Create with Connie and Mary--Its a Masculine...

The theme for the first Saturday is June is Masculine! I really wanted to create a scrapbook page as I was really focused on cards for May. I shared a different card each month for the month of May. So if you are new here today, feel free to spend some time going through my posts and hopefully feel inspired!

This masculine page features my youngest son and husband and is a mix of NEW and current products. I pulled out my Geared Up Garage bundle and paired it with our new blue—Misty Moonlight! The oil splats are stamped in Versamark and embossed in clear embossing powder. Its a great solve for not having my new Misty Moonlight ink pad yet. I added in a Night of Navy photo mat to compliment the blue background and used the Denim Ribbon to add another blue tone and texture. My favourite part of the layout is probably the amazing DSP background. This is from the In Good Taste DSP stack and it looks like thick white paint on a canvas with a blue tint. I added in a 1 1/4 strip of In Color DSP in the woodgrain pattern on the left side. I LOVE this pattern option in the 6x6 stacks.

To add a bit of extra texture or grunge to the gears I swiped my Basic Grey ink pad over top of Smoky Slate card stock. I then cut the large gear die out of this piece.

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The large gears are cut out with the ink pad swipe method and the small gears have the Basic Grey marker flicked over top.

You're So Awesome!

I really tried to capture a grungy masculine feel on this card!

Last month I set a goal to send out a card to all of my amazing lululemon coworkers. We have some really fantastic guys on our team so I knew I needed to make a special card for just them.

I used the Geared Up Garage for the background texture on the Night of Navy base. I stamped it in Versamark and then embossed it with Clear Embossing powder. I used the nut image in Smokey Slate ink on the Smokey Slate card stock strip. I decided to add a metallic touch with the Copper Foil sheets and metallic thread (oh, how I will miss you!). Happily, the Denim Ribbon is being carried over into the new catalogue!

The sentiment You’re So Awesome is from the Flowering Desert stamp set which is a retired favourite of mine. Sometime I just can’t resist old favourites! And probably my preferred technique of all time is markers flicking. Just a few flicks of my Mossing Meadow marker on the sentiment was perfect!

I hope you enjoyed this masculine card for Day 3 of “A Card a Day in May”!