Wednesday 5 February 2014

TMR - Valentine .....

.....  Good morning!  I've been keeping a secret and I can share it now!  I am absolutely delighted to be joining Jacqueline and the rest of the Design Team at The Male Room - a challenge site specially for guy cards.  I think you all know that I actually enjoy making guy cards - I use quite a lot with sending them to Ben and Jonathan.

Our theme at The Male Room is Valentine.  Your card/project should encapsulate the theme and  have a masculine feel.  Here's my card:

I Love You! - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Stamps: My Favourite Thing - LJD Homespun Hearts
Inks: Stampin' Up! - Real Red, Island Indigo
Dies: Cheery Lynn - Hearts 'n' Gears; Die-namics - LJD Rustic Hearts
Accessories: White Lustre Card; SU Card - Real Red, Island Indigo



I've used the colours from this week's Dynamic Duos - DD#88 and the layout/theme from the current FUSION challenge - FUSION#3.  This card came together really quickly.  I found the lovely heart die a couple of weeks ago - the gears give it a really masculine feel.  I cut the larger heart out in red cut out a couple of white hearts and stamped them in teal.  I stamped a couple more red hearts and some teal buttons directly onto the card base.  I finished the front with a simple, but heart-felt sentiment.  For the inside I cut a mat layer in teal, added the smaller gear heart and a dotty heart too.

I Love You! Inside - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

I'm not actually giving this to Jonathan on Valentine's Day as we actually met on 15th February 2000 - so I'm giving it to him then.  Wow, that's 14 years ago!  The time has simply flown by!  It's been marvellous and there's still so much to come :)

Do check out the inspiration cards from the rest of the team - lots of lovely cards to see!  I can't wait to see what you create for our masculine Valentine theme.  See you soon.

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17 comments:

Nonni said...

Congrats on your new team!

Julia Aston said...

wow Deborah - LOVE that gears/heart die - and the blue/red color combo - thanks for playing along with Fusion this! week!! and congrats on the DT

Vicki Dutcher said...

That geared heart is perfect for this masculine Valentine~

Sue - said...

The gears in the heart are great! Congratulations on your anniversary on the 15th!

Darnell said...

Sensational Valentines, Deborah! Guys like them, too, right?! (And they are PERFECT for all the challenges!!) Congratulations on the anniversary of meeting your lovely Jonathan 14 years ago! Hugs, Darnell

Darnell said...

P.S. Forgot to say, congratulations on the new DT appointment! They are lucky to have you!! Hugs, Darnell

FiestyCrafter (Tina) said...

This is a great CAS card! Just the little bit of colors really pop. Congrats to you and Jonathan on 14 years, he's gonna love this card!

Karin Åkesdotter said...

This is so pretty! Love your hearts!

Annette Elliott said...

This is adorable! I love that heart die. So detailed. I like how you placed your images. A nice Valentine creation. thanks for joining us this week at Dynamic Duos!

Unknown said...

Congrats on your DT spot :) I love the way you've arranged these hearts in sort of an arc. The slight overlapping gives them such a dimensional and interesting touch.

Best crafty wishes!
Amber
Staying Crafty

Anni said...

Clean and simple and sooooo beautiful!
Thanks for sharing!
Anni

Stella said...

Fabulous; love that heart die and your choice to piar up red with Island Indigo!
XX

Cathy Weber said...

Congratulations Deborah...so excited for you and your new Design Team. I love this masculine card...the colors are just right for a guy and the heart with gears die just screams masculine to me. Beautiful finishing on the inside too!

Sarah Fleming said...

That heart with the gears is really cool! And I like the matching one for the inside of the card. Thanks for joining us at Dynamic Duos this week!

Sue Lelli said...

The hearts and gear die is just so Perfect for masculine! FAB colors, too!

Jacqueline said...

Wow - this is lovely - what a gorgeous die cut heart - Jacqueline xx

Lyndal said...

Gorgeous hearts Deborah!! So glad you joined in the fun @ FUSION - hope to see you again soon :)

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