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Good morning Waltzers! It's a great day for a waltz. I've been looking forward to this for a while now. Here goes......
It's always good to have some masculine cards on hand, but they are a challenge for me, as they are for others. They don't come easy to me, and it's great to practise making some.
My first card is a thank you card. I used the sketch in a previous challenge this week, and liked it so much that I thought I would use it for today's waltz. I used the Fancy Phrases stamp set, which works perfectly with the fancy labels nesties. I just love those nestie friendly stamps. Claire has tons of them, so you need to check them out, if you're a nestie girl like me. Don't you love those brads in the corners? They are the ones that look like screws...perfect for a masculine card. I stamped the image and sentiment with versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing powder.
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My second card is suitable for any celebration--grad, birthday, new job, etc. For the background paper, I used the Vintage Circles nesties stamps set and stamped it again in versamark and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I did the same thing with the sentiment, except I used the Fancy Phrases set for that. I popped it up on a pop dot, and voila! A card is born!
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If you're interested in more Waltzers, pop over to Claire's forum where you can get the list of participants. Claire also has two contests going on--one for participants in the Waltz and one for those who waltz with us and count the chinese lanterns hidden in the posts. Better get counting....there's a stamp set riding on it!
If you love Waltzingmouse Stamps as much as I do, scroll back to the last two posts. I've got a couple of other cards posted for the current challenge at Claire's Challenge Blog.
I hope you have a great waltz. It's going to be an ugly day here, in terms of the weather. They are forecasting up to 70mm of rain, big winds, and there is a flash flood warning. Not so nice. If you're in my area, batten down the hatches!
Janet
Two great cards!! in thhe first on, the 'screws' give a real nice male touch - the second one is my favoured - very creativ how you use the circels- love it!
ReplyDeleteSo clever to use the circle frames to make background paper - LOVE that!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards. I love the circle background!
ReplyDeleteBoth cards are super mantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome detail with the embossing! Perfect for a masculine card! Great job!
ReplyDeleteGreat masculine designs on both of your cards today! love the Fancy tag sentiment and fun brads on the first and the circle design is very clever on the 2nd!
ReplyDeleteooooo ... I do like both cards but I think my favorite is the Vintage Circle. I love the embossing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing
These are both terrific cards. Love the creative way you have created your masculine creations. Awesome job.
ReplyDeleteGreat projects! and I love the little "screws" in the corner of the first one!
ReplyDeleteGreat cards - love the brads!
ReplyDeleteoh these are fabby cards!! I do love the brads and the stamped circle backgrounds!!! Thanks for waltzing with us Janet!!
ReplyDeleteI am really liking what you did with the circle stamps on the second card! Both are great though. I was like you...had to show off two today! :)
ReplyDeleteSimply beautiful! Love the fancy label & all the embossing :)
ReplyDeleteOh love the embossing on the second card and the fabulous little screws in the corner of the first one! Great masculine cards!
ReplyDeletethe embossing and sentiment just came out so lovely! it definitely exudes masculinity.
ReplyDeleteReally lovely project..am your newest follower..please come by and say hello : )
ReplyDeleteBoth great but the circle nestie card is FAB! Love it.
ReplyDelete2 great cards, love the brads too.
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