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Saturday, July 7, 2012
Am I the only one??
Am I the only one out there who hates making guy cards? For me, they are always a struggle. You can only do so many fishing, golfing or hunting cards without repeating yourself unless you have limitless supplies of those stamps on hand. I would much rather buy the "cutesy" stamps. The hedgehogs, cats, bunnies, kids....you get the idea. And you can't really add much ribbon to a guy card. And certainly no lace, flowers or doily dies! Heavens forbid! So that leaves you dull & boring. Having set the stage.......
Here is the front of a birthday card I need for work next week. He is in charge of our IT Dept. and this should be perfect for him. I colored it with copics & Prismacolor markers, used some Spellbinder dies to mat & added punched corners. The paper is from a 6 X 6 stack from Recollections.
This is the inside of the card. Simple. Manly....boring. Luckily, we don't have too many more guy birthdays this month so I can go back to fun cards! The guys would probably be just as happy with a piece of typing paper folded in half & "Happy Birthday" written on it!
Catch you later.
Catch you later.
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I think you are far too hard on yourself! This is a fab card and is perfect for an IT buff! I have sort of got over my dislike for masculine cards... I tend to stick to bold shapes and patterns. I asked my husband for ideas and he said "men like geometry" apparently. But I totally agree it can be a pain when you just need a little something extra and you can't plonk a flower there!!
ReplyDeleteI think it is a great guy card and perfect for any IT person. I really like the corner pieces. But I totally agree it is way more fun to color girly stuff.
ReplyDeleteI really had to laugh about your typing paper remark! Too funny! However, I think your IT guy will love this card. I mean, the image must be exactly HIM! This is GREAT!
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ReplyDeleteYou did an awesome job on this card - it is perfect - we are always very critical of ourselves - your co worker will really like this card. I like the way you colored it too. Where did you get this image from - it's great! Hugs
Great job. Those guy cards are so hard to come up with. This fits so many guys now days.
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