Masculine Birthday Card for AHSC #629

Welcome to another card sketch challenge by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #629 created by Michelle Stewart and digitized by Brandi.  

I'm constantly in need of masculine cards, and this sketch seemed just perfect for the card I had in mind.  

Here's My Card:

I used beer steins instead of flowers for the focal on my card.  In reality, although I'm making this with males in mind, this card design could be gender neutral by simply changing up the glasses from beer mugs to wine or cocktail glasses. 

Such a quick and easy card to make especially since the last time I used the Brewed for You set, I had stamped, coloured and die cut at least 20 of the drink glass images and they were ready to just pop onto the card. How cool is that?  I think the hardest decisions I had were in choosing the background designer paper and which glasses to add to the focal point. 

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies:

• Brewed For You #159087 (R) 
• Perennial Birthday 

Cardstock and DSP:

• Basic Beige card base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Pecan Pie Matt x cut two 2 - 4" x 5 14"   
• He's The Man DSP #159068(R)

Inks and Blends:

• Memento Basic Black for images 
• Pecan Pie
• Crushed Curry

Accessories:

• Dimensionals
• Blending Brushes
• Foursquare Decorative Mask - Stencil #161285d
• Nuevo Drops - clear for the beer mugs 

Thanks again for stopping by this week and checking out the card I created for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #629.  These are such fun challenges, and hopefully in the future you'll also participate and share your talents.  In the meantime let me know what you think of my card design, and have a really good week ahead.  

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Three Cheers Masculine Birthday Card - #AHSC612

Happy Monday and thanks for checking out my post today. I thought I'd start the week off with the Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge created by Michelle and digitized by Brandi. This sketch ends on January 19th, so there's plenty of time to get crafting on it. Hope you'll join in the fun!

Here is My Card: 

I'm in dire need of some masculine cards for upcoming birthdays, and this sketch inspired me to pull out my very "manly" retired stamps and dies called Brewed For You.  I'm calling this card "Three Cheers" because of the three beers that are proudly mounted across the front of the card.  

Supplies: 

Cardstock:

• 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" Crumb Cake for Card Base
• 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" Early Espresso for mat on card front small scrap for sentiment strip mount 
• 5 1/4" x 4" Whisper White for inside mat
• Scraps Whisper White for three beer jugs and foam 

Designer Paper: 

• 5 1/4 x 4" Piece Early Espresso/Crumb Cake dsp from Neutral Pack 2024/25 for mat on card front 
• 1 1/4" x 5" strip Early Espresso design for across center of card front 

Ink: 

• Momento Black for stamping sentiments and images 

Accessories:  

• Mini Cut and Emboss machine for die cutting beer mugs and foam 
• Dimensionals 
• Nuvo Clear Drops for beer mugs 

Well that's it for my post today.  I hope you liked this card.  If you have any questions regarding how it was assembled or about the product used please drop me a line, I'd love to hear your comments and questions.  

Cheers and have a great week! 

Happy Stamping!

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Masculine Birthdays - Oh Ale Yes!

I often hear stampers say "making a guy card is the hardest" thing to do.  I use to agree with this statement but fortunately Stampin' Up! has been listening to demonstrator input and has been coming up with some great "guy" orientated stamp, paper and die sets over the past few years.  

When the 2022 Annual Catalogue was released in June 2022, I was super excited to flip to the Hobbies and Recreation section (pages 78 to 89) and see such a great variety of masculine products.  

One of them called the "Brewed For You"  bundle instantly hit my "favs" list, and honestly I can't say enough about this great bundle.   This set has both guy and gal appeal and is easy and fun to use when creating cards or scrap book pages.

Here's A Brewed For You Card I made: 

I used this set to create a birthday card for a guy friend.  I wanted it to be extra special as his birthday falls the day after Boxing Day, so he has missed out on cards and birthday celebrations over the years.  

This card features a pop up front panel in the front and a pop up box on the inside seam.  It's one of those cards that initially has some cutting and scoring but once you've got all the bits and pieces done, it comes together quickly and cleanly.  See video on Split Coast Stampers by Kim Peck 

For the inside of the card I just stamped the glassware outlines in Momento Ink and then I used the filler stamps in Cinnamon Cider and Crushed Curry to give the appearance the drinks were full.  Once they were coloured and the foam pieces had been adhered to the tops, I filled the coloured portion with Nuvo drops and let them dry to a brilliant shiny finish.  

Here's a side view showing the opening on the front of the card and how the pop up fits through the hole.  For my card I used the Stitched Ovals dies and used the largest one for the card front. I cut another oval the next size from a piece of wood grain dsp and used that as a layer for the drinks to sit on.  The drinks are mounted with dimensionals to this piece.  It's important to make sure before you permanently affix your images to the ovals that they don't catch in the oval when the card is being opened and closed.

   

Isn't this the coolest masculine card?  I think so, and so did my friend when he received it.  I'm working on a few more of these for January birthdays so will probably change up the dsp and the layout, but for the most part I'll use the same pop up design.  

Please let me know if you like these kind of fancy fold cards, and any tricks you have for making masculine card making simpler.  Or call me if you want to know more about this stamp bundle.  Cheers! 

Happy Stamping!

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