One for the Boys at Sparkles Monthly

Birthday, Everyday, Food and/or Drink items, masculine, Ocassions, Taylored Expressions

Hello friends!  I hope you’ve had a nice weekend.  I spent mine doing house chores which is fine as there has been a heat advisory here for a couple of days, so I thought I’d stay indoors!

I’m here today to share my project(s) for the new challenge over at Sparkles Monthly with the theme of “One for the Boys“.  I’m always needing masculine cards, so this worked for me!

Cheers!  I’ve pulled out the Taylored Expressions Hoppy Days stamp set for this card.  I like the pun sentiments that go with it.  I stamped the “bubble pops” image above the beer in yellow ink and added some sparkle with Stickles.  I also used some liquid applique and heated it up for the “foam” on the beer stein.  The die set cuts out the beer stein as well as that oval platform underneath.  I cut off the excess on the side of the card after I popped it up with foam squares.

I stamped the pun sentiment in navy ink on the top left of the card.

I trimmed two thin strips of copper mirror cardstock then attached on each side of the pattern design before popping up the beer stein.

  • For the pattern details on the card, I used the Taylored Expressions Create-in-Quads Mod stencil set which actually makes 4 different card panels at once. (this particular one is retired, but click here for other sets.)  These are all of the four cards I completed:

I had the beer theme in mind when creating a card in the first place, but then I thought it would be fun to pull out one of these create-in-quads stencils to make a pattern and have four cards completed at the same time.

I was thinking of masculine colors to use and I came up with the Taylored Expressions colors: Blue Corn, Mushroom, Pineapple and Salt Water Taffy.  I used a full sheet of white cardstock and after the stenciling was finished, they were cut into 4 sections for card fronts.  All the card fronts were attached to Blue Corn A2 side folding card bases.

To continue with the masculine look of the cards, I’ve added some touches of Copper metallic with mirror cardstock and other details.  Each card was done a bit different and you can see the others in the gallery below with details.

If you’re on my website, click on each photo below to enlarge:

I used copper watercolor to make splatters and die cut sentiment with copper and blue corn.
I die cut a frame and sentiment plus added copper sequins.
I heat embossed with copper embossing powder and added copper mirror strip and sequins.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my set of masculine cards today!  Please be sure to stop by the Sparkles Monthly challenge blog to see the inspiration from the team and I hope you’ll play along!

Thanks so much for stopping in!  I appreciate you taking the time to join me here!

CHALLENGES:

  1. Daring Cardmakers – “Cheers!”(Beer card)
  2. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
  3. Creative Fingers – Anything Goes
  4. A Perfect Time to Craft – Anything Goes
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17 thoughts on “One for the Boys at Sparkles Monthly”

  1. Those quad backgrounds really make for some fun cards! I love the mug of beer with the liquid applique and those copper highlighted sentiments look so rustic and fancy for masculine cards. Well done on this set and I hope you’re staying cool indoors – which is what I’ve been doing as well. Have a great week ahead!

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  3. Love the backgrounds! I have several sets of the quad stencils and I just got some new blending brushes in different sizes so I need to get them out! I love all of your cards!

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  5. Fabulous male style cards Vicki, I love the colours and details, the mug of beer and the black and copper sentiments and stenciling, really fun and awesome..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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  9. Those are great cards Vicki. I think the copper metallic looks great and adds to the masculine vibe. As do those colors. They all work together so well. I hope you’re having a super week.. Has it cooled off any? Take care. hugs-Erika

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  11. What a fabulous design you created on these awesome male cards, which are always a challenge to come up with. The beer is perfect too. Love them.

    Hugs

    Sue

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  12. This is a great collection of cards. The colors are wonderful and I love when I can make a card and am inspired to crank out a few to add to my collection. Super masculine card too. I have a few family members turning 21 this year so I need to work on a few for the special occasion.

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  14. Wonderful creation. Thanks for entering you card at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends  Das een hele mooie creatie.  Leuk dat je meedoet met onze challenge bij Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Creatieve Groetjes Claudia <a</a>Mijn FB groep:&nbsp;<a href=”https://www.facebook.com/groups/claudiaskaartjes/”>Claudia’s Kaartjes</a> <a</a>You tube:<a href=”https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnlT4Rs1DfAZU_GLcM7Kx1g”>Claudia’s Kaartjes</a> <a</a>Blog:<a href=”https://claudiaskaartjes.blogspot.com/”>Claudia’s Kaartjes</a> Challenge blogs: <a</a><a href=”https://girlzcreativechristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/”>Girlz Creative Christmas&nbsp;</a> <a</a><a href=”https://girlzmakesguyzcards.blogspot.com/”>Girlz makes Guyz Cards</a> <a</a><a href=”https://girlzcreativecrafts.blogspot.com/”>Girlz creative crafts</a> <a</a><a href=”https://creativesketchygirls.blogspot.com/”>Creative sketchy girls</a> <a</a><a href=”https://girlzrebelchallenge.blogspot.com//”>Girlz Rebel Challenge</a> <a</a><a href=”https://girlzcreativefunartofscrap.blogspot.com///”>Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap</a>

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  16. great guy cards and not “boring.” Your stenciling is a nice background touch and the foam from the liquid applique just adds so much to that card. You made the most of your work session by using a stencil that would make 4 cards. Good ideas!

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  17. Stunning set of masculine cards, Vicki! I have trouble designing masculine cards, you make it so easy to create cards for men. And a whole set of cards at that!

    hugs,

    BożenA

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