May 22 2008
For the Men…
It’s this time of year as Father’s day isn’t too far away that we always find renewed interest in masculine designs. Actually, the men in our lives are pretty important and often their designs get neglected. We just seem to gravitate more towards flowers and all sorts of girlie things. Today’s WT challenge is to find ways to create Masculine designs in your cards or projects. My good friend Lindsey has once again jumped in to help me out with today’s challenge. You can check it out here.
I’m mostly back on my feet again and madly trying to catch up around the house and with some deadlines. I did stop to create this card design for today’s challenge. How could I not when today is my dad’s birthday?! Happy birthday dad! I’m so glad you are on the mend! Hope you can find enough breath to blow out all those candles. 
F is for Father
For this design…I pulled out my Rummage Bin For the Men stamp set by Cornish Heritage Farms. I’ve been wanting to use this beautiful flourished F again. Also being short on time, I decided to use mostly patterned paper and use this week’s CPS sketch, CPS#65 for my design. When you’re in a hurry…a sketch to give you direction is always a great way to get started.
I’m just loving these new paper from Basic Grey. These are from the Archaic 6×6 paper pad. I just love combining prints and Basic Grey always puts together such a fabulous mix. How DO they do it each time?! To add some depth and interest to my design, I added some sponging on the edges of my card and papers and stitched around my layers. It was super fun to add in touches of embellishments…the embossed sentiment, the paper & brad decorated inchie, some Creative Impressions dotted ribbon stitched at the top.
Hope you enjoy the challenge ! Have a fabulous day!
Supply List:
Stamps:
- horse and sentiments from For the Men stamp set (The Rummage Bin line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
- flourish from Beautiful stamp set (The Rummage Bin line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
-Versamark by Tsukineko
-Brushed Corduory Distress Ink by Ranger
Cardstock:
-Kraft by Prism Papers
-patterned paper - 6×6 Archaic Paper Pad by Basic Gray
Accessories:
-brad by Creative Impressions
- dotted ribbon and hemp twine by Creative Impressions
-black embossing powder by Stampendous
-clip by Making Memories
-sewing machine
Cornish Heritage Farms Staff Designer Coordinator
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I love all the details in this masculine card!
This masculine card is fantastic! Love how you got away with using a flourish — it totally works! I’m sure your dad will love it. Glad that he’s feeling better too.
tfs
Fantastic design, J! I love the added inchy (and, of course, the horse)! I’m so glad you’re feeling better and happy birthday to your dad! I hope he’s recovering well!
Oh, I love this card, love the papers!!! I will have to make a Father’s Day card for my husband this year.
This is stunning, glad to hear you are feeling better!! Happy Birthday to your dad!!
cool design, Julia! HBday to your Dad!! I know he will love this!
oooh. i luv this! what a fab take on the cps sketch!
This is great Julia! Thanks for playing along with the CPS team this week!
Great card. The masculine ones are always a challenge for me.
Hi, Julia! I was scrolling along through all the wonderful things there are to see in every one of your posts and I had to stop and tell you how much I love this card. How fabulous this is for any masculine card occasion! I love the paper panels and embellishments. Now I’m off to see those new CHF backgrounds! Thank you!