G reat masculine birthday card using Stampin' Up! products.
Project Recipe
Cut cardstock and designer paper pieces to the following sizes using a Paper Trimmer:
- card from Shaded Spruce Cardstock at 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4"
- 4" x 5-1/4" from Mint Macaron Cardstock
- 3-7/8" x 5-1/8" from Very Vanilla Cardstock
- 2-1/4" x 4" of dark brown ties, glasses, arrows, mustaches, stars, etc. on light brown design from He's The Man 12" x 12" Specialty 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper, cut so the images are vertical on the vertical rectangle
- 1-3/4" x 3-1/2" of dark brown plaid design from He's The Man 12" x 12" Specialty 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper
- 2-1/2" square from Very Vanilla Cardstock
- 1" x 2-1/4" from Mint Macaron Cardstock
Place the large Very Vanilla rectangle vertically on some Grid Paper to protect your work surface.
Mount the photo corner image from the He's All That Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Early Espresso Ink Pad. Stamp it in the upper left corner of the vertical vanilla rectangle as close to the edges as possible. Re-ink the stamp with the Early Espresso Ink Pad and stamp it in the lower right corner of the vertical vanilla rectangle as close to the edges as possible.
If needed, use the Early Espresso Marker to fill in any vanilla space around the edges of the stamped photo corners.
Mount the "holy smokes you're amazing" BBQ utensils oval image from the He's All That Set on Block B. Ink it up with the Early Espresso Ink Pad. Stamp it randomly across the vertical Very Vanilla rectangle on an angle from the lower left corner to the upper right corner. Remember to re-ink the stamp each time. Let some of the images go off the left and right edges. Change the orientation a little each time.
Mount the "No.1" circle image from the He's All That Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Shaded Spruce Ink Pad. Stamp it randomly across the vertical Very Vanilla rectangle on an angle from the lower left corner to the upper right corner around the previously stamped images. Remember to re-ink the stamp each time. Let some of the images go off the left and right edges. Change the orientation a little each time.
Mount the "hello handsome" mustache image from the He's All That Set on Block B. Carefully ink up only the mustache using the brush tip of the Early Espresso Marker. Stamp it randomly across the vertical Very Vanilla rectangle on an angle from the lower left corner to the upper right corner around the previously stamped images. Stamp the mustache sometimes without re-inking. When you do need to re-ink use the Marker. Let some of the images go off the left and right edges. Change the orientation a little each time.
Mount the small screw head circle image from the He's All That Set on Block A. Ink it up with the Mint Macaron Ink Pad. Stamp it randomly across the vertical Very Vanilla rectangle on an angle from the lower left corner to the upper right corner around the previously stamped images. Stamp some of the images without re-inking. When you do need to re-ink use the ink pad. Let some of the images go off the left and right edges. Change the orientation a little each time
Adhere the stamped vanilla rectangle to the center of the large Mint Macaron rectangle and then to the front of the Shaded Spruce card.
Pick out the squared off tag die that cuts out a 3-7/8" long tag from the Tailor Made Tags Dies. Put it on top of the small dark brown items on light brown He's The Man Designer Paper rectangle on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Make sure the items are right side up with the top of the tag. Run through the machine.
Pick out the squared off tag die that cuts out a 3-3/8" long tag from the Tailor Made Tags Dies. Put it on top of the dark brown plaid He's The Man Designer Paper rectangle on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine.
Lay the small dark brown plaid tag on top of the larger small objects tag so the holes in the tops line up.
Cut a 3" piece of the Early Espresso 1/4" Faux Suede Trim.
Cut a 10" piece of the Very Vanilla twine from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack.
Feed one end of the ribbon through the holes in the tops of the tags. Pull the ribbon through so it is even. Tie the piece of twine around the ribbon just above the tops of the tags using a small bow to hold the ribbon in place. Trim the ends of the ribbon and twine.
Fan the tied together tags out a bit with the smaller tag pushed to the left and put a little bit of adhesive on the back of the smaller tag to hold it in place.
Adhere the tied together, fanned out tags to the front of the card on the right side at a slight angle as shown.
Mount the "happy birthday to a classic" car, compass, or "together for the long haul" van image from the He's All That Set on Block C. Carefully ink up different parts of the image with the sides of the brush tips of the Early Espresso and Shaded Spruce Markers . Breathe on the stamp to moisten the ink. Stamp it in the center of the vanilla square.
Pick out the scalloped edge circle die from the All That Dies. Put it on top of the stamped image on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so the image is centered in the die. Run through the machine.
Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the scalloped circle cut out image to the front of the card so it overlaps the left side of the layered tags as shown.
Pick out the long, skinny arrow die from the All That Dies. Put it on top of the Mint Macaron strip on a platform on your Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. Run through the machine.
Use Mini Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere the arrow to the front of the card at a slight angle so it overlaps the right sides of the layered tags and points to the scalloped circle cut out image as shown.
Use the mini spatula on the Take Your Pick to carefully peel up 3 small dots from the sheet of Rustic Metallic Adhesive-Backed Dots making sure that you get the adhesive backings as well. Adhere one to the bottom right corner of the smaller tag and the other two randomly to the front of the card as shown.