One layer card for men

I was very excited to discover a challenge that caters for cards for men  - it will give me the impetus to make more! So thank you, The Male Room - and thanks for your current challenge TMR#109 - anything goes, with a one-layer twist. I opted for simple and one of my favourite ever Stampin' Up! sets, Totally Trees. I daubed the colour on to the stamps, so that the whole effect was muted rather than strong. As for the colours, I turned, for the second time, to the colour combo in Sunday Stamps latest challenge, SSC203, choosing, this time, the more 'masculine' options:

Here's the card:

Ingredients:

Stampin' Up! Thick Whisper White card, ink, (Elegant Eggplant, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry, Memento Black), and stamps (Totally Trees, Thoughtful Banners)

Rich colours

Hello from a Southern Hemisphere gorgeous autumn day. The sun is shining and the leaves are gold, red and bronze. The colours in Sunday Stamps challenge SSC203 look springlike, but their richness also suits my autumnal outlook:

I've used Global Design's sketch challenge #GDP186 to bring them to life:

Here's the card:

Ingredients:

Stampin' Up! card, (Whisper White, Gorgeous Grape), Memento Black ink, watercolour pencils (Crushed Curry, Gorgeous Grape), stamps (Itty Bitty Birthdays, Butterfly Gala), dies (Stitched Shapes, Framelits - Square Collection, Petals and More, Butterfly Beauty), Needlepoint Nook DSP.

Other: Derwent Inktense watercolour pencils - Apple Green and Leaf Green.