Today I am going to show you how I took a Valentine’s card that I made a couple of days ago and transformed that card into a Masculine card. One of my customers asked me “How to make a Masculine card” using the Stampin’ Up! Warmth and Cheer Designer paper from the Holiday catalog. She specifically wanted to use this paper for a Masculine Valentine’s card. This paper has a very masculine look with plaids that look like flannel shirts or masculine sweaters.
The card base is Cherry Cobbler cardstock cut the long way at 4 1/4″ x 11 and scored at 5 1/2. Next is a layer of whisper white cardstock cut to 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″. The third layer is a piece of Warmth and Cheer Designer Series Paper cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″.
The band on this card is a crumb cake version of the same pattern of Warmth and Cheer DSP cut to 1 1/2″ x 5 1/4″. I like the modern images of this DSP and I especially love the fact that Stampin’ Up! Designer papers always coordinate with Stampin’ up! cardstocks. There are several shades of red and each Designer paper has the colors listed so It makes it so easy to match colors when crafting. You always know that the colors listed on the DSP will coordinate with the rest of your project!
I stamped the sentiment “Love – Note” with Cherry Cobbler ink on a 3/4″ x 3″ piece of Sahara Sand cardstock. I cut the end to look like a tail. and added a few of the enamel shapes to the end of the tail.
Next I stamped the String of hearts with real red ink on whisper white cardstock and cut out the strings of hearts using the matching thinlit dies!
Last I added a layer of Whisper White cardstock cut to 4″ x 5 1/4″ to the inside of the card. I stamped “Happy Valentine’s Day” with a string of hearts along the bottom. A quick and simple card!
So the lesson here is if you see a card that you really like but need to change the tone of the card, just change the Designer Series paper! Stampin’ UP! products make that easy. All the Designer papers are labeled with all the colors included in each paper pattern.
Happy Stamping!
