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Terrific Tuesdays

You’re the Best

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This week’s focus is all about masculine cards. I sometimes find it challenging to design masculine cards. And that often has to do with my mindset — particularly this idea that the theme has to be clear through the images and/or patterns I choose. But that’s how we end up boxing ourselves in creatively. Sometimes it’s all about reminding ourselves to trust the creative process as much when designing masculine cards as we do with any other occasion.

For today’s design, I wanted to create something that was warm and inviting. I was carrying that comfy old Victorian library feeling forward from another design. And that helped shape the patterned paper options I pulled for this card. I kept the card base light but warm by choosing Very Vanilla. All of the patterned papers are from the All About Autumn paper pack. To add extra emphasis to the sentiment panel, I used a mat of the foiled paper diecut using the Nested Essentials set. The sentiment from Heartfelt Hellos is stamped in Pretty Peacock on Very Vanilla and then punched with the coordinating hexagon punch. The Pecan Pie bordered ribbon adds another layer of emphasis to the sentiment panel, and the touch of sparkle from the copper sequins adds that “you’re special” feeling to the design.

So the next time you really like a layout but find it difficult to adapt to feeling more masculine, try picturing the feeling you’d like to evoke with your design and see how that influences your decisions on design elements. I think you’ll be surprised!

Curious what other masculine card designs we made during this week’s episode of Terrific Tuesdays? You can check it out on my YouTube channel!

Products used in today’s design:
Very Vanilla cardstock
All About Autumn (retired) DSP
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Heartfelt Hellos stamps
Pecan Pie bordered ribbon
Neutrals sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Terrific Tuesdays

Trucking In a Heartfelt Hello

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Just because we’re looking to create a more masculine design doesn’t mean we have to leave fun at the door! I don’t often make shaker cards and so I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to stretch the ol’ creative wings. With the idea of making it fun, I decided a truck scene would be just the ticket.

This card is built on a base of Night of Navy to help the scene stand out in a dramatic way. I used two identical sheets of designer series paper from the One Horse Open Sleigh pack — one serves as the forefront, while the other gives the backdrop for the truck in the shaker window. I used a Deckled Rectangle die to cut the window out of the front panel for the truck, making sure that the window allowed just enough room for the truck to be visible and allow space for the shaker elements. A piece of acetate is adhered to the back of the window on the front panel and then the back edges of the window are lined with foam adhesive strips to create a box in which the shaker elements will be poured and then closed in with the back panel. The truck is punched from Lost Lagoon and black using the Trucking Along punch and adhered to the back panel with dimensionals. The sentiment from Heartfelt Hellos is stamped in Night of Navy on vellum and then punched with the coordinating hexagon punch. The vellum panel allows the scene to show through.

Interested in a few more conventional masculine card designs? Check out this week’s Terrific Tuesdays episode where we made 3 masculine cards together.

Products used in today’s design:
Night of Navy, vellum, acetate cardstock
One Horse Open Sleigh DSP
Heartfelt Hexagon stamps & punch
Heartfelt Hellos stamps
Sequins for Everything (retired)
Foam adhesive strips
Iridescent ribbon (retired)
Glue dots
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Luv 2 Stamp Artisan Design Team · Terrific Tuesdays

Heartfelt Love You

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This week’s project focus is masculine cards using the Heartfelt Hexagon bundle, including the fabulous coordinating Sale-a-Bration set called Heartfelt Hellos which will be available with qualifying orders beginning tomorrow. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I really struggle to make cute designs for the guys. So we’ll be exploring how we can look at our stash in new ways to make gorgeous projects with a more masculine feel.

For me, the hardest part of making more masculine feeling cards is finding a good color palette amongst my patterned paper stash. I absolutely fell in love with the Garden Walk designer series paper from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I was initially drawn to the beautiful mix of floral patterns in this paper pack, but as I was looking through my stash of DSP to design this card, I found so many lovely masculine options on the reverse sides of the florals in the Garden Walk pack. So my first tip for designing masculine cards is to never count out a pack of DSP simply because one side leans more to a more feminine feel — turn those pages over and look at the other side because you are bound to find some surprises!

So this fun fold design is all about showcasing beautiful patterned paper. We begin with a base of Lost Lagoon cut to standard size. It’s scored as usual but with an added 1-inch fold-back panel on the card front to reveal a section of the inside card base. I chose two separate patterns of Lost Lagoon and Pretty Peacock from the Garden Walk DSP pack and decided the striped pattern worked perfectly for the fold-back and peek-through sections of the design. The speckled pattern is adhered to both sides of the small panel on both the card front and inside panel.

The sentiment from Heartfelt Hellos is stamped in Pretty Peacock on white cardstock punched with the Heartfelt Hexagon punch. For some pop, the sentiment panel is mounted with dimensionals atop a banner diecut from Lost Lagoon soft shimmer paper using the Nested Essentials banner dies. I added a little silver trim underneath the sentiment panel and along the peek-through edge for some sparkle because even our guys deserve a little sparkle! A few Pretty Peacock sequins bring a little extra emphasis to the sentiment.

Don’t you just love how this turned out?! A lovely fun fold and some out-of-the-box thinking about patterned papers helped bring this lovely masculine design to life.

Interested in seeing some other ways to make masculine cards using your patterned paper stash? Check out this week’s Terrific Tuesdays episode for more design ideas!

Products used in today’s design:
Lost Lagoon, Basic White cardstock
Lost Lagoon soft shimmer, Garden Walk (retiring today!) DSP
Heartfelt Hexagons stamps & punch
Heartfelt Hellos stamps
Nested Essentials dies
Silver trim
Sequins trio
Dimensionals
Adhesives

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Card Sets · Hello Irresistible

Irresistible Birthday

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Howdy, everyone! It’s been a busy week in the studio. I’ve been taking a social media class and practicing what I’m learning. So there is lots of new content, exciting features, and new designs headed your way!

Today we’re taking a look at the first design in a new birthday pack called Irresistible Birthday that will be hitting the Etsy shoppe next week.

This set of designs is based on the SU! designer paper series called Hello Irresistible. The designs in this paper pack are divine! A mix of florals and hippie vibes but nothing too feminine, as you can see here with this more masculine design.

This card came together pretty quickly. As I mentioned earlier this week, “practice makes progress” and I’m certainly getting faster at pairing patterned papers. Filming the making of this card so I could show you the design process in an Instagram reel is what took the longest. (See, I’m putting my training to work!) I’m still getting the hang of how to set things up and working through how to have the right supplies at hand so filming goes smoothly .

Wanna see what it takes to put this card together? Head over to my Insta feed! (Link on the right ➡️)

Products used:
Pool Party, Basic White cardstock
Hello, Irresistible DSP
Bold Bouquet stamps & dies
All That dies
Adhesive-backed sequins
Dimensionals
Adhesives

Dies · Gone Fishing

Hooked on Father’s Day

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Thus far, I’ve showcased the Pansy Patch set from the new catalog. This week we’ll be taking a look at the Gone Fishing Suite. June is a busy month in our family between Father’s Day and birthdays, and this set will be perfect!

The Gone Fishing Suite includes the stamps, dies, designer paper, and the Twisted Rope 3D embossing folder. (Buy the suite here) For this design, I used the stamps, dies, and paper. I included jute ribbon in the background to give the look of netting and add a little visual interest. The center panel is popped up on dimensionals to ensure it stood out against the patterned paper, and the fishing tackle elements are also layered on dimensionals for visual interest.

I’m really loving this set so far and can’t wait to show you more designs with this suite all this week!

Products used:
Let’s Go Fishing DSP
Night of Navy cardstock
Gone Fishing stamp set
Gone Fishing dies
Adhesive-backed pearls
Dimensionals
Adhesives
Stitched Nested Labels dies (retired)
Jute ribbon (retired)

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