something for the (big or biggest) boys

let's face it, guy cards are HARD. and the hardest kind of guy cards are the ones for older boys/younger men... ages about 13-23... seriously, sometimes it's tempting to just (GASP!) just hit hallmark, isn't it??! so we're taking the bull by the horns this week at shopping our stash and making exactly those kinds of cards. 'cause we're papercrafters, and we don't buy cards!!!

background: one sheet of notebook paper run through a xyron, allowed to get stuck to itself, torn apart, wrinkled, ripped into smaller pieces, then collaged together on an 8.5x5.5" cardstock panel (no, seriously, that's what happened, it was a total accident, i was planning just to stick the notebook paper to the cardstock and make a card, but i'm so glad that didn't happen b/c this is SO MUCH COOLER!!!); alphabet stamps: heidi swapp; other stamps: grungy circles by dina wakley, large ring and dotted circle by 7 gypsies, large and small stars by PSX; rub-ons: 7 gypsies, basic grey, heidi swapp, american crafts; tapes: october afternoon, love my tapes, recollections, freckled fawn; chipboard letters: basic grey; star brads: oriental trading; glossy black cardstock: ranger; inks: ranger distress in fired brick and hickory smoke, ranger archival in black; adhesives: xyron, elmers brand gluetape, sewing machine

i confess that i went absolutely blank for like a day and a half. seriously. i had NO IDEAS for this one, and i started to worry a bit. but then i remembered i had guts, determination, creativity, loads of art supplies and t'nternet... so i did what women lucky enough to be blessed with those attributes always do at times like these: yes, i surfed over to pinterest to steal the very best older boy/younger man card i could possibly find!!! :) i saw some really REALLY great "you rock" cards that used guitar images, some totally awesome skateboarding- themed ideas; super-cool cards with car and video game ideas... but somehow nothing quite hit me. a few of my favorites had interesting grungy backgrounds, however, and i realized i hadn't made one of those in a long time, so i decided that's what i should do. i grabbed some notebook paper, tapes, a few stamps, and the oldest-and-least-likely-to-rub-well rub-ons in my collection and went to town. boy that was fun! i suspect this is the start of a mini-obsession, so i'll apologize in advance if i bore the heck out of you for the next two weeks, lol!

a place that is never, EVER boring is the SOS blog, b/c that's where my fellow design team darlings hang out each week. go say hi, won't you, and leave them some love! ♥♥♥