Masculine Valentine’s Day Card
Let’s face it when it comes to creating a Valentine’s Day card for the guys, it just ain’t easy. I’m from the south so ain’t is a word. I struggle every year to come up with masculine Valentine’s Day cards. Heck, I struggle coming up with masculine cards period. So I gave it some thought. Who says that a masculine card can’t be pretty too? I know I sure didn’t!
I asked myself what makes a card masculine and the first thing that came to mind was it wasn’t pink or glittery. Instead I thought a masculine card was more subtle in earthy tones. So, that’s what I went with. Hey…gold is an earth tone and you won’t change my mind about it. 🙂
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Masculine Valentine’s Day Card
Now this card is for Valentine’s Day but it can be used for anything. You can use an oval, circle, square, or any other shape of
A quick note before we get started in the how-to for our post. I used a retired stamp and die set from Concord & 9th. I’ve included links below for some other similar stamp and die sets. Or use what you have at home.
First I stamped the heart wood image in the middle of a panel of Neenah Dessert Storm cardstock. I used Simon Says Stamp Embossing ink but by the end I wasn’t that impressed with it. I’ll be sticking with Versamark. (I talk more about this in the video.) Don’t forget your anti-static embossing bag here!
I used Simon Says Stamp Gold Embossing powder which I really loved the color of on this paper. And of course melted the embossing powder with my heat tool.
Next, I used the coordinating die to die cut the heart. I also die cut three more of the hearts from black cardstock. You wouldn’t believe how it makes the image pop off the panel. It’s so cool!
I wanted the sentiment to be on top of the heart so I got out my heat resistant acetate and white heat embossed the sentiment. Then, I die cut it from the same heart.
For the last steps, I die cut the negative piece of the heart with a stitched rectangle die and adhered it to a white top folding card base. Then I adhered the heart into the hole. To add the acetate, I added drops of liquid adhesive behind the letters. Done!
More clean and simple cards Subtle Embossed Background for Any Card and Quick Coffee Invite with Concord & 9th.
