A friend's son celebrated his birthday on the first of this month and this is the card I made for him. It's cased from this one but has been made using Stampin' up's inks, card, ribbon and patterned paper in their colours Marina Mist and Pacific Point instead of the nautical red, white and blue of the original one.
Once again the Hero Arts stamp Vintage Map was used to create a backing paper using the stamp-a-ma-jig from Stampin' up to align the images. The edges were then distressed and inked to give the effect of an old map and a stitched border was added to give an extra frame. The same stamping technique was used to decorate the edge of the insert.
To compliment the spotted paper, and also to add texture, the pale blue backing card was embossed using the Grande Dots Embossalicious 8" x 8" embossing folder from Crafter's Companion.
I find male cards quite difficult to make so tend to batch make if there are a few birthday's close together. As I've also got three uncles with birthdays quite soon I've made a couple of these cards in this blue colour scheme and a couple more with a vintage feel.
Thanks for reading
Liz xx
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These are wonderful Liz, I love the image and colours and such a great layout too.
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Beautiful! Love the soft colors. Thanks for joining us at Do You Stack Up.
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These are beautiful Liz. Love your colour scheme and fabulous design and layout.
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Lovely cards, thank you for joining us at Inky Impressions this week
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A perfect male card, really lovely colours! Thank you for linking up with us @ Fab 'n Funky :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous male card, great colour and image. Beautifully put together.
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Best wishes, Sharon
Wow fab card for a fella! Thanks for playing at Here Come The Boys! Woo x
ReplyDeletestunning male card liz.really fab design and colours and i love the image :D
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OMG, you may find male cards difficult to do, but you do them fabulously. I love this card and am so happy I got to see it.
ReplyDeletethanks for playing with us at Pile It On. Good luck!
Your card is so very pritty! I bet the son of your friend love it and will safe it forever. Thank you for joining us at Fairytale Challenge! xx Bianca
ReplyDeleteGreat male cards, Thanks for joining us for Lady anne's Challenge.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous male card you have made, I love the map stamp you have used. Thank you for sharing with us at Lady Anne's. I hope we see you again.
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These are really great masculine cards Liz.
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B x
A great male card. Love the design and the lovely colours
ReplyDeleteYour card is sooo Beautiful. Visited from MIM..Loz
ReplyDeleteHello again Liz, just having another look at your fabulous cards so that I can say thank you for taking part in the Ladybug Crafts Challenge
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this is beautiful.. love the mono color look of it.. saw it posted on MIM..
ReplyDeleteWonderfull. Lovely card with great details.
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LG Michelle
This is lovely!! I love boat / ocean cards. Which stamps did you use for the images on the front? (Maybe I mis-read it). It's simply gorgeous. Saw it on MIM!!
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a super card, love those papers. a real eye catcher xx
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Stunning card, beautiful colours. Thank you for joining us at a Gem of a Challenge.
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I love the mono colour on these makes them particularly masculine ...
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us for our 'just for men' challenge this week at Allsorts
Emma xxx
Great take on a masculine card. Love the images and color combination. I find male cards difficult to make too, so thanks for sharing your work for inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI saw you at MIM. My projects are 130 and 177.
I was making Christmas cards today, so I hope you are already thinking about writing a letter to Santa too :-))
Happy Crafting!
You've made a beautiful nautical themed card, perfect for a man! I think the layout is fabulous, and you've used such nice images and the map printed paper looks great as background! I spotted your card on MIM.
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