Take Two Tuesday
Hello! Welcome to our second day of masculine cards… and another card drive for the Cards For Heroes organization.
Throughout the week, we will be sharing ideas from our Hero Hostesses. These cards will be cards suited for men, cards that are good for a man to give to a woman, or Father’s Day cards. We are also encouraging people to send in cards to Cards For Heroes. (Please click HERE for the easy information for sending in cards. You could win some great stamp prizes!)
Today we have some wonderful ideas for you. First we have a delightful card from Lisa Carroll. I just love the window she created behind the star!
Card by Lisa Carroll.
Supplies:
- Galaxy of Stars
- Happy Greetings
- Thanks Definition (behind star)
- Chocolates and Blueberries Chalk Ink Queue
- White Embossing Powder
- Summer Buttons
- Crimson Notecard and Kraft Notecard (trimmed, punched, and crimped)
- Other: paper crimper, square punch (EK Success), thin jute, and pop dots
Our next card is by Deborah Nolan. This card would be great to send in to Cards for Heroes - the perfect card for a soldier to send home to a loved one. So pretty…
Card by Deborah Nolan.
Supplies:
- Hello Circles
- Frames and Messages
- Italian Poetry Background
- Antique Map Background
- Sparkle Gems Small Blossoms
- Small Accent Pearls
- Other: Brilliance, Ranger Distress, VersaMagic & VersaFine inks, Glimmer Mist, Tim Holtz Dabbers, Tim Holtz Grungeboard bird and flourish, silk ribbon, Heidi Swapp chipboard heart, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder
Karen Piskor created this next Father’s Day card idea. It is so classy - I would love to give a card like this to my dad. I really like how she added “Dad” before the stamped message.
Card by Karen Piskor.
Supplies:
- Hug For You
- Four Leaf Grid
- AR143 Cool Dad (Archiver’s Exclusive)
- Neutral Art Flowers
- Vintage Collage Art Flowers
- Kraft Notecards
- Assorted Clear Gemstones
- Other: Fleur De Lis border punch (EK Success), patterned paper (Basic Grey Boxer collection), red trim
And our last card today is by Judy Jung. This would be another great card for a man to give a loved one. So elegant and cheerful all at once!
Card by Judy Jung.
Supplies:
- Dots and Flowers
- Asian Frames
- Mix and Match Elements
- VersaMark
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Other: cardstock (Stampin’ Up), circle and scalloped circle dies (Nestabilities), VersaFine sepia ink, white marker (Galaxy), white Liquid Pearls on flowers, ribbon
Remember: There are two ways to win this week! You can enter our weekly challenge and/or send cards in for the Cards for Heroes card drive. All of the information can be found at the bottom of THIS post - both are very easy to enter!
Thanks for stopping by…
Filed under: manly
NancyW.
I think these cards are beautiful.. I am going to try to make a few for the heros too.
jen sweatman
Great to see the hostesses work getting featured! Wonderful cards ladies
Crafty Karin
Deborah Nolan’s card is amazing! I have purchased a bunch of grungeboard and this inspires me to start playing with it!
I love all of these cards - manly cards are usually so had to make.
Susan McRae
Great cards ladies!
Tona
Love all of those cards! Thanks yet again for the inspiration.
sue wisniewski
All the cards are great. I was wondering how the background was colored on the grunge board bird card?
I sent in some cards for hero yesterday for you card drive. I have been sending cards to soldiers for a couple of years now with my local stamp store. Always have extra cards and this is a good way to put them to good use. stamping sue
Deborah
Hi, Sue! I’m glad you enjoyed all our cards!
The background on the card was created ike this:
1. Use Cuttlebug embossing folder (”Script”) on white paper.
2. “Kiss” Ranger Distress Inks to a Ranger craft sheet (or glass, waxed paper, etc) and lightly spritz with water. Shari Carroll did a video on this - go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi6o5tLSqoM&feature=channel_page
3. Place your embossed panel face down in the inky puddle and twist.
4. Dry with heat gun.
5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 until you’re satisfied with the result.
6. OPTIONAL: Use Tim Holtz inking blending tool to apply Ranger Distress Inks and heat set. (If you feel like you want to do a little more blending.)
7. Use a sanding block (I get mine from Sally’s Beauty Supply because they’re super cheap) to lift off the color from the embossed parts.
8. Spritz with Glimmer Mist (”Gold”).
9. Heat set.
I hope you try this - it’s really fun, really easy, and really cool!
Yvonne
Lots of wonderful ideas! Thank-you. I will get busy on cards for service folks.
Susan McRae
Beautiful cards!
kristina
These cards have really gotten me inspired!