Men are most definitely from Mars

Today's my first official challenge at A Gem of a Challenge, and the theme is :

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wait for it

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"Let's hear it for the boys".

Oh my word.  This is a challenge indeed for me because I'm officially the world's worst at designing masculine cards of any kind.

For male challenge themes I will often cheat and make a "baby boy" card, because I can still make it cute with flowers and ribbons (cos really it's for the mum rather than the baby, isn't it!!!).

But this time I decided to use a proper boy image.  However, I opted for my favourite occasion (Christmas) to motivate me a little bit more!!!

So :

• no pretty satin ribbon, 
• no flowers, 
• no pink (ok, just a little hint of pink on the papers, but we'll gloss over that)
• no bows 
• no lace
• nothing remotely girlie

(Ok, I admit, the image is still cute, but hey, you'll cut me some slack, right?)

To compensate for the lack of anything remotely feminine, I overdosed on die cuts !!!

Anyway, I hope you like my first card for the team.

And don't forget to pop by to see the other creations by my fab teamies and join in the challenge.

See my cards available to buy on eBay



Card Recipe:

• Image - Andy with Snowman and Winter Fence by Pink Gem Designs
• Sentiment - Christmas Circle Sentiment by Pink Gem Designs
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Cardworks Card base
• Pretty Snowflake Papers by Pink Gem Designs
• Lacey Circle Spellbinder Nesties
• Cheery Lynn Snowflake Die
• Magnolia Doohicky Slender Fir dies
• Memory Box Frostyville Border Die
• Pearls
• Liquid Pearls
• Stickles

I've been inspired by:

• Inky Chicks - 2 different die cuts (I used snowflakes and trees)

Happy crafting.
Annette
xx