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A Criss Cross Card for the Man in your Life

Do you ever get stumped trying to come up with an idea on how to make a masculine card for the man in your life?  Have you thought of making him a Criss Cross Card? A  Criss… what???

Well, here’s a Criss Cross Card tutorial to make for that special man in your life embellished with a Haberdashery carved wood button.

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Criss Cross Father’s Day Card

Most of us females would choose pretty flowers, glitter and anything cutesy before a brown and boring card.   But brown, especially brown wood can be fun!

I actually like brown.  I totally heart Kraft paper and when I received my Buttons Galore design team goodies, these Haberdashery wooden buttons totally caught my eye.

 Supplies needed to make Criss Cross Card

How to make a Criss Cross Card

Criss Cross Card

  • Cut a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of card stock in half, lengthwise.
  • Score each piece at 5 1/2 inches.

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  • Over lap the two pieces of card stock.
  • Adhere together with Glue Dots®.
  • Your card will now be 16 1/2 inches long.

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  • Using your paper trimmer, trim off the top corner of each end diagonally.

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  • Now, you have a naked Criss Cross card all ready to get manly.

<insert a manly grunt here>

  • To keep your card close, cut a 1 x 12 inch Belly Band to wrap around card.

<insert “belly size” pun here>

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  • Measure and trim out paper to embellish your card with.
  • Ink the edges of the paper with  Colorbox ink.
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Inside of Criss Cross Father’s Day Card

Even without flowers and glitter, a masculine card can still be fun to decorate.  I chose to go for an “Old World” feel.

To embellish this Criss Cross card, I used paper from DCWV Industrial Chic  line, added some zig zag stitching inside and a Father’s Day die cut from a Loni Harris cut file.  Then, I embossed the belly band with a burlap folder and completed the masculine Criss Cross card with a Haberdashery wood button.

See, brown can be fun!

 

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I love the smell of pretty paper, drinking Chai Tea and making unique things out of whatever I can find. I'm a dollar store junkie who loves to design with Kraft paper, textures, burlap, inks, ribbons, buttons, glitter and anything that can be up-cycled. I'm excited to be a part of this Buttons Galore & More Design team. I hope my ideas inspire you.

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3 Responses to A Criss Cross Card for the Man in your Life

  1. Lewis Cisneros June 12, 2013 at 5:12 AM #

    Very innovative idea I must say. I wonder if I can use super glues instead of glue dots.

  2. Ruth June 12, 2013 at 7:45 AM #

    Beautiful card! Love the colors and feel of the card. I “pinned” it for future reference so I could give it a try! Thanks for sharing your talent!

  3. Holly Gagnon June 12, 2013 at 10:18 AM #

    Hello, I would never use super glue on any sort of card making but you could definitely use another adhesive of choice. Thanks

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