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Sunday 25 January 2015

Birthday Gear


Hi everyone, I hope you're enjoying your weekend.
 We've had a sweltering day today so I've been in and out of our pool. It's nearly 8pm and it's finally cooling down! 

I need a masculine card for an upcoming birthday so thought I'd try a cogs and gears theme.
I die cut these gears from an envelope box as the card was nice and sturdy. I've used a mixture of alcohol inks and Hueys mists to colour them. 

I'm linking up to the challenge at Seize the Birthday. There is an optional sketch but I've gone with anything goes birthday.

The tag was punched from a snippet of white card and coloured with distress inks, so I'm visiting the playground at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

Edited to add: I'm also linking up to the masculine challenge at Crafty Gals Corner Challenges
Thanks Becca!

Supplies:
Memory Box gear dies; Fiskars tag punch; florist wire; brad; sentiment sticker; Sizzix embossing folder, (I don't have a gear ef and thought the dies fitted in this one ok); grey metallic card base.

Thanks for visiting,
Cathy x
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20 comments:

  1. Di25 January 2015 at 21:01

    Oh this is fabulous Cathy! LOVE how the die cut gears go so well with the ef, looks a perfect combination to me!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  2. Karen M25 January 2015 at 21:06

    Such a great masculine card Cathy - I love the colours and your design is so cool! hugsxx

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  3. Sue -25 January 2015 at 22:51

    Super male card. Love all the metallics!

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  4. Maarit at Violets Corner26 January 2015 at 00:27

    Super male card, love the textures and the design. I can send some cooling snow your way :)

    Warm hugs
    Maarit

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  5. Susanne Vargas26 January 2015 at 00:46

    That is a fantastic masculine card, Cathy! The gears and EF look perfect together!

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  6. Hannelie26 January 2015 at 03:30

    Any guy will absolutely LOVE this!
    Thanks for joining us at Seize the birthday!

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  7. Liz26 January 2015 at 06:20

    A fabulous male card. I love it! xx

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  8. Becca Cruger26 January 2015 at 06:33

    OOooo! This definitely is masculine and so darn cool. I love all those gears and that embossed background. Thank you for becoming my newest bloggy follower. I"ve done the same and will be stopping back to cheer you on! Also - you should totally link this card up to the Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - which is to make a masculine card. :)

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  9. rachel26 January 2015 at 09:15

    what great texture Cathy - this is fabulous. Big hugs Rachel x

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  10. Mrs A.26 January 2015 at 10:10

    Always hard to find themes for a male card so your cogs idea is excellent. Cold and wet here in the UK. Hugs Mrs A.

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  11. Samantha A.26 January 2015 at 10:16

    FAB MALE CARD! I love how shiny it is! All the gears are awesome!
    Thanks for playing along this week at Crafty Gals Corner!
    -Samantha
    Crafty Gals Corner - DT Coordinator
    Crafty Gals Corner

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  12. MaryH26 January 2015 at 12:02

    Perfect guy card, and loved the way you salvaged the gear material. That metallic background is wonderful for the gears...very automotive feel to the entire card. TFS & Hugs.

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  13. Carol L26 January 2015 at 14:34

    What a fantastic masculine card! I love the cogs and gears and how you "embedded" them into the embossed design!

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  14. Sarn26 January 2015 at 19:59

    This cog card for the male of the species is fantastic.

    Heat? Oh that would be lovely . . . flipping freezing in the UK at the mo!

    Hugs, Sarn xxx

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  15. shirley-bee27 January 2015 at 09:38

    Great male card - love all the metallics! Thanks so much for playing along at Seize the Birthday :)

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  16. Deepti27 January 2015 at 09:57

    Awesome masculine card, I have to work on this area of my crafting ;)

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  17. Brenda in IN27 January 2015 at 10:59

    Oh what a great card! Love the embossing and the gears. Are the gears and cogs dies?What a perfect guy card.

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  18. roffeycreations27 January 2015 at 11:22

    Very strong and manly card - perfect - Mxxx

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  19. Judy V27 January 2015 at 12:35

    Great masculine card! Love the embossing and die cut gears! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Crafty Gals Corner! Hope to see you back again soon!

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  20. Sherrie M.30 January 2015 at 07:52

    This card is gorgeous!! What a great masculine card.

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