One of the tasks we cardmakers struggle with is making cards for men! It's hopeless! For girls, you can pick loads of general themes and find a million variations- flowers, dresses, shoes, shopping, hearts, the list is endless. For man, you can generally choose from sport (only their particular favourite), a hobby (some men don't have very craftable hobbies), wine or beer (if they aren't a tee-totaller) or some sort of geometric pattern! I always dread June when my Dad and my Stepmum's dad's birthdays come round. What to make!
My Dad always used to love sailing when I was young. So I decided to create a boat design. The boat is made out of some felt remnants and the wavy background is some pretty patterned envelop innards. Apparently, this is what was used in the original Iris-folding, so I am not the only one who likes to recycle envelopes! This was relatively pain-free to make, if a little simple.
Luckily, the Daring Cardmakers issued a challenge of using the negatives of a punch- i.e. instead of using the little shape you have punched, use the holes you made!! So at my sister's, I borrowed her champagne glass punch and an X-cut border punch device and punched a line of wine-glasses in some grey shiny paper off-cut! Fast forward to Friday night and needing to leave to get to my little sister's- I grabbed a blue card, some outline sticker lines and some pretty patterned old-envelope inards and came up with this for my Stepmum's Dad. Quick and pain-free even if not the most inspiring ever (linking up to the Daring Cardmakers weekly challenge: A hole in one!)
Also, linking up to Lakota's Ta da Tuesday! Be careful when you hit the link though. She mentions the hated M* word!!!!Yay, I've made lots of things this month and there is more to come as my Swap-partners have both received their parcels now so I can finally reveal what I've been beavering away at!!!
Hee hee, I've had a day of extremes: Year 6 (top of the school: 11 years old) this morning tracking character emotions in Kensuke's kingdom then bisecting lines. The afternoon: Nursery: completely hyper (more so than EVER) 3 year olds. Apart from music we were making Olympic medals. 4 year olds and scissors: SHUDDER!
* M.U.S.H.R.O.O.M.S: Cue hysterical Hammer horror screaming!
i love these cards! that sailing one is great and so sweet that your dad loves sailing! i have trouble finding guy cards too. i usually make mine as well. though mine are usually composed of pictures of the kids and their drawings!
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Haha, sorry about the funghi!
ReplyDeleteYou're right about men, and they're a nightmare to buy for too, especially my dad. He only likes books and booze! I find most cards for men have football/golf/cars and that's about your lot. Yours are great and very thrifty as usual.
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I may start making cards for males, the ones in shops are NEVER appropriate!
ReplyDeleteThey are great, like you say it's really hard to make for Men!
ReplyDeleteI'll borrow a photo if you dont mind for the monthly make roundup later today. x
They are great, the choice for men is always tricky, usually frothing tankards of ale or hideous bears. Yours look ace! x
ReplyDeleteI always used to struggle with bloke cards, you've done a great job! x
ReplyDeleteCards for men are hard and so are gifts for men, I never know what to get for my dad or my husband!
ReplyDeleteAmazing cards! I would love to make some too! The problem is that I noticed in the countryside, that if you make your own cards, people either think you were tight, lazy to buy a card or tasteless... among the ones I have been living with... so I end up buying trhe cards... and they are so standard, not made from my heart! But well, I try to content them...
ReplyDeleteYour cards were amazing and I am sure they were loved! And you are right, for men there are beers, wine, sports cars... not much!
Wonderful cards!
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Great stuff Kezzie, your cards are just fab. Thanks for joining in with The Daring Cardmakers' "A Hole in One" challenge this week
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards, so clever :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining The Daring Cardmakers this week.