Valentine’s for the Guys

Hello!

How do you design a Valentine card for a guy?

Masculine cards can be a bit of a challenge in general, especially for Valentine’s Day.

Here are a few cards I’ve made in the past for my Hubs special occasions.

Card 1: Heart Carved in a Tree

This was one of my first V-day cards that I made. For This card, there was no pink! I used kraft card-stock, a wood grain background stamp, and a Spellbinders nesting heart die. The alphabet letters came from A-Muse studio.

Card 2:

This card is more of the traditional colors, but you could easily change the background to newsprint or other masculine prints.

I stamped a red background stamp. on reddish paper for a tone on tone look.

The tiny envelope was anchored by the gold embroidery floss.

Card 3:

This card was a “love/birthday.” The set is from Stampin Up called Friendly Seagulls. I glued some bright strips on to a scrap of cardstock, and then used a die to cut and added the border edge.

The seagull was colored with pencils, and die cut.

The sentiment was placed with a stamp platform for perfect placement.

Card 4:

This card was made with the Fancy Foot Work stamp set from Paper Trey Ink.

With a couple of punches and some decorative paper, this card came together pretty quickly.

Card 5:

A clean and simple card, this card uses The Geo Frames from Altenew, and the bulb and sentiment came from A-Muse Designs Sampler 3.

Thanks for stopping by! - Valerie Kaye

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