Monday, January 22, 2018

If You Mustache

Valentines for the men in my life - difficult.  S this year I am giving 5 sons (and SIL's) the same card.  Well, not the SAME card - haha .  I made 5 of the same type of card.  I had already made a card for one SIL or else he would get the same type too.  Making the same card five times definitely simplified things.  And besides, I like this card so much I decided, "Why not give them all the same?"
I started with heart shapes on the computer and then added the mustache digital stamp (Doodle Pantry).  I originally wanted to cut the hearts out and have the mustache over the negative space but I wasn't willing to fussy cut all those mustaches (15 in all).  Second choice was to us a Copic and draw a line of color within the heart shape.  (If you can outline something, can you inline it?)
The sentiment is my own also done on the computer and then cut out with a Spellbinder die.
The background paper is Doodle Pantry.  Black fiber ribbon is from the Kraft Outlet.
Distress ink is Tim Holtz Tea Dye.
The hardest part of this card was lining up the hearts and spacing them and the mustaches equally.
Because I could make only 4 cards with one sheet of BG paper (8 x 10),  I printed a darker version for my second sheet.  Here is that card:
I like both of them.  Here is the inside which I also printed on the computer and then just added astamped  SU heart.
And the sketch I used for the front of the card is at Sketch Saturday.

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday
Cuttlebug - valentines
Scrapyland - spellbinder
Tuesday Throwdown - distress
Stamploration - stamps and curves
Stamploration CAS

7 kids - anything
Daily Marker - 30 day challenge
Simon Wednesday - add a sentiment

8 comments:

  1. Oh how fun! Love these mustache cards!! Perfect masculine valentines!

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  2. VERY CUTE! (I JUST got a mustache valentines set recently myself!) I agree with that many Valentines, it IS easier to do them all the same! LOL I'm SURE your family will appreciate your thoughtfulness! Blessings!!! ;)

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  3. Love the fun sentiment! Great Valentine card for men, these cards are so difficult! Thanks for joining us at Stamplorations Theme & Sketch this month!

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  4. Fabulous masculine card Marsha! The mustaches look so cute with the hearts.
    Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
    Mandy xx

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  5. Marsha, this is fantastic! Such a fun masculine card! Love the sentiment! Thank you so much for joining us at The Paper Players this week! XX

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  6. I am so sorry, Marsha! I meant Sketch Saturday! I am on another team and was committing on both of them tonight! XX

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  7. Your hearts-and-mustache cards are masculine marvelous! Perfect Valentines for the men in your life, who will be absolutely charmed by them, as I am! So thrilled to see you in the STAMPlorations CAS Challenge gallery!
    ~carol

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  8. What a cute masculine valentine ... so glad you joined our CAS Challenge at STAMPlorations.

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