In good taste masculine cards

I really struggle with cards with a masculine theme, it is something I am trying to overcome as my mother always asks for masculine birthday cards. I know that there is always a need for masculine cards but I loose my mojo and end up making something that looks awful (awful to me as I am a perfectionist.)

I decided that I wanted to create a simple birthday card for my brother in laws (they are both June babies.)

I loved the in good taste paper as soon as I saw it and though that it would be the perfect DSP to use. It is a stunning combination of photgraphic imagery (mainly tiles, who knew they could make such pretty papers) and gorgeous neutral patterns. I also wanted to utilise the stamps from the Looking Up Card Kit, Happy Birthday is one of my most used sentiments but this layout would also work for Thank You cards.

This card is simple to make and could be made using any combination of card and DSP. I used the Tailored Tag Punch but any punch or die could be used to create the shape. If you do not have shapes or dies, you could also use any shape for the sentiment.

The sketches for the card are below. You will also find a video of me making the cards (I have to confess it was recorded a while ago).

The Dimensions are:

Metric

Base: 21cm x 14.5cm scored at 10.5cm

Layer 1: 12.5cm x 8.5cm

DSP layer: - 12cm x 8cm

Strip: 12cm x 0.5cm

I love these cards and I will be using this sketch again.

Old Favourites

Sometimes I like to go back to old cards for inspiration and remake them in different colours and DSPs. Today’s card front is a bit different, it is nearly a like for like remake. I originally saw the inspiration for this card in a design challenge, an amazing Australian demo called Teneale Williams created a stunning card. I CASEd the card a few years ago. This is one of my favourites and the return of Mint Macaron meant that I can use the same colours. I did have to change the stamp set as Gorgeous Grunge has retired, instead I used swirly bird it is an amazingly versatile stamp set. If you haven’t seen it before, I recommend a Pinterest search, it can be used all year round.

Although you can’t see well I have used one of my favourite embossing folders Softly Falling, again this can be used all year round. The flower is a butterfly from the Sunshine Wishes dies. I would add this to a Mint Macaron.

Dimensions

Whisper White : 14cm x 10cm

Mint Macaron: 2cm x 10cm (embossed with Softly Falling embossing folder

Scrap of Smokey Slate and Whisper White.

The products I used are below. I plan to try it in different colour combinations.