Quick and Simple Masculine Birthday card

Hello everyone and thank you so much for joining me!! I have a quick and simple masculine birthday card to share with you so let's jump right in!! I did use my Cricut to cut out the balloon image but there is a die that would make a similar card.

I cut the balloon image out using three of Simon Says Stamps cardstocks, Ivory, Fog, and Island blue using my Cricut and an image from Design Space but there is a die set from Concord & 9th that would work very similarly. As I always prefer, I cut down my cardstock before I began, I have an A2 sized base with a black matte 1/8 inch smaller than my base and my panel is 1/8 inch smaller than my black matte.

I used a cloud stencil from My Favorite things, a blending tool from Scrapbook, and Tumbled Glass Oxide ink to create a background for my balloon. I adhered the layers of my balloon together with some Nuvo Deluxe glue and adhered my panels down. I used the Concord & 9th Happy Balloon Dies for the string coming off my balloon and cut it out of SSS fog cardstock and added that to my card.

I didn't like how the tail looked when I added it on top of my balloon so I did add a couple of Moonstone sequins, you can tell me if you think that it still qualifies as a masculine card as I did add some sequins. If you want to watch an in-depth look at my card please check out the full video tutorial below.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I will see you again very soon !!

Supplies:

100lb black cardstock (matte)

https://shrsl.com/29nab

100lb white cardstock (base)

https://shrsl.com/29nam

Neenah Solar White 80lb Cardstock (50 pack)

https://shrsl.com/28ucu

Neenah Solar White 80lb Cardstock (25 pack)

https://shrsl.com/28ucw

Nuvo Deluxe Glue

https://shrsl.com/2c9zu

Tumbled Glass Oxide Ink

https://shrsl.com/2i1g3

My Favorite Things Cloud Stancil

https://shrsl.com/2b1kk

Simon Says Stamp Ivory Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/2i4jr

Simon Says Stamp Fog Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/2i4jt

Simon Says Stamp Island Blue Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/2i4ju

Concord & 9th Happy balloon dies

https://shrsl.com/2i1gd

Tim Holtz Trimmer

https://shrsl.com/2c9zw

Tim Holtz Glass media mat

https://shrsl.com/2crp9

Simon Says Stamp Moonshine Assorted sequins

https://shrsl.com/2i4jx

Studio Katia Embellishment wand

https://shrsl.com/2anun

Studio Katia Triangle Tray

https://shrsl.com/29eif

Gemini Go

https://shrsl.com/2i1fw

Reversible tweezers

https://shrsl.com/27qqy

Blending tool & Foam

https://shrsl.com/2dvfb

Glossy Accents

https://shrsl.com/2i1g8

Simon Says Stamp Big Birthday Greetings

https://shrsl.com/2i4jy

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