This month I have half a dozen birthday cards to make and four of them are for men – why is is that I find designing cards for men is so much more difficult than for women?

Inks: Black document ink, Distress inks Antique linen and black soot
Card: Black, white
Stamps: Stampin up Sense of time, Seeing spots and Curvy verses, Autumn leaves On the edge (Katie Pertiet), Clarity stamps clever corner Delicate
Other: circle domed bubble, Stampin up hardware

Inks: Stampin up Old olive and Pumpkin pie
Card: Stampin up paper Summer picnic, white card
Stamps: Design house Deco A glimpse & a rose in the hand (greeting), Llewelyn-Bowen Vernaissance
Other: memory chips (metal parts coloured with Sunset orange alcohol ink)

Inks: Black document ink to go around the edges
Card: Black, white, silver and red mirror card, acetate, gingham paper
Other: red and silver brads
The greeting was printed out and the compass was an image from the internet printed onto acetate. All the parts move so you can turn the compass dial around the silver brad and you can turn the whole compass to reveal the greeting. Photo doesn’t show up the shiny dial very well.

Inks: Archival Coffee, Distress ink Walnut stain
Card: Natural brown card, beige card
Stamps: Stampin up Sense of time, Stampers anonymous Urban tapestry, Autumn leaves On the edge (Katie Pertiet)
Other: Tim Holtz mask Timeworks, brad and cog