Manly Monday Card has A Tree, Clocks, Jute and Thinking of you

You are in for a treat today. Grab your cup of coffee or tea and have an awesome time clicking to 8 different blogs. What an astounding amount of return emails I got from last weeks hunt for masculine cards. I am so pumped for you to see what these ladies have created for you.

Be sure to scroll to the bottom to check out my thinking of you card.

Sandy's Creations

Crafty Fox Cards

Pia's Papir og Perler

9 Hawks and a dragonfly

Little Bits of Craft

Todd House

Todd House #2

BeeBeeBabs Creations

I also wanted to share a few guy card Pinterest boards for you to check out:

http://pinterest.com/jeanstarin/cards-for-him/

http://pinterest.com/252purpleroses/boys-guy-cards/

http://pinterest.com/paperrosestudio/guy-cards/

http://pinterest.com/chippewa70/masculine-cards/

For my card today I used an embossing folder by Darice that I inked with distress ink and an ink blender by Ranger Industries. Then I sprayed it with water to add little splotches all over the embossed background. The tree stamp is by Stampin Up and I heat embossed it with ink by Versa Mark and embossing powder from Ranger Industries. I die cut the tree stamp out with a Spellbinders die that I inked while it was still in the die and then matted it onto a scalloped edge die cut. The sentiment stamp is by Stamp N Plus. I used Hero Arts black ink and then Ranger distress ink for the edges. 

All the cardstock used on my card is by Recollections. The slightly patterned paper that the tree is stamped on is by Basic Grey. 

Thanks for stopping by. If you spot or make a masculine card that can be linked to a blog, give me a shout-out at grohcm at Gmail dot com. I'm always on the prowl for these sometimes hard-to-make guy cards.

Challenges:

http://aninkysituation.blogspot.com/- Scallops

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Anything with a B {Basic Grey}

http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Rectangle cards only

http://hobbycutzchallenges.blogspot.com/- Create your own Background

http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.co.uk/- Anything goes

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.com/- Card for a guy

http://digistamps4joy-sa.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/- Masculine

http://arandomthursdaychallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://happycamperscc.blogspot.co.uk/- Use a stamp {tree}

http://www.ladyanneschallenges.com/stamp-challenge.html- Anything goes

http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/- Layers

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/- Dies

http://crafts4eternity.blogspot.com/- Time to go {Clocks}

http://asimplefive.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.com/- Anything that flies {Time flies hence the clocks}

http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/- Shabby/Vintage {I think it looks vintage}

http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/- Sentimental

http://scrapbookstampsocietychallengeblog.blogspot.com/- Anything goes

http://www.tammyscrapincorner.com/- Anything goes

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/- Anything goes