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Tip: Stamping Realistic Trees

April 29, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Tip: Stamping Realistic Trees

Alexandra got these stamped trees to look so realistic by inking them with different colors of Distress Ink and spritzing them with water before stamping.  You could use this technique on lots of other images like flowers too. Visit the … Read More ...

Download: Birthday Die Cut Flap Card

April 4, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Download: Birthday Die Cut Flap Card

This fun card has lots of dimensions with different flaps, perfect for adding additional sentiments or images underneath. It also makes a perfect masculine card! You can download this SVG Cut File for FREE from SVG Cuts. It’s compatible with … Read More ...

Project: Masculine Shirt and Tie Card

February 25, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Masculine Shirt and Tie Card

Tie one on! 🙂 This clever shirt shaped card is perfect for a masculine birthday card or Father’s Day. Torico shares a link to the original template she used plus how she designed her tie. Visit her blog for all … Read More ...

Inspiration: Camping Valentine’s Card Ideas

January 31, 2017 by Heather Holbrook

Inspirations: Camping Valentine's Card

Do you find  it a little hard to come up with ideas for masculine cards like I do? When Valentine’s Day or anniversaries roll around it can sometimes be a struggle to make a card for a guy. Here’s a … Read More ...

Technique: Distress Crayon Background for a Masculine Stamped Tag

July 2, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Distress Crayon Background for a Masculine Stamped Tag

Using Distress Crayons Shelly Hickox got a cool artsy background for this masculine stamped tag. Visit her blog, Stamptramp and she’ll show you how she did it.

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Project: Masculine Mixed Media Tag

June 19, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Masculine Mixed Media Tag

Happy Father’s Day to all the great dad’s out there! In honor of Father’s Day here’s a fantastic masculine tag designed by Tim Holtz. As usual it’s made with lots of great products and techniques like rubber stamping, collage, die … Read More ...

Freebies: Father’s Day Digital Stamps

May 30, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Freebies: Father's Day Digital Stamps

Carmen has collected 7 of her free digital stamps perfect for Father’s Day over on her blog Beyond the Fringe. Click here to download them all.

Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle

 

Freebies: Father's Day Digital Stamps

 

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Card making Project: Masculine Card with VW Bug Van

May 28, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Masculine Card with VW Bug Van

Here’s fun masculine card that would work for father’s day, birthday, graduation and more. Clare Prezzia used a fun VW Bug van stamp from Hero Arts and Distress Ink s with water to make this cool card. You can find … Read More ...

Freebie: Grandpa or Dad Digital Stamps

May 10, 2016 by Heather Holbrook

Freebie: Grandpa or Dad Digital Stamps

With Father’s Day coming up you might need an image or idea for cards. Aren’t masculine cards always a little harder to design then feminine cards? They are for me 🙂 Anyway, Dearie Dolls is here to help with a … Read More ...

Freebie: Plaid Holiday Gift Tags

December 13, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Freebie: Plaid Holiday Gift Tags

Getting your Chritmas presents wrapped? Need some tags? Download a set of 8 fun and festive plaid gift tags for free over on the Happiness is Homemade blog. These are perfect for masculine gifts!

-Heather

 

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Technique: Ghosting Stamping with Distress Inks

August 25, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Technique: Ghosting Stamping with Distress Inks

Since Tim Holtz’s Distress Ink react with water there are loads of different stamping techniques you can do with them. Here’s a fun one called ghosting, ink your background with Distress Ink, stamp your image in a darker color and … Read More ...

Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up June Paper Pumpkin Kit

June 23, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Review and Giveaway: Stampin’ Up June Paper Pumpkin Kit

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If you’re looking for paper crafting inspiration Paper Pumpkin is here to inspire you and bring creativity to your door each and every month. Paper Pumpkin is a subscription kit brought … Read More ...

Inspiration and Freebies: Father’s Day Cards

June 19, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Inspiration and Freebies: Father's Day Cards

Father’s Day is fast approaching and the Crafty Secrets blog is sharing a bunch of cool card, gift bag and scrapbook page ideas for Dad. They even have a couple of freebies to help you with your own projects, you … Read More ...

Project: Steampunk Heart Card

June 9, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Steampunk Heart Card

The Few Favorite Things blog has a video tutorial showing how to put together this cool steampunk inspired card using stencils, ink pads and chipboard shapes. This style is perfect for a masculine birthday card or for Father’s Day. Click … Read More ...

Project: Masculine Steampunk Style Pop-Up Card

June 3, 2015 by Heather Holbrook

Project: Masculine Steampunk Style Pop-Up Card

Wow, how amazing is this accordion tunnel card? It’s perfect for Father’s Day or a masculine birthday card. Best of all it folds flat for mailing but then pops open to stand up, great for displaying on a desk. Shelly … Read More ...

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