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Monday 5 August 2013

No 1 Son

Last week saw the launch of a new challenge blog, The Male Room. I knew that this was a challenge that I wanted to take part in, as like many other I struggle sometimes with male cards. This Thursday it's my son's birthday, I normally have no trouble with cards for him, as he's a mechanic for a saloon car race company, he rides motor cycles and also loves fishing. As long as I stick to any of these three he's happy. So this card which I'm going to enter into the first challenge, which is Anything Goes. The card base is an 8x8 green card, which I placed the backing paper straight onto. This came from Debbi Moore's Cards For Men. Next I stamped the globe stamp (from Just Right stamps) onto some white card stock and also three more times onto some scrap paper. With the scrap stamped pieces I cut out the globe from the first, the compass from the second and lastly I cut around the globe and compass together. I used these as masks and with distress inks coloured the globe with tumbled glass, the compass with firebrick red and then coloured the outside of it all with old paper. Next I stamped  the motorcycle (from Visible Image) onto card with memento Tuxedo Black, then coloured over the top with old paper. The No 1 Son was a free stamp which I got with a magazine. I mounted these onto green card and  stuck them to the card front.



I am also going to enter this card into the follow challenges
Inspire Me Friday - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

10 comments:

rachel said...

great card Sue and thanks for the heads up on the male room - not seen that anywhere! Hugs Rachel xx

Paper Creations by Shirley said...

Fantastic male design and special for your son. Hope all is well, Shirleyx

Cathy P said...

Great card. Your son will love it. Love your choice of colors. Thanks for sharing your card with us this week at the Sister Act Challenge Blog. Hope to see you back again.
Cathy xx

Beryl said...

Brilliant card Se. I'm sure your son will love it.
Beryl xx

Dora said...

fantastic card with that stamp and paper. really a male-card.

Linby said...

Great card for your son and a great take on the challenge.
Thanks for asking me to be GDT.
Linbyx

Louise van Vuren said...

What a great card for your son (or any man) love the way you've created layers with your images. Thanks for joining in with the first ever challenge from The Male Room

Louise xx

Michelle J M said...

Happy Birthday to your son! Fabulous card Sue, love the globe and compass, a perfect man card. Michelle x

NancyD said...

Anything with motorcycles is sure to be a hit, Sue. Super male card! NancyD

Rocky said...

I'm sure your son will love this card. I really like what you've done with the globe stamp, clever. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room.