He's the Man Z-fold Card & Birthday Card with a Fun Technique

Happy Friday!

I've been a card-making fanatic and made quite a few cards... but I am only sharing TWO cards in this post for today.

My first project is a Z-fold card for Father's Day.  You guys, Father's Day is just around the corner and it will be here before we know it!  Hope my card inspires you to make a card or two.

What a fun Z-fold card!  Love the new He's the Man Suite from Stampin' Up!  Do you struggle with masculine cards?  I sure do!  I sit there with the papers in front of me wondering how to make a unique card or just a masculine card in general.

But I have to say, this one was a pretty simple process... and not too painful to create!  Haha!

I started with the card base using Sahara Sand measuring 11 x 4 1/4 and scored at 2 3/4 and 5 1/2.  The black mat is 5 x 3 3/4.  I then cut two DSP at 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 and cut them both at a diagonal.

The All That dies from the Suite include some really fun stand alone dies to add cool elements on your card.  The two banners were tucked under the sentiment mat.

Here's a look from the top of the card.

I stamped the the photo corner in the upper left of the card.  The Rustic Metallic Dots really add that masculine touch.

This is the card opened up.  Even though the diagram I worked from didn't add DSP on the smaller middle portion, I felt like it really needed that.

The DSP that was cut diagonally are used on the inside of the card. to keep the theme going.  And I also stamped another photo corner in the lower right.

The inside card measurements for the black mat is 5 x 3 3/4 and the DSP measures 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 (the same as the front of the card).

Linen thread was wrapped in a circle several times and tucked under the sentiment.

The black mat behind the sentiment was cut in half then added on each end of the Sahara Sand, which kind of gives it a shadow effect.

I hope you enjoyed Card #1!

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For my second card I did a super fun technique using Stampin' Blends, Vellum Cardstock and Rubbing Alcohol.  I recently watched a YouTube video from Christine Josti at Mail Something Pretty and couldn't wait to give it a try!  I hope you will hop on over to her YouTube channel and watch her fun techniques.

Isn't the background cool?  I already know I will be making more of these backgrounds!

I started with Basic White cardstock measuring 4 1/4 x 11, scored at 5 1/2.

Poppy Parade cardstock was used for the frame from the Fabulous Frames Dies and the vellum was cut just slightly smaller and adhered to the frame with Tear n Tape Adhesive.

A closer look at the flowers stamped once, twice and a third time to get the different variations.  This stamp is from the Uniquely Artistic stamp set.

The greeting is from the Go To Greetings stamp set and stamped using Poppy Parade ink.  These stamps are so beautiful and in varying sizes.  Very versatile.

You also get a closer look at the background that I created using the five different Stampin' Blends and only the Dark colors (Poppy Parade, Old Olive, So Saffron and I believe it was Pink Pirouette).  I tried several different Blends before I came up with something I really liked.  It was just fun playing around with all the colors and watching how they "blend" together.

Be sure to adhere the vellum really well with painter's tape on a piece of thick cardboard because the vellum will tend to curl.  You can also speed up the drying process by using your heat tool.  Once the vellum is secure, then start coloring your Blends however you like and in any pattern.  It's best if you color in all of the blank spots... by coloring close to the other color because they do tend to bleed into each other.  Once your vellum is completely colored, then use a dropper or paint brush and drip rubbing alcohol onto the vellum and watch the colors blend together in various patterns, leaving sometimes dark lines and lighter colors blending sort of like a shaded color combo.  Add more rubbing alcohol if you'd like until you get the desired effect you're looking for.

And keep playing around with different combos of your Blends to see what you come up with.

And don't forget to check out Christine Josti's YouTube channel Mail Something Pretty.  Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz0oOeXcruU

Here's Christine's FB page link: https://www.facebook.com/mailsomethingpretty

The gold elements are from the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack and the cute little gold flowers are Flowers Trinkets and really added an elegant touch to the card.

For the inside of the card I wanted to continue the same theme as the front and die cut another frame.  The flower images were stamped on Basic White before adhering to the frame.

So pretty!!

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I hope you enjoyed my cards today and they have inspired you in some way to give a new technique a try on one (or more) of your cards.

Happy crafting.

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