Hello! I needed a few masculine birthday cards so I turned to the Well Suited Suite in the mini catalog. I saw a few cute cards made by Tina Zinck and Michelle Strazds on Pinterest that were made to look like polo shirts and CASEd them, making a few changes. I did one in Night of Navy and the other in Smoky Slate. They were a lot of fun and very easy to put together!

Here is how I made the cards.

• Card base – cut piece of Night of Navy or Smoky Slate cardstock at 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, score at 4 1/4″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
• Cut piece of Well Suited Designer Series Paper at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Cut a “V” in the center. I used the collar die from the Suit and Ties Dies and made the “V” by centering the die at the 2″ mark, slightly below the top of the DSP, traced with a pencil and cut out with Paper Snips.
• Die cut collar and long strip with either Night of Navy or Basic Gray cardstock. The long strip will be used for the button placket. Trim the strip to 2″ and adhere to DSP below the center of the “V.” Adhere collar piece.
• Die cut pocket from DSP and die cut the contrasting trip with the small strip die. Adhere to top of pocket. Adhere to DSP base.
• Die cut Basic White buttons with the button die. There are six buttons on the one die so I used three for each card. Adhere them to the placket. I used the putty tip on the Take Your Pick tool to pick up each button, place them on Mini Glue Dots, and then onto the placket.

• For the Night of Navy card stamp the birthday greeting from the Handsomely Suited stamp set with Night of Navy ink on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock and punch out with the Tailored Tag punch. Adhere to DSP base. Adhere DSP piece to Night of Navy card base.

• For the Smoky Slate card stamp the birthday greeting with Basic Gray ink. Punch out with the Tailored Tag Punch. Punch another tag with a scrap piece of Basic Gray cardstock. Cut in half horizontally. Adhere one piece to top of tag and the other piece to the bottom of the tag so that it frames the Basic White tag. Adhere to DSP base and adhere entire piece to Smoky Slate card base.
• Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″. Leave blank or stamp a greeting and adhere to inside of card.

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Product List

Well Suited Suite Collection (English) [155983] $66.00	Handsomely Suited Bundle (English) [156240] $47.50	Handsomely Suited Cling Stamp Set [154444] $21.00
Suit & Tie Dies [154322] $32.00	Tailored Tag Punch [145667] $18.00	Well Suited 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154562] $11.50
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100867] $8.75	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $8.75	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $8.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $7.50
Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $5.25
Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $60.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00
Take Your Pick [144107] $10.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00

Hello! Today I’m sharing a fun card I made with products from the new Well Suited Suite. This is a great suite for making masculine cards for many occasions. The Handsomely Suited stamp set has a nice variety of greetings and type fonts and the Designer Series Paper is fabulous! The fabric designs for the men’s suits, shirts and ties are so realistic. I made this card for my father, who will be celebrating his 99th birthday this Saturday – it is hard to believe!!

Here is how I made the card.

• Card base – cut a piece of Basic Gray cardstock at 4 1/4″ x 11″, score at 5 1/2″, fold and crease with a bone folder.
• Cut a piece of Well Suited DSP at 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and adhere to card front.
• Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 3 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ and using the third largest rectangle from the Stitched Rectangles dies, run it through your embossing machine.
• Select three different pieces of DSP and from each, die cut the bow ties with the large bow tie and small knot dies from the Suit & Ties Dies. Adhere the knots to the bow ties. Adhere two of them to the top part of the rectangle. Adhere one to the bottom of the rectangle, leaving space in between for the greeting.
• Stamp greeting on scrap piece of Basic White cardstock with Basic Gray ink. Punch out with the Tailored Tag punch. This is one of my all-time favorite Stampin’ Up! punches! To add a touch of contrast, punch another tag from a scrap piece of Basic Gray cardstock. Cut in half horizontally. Adhere one half to the top of the tag and the other half to the bottom of the tag, leaving just a little bit of the gray showing.
• Wrap a piece of Night of Navy Twine around the blank section between the bow ties four times. Start wrapping from the back of the piece, taping the tail down with Scotch Tape or Tear and Tape. After the fourth wrap, cut twine from the spool and tape again.
• Adhere piece to card front. Adhere the greeting over the twine with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

• Cut a piece of Basic White cardstock at 4″ x 5 1/4″ and stamp a greeting with Basic Gray ink. Stamp a bow tie with Night of Navy ink in bottom left corner. Adhere to inside of card.

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Product List

Well Suited Suite Collection (English) [155983] $66.00	Handsomely Suited Bundle (English) [156240] $47.50	Handsomely Suited Cling Stamp Set [154444] $21.00
Suit & Tie Dies [154322] $32.00	Well Suited 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [154562] $11.50	Well Suited Twine Combo Pack [154566] $7.00
Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $8.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $9.75	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $7.50
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [147110] $7.50	Tailored Tag Punch [145667] $18.00	Stitched Rectangles Dies [151820] $35.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $60.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00
Paper Snips [103579] $10.00