#stampinup #faithfulinkspirations I make a lot of birthday cards. (I may not actually send the cards, but that’s a story for another day.) Most of the cards I make aren’t exactly suitable for a man. Sometimes I can make do with a not so frilly card, but I rarely set out to make a manly man card.
All that changed with Stampin’ Up’s True Gentleman Suite in the Occasions catalog! Yes, Stampin’ Up has offered–and still offers–some great manly stamp sets, but the True Gentleman Suite really sings to me. And it’s so easy to create a quick, manly man card! Take a look at this one!
I started by adhering a 3-3/4″ by 5″ piece of pinstriped paper from the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper collection to a 3-7/8″ by 5-1/4″ piece of Night of Navy Card Stock. I adhered this directly to a Very Vanilla Card Stock card base.
Next, I stamped one of the awesome (and manly) hexagon sentiments from the “Truly Tailored” stamp set in Night of Navy onto a Very Vanilla scrap and punched it out with the Tailored Tag Punch. You can purchase the “Truly Tailored” stamp set and Tailored Tag Punch together in a bundle and save 10% off the price of purchasing them separately.
I cut a 3-3/4″ by 1-3/4″ piece of Vellum Card Stock and adhered it to the card with Snail Adhesive. Then I cut two 4″ pieces of Basic Gray 1/4″ Shimmer Ribbon and adhered them to the card. This ribbon is awesome–you can earn a 3-pack of this ribbon with a qualifying purchase during Sale-a-Bration! I finished the card by adhering the hexagon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
This is truly a perfect card for a gentleman in your life (see what I did there?)!
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