Saturday, September 16, 2023

Masculine Birthday Card


My friend's husband (who loves to work with wood) is having a birthday soon, so I made this card for him. I kept it simple, adding some woodgrain embossing with a Tim Holtz EF on a MFT die-cut fishtail banner, then doing some stenciling on the bottom panel with a GMD weave stencil. I added a snippet of dark brown cardstock with 2 golden square brads, and tied some copper colored cord around the sentiment panel. For the finishing touch, I added a few dots of gold Stickles here and there.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Can you Handle the Pressure? - A/G using an embossing folder with *opt. trees

The September Stencil Challenge - A/G using a stencil with *opt. Fall

the Allsorts Challenge #746 - Masculine or *opt. A/G

That's going to be it for me today and it's a gorgeous day here in PA today! Thanks so much for stopping by and have yourself a great day whatever your weather is.

Carol

18 comments:

*Vicki* said...

Wow, this is a really wonderful layout Carol! I love that woodgrain embossed banner and your metallic touches! Such a great masculine card! Enjoy your weekend!

jimlynn said...

Great masculine card and a very cool idea about using the wood embossing folder on it too. I love the design! Perfect card for a guy!
Lynn

Aquarius said...

An excellent masculine card with the various woody textures and colours

crafty-stamper said...

Great masculine card and texture
Carol x

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Your masculine cards are always beautiful and personalized too! You are so talented! Love the woodgrain embossing on the banner and the stencil on the back! The metallic square brads and the stickles are a perfect touch.
I'm so glad to hear that it's a gorgeous day where you live! Here today IT'S RAINING!! Happy dance!! :D
Hugs and love from so far!

Valerie-Jael said...

Your card is gorgeous, Carol, it's always so hard to make good masculine cards. You managed it really well. Have a great weekend, hugs, Valerie

Liz said...

Great masculine card, Carol. I love all the texture. xx

Wendy said...

Oooooooh I love this, Carol! All the fun details make this card perfect for your friend! Great texture added with the stencil at the bottom and the embossed fishtail banner! Love the added brads, too! Enjoy your Saturday, friend! It's beautiful out! Hugs~

brenda said...

It's a perfect masculine card in the neutral colours Carol and the design and layout is very pleasing on the eye, so nice to see you at Allsorts challenge this week, many thanks.

B x

Ellibelle said...

A truly perfect masculine card, love how this turned out and such a great choice of colors too!
Thank you so much for sharing at Allsorts challenge!
Ellie
Ellibelle's Corner

Sarn said...

Enjoy your beautiful PA day!

LOVING this masculine card. Perfect for your friend AND the Allsorts challenge. NJ! xxx

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

LURVE, this fabulous masculine card Carol, perfect elements for a woodworker. I bet he was thrilled with this card.
Faith x

Hena Tayeb said...

Beautifully done!

Brenda in IN said...

A great "guy" card and the wood is perfect for him. Wonderful idea for his card.

Rainey's Craft Room said...

I love the wood grain and the masculine feel to this card. Thanks for sharing at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine

Darlene said...

Oh Carol, this is fabulous! He's going to love it! Awesome masculine design! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth, Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B

Brenda said...

Oh I love this card Carol! It is simple and masculine! Perfect for a guy who loves to work with wood. Hugs, Brenda

Lisa said...

Great layers and layout for this wonderful masculine birthday card.