A blog devoted to the cards I make in my tiny upstairs space. When my sister stays there, she calls it an "artist's garret". I'm not an artist, but am an enthusiastic cardmaker - hence the title "Cardmaker's Garret".
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Thursday, 7 February 2019

Birds with Hearts

Valentine's Day is coming up so time for a change from my many Christmas cards!  A friend always asks me to make her a few Valentine cards and specified she wanted birds on the one for her son-in-law.

It needed to be reasonably masculine so thought my NBUS bird die from Concord and 9th was suitably non-feminine!  And no pink or frills or lace!


I die cut the birds out of the card front and then backed it with red cs.  Out of the same red, I die cut a few tiny hearts to place between the birds.  And stamped the sentiment in red with another tiny heart beside it.

It was made with these challenges in mind:

The Male Room - a masculine Valentine
Double D Challenge - "hearts of any colour" 

Thanks for coming by today!






Supplies:
Stamps - Impress Cards & Craft sentiment
Ink - SU Real Red
Paper - red and white cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - Concord & 9th "By Your Side" birds, Impress Cards & Craft tiny hearts die



14 comments:

  1. Susan, I think you hit this challenge right on the head! Well designed and perfectly constructed, charming and sincere, but not a drop of sticky-sweet anywhere. Great card!

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  2. Clean and beautiful, Susan! The red is so striking against the white! This is such a fabulous card. Thank you for sharing with The Paper Players!

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  3. CAS perfection Susan. This is perfect as a more masculine card and love the die :)

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  4. This is really sweet Susan. I love how you've outlined the birds and branch in red. Your friend is going to love this. xx

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  5. WOW, LOVE what you have created for our fabulous challenge this time of LOVE. Thanks for your entry and good luck in the draw @ DOUBLE D
    {aNNie}Designer for Double D challenges

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  6. Aw, I love birds too, and these are very cool! The seem very trendy with lots of white space and the red outline, too! We're thrilled you shared this with us at the Paper Players this week!

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  7. I love the "love birds". That is so clever how you made this card and it is a great masculine card.

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  8. Just ADORABLE and what a fabulous design! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Hearts’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.

    Darlene
    DOUBLE D Challenge Blog
    DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please stop in for a visit!

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  9. What a great idea to put the red cardstock behind the die cut outline! It makes a great Valentine!

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  10. This is a really sweet and certainly masculine card, Susan. I really like the red outline! Thanks so much for playing along at The Male Room Craft Challenge. Good Luck!

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  11. Congrats on getting Cut Above at TPP. It’s adorable and CAS-tastic! xx

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  12. Oh I love the simplicity of this card, it is stunning. Simply Stated. The birds look great layered in red and white. Perfect for him! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Double D, Hearts Challenge, Donna, DT Member.

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  13. Great idea to use these fabulous birds for your masculine card, Susan! I love the thin red edge and darling little hearts, too! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS!

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  14. Fabulous V-day card for your friend's son-in-law! Those love birds are amazing and the red outline is such a clever idea! I love that you kept it white/red! Thank you so much for playing along with us at The Male Room Challenge - looking forward to seeing your creations in the future :)

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