Masculine card with Guy Greetings and Adventure Bound DSP

It was my Awkward Cards workshop at the weekend. What are “awkward cards?” I hear you mutter. You know, the sort of cards you really don’t want to make because they don’t come easily. At the event we made eight cards; two masculine, two sympathy, two get well and two for teenagers. All, I think you’ll agree, “awkward cards”.

Here’s one of the masculine cards. It uses the fabulous Guy Greetings stamp set (which you’ll be pleased to hear, IS carrying over to the Big Book), along with the gorgeous Adventure Bound DSP stack. Get that while you can, because it’s only available until 2nd June. 

It’s a Z-fold card, which is one of the easiest ways to make your card look a little out of the ordinary. Just score down the centre of the front and fold it back on itself.

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Masculine birthday card with Guy Greetings

From the complicated back to the simple, with a really easy masculine birthday card, using various sheets from the Adventure Bound DSP stack. This is a really useful paper stack to get as it’s full of fairly neutral colours and patterns, as well as the wilder designs such as wood panelling and logs.

I had planned to show you a lovely Easter basket by now but it just hasn’t happened. It’s half made at least...

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World's Greatest masculine card

Masculine cards aren’t always easy to make but Guy Greetings could provide the solution to your problems. I particularly love this tongue-in-cheek strongman image, so used it for a friend’s birthday. I created the frame using Chalk Talk Framelits; I die-cut the largest tag, then carefully cut around the ‘negative’, covering the V shape at the top with the “World’s Greatest” banner. 

The background is simply strips of Adventure Bound DSP, layered and angled… purely because I couldn’t decide which sheet to use!

Finally, I hand-drew a beard, to personalise it for the recipient. Hopefully you can’t see the join!

Talking of masculine cards, I have a stamp-a-stack planned for May, where we will be making lots of those cards that you don’t like making, such as masculine cards, sympathy and get well. I thought we could take some of the stress away by making them together in a fun environment. You can find out more about this workshop by clicking here. Places are limited, so please don’t leave booking until the last minute!

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What a guy masculine card

This image from Guy Greetings really cracks me up, it’s so silly. For this card I decided to keep things easy… well, easy in one respect. I grabbed the stamp set, along with Gorgeous Grunge, a couple of brown ink pads, my Adventure Bound DSP stack (LOVE this) and my box of Neutrals scraps. The ribbons were already out. 

So it may seem remarkable that this card features punching and embossing, too… but it’s amazing what you find in your scraps box when you start digging! 

I’ve used my Baked Brown Sugar ink pad rather a lot and it’s beginning to lose its colour so I decided to reink it. 

In case you’ve never done this, it’s really easy. All you do is ‘scribble’ over the pad with your reinker. I like to go diagonally across the pad, then do the same the opposite way. Then you take your bone folder, or a palette knife (be careful you don’t slice the foam!) and smooth it over the pad, as if you were icing a cake. Your bone folder may stain (as mine has) so if you have a non-SU plastic one, you may prefer to use that instead. 

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