Stamps & Stretchy Pants

Hello friends! I have another manly man card for you today! I am excited as this card will be a part of my upcoming The Man’s Man card class in early June! So consider this a fun little sneak peek! And if you live in the YEG area I hope you will consider coming to one of my “In Person” card classes this year!

I was so excited about this new Brewed For You Bundle in our new annual catalogue. A: because I enjoy BEER and B: because BEER is Fun and C: its awesome to see some more ‘manly man’ stuff in our catalogues!

I used Night as Navy as the base and first layer for this card while stamping some fun beer mugs on the base in the same ink color.

I wrapped some of the Fan Bakers Twine around the first layer and over top I added the largest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies #addtocart

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Even though this card is in a more manly man color scheme (Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider and Crushed Curry) you can still give it to a beer loving gal pal or re-create it with a more gally gal color palette!

The two different been mugs are stamped with Momento Ink and then I very lightly added a touch of Balmy Blue ink with a Water Painter to accentuate the glass. The detail on the foam has a bit of Dark So Saffron added with the Stampin’ Blend.

Both mugs and foam are popped up on Dimensionals as well. The sentiment ‘Another Round for Your Birthday’ is stamped in white craft ink and embossed. I also used the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut the sentiment.

And lastly I added a few of the dark blue rhinestones from the Waves Rhinestones because secretly I think men like bling.

Hope you are enjoying the first WEEK of A Card a Day in May—31 projects will be shared this month! I can’t wait as I am also MAILING a card a day as well! This is great motivation for me! :)

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I don’t know about you but I always find Masculine Cards the trickiest to design! I was up for the challenge this week and have a special 30th birthday drive by party to attend this weekend, so the timing was great!

I decided to make a card with our rich and elegant Night of Navy card stock as my base and feature. When I think of masculine cards I also think of bold geometric shapes too so I decided to use The Right Triangle dies, and the Whiskey Business stamp set combined.

I love how these stitched triangles look layered together with a bit of tone on tone design! I stamped a couple of the triangles with a print from the Right Triangle Stamp Set in Night of Navy Ink.

In order to make sure my design came together I actually layed out the dies on my card base before I actually cut anything. This is a great first step in bringing your design idea to life and a way to make sure you are not wasting paper!

After I had my triangle dies set up the way I wanted for my card design I took a picture so that I could reference it once I had all of the triangles cut out of the Night of Navy card stock. This made assembly so easy!

This was such a quick and easy card to assemble once I had decided on my design!

The Right Triangle bundle does not have an sentiments so I decided to use “Cheers To You” from the Whiskey Business stamp set. I stamped it in NIght of Navy ink on a piece of Seaside Spray card stock.

I couldn’t resist adding a few embellishments from the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Pack and the Playing with Patterns Ribbon Combo Pack, plus a few Holiday Rhinestones!

To see what the rest of the Design Team has created, you can go BACK to see Melissa’s creation or NEXT to see what Connie has created for some amazing masculine inspiration!