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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Masculine Thinking of You

 Happy Thursday Everyone!

 In looking through the challenges available out in blogland via Paper Playful, I came across a couple that I thought I'd like to play along with.

First challenge is the Cards 4 Guys #390 challenge where the theme is Fall/Autumn Colors.

 

 
 

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Using various 1/2" strips of card stock & patterned paper, I've created this card that I think would be a good masculine card.  The men in our lives have 'bad days' too and I thought this would help lift the spirits without being too 'floofy poofy'.

Here are a few other challenges that my card fits:

The Male Room #214 - Dots and/or Stripes (ends 10/6)
Try it on Tuesday - Pretty Papers (ends 9/30) 
Creative Moments #286 - Autumn Colors (ends 10/13)
 

 Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
Greatly appreciated!

As always . . .

 

13 comments:

  1. I love the stripes! Not only do men have bad days, too, but they appreciate a nice card like this to show someone cares. Beautifully done, Darlene!

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  2. Beautiful card using the Autumn pattern papers! Works great for a guy too!

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  3. Great use of the strips and would be great for a guy card :)

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  4. Great man card Darlene - the strips of paper are really effective. Thanks for sharing with us at TIOT

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  5. Wonderful masculine feel to your fall card, and love the gold accent around the sentiment! Thanks for playing along this month at Cardz 4 Guys!

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  6. "Floofy Poofy" :-) Couldn't describe it better myself. I may just steal this phrase :-)
    I love your "stripes" card series. Such a lovely way to use up those beautiful scraps. This masculine card is perfect and I'm sure he'll love it and appreciate it! xx

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  7. Fantastic!! Thanks for playing along with our FALL/AUTUMN THEME COLOURS over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! I love your choice of designer papers....they are perfect for our theme and it meets our masculine requirement as well...well done!! Deb Horst, DT #C4G390

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  8. Love your paper choices. It makes for a great background fall card. Perfect sentiment. Thanks for sharing over at Cardz 4 Guyz

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  9. Thank you for joining The Male Room blog challenge. This card would be great way to use you scraps of paper.

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  10. Very autumnal. I do like the mix of papers for your stripes. Sorry to be so late commenting. Thank you for joining our challenge at The Male Room, Deborah, DT.

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  11. Gorgeous card, loving all the pretty stripes and beautiful sentiment. Thank you for joining the Male Room Dots and/or Stripes challenge.

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