My card today is a masculine style Valentine’s Day card.  The Classic Garage DSP makes it easy this year to create all sorts of great “Guy” Valentine’s.  I don’t buy a lot of Valentine stamp sets. Mostly because I never have time to use them.  There is so little time between the holidays being over, New Year’s and then Valentine’s. And its one of the times I am super busy with work and generally not home much.

So, because I don’t buy a lot of Valentine sets, I try to be creative with what I have on hand.  I really loved the Classic Garage DSP.  I think it has lots of possibilities for cards for guys and anyone who likes cars. While I love the paper,  I haven’t broken down and bought the stamp set, Geared Up Garage.  That set and the matching framelits are shown in the list of Products Used For This Card at the bottom of this post.

So, because I had the paper and I love the hearts in the Sunshine Wishes Framelits, my card design was pretty easy.  All I had to so was add the two hearts, tie a the Key from the Classic Garage Metal Elements on and add the die cut, LOVE.  A very simple, quick card for Valentine’s Day!

BUT, I am hoping someone will case this card and add the Geared Up Garage sentiment: “You Jump Start My Heart” and use the hood emblem die to do a different take on this card. That would be the card I would love to have done! So, if you are seeing this card, I hope you try that idea and send me a link to take a look at that version!

Products Used For This Card

Today’s card using the Piece of Cake stamp set and punch, has been percolating since I got my Granny Apple Green-Coastal Cabana Reversible Ribbon. While I don’t have the How Sweet It Is stamp set, I do have some of the paper and I thought the Piece of Cake set would work great with the paper to create what I had in mind. The cake was colored in with Stampin’ Blends and Stampin’ Write Markers.  The cake stand was stamped on some of the striped DSP and punched.

I have also been dying to use the Rectangle Stitched Framelits and this card was the perfect opportunity.  The card is now on its way for my sister’s birthday this week.  I can’t believe she is a year older.  Mostly because that means I will be soon!!!

Products Used For This Card

Once a month I meet with a group of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators for a swap. Each month has a theme and we swap cards so that we all have lots of sample cards on hand to show customers. This month’s theme was a “Masculine Birthday Card Swap”. I don’t have any of the great “guy stamp sets” we have in the catalog such as the new Classic Garage Suite shown below(click on the image to see more).  But with a little creativity, there is plenty in my card stash to create a masculine birthday card!

And the Waterfront stamp set is one of those sets. And another good option for masculine cards is the Wood Textures DSP.  With the new stamp set, Itty Bitty Birthdays you have the perfect collection of sentiments for designing any type of Birthday Card you need.

Products Used For This Card