Tag Archives: masculine

Sail Toward Your Dreams

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I created this card for my Mom’s September stamp camp. My assignment was to use Open Seas to create a masculine card.

Honestly, I haven’t stamped in weeks (between school, being on the new PTA board, and some web design clients – I just haven’t had time). I was a little worried when I sat down to get this done (and since I left it to the last minute, I *had* to do it – mojo or no). I am actually really happy with how this turned out. It is simple, but still pleasing.

I used most of the stamps from the set to create the collage. Ideally the “spine” of the card would have had the twine done through it like bookbinding, but since this is for camp I didn’t feel it was worth the time involved.

The sentiment is vague enough that it could be used for a few different occasions.

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Direction of Your Dreams
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Open Seas, Word Play;
Colors: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Midnight Muse, More Mustard, Old Olive, Bravo Burgundy;
Other: Neutrals Patterns Pack DSP, Linen Thread;

Moose Day

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I created this card for my husband’s birthday last month.

For some reason moose is his favorite word lately. So that is why I chose this image.

The balloon is created using the pumpkin from a recent Paper Smooches set (a trick I learned from the awesome DT).

Thanks for taking a peek!

It’s Your Day
Stamps: Chubby Chum Pals, Spookalicious, Party Posse – sentiment (Paper Smooches);
Colors: Kraft, Rustic Cream, White (PTI), Black (Memento); scrap blue;
Other: markers (Copic); Twine (PaperSmooches); Wood Grain Impression Plate, hill die (PTI); Minuet pattern paper (Memory Box);

Wet Leaves

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This is another card I created for mom’s August camp. This time my assignment was a masculine card using Gently Falling.

This time I started with a technique – wet paper watercoloring. I love this technique and use it a lot.

I also recently discovered a great color combo that uses the new StampinUp color – Summer Starfruit. When I first saw this color I was very intimidated, but now I am loving it!

I kept the sentiment/embellishments very simple because I wanted the focus on the technique background.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies StampinUp unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Gently Falling, Teeny Tiny Wishes;
Colors: Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Summer Starfruit, Crumb Cake;
Other: Watercolor paper, Modern Label punch, Word Window punch, Linen Thread;

Happy Father’s Day

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My hubby loves to play the lottery. When I asked him what he wanted on his father’s day card, he said the winning numbers. I went out to random.org and picked numbers to fill in the spinner openings. Now he can have fun while picking the 6 he needs 🙂

Thanks for taking a peek!

You’re a Winner
Stamps: Game Night (MFT);
Colors: Blueberry, Kraft, True Black, White, Enchanted Evening, New Leaf (PTI);
Other: Game Night spinner die, Banner Day die (MFT); toothpicks; Polka Dot impression plate (PTI); Dotti Biscotti pattern paper (PTI); black brad; lots of dimensionals;

15 Years

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I made this card for my hubby – today is our 15th anniversary!

When the Masculine Motifs set first came out, I really wanted it – but just for these two images, so I opted not to get it. Just a couple months ago though, someone decided they were done with their own set and put it up for sale – I decided that was a sign 🙂 I ended up making a few birthday cards for other guys in my family – so I feel it was worth getting the set!

Thanks for taking a peek!

Mean the World
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Wood Mats (PTI);
Colors: Crumb, Baja, Limeade (SU); White (PTI);
Other: Mat Stack 1 die (PTI); Twine (SU);

Thank You cards for Teachers

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These two cards are for the gym & music teachers (I gave the art teacher a generic thank you that I made last month – my brain just couldn’t get artsy, which is sorta ironic, eh?).

All Star
Stamps: All Star Team, Think Big Favorites #1 (PTI);
Colors: Kraft, White, Black, Lemon, Hawaiian Shores (PTI);
Other: Notations DSP (SU); Stars (larger is a punch; smaller is from PTI Merry & Bright die);
You Rock
Stamps: Extreme Guitar, Extreme Elements (SU); So 80s (Wplus9);
Colors: White (PTI), Black (Memento); Pool, Pear, Daffodil, Going Gray (SU);

Miss You All the Time

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My hubby is off again today on another week’s business trip. This will be the third in a row (and there is still one more next week). I’m just glad he gets to come home on weekends!

I recently won this Hero Arts stamp set and I am so happy I did – it is perfect for cards like this! To play off the sentiment, I stamped the clock hand multiple times along the clock face.

I die cut the Tessatina border out of wood veneer and left in the cut-out pieces because I liked the more solid effect.

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Miss You All the Time
Stamps: All the Time (Hero Arts);
Colors: Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate, White (PTI);
Other: Wood veneer (SU), Tessatina border die (MemoryBox); Woodgrain Impression Plate (PTI); Circle die (Spellbinders);

Birthday Greenery

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My third Masculine Motifs post today. All three cards have fussy-cut images – I do hope PTI comes out with dies for this awesome stamp set!

This is probably my favorite of the three. I was very much inspired by Dawn’s card.

This card is headed to a dear friend, who really could care less that the card is handmade. That means I was not about to put 3 wood buttons on it! Instead I decided to make the buttons. This was SO simple and the fact that they are much thinner means I may be doing this much more in the future! I used a wood laminate (from StampinUp) and die cut it with a Button die. The laminate is more golden, so I rubbed some dark brown ink on the buttons to get the tone I wanted (I can see pink and green buttons in my future!!).

The handmade buttons are being entered in the Moxie Fab challenge – DIY Handmade Items challenge 🙂

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Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Labels Basics;
Colors: New Leaf, Spring Moss, Early Espresso;
Other: Woodgrain Impression plate, Rustic jute, Button die, Label die; wood laminate (SU);

Rockin’ the Boat

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Another of my Masculine Motif cards.

This little boat rocks – literally 🙂 I used the Tilt Card tutorial on SplitCoast so the boat would move!

I was going to have a sentiment on this card – and even though I thought about the fact I needed to do it before I embossed – I still forgot! Oh well.

Thanks for taking a peek!

{no sentiment}
All supplies Papertey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Vintage Labels;
Colors: Aqua, White, Ocean Tides, Kraft;
Other: Kraft ribbon; Stripes embossing folder (SU);
Technique: Tilt card;

Birthday Koi

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In the first week of April there are three male birthdays in my family! Thankfully none of them read my blog so I can post 🙂

I recently purchased Masculine Motifs (PTI) from a forum friend so I decided to break it in by creating all three cards with the set.

For this card I was very inspired Emily Leiphart’s card. I really loved the Retro background with the fish!

I really wanted the cool bubble lines to continue across the card, and I thought about the split negative technique. The stamping isn’t perfectly aligned but hopefully not so off as to be distracting.

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Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Background Basics: Retro;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, White, Orange Zest (am I the only one that wants to call this Orange Crush???), Summer Sunrise;
Other: white embossing powder;
Technique: Rock-n-Roll, Split-Negative (sorta);