Monday, February 18, 2013

Seize the Birthday #6 + FabFri12 (Masculine Birthday Card)

I've mentioned before that I am terrible at making masculine cards. Part of the problem is that most of my stamps have butterflies, swirly patterns, flowers, or something adorable on them; not very masculine, huh? I've been trying to remedy that, though, mostly through buying neutral colored paper & non-frilly sayings stamps. So when I was actually able to accomplish this week's Seize the Birthday Masculine Card challenge -- and I liked my end result! -- I was pretty proud of myself. Granted, what I came up with might be more suited for a little boy than a grown man, I'm fairly certain my dad would be happy to get a card like this.

I promise that I didn't pick out my curtains to match Stampin' Up! colors.
. . . It just kinda happens that way sometimes. 

The layout came from the sketch challenge over at STB, as I mentioned above. The fantastic color combo, though? Yeah, totally wish I could claim that as my own fantastic creation. But I can't. It came from the lovely folks over at Fab Friday, who gave us a phenomenal color challenge this week. (I actually made TWO cards in that color challenge, and I'll be posting the other one tomorrow.) So here are the challenges I undertook for this card. First, the sketch:


Isn't it lovely? Now on to the color challenge! (Note: I left out the Perfect Plum in an attempt to make this as masculine as possible with the cutesy background.) This is the FabFri12 color palette:


In an amazing feat of coincidence, this card ALSO qualifies for this week's Friday Mashup! Since I used our Stampin' Write© Markers to color in the word stamp elements, it qualifies for the "Markers" section, and the Textured Impressions Embossing Folder© on the bottom qualifies it for the mash-up with "texture" -- so there ya go! Here's their info, too, so go check them out! 

Here is the "Mashup" Challenge:
  1. Make a project "using your Markers (thumping,Color Spritzing,Coloring etc.)."
  2. Or Make a project with "Texture."
  3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with "Texture using your Markers."


Card Details
Paper: Soft Suede CS, Baja Breeze CS, Whisper White CS, Storytime DSP
Ink: Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi
Tools: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Embossing Folder©, Ovals Collection Framelits©, Paper Piercing Pack & Paper Piercing Tool, Stamp-a-Ma-Jig© (to align text), Dimensionals



9 comments:

  1. I love this! I like how you switched the green and blue on the greeting, opposite the cardstock. :)

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    1. Thanks, Tanya! And yeah, we're gonna go with "I totally did that on purpose, of course!" (Because, really, it was a total coincidence!) :)

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  2. Very cute! Love the layout you chose. Thanks for joining the Friday Mashup this week.

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  3. Very nice! I love that alphabet paper with this. Great job.
    Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday!
    Lynn

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  4. Great masculine card! Sometimes just focusing on the sentiment makes them easier doesn't it? So glad that the Fab Friday challenge colors could get you started on this one!

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  5. Great choice of colors for a masculine card. Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday this week.

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  6. Such an elegant card! I really like how you combined challenges. Thanks for playing along with us at the Friday Mashup this week!

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  7. Great job on your card! I love how you used the "ABC" paper with Happy Birthday! Thanks so much for joining us at Fab Friday!

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  8. I love the "cursive" in the background for this one. This would be a great teacher card too! Thanks for playing at Fab Friday!

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