Krafty Chicks Challenge #817: MASCULINE

  Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

 

 Welcome to another great challenge week from the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog. MASCULINE is the theme this week and good luck to you. I struggle with cards for men. I love flowers and frills so I tend to buy more feminine stamp sets and play with those. I'll have to dig deep for masculine stamp set and dust them off before playing. Here we go!

 #817 MASCULINE

I just love how this card came together. I'm playing along with this week's fun sketch at Inkspirational Challenge. I've altered it a bit by not adding four inline squares but using four staggered shapes.

 My first idea was to use a older retired hot air balloon stamp set from Stampin' Up!, and found a fourth image from a different stamp company. My second idea was to make it monochromatic: Blue with gray clouds.

Products used:

• Stamp Set: Lift Me Up, Hot 4 Balloons
• Card Stock: Thick Basic White, Blueberry Bushel
• Ink Pads: VersaMark, Blueberry Bushel, Balmy Blue, Afternoon Azure, and Basic Gray
• Accessories: Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Tinsel Gems, Stampin' Dimensionals
   

 

 Don't forget to "decorate" the inside of the card and the envelope. Keep it clean and simple just by adding some coordinating stamped images, some DSP, or a little cardstock strip.

Head on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog for more details about the challenge and for more inspiration from the Design Teamfor MASCULINE week . There's even a place to upload your project at the end. I hope you play along with us and show us what's happening in your craft space.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Denise's Blog

Lori's Blog