April 25, 2011

Papertrey Blog Hop - April 25

This month Papertrey's Blog Hop was dedicated to the men in our lives.  We were challenged to focus on masculine color schemes, fresh pattern combinations, understated embellishments and unique uses of images you may already have in your stash!

My husbands birthday is coming up in May so I took this opportunity to get a head start on his gift.  I chose Dark Chocolate and Simply Chartreuse for my colour scheme.  Dark Chocolate Cardstock was matted with Bitty Dot Basics then a simple embellishment was made with Vintage Cream felt topped with a Simply Chartreuse pinked circle stamped with a Tag-its #2 frame and birthday cake from Tag-its #1.The circle was adhered using foam tape.  The sentiment at the bottom of the card was from Make a Wish Additions and also adhered with foam tape.  Rounded corners and chcolate brads finished off the card.



All Supplies from PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted:

Cardstock: Dark Chocolate, Dark Chocolate Bitty Dot Basics, Simply Chartreuse
Stamps: Tag-its #1, #2 and Make a Wish Additioins
Ink:  Dark ChocolateDie:  Flower Fusion #1
Dies:  Mat Stack #1, Double-Ended Banners
Other:  Chocolate Brads, Corner Chomper, foam tape

34 comments :

Gayatri said...

Awesome card! Love the color combo and the focal point :)

Daniela F. said...

Great card, Tracey! The color combo is perfect for this kind of project :)

Renee said...

Great card!
Love the focal point and sentiment!

Karin Åkesdotter said...

Great!!!

Vannessa said...

Love this colour combo!

Ally said...

Great interpretation of the theme. I love the colors, and the simple layout - perfect! ;-)

Suzanne said...

Cute card!! I love the colors that you used, and that polka dot paper is awesome!

Sue Lelli said...

Love the colors and all the manly polka dots! Fab card!

Stephanie said...

Cute, cute, cute! Love the green and brown!! Someone is going to be smiling when they receive this one!

Jen Carter said...

It's great how you carried the dotted theme from the background paper to the circle layer! That really ties everything together well!

Mona Pendleton said...

Cute card Tracey! Great color combo!

Linda Suarez said...

I love the bitty dots paper on the dark chocolate cardstock! Great masculine card!!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

I've got that Tag It Set and I haven't used the cake, thanks for the inspiration!

Terri said...

Nice job. Love all the polka dots!

Emily Leiphart said...

I love this clean and elegant card, Tracey! Beautifully done!

farmhouse-story said...

love this great guy card, tracey--i heart the dots!

Wendy ten Hove said...

Oeh, love this card, Tracey! Sorry I'm a day late in commenting, but the time difference was in my way.. ;-) Love all the little dots here on this card! And the brown and green are lovely together!! Very wonderful card!!

Hugs, Wendy

Diane said...

Perfect masculine card...great color combo...my hubby's BD is in May, too....I peeked at your craft room...nice!!

Anonymous said...

Great card! I love this color combo, but this is such a versatile card. Just by changing the colors you could have a LOT of birthday cards ready to go!

Leigh Penner said...

What a great masculine card! That green sure pops on the white and the polka-dots are perfect!

Crafty Math Chick said...

Pretty color combination. Love all the polka dots (I always think poka dots are fun!)

Rosanne said...

Great card! Love brown and green together!

Monika/Buzsy said...

What a perfect birthday card. Love the colors. :o)

Janelle said...

Love the color combination... masculine, but not boring. :) Good job making the focal point not look too girly by using the pinking-edged circle and tying in the polka dot border with the dots on the patterned paper. Love it all! (Bet your husband will, too!)

Call Me Crafty Al said...

Loving the green/brown combo and all of the polka dots. TFS!

Cyndie said...

This card is just darling! I really like those colors together, and it's neat how you got the dots on the background and the center image to match!

DF said...

This is really fun and fresh! Love the polka dots and the colour combo - great job!

jen said...

this turned out great- love the colors- I'm sure he'll love it!! :)

Chris Simon said...

Great color combo! I love the points of the pinked circle peeking out from the polka dot stamped circle. Wonderful card!

Anne Tussing said...

Fabulous color combo! I love your style!

Mindy said...

Love the colors, too! Great for a man card! Also, love how you used the tag-its stamp with the limitless layers...they fit perfectly together :-)

Anonymous said...

Gosh, this is a really pretty card - in a very masculine way ! Thanks for the kind comment on my blog !

Margaret C

Barbara said...

Fabulous design and color combo! Great card!

Stacy's Paper Crafts said...

Love this CAS card :)