A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Thursday, 2 July 2020

A Masculine Sympathy Card

For The Male Room challenge - "Use Die Cuts":


I used a tree die cut which seems appropriate for a sympathy card for a male friend.


I rustled through my box of backgrounds and found one in muted blues and greens suitable for a masculine card.  It was created with the rolling marble technique (see here for a tutorial).  I didn't have any regular round marbles so used the slightly irregular-shaped florists' marbles. I seemed to end up with more blotches than the results the tutorial shows with regular marbles.

I trimmed it down to the size I wanted and popped it up on fun foam. I die cut the tree out of brown cs and sponged the edges with Gathered Twigs ink to give a bit of definition. I added a white heat embossed sentiment over the trunk.






Supplies:
Stamps - Great Impressions sentiment
Ink - ColorBox white;  Distress Gathered Twigs;  Distress reinkers - Old Paper, Faded Jeans; ColorBox white
Paper - white and brown cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Impression Obsession Bare Tree die, white embossing powder, florists' marbles, fun foam

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10 comments:

  1. Christine Alexander2 July 2020 at 20:01

    Perfect colour combo and layout for a masculine sympathy card Susan. Those are so tough to make.

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  2. Nstiz3 July 2020 at 05:35

    This is such a great card design for a masculine sympathy and I do love your colors! The brown looks fabulous over the blue and green. Sad that we need sympathy cards and often times needed them yesterday. I never have any on hand. The background is wonderful!

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  3. Bonnie4 July 2020 at 05:08

    I love this artsy background with the die cut tree, Susan! A perfect masculine card!

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  4. Mac Mable5 July 2020 at 03:55

    Fabulous masculine card, great colour combination and a fun technique x.

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  5. Brenda in IN5 July 2020 at 08:15

    I like the bigger splats and the blue and green look so nice together. The bare tree says sympathy and it's a good masculine card too.

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  6. Trina P.5 July 2020 at 15:41

    I think the results from the irregular marbles look so cool. Great colours and image for a masculine card.

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  7. Lady Joyful7 July 2020 at 11:11

    This is a really gorgeous sympathy card. I love that background. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

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  8. Helen7 July 2020 at 14:04

    Beautifully done - that background is perfect with the die cut.

    Thanks for sharing it with us at The Male Room Challenge.

    Helen x

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  9. Loll7 July 2020 at 22:20

    This is a fabulous background, Susan. I really like how it looks with the die-cut tree. The shading on the tree gives it lots of definition. xx

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  10. Andreja11 July 2020 at 12:20

    Great male card :-)) I like all die cuts you use.
    Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Male Room this week.

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