It's time to play at Freshly Made Sketches! The talented Rita Wright's versatile sketch was perfect for a Clean and Simple Masculine card, or what I like to call CAS-Mas. There were several masculine stamps which would have worked great for this sketch, such as the Tractor from Harvest Blessings or the Truck from Countryside, but I reached for the Horse Frontier stamp set. Horses were an important part of my life growing up, and this image brings back so many memories. I hope you enjoy today's card!
The Stampin' Schach Design Tips: Clean and Simple Masculine
This finished card measures 4-1/4" wide by 5-1/2" long.
- Emboss! When leaving an image uncolored, heat emboss for a richer look with a touch of texture!
- Let it slide! A Ribbon Slide is the perfect option when adding a touch of ribbon on a masculine card!
There you have it... quick and easy!
In Other News...
Little Lexi has settled right back into the swing of things. In case you did not see this picture on Facebook, I am posting it here. All three were watching the neighborhood children walk to school.
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Stamp Set: Horse Frontier (W 126345, C 126347);
Inks: VersaMark (102283);
Designer Series Paper: Festival of Prints (126904);
Card Stock: Crumb Cake (120953), Early Espresso Core'dinations (127848), Island Indigo (122923), Naturals Ivory (101849);
Tools: Heat Tool (129053), Early Espresso Stampin' Emboss Powder (128980);
Glitz and Glam: Ribbon Slides (127834), Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon (122974);
41 comments:
Absolute yummy perfection! And the picture - OMG!! thanks for sharing.
I LOVE this card, Ann! What a great masculine card, and that horse image is just gorgeous. This set is going right onto my wish list!
How cute is that picture of the dogs! Do they always stand in that order? Tallest to shortest? Funny!
Fantastic Masculine card! The woodgrain embossing folder is a perfect touch for the horse image and I love the paper and ribbon you chose! Another stunner!
Love this card Ann. i am so happy SU as a nice horse stamp this year.
The picture is adorable! Lexi is growing quite well.
Love the picture of the dogs! How cute! The card is great. Perfect masculine card.
Love the card and the pic of the boxers is priceless! Anne, you make my day! It's fun to check your blog for my daily card fix!
Now that picture of the dogs made me laugh! How sweet are they??!!! Love the card. Masculine perfection!!
Hi Ann! Wow, such a stunning cas mas card! I think if you tied the ribbon in a bow, this would work for a girl just the same. The ribbon slide kind of looks like the loops from a saddle though. Perfect!
Love your doggie pic! Now this one just has to go in your MDS album. I bet Lexi really missed her mama and is happy to be home now.
Awesome masculine card! I definitely need to get that horse set! I love the Woodgrain EF too! I can so relate to the pic of the Twins and Lexi, mine love to look out the front window and watch the kids going by as well! So cute, love how they are lined up shortest to tallest!
Ann great masculine card. Love it embossed too, and I really like the ribbon slides. Hugs
PS: The fur babies look too cute peeking at the kids. How funny.
Excellent masculine card, always so hard to design! And I LOVE the pictures of the pups; looks like a little family, quietly watching outside. wonderful!
Hi Ann! Great card! Perfect CAS-mas! Your fur babies are adorable! That photo is priceless!
This is a great example of CAS and Masculine. It came together beautifully!
LOL, I wondered what CAS-Mas was...obviously now I know! And this is a perfect example...love it with the paper from the paper pack! And of course, the pups steal the show!
Nice masculine card Ann! But the star of the post is the adorable picture of the boxers watching the kids.
Perfect masculine card! Love it, but agree with everyone else . . . those boxers steal the show. :) Thanks for a chance to win some blog candy!
Horses are such a beautiful animal and you made a great card with that image. When I saw it, my thought was that you need to get SU to make a stamp with a Boxer on it and then I saw the picture you posted with your three Boxers lined up at the window. That is just too cute!!!
Of course I like your card today Ann. but what what made my heart melt was the pic of your dogs... they're just adorable. Thanks for sharing it...
Ann, I absolutely LOVE this card! Great for any horse lover, not just the guys!
What a great card! That slide does look like something sort of horse equipment type stuff. You can tell I don't "do" horses! Anyway, great card.
Love the photo of the kids! What a riot! Do any of the two leggd kids going to school look for them and wave to them?
Chris R. from Iowa
Fabulous card...beautiful! The picture of the dogs is absolutely priceless....thank you for sharing!
CAS Mas?! You are a hoot Ann! I love your manly card, but those doggies steal the show! They are too adorable!
The picture of the pups is too cute!!
What a great masculine card! And I love the pic of your babies.
I was just thinking today how fabulous these colors were together and here you go creating a card with them! Love this!
Love the picture of the 'kids' watching the school kids. :)
I'm not normally a huge fan of this type of card, but as always you make them so cool that I love it!
Great masculine card Ann! I needed that CAS-Mas explanation -you're very clever and funny!
Love the pic of your dogs!
Oh my goodness. What a great picture of the "kids". That is digital scrapbook worthy!!! TFS :-)
Beautiful clean and simple card Ann. Love the photo of the pups at the window. Pretty soon Lexi will be able to get as good a view as Muffy and Brody.
Love the picture! It is so sweet.
Great CAS card. I really like the image uncolored.
I never thought of it, but YES - this sketch is perfect for masculine cards! Love what you did with the sketch, and have a big smile on my face from your photo. What beautiful furry kids!
Cheers, Karen
love the strip of blue dsp! fantastic man card.
hugs, m
Ok, the Boxer trio totally takes the cake on this one, Ann! How CUTE is that photo?! Great card. Love the distressed woodgrain background and the fresh colors. :)
Oh, this card is CAS-mas perfection Ann .... love the texture and love the papers too!
Great pics of your three little ones!!!
All the dogs looking out the window brings back memories of when I had a house-full of German shepherds! Always entertaining and endearing. I love your - or should I say The Twins' - stories.
Love your masculine card Ann! I love that woodgrain!!! Great colours! Love the picture of the puppies! They are so cute!
Another great CAS-Mas card! I love the ribbon slides for an embellishment for a man's card! Great colors, too.
A fabulous clean & simple creation and just perfect for a masculine card. Great job, as always, Ann! :)
Fabulous card. I love everything about it!
Great card! Love that picture of the "kids" all lined up in a row, so darn cute.
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