Creating a Masculine Sympathy Card with Stampin’ Up! Products

- August 07, 2025

Hi Crafting Friend,

Sympathy cards can be some of the most meaningful projects we make as card makers. When designing for men, it’s important to keep the tone subtle, calming, and elegant. Today, I’m sharing a masculine sympathy card using some of my favorite Stampin’ Up! products that balance heartfelt sentiment with a beautiful fun fold design from Connie Stewart.

For this card, I used:

Stamp Set: Unbounded Love & Heartfelt Sympathy (retired) for the sentiments
Paper: Timeless Plaid Designer Series Paper for a natural, textured background
Cardstock: Mossy Meadow, and Whisper White
3D Embossing Folder: Forever Plaid
Ink: Pecan Pie and Early Espresso
Embellishment: A simple Linen Thread wrap tied in a knot

The key to this card is keeping embellishments minimal while using earthy tones and layers to create visual interest. Masculine cards don’t need to be boring—texture and tone go a long way.

Thanks for stopping by MissQsCraftingContinuum, Live Long & Craft On! - Susan 🌄🖖

Measurements:

Mossy Meadow - 5 ½” x 11,” score at 1 ¼,” 5 ½” and 9 ¼” (Card Base); 1 ¼” x 9 ½”, score at 2 ⅛” and 6 ½” (Belly Band); 2 ½” x 2 ½” (Sentiment Layer)
Basic White - 3 ½” x 5 ¼” (Insert) 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” (Sentiment Label)
5 ¼” x 11” piece of Timeless Plaid DSP - cut to: (1) 1 ½” x 5 ¼”, (1) 4” x 5 ¼”, (2) 1” x 5 ¼”and (1) 3 ½” x 5 ¼” (Card Layers)

Directions:

Ink the edges of all the DSP layers, the insert and the sentiment label with Pecan Pie ink
Run the sentiment layer through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine in the Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder
Stamp sentiments with Early Espresso ink.
Assemble as shown in photos.

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