Saturday, June 23, 2012

Birthday Sketch

My eldest has a birthday today (*waves* - pffth, like he reads this blog), and I'm telling you: cards for men are one of the most challenging things in my world. Well, next to domesticity, that is, but this is a crafting blog, so it's way up there.

I took the June SFYTT:

and made this:

I'm quite proud of the stash content on this card. :) Both the chevron and the ... other patterned paper are from The Heaplet, and I declared them "coordinating", or at least both in the "kinda tan" family. Color, it needed color. I went with blue, and added a piece of almost-never-used SU denim ribbon. After I scrapped (HA! No pun intended) the idea of stars and instead hollered "BUTTONS", I grabbed two dark blue, then opted for orange for some pop. Yes, that's a small orange button nested inside the large blue one. I added the orange layer, rounded the top left corners, and a card was born.

I think it's different, not boring, and shouldn't embarrass him if anyone else sees it. I'd call that a success. :)

In other news, I'm coming down off a 4-evening book club marathon with The Bloggess, and I'm seriously behind with my crafting. I played a bit today and made a ton of pretty trash. I hope to gain some ground on Sunday and do a few challenges, so hopefully I'll have something more to share.

Thanks for stopping by!

4 comments:

  1. This is FAB!!! YOu are very funny too. I chuckled through your post! ;P

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  2. Great masculine card!!! Love those buttons on here and the design!
    Lynn

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  3. I like the pop of orange and the rounded corners. Very nice. Happy bday to your ds. How many fingers is he? Lol.

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  4. happy birthday to THE DUDE! and yes indeedy this is a very fab very MANLY card... great use of stash/buttons/heaplet items... awesome take on the sketch! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! (cuz YEAH guy cards are a LOT harder than girl ones!!!) ♥♥♥

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