I usually try to do a masculine card in my 10/10/20 classes, I said "try", but with this fun "Totally Tool" set a man's card is easy, and I loved this new paper in the Sweet Pea DSP pack of paper, and I thought they looked good together.
My Poppa was an electrician and a carpenter, a Jack Milton of all trades really. He wore many hats in his amazing lifetime. I think he would have liked this card, and I could have given it to him many times over. I miss him every day, but sometimes Jeff will do something and I am like thinking to myself "gee that is kinda like Poppa" so I think Jeff and I are gonna be our own version of Poppa and Granny, he is the outgoing over at the neighbors guy like Poppa was, I sit home and stamp or read, like Granny did, but she knitted and crocheted instead. Since Jeff and I will never be real grandparents like Poppa and Granny we can kinda just pretend our friends grandkids are ours too. Well as long as they don't have boogery noses, and wet sticky fingers…blech! Maybe I can just keep pictures in my wallet.
Let's change the topic and get to the card k?
Stamp Set: Totally Tool
Ink: Basic Black, Sage Shadow, Sahara Sand
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue, Sweet Pea DSP
Misc: Versamarker pen, to add some shading under the wrench and screwdriver, 5/8" silver brads
I did stamp, color and cut out the screwdriver and laid it over top the wrench, and attached it with dimensionals, I just cut them skinny.
Well we are still getting rain, but the tornadoes never made it to us last night, poor Jeff I kept going in the bedroom to wake him up after the news would break from programming…heck at one point Private Practice started playing in the middle of Greys Anatomy and I was like what???? anyway I would go in and wake him up "What is south east of Cave Creek?", then "What is North of Mesa?", they said to get in the tub with a mattress and pillows, and then I am thinking ugh… I need to clean the tub. But thankfully Poppa was looking out for us, and we didn't need to clean get in the tub.
Jeff just keeps grumbling about the weeds that are gonna be coming as soon as all the rain is gone and the sun comes up. Ugh! One year they were waist high.
Have a great Saturday and thanks for stopping in!
Love the card (masculine cards are so hard for me!) and I love the story too!
How funny…I've totally thought about the weeds already with all of this rain. Amazing amounts for this dry desert, huh? My kids are AMAZED at all the retention ponds and ditches that are just completely full.
Love the card. I need some more masculine sets…I think this is the one I will order when I have SAB sets that I have earned! Thanks for that inspiration.
Hey a few weeds are better than you and Toby (aka Toto) ending up somewhere East of Cave Creek!!!!!
Luv ya
Glad you are still dry and in the house!
Jax
Jeff is right, we are going to lots of weeds BUT we are going to get some beautiful wild flowers too.
Great card Diana, I too have this set and love it for masculine cards! Seen the news last night and was worried about your family, so happy to hear you are safe!! We have friends in Phoenix, family in Tucson as well, will be checking on all of you. Have a great weekend!
Very nice man card! Those are so hard to do. I have to get that set and make it easier. One of my little dogs came from Cave Creek. It was a nice little town. TFS!
love it! will make one for hubby this week!