Hands up those who like making 'man' cards........ mmmmmm thought so - not many of you is there?! And I am with you keeping my hands firmly by my side - but - whilst you're in the mood (and trust me I wasn't to begin with), you have to go with the flow so here it is
I inked it up with Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen and Rusty Hinge randomly to start then spritzed with water before running through the Big Shot.
Left it to dry out a bit.
Rubbed over the top of the impression lightly with Vintage Photo and Brushed Corduroy, being careful (for once!) not to press down too hard as I only wanted the clock faces highlighted!
Chopped the panel into 3 pieces, matted on gold mirri card and mounted onto dark brown cardstock.
A gold heat embossed sentiment to finish and one man card done!
Sharing over at
TIOT - Man in your Life
Let's Squash It - Make it Manly
Alphabet - E for Emboss
Crafty Friends - Men
CYHTP - A/Goes
We have had a sunny weekend here but it has been very windy - good for drying the washing but not so much for the hair!
Hope the sun has shined where you are and thank you for looking! x
21 comments:
A fabulous masculine card with a wonderful vintage feel,love the colours you used on the ef, thank you for joining in at the Alphabet Challenge
Fabulous masculine card love the inky embossing-always forget about that technique! Thank you for the reminder.
Carol x
Wow gorgeous colour from adding all those layers of ink. Awesome masculine card ♥
Brilliant result and it does look as if you did actually 'enjoy every moment' in spite of it being a 'man' card 😉
Love the rusty effect created by the colour mix you chose in the folder, great masculine card for Let’s Squash It!
Wow, what a fabulous card! Loving the vintage feel with those grungy and rusty clocks - perfect 😀. Thanks so much for joining in the fun at Try it on Tuesday! Hugs Jo x
Fabulous masculine card and love the effect with the dry embossing and those clocks Viv x.
This is a gorgeous card. I love the clock panels. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Try It On Tuesday. hugs-Erika
Wow, that combination of colors made an awesome card. It is very masculine with the colors and that embossing folder.
You have succeeded where many fail with this one Viv. It is a brilliant masculine card. I love how you have split the embossing into 3 and introduced the gold. It works brilliantly xx
A great masculine card Viv, colours look fabulous and I live the 3 panel effect.
Thanks for sharing at Try it on Tuesday.
Avril xx
Its a fantastic male themed card Viv and my hands are down as well.
Thank you for linking with us at Try it on Tuesdays.
Yvonne xx
I love this Viv and you obviously got the pressure just right for highlighting the clock faces with ink! I do like making male cards but I have to be in the mood!! Vicky x
Terrific masculine card with the inked embossing. I find it difficult to make “man” cards so my hand stayed firmly by my side too!!! Xxx
What a great male card Viv. I like the design and your colour choice and inking...spot on . xx
This has worked beautifully Viv and I love the green and orangy brown for the clock faces and the added brown blended around them and the added gold matted layer and mounted on the brown base card complements it really well, and also finished with the gold embossed sentiment too. Unfortunately in my extended family there are far more males than females so I get this all the time..as you say not an easy task. Sorry you had such a difficult time leaving a comment..I don't know if it's down to the new style of comment box but I have tried switching to the pop up style box for commenting as Darnell suggested but don't think there is anything else I can do. I find now that with those that have this new 'enhancement' I can't use my tablet to comment any longer which is a bit of pain. x
I think I have this embossing folder in my NBUS box and never knew what to do with it. Now I know! Thanks so much for the inspiration with this fantastic card, Viv!
Wow, that's so simple and stylish. Thanks for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge. Love Dawn x
Man cards are definitely the hardest -- no cutesy for them! You've made a great man-card and it will be loved
Love that grungy aged embossing and the split panel. Cool design. Thanks for joining the fun at Let's Squash It! Hugz
Fabulous card Viv! LOVE the colours you've added to the embossed ... and the design with the tryptich panels. The sentiment is perfect to go with the clock faces. Great work, my friend! xx
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