Men always seem to require a bit more thought, somehow. Well, there are only so many cards you can make featuring sport, beer or technology, and I've managed to steer clear of them so far! So, what do we know about Tim? He likes sport, beer and, er, technology...damn.
This is where pinterest comes to the rescue - again - and I have a board for masculine card ideas that I dip into on these occasions, and this time I came up with this pin from stamptalkwithtosh.blogspot.co.uk:
Now, Tosha made this using a distress resist technique and several different background stamps, which she explains beautifully on her blog, and one that I could happily do, if only I had several different background stamps. Ah. So this is where lateral thinking came in.
I used patterned papers that have been sitting on a shelf for YEARS and have escaped ditching by the skin of their teeth many times, as I very rarely use patterned paper. To get a seamless join, I layered them one on top of the other - luckily they are not double sided, so it's not too bulky. The edges have been distressed, and I added some dashed lines on a couple of the segments to define them. The greeting is made from a stamped embossed 'happy', cut out and mounted on a bit of foam tape, and a die cut 'birthday'. The panel is mounted on a black card blank, and looks grungier in real life than on the photo.
The bit about Tim that I haven't mentioned is that he is Dutch, so the orange segment is a nod to that.
And this is it :
I used:
My Minds Eye Lime Twist 12 x 12 paper stack
Dylusions Journal Block (for the wavy edge)
black cardstock
Hickory Smoke distress ink (you can see it more on the actual card)
1" distressing tool
Faber Castell SX black pen
SSS Happy Birthday die
stamp from Stampendous Happy Tile Set
Versafine Onyx Black inkpad
clear embossing powder
1mm foam tape
fine tip glue applicator
Herma tape thingy
See you later,
Janet x
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