Masculine card – Kate Morgan, Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator Rowville, Victoria, Australia

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Sahara Sand: Trifold Birthday card

15 March, 202314 March, 2023 craftwithkate

Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration showcasing our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours in alphabetical order.

Week 44 – Sahara Sand

Today I have chosen a trifold card, that folds flat to fit into a standard DL envelope. This is a simple ‘fancy fold’ design, and perfect for any occasion.

Starting with an A4 sheet, I cut it down to 27cm x 21cm and scored the long edge at 9cm & 18cm. I marked with a pencil at 7.5cm on the short edge and cut from that mark up to the opposite corner.

Trifold birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Like an Animal DSP, Happier Than Happy Bundle.

I wanted to use the Like an Animal DSP which has Sahara Sand listed as one of the colours. I used this to decorate the front panel and the inside panel. The centre panel I embossed some Sahara Sand card with the Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder to add some texture.

Trifold birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Like an Animal DSP, Happier Than Happy Bundle

I took some Sweet Sorbet Glimmer Paper and punched 2 balloons. Adding some White Baker’s Twine for the string.

The bear (Happier Than Happy stamp set) was stamped twice using the Stamparatus to get a darker tone before die cutting it with the coordinating Happy Forest dies.

The Stylish Shapes circle die was used to cut some Vellum Basics Specialty Designer Series Paper which the bear is glued to, then some Dimensionals added behind the bear to pop it up a little on the card front.

On the inside centre panel, using the Stamparatus again, I stamped the ‘happy’ 3 times using the hinge stamping technique and then the ‘birthday’ in Sweet Sorbet ink across the centre.

Trifold birthday card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2023 Like an Animal DSP, Happier Than Happy Bundle open

On the inside back panel, another circle of Vellum was cut with the returning 2″ Circle Punch and the fox added on dimensionals with white baker’s twine wrapped around his tail to a smaller balloon. The fox was stamped the same way as the bear, but I also added a little Sweet Sorbet ink with a dauber directly to the stamp for a little extra shading.

Thanks for dropping by. I hope you can join me next Wednesday for inspiration using Shaded Spruce.

Please hop across to our next participant and enjoy the wonderful inspiration of Fiona Ryan.

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Products
Stamps: Happier than Happy Bundle [158952], Biggest Wish [155052]
Dies: Happy Forest dies [158951], Stylish Shapes [159183]
Card/Paper: Thick Basic White [159230], Sahara Sand [121695], 2022-2024 In Color 6×6 Glimmer Paper [159246]
Designer Series Paper: Like an Animal [160841], Vellum Basics Specialty [160839]
Inks: Sahara Sand [147117], Sweet Sorbet [159216]
Other: Timeworn Type 3D TIEF [156505], Sponge Daubers [133773], 2″ Circle Punch [133782], Baker’s Twine Essentials Pack [155475], Stamparatus [148187], Multipurpose Glue [110755], Dimensionals [104430], Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine [149653], Paper Trimmer [152392], Simply Shammy [147042], Bone Folder [102300]

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Nothing’s Better Than Coffee and Chocolate!

21 July, 202121 July, 2021 craftwithkate

Each week some of the Art With Heart team are joining the Colour Creations Blog Hop to bring you creative inspiration to showcase our range of 50+ gorgeous Stampin’ Up! colours.

A blog hop, also known as blog hopping, is to move from one blog to another, continuing in a full circle to read all the posts by participants in the hop. At the end of each post will be a link to continue to the next blog!

Week 8 – Cajun Craze

Well, here we are at Cajun Craze, my least used colour in the range! I really struggle with this colour and to me it would be great tone for Terracotta pots, but of course I do not have any stamp sets of this kind!

My next idea is chocolate or coffee, I mean who doesn’t love either of these?!!!! The Nothing’s Better Than stamp set and coordinating Love You More Than dies were the go, along with the Stitched So Sweetly dies for the sentiment to be stamped on. I had all these done but nothing in the background. I tried lots of different papers, but nothing seemed to work, then I stumbled across this paper from the In Good Taste papers (on sale this month!) and I think it works beautifully, a bit like a tablecloth.

Nothing's Better Than card for CCBH Cajun Craze by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021

Check out those fancy chocolates with the gold gilded leafing on them. Yep, very fancy chocolates!

and the perfect sentiment for the inside 😉

Nothing's Better Than card for CCBH Cajun Craze by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2021 inside

I think this card could be given to anyone, as it is neither masculine or feminine.

Thanks for dropping by. All the products used tonight are linked at the end of this post!

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Masculine Creative Showcase with the Art with Heart Team

27 February, 202024 February, 2020 craftwithkate

AWHT Creative Showcase Masculine

Welcome to our new Monthly Creative Showcase with the Art With Heart Team!

This month we are featuring Masculine themed projects. We have many masculine themed products in the Stampin’ Up! range including Stamp Sets and coordinating Dies, Designer Series Papers, Embellishments and Embossing Folders. The Art With Heart Team have a wonderful selection of projects to inspire you to create Masculine Masterpieces.

Now let’s get started!

This set of cards were very quick to create and I shared this style with my class ladies to help them cut into their Designer Series Papers. Starting with a simple card base, then cut one piece of DSP slightly smaller (5mm). Take the DSP and cut about a third off the bottom, then flip that piece over to the reverse design. Glue these to your card then add a strip of Tear & Tape across the join. Add some of the Braided Burlap Trim. Punch some 2″ Circles and stamp a sentiment and add a trinket with a glue dot!

This is a wonderful way to use your pretty DSPs without covering too much of the pattern with other elements. You can whip up a whole bunch of these in minutes.

Tropical Oasis Hawaiian Cars Masculine card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2020

Tropical Oasis Leaf Masculine card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2020 Tropical Oasis pineapple Masculine card by Kate Morgan, Stampin Up Australia 2020

My next project is a pop up box card or some call it a Card in a Box, but I wanted a longer length than usual. I needed it to be a landscape style for my golf scene, and it still fits into a C6 envelope!

Masculine card using Stampin Up Clubhouse Golf by Kate Morgan Australia 2020.

Did you know that the golf ball can be cut out using your 1″ circle punch?!! Yep, it’s the perfect fit!!!

I stamped the entire image in Garden Green and die cut it out, then stamped the image again in Smoky Slate. Instead of die cutting, punch the golf ball and glue it to the die cut!

I also glued some of the grass die cuts in front and some behind the centre section for more depth. How cool are these wooden elements too?!

Masculine card using Stampin Up Clubhouse Golf by Kate Morgan Australia 2020 Mini

The back of the card is where you write your message and I have decorated it with some more of the DSP and a sentiment.

Masculine card using Stampin Up Clubhouse Golf 2020 Mini by Kate Morgan Australia

A tip: when gluing in the golfer, it is best to place your card on top of your envelope to ensure that all the images fit within the size of the envelope!

Masculine card using Stampin Up Clubhouse Golf by Kate Morgan Australia 2020

A list of products can be found at the end of this post.

The next contributor to share their Masculine project with you is the very talented, Andrea Sargent.

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Project 1 Product List

Tropical Oasis Suite Bundle (English)	Timeless Tropical Cling Stamp Set (English)	Tropical Oasis Designer Series Paper	Tropical Oasis Trinkets	5/16″ (8 Mm) Braided Burlap Trim
Old Olive A4 Card Stock	Pineapple Punch A4 Cardstock	Blueberry Bushel A4 Cardstock	Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Paper Trimmer	Layering Circles Dies	2″ (5.1 Cm) Circle Punch
Mini Glue Dots	Tear & Tape Adhesive	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals

Project 2 Product List

Country Club Suite Bundle	Clubhouse Bundle	Country Club Designer Series Paper	Country Club Elements	Garden Green A4 Card Stock
Whisper White A4 Card Stock	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock	Garden Green Classic Stampin’ Pad	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ Pad	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad
Simply Scored	Multipurpose Liquid Glue	Paper Trimmer	1″ (2.5 Cm) Circle Punch	Classic Label Punch

Farewell, Masculine

Traveler

17 June, 201511 June, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card that I have made using a stamp set that has continued into the new annual catalogue, Traveler.

I was needing some Farewell cards and what better stamp set could I use for someone leaving and wanting to spend their retired years travelling.

Traveler Stampin' Up!

I used Baked Brown Sugar, Basic Black & Crumb Cake, along with the retired Dictionary Background Stamp. Some Linen Thread was tied around the card before the circles were added with dimensionals.

Traveler Stampin' Up!

I didn’t have a stamp “farewell” so I printed that from the computer, then used my Word Window punch.

I stamped the suitcase image on the inside of the card and the envelope!

Traveler Stampin' Up!

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Birthday, Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Masculine

Motorbike for the boys

10 April, 201510 April, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card I made using MDS (My Digital Studio), the computer program that Stampin’ Up! have had for a few years now, and will no longer offer from 31st May 2015. When I heard this is was disappointed, as I had purchased many downloads and use the program for my scrapbooking and designing my blog headers. But in saying this, we can still use the program, there just won’t be access to new downloads.

This card was made for a young man in his 20s for his birthday. At that age, I find masculine cards more difficult, but love this motorbike stamp which I downloaded in MDS for only a couple of dollars and can use as many times as I like!!!

Motorbike

I printed the image onto white card and cut it to the size required. I coloured it with Stampin’ Write Markers. As the saying goes, Red goes faster, so that is what I chose!!!!

How awesome does it look?!!!

Motorbike

I layered it on Basic Grey card and Real Red and added some coordinating Candy Dots.

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this card.

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Water Wash By The Tide

4 March, 20157 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Water Wash Technique with By The Tide

Today I share a masculine card created with the Water Wash technique, something I haven’t done a lot of experimenting with, but had some fun in the process.

Most of the cards I have seen using this technique have been feminine cards, so my challenge to myself, was to create a masculine card.

By the Tide

I stamped the images and embossed them all with clear embossing powder and heat set them. This was so that when I added the watercolour over the top, the images didn’t run. I used Pool Party for the first wash over the entire card, then went back and added colour from the bottom with Lost Lagoon. This added the depth to the card. I also added a little (diluted) colour of each of the images over the top and around them to give them a “glow”.

The ink pads I used for the images were: Coral (Versamark & dabbed Calypso Coral), Seahorse (Hello Honey), Fish (Mossy Meadow), Crayfish (Cajun Craze).

By the Tide

I added the splatter by tapping the brush with the Lost Lagoon ink. I used my heat tool to dry it so it didn’t run too much. I stamped happy birthday then used the Word Window punch before attaching it with dimensionals.

I love how this coral has a glow because I used the Versamark ink then dabbed the Calypso Coral over the top before pressing it onto the white watercolour card stock.

Once the card was dry, I also ran the Lost Lagoon Stampin’ Write Marker around the edge of the card, not only to define the border, but also to colour the side edges of the white card. This is a handy tip instead of adding another layer of card stock!

By the Tide

Don’t forget to decorate the inside of your card and your envelope! Do you do this? Because I can never send a card in the mail that has a nude envelope!!!

By the Tide

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this card.

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Handmade Cards, Masculine

Guy Greetings

26 January, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

First of all Happy Australia Day to all my Aussie friends out there!

Today is my dad’s birthday, lucky him always celebrating on a public holiday, and we are getting together for a special celebratory lunch.

I made this card for him using the Guy Greetings stamp set in the Occasions catalogue. I got this in photopolymer for only $44.95 for all of the 22 stamps below:

Anyway, this is what I created with the stamp set, using the classic car as my main image. I stamped it in Early Espresso onto Crumb Cake card stock and sponged the edges of all pieces of card stock.

Guy Greetings

The used the circle framelits to cut the circles. I embossed the middle darker circle for a bit of texture, as it was too plain beforehand and I wasn’t happy with it lol.

I also added some ribbon which helped finish it off.

The DAD sentiment I stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The circle with the car image I added with dimensionals.

Guy Greetings

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this card.

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Card in a Box Style, Kids Cards, Masculine

Hawks

11 August, 20148 August, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

What a busy time of year it is for our family!

On the weekend, we celebrated by brother-in-law’s 40th birthday and he is a mad loyal Hawthorn Football Club supporter, so what better way to celebrate than with a card in a box style card in the Hawthorn theme!

Hawthorn FC Card in a Box

I used Chocolate Chip and Crushed Curry card stock to create the base of the card. I got the images off the HFC website and printed the words to the theme song and placed them at the inside back of the card.

Hawthorn FC Card in a Box

I had to add the 4 0 in some champagne glitter card!

Hawthorn FC Card in a Box

and the sentiment from the Petite Pairs Stamp Set.

Do you think he will like this? I am sure hoping so!

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Baby Wipe Technique (Masculine)

16 June, 201423 September, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I share with you another baby wipe technique but this time a masculine one.

I am just loving this fun and very easy technique!

The colours this time are: Midnight Muse, Baked Brown Sugar & Bermuda Bay!

The card base is Midnight Muse Core’dinations cardstock which I sanded to give it a more rustic look.

The technique is exactly the same process as I showed you last week with the Engagement card, you can view this here.

This time I stamped the Beautifully Baroque image onto very vanilla card stock. Isn’t it just stunning?!!!

I added some bakers twine around the image giving it a more masculine look.

And I added the sentiment “happy father’s day”. Yes I am getting in early this year!!!!

The new 2014-2015 Annual Catalogue goes live on 1 July, but if you would like to receive a copy before then, please Contact Me. This catalogue is full of amazing new products and wonderful colour pictures for ideas. It is a must have for anyone interested in Ink, Paper and Stamps!

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