Sunday, October 24, 2021

Birthday cards for the Guys

 Happy Sunday Friends and Welcome Back to the Blog!

While hubby was busy watching College Football yesterday, I got busy creating a few masculine birthday cards using a VERY OLD stamp from a company that's been out of business for several years now.  The stamp is from the GM Series - 1955 GMC Truck and the company was Cornish Heritage Farms ... remember them??

Here ya go . . .

 After coloring my image using Tombow markers, I went through various paper pads to find green background panels that I thought looked masculine and came up with these two.



On this second card I felt the background panel also needed a black matting but didn't want the weight of yet another panel so I took a black marker and carefully went around the outside edge.  Viola!  I also used the excess ink that was on one of my green TH ink sponges to add color the the white panel my truck is stamped on.

Here are a couple more in a different color . . .

Once again going through my paper pads and came across these stripes & dots panels which were actually double sided so played around a bit for my background designs.


A few little dots of black Nuvo Crystal Drops was all the added embellishment needed on these two cards.  Guys don't like a whole lot of 'fru fru' on their cards so I've tried to keep these relatively simple in design ... letting the old truck take center stage.

Challenges to share in:

Inkspirational Challenge #250 (ends 10/30) - Boys or Men
Seize the Birthday Challenge #225 (ends 10/26) - ATG Birthday (not using topper)

 2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge #55 (ends 10/31) - Masculine
Creative Sketchy Girls Challenge #65 (ends 11/20) - Masculine

Today's another Football Day so I should be able to get a lot more cards done again today.  My first craft show is Nov. 6th so time is ticking away!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you've liked what I had to share today.

As always . . .


12 comments:

  1. Great masculine cards and that stamp sure is a keeper, it is a great truck!!

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  2. You're on a roll, Darlene! These trucks are a classic and you can't go wrong with them. The papers are great and you're right about taking it easy on the fru fru. Perfect masculine cards!

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  3. Great masculine cards with those backgrounds. Thanks for sharing with us at Seize the Birthday.

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  4. These are awesome - and now you have a batch of masculine cards on hand!!

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  5. Awesome set of "guy" cards, Darlene. The recipients will love them! The image is very masculine and the papers you used make the it even more so.
    Have a wonderful week.
    Hugs,
    Lena

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  6. Nice cards!
    Thank you for joining our challenge this month.
    Caroline DT 2Sistersontheblog

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  7. Wonderful guy cards and you found some great papers to go with your trucks, the first one is my favorite!

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  8. Darlene, these are such great masculine cards! I love them both but the green one is really cool! I am thrilled to see you in our gallery at Seize the Birthday! Take care and good luck at the Craft show!

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  9. These definitely work as masculine cards - and I love the variations in the designs! Great addition to a birthday card stash. Thanks for joining us at Inkspirational and Seize the Birthday!

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  10. Wow! You made good use of time with these masculine birthday cards. A nice trick to add a border too. I am glad that you decided to play along with us at Seize the Birthday Challenge this week.

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  11. Very nice.
    Thank you for joining our challenge.
    Nicolette DT 2Sistersontheblog

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