Men. . . . . . . . .

I'm not one for making male cards - sure I've said that before! - but the challenge at 'Artful Times' this week is 'Men' and I do like trying to enter something for each of their challenges.

The challenge at 'Make My Monday' is for a 'Father's Day/Masculine' theme so I'm going to show my work there too.

Having already made a Father's Day card, I decided to make a 'Dad' card which could be used for a variety of occasions.

I struggle with male images but I do like this little car stamp although I'm not sure such a car would be much fun to drive! I decided to choose an earthy colour scheme with browns, cream and a little gold. I love kraft card and have been wanting to use some that I had so made the card blank out of a sheet. The ridged card was of the same tone so I livened it up with some inking and embossing. I've had the faux screw brads for sometime but never found a use for them until now. . . . . .

I made a liner for the card and stamped the same image inside and added it to the envelope too just for good measure!

Here's the details of how I made my card:

The elements used to make the card. The spotty background was applied to the kraft card using a mask and Distress Ink. The car on the left is stamped onto the paper used to make the card liner.

The completed card.

The letters were cut from card covered with metal tape. They were coloured with alcohol inks and I tried to achieve a 'nicotine' tone. I like the way the metal tape crinkles when it is cut on small items. The letters were applied to scrap card which was coloured with Distress Inks and lots of flicking! The ridged card was inked on the edges and gold detail powder was randomly embossed to add a little glitz. 

The main image was stamped onto water colour paper to help give a textured, aged appearance. I tried it first with Distress Ink to achieve a water colour appearance but it didn't suit the image chosen so I used Archival Ink instead. The area around the image was lightly inked and water was used to help achieve an aged look. The edge of the paper was torn and inked. Faux metal fasteners hold the image in place and add to the masculine feel.

I enjoyed making this card and particularly liked working with this colour scheme and the kraft card - need to think of something else to make, using the same palette and materials. . . . . . .!