Thursday 9 April 2009

One For the Boys...

Or rather two for the men but that didn't sound quite as good.

I made this card with Peej's brother Tim in mind. However I needed to make another card for a blogging friend's husband (will explain more about that in a minute) and when I'd finished both I gave Peej the option of which one he'd like for Tim. Peej couldn't decide and asked Josh what he thought. Josh being Josh, and a typical boy, loves anything with an engine and so he chose the plane card for Tim. So this first card has gone to Dean (a.k.a. blogging friend's husband).Now to explain... I was doing some blog hopping the other day when I came across this post here. Clare's husband is feeling quite down at the moment and Clare was asking for crafty blogging buddies to make cards for Dean for his birthday on Saturday to help cheer him up. Well how could I say no?!

This is the inside of Dean's card.

This one is now Tim's card as chosen by JJ. I made this for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge which is stripes but I've just realised that both cards have stripes and qualify for the challenge. I can't take total credit for the design of the card below. I saw a card with the small triangles arranged like this on it and thought it looked really effective, so I pinched the idea. However I can't remember where I saw it so I can't give a link to the original card. If I find it again I will add it. This is the inside. The plane stamp and the "Happy Birthday" stamp inside both cards are both new ones that I've bought to boost my lack of male orientated stamps. I think they look OK. Hopefully they get the Peej stamp of approval!

8 comments:

Heather P. said...

Both cards are fabulous, Fe!

Dee said...

Great cards Fe... I wouldn't have liked to choose who had which. Love the backing papers.

Love Mum XXXx

Beth aka BR-T said...

These are just terrific cards! Beth aka BR-T

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

great job

thanks for joining us this week on SCSC :)

Hugs Jane x

debra said...

great looking cards and nice to see ones for the boys for a change
hugs Debra
ps hope the pap pas better if not stay in and just eat easter eggs all wekend

Debbie said...

Great male cards Fe - they are always difficult to make for - but you have done a fabby job. ;)

xxDebbiexx

Dawn said...

Gorgeous cards Fe
Love the colouring on the first one - beautiful scene!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for my card!

Tim