15 masculine cards

 This is a long post with a lot of pictures, so hang on!  Last quarter, I finally got a change to play along with Kendra's card challenge--You take 6 sheets of 6x6 paper and follow Kendra's cutting templates and card sketches to create 15 fabulous cards.    Do you see the 5 little tiny scraps of paper in the top right?  That's all that is left of the 6 sheets after making the cards!!  This is the second time I have gotten a chance to play along.  I decided to make some masculine cards as I always need them in my stash.  Some of them (with the yellow dotted paper) could work equally well for a female, but for the most part they are pretty masculine.  I used stars as my embellishment of choice to tie the cards together even more.  Most of them are designed to be birthday cards, though I used some sentiments that could be used for other occasions as well.

Card #1:

I added some die cut stars, some grossgrain ribbon and a couple enamel dots.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Be Blessed"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"; Verve star dies

Challenges:

Cards Galore #99--anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge #231--anything goes

Card #2:

Only die cut stars to embellish this one.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Be Blessed" and "To the Moon" trio of stars

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Verve stars; Stamps of Life star

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #182--anything goes

Card #3:

I added die cut strs and a star border.  Some of the stars are left overs from the border die cut.  This is probably my least favorite card of the bunch.  It needs just a little something and I'm not sure what it is.

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" border die and stars; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #68--anything goes

Snippets Playground #428--anything goes with snippets (all of my die cuts were cut from scraps)

Card #4:

Stars, more grossgrain ribbon and 3 more of the enamel dots.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Be Blessed"

Dies: Verve stars

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #521--anything goes

Card #5:

I think this is my favorite of the bunch.  I just LOVE that striped paper!!  The kraft banner on the left was supposed to be a place to use a different patterned paper but I thought it was the perfect place to stamp the birthday sentiment.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Verve stars

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Cupcake Challenge #544--stripes

Card #6:

I also love this one with the striped paper!  This is the only one where I didn't stamp the sentiment on white card stock.  I heat embossed it with white powder onto navy card stock for a fun touch.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "I'm So Glad . . ."

Dies: Verve stars

Challenges:

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #155--anything goes

Try Stampin' on Tuesday #556--die cuts AND/OR sketch

Card #7:

Hmmm . . . I also love this one!!  I was able to use the enamel dots on this one.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Better Together"

Dies: Verve stars; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Dies R Us #192--anything goes with dies Dies R Us sells (I used Spellbinders)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--layer it up

Card #8:

This is a very interesting one with all the narrow strips.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Be Blessed" and "To the Moon" star trio

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"; Verve stars; Stamps of Life large star

Challenges:

Crafting Happiness #123--anything goes

Card #9:

I felt this one could be a little more feminine, but could work for either one.  I used one of the enamel dots and some yellow ones to coordinate with the paper.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: Verve stars

Challenges:

Incy Wincy Designs--die cut or punch

Card #10:

This one is fun!  I dry embossed the background with a diagonal stiped embossing folder.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut and then finished it off on the small strip below.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Perfect Pairs: Commodities"

Dies: Papertrey Ink "Perfect Pairs: Commodities"; Verve stars

Darice embossing folder

Challenges:

Craft Rocket #92--birthday

Simon Says Stamp Monday--add texture (with the embossing folder)

Card #11:

For this one I added some more grossgrain ribbon and then I added glossy accents to the stars to give them a bit of something.  You can see it in the second photo.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: Verve stars; Stamps of Life large star

Challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Card #12:

Another one of my favorites.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Verve stars; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Moving Along With the Times #142--birthday

Card #13:

This one is so fun with all the banners.  This one finished off the sheet of enamel dots.  Stash busting at its finest!

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Better Together"

Dies: Verve stars

Challenges:

Sweet Stampers #68--birthday

Card #14:

I added some die cut stars around the top of the sentiment circle for a fun embellishment.  I also added some tiny stars along the bottom of the circle since I was now out of the matching enamel dots.  Three strips of the grossgrain ribbon finished it off.

Supplies:

Stamps: Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Verve stars; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Creative Knockouts #452--anything goes

Card #15:

I had a TON of tiny stars left over from the border die cuts, so I used a bunch of them to accent the sentiment panel.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Jeremiah 33:7" plain jane

Dies: Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" border die and stars

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #544--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crafty Catz #595--anything goes with the optional twist: masculine