MFT January Creative Challenge

"Hi everyone, and welcome to this month's My Favorite Thing's Creative Challenge! Our Design Team Creative Challenge  is a monthly feature where we challenge our Design team to explore their creative side using a specific theme, product or technique. This month it's "Masculine Cards" Be sure to check the MFT Blog for a list of all the designers who have creative solutions for you today!"
I know most of us cardmakers are a bit afraid to make masculine cards, or cards for men, boys. Well I am no exception lol.  I am always struggling a bit about the does and dont's. Personally I would never use paperflowers on a boys card anymore but I've seen some pretty awesome cards from cardmakers out there who did a great job with them. But like I said it's a personal thing;-) I love to use rough materials, stars, buttons, twine, cardboard, stapled and colors like blue, brown, red for a masculine card. For this card I've used designpaper from October Afternoon, you see a little bit of a "map" on the background. The card is for my dad who travels a lot with my mum back and forward to Sweden, where they live for a couple of months each year:-) The sentiment is stamped on the Tag You're It and the Dad letters are from the By The Letters Die-namics.
For the inside the sentiment is stamped on the Just The Ticket Die-namics with Brown Archival Ink.
And for the back I've used my personal stamp together with scraps and staples. Hope my Dad love my card when he find this in his mailbox in Sweden:)



Well that's it for me now, please be sure to check out the MFT blog and hop along all of the fantastic ideas to make your own Masculine card, Enjoy!

Inge
Stamps: First Class Friend | Die-namics: Stacking Stars, Just The Ticket, By The Letters, Tag, You're It, Open ZigZagBorder | Paper: Ocotber Afternoon, White Bazzill Cardstock, Kraft | Other: brads, twine, staples

12 opmerkingen

  1. Ook ik heb moeite met mannen kaarten, jouw kaart is zeer maar dan ook zeer goed gelukt! Ik hoop dat je het niet erg vindt dat ik deze een keer van je ga liften?

    Groetjes, Karin

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  2. Hi Karin, dank je wel! Nee absoluut niet, I'd be honored:-D

    Groetjes, Inge

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  3. Oh Inge this is is fabulous, such great details.
    luv
    Debby

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  4. Wow, Inge! You really pulled off a great masculine card!!! :) I am impressed!

    Thanks for sharing!

    Crafty hugs,

    Jennifer
    partridgelu at yahoo dot com

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  5. This is awesome, Inge!!! Those fantastic papers and textures make for a wonderful guy card!!

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  6. great manly feel to the card and I love your personalized stamp, that is adorable.

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  7. This is perfect with all the torn and curled layers!!

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  8. Fabulous mix of papers and I LOVE the stapled sentiment inside!!

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  9. Of course he will love it, Inge! It's awesome!

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  10. What an absolutely fabulous card, Inge. Love. love, love it.

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  11. If only I had a die cutting machine, I could make cool stuff like that, too!

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  12. Wat een mooie kaart weer!! Inderdaad mannenkaarten zijn erg moeilijk. Door jouw blog met al die superkaarten ben ik helemaal verslingerd geraakt aan de mft stansen. Zoveel mogelijkheden dat ze geven.
    Komt er binnnenkort weer zo'n leuke Inge-Inge swap? Mooie kaarten door twee kanjers. Ik kijk er al weer naar uit. groetjes, Lian

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