Masculine Monday goes My Digital Studio

Original Design

My Masculine Redesign


I was running late on a Masculine project for today so I thought I would turn to My Digital Studio (MDS) and see what I could do with a pre-designed card. The first card is what the card looked like originally in MDS. With MDS you could print this card as is and not have to do anything else, for those times when you truly are at the last minute, and if you were in need of a more feminine card. Or if you have a few minutes you could change a few items as I did.
I switched out the background paper, changed the ribbon color, and replaced the flower with a more manly star brad.
So, what do you think? Does it fit the bill for a Bill?
There is so much you can do with MDS. If you are interested let me know and I would be happy to talk with you about all the possibilities you have with My Digital Studio.

Happy Crafting!!
Deborah

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My Digital Studio

Masculine Monday

I just love fall and all the colors of the leaves. I tried to capture that today with my Masculine Monday card.
Yes, one can stamp the leaves in fall colors but I wanted to do something a little different and still use several fall colors. I first stamped the leaf in Soft Suede and the used Versa Mark and stamped over the Soft Suede leaf, added some clear embossing power and then heated. I did this also with the Thank You. Once you emboss the added colors do not adhere to the embossed sections. I then took my sponge dauber and the ink pads Cajun Craze, Always Artichoke, and Cherry Cobbler and daubed those colors all over the card stock.
To give it dimension, and that manly look, I then tore the edges off, daubed the edges with Cajun Craze, and then – eek – I crumbled it into a ball. I know this may be hard to do at first, will; it was for me when I started using this technique. You have just made a really nice stamp and then you crumble it; it just doesn’t seem right at first. I got used to it because I love the look it gives, especially for fall and men projects.
If you give it a try this week send me an email, I would love to see what you made, or ‘leaf’ a comment and tell me about your experience crumbling a stamped piece.

Happy Crafting!
Deborah

Product list
Stamp Sets-
French Foliage
Card Stock-
Very Vanilla
More Mustard
Tools used-
Corner punch
And my hands
Ink-
Soft Suede
Cajun Craze
Cherry Cobbler
Always Artichoke
DSP-
Well Worn
Embellishments-
More Mustard Brads

Masculine Monday

My card this week gets to serve three purposes. One, I get to share it with you as my masculine Monday card. Secondly, it will be my brother’s birthday card. Third, it was my swap card last Tuesday at our Icy Inkers group meeting.
Yes, as demonstrators in our Icy Inkers group we get to meet once a month to share celebrations, ideas, and swaps. I say that we “get to” because as a demonstrator with Stampin’ Up! there are NO required meetings. My up-line supports us with a once a month meeting that we can attend if we choose. There is no pressure to attend, it is my choice, and if I miss a meeting it is not a big deal, other than I am missed. ; ) The most important reason I choose attend is because I have so much FUN sharing in what I and the others have accomplished, the complements we give and receive, the great new ideas we share with each other, and I come home with about ten great projects.
If this sounds like some fun you would like to part of I would love to have you join us and be part of my team! Don’t forget, this month when you join Stampin’ Up! you get a free Big Shot or an extra $100.00 worth of stamp sets. Call me today I would love to help you get signed up and have you join in on the fun.

Happy Crafting!
Deborah

Product list
Stamp Sets-
In Wilderness
On Your Birthday
Card Stock-
Soft Suede
Cajun Craze
Very Vanilla
Tools used-
Cutter Kit
Ink-
Soft Suede
Early Espresso
DSP-
Well Worn
Embellishments-
Hemp Twine

Masculine Monday and clearance items uses

I was using up some of my retired paper this past week and covered some mini (4.5”x3.5”) composition books that I picked up at the store in a pack of three for $1.00. Most of them turned out more for us ladies but I made sure I covered one to show here for my Masculine Monday. With the new list of clearance items I thought, “This makes a great connection.” I used some of last year’s Elegant Soiree DSP – which is no longer available - but I did see Travel Journal DSP from our summer mini in the clearance rack. That would be a wonderful choice to use to cover one of these little note books for the man in your life.
I covered them with a 6x6 sheet of DSP. That would be four books covered with one 12x12 sheet of DSP! I used coordinating card stock, in this case Baja Breeze, to cover the spine and inside covers. I added a little embellishment with a section of the large stamp from Lovely as a Tree stamped with Soft Suede and a touch of Garden Green on Very Vanilla. I placed this on top of a square of Night of Navy. All of the colors coordinate with the colors of the Designer Serious Paper I used. That is what is so great about Stampin’ Up! products, everything coordinates so easily ;)
Hope your week goes well!!

Happy Crafting!
Deborah

Product list
Stamp Sets-
Lovely as a tree
Card Stock-
Very Vanilla
Baja Breeze
Night of Navy
Tools used-
The Cutter Kit (To ruff up the edges of the Stamped Square.)
Ink
Soft Suede
Garden Green

Masculine Monday – Get Well

I feel I never have enough masculine cards available for last minute needs; I have three boys, a husband, his friends, and friends with spouses. So I have decided to start a Masculine Monday theme. Every Monday I will be posting a masculine card to share with all of you.
My first one here is a get well card, but you could change the greeting to be what you may need it for. I used Soft Suede for my background and More Mustard to offset it. The stamp sets are Autumn Days and Delightful Dozen. I used the Square Lattice Impressions Folder for the Big Shot for texture and a few brads for embellishment – men don’t go for the frilly things. The Curly Label was used to punch out the greeting and I used my Cutter Kit to rub the edges of the Very Vanilla down to show the Soft Suede.
To get the depth of the wheat I used the masking technique. If you don’t know about this technique leave a comment and I would be glad to get together and show you how it is done. To purchase any of the products see the list below and go to my online store.
Hope your week goes well!!

Happy Crafting!
Deborah

Product list
Stamp Sets-
Autumn Days
Delightful Dozen
Card Stock-
Soft Suede
More Mustard
Very Vanilla
Tools used-
Big Shot
Square Lattice Impressions Folder
Curly Label Punch
Paper Piercer
Embellishments-
Brads