Thursday, February 10, 2011

Love A la Man Color

My husband complained to me that all the Valentine cards he sees always have red or pink colors somewhere on the card. That got me to thinking about creating a "Man card" for Valentines Day. I still wanted to use a stamp that was romantic, nostalgic and still have a feminine feel.

I immediately thought of Plate #19 and created a "Man Card" using only brown tones:



I love this collage type stamp from Plate #19. The possibilities for creativity is endless. The sentiment is also from Plate #19. The fibers behind the heart are from Germany and I thought they would add a nice touch.


This stamp set may be an oldie, but it's definitely a goody! So this Valentine's create a "man card" and challenge yourself to not use pinks or reds and that my friends was a lot harder for me than I thought. I really wanted to use red backing for that pop of red, lol.

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11 comments:

  1. Absolutely a home run. Perfect for the men in our lives. The brown is just stunning!

    xoxo,
    Kym

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  2. Oh Micki, I love it and your husband will as well. Very masculine and gorgeous! I love the embossed brown background paper. Lovely!

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  3. Fabulous Micki and I love the fibers you used. This is a perfect guy card, but you still get to be all lovey! Just beautiful.

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  4. Beautiful Micki! I love the brown and the ribbon just looks great as an extra accent. It seems small but it really catches my eye. Love how the color on that matches your background color.

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  5. Perfect for a guy card Micki! The ribbon lightens it up just the right amount.
    Connie

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  6. Oh wow this is fabulous Micki!! I love how masculine it is!

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  7. So Masculine Micki. You did an awesome job on this. I love all the brown and the embossed background. Your husband will love this.
    Hugs:)
    Angela

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  8. beautiful card! love how you chose to make it manly!

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  9. This is gorgeous. I love everything about it. The ribbon details are fab and the embossed paper. Just stunning.

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  10. An awesome card, Micki. Love this style, and I am sure your hubby will love it too. The ribbon catched my eyes as well. It looks so great to your creation.

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  11. Super cool card! I like how it's masculine but still romantic!

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