Masculine Cards for Father's Day

Have you looked at your calendar and wondered, "wow where has June gone", you're not alone.  Here we are at the half way mark and Father's Day is just a week away.  I always get requests from my friends for handmade Father's Day cards, so I've been working on some great masculine cards that would be perfect for that occasion, or for other masculine events like birthdays and retirement.

My motivation for the first card came from a new stamp and die set called the Hats Off Bundle.  You can find this on page 47 of Stampin' Ups! recently released Annual Catalogue.  

The Hats Off Bundle (#158361) is comprised of a 15 piece photopolymer stamp set called Hats Off (#155483) and a 15 piece coordinating die set called the Hat Builder (#155964). These can be purchased individual or you can save 10% by buying the bundle.  However you purchase this set, I know you're going to love it.  

  

Here's the first card I made with this bundle: 

 

Sometimes you buy a stamp and die set and you wonder why you did.  Let me just say that the Hat's Off bundle did not disappoint, I am in love with it!  The ball cap is just the perfect size for a card front or back as you'll see in a later photo, but there are so many other things it could be used for.

The die cut can be used on it's own or you can stamp the cap and then die cut it.  Either way it looks awesome.  The stitching on the cap seams is really detailed, so you get a little bit of a 3-D look.

Directions: 

Ink and Card Stock:    Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight and Very Vanilla  card stock.  Misty Moonlight ink and blends used on the hat and sentiments inside and out. 

Card Base:  8 1/2" x 5 1/2" card base from Misty Moonlight card stock.

Layers:  Very Vanilla 51/4" x 4" followed by 5 1/8" x 4 1/8" piece of Cinnamon Cider, that was embossed with the Tasteful Textiles 3-D Embossing Folder. 

Embellishments:  I cut the hat from Very Vanilla card stock thinking that would look good on my card front .....wrong. It was way too light so instead of wasting this piece I coloured it with dark and light Misty Moonlight Stampin' Blends and then embossed it.  When I added the texture it made the hat look like it was suede.  Before adhering the hat to the card front I used my bone folder to round out the edges and then added dimensionals to the back of it. 

There are nine difference logo type embellishments included in this stamp set that can be used on the hat brim.  I cut out the "Life is Great" using the coordinating dies from Cinnamon Cider card stock and stamped the sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink before adhering this piece to the hat brim.    

Note:  The embellishment dies have two pieces and you can use them individual but they work best when fitted inside each other. The smaller piece doesn't cut out the card stock it just creates the stitching around the picture, while the larger one is the actual die cut.  

To finish off the front of the card I stamped the sentiment "To The Guy That Wears Many Hats" on a small scrap of Very Vanilla with Misty Moonlight ink.  Using the new Tailor Made Tag dies  I cut three separate tags to coordinate with the card colours and attached them with a blue brad and dimensionals. 

For my next project I decided to make some cards with Polo Shirts:

I recently saw a post on Frenchie Stamps blog showing some simple polo/golf shirts she made using the Handsomely Suited bundle.  I decided to try out her technique and I was amazed at how quickly these cards came together.  Here are the basic steps.   

I used paper designs from the In Good Taste DSP #152494 pg 132 AC that were carried over from last year.  These photographic images of woven materials give a life like 3-dimensionals texture to these cards making them quite unique. As an alternative to these papers, you could create your polo shirt using any  of the In Color Designer Series papers such as the In Color 6 x 6 Neutrals paper packs on pg 134.   

 Directions:  

Ink & Card Stock:  Cinnamon Cider, Misty Moonlight 

Card Base:    4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2" 

DSP Layer:    4 1/4" x 5 1/2"  - for full card or

                      4" x 5 1/4" - for shirt with border 

Collar/Pocket: 2" x 3" piece of contrasting cardstock.  Die cut out the collar and pocket then emboss the collar with the Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder.  Leave the pocket plain as you'll be stamping it.   

Placket for Buttons:  3/4" x 5 1/2" piece of contrasting cardstock.  Die cut this piece and then cut it in half - you'll have a spare for another card.  

Buttons:  I used Adhesive Sheets on the back of a 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" piece of black cardstock for my buttons and ran it through the Cut & Emboss Machine a couple of times.

Inside of Card:  4" x 5 1/4" Very Vanilla Cardstock with a 3/4" piece of dsp from the DSP layer on the long side or across the bottom.  Stamp the greeting "A Happy Birthday to You" from the Handsomely Suited Stamp Set. 

Handsomely Suited Bundle 

In Color Neutral 6 x 6 DSP 

In Good Taste DSP 

Well that's it for this week.  I will be posting more with these bundles over the coming week, so stay tuned.  Let me know if you like these cards and the instructions I've provided.  

Happy Stamping!

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Penny Hanuszak, Canadian Independent Stampin' Up Demo

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Clean and Simple Masculine Card

I took inspiration from Linda Callahan's Freshly Made Sketch Challenge #476 for my clean and simple masculine card today.  

FMS#476

It's been a while since I purchased the Handsomely Suited stamp set and coordinating Designer Series Paper called Well Suited.  This seemed like the perfect opportunity to do something masculine.

Here's My Card:

Details:

Base:            8 1/2" x 5 1/2" Night of Navy cardstock scored at 4 1/4"
Layer One:    5 1/4" x 4"  Very Vanilla  - cut 2 and use one for inside layer
Layer Two:    5" x 3 3/4" Cajun Craze embossed with the Subtle 3D EF
DSP:             5" x 3 3/4" diagonal striped design

The Handsomely Suited stamp set and coordinating Suit and Tie dies are part of the Well Suited Suite on pages 66 and 67 of Stampin' Up!s January to June Mini catalogue.  They can be purchased as a bundle (15640) or as separate stamps and dies.  They can also be purchased as part of the Well Suited Collection, which includes the stamp set, dies, Well Suited Designer Series paper and Coordinating Twine (155983).  The stamp set is great for masculine birthdays, father's day and so much more and can be purchased in either English or French versions.  

The Well Suited Designer Series Paper (154562) has 12 sheets: 2 each of 6 double sided papers.  These beautiful masculine patterns coordinate with Basic Black, Basic Grey, Cajun Craze, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Poppy Parade and Smokey Slate colours.  

This is the double sided patterned paper I chose for this card.  The diagonal stripes were perfect for completing the striped portion of the sketch challenge outline.  

The Subtle 3-D Embossing Folder is one of the best purchases I think I've made in the past year.  It never lets me down when I want to add just that "little something" to my card without going overboard.

There are six sentiments in this very masculine stamp set and I like them all.  I chose this one because I new I could stamp it in both Cajun Craze and Night of Navy inks and merge the two stamped images into one by cutting across the center using the lines on the image.  The two pieces were glued together and then mounted onto a Night of Navy scalloped edged circle. This piece was adhered to the Cajun Craze circle with dimensionals, and then adhered to the scalloped edged Night of Navy circle.    

Luckily I had two small Cajun Craze Pop Dots of in my stash that I added to either side of the sentiment.  

For the time being I haven't stamped a sentiment on the inside layer of this card.  Why?  Well I'm not sure what occasion I want to use it for.  It's a versatile design and while the outside sentiment says "To One of the World's Greatest Dads", this doesn't limit the use to just a father's day card.  This card could also work for a father's birthday or even a thank you from a daughter or son. 

So while the sentiment is missing from this inside layer, I took the opportunity to use up some of the left over designer paper and decorative piece in the bottom  corner.     

I'm not sure if you can see the rough texture of this Cajun Craze layer but it took away the flat look of coloured card stock. 

For the striped portion of the card I simple cut a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of dsp and then used my trimmer to angle cut along the lines.  I like the boldness of the lines  and provides the masculine look I was going for. 

Well that's it for today's challenge.  I hope you liked it and will stop by to leave me a comment.  Cheers and have a great week everyone! 

Happy Stamping!

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Penny Hanuszak, Canadian Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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