Masculine cards for a swap

Here are some cards I made for a Masculine Card Swap on SCS.

Sure had a fun time making! I used several Cricut cuts from the Heritage cartridge. I also used the Cricut Imagine cartridge JT. It has a nice steampunk feel to it. I chose several masculine papers and Heritage cuts that looked masculine. Some of the labels are from the Heritage cartridge too.

Masculine Birthday Card

Birthday Card I made for my son. For this card, I used some Tim Holtz embossing folders, and inked them two different ways. For the car in the top left, I inked inside the folder first before embossing the cardstock. The gears and the car in the bottom right, I inked after I embossed them. The Birthday sentiment is a studio 112 stamp. Tied a black cord around it. Background dp is Stella Rose from My Minds Eye.

Card for boy-Metallic!

I usually need to make quite a few masculine cards. Here is one I made with a nephew in mind. I had read on Splitcoast Stampers that tin foil was used in a Cuttlebug embossing folder, and I loved how that looked. I tried it a little differently. I did put tin foil over a piece of cardstock and then I ran it through my Cuttlebug. I kept the tin foil in place on the cardstock and adhered it to the cardstock so it would retain the shape. This is the Cuttlebug embossing folder with the off centered rectangles. I then used a sponge dobber with WalnutStain Distress ink to give the foil a tint of color to age it a little. Then I tied a thin piece of twine around the card. I glued some old buttons on it with Glossy Accents glue. The big brad I sanded a little first and then I stamped the happy birthday with brown Stazon ink. The oval around the discover yourself sentient is grungeboard and I inked that up with Silver pigment ink. I used two copper brads to adhere it to the surface. I found the three star brads in my collection of brads. I think these stars came from Target in a star brad collection in their scrapbook isle. I then adhered the whole thing to a standard A2 size card. It's rather shiny to look at, but it looks burnished and masculine. Lots of fun!