Deb Houck's Crafty Cottage

MASCULINE VALENTINE'S DAY CARD 3

featuring Heartfelt Bundle by Stampin' Up! from YouTube live stream January 21, 2020

The final card from my Tuesday evening YouTube Live Stream went a little bit of a different direction. Instead of using the Country Club Designer Series Paper, I decided to pull two patterns from the From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper, which features the colors of Real Red and Flirty Flamingo. I pulled one foiled piece and one non-specialty piece. In choosing the papers, I tried to pick some patterns that weren't too girly, and really could be used for either Masculine or Feminine cards (in my opinion). Here's what I came up with:

Masculine Valentine's Day Card
Card 3 from YouTube Live 1/21/2020
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Deb Houck's Crafty Cottage
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator (USA)

Inside of Masculine Valentine's Day Card 3
from YouTube Live Stream 1/21/2020
by
Deb Houck's Crafty Cottage
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator (USA)

Actually, for the inside of this card, I ended up stamping "Happy Valentine's Day" using the Well Written stamp set, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, and the Stamparatus tool by Stampin' Up!. However, I did that after taking these pictures.

Here are the dimensions, which took me a little while to figure out for the front of the card:

Read Red Card Stock Base - 8-1/2" x 5-1/2", scored at 4-1/4", turned horizontally, plus scrap for punching scalloped heart on front of card
Whisper White Card Stock

Bottom Front = 1-1/8" H x 5-3/8" W
3 Top Front Pieces = 2-7/8" H x 1-1/2" W
Inside Mat = 5-1/4" x 4"
Cut largest non-scalloped circle using the Layering Circle Dies.
Scrap for stamping and punching heart on front of card

From My Heart Specialty Designer Series Paper

Bottom Front = 1" H x 5-1/4" W
3 Top Front Pieces = 2-3/4" H x 1-3/8" W
Inside Strip = 1" W x 4" H

The trickiest part of this entire card is figuring out the spacing for the pieces on the front. So, what I did is laying the card horizontally, put a pencil mark at 1/4", 1-3/4", 2", 3-1/2", 3-3/4", and 5-1/4".

You'll line up the Whisper White pieces starting left to right at the 1/4", 2" and 3-3/4" marks. It works out beautifully.

Here is a link to the YouTube video from the Live Stream. This was the final card, so you can skip through the first two if you'd like.