Game On Masculine Birthday Gift Set

My husband and I have August birthdays and this past weekend it was his turn to turn another year older!  We’re the same age for 12 days a year.  Creating masculine cards doesn’t come easy to me and when I need to make one, I don’t have a lot of sets that fit the bill.  If you’re a regular follower, you’ve probably noticed I lean towards the floral sets.  The Game On stamp set caught my eye as one that could work for Steve’s birthday.  I especially liked the sentiment.

Today’s card is a gate-fold with a belly band

Materials & Measurements

Card:

• Basic Black card base:           8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″, scored at 2 1/8″ & 6 3/8″
• Gray Granite card stock:       1 7/8″ x 5 1/4″, cut 2 & 5 1/4″ x 4″ (inside)
• Plaid Tidings DSP:                 1 3/4″ x 5 1/8″, cut 2
• Whisper White card stock:   5″ x 3 3/4″ (inside)

Belly Band:

• Gray Granite card stock:     1 1/4″ x 10″, scored at 3″ & 7 3/8″

Details

• Glue Gray Granite card stock and Plaid Tiding DSP to the two front panels.
• Create the belly band and emboss with the Wrapped in Texture Embossing Folder.
• Stamp the deck of cards in Cherry Cobbler ink and hand cut.
• Glue card image to Cherry Cobbler card stock and hand cut a mat.  Then glue to Basic Black card stock and cut another mat.
• Adhere to the belly band with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Stamp the sentiment in black ink and die cut using a label die from the Tasteful Labels dies. Die cut an additional label in Cherry Cobbler card stock to create the end borders.
• The label was a little too large for the sentiment so I trimmed it on the top and bottom which created a different shape.

• For the inside sentiment, I combined two non-SU and one SU stamp set.  The first two sentiments are from the Loving Hearts stamp set by Simon Says Stamps and the Happy Birthday sentiment is from Stampin’ Up!’s Blossoms in Bloom.  These sentiments expressed by feelings exactly!
• I added a strip of DSP and Basic Black card stock to the bottom of the sentiment panel along with the die image from Game On.

• I created a gift bag and matching tag to go along with my card.
• The bag is from Michaels and simply embellished with a strip of DSP and card stock.
• The tag is created using the Delightful Tag Topper Punch, which I embossed with the Wrapped in Texture embossing folder to match the belly band.
• The corners are rounded using the Detailed Trio Punch.

One of the favorite things I love about this paper crafting hobby we enjoy is the ability to create unique, coordinated gifts.

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Please take care,

Rosanne

 

 

 

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