One of the things I get requests for all the time is masculine cards. I find one of the easiest ways to create masculine cards is to use a package of designer series paper with strips, plaids or geometric designs and add the sentiments. That way you don’t have to make sure the theme of the card suits the interest of the person you’re sending it to. For example, on today’s card I used the Country Club Designer Series Paper, but what if the recipient isn’t into golf? Well, there are 2 sides to every piece of designer paper, so by using the flip side with the argyle print and plaids, this leaves the option of whom to send it to wide open. This set of 6 cards is another one of the class projects we made while on my Stamp Crop & Cruise Retreat two weeks ago.
For the card bases, I just chose some of the colors from the designer paper, so here we have Night of Navy and Garden Green.
The sentiments on each of the cards is from the Sending You Thoughts stamp set, which is a FREE Sale-a-bration stamp set, yours for the choosing with a $50 order.
The sentiments were punched out using the Tailored Tag Punch. For the layer behind the Whisper White punched out piece, I simply attached the punched out piece to a piece of colored card stock that matched the card and trimmed a small border around the punched piece for an instant layer that makes the sentiment pop.
Who says you can’t mix patterns? I love how the Navy Plaid print looks with the Absolutely Argyle Embossed layer behind it.
For this card, we did a bit of paper piecing giving the card a bit of a quilted look.
I am always about layers, textures and embellishments, so on each of the cards, we added three of the Designer Elements. They come in silver, gold and copper all in one package.
If you’ve enjoyed these cards or any of the other projects I’ve been sharing from my Stamp Crop & Cruise Retreat, you may want to consider joining us for my 3rd Annual Stamp Crop & Cruise Retreat leaving Florida next April. Yu can read all about it by clicking the link below.
Supplies used on these masculine cards
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