Krafty Chicks challenge #804 - Masculine

Good morning lovely friends; I hope your week is going well so far. I'm sharing my card for the new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 4; as always the theme is 'Masculine' and Lori is our hostess. We know it's not everyone's favourite challenge, but we do have to make some masculine cards sometime and this challenge will hopefully help you get them done. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I didn't make this card for anyone in particular, I just grabbed some supplies on my desk and had a play.  Thinking now though it is my brother-in-law's birthday at the end of the month so maybe he will be the lucky recipient lol!  I decided to make a 5" x 7" card for a change and although it ended up being fairly clean and simple I think it's super cute.  I hope you like it too. 

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by cutting a white panel 5" x 7" and using a new to me stencil created the 'wave' design using 5 different shades of blue inks.  I used Master Layouts 8 to cut the stitched rectangle and also used the plain rectangle to cut a blue layer.  I added some white gouache spatter for some extra interest.  I was going to simply add a sentiment and call it done but nothing looked right (do you have days like that?) so as the background looked like the sea to me I decided to add some super cute fish.  I stamped the fish and two shells onto alcohol marker friendly card, coloured them with Promarkers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I stamped the water bubbles directly onto the background using white pigment ink, although it faded back quite a bit on the dark ink, and added the fish with foam squares.  I found a long, bold sentiment which I think suits masculine cards and manipulated it slightly so that it followed the curve of the 'wave' and stamped it onto the panel with black ink.  I adhered the panels together with double sided tape, added some scrap card behind it for some dimension and added to the card base with double sided tape.  I didn't add anything extra as I liked it as it was.  For the inside I cut another white stitched rectangle and blue mat layer using the master layouts dies.  I used the stencil to create some waves at the bottom of the panel and added some white spatter.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and using liquid glue added the two shells into the bottom right corner.  I adhered the layers together and added the panel to the card blank with double sided tape.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Allsorts challenge - for boys or men

As You Like It challenge - favourite occasion (definitely birthday, 95% of my makes are birthday cards)

Aud Sentiments challenge - ATG + sentiment

Crafter's Cafe challenge - one for the boys

Crafty Animals challenge - ATG must include an animal (hope my fish are ok)

Creative Crafting Uncles challenge - happy birthday

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter

Girlz Makes Guyz Cards challenge - ATG male

Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love challenge - BEWAS (birthday)

Inkspirational challenge - shades of blue

Moving Along With The Times challenge - use stencils and/or dies

Stamping Sensations challenge - something beginning with B - blue

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil optional twist anything with 4 legs

Unicorn challenge - birthday

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Masculine' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

*Gina K Designs - beautiful backdrops stencil

Gina K Designs - just keep swimming stamp & die 

Gina K Designs - master layouts 8 die set

Gina K Designs - flowing florals stamp (for outside sentiment)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - in the navy, blue denim, blue raspberry, blue sky, sea glass

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card - store now closed

Limetree Craft - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

Winsor & Newton - white gouache (for spatters)

Promarkers

blue card from my stash

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Thank you x