It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players! This week, Jaydee is hosting a Theme Challenge: Wildlife! This gave me an opportunity to pull out my newest set, Walk in the Wild. This was a set which I wanted as soon as I saw it, but for some reason, I just kept moving it down the Wish List. It wasn’t until one of my Lesson of the Month students ordered it, that I decided that I needed it to fill a void. It is an awesome masculine set, or for anyone who loves wildlife. I hope you enjoy today’s masculine card.
The Stampin’ Schach’s Design Tips: Masculine
This finished card measures 5-1/2″ wide by 4-1/4″ long.
- Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle! The Moose from Walk in the Wild was lightly tinted using inks and Blender Pens. A little Always Artichoke accents the foliage, while Soft Suede adds just a tinge of color to this majestic moose. Of course, no faux watercoloring is complete without shadowing in Soft Sky.
- Textile texture! Burlap Ribbon adds a touch of texture. I trimmed off the stitched sides, and unraveled a couple of strands for more interest.
- Barn board and pearls! Three single Pearls, smooth and delightfully feminine, add contrast to the Naturals Ivory Woodgrain embossed panel. Pearls are totally unexpected on a masculine card, but I love the touch of unexpected, don’t you!
The men in my house expect pearls on their cards. They know that I love adding pearls to almost every card I make. In researching the symbolism behind pearls, I discovered that my first name, Margaret, is derived from the Latin word, Margarita, which in turn comes from the Greek word which means…can you guess? Do I even need to say it? Yep…”Pearl”! How cool is that!
As always, your comments are important to me. Won’t you please let me know what you think of today’s card? And remember, if you ever have any questions about the cards I create, or the techniques I use, I am only an email away. Until next time…
Just gorgeous, Ann! I am not the biggest fan of the great outdoors but with a warm and cozy card like this, I could get used to it. Love the soft colors and your coloring is fantastic!
Beautiful masculine card.
What a wonderful card! And I did have to chuckle about the pearls on a moose card!
OMG! this is so gorgeous and I LOVE your coloring! What a great masculine card.
A wonderful male card Ann 🙂
Lizy xx
I’ve never fallen in love with a moose stamp before now! Wow!
(with a lovely first name like Margaret, surprised you would go with your middle name?! :0 )
Oh this is fabulous!
what a wonderful stamp set and such a lovely masculine card
We should have known your name means Pearl!
Outstanding masculine card. Love your coloring of the image.
LUV the fact that your name is derived from “pearl” … my birthstone is pearls …
love love love this card and i will be casing it this weekend … hope you don’t mind …
Everything you pull together is so wonderful…as is your coloring! So fun to know that all of the guys in your life know to expect pearls…! I am always a bit sad when I see one of your cards without one….you do the best job placing them! Fabulous card!
Fabulous card, Ann. Masterful coloring and I love that you tied the colors to the DSP. The addition of the burlap ribbon was genius.
Hugs
Jaydee
Oh wow Ann, this is awesome! What a fabulous masculine card! Love that Sweater Weather DSP, so perfect! Your watercoloring is beautiful and I love the woodgrain background. I didn’t notice the pearls either until you mentioned them! Now we know why you love pearls so much, thanks for sharing the story behind your name!
Oh wow Ann, this is awesome! What a fabulous masculine card! Love that Sweater Weather DSP, so perfect! Your watercoloring is beautiful and I love the woodgrain background. I didn’t notice the pearls either until you mentioned them! Now we know why you love pearls so much, thanks for sharing the story behind your name!
What an awesome “wild” card, Ann! I think you’ve colored this image wonderfully…truly a majestic image. And how cool that your first name has a pearl connection!!!
Ann, I believe you are what the Bible refers to as “the pearl of great price.”
I LOVE it!! But seldom do you create I card that I DON’T love!! You are one of my favorite places to visit, and I have gratefully and unashamedly cased TONS of your cards! I think I could spend 6 months just doing different color combos with “Field Flowers” thanks to your inspiration, Ann! This is a great “guy card” . . pearls and all!
This is a great card, Ann–perfect for guy or gal who love the outdoors. Your woodgrain, burlap and plaid accents are perfect and I love the way you’ve stamped the images off the edge. Fabulous card!
Perfect timing! I am so glad I might have inspired you to
“Walk in the Wild”. Thank you for sharing your techniques, your awesome card and giving me the inspiration to ink up my set.
Boy, I must be tired, I can’t come up with any Rocky and Bullwinkle witisms! Love the card and love the story! When I saw the set, I knew you would create something wonderful with it and you did! Love all the great details. Something about the pearls and the burlap just makes me smile! Great card as always!
Chris R. from Iowa
Ann!
What a great masculine card. I am always searching for guy card. You continue to amaze me with your beautiful cards.
Love the card. Great choices of color and embellishments. Thanks for sharing.
Love the card Pearl! And the pearls! I was anxious to see what you would do with this set & you surely did not disappoint.
Gorgeous Ann! Love the coloring and all the texture. I didn’t notice the pearls until I read your post and took a 2nd look. They work beautifully with this and that is a lesson for me to try on my manly cards. Love that your name means pearl. Mine is warrior woman…go figure! lol
What a beautiful masculine card, Ann! I didn’t think I needed that designer paper…guess I was wrong! Thanks for helping me change my mind. (smiles) Is it just the angle of the camera or did you use an oval framelit in the top photo and a circle framelit in the bottom photo? I just LOVE the framelits and this card could easily be created with several of them. I think we have come to the conclusion that pearls are not gender specific! They are beautiful any way you use them!
Beautiful card, Ann! Love the info behind your name…who would have guessed? Speaking of, I have a another friend whose name is the same as yours, only she goes by Margaret Ann. Cool!
Breathtaking!! to me the pearls were reminiscent of clouds – or if you felt silly, they could be a smoke signal from a nearby American Native : ) Everything about this card is just extraordinary. No way – your name means pearl????? too cool!
Love your card. You watercolor beautifully! Thanks for the step-by-step and the inspiration.
So handsome! And I didn’t even notice the pearls until you pointed them out! That’s how accustomed I am to them. My guy knows to expect pearls on his cards, too. LOL
You are right Ann, what a great masculine stamp set this is and perfect for this challenge. I love the texture you added with the woodgrain background and burlap trim.