Simon Says Stamp | Masculine Birthday Card

Simon Says Stamp | Masculine Birthday Card by Yana Smakula

The hardest cards to make? Birthday cards for guys. You can’t put any flowers on them, you can’t really use any fun colors or add pretty embellishments. So you end up being stuck with just the regular things. I recently needed to make a Birthday card for a guy and even followed the suggestions of my male friends to make a masculine Birthday card. They liked it, I should even say loved it. Me – not so much. Anyhow, here’s the card:

Simon Says Stamp | Masculine Birthday Card by Yana Smakula

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CARD DETAILS

I started with a sheet of dark blue cardstock, I used Soft Navy Blue by Simon Says Stamp and dry embossed it with the help of Square Dance stencil, also from Simon. I love to dry emboss with stencils, they are like small embossing folders to me.

Watch THIS video tutorial for several ways to use stencils for cardmaking.

Simon Says Stamp | Masculine Birthday Card by Yana Smakula

Next, I ink blended the panel using Hero Arts Navy ink to darken the cardstock color a bit. I trimmed the panel to 4 x 5 1/4″ and adhered to mirror gold cardstock mat and foam mounted to A2 white side folding card base.

Simon Says Stamp | Masculine Birthday Card by Yana Smakula

To create a sentiment for this card I used puffy letter stickers from one of Simon’s past card kits – Pebbles Inc. Jen Hadfield Anne Foil Foam Letter Stickers and also heat embossed “Wishing You” in Antique Gold embossing powder.

What do you think? Too simple or just enough for a guy Birthday card?

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Simon Says Stamp Stencil Square Dance
Simon Says Stamp Stencil Square Dance
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Pebbles Inc. Jen Hadfield Anne Foil Foam Letter Stickers
Pebbles Inc. Jen Hadfield Anne Foil Foam Letter Stickers
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Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock
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Tonic Polished Gold Mirror Card Gloss Cardstock
Tonic Polished Gold Mirror Card Gloss Cardstock
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Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy Cardstock
Simon Says Stamp Soft Navy Cardstock
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Hero Arts Navy Ink Pad
Hero Arts Navy Ink Pad
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Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder
Simon Says Stamp Antique Gold Embossing Powder
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Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam
Spellbinders Circle Replacement Foam
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Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools
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Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad
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EK Success Powder Tool Applicator
EK Success Powder Tool Applicator
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Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun
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White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12
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Simon Says Stamp Craft Tacky Glue
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Comments1

  1. What a GREAT idea to stamp with stencils!! I never thought of that! I’m gonna try it!
    Thanks for sharing. I do really like the guy card…it still has some bling with the gold cs.

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