STAMPIN' UP! MASCULINE BIRTHDAY CARDS

To provide a slight respite from all the flowery cards I've been bombarding you with lately, today's post contains a couple of simple masculine birthday cards.  Whilst I've been loving creating with floral stamps and papers, I realised I don't have on hand many cards suitable for males.

My jumping-off point for these cards was this awesome colour combination:

I used cardstock in the three dark colours, and used the same colours of ink (as each piece of card) to randomly stamp images from a few stamp sets that are good for masculine cards.  I used Crackle Paint, Geared Up Garage, Artisan Textures, Gallery Grunge and Rooted in Nature.  After adhering the panels of card to a piece of Whisper White card, I ran them through my Big Shot with embossing folders.

This first card was embossed with the Brick & Mortar 3D embossing folder:

My second design, using the same colours, but mixing up the order, was embossed with the Basket Weave 3D embossing folder:

I white-embossed my favourite birthday sentiment stamp (from Perennial Birthday) on Night of Navy card, and cut it using the perfectly-sized stitched rectangle die from Ornate Layers.  Leaves Trinkets (attached with Tombow Liquid Glue), and some denim ribbon, are simple finishing touches.

Listed below are all the Stampin' Up! products I used to make these cards.  If male cards are not your thing, I hope this simple design concept helps to make them seem a little less intimidating!

Product List

Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145760] $38.00	Crackle Paint Cling Stamp Set [148752] $28.00	Geared Up Garage Cling Stamp Set [148590] $37.00	Artisan Textures Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151278] $30.00	Gallery Grunge Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151275] $35.00
Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set [148217] $73.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $13.00	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $13.00	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] $15.25
Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] $15.25	Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry [131288] $15.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] $17.00	Basket Weave 3D Embossing Folder [151797] $16.00
Ornate Layers Dies [152726] $64.00	3/8" (1 Cm) Denim Ribbon [149590] $12.25	Leaves Trinkets [146343] $14.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00

STAMPIN' UP! LOVELY LILY PAD BIRTHDAY CARD IN PURPLES

When I first got the Lovely Lily Pad stamps, I stamped out lots of flowers, and coloured them with Stampin' Blends (alcohol markers).  All of the cards I'm sharing with you this week are the results of my colouring efforts back in November!  It's good to use up "bits" that I have a tendency to set aside, and ultimately discard (wasteful, I know).  How sweet does this tricolor ribbon look, with the different purple shades in the lilies?

Here's a closer look at the subtly stamped lilies at the top of the card.  I used Highland Heather ink, stamped off, to give a lighter impression:

Listed below are all the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card.  If you click on any of the thumbnail images below, you can get to my online store.  Shopping for Stampin' Up! products from home, at any time, is easy!

Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490] $14.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $15.25	Subtles 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [149615] $20.00	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960] $8.75
Lovely Lily Pad Photopolymer Stamp Set [152288] $0.00	Lily Pad Dies [152315] $0.00	Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set [145760] $38.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Highland Heather Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147276] $15.50	Purple Posy Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149566] $15.50	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131] $10.50
Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Purple 3/8" (1 Cm) Tricolor Ribbon [149708] $12.25	Clear Faceted Gems [144142] $8.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $11.50