How to Make a Masculine Card

It's a Masculine Birthday challenge, try to keep the swearing to a minimum.  That's the theme this week at Pile It On challenges. 

Of course we have the perfect sponsor Dude Time Doodles.  They definitely have the male thing down.  If you want to make a card that a guy will really relate to you need to check them out.  I do not gravitate toward male stuff, I usually head straight to the cutesy girly stuff.  So having a few Dude Time images in my stash is really a godsend for those times when I need to make a masculine card. 

 As I've read comments on blogs I've seen so many people say that they struggle with masculine cards.  I understand this so well.  If you like to embellish and use pretty colors it's tough to make a card for a man. 

When I'm making a masculine card, I think "Clean and Simple".   Use your image and a greeting.  If you can get a scantily clad buxom female image you could stamp that on the back of used paper napkin, hand it over and say "Happy Birthday"and that would make most men so happy they wouldn't even notice that there really wasn't a card.  But if you look at Dude Time Doodles you'll find fun and funny images that show men doing things that real men do, like this guy doing yard work.  Then use your most boring, dullest colored papers, keep the embellishments down to a minimum - buttons are good, bling not so good throw it all together and you've got masculine mastered.  There's also funny sentiments, guys like humor on the card, usually crass humor works best.  Well that's my tutorial on making a masculine card.  Hope that helps you out.
 
Here's the deets:
stamp - Dude Time Doodles "Leif Blower"
ink - hp printer
paper - striped paper without markings on it, it's been in my stash forever; Recollections White card base; Bazzill "Yam" card stock
miscellaneous -copics; hemp twine; leaf charm; EK Success leaf punch; Bic brown marker for sentiment
 
Here's the challenges:
Pile It On #44 - Masculine Birthday
Splitcoast Stampers HYCCT1222 - Stand Like a Flamingo (One of Everything)
2 Sisters  #115 - Halloween or Fall Colors
Fussy and Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz #156 - A Male Card, Option to Use a Number on It
Fussy and Fancy #74 - Anything Goes
Paper Pretties PWC229 - Masculine
Simon Says - Autumn Leaves

Thanks for stopping by, come back again.  AND for some more ideas for masculine cards stop over at the Pile it On challenge.

Pile It On - For or From the Guys

I don't know about you but I kind of like horror flicks and scarey stuff.  Walking my dog in the dark is a little scarey because there's some nasty critters that live around here BUTwhat really, really, REALLY scares me is the phrase "make a card for a man".   There's another crafting phrase that makes my blood run cold - "make a clean and simple card or project".  It seems like CAS should be easier to do but not for me.  I like piling on the layers, using two, three or even four patterned papers and dressing it up with embellishments and bling.  Putting a big pretty bow and a charm on top is icing the cake.  So for this week's Pile It On challenge to make a masculine card I decided to make it a real challenge for me by adding the Clean and simple element.   Works out since most men aren't all that carzy about the pretty stuff like flowers and ribbons.   Of course for a man's card you need a manly image, and that's what this week's sponsor, Dude Time Doodles is all about. 



don't forget the inside

Join the design team by making a masculine card and you'll be in the running for a $10 gift certificate to the Dude Time Doodles store.  All you have to do is link it up on the Pile It On challenge blog and enter it into at least one other challenge.  There's the usual no back linking rule but otherwise that's pretty much it.

Here's the deets:
stamp - Dude Time Doodles "Ernie Carpenter"
ink - hp printer
paper - My Mind's Eye "This and That - Charming"; Stampin' Up "Wild Wasabi"
miscellaneous - copics; My Favorite Things "Chevron Stripes" die-namics; button; burlap twine; saw charm

Here's the challenges:

Pile It On #13 - For/From a Man

One Stop Crafts #175 - Clean and Simple

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away #41 - Just for Men/Boys plus a Button

Card Makin' Mamas - Buttons

Simon Says - Let's Play Bingo (Charms, Punches/Dies, ribbon/twine)

Totally Papercrafts #109 - Humour

Cute Card Thursday #209 - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime #70 - for the Guys and Include a Sentiment

L'il Red Wagon #125 - Clean and Simple

Creative Belli - Clean and Simple

Cards for Men #6 - Cheekie Chappies

Just Keep on Creating #1 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you'll come back again and I hope you find the time to play along with us at the Pile It On challenge to make a card or project "For/from the men".