Those tricky, tricky,

men.

Morning blogland,

And as another Tuesday rolls around, so a new Passion for Markers challenge starts,  This week my lovely Teamie Lorraine has chosen the theme of 'Masculine'.  As always the challenge has some very simple rules that you need to stick to if you want to be in with a chance at the randomly drawn prize.  With those rules being - it doesn't make what you make but you must use your markers (any brand) on your project; to follow the theme and no back linking. Even if you don't win the prize draw you're still in with a chance at a Top 5 spot. 

So those projects made for those tricky masculine cards I know some find them difficult, personally I don't mind cards for men or boys so much.  There are some great dies and stamps and digis out there aimed at the menfolk - although it can be a bit tricky if your man or boy doesn't like 'traditional' blokey things.

Our sponsor this week - Dr Digi's House of Stamps - does have a wide range of fun images for those masculine makes.  They also allowed the DT a stamp to use for our cards and this is my make with that digital stamp:

Supplies used:

Digital stamp:

Dr Digi House of Stamps - Dad DIY

coloured with my Copics

Rubber stamp:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Man, Myth, Legend

Tonic Studio - Say it With Sentiments

Dies:

Taylored Expressions - Simple Strips : Well Rounded

un-branded stitched rectangle dies

Stencils:

Lawn Fawn - Brick stencil

Polkadoodles - Great Outdoors stencil

Anything else:

Distress Inks

blending brush

black card to matt

It was fun creating this one - the scene came together really well but, as always, I'm such a terrible self critic that I was starting to worry that picking jeans and a blue shirt made him look a little like he was wearing a jumpsuit!  They are, in real life, very different shades of blue, not so much in the picture.

As always I would encourage you to pop on over to the challenge blog, take a look at my Teamies wonderful projects and think about popping something in yourself.  It's fun, honestly!

Aaaand, if you made all the way down here, thank you for ploughing on through my waffle!

See you soon,

Sarah