Inspire.Create.Challenges 015 – Quick and Easy Masculine Cards!

Fun Masculine card for Inspire.Create.Challenges using True Gentleman Designer Series Paper from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Inspire.Create.Challenges 015 – Quick and Easy Masculine Cards!

Inspire.Create.Challenges Masculine Challenge Card Making Papercraft

This week’s Inspire.Create.Challenge is a Theme… and it’s a Theme that I think a lot of us struggle with, cards for men! They are tricky to please, and they don’t want pink, or floral, or bows… and lets be honest, that’s a LOT of our crafting! However, Stampin’ Up! to the rescue again… with the True Gentleman suite!

How to make a fun Masculine Birthday Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

This card was inspired by another card I have made recently (that I’ll be sharing with you very soon!). I have been really enjoying making men’s card with the True Gentleman suite, the stamps and Designer Series Paper just tie together so perfectly… don’t you LOVE it when products do that, makes crafting so easy!

The card base is in Sahara Sand, and the first layer is a sheet of Night of Navy card stock embossed using the Hexagons Embossing Folder. You can find my standard card making measurements HERE!

Cool Man's card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

There are 3 different pieces of Designer Series Paper at work here too… along with a circle of DIY Designer Series Paper (stamped using the Truly Tailored stamp set). The circles are all cut using the Stitched Shapes Framelits, these dies are definitely at the top of my crafty MUST HAVE list, I use them SO often!

This card is finished with a trio of strips of Night of Navy Corduroy Ribbon.

I would LOVE to see you masculine creations, join in with us at Inspire.Create.Challenges!

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Truly Tailored Birthday Card

Masculine Birthday Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Truly Tailored Birthday Card

 

I have blogged so many Birthday cards recently… and I hope that you don’t mind me sharing a couple more because I have two this week! This card I made for my father in law’s birthday at the end of January, with the Truly Tailored suite from this years Spring Summer catalogue. I have now lost count of the number of cards I have made with this particular piece of Designer Series paper (I shared another card with it on Saturday!)

How to make a masculine birthday card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

I have been having fun with card stock layers recently, and this card is no exception. The card base is Night of Navy, with a layer of Crushed Curry and then the True Gentleman Designer Series Paper. The Vellum square was added at the last minute to help the sentiment piece stand out as it was in great danger of getting lost against that busy paper!

The sentiment is modified a little… the stamp actually reads “Wishing you a Dapper Day” but I selectively inked with Stampin’ Write Markers in Night of Navy and Tranquil Tide and left off the word Day so that I could replace it with that fabulously glitter-y Birthday die cut!

Masculine Birthday Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

The die cut is from the Happy Birthday Thinlit die from the Annual Catalogue, and it layered onto a pair of circles die cut using the Layering Circles dies.

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Stampin’ Up! Team Training and fun with a sketch…

How to make a quick and easy card using a sketch with StampinByHannah Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

StampinByHannah Team Training and fun with a sketch…

Stampin' Up! StampinByHannah Team Events

One of the many great joys of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is getting to share my creativity. I have a small (and growing) team of Demonstrators, and one of them recently asked if we could do some events. My wonderful team are well aware of my busy day job, and were happy when I suggested a Monthly Team Facebook Live event.

The first week of each month I will be going Live with them, sharing our Stampin’ Up! news, recognition and achievements and some crafting too! This month I was totally inspired by a card I had seen on Instagram… shame I can’t remember who made it, but really it was less about the card and more about the design of it. So, I created a batch of cards using the same design… and this sketch.StampinByHannah Team Training Sketch Facebook Live Stampin' Up! UK

So, this months card was a quick and simple one…

Quick and easy card using Amazing You from Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration

This first card is the one I made with the team. I am a little bit obsessed with the Amazing die from the Celebrate You Thinlits cut from Glimmer Paper. This die is stunning, and FREE with a £90 order during Sale-a-bration. The Celebrate You thinlits will also be available in the Stampin’ Up! Annual catalogue, but surely it’s better to get them now for free that having to wait until June AND having to pay for them right?!

Now is a great time to consider joining the team… you can find all the information about joining Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration HERE

How to make a quick and easy card using a sketch with StampinByHannah Independent Stampin' Up! DemonstratorThe second card uses the same piece of Designer Series Paper, from Naturally Eclectic, but the reverse side. I pulled the colours out of the paper to stamp the flowers and sentiment. The stamps are from the Oh So Eclectic stamp set, and then that die again from Celebrate You but this time cut from Gold Glimmer!

Quick and fun Facebook Live Masculine Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

Then I though I would make a more masculine version using Truly Tailored. This Designer Series Paper is definitively my current fav… I just cannot get enough! I shared this card on my Facebook Page as a Facebook Live. Facebook Live is so much fun and I am hoping to get a few of these shorter Facebook Live’s in a month, plus my Facebook Live Online Card Class too (which I’ll be sharing here tomorrow!)… do let me know what you would like to see!

I had so much fun with this sketch, I would LOVE to see what you do with it too! Share you creations with me on my Facebook Page or in my VIP Facebook Group.

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Make It Monday | Quick and Easy Men’s Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin’ Up!

How to Make a quick and easy mens card video tutorial using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah Make It Monday Quick and Easy Men’s Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin’ Up!

Make It Monday

I have a quick and easy card for you today. One of the ways that I maintain my crafty mojo is by CASing (Copy and Selectively Edit!) and today I have CASE’d the Stampin’ Up! catalogue. The catalogue actually used to be called an idea book… and that is exactly how I use it. My catalogue is constantly in use, its always open on either my crafty desk or my office one, looking for ideas.

How to Make a quick and easy mens card video tutorial using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

Ok, so this card uses Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Write Markers to selectively colour the sentiment stamp. I LOVE doing this, and have done it quite a bit recently. There are a couple of things to remember when you’re stamping with Stampin’ Write Markers

  • Use the side of the brush tip to colour your stamp
  • Use the lightest colour of marker first, and work to the darkest (particularly if your colouring a stamp where the ink colours will touch) to avoid your dark inks contaminating your lighter markers
  • Get plenty of ink onto your stamp; colour each part of the image several times, and colour in different directions to prevent a streaky looking stamped image
  • Stampin’ Write Markers use the same ink as your Stampin’ Up! Classic Ink Pads and are water-based, so the ink WILL dry on your stamp. Re-activate your ink before you stamp by breathing on it.

I love my Stampin’ Write Markers SO much that I have a fabulous Stampin’ Write Marker Club… this club gets your all 38 markers over 4 months and comes complete with a handy case to store them in too! You can find all the information about club HERE!

Make It Monday Men's Card Stampin' Up! Catalogue Case using Truly Tailored

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International Blog Highlights | Truly Tailored

Fun card for guys using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

StampinByHannah International Blog Highlights Truly Tailored

Kylies International Blog Highlight banner

It’s that special day of the month again… Kylie’s International Blog Highlight. I LOVE taking part in these events, partly because I get to see heaps of creative ideas from loads of other Demonstrators around the world, but also because Kylie always comes up with a cool theme! This month is no exception, and I am sure that everyone has made some fabulous projects. This month we are sharing our favourite products from the Spring Summer (Occasions if your outside of Europe) catalogue and Sale-a-bration!

International Blog Highlights with Kylie Bertucci Mans Card using Truly Tailored from Stampin' Up!

I LOVE the Truly Tailored Suite in the Spring Summer Catalogue. Initially I was drawn to the colour combination, although I did spend far longer than I would care to admit trying to see the Crushed Curry on the papers printed in the catalogue!

It is definitely there though, and using a bit of Crushed Curry Bakers Twine on this card has really helped to pull it out of the papers.

Using Designer Series Paper on a manly card using True Gentleman from Stampin' Up!

I hadn’t really thought about it until I came to right this blog post, but I think my choice of papers is my subconscious speaking to me…. because I really need to hurry up and pick my new glasses! I promise I’ll share a picture of them on my social media when they arrive!

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