Today’s card is a masculine, mixed media card. Masculine is not my strong style, but I keep challenging myself to try I mostly with the color combo and CAS style for it.

I added some neon green, yellow, green leaf and white acrylic paints on the wood grain pattern paper. Then I run it through my die cutting machine with the Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies – CUTplorations. I added the background panel on the white card base with adhesive runner.

Then I cut out a tag with Luggage Tags Nesting Dies – CUTplorations from a white cardstock and added the green chevron ribbon on it with mini stapler. I added it on the background panel with some glue dots.

Next is working on the pocket flower with the new Pocket Blooms with CUTplorations Pocket Die – Shery Russ Designs.

I have been making monoprints with my gelli plate and have them in my stash. I grabbed one of them that have a matching colors to the background Then I stamped the flower on the monoprinted paper with archival ink. I used my MISTI tool for crips image by stamping it couple times becuase the monoprinted paper has some texture on it. Then I fussy cut the flower.

I die cut the pocket out of a navy blue cardstock using the matching pocket die that come with the set. Then I added the flower on top of the tag with 3D foam tape, and next I added the pocket die cut on top of it with 3D foam tape, too.

For the sentiment, I stamped the words that come in the stamp set with archival black ini, and cut out into word strips. I added them on the card just with glue dots.

That’s my masculine mixed media card today and I hope you all will like it and be inspired to make your own handmade card for this Valentine’s Day.

Link Up Party:

• Create a new Valentine’s day project (any kind!) with a tag in it.
• Post it on your blog (or Flickr, Instagram, SCS gallery, etc.) and then link up here.
• Display the TAGplorations event graphic in your post and link back to this post to qualify for the prizes.
• You may enter as many projects as you want, but each project must be in its own post (1 project = 1 blog post = 1 entry)
• Use whatever product(s) you have; STAMPlorations products are not required.
• Link up here by Tuesday, February 14, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-8).

GIVEAWAY:

To be eligible to win, you need to leave comment on each STAMPlorations Girls’ blogs from today until Tuesday, February 14, 11:55 p.m. Pacific. The winners will be announced on March 10 in the February Challenges & Hops winners post at STAMPlorations Blog. So be sure to follow the blog if you aren’t already.

The Prizes are:

• THREE (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on this post and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store
• ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)*
• ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)*
• ONE (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of tag dies set: Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder

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THANKS A BUNCH for stopping by my blog today! And I hope you all have a fabulous day!

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