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Not sure if this is the right thread for this but.... I am always in need of simple guy (both young men and adults) cards and I never have any on hand. I have boxes full of feminine stuff but none that will work for guys. I would love to see links to your favorite guy cards so that I can have a bunch of ideas on hand when I need them. Anyone game?
Not sure if this is the right thread for this but.... I am always in need of simple guy (both young men and adults) cards and I never have any on hand. I have boxes full of feminine stuff but none that will work for guys. I would love to see links to your favorite guy cards so that I can have a bunch of ideas on hand when I need them. Anyone game?
Kim, there are a lot of us in need of these cards....so we joined Sam's swap. Care to check it out? Go here...
Here are some of my favourites ; In the Wild The acrylic smash is actually quite easy. SC331 Light and Sea CAS Masculine Retiform MMTPT173 Ride Safe, Snoop
I like to use seaside themes, get a lot of use from In the Wild, and another thing I like for guys is embossed metal. Either old cans cut down, or you can just wrap some aluminium foil around a piece of thin cardstock cut to size and emboss it. Colour it up a bit with some alcohol inks or Copics for even more impact.
I usually check the gallery for stamp sets I have and print off inspiration from there. It has tons of clever cards, done by great artist with lots of experience.
__________________ Carolyn
my avatar: (such desparation), Dear God, if you can't make me thin; make my
friends fat"
Check out the Bombshell Stamps gallery here at Splitcoast since Bombshell has vintage pin-up, tattoo, and car/motorcycle stamps that appeal to the men in our lives. Plus they're big fun to color.
LOVE these examples! I like to use either fishing/wildlife..aquatic..or trees. Oh and lighthouses. I have a thing for turtles though so I just ordered a turtle set and can't wait to use those for some cards this comming year.
I find that the men and boys around here like this kinda plain and simple too LOL..you get too much going on and they seem to be confused LOL
Great thread - we all need inspiration for masculine cards and so fun to check out everyone's samples. I have ALOT of men/boys in my extended family and often use dog stamps - here are a couple of examples but I have alot more in my gallery:
Great thread - we all need inspiration for masculine cards and so fun to check out everyone's samples. I have ALOT of men/boys in my extended family and often use dog stamps - here are a couple of examples but I have alot more in my gallery:
Wildlife, trees, leaves, dogs, nautical. I try to tailor mine to the person. My son likes Asian so I do that for him. I've even done some nudes (artsie ones) for my brothers. There are some generic ones I've done, I took different types of swirl stamps and enbossed them in different metalic colors on blacklike gold, silver, bronze.
Thank you all for the inspiration. I so struggle with masculine cards. I favorited almost all of them. Just made a card for my architect/artist son which is hard because he has that artistic eye though he really appreciates my cards. Ended up with a colorful butterfly that I colored with Copics so that my 16 month old grandaughter could enjoy it also. I now have lots of ideas for my next masculine card.
I have a card for the lovely males in our lives, using SU products mainly. I have posted it to my blog which you can find here HuggiesCrafts Happy Spot
I posted it on 22 Dec 2011 and it's called One for the Men. I am really pleased with the way this card turned out.
Happy Crafting,
Beth (HuggiesCrafts)
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Originally Posted by jknath
Not sure if this is the right thread for this but.... I am always in need of simple guy (both young men and adults) cards and I never have any on hand. I have boxes full of feminine stuff but none that will work for guys. I would love to see links to your favorite guy cards so that I can have a bunch of ideas on hand when I need them. Anyone game?
Samswindle is hosting a men's cards swap if you want to take a stab at it and get some ideas for cards back. I posted my two card submissions to my gallery. I created a blank card with a piece of balsa wood and the dragonfly from wonderful wings. My second card is a little more whimsical with candles cut from textured paper. That one could be customized to anyone. I like having lots of guy cards on hands as my brother is my only sibling and he has 3 boys (heaven help my SIL!)
__________________ Rachel Schott
As my best friend says, "Stamping....it's cheaper than therapy" to which I add, "Not by much".
My mom was the proud recipient of my first handmade card. Cost $200.
any ideas for masculine cards that are single layers and no embellishments? Need some ideas for a card ministry for men in prison, but they can not have layers or things glued on or even embossing unless it is the dry embossing plates.
Dolly, I am in the same boat as far as those restrictions go.
I save free digital stamp images and print them on the front of cards through my printer along with a sentiment, then color them with prismacolor pencils. They have been well received.
I get my free images from this site which has links for images and sentiments.
I too have a hard time with man cards... it just seems so easy to make a girly card and then when I need a guy card my mind goes blank. I do have a few I have made... I am going to try to post them on here for you... I hope I can figure out how to do it.
any ideas for masculine cards that are single layers and no embellishments? Need some ideas for a card ministry for men in prison, but they can not have layers or things glued on or even embossing unless it is the dry embossing plates.
I would do the dry embossing with the resist areas to put images or greetings. Color with pencils or if you are using the really heavy cardstock that you can use copics without bleeding through, use those if you want. OR, use markers or something to create the looks of layers. I personally love to use a crylon gold marker to make layers. Off hand I don't have any examples but I'm sure the great gals on here will find you a bunch. I've seen some one layer cards that look just like there were all sorts of them. Good luck.
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