MONOCHROMATIC MALE CARDS

That title was a bit of a mouthful!  We all like to see new ideas for Male cards and The Male Room challenge is a great place to start.  Their challenge this week is to make a card without any papers.  Not too difficult for me as I don't always use them.  I decided to add this challenge to the one over at The Paper Players which is Monochromatic - Shades of the same colour.



My card uses the Stampin Up Set High Tide.  I have used an old ink I think- Always Artichoke and my ink pad is quite old and quite dry - however using Tim Holtz stamp positioner is a great way to bring life back to old inks.  You can stamp them as many times as you like and as the stamp is always in the same position the ink gets darker.  I'm sure that's not what they all had in mind when the various companies developed the stamping positioner tools but it's what I use mine for the most.

I did add black as an extra colour so I hope that was ok.  The centre was punched out with a stitched framelit and I sponged the edges and popped it on dimensionals.  The button and thread is from my stash and was inspired by one of the cards from the DT at the Male Room.  I like to use buttons and it's nice that they seem to be having a revival.  


 

HIGH TIDE AND TIMELESS TEXTURES - GDP174

I'm joining in with the Global Design Project this week with a card made with SU High Tide.



I inked the white card stock with Bermuda Bay using Timeless Textures - such a versatile set.  I used some retired DSP Naturally Eclectic as the background for the oval and for the strip of paper underneath.  The lighthouse was inked in Bermuda Bay and Island Indigo - with Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Night of Navy and Crushed Curry for the remainder of the inks for the scene.

A touch of rainbow ribbon and some Wink of Stella finishes off the card.  The sentiment is from another retired set Yay You - I use this set a lot for its fab  sentiments.  Over at my Facebook group The Joy of Sets we champion all things Stampin Up both current and retired so you will often find me using retired sets.  



 

IT'S HIGH TIDE... I MADE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A CHRISTMAS CARD!

I must admit I have a weakness for Christmas cards so once the season is nearly here I'm off making loads of them.  However, not everyone wants to see Christmas cards in October so I've forced myself out of the Christmas grotto and on to something else for the Watercooler Wednesday Masculine Challenge - the hint was in my title - I've gone with Stampin Up's High Tide.

I did lots of sponging for the background for the Lighthouse scene using all Stampin Up's colours.

I used a retired dots embossing folder and folded down the top right hand corner of the card.  The birds were continued on the inside which shows up.

and the inside of the card was also stamped and sponged.

I think this set makes great masculine cards and I love this style.


 

SEPIA TONES

I thought I'd have a play at making a card in Sepia Tones - and I think this set by Stampin Up High Tide lends itself to this type of card. I've chosen just two colours from the SU range of inks - Crumb Cake and Soft Suede.

My card was inspired by the sketch over at Fab Friday #147

I used a piece of the background paper from Kaisercraft Beach Shack  - that rope is just perfect for this card.  The dotted background paper is SU DSP and I've fussy cut the leaves out of some retired DSP from SU.  I've used a stitched framelit for the image and inked it in the two neutral colours.  The sentiment is also from the Kaisercraft Beach Shack pad of papers.  A touch of twine behind finishes off the card.  I love its muted colours.  I hope you do too.

I'm also adding this into Addicted to Stamps and More which is asking for Anything Goes










 

HIGH TIDE

My card today is for the challenge over at As You See It #185



This was an interesting challenge for me as I don't often go for blue cards - although I love Lemon Lime Twist!  I only have Dapper Denim as a marker pen so I decided to use that for the sentiment.

I've inked up High Tide by Stampin Up and this is the first time I've used this set.  I got my inspiration from Pinterest and tweaked it to suit me and this challenge - I've used a neutral of Crumb Cake - if I could have used more colours I would have added some sky but for this I've left it blank.

I did a lot of tearing on the card using Crumb Cake as a base and then the various inks for the lighthouse and the sea.  There is a  touch of water on the ink for the sea just to blend it in using an aqua painter.

I'm also adding this into a new Challenge I've found on my travels - The House That Stamps Built - their challenge is Anything Goes