It seems we all struggle with ideas for cards for the men in our lives. Flowers and butterflies are easy, but coming up with an attractive design that works for a male recipient can be a challenge. Last weekend one of my hostesses wanted to do two birthday cards at her workshop, so I thought we should do one girlie one and one that could work for either gender. I remembered seeing a card done by Christy Butzen on Stampin' Connection a while back and decided to try something similar. You can view Christy's card
here. Here is my version:
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Martini Card featuring the Cheers to You stamp set. |
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Close up of sentiment |
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Inside of card using sentiment from the Party Hearty set |
One of the things I like about this card is that it could work for just about any occasion, including a birthday. It isn't often I come up with something that has multiple uses. One of the things I loved about Christy's version was the shading effect she had on her olives. Had this card not been for a workshop of 15 guests, I would have done the same thing she did, but, knowing how chaotic a workshop of that size can get, I wanted to keep it as simple as possible. So, here is the rather simple how-to for this card:
I started by punching several old olive ovals using my medium oval punch (the one from the Holiday Mini but that is still available!) I then punched several little circles in poppy parade using the circle punch from the Itty Bitty punch pack. Using my glue stick, I assembled my olives. I then glued them all over a 5 1/4" x 4" piece of basic black cardstock, ensuring some extended off the edge of the page. I trimmed those ones and then ran the whole thing through my Big Shot using the square lattice embossing folder. I then adhered the olive piece to a whisper white card base. I stamped the martini glass on a scrap rectangle of whisper white cardstock using Staz On ink and the sentiment using poppy parade. I coloured in the olive in the martini glass using my old olive and poppy parade markers, rounded two corners of the white piece and layered it on a slightly larger piece of poppy parade. I added two brass brads and adhered it to my card using dimensionals. For the inside of the card, I again stamped the martini glass using Staz On and coloured the olive. I stamped the sentiment from the Party Hearty set in basic black on a scrap of poppy parade and punched it out with my modern label punch. I adhered it inside my card using dimensionals.
An easy card, perfect for a workshop and for any guy (or gal) in your life!
Excellent idea! Love the black background.
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