The age-old perennial dilemma for cardmakers is making cards for men.
Girls can be catered for with a plethora of generic items- flowers, cakes, shoes, dresses, patterns, dogs, cats, pretty patterns, any colour is usually acceptable.
Men are more difficult. So many generic ideas are too girly for them. Often, we resort to generic 'Man hobbies' for card-making.
One solution, I feel, is your colour scheme.
Using metallics and black and a simple minimalist look is something I think can work. Not making a card overly fussy.
It was our friend's birthday and I decided to keep it simple and literally personalise the card by using his name and simple colours.
A black base card and 3 colours of metallic cards combined with some alphabet punches I was given one birthday and my hard-working star punch.
It actually looked fine without the stars but I thought to add a bit more detail
I often feel that whilst I love making cards and it is the act of creation I love, I don't want to spend too much money on expensive card-making elements so I do prefer to make this kind of card.
That said, I've had some more expensive elements like these larger outline stickers for a while, so I figured I would use some up to make this Man card. Literally, you simply layer the stickers onto your choice background card and cut around them. stick them on with 3D pads to make them stand out.
So... my key for making a simple man card is:
- A simple colour scheme
- Metallics
- Black background
- Simplicity in terms of details.
- Geometric shapes: Squares, stars, triangles...
Linking up to Creative Mondays with Claire Justine and the Daring Cardmakers Weekly challenge which this week is: "Let's hear it for the boys!"
