100% Guy
I patiently waited this morning for Julia’s Ways to Use it Challenge to pop up at SCS before I started my daily project. I need to get 2 cards done today, both for workshops — one that is specifically a guy card, and one that is a more feminine card. Well, when the challenge to use staples popped up — there was my guy card — it called out to me loud and clear. I knew exactly what I was going to do — LOL!!! Here it is:
I’ve had, but haven’t used, Stamp of Authenticity for quite a while. Why is it we always gravitate to making more girly, pretty cards? Well, today was the day for this set, and did I have fun!!! I love doing more of a rugged, collage type look for guys - it just seems to *go*, for me anyway!!! Maybe because that’s the kind of guys I have around here — rugged and just thrown together — LOL!!! Anyway, for a bit of interest I used a piece cut from a cast off pair of blue jeans — I have stacks of these. Actually, they wouldn’t be cast off if only I’d repair them — but who has time for that — let’s cut them up and use them on cards (but please don’t tell!)!!! That surely solves the problem - LOL!!!
OK, I stapled my blue jean piece to the card and used a ton of punched items to fill it up. I think you can just kind of see what I did. All stamps are from the same set and I also used the Sanded background stamp, stamped in black on the white base. Then I took the *authentic* stamp and randomly stamped over the sanded, still in black. On the *original* tag I did use the retired SU Deckle Scissors, but that wouldn’t be necessary — I just like those scissors!!! Used lots of Pop Dots (they are thicker than the Dimensinals and I need those all the time it seems, from Wal-Mart) and Dimensionals — tons of texture and elevation to this card IRL. I like it!!!
- Stamps: Stamp of Authenticity, It’s Your Birthday, Sanded
- Paper: Real Red, Black, White
- Ink: Black Stazon, Real Red
- Accessories: Jumbo Eyelet, Vintage Brads, Staples, reitred SU Deckle Scissors, Crafter’s Tool Kit, Cropadile, Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Punches: Large and Small Star, Large and Small Tag, 3/4″, 1 1/4″, 1 3/8″ Round, Corner Rounder, Scrap of real blue jeans
Now, I have a question and I’d like an honest answer, OK? What would you think if you went to a workshop and were given this card to make? Would you find it odd to be getting a piece of old blue jeans? Would you find it offensive? Or would you consider it different and fun? The jeans are fresh out of the wash clean. My hostess for next week requested a specificially guy card, which this is, but I wonder — be honest, please!