WWC226 – Dawn\’s Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

June 19, 2019 Karen Brown6 Comments

Hello there and welcome! It\’s all about masculine cards this week at Watercooler Wednesday and Dawn is our hostess. I hope you will stop by the website, see what the artists have created and then submit one of your cards.

A handmade card featuring the Altenew Pinstripes Background Stamp.

In my family, men (and ladies too!) enjoy a good humorous card. This dog (Fetch by Photoplay) makes me smile every time I use him. This is a simple one layer panel mounted on a Lilac A2 card.

Supplies used :

Photoplay Fetch
Altenew Pinstripes Background Stamp
SSS Brush Stroke Messages Sentiment
Hero Arts Lilac Ink
Copic markers
MFT Stitched rectangular die STAX set 2
Inkadinkadoo Stamping Mask Paper

I stamped Fetch, colored with Copics, masked and then stamped the background stamp in lilac. I love how the dog almost makes a perfect square.

I am entering this card in:
June Papercraft Challenge

I am so pleased you stopped by today!

Karen

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WWC213 – Karen\’s Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

March 20, 2019 Karen Brown9 Comments

What a day….it is my turn to host Watercooler Wednesday\’s Anything Goes Masculine Challenge! I am very excited. 🙂

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I recently purchased a die cutting machine (Gemini Junior) and ordered this fun die cutting set from Spellbinders. This card is for my new son-in-law. He drives a pick-up truck, so I thought this would be perfect for him.

I started by die cutting a kraft card base (Sugar Pea Design Builder). I used Nuvo Hot Cholcolate embossing powder for the sentiment (Ranger Letter It Birthday). Next, I cut out all the truck pieces using Bohemia Blue Bird \”All Boy\” card stock (coordinating double sided paper). I enjoyed the die cutting and paper selection. I wanted dimension so I used foam tape for the truck body and then an additional layer of foam tape for the license plate and bumper. I tucked in a few gifts die cut from scrap paper I had left over. The ribbons on two of the packages are light green but they did not photograph well.

$Spellbinders Truckin\' Through the Seasons handmade card.$

$Spellbinders Truckin\' Through the Seasons masculine birthday card.$

I am entering this card in:
Cardz 4 Guyz \”To Die for Challenge\” I lost track of how many dies I used on this card, but I think my son-in-law will really like the card.
Cardz 4 Guyz Logo
Happy Little Stampers \”Die\” Challenge I\’ve never made a card with so many dies before, it was kind of like doing a fun puzzle.

The Male Room \”Do It Yourself Challenge\” This card is for my son-in-law. He drives a pickup and for Christmas he asked for tools so he could do maintenance and repairs himself. So we got him a variety of DIY tools.

Brown Sugar Transportation Challenge – A pick-up is my husband\’s primary mode of transportation.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge I think this little pick-up is as \”cute\” as can be!

Thanks for stopping by! I truly hope to see your masculine creation on the Watercooler Website.

Karen

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Humorous But Masculine Valentine

January 24, 2019 Karen Brown8 Comments

I wanted to create a valentine that would appeal to men and thought a cute \”scene\” card featuring two dogs trying to get together in a florist shop would be fun. One dog is peering out over the window sill as the other dog is using a crate to try and climb inside.

To create my scene, I combined the January 2019 My Monthly Hero kit with two pups from MFT\’s Lucky Dog stamp set. I love both sets! First I created a background using Tim Holtz Stamper\’s Anonymous Bricked Layering Stencil and Simon Says Stamp Hybrid Stone ink. The stencil was not quite wide enough for the full card so I stenciled the right side and blended toward the middle, then stenciled the left side blending so that my A2 card was fully covered. I think the bricks turned out well.

Next I stamped (on Xpress It paper), colored (with Copics) and die cut the images with my new Gemini Junior. I then embossed the sentiment on the window. Using foam tape, I adhered my scene to the background.

Update:

I am very pleased that this card was selected “Top 5” in the Allsorts Challenge:

And Pile It On Sweet Sprinkles Award.

I think this is a fun card and I am excited to enter it in the following challenges:

A Blog Named Hero Crafter\’s Choice Challenge I received my January Hero Arts Kit this week and couldn\’t wait to start playing with it! I tried to attach the graphic but I received an error message.

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #325 I was inspired by the Love theme, the hearts & flowers and the colors green, pink and red.

Cards In Envy Love Me or My Pets Challenge Love and Pets…what could be a better theme?

Allsorts Make it Masculine Challenge This is my first time to enter this challenge. This is the valentine I made for my husband.

Pile it On \”Land Animals\” Challenge

I hope you enjoy the card…I sure had fun making it!

Karen

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WWC204 – Gail\’s Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge

January 16, 2019 Karen Brown2 Comments

My nephew plays Lacrosse for Tufts University and he was recently injured and tore his ACL. He had surgery to repair his knee and I wanted to send him a Get Well card. He loved the card! I think it is cute with a bit of humor. Masculine cards are perhaps the trickiest so I knew I wanted to submit this card for WWC204 – Gail\’s Masculine \”Anything Goes\” Challenge Stop by and see what the other artists created and then create your entry.

The dog is from one of my go to stamp sets for Get Well Cards- Art Impressions Doggy Kisses. I colored the pup with copic markers, added a bit of shadow underneath the dog and mounted on a gray A2 card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

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Masculine Handmade Card

May 21, 2018 Karen Brown3 Comments

Masculine cards are the most challenging to create. I made this card for my friend Rob\’s birthday. Rob likes to craft handmade cocktails when he hosts parties so I though this \”Raise A Glass\” card would be perfect for him. I did pattern stamping and really like the clean modern look. I am entering this card into The Watercooler Wednesday Masculine Card Challenge.

Handmade Masculine Card using Clearly Besotted Raise a Glass Stamp Set.

The hardest part about making this card was deciding which color to put on each glass. I finally thought about using the tops to my Copic markers so I could move them around until I got the layout the way I wanted. I am sure other people have done this too, but I am fairly new to cardmaking and don\’t know all the tricks.

I used a new to me stamp set by Clearly Besotted called Raise a Glass. I colored in the images with the Copic colors shown above. I then adhered to a neutral grey card.

UPDATE: My card was selected as a \”Rocker\” in the Watercooler Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen