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Friday 13 May 2011

Another 'MAN' card!


Hi again

The other day I bought a set of the new Papermania Nostalgia car stamps.  If you're a member of the Docraft forum you may have seen the thread about them, and be aware that there was a problem with the mini cooper in the set.  Anyway, my main reason for buying them was the vintage car, so having discovered that I had one of the faulty sets I took it back and swapped it for a set by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions  which included this image, which I actually like even better.  I've come to the conclusion that one of the reasons I usually struggle with men's cards is that I try to put too much on them, so this time I decided right at the start to keep it simple and this one came together really quickly - result!  I stamped the image with a dark brown ink and decided that it looked a bit stark on basic white, so stamped a  part of a scroll stamp around the edges, and then smudged it with my finger to create a more 'vintage' frame.  The cogs are a BIGZ die which I love for men's cards.  I crackle glazed one of them to add a bit of texture, and added some eyelets with the aid of my crop-a-dile to the other one.  I really like this tool as it makes it just so easy to fix eyelets in place - so much so, that I added some more to the corners of the brown card which I embossed in the Big Shot (sorry can't remember whose embossing folder it is).  The birthday sentiment was in my stash, and I added the 'wishes' whose letters were stamped individually, and then given the same 'smudge' treatment as the frame.  I think that about sums it up.

As always, I hope you like it, and thanks for visiting.

Judi x

8 comments:

  1. Oh dear Judi I was looking at these stamps just yesterday and I wasn't sure what to do, now I wish I'd bought them, this is a great male card. Lovely to be bloggin' again isn't it?
    Have a good weekend. Teresa xx

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  2. Hiya Judi

    My friend has the New papemania set...i will have to let her know about the fault & get her to check hers, just incase!!

    Brilliant Male card hunni...great image & fabbie layout :oD
    hugs and xxxx

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  3. Wow..this is such a fantastic masculine card.I struggle so much with these..and it is nice to have some inspiration! LOVE the embellishments too!

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  4. fantastic male card judi.i love the vintage image and perfect papers and design :D

    xx coops xx

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  5. This is brilliant Judi.
    I can not make male cards at all!
    Well done!
    Hugs
    Chris x

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  6. Fab man card Judi, I wish I could make them as half as good :)
    hugs Mandy xx

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  7. Great card Judi. I was toying with getting the new vintage PM set but I'll hold off now, thanks for the info.

    BTW I've popped an image of the original stamp I used on my 'reviving old stash' post. Thanks for the suggestion. :)

    Edna x

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  8. A fabulous guy card, just gorgeous.

    Liza x

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