How to Make a Masculine Card with Garden Birdhouses

Today was a bit windy in Huachuca City so my granddaughter Savannah and I flew a kite. Savannah and Papa picked it out while we were at a store in town. She was so excited to fly the kite! She was flying the kit for about 45 minutes before the wind dipped and the kit ended up over a tree in the yard. I grabbed a ladder and a rake to try to get the kite out of it but the wind had picked back up and twisted it around a branch. It was Papa and Josh to the rescue when they got back from a job site! It is a good thing that Josh is a part-time firefighter and he quickly untangled the kite. After all that excitment was done it was time to go inside and work on cards. I decided to make a masculine birthday card using the Garden Birdhouses set and a colors from a color challenge that my team had last month.

My team has monthly color challenges that everyone on the team is welcome to participate in. March’s colors were, Bermuda Bay, Soft Succulent, Early Espresso, and Evening Evergreen. Click on the colors to see the cordinating prodcuts that are available.

Today’s Project – Creating a Masculine Card

A friend and I were talking and they pointed out that masculine cards are not something that I create often. So a goal for the upcoming catalog is to create a masculine and feminine card with stamp sets that I purchase. I am starting the goal early by making a masculine and feminine card using the Garden Birdhouse using the same colors and papers.

For the feminine card I added ribbon and lighter colors. Within the stamp set there is a grass stamp and a flowers stamp. So I used the floral stamp with this card. Plus one can never forget the bling so I added Rhinestones.

For the masculine card I used darker colors and the Matte dots.

I love how both of these cards came out! The variaitions in colors on the masculine card’s bird house is something I could see my Dad doing if he was creating a birdhouse.

Items Used on the Card are linked below

Measurements

Card Base – Early Espresso – 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored at 4 1/4″

Layer One – Basic White – 4″ x 5 1/4″

DSP – 3 3/4″ x 5″

Scrap pieces of Basic White and Early Espresso

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