Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator Pootles – Gorgeous Grunge Guy Card with Watercolour Words
I have so many men in my life it’s crazy! Far more than one woman deserves! I have 4 sons, 1 husband, 1 dad, 2 brothers and 4 nephews…. that’s 12 men!!! So we have a lot of birthdays and I am a real last minute lady when it comes to their birthday cards. So this year I’m getting ahead of the game…
They don’t really go into fluffy and heavily decorated, so I called upon Gorgeous Grunge to help me out with Watercolour Words backing me up.
The base cardstock is Soft Suede and when you separate it away from it’s warmer neutral counterparts, it’s a really really great colour!
I used it for the wording too, and it makes those words stand out really well. And a little scatter of the speckled bits.
My diagonal stripes are Mint Macaron and the horizontal ones? Melon Mambo!
Who says men can’t handle a little pink…? Not me!
It is a simple one layer card, but you could girlify it up with maybe some heat embossing or pearls scattered….
Love it! I hope you do too!
S x
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Sam Donald
Stampin’ Up! UK Independent Demonstrator
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HI Sam,
I have only 1 brother, my father and mother have passed away, but I still have my 3 sisters. I also have my husband of nearly 41 years and my 2 sons, one is almost 40 and the other one just turned 35 in August. The youngest son presented us with another grandson , Hunter, born in Feb.
Hi Sam,
You made me stop and count my male relatives, I too have 12!! Pink and girlie doesn’t feature much in my world. Thank goodness for my girlfriends!!
Thamks Sam, i’ll keep this one up my sleeve for the next ‘man’ birthday, perhaps with a couple of toning greens with a splash of blue, mmmmm….
Another lovely CAS card! I also have all men in my family so your design will come in very useful… thank you x
Like this card very much .
Hi and Thanks Sam,
I have majority of males also. I feels great to see demonstrators who focus on man projects. Love, love, love….My youngest twins boy and girl. I make sure whenever I make something for her and make something for him also. Both are very creative. When I make projects for others, they want it also. Smiles…My older grandsons 20 and 18 and my son are happy I am into crafting, since death of my mom 2years ago. Keeps me focus and I thoroughly enjoy..
You are a blessing. Thank you again lovely lady,
Love this card but the men I know would not like the pink
No currants in the market, but I saw zante currants/black currants at Trader Joe's today! Bought some, maybe I will see what I can do, if I do not eat them up!Love this dish my friend…
I hope your moving adventure wraps up soon! I still say yuor frisky masseuse piece is THE funniest I have ever read. It still makes me laugh when I think about it, and made me break out in hee haws when I had a massage recently at a swanky spa. They just thought I was weird-