Monday, October 31, 2011

mann-ly love





well, i decided to try my hand at a masculine card...not my usual cup of tea because i'm all about cute and quirky! but since i am in a mann house, filled with boys (even our cat is a boy!), i thought i should take a crack at it! :)


i made this card for the sparks challenge at paper smooches, just take a look at that inspiration photo! and for the young crafters united challenge - masculine cards! (ps - they'll be having a blog hop this weekend starting nov 4th. be there or be square!)







i LOVE it. i love the colors, the textures and the whole feel of the photo!




i just love that little light bulb from the 'perpetual bliss' stamp set! i paper pieced it and popped it up for dimension

the 'sparks' and sentiment are from the 'boob tubes' stamp set, and i heat embossed them so it would really pop on the dark background. the heart is fussy cut (also from boob tubes) and i added a glossy effect to it so it would be dark and shiny too.




i tore the edges because that seemed 'tough' and 'mann-ly' to me! ha ha! i was going to add some red thread to it and then i thought - sam, stop! this is a man card, before you know it, you'll add more hearts and a bow somewhere! lol. so i drew the line at the ripped edges and the asymetrical feel to the card. :)


enjoy!

7 comments:

  1. your soo whitty! I love that set, it's on my wish list.

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  2. Cute card! LOVE the brown and the way you used the lightbulb stamp. Great use of the SPARKS challenge.

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  3. Oh Mann, (hee hee) I love those two stamps together... Genius! Great card, Samantha!

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  4. Such a cute card, Samantha! You did a great job with both of the challenges!

    Thanks for joining us at YCU!

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  5. SOOOO Cute! I am def. adding this to my CASE file:) LOVE:) THANKS so much for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge!!!

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  6. I love the combination of sets you used and the torn edge on the dark paper. Looks great! :)

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  7. This is fantastic! I love the torn edge. Thanks so much for playing along in the SPARKS Challenge!

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