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Having trouble creating a Masculine Birthday card? Well, I have a great card for just such an occasion. The Paper Girls Challenge #149 helped to spur my creativity with their fun card challenge; especially, when using the Fun Stampers Journey stamp set, “Thanks Dad”. I really love this set. It is so trendy and a great set for guys of any age.

Since most guys are not about the bells and whistles of an elaborate handmade card, I wanted to keep this card design simple and clean. I began with a base of Whip Cream card stock; to the base, I added a Black Licorice mat. Once this part of the card was completed, the real fun began. I used Rock Candy fusion ink to stamp the images from the Thanks Dad set stamped onto a River Stone card mat. To add a little interest, I added a couple of accent strips that blend nicely into the card (the clear strip with black diagonal stripes is the Deco Strips-Black and the gray glitzy strip is from the Classic Elegance Journey washi Tape collection). Easy peasy.

Now, I needed a sentiment to wish that special guy, Happy Birthday. I chose a sentiment from the Celebration Script stamp set and stamped it onto Whip Cream card stock using Rock Candy fusion ink.  The final touch was a Black Licorice mat. And, that’s all she wrote. So quick, so simple, so cute, and so masculine. Love it!

All supplies used are Fun Stampers Journey products. If you would like to order supplies to create this card, please click here.

 

 

This post will feature another FSJ (Fun Stampers Journey) May 2017 Bloom Box card re-imagined for the Fab Friday Card Challenge 113. Here is the card sketch for this challenge:

The original design in the FSJ May Bloom Box featured an elegant doily themed Well Wishes card accented with a silk bow and neutral button with natural twine.

Again, I wanted to incorporate some flowers into the design. I created the blue flowers using the technique mentioned in this post Well Wishes Doily Elegance using FSJ Pool Party ink, FSJ Sweet Pear, FSJ Lemongrass, dauber dowels, and the FSJ stamp set Summer Garden. The doily images were stamped onto FSJ Rock Candy cardstock using Butter Cream ink. The base is FSJ Banana Cream cardstock, with FSJ Rock Cany, and FSJ Butter Cream mats. The “Thinking of You” sentiment was stamped onto the Butter Cream cardstock using FSJ Rock Candy ink.

The second doily from the sentiment focal point, is raised up using FSJ Small Foam Squares. The circular center of this doily is die-cut out and the sentiment sits flush with the first doily (it’s hard to tell in the photo – I have a close-up below). The green leaves were created using FSJ Sweet Pear cardstock and the FSJ Bloom Cluster die. The flower bouquet was popped-up with Foam Squares. The final touch was adding FSJ Journey Glaze to the flowers (the sheen does not show up in the photo). I made a boo-boo and some of the glaze got onto the cardstock with the sentiment. Instead of freaking out, I decided to add some more dots of glaze to mimic dewdrops.

Supplies:

All supplies can be ordered by clicking here.

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