I had a chance to make some cards this morning and I missed a bunch of wonderful challenges this week. I maximized my card making efforts by combining some of the challenges...
Just Add Ink - JAI41 - Just add BIRTHDAY!
Clean & Simple Stamping - FTL114 - sketch
I also wanted to challenge myself to make some MALE cards because I seem to have a lack of those and I find them the hardest to make!
Here's what I came up with...


For this gray card I gained inspiration from the
Inspiration Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. I chose
this bracelet to inspire me.
I used textured paper and also textured the stars. I added a scored line and some brads. Here's a close up...


For the black card I wanted to play along with the one layer challenge -
OLW26 - to use black, red and white on a one layer card. I hope punches don't disqualify this from being one layer. I wasn't sure.
I changed the scored lines for this one and also added one more brad.

So what did my husband think?.... are they good male cards?....
He said they're ok. He likes the black one better.
AGH - he's so hard to make cards for!