Happy Friday! I'm back with another CAS-ual Fridays challenge. Here it is:
Make a clean and simple masculine card using patterned paper
This week we are sponsored by the wonderful Gina K. Designs:
Gina K. provided each member of the design team a pack of 6x6 papers to use for this challenge, and get this: the paper collection is actually named "Casual Friday"! How perfect is that?!? You can see the collection here. It has such great masculine patterned papers, which is especially great for me. I struggle with masculine cards, and this paper just made it so easy to create a manly card. And since Father's Day is coming up, I made this paper yummy for my dad:
I kept this card pretty darn simple. I stamped this deer stamp in Versamark ink, then used a Versamark pen to make the front deer stand out. I used two different patterned papers from Gina K. to underline the deer:
I used some corrugated alphas from Jillibean Soup to spell out "dad", then stamped a subtle "NO. 1" above it, again in Versamark ink. I finished off the card with some machine stitching, deliberately going up the side of the last "d" in dad:
How about you? Does masculine come easy for you, or do you struggle like I do? Either way, I want to encourage you to play along with this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge! The winner will receive their very own Casual Friday paper pack! You have until next Thursday, May 31 at noon EST to link up your card (s). Thanks so much for looking!
I'm also playing along here:
Simon Says Stamp Father's Day/Special Male Challenge
Crafty Catz Challenge #134: Card for a Man
Creative Inspirations Challenge 164: Anything Goes
Supplies: cardstock: Core'dinations; patterned papers: Gina K. Designs; stamps: Penny Black (deer), 7 Gypsies (NO. 1); watermark ink: Tsukineko; corrugated alphas: Jillibean Soup; sewing machine: Kenmore; thread: Singer
