Card: Geared Up Happy Father’s Day

There are not too many “Men” stamp sets out there.  I am so glad that Stampin’ Up comes out with a cool man stamp set every year.  This year’s stamp set : Geared Up Garage, feathers a car and tools in the garage.  The thinlet dies not only cut out the stamp images, but also the gears and that is a great addition to complete the look for all the tools that men have in their garages.

There is also a Classic Garage 6″ X 6″ Designer Series Paper coordinated with this Geared Up Garage  bundle.   There are so many cool images in the designer series paper.  I want to make a simple card with a special fold to feature this stamp set.

Here are the measurements for the paper

• Basic Gray  – 11 x 4 1/4 (cut 8 1/2 x 11 paper in half in short way)
• Very Vanilla –
  • 4 3/4 x 3 1/2
  • 5 1/4 x 4 (inside the card for message)
  • scrap for “Happy Father’s Day” label
• Crushed Curry –
  • 5 x 3 3/4
  • 4 3/4 x 1
  • 4 x 1/2 (inside the card to hold the easel)
• Classic Garage 6″ X 6″ Designer Series Paper (DSP)
  • Red color: 4 3/4 x 3/4
  • Tranquil Tide color: 3 x 1/2
  • Car (pick the card that you like on one of the DSP)

Here is how:

• Fold the Basic Gray paper in half.
• Score the diagonal line as picture below.

• I really like how the gear framelit die looks, but the stamp set does not have the gear images so I used the glue dot to attach the gear framelit die to the clear block and use it as a stamp.  I stamped the framelit die images in Crush Curry and Basic Gray colors on the Very Vanilla Card Stock to create the background images.

• Pick the car or motorcycle images that you like from the DSP pack.  Hand cut the image out.

• Stamp the “Happy Father’s Day” label and cut it out by using the framelit.
• Assemble the card front on the Crush Curry card stock

• When you glue the Crushed Curry card stock on the Basic Gray card base, make sure to only put the glue as the pictured  below, so the easel card can “stand up”.

• Glue the inside Very Vanilla card stock so you can write the message in the dark card base.
• Hold the easel front to the angle you like and use the Stampin’ Dimensionals to put the “to the classic” stopper on the card.

Now is the time to make some MAN cards!!!

Ready to create?  Here’s what you need:

Thanks for Looking!