Saturday 18 June 2016

Masculine Birthday Card

I have terrible trouble with cards for men but this large Happy Birthday stamp is perfect!


The stamp is from Woodware and I stamped it in black Versafine embossed with clear powder then coloured with three different colour Promarkers.  I coloured some scraps of card with the same colours of Promarkers then cut the little stars out using a die from Mama Elephant.  The border around the edge was drawn with a thin marker pen then the panel adhered to a Kraft card base.  I am really happy with the CAS result and I like the colours which are very different to what I usually use. This stamp is so useful.  It can be used for anyone just by changing the colours and adding different embellishments or just leaving it with no embellishments and adding glossy accents or glitter.  I have another large stamp with just the word 'happy' and then several little sentiments to go with it.  It is so far un-inked!  I must get round to using it sometime!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Craft Barn - Stars
Bizzy Becs - Anything Goes
Casology - Masculine

All these blogs are definitely worth a peek!

Thank you so much for popping by, I love it when you do and look forward to reading any comments.

Take care and have a fabulous weekend!  Christine xxx

17 comments:

Sue said...

Fab card Chris I have a few of these large Woodware stamps and I agree they are great especially the Christmas ones! huggles Sue xx

alexandra s.m. said...

Beautiful masculine card Christine!
Thank You~

chrissie said...

Love the bold font and the colours on this card

Chrissie xx

debby4000 said...

Fabulous card, the stamp is perfect for those tricky mens cards.
luv
Debby

Unknown said...

I always find male cards difficult to create, but you have nailed it! Simple, effective and great to look at. Jx

Carol said...

What a great stamp to make a man's card with. It is perfect and you have done a lovely card with the stamp as well.

Hugs Carol

Redanne said...

Love your card, it really is a great stamp and like you say, it could be used for any birthday, male or female. I really like the idea of using Glossy Accents on the words, I bet that looks wonderful too! Hugs, Anne xx

Judy1223 said...

Oh, that sentiment is versatile, that's for sure! You are so right...you can change the tone just by changing the colors you use! The browns are perfect for a masculine card...love this! Thanks for joining us at CASology this week!

aussie aNNie said...

Thanks for entering your lovely creation into our current challenge, all the best and hope you enter again.....xx Bizzy Bec Challenges DT{aNNie}

Anita in France said...

Fun and whimsical, Chris ... the scattering of stars is such a brilliant touch! Hugs, Anita :)

Jen W. said...

I love the font on that sentiment and you could do so many different things with it! Fabulous! Thanks for playing along with CASology this week!

Princess Judy Palmer said...

I love these large sentiment stamps and this card shows exactly why!

Mrs A. said...

I have this Woodware stamp as well and use it for male cards. I love the colour combination you have used here. Typing like the clappers before my internet goes down again. Hugs Mrs A.

maggie said...

A great stamp, perfect for your CAS card.

Darnell said...

This does make a fabulous masculine card, Chris! And it sounds like your NBUS stamp would work in much the same way! Hugs, Darnell

scrappymo! said...

What a great masculine card. I have two Woodward stamps but must get them
Inked up
Hopefully this great card will get me inspired

Gibby Frogett said...

arghhh! I find mens cards are always hard - but this is fabulous - love that stamp and great font too.
Gill x