Male Card GentlemanCompleted by Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus

There is no mistaking the gender for the recipient of this card, and it has been made available just in time for Australian fathers’ day celebrations.

I have an elderly male friend celebrating his 86th birthday next week and this is a perfect choice for his day.

This design is a quick topper if that is the card maker’s choice or a quick easy decoupage using the step by step method.

I have used the step by step method offered and extra decoupage by printing the sheet 4 times and using different layers for the backing sheets.

I made a black card, cut at 27 x 13.5 cm, and scored and folded it in half then opened it up to outline and define all inside and outside edges with a silver metallic pen.

I matched the largest backing sheet to the tan coloured after shave bottle cover, and cut it at 12cm square and used the silver pen to define the edges.

I attached this to the card front using padded D.S. tape.

I used the main image from one copy of the sheet to treat it in the same way, using the pen and D.S. padded tape.

The next copy I carefully cut and separated the outside frame from the main image and set it aside to use in the insert.

The remaining image, I then attached using D.S. padded tape.

The next image I carefully cut away the 2 outside frames as one piece and set it aside to use in the insert.

I was then left with the white edged frame of the smaller main image and attached it using the padded D.S. tape.

I used one copy of the smaller elements to cut out and attach using small D.S. padded squares. I added the Happy Birthday sentiment.

To complete the insert, I used one frame I had set aside to attach to the left hand side of the insert section and the other to first attach to a white sheet for the space to write my special greeting and used some of the left over male style elements to add as extra embellishments.

I outlined each of the frames with the silver pen. I am so very pleased with the finished result of this ever so easy greeting card design. Thank you, Marijke, I am sending you a big hug. Pamela Horton. The whispering Platypus.