Thursday, March 15, 2007

Irish Coffee


After counting the votes for my new "challenge" it seems that Manly Cards won. This is gonna be a real challenge for me, since it's hard to make a manly card with flowers on it!!
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I've been tossing this idea around in my head about drink recipes and cards... when I was REALLY into fiber arts - knitting & crocheting - my friend and I talked about designing patterns named after mixed drinks. It never happenend, but it got me thinking about the concept with cardmaking.
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Since St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner I thought a nice Irish card would be perfect - this one is for my dh - he (we) love Guiness beer - and 2 of the recipes here use Guiness. I also added an Irish Coffee recipe so I could use the Latte set to embellish. The card measures 6.25" x 3.25" (yes another one for the business envelope), and the front has a pocket to hold the recipes - I covered the pocket with Basic Grey paper from Scarlett's Letter pack. I stamped St. Patrick's Day with Karen Foster Snap Stamps, and "Let's Party" is from Mike's $1 bin. The recipe cards measure 5.5" x 1.5" - they were just printed out on the computer. The recipes came from Webtender - it's such a cool site!
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So... what do you think?? Is it manly???

18 comments:

tina werner said...

oooooh this one is very very good!
definitely going to take notes on this one girly!!!

Anonymous said...

It's a perfect manly card. I'm sure my husband would agree, too.

April Hall said...

Oh this is awesome! I love it!

DeniseLynn said...

Manly indeed!

Sarah Green said...

I thint it is great for anybody but then again I love all of your cards

Paula said...

I really like the manly card thingy. I like the recipes also. Hum.....may have to go look up the site and try some....Thanks for giving me a new creative idea.

doverdi said...

Just like the "Old Spice" commercial....."manly yes, but I like it too!". lol Which is exactly what I think of this card. Love the colors, added recipes and the size of the card. It definately pops. Can't wait to see what the next card will be.

KathyC said...

Clever, clever, clever! This is so adorable!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Very cool! Great job!

Linda Nicholson said...

I LOVE it! A Manly card with your beautiful touches! Great job!

Linda (LSN on SCS)

Melissa K. said...

It IS manly! Good job! :)

Unknown said...

I love, love, love this card. You have the best ideas. I can wait to see your next design.
-Cher
cher-k@pacbell.net

blah said...

I think it's manly enough and I definitely like the Webtender site :-) Lots of cool drink ideas and so easy to search!

Anonymous said...

Love this card!
I also love your card on the Stamper's Showcase today!
Thanks for the inspiration!
-michelle m.

Anonymous said...

Just superb! I always love your sense of style and color--Excellent!

Anonymous said...

AWESOME!!! What a Great Idea. Keep bringing them on.

Anonymous said...

I think the ribbon on the right side is just a tad girly, but the striped one is perfect. The drink card idea is wonderful!

tyrymom29 said...

Awsome Idea !!! Very Manly!LOVe it thanks so much for sharing!!

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