed up with the distressing tool.
Recipe: Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Hugs and Wishes
Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive Stampin' Write markers
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Basic Gray
Other: spiral edge punch, silver brads, distressing tool, paper piercer and template
This is my kid's first day of summer today. It's going pretty good so far. No major fights. My daughter(who had the chicken pocks) actually went to babysit today. Her pocks have scabbed over and she's on the mend. Yippee!
