Manly Men like Flowers, Don't They!!??

This card is for a friend who was just Baptised. I find this kind of card for a man very difficult, and I think this is my favourite male card to date. My DP is from my 6x6 V&A pack, ribbon is Marianne Creatables, as is the ribbon carrying border die. My Flower is cut from the tiny centre of the Fleur d lyes squares by nesties. I'll get back to you on the stamped sentiment. It was all in one, but I cut it so I could put it around the square. My digi is Arthurs Clip-Art. 

I thought the Flower in a matching warm grey wasn't too girly lol....besides many men like flowers. 

A Few Masculine Challenges I'd like to enter...

My Mum's Craft shop - for a male

Tuesday Throwdown - Masculine Card 

Catch The Bug - It's A Man's World 

Wags 'n Whiskers - Masculine.

Little Claire's  - Cards For Men

 Paper Creator's Crafts - For The Men

Fashionista Friday - For men.

 Glitter Geeks -  Male / Father's Day.

Ambers Crafts & Stuff #14 Vacation, All I ever Wanted

The week at Ambers we want to see your Vacation related projects - a card about Travel or your Favourite Vacation or a scrapbook page. I haven't been on vacation for many, many years (difficult when there always seems to be a least one member of the household housebound ...do I hear the sound of violins lol) and as,  quite frankly I still haven't got my scrapbooking into gear yet - I've made a card that reminds me of holidays (vacations) when the kids were little. We used to go in a big family group and there was always one of the males amongst us getting himself buried in the sand. 

I've made this masculine because, as I said, in my experience it's the males of the species who like getting buried up to their necks....personally I think it's because it gets them out of trooping off the buy the ice-creams and soft drinks lol. 

This is from a new set of House Mouse Decoupage I've just had..you'll be seeing it a lot I'm sure. The images are so large and full, just lovely...I felt this one cried out to be an easel card. 

 The easel stand, with matching greeting....as if you need to tell a man to 

take it easy on vacation eh!! ...or is it just the men I know lol. 

Close up of my lovely manly buttons, 

with a little Basic Grey fibre for added interest. 

Pop over and see what the rest of the DT have made this week, right here. Remember you can make any kind of project you like for Ambers Crafts and Stuff...so long as it follows the theme for the challenge.

My Receipe:-

Decoupage ... House Mouse Designs

Fibre ... Basic Grey - figgey & Two Scoops

Die Cuts ... Marianne Creatables and Nesties

Card-stock & Buttons ... Oh so old Stash.

Some Challenges I'd like to enter ...

Anything Goes Challenge - Here Comes Summer 

Top Tip Tuesday -  Open Challenge

Bows 'n Berries - Masculine.

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Father's Day / masculine

Hooked on Crafts - Anything goes.

Incy Wincy Designs - Father's Day/Masculine

Squigglefly   Make it Masculine

Sentimental Sundays -  Father's Day or Masculine

A Frog Hopping Get Well

Boy this sooo clashes with my blog!!!

I've made this card for a friend who has been in hospital a week and they still can't find what's wrong with him. They have gone from suspected meningitis to just plain baffled - not sure which option is more scary. Anyway, this is a nice bright card to cheer him up. I don't very often make cards for males (never quite know what to do) and was inspired by this image from Digi Doodle shop - and all the stuff I've seen popping around the blogs playing the Feline Playful, give a comment, get a comment game .....great fun. Thanks for the inspiration new friends. 

I used some of my favourite Meadow papers from Craft Creations, I'd got the blue and just recently treated myself to them in the green and the pink..... and also my favourite bee buttons. I coloured my ribbon, the flower and the card edges with promarkers. The Card stock I've had for a few years, it's either banana, or else straw card. I can't claim the sentiment to be my own...because I'm sure it's a pun that's in everyone's head lol. 

Yes, I know I'm supposed to leave some white, for highlights, but I just can't seem to stop myself filling the whole lot in. I have to go back and look at the tutorials again and practice don't I. A close up pic below. 

My Receipe...

Image - Digi Doodle Shops Best

DPs - Meadow Range from Craft Creations

Card stock's & embellies - stash

Colourants - Promarkers

Sketch - By Sheila (Nannieflash) for Cards For Men

I'd like to enter the following challenges -

The Secret Crafter ... Buttons and Bows

Cards For Men ... Sketch

Craft Your Passion ... Anything Goes

Cooking it Up With Katie...Button me a Ribbon Animal

Delightful Sketches ... Buttons

Digi Doodle Shops Best ... Buttons

Moving Along With the Times ... Old Stash & New Stash

Paper Crafting Journey ... Use a Digi

Stamping 'B's Challenge ... An old Favourite and something new

Cute Card Thursday ... Use Old Stash

Do You Stack Up ... Buttons