Monday, January 25, 2010

Cloudy Day Masculine Card

This card is for Mary Jo's SCFC1 Challenge. I found a great card by Wendy Weixler using this great sketch that I have seen around a lot lately. I took a VERY FEMININE card that Wendy made and turned it into a VERY MASCULINE card of my own.

The funny thing is that Wendy's card attracted me, because it used the Inspired by Nature stamp set and pink. However, I decided that it was time for me to move away from the flower (did you notice I just used the grass in this card???) and pink for at least one card. You are bound to see them again--just warning you so you are prepared! :)
This card is so outside my comfort zone. #1 it is masculine -- I tend to shy away from them.
#2 I used an aquawriter and did a little watercoloring for the grass. I tend to saturate my paper and make a mess. I admit my cardstock was WET, but I have grass! AND...did you notice my clouds? I have seen Gretchen make BEAUTIFUL cards using her handmade cloud template. My clouds and template need some work, but I was pleased w/ my first attempt at making clouds. :) Whew! I'm tired... this card caused me stress... LOL
I really liked how it turned out though and I hope you do too!
Here it is:
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Nature Silhouettes, Inspired by Nature
Cardstock: Bordering Blue, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White
Ink: Bordering Blue, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip
DSP: Old Olive
Accessories: Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, aquawriter, my cloud template (scallop oval punch in this case), dimensionals and a sponge

5 comments:

  1. I love this card, man cards are so hard to make sometimes!

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  2. Great card! I am in awe of the clouds!

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  3. This card has inspired me to make a card for my son. TFS

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  4. This truly beutiful Wendy, I love that deer. I'm glad you enjoyed the blog hop yesterday over in Australia and thank you very much for your sweet comment. If you can't find your Baja, I'm quite happy to send you some. Take care, lots of inky hugs from Charmaine :-)

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  5. This is quite beautiful. Some day I hope to make lovely clouds like you.

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