Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Midweek throw down- Masculine cards

On the OWH Stars and Stamps blog the midweek throw down challenge is to make masculine cards. I combined the OWH Stars and Stamps sketch for this week with the masculine card challenge. The wonderful freebie motorcycle digital images is by Bird on her blog.
http://www.birdscards.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65 The metal looking plates are cut from tetra pak and embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. It makes such a great masculine touch in my opinion! The ticket stamp is from Hero Arts. This is the first time I've used it. Felt just right with the motorcycle.

11 comments:

Jan Hunnicutt said...

I LOVE your OWH masculine sketch challenge card! Your diamond plate looks fabulous, I need to ask what's tetra pak? Do I have some and not know it?

Thanks for joining the fun at Operation Write Home!

Oh! and thanks for the link to the free digi image. I want one too...

Paula S. said...

Very nice coloring on this image and a great combination of colors and textures. Very nice card!

Carol L said...

This is screaming ALL MAN as soon as you look at it! I love the embossed diamondplate foil and the great motorcycle image. This is a cool card, nice job!!

SaDeBuque said...

i absolutely LOVE this card! def would be something my dad would have loved to get for fathers day! he loved motorcycles!

i love the color combos and the different textures used too :) a perfect card for sure

Melanie Holzwarth said...

This is just perfect! I am masculine card challenged...lol...but this is just simply perfect. Wonderful work!

Unknown said...

Wow! You really rose to the challenge. Great job!

RobinH said...

love the texture on the card
my boyfriend likes his motorcyle... I should check out that site for the image
thanks for sharing

Barb Housner said...

fantastic - that silver texture looks so great with the motorcycle - very chrome like.

great card.

Barb Housner

helloholley said...

Wow,Wow,Wow!!! Totally lovin' it!!! ...and thanks for the link!!!
Happy Stampin'

JustYolie said...

Wow! This is one cool looking card!

Lynn said...

Great card, Martha! The heavy metal background is perfect! And thanks for the link to the digi image. Snagged it!