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Monday 3 August 2020

What colours to use for male cards?

Hello, crafting friends!

It was the birthday of a tall, handsome and altogether charming young man last week - my eldest son! Naturally I made a card to celebrate. It's so easy to go for muted colours when creating cards for the guys isn't it, but sometimes brights can be the very thing!


I pulled out an old favourite Stampin' Up set called Celebrate Today to make this card. (Thank you SO much for restoring it to me Gill. I think of you with such gratitude whenever I use it!) 


The balloons were stamped across the card stock, overlapping each other and creating patterns of deeper colour. There are two balloons in the set and I made sure I used the balloon with the word happy in it where I wanted my greeting to go. Now that I have a stamping platform, the solid images in the set stamp beautifully every time, with no patchiness.


Once I'd got the balloons where I wanted them, I cut a panel out using a Heffy Doodles stitched rectangle die and added the word 'birthday' in a lovely flowing font using Avery Elle's Big Birthday. The panel was attached to a card base and that was it - quite simple with the colours being the stars of the show.

CHALLENGES
I'm linking this card up with Crafty Friends where I used colours from their gorgeous summer pallette; also Allsorts, where theyy want us to Make It Masculine; and finally, Seize The Birthday, where I've gone for the Anything Goes option.


AND IN OTHER NEWS
I'm afraid the Blouse Burglar has been at it again. A selection of blouses were stolen in broad daylight from a bedroom in our house. The bold thief carried them downstairs and strewed them brazenly around the garden!


She was caught red-handed but, when challenged, brought them back in and gave them up in return for a fishy treat!

Hope you are all keeping safe and well.

Hugs,

25 comments:

  1. A really bright and beautiful creation, great font of the sentiment. Thank you for joining our 'Make it Masculine'
    challenge at Allsorts.

    Kath x

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  2. Love these bright and plentiful balloons, Vicky! The font of the sentiment is amazing and perfect for a tall, handsome and charming young man!

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  3. LOVE the card...such bold, bright colors and you've layered them so nicely! Doesn't a stamp platform make stamping life so much easier! And I am surprised by Eva!!! Maybe she smells your perfume on those blouses!

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    1. Thank you LeAnne! Yes, I sometimes wonder How we stamped those solid stamps before stamping platforms! Little Eva - she has such a soft mouth she never damages anything and they have to be washed anyway - and I don't have the heart to stop her doing what she was bred to do!

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  4. A perfect bright and happy card for your Son Vicky, many thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts 'Masculine' theme.

    Was sorry to see you missed your prize for my 'I Spy' week, was when I was on 'sick leave' so the team covered for me.

    B x

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    1. I was delighted to see the masculine theme come up on Saturday - just what I needed!

      Oh no! That's such a shame - I didn't see it. This new version of blogger is being hit and miss with my email subscriptions and I've missed other things too :/

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  5. Such a lovely bright happy card. I thought it was digital at first because you've achieved such lovely bright colours. (thank goodness you caught that thief lol!)

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    1. No, the colours really are bright and cheery - I used SU Brights :) I have a sneaking suspicion that the thief really wanted to be caught judging from her waggy tail!!

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  6. OH! That is one Bright Happy Birthday card Vicky, I love it. I'm sure he will be thrilled with it. Love Eva looking like I don't want to take them in again LOL.
    Faith x

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    1. I can report that he was pleased with it! Oh Eva loves these games! X

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  7. Love the bold bright colored circles and super cute design Vicky.

    Eva is so cute.

    Hugs Diane

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    1. Thanks Diane! Yes, she is cute as a button :)

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  8. SUPER card . . . love that you went bond and bright for a masculine card.

    LOVE that picture of the Blouse Burglar - caught red-handed indeed!

    Hug xxx

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  9. What a perfect masculine card for a young man! Loving the balloons and fantastic color choices too!

    Your dog it so funny!! And at least he's getting caught and you don't just have the blouses disappear :-)
    Thank you so much for joining in my "something beginning with B" theme this month at Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday challenge!
    Ellibelle's Corner

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  10. I think I messed up, my last comment meant to say thank you for joining us at Allsorts where it's all about masculine cards. Sorry about the mixup, I'm doing too many things at once here :)

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  11. Love this bold and happy greeting ~ I'm sure your son did as well :) Perfect sentiment size & font too!

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  12. Your card is so pretty... Thanks for entering it into our ‘Summer Colours’ Challenge. Good luck in the draw and hope you will come back again soon. Loving the photo of your cute dog too.
    Diane Louise
    [Team Leader for Crafty Friends Challenge Blog]

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  13. Wonderful card and it's not easy which colours to choose. But you did a perfect job with these bright ones! Thanks for entering it at Crafty Friends. Hugs Ela DT

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  14. I love this fabulous bright and colourful card Vicky - so much so I might have to rummage through my retired box to see if I still have this set so that I can CASE it!! Your blouse burglar doesn't look that guilty at being caught in the act!

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  15. Awesome card, love the big bright balloons and that gorgeous simple font, thankyou for playing along at Seize the Birthday, (your pup is such a cutie too!) Cathy x

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  16. This is amazing! I love the bold colours and overlapping balloons. The sentiment goes perfectly. Thanks for playing along with Seize the Birthday.

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I'd love to know what you think. Do leave me a comment - it always makes my day! Vicky x


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