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Birthday Boy

Hey everyone! Today I'm sharing with you a masculine card I made for my brother's birthday last week. I thought this older sketch from Taylor {TECC58} really had some masculine potential, so paired it with Seeing Stars and a sentiment from Wonderful Wishes and voila!



The ovals are cut with the Petite Ovals Nestabilities and I used a 1" square punch and the small SU! star punch for the 9 panels. And since the card was headed out on its way to its new home that very day, I even completed the inside, with the help of the handy dandy Top Note die from Stampin' Up! The inside sentiment is from the Fancy Florals set.

ETA: All stamping was done with Versafine Onyx Black. I colored with Copic Marker Spanish Olive YG97 (a pretty close match for Old Olive) and sponged the edges of the Kraft cardstock with Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger.

22 comments

Patti J. said...

Love it! It's so much tougher to do a good masculine card! You nailed it! Love the inside as well as the outside! Thanks for sharing!

Amber Hight said...

Oh man Jules, this is great:) What an awesome masculine card! I love it:) Have a great day honey!

Dawn Easton said...

Fabulous masculine card! Love the inside too!

America said...

what a SUPER FUN card! Love it!

joyk said...

What a great guy card.....love the design and colors you chose. And the topnote die is awesome for the inside (lightbulb moment lol)

Angela said...

Wow, this is fabulous... I LOVE IT!

Amy Sheffer said...

Amazing, Julee! Such an awesome guy card!

Tricia T said...

Oh, I *like* this!! The colors are really fantastic for a guy's card. Into my favorites!

Riet said...

what a gorgeous card Julee,l love the colours.

hugs Riet.x

Anonymous said...

very nice!!!!!!

Michelle Woerner said...

OMGosh! I love love love this! I really love making masculine cards, especially using stars. This is a real stunner! I am totally gonna have to case this for future! Did you see the Bday card I made for Bill? It used the Father Figure set? Man, I love masculine cards!! Hugs,

Janine said...

Really great idea - what colour ink did you use please?

Taylor said...

This is such an awesome masculine card, Julee! Love what you did with the inside too!

Lyndall said...

Love that star card. Will be copying that one for sure.

Janette said...

I love this Julee- such a great masculine card! I have a tough time with them since I can't use ribbon or bling on them LOL. Thanks for the inspiration

Lori Craig said...

gorgeous...gorgeous...gorgeous.

Sparkle and Flourish said...

This is stunning. I love the colour tones you hhave used. Very simple and effective card. I love it!!
Judy x

Chriss Blagrave said...

awesome card Julee!

Mary Fish said...

"Gawjus" . . . inside and out. Hugs, M

Sankari W. said...

This is just beautiful Julee!!! YOu are such an amazing artiste especially with all the little details - love the stars and the sponging and everything in between!! Absolutely Jule-eriffic!!

Big Hugs!
Sankari :)

Nikki Schmaltz said...

I LOVE this masculine card. Sooo...well.... masculine:)

Justine said...

O Mylanta Julee, I am in love with this card