More Than Autumn Masculine Birthday Card Sketch 661 AHSC

Here's the latest challenge over at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #661. Although it's got a Christmas vibe going on in the sketch, I've decided to do a winter birthday card.

Here's My Card:

Today's card was one of those last minute projects that was sitting on the back burner all week, and I didn't get to it until the eleventh hour.  I decided to use one of my new Stampin Up! sets "More Than Autumn" that I purchased during the No Shipping Fees and Last Chance Sales.  Am I happy I bought it.  What fun I've had! 

This warm and happy feeling birthday greeting has a winter feel about it's casual vibe is quite masculine. It'll be perfect for that guy birthday card coming up at the end of the month.  

Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies:

• More Than Autumn Stamps and Dies Bundle #164228
• Round We Go #163724- sentiment 
• Hugs Abloom Paper Pumpkin Dies #166238 add-ons
• Deckled Rectangles Dies retired SU 

Cardstock and Designer Papers:

• Basic White card base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4", 3 7/8" x 5" for inside matte and scrap for sentiment tag and for stamping Coffee Mug and donut. 
• Timeless Plaid mattes #164678 - cut two at 5 1/4" x 4 for front and inside of card. 
• Pecan Pie 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" cut with Deckled Rectangles die
• Scraps of Old Olive for leaves 

Inks and Blends:

• Momento Black ink images 
• Calypso Coral for Sentiments 
• Pecan Pie, Smokey Slate, and Timid Tiger blends for donut and Hot Chocolate cup.

Accessories: 

• Dimensionals 
• Faceted Gems in Pecan Pie and Calypso Coral 

Thanks for visiting and I hope you liked this card.  It came together fairly quickly because I had the elements pre cut.  I like that it takes the hard work out of making something at the last minute.  

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Masculine Birthday "Kilt" Card

Only a few days to go until Christmas Eve. I'm finding the time has spun out of control since we returned from vacation in late November.  I was getting anxious and wondering if I would have time to do all the things I planned to do, but since I didn't need all that stress in my life, I reassessed the long list and did the important things.  Now we are spending the rest of our December enjoying time with family and friends.  Mission accomplished! 

Before I show you today's card I thought I'd share a few Christmas pictures.  This one is of the beautiful Christmas light display at the entryway to our townhouse complex. So many of our owners have put up wonderful decorations but a couple of volunteers really went all out decorating the entryway fountain and path to the pond this year.  How festive!  

This is my fireplace mantle in my rec area which I always enjoy decorating.  The stockings still need hanging, but that'll get done last thing on Christmas Eve.  Ho! Ho! Ho! 

Usually we haul all the ornaments and the big box with this tree upstairs and assemble it in the kitchen. This year we decided to give ourselves a break and instead of lugging all that stuff up and down our long flight of stairs we decided to put it up in our rec room.  Such a simple change, but a great decision.  Now we're enjoying this Christmas tree even more this year in its new location.   

  

And finally, I wanted to share a picture of these very special bunny ornaments we received as a gift from a very special couple we met on our 45th wedding anniversary cruise. Unfortunately our friend passed away and his celebration of life was held on December 6th.  This is our tribute to him and his wonderful soul mate.  

 

Here's My Card: 

I'm still managing to sneak in a bit of time in for stamping but haven't had time for weekly challenges. I spent some time finishing some December birthday and anniversary cards.  Here's one I photographed that I'm quite proud of.

One of our very good friends is celebrating his 77th birthday on the 27th of this month, and I wanted to make him a special masculine card.  As he is a very proud Scotsman I felt a kilt might be in order.  Thank goodness for the influence of Pinterest as I was able to find some pictures of cards with kilts and figure out how they were assembled.  

Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies: 

• Arched Wishes #165428 for "Cheers to another year of you" sentiment
• Everyday Arches Dies #164629 for Mossy Meadow and Lost Lagoon arches on front of card. 
• Beautiful Balloons #161450 sentiments for inside card 
• Brewed for You beer mug and foam and sentiment on front 

Cardstock and Designer Paper:

• Basic White "8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for card base 
• Basic White 5" x 3 3/4" for inside matte 
• Basic White scrap for sentiment "Another Round for Your Birthday"
• Timeless Plaid #164678 tartan paper "5 3/8" x 4 1/8" for front matte
• Timeless Plaid 3" x 5" strip for kilt scored at 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4" on both sides
• Scrap of basic black for waistband 
• Scrap of silver for buckle 
• Mossy Meadow cardstock 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" for largest arch
• Mossy Meadow 5 1/4" x 4" for inside matte 
• Mossy Meadow scrap for backing on sentiment for front layer 
• Lost Lagoon 5 1/4" x 4" for second largest arch

Inks and Blends:

• Momento Black for front sentiment and beer mug and foam on inside 
• Mossy Meadow for inside sentiments 

Accessories:  

• small piece of silver chain 
• two silver brads
• dimensionals and adhesive dots 

So although I didn't add the sporran to the chain on the kilt front, and the tartan wasn't exactly the same as my friend's I was pleased with the end result.  

Well that's it for this week's card. It's time to get it to the Post Office so it'll arrive on time for his birthday. I hope you enjoyed today's post and will drop by again before the year is out.

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Masculine Birthday - AHSC #650

Here's this week's sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge #650  I really like the diamond focal so decided to do the same for my card.  I don't know about you but October is such a busy month.  Almost every day there another' birthday and most of them this month are male friends and family.  This clean and simple sketch presented me with another opportunity to get a masculine card in my stash.  

Here's My Card:

Supplies and Instructions:

Stamps and Dies:

• Happy Hour #126642
• Brewed for You Stamps #159087
• Brewed Dies #159092 
• Stitched Squares Dies 

Cardstock and DSP:

• Whisper White 
• 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for card base 
• 3" x 3" scrap for Whisper White Diamond and 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" for inside circle 
• 5" x 3 3/4" for inside matte 
• scraps for glasses and mugs 
• Basic Black 
• Cut 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" for front matte 
  
• Tartan Foil Designer Series Paper #162332 
• Cut two pieces 5 1/4" x 4" for front and inside mattes. 

Inks and Blends:

• Pebbled Path 
• Merry Merlot
• Crushed Curry 

Accessories:  

• Dimensionals 
• Nuvo Clear drops to add shine to wine and beer mug. 

Well, there you have it.  Nothing like a clean and simple design to make the focal point stand out.  Thanks for dropping by and checking out my card this week.  Make sure you stop by the Atlantic Hearts blog as well, the designers really outdid themselves this week.   

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Men and Their Love of Cars - Masculine Birthday Cards

 Freshly Made Sketches #707 

Here Are My Cards: 

Recently we had lunch with some old friends who just happen to be car buffs. They're into the speedway and going to the show and shines during the summer months.  I'd forgotten just how much these guys are into cars of all vintages and how enthusiastic they get when the conversation turns to cars, which it inevitably does.  So with that in mind, I made three birthday cards featuring some of my old car stamps and this wonderful sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.  

  

Supplies and Instructions: 

Stamps and Dies:

• Geared Up Garage Stamps #148590
• Garage Gears Dies
• The Route 66 Stamp Set by Carta Bella 52830

Cardstock and DSP: 

Whisper White

• Cut three card
• Card base in Whisper White cardstock measures 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and is scored at 4 1/4".Scrap pieces for sentiment layers 
• Whisper White matte for inside card 5" x 3 3/4"
• Real Red for card mattes inside and out 5 1/4" x 4".  Scraps for circles or rectangle mats for focal point 

Inks and Blends:

• Memento Tuxedo Black 
• Real Red 
• Daffodil Delight Light and Dark, Smokey Slate, for car details. 

Accessories:  

• Dimensionals 

Thanks so much for dropping by and looking at my interpretation of this weeks FMS challenge.  What fun!  See you again soon! 

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Feeling a Little Beachy - Masculine Birthday Card #AHSC649

 Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #649

What a lovely little scene. I liked the beach theme and decided to use it for a male friend's birthday.  He's heading off to Mexico shortly so this card will be perfect to send him off with happy wishes.  

I love creating layered scenes, and my retired Oceanfront and Paradise Palms provided the perfect stamps for my design.  Enjoy! 

Here's My Card:

Stamps and Dies:

• Paradise Palms #157716 (R)
• Oceanfront #157862 (R)
• Mountain Majesties - Paper Pumpkin May 2025 (Seagulls) 
• Cheers and Sip (Sentiment Let's Celebrate) 
• Deckled Rectangle Dies (R) 

Cardstock and DSP:

• Whisper White cardbase 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 scored at 4 1/4" 
• Stamped layer 3 1/2" x 4 7/8"
• Inside layer 5" x 3 34" 
• Mango Melody Layers 
• 4 7/8" x 5 1/8" 
• inside layer 4" x 5 1/4"
• Coastal Cabana 3 5/8 x 5"  - Deckled Rectangles cut from this layer 
  

Inks and Blends:

• Pecan Pie
• Memento Tuxedo Black
• Coastal Cabana
• Summer Splash (R)
• Mango Melody (R) 
• Garden Green, Old Olive and Chocolate Chip Markers for Palm Tree

Accessories: 

• Dimensionals 
• Adhesive backed Sequins Coastal Cabana

Well I hope you enjoyed today's masculine birthday card and will leave me some kind words or come back another day.  

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Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #648

 Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #648

Here's a fun sketch that involves a little bit of calculation to get things right but is fun to do.  This challenge ends on Sunday September 28, so don't delay, if you want to submit your work of art.  

HERE'S MY CARD:

I decided to make a masculine birthday card with this design.  Guys seem to like cards with depth and outdoorsy  type of scenes.  So this card fit the bill in every way. 

SUPPLIES: 

Stamps and Dies:

• Mountain Majesties May 25 Paper Pumpkin kit

Cardstock and Designer Paper:

• Card Base 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Basic White scored at 4 1/4"
• Basic White Inside layer 3 3/4" x 5" and scrap for sentiment on card front
• Basic Black cardstock for base layer 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" and scrap for sentiment
• Lost Lagoon cardstock for layers on panels 
• Timeless Plaid DSP 5 1/4" x 4" in Lost Lagoon design for background layer

Inks and Blends:

• Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Accessories: 

• Rustic Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots
• Trimmer 
• Dimensionals

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my submission for this week's sketch challenge at Atlantic Hearts.  Hope you enjoyed it and will leave me some words of encouragement.  

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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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Take Me Out To the Ball Game - FMS #682 by Judy Rozema

If you follow my blog you know that I make a lot of masculine cards.  The Freshly Made Sketch #682 is hosted by Judy Rozema, who pointed out that it's baseball season and the sketch has a baseball diamond feel about it.  That was all I needed to get my creative juices flowing and create a masculine card.  How about you, were you inspired by this sketch? The sketch challenge is open until 3:00pm EST, so why not come up with a card of your own.  Here is the sketch:

The triple cut design is wonderful for creating multiple cards and it's such a great way to use up your paper stash.  I love it!  Unfortunately when I was making these cards I made my second cut from the corner instead of about 1 1/2" down the right side of the card, which changes up the look a bit.  Next time I'll look at the sketch a bit longer, lol!  Oh well my "miscut" still worked out okay for me.  

Here is my card: 

Whenever I make a triple cut card, I'm always amazed at how fast the three cards come together. Probably the hardest choice for me is mixing and matching the DSP and cardstock. The retired "Hey Sports Fan" dsp made it super easy to choose my mattes and card base colours.

Here is the inside of the card.  I copied the stamping on three pieces of Very Vanilla cardstock and mounted each one on a piece of coordinating cardstock. 

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies:

• A Goodman #149270 - "It's Your Day" sentiment
• Good Old Sport - Graphic 45 - "baseball player, and baseball"
• Sporting Goods 2004 circ. Stampin' Up! "bat and glove" for inside
• Perennial Birthday - "Happy Birthday" sentiment 

Cardstock and DSP:

• Real Red
• Night of Navy
• Very Vanilla
• Crushed Curry 
• Hey Sports Fan 12 x 12 DSP

Cutting Instructions: 

• Very Vanilla 8 1/2 x 5 12" scored at 4 1/4" for card base.  Cut three
• Very Vanilla 3 3/4" x 2 1/2" matte for focal matte
• Very Vanilla scraps for sentiment - baseball
• Real Red 4 x 5 1/4" x 2 for Mattes on front and inside of one card and one piece 2 3/8" x 3 5/8" for focal matte
• Night of Navy 4" x 5 1/4" for Mattes on front and inside of one card and one piece 2 3/8" x 3 5/8" for focal matte
• Crushed Curry 4" x 5 1/4" for Mattes on front and inside of one card and one piece 2 3/8" x 3 5/8" for focal matte
• Three coordinating pieces of Designer Series Paper (DSP) measuring            3 3/4" x 5" - stack the three pieces making sure all edges are in alignment and then cut on angles to match the sketch lines. 
• Small scraps of Very Vanilla, Real Red, Night of Navy and Crushed Curry for the 1 1/4 circle matte for baseball. 

Ink and Blends: 

• Momento Black Ink
• Night of Navy
• Real Red
• Pecan Pie - baseball bat 

Accessories:  

• 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches 
• Dimensionals
• Enamel Dots - Brights - Real Red and Crushed Curry

I hope you liked my interpretation of Judy's  Freshly Made Sketch.  Let me know if you struggle with making masculine cards? What's your stash like, do you have sports stamps or paper on hand for masculine themes?  I'd love to hear from you, as I find your comments are motivating and inspiring.  Thanks for dropping by! 

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