BOYS TO MEN!

JUST FOR THE MEN IN OUR LIVES!

Hello Everyone, I'm back with the men's cards I promised. Don't really have a lot to say about them cause this is  probably the 10th or more post for them all and I still have quite a few more to go! I will continue to post the reminder with the expectations of these cards just in case you're visiting for the first time or just happened to miss it.


A quick reminder of my goals for these cards:

• Easily mailed / no extra postage - Postal Service gets enough as it is in my opinion! 
• Wide range of styles that reach out to the young men in our lives, the old or older, the tots, the ones who love jewelry, cuff links, rings, earrings (as so many of them wear now) etc. Basically those who love bling and those who don't!
• To use items from my stash that have been long forgotten about! A Must!
• To go back to what we did before the giant flowers, the fancy and not so fancy brads, the rhinestones, the glitter glues, the bulky embellishments etc.
• To get you all motivated enough to set time aside for making men's cards BEFORE you need them!

So, here we go! I do hope you enjoy them all and I hope you'll come back to visit! Take Care and as always, Thanks for stopping by!

Bethann aka PawwPadd

 Layered stickers

I actually did several of this style card. I have them all represented here with the few I've chosen. I drew out a jar  and lid the size I wanted for my cards, transferred the drawings to cardboard as patterns, cut them out, transferred the jar body onto vellum paper and transferred the lid pattern onto a very shiny silver paper I have, cut out as many as needed. I really don't remember what I used to engrave the grooves in the lids, but any tool you have with a pointed tip will do. I positioned the bug that I wanted inside the jar and glued the jar over top then added the lids. Once they were all glued down and secure, I just doodled around the jars with a fine tip marker (either my Creative Memories or my sharpie) and that was that. Oh, I also doodled around some of the bugs to give them movement. I thought it would be funny to put the ladybugs on the outside of the jars as a "Ha-Ha" to the caught bug.

This card is made up of rub-ons and a stamped sentiment. There are 4 more below.

On this card, I used all stickers except the horse image. That horse image was cut from a book my friend purchased from a clearance sale at our local Library! She purchased the book with the intentions of using the images for her cards.

Stamped sentiment on an old Paper Pizazz tag and put a gold brad through it. That's it for now! Thanks again for coming to see me! Please leave a comment and let me know what you think. :-)

BOYS, BOYS, BOYS, THEY WILL BE...

Hi Everyone,

Here's another post with the next batch of men's cards! I'll get right to it! Following is the list of expectations I had when I started these cards:


A quick reminder of my goals for these cards:

• Easily mailed / no extra postage - Postal Service gets enough as it is in my opinion! 
• Wide range of styles that reach out to the young men in our lives, the old or older, the tots, the ones who love jewelry, cuff links, rings, earrings (as so many of them wear now) etc. Basically those who love bling and those who don't!
• To use items from my stash that have been long forgotten about! A Must!
• To go back to what we did before the giant flowers, the fancy and not so fancy brads, the rhinestones, the glitter glues, the bulky embellishments etc.
• To get you all motivated enough to set time aside for making men's cards BEFORE you need them!

Thanks for stopping!

Bethann aka PawwPadd

 This card and the next 3, turned out to be such dark cards I just didn't know if I liked them. I know some men are so very "macho" that they only like dark colors, so I thought these would be good for them! I think the background paper is a Creative Memories color. The tag is from that same tag book I've been referencing throughout these posts, matted a stamped sentiment, added a bit of bling with the rhinestones, and a strip of black paper.

 This pocket watch is a stamped image. I purchased this stamp from an online company I found on eBay. The two hands have to be stamped on separately and that way you can stamp whatever time you want. The sentiment was leftover from a card kit one of my sisters gave me.

 I really wish this card had photographed better. I photographed it several times and this was the best I could come up with. The beveled rectangular gemstones that are on the black strip of paper are gorgeous! They are kind of a smokey quartz color. The sentiment is from another very old Paper Pizazz cut-out book!

 Used several stickers and a stamped sentiment on this one.

 Several more stickers and stamped sentiment.

 Two different background papers, a little boy fishing that is a Cut-Out and a stamped sentiment.

 Different background papers, stamped sentiment and a "Fresh Cuts" Cut-Out fisherman's tackle bag!

 Several stickers, two different background papers, a stamped sentiment and a 3-D foamy that I glittered!

 Two different background papers, 3 different "Fresh Cuts" Cut-Outs that I overlapped, stamped sentiment and a simple strip of ribbon.

 Different background papers, stamped sentiment on craft paper, cut edges with decorative scissor and a "Fresh Cuts" Cut-Out.

This is actually just two different background papers, a simple stamped sentiment, a Punch Out hat (left the white border on purpose), some little water splash drops and fish stickers. I cut the fish in half to make it look as though it was coming up to the surface of the water.

AGAIN, FOR THE MEN IN OUR LIVES!

Hi Everyone,

I'm going to go straight into this post! Following is a list of expectations I had for all of my mens cards when I started them.


A quick reminder of my goals for these cards:

• Easily mailed / no extra postage - Postal Service gets enough as it is in my opinion! 
• Wide range of styles that reach out to the young men in our lives, the old or older, the tots, the ones who love jewelry, cuff links, rings, earrings (as so many of them wear now) etc. Basically those who love bling and those who don't!
• To use items from my stash that have been long forgotten about! A Must!
• To go back to what we did before the giant flowers, the fancy and not so fancy brads, the rhinestones, the glitter glues, the bulky embellishments etc.
• To get you all motivated enough to set time aside for making men's cards BEFORE you need them!

Thanks for stopping by to see me and have a great day!
Bethann aka PawwPadd

 I love the background paper used on this card so I really wanted to do it justice. I was happy with the results! The tags are from the Paper Pizazz cut-out book I mentioned in previous posts. Stamped black sentiment. You can actually see the sentiments on these cards better than they came over in the photograph.

 Another tag with one of my faux brads! Stamped sentiment.

 Tag from Cut-Out book with stamped sentiment.

 I used a brushed metallic look paper for the background of this one, large tag from the same cut-out book, and matted a stamped sentiment.

small tags from same book, faux brads, matted stamped sentiment, same brushed silver look paper.

This poor card. I actually did the card just below this one first and didn't have enough of the tiny star stickers or flags left. I am going to look through my stash to see if I have some stars that will look right on it. I looked at the time and didn't have any that really looked good but, everything was in such a mess at the time. I've now cleaned everything up and better organized it all. LOL!

Also, the medallions on this card and the one above were cut out of the same book with the tags.

What you are looking at now is, believe it or not, an old Valentine card! Another one of my secrets! I normally wait until after the major holidays and shop for TRUE clearance item such as these. I matted the Valentine card and mounted it as the focal point on this and the following cards. I will use these for a younger little guy or perhaps for that man who is young at heart!