Very Simply Susan

I  haven’t done as much stamping for my blog as I would like to this year. But I have liked the cards I have done.  And I like using a suite of products for a whole week’s run.  Using the True Gentleman Suite this week has been fun. Let me know what you think about seeing cards from the same suite all week!

And this card, I really liked. Maybe because of the colors and maybe because my Dad was a Pipe smoker. I have taken some of this paper and created a scrapbook page with him. Its unusual to see pipe smokers today, but in the 50’s and early 60’s it was almost iconic to see Dads relaxing after dinner with a pipe. Maybe not a good habit, but a great memory.

The design was centered on the rather large sentiment. I wanted to keep it really masculine and bring in some of the houndstooth design paper. Everything I tried looked to busy until I came up with the small squares topped with the wood look True Gentleman buttons! That sort of brought the whole card together for me.  I added some Linen Tread behind the sentiment and the card was done!

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One of the things I like best about the True Gentleman Suite is the clean graphics. This one with the eyeglasses are  no exception. While this paper goes great with the stamped sentiment, you could use it for so many things.  And in keeping with the clean  graphics, I added some layers to the mat for the sentiment using the Tailored Tag Punch.  It sets off the sentiment nicely and brings the colors together. I have to tell you I am having a lot of fun with this suite.  Sadly, its retiring soon. So, if you want this great suite of products in your collection, the time is now to stock up!

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This week, I am showcasing the True Gentleman Suite in the Occasions catalog.  It is one my all time favorite “masculine themed” sets. Both the stamp set and the Designer Paper are classic, understated and very versatile!  Perfect for the guys in your life!  Because I wanted to enter this post in the Global Design Project Challenge, I decided to come up with a design that would fit the challenge design this week. Make sure you hop over to #GDP134 and take a look at this week’s challenge!

I have always liked the cards with “collars and ties” and I wanted to do something along that line without the tie.  So, I thought, “why not suspenders?”. One of the designs in the Sure Gentleman DSP had the perfect vertical pattern for suspenders. And the collars are simple to do. Just take a 1/2′ strip of paper and fold it in to look like a collar. I threaded one of the True Gentleman buttons and adhered it to finish off the collar.  Perfect for your “truly Tailored” kinda guy!

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