Some people find masculine birthday cards difficult to create, which can sometimes come down to the product we own as we're often drawn to pretty things. Enter the Urban Underground Suite! These coordinating products make cards for the boys and men in our lives a cinch with bold, geometric patterns and strong, contrasting colours of Basic Black, Basic Gray, Delightful Dijon Very Vanilla and silver. Inspired by this fabulous product suite I created a corner-fold or corner-flip birthday card for my hubby...

Bundle: Thoughtful Banners Stamp Set + Duet Banner Punch (photopolymer: 141614). Stamps: Urban District (wood: 143068, clear: 143071). Ink: Delightful Dijon (138327), Basic Gray Archival (140932), VersaMark (102283). Card/Paper: Delightful Dijon (138345), Basic Gray (121689), Basic Black (121688), Very Vanilla (106550), Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper (142783). Accessories: Urban Underground Embellishments (142786), Urban Underground Designer Washi Tape (142787), Clear Stampin' Emboss Powder (109130). Tools: Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine (143263), Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies (145372), Build It Framelits Dies (143230), Hexagon Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (143231), Stampin' Trimmer (129722), Heat Tool (129056), Embossing Buddy (103083), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).

The wow-factor of this card is the combination of the fancy fold, the product suite coordination and all those textures. I clear heat-embossed the hexagons from the Urban District stamp set onto a Basic Black card base, more stamped hexagons in Basic Gray on Very Vanilla and then followed through with a large die-cut hexagon focal point, embossed using the Hexagon Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder...

... then there's the layers of washi tape from the Urban Underground Designer Washi Tape (check out those the shiny, silver crosses) and finished the front with a brushed silver, hexagon embellishment (those things are so weighty and robust!).

I'm loving using these products and you will too! But I would get them soon as some are on the Retiring Lists and only available while stocks last.

The 2016-2017 Annual Catalogue and 2017 Occasions Catalogue both finish at the end of May and Stampin' Up! are releasing the Retiring Lists for each of the catalogues TOMORROW! The Retiring Lists tell us what products will be carried over and which ones will be discontinued. Make sure you're subscribed to my email updates and get the Retiring Lists delivered direct to your Inbox on Tuesday. Fill in your details at the top right of this page.

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