Monday, January 30, 2012

Masculine Birthday - The Deconstructed Sketch


This weekend was my husband's birthday. You would think that I would know exactly what type of birthday card to make for him, but I struggled with this one. I found a new sketch blog, Deconstructed Sketches,  that looks so cool and the sketch jumped at me right away. I decided to go to the Well Worn paper and start from there. I think Well Worn has a great color combination for masculine cards ( which are so hard to create).  None of my images seemed to fit my husband so I went with a sentiment only and added some embellishments to jazz it up a bit.

Ahhh now on to the challenge of making a masculine Valentine card.

Stamps - Engraved Greetings, Established Elegance, Since of Time
Ink - Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede, Early Espresso
Paper - Well Worn DSP, crumb cake, very vanilla, not quite navy and early espresso card stock
Accessories - square lattice embossing folder, 1 1/4" circle punch, vintage tags, brads, linen thread, dimensionals

4 comments:

  1. AWESOME! Love that you used the little circular embellishments on this great masculine card for your hubby!

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  2. This is an AMAZING masculine card. Would love to CASE this one day. Happy Birthday to your hubby. I always struggle with cards for my nearest and dearest as well. :)

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  3. This is gorgeous, Tara! Great mix of pattern and color! Wonderful masculine card! I'm sure your guy loved it too!

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  4. Absolutely love the colors and prints you chose for this card. So Masculine-y perfect! I have this set and have never inked it up. I may just have to pull it out ;)

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