Masculine Wish

It's my nephew's birthday tomorrow, and another nephew's on Sunday, so needed a couple of "masculine" cards. I seem to put off making masculine cards because I don't think they're that fun, but I ended up really liking them, thanks to some great sketch challenges out this week!

I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketches for this first one. I started by stamping up some diagonally striped paper onto kraft cardstock using the straight line from CTMH's Boutique Borders and the dotted line from Circle Around. Then I stamped the candle image from CTMH's Cupcake Sprinkles with Olive, Crystal Blue and Chocolate, and added the flame with Honey.

For this card I used the sketch #49 from Card Patterns. I realized while I was making it that I haven't particpated in a Card Patterns challenge in a while - gotta change that! they always have such fun and challenging sketches! It's kind of hard to see, but I also stamped some PTI Text Style onto the Dark Chocolate card base with Chocolate ink. It just gives it that subtle "extra".

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Supplies

Stamps: CTMH (Cupcake Sprinkles, Card Commentary, Boutique Borders, Circle Around), PTI Background Basics: Text Style

Cardstock: CTMH Olive; PTI Dark Chocolate, Kraft and Rustic White

Inks: CTMH Olive, Crystal Blue, and Chocolate; Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

Accessories: Making Memories Embroidery Floss, CTMH Cocoa Embossing Powder