If you're looking for a card that's a bit different for Father's Day, then Julie Kirk's manly cards are for you! Julie's used wide ribbon to create rosettes and ties that look great on your cards! The sentiments can all be printed out in an instant, making it really easy to piece together a quick but impressive card. Follow the link below to download your sentiment printables…

This bonus ship card is perfect for male birthdays and bon voyage cards, but can be easily adapted to suit any occasion. It's super quick and easy, making it great for last-minute cards. With summer (supposedly!) around the corner, there's no better time to start crafting this ship-shape card! 

Click here to download your free ship template now

We've rounded up our favourite manly digital kits in issue 97 of Papercraft inspirations, in shops 15th Feb!

Here are some quick links to the kits, so you can find them in a flash:

Some Assembly Required, Nitwit Collections
Boys Club Elements, from Studio Girls Scrapbook Graphics
Gone Fishing, from Plucky Pear Designs
CU Soccer Templates, from Digital Scrap Café
Mod Machine, from Little Musings (Scroll down to find this set)

Don't miss issue 95 of Papercraft inspirations (in shops 21st Dec) - Angela Poole's got some stylish card ideas for the men in your life! Get started now with these fantastic free JPG downloads:

Men's cards download 1
Men's cards download 2
Men's cards download 3
Men's cards greetings

Happy crafting!

Jacqui Eccleson's got some great manly card ideas in issue 93 of Papercraft inspirations (in shops 26th Oct).

Click below to download her handy printable backgrounds and details!

In Control pocket & stitch background details

Sorted pocket & stitch background details

Take It Easy & Business As Usual details

Happy crafting!

Say hello with this smiley crab card. It’s easy to make with the free template below, and it's sure to be a hit with kids during the summer hols!

Click here to download your free cute crab template!

You will need

Your basic card kit, plus...

Blue card blank

Green, pink, yellow & white card

Pink, blue & purple patterned papers

Seed beads

Black fineliner pen

Small circle punch

Step 1

Cut a wavy strip of yellow card and attach it to a piece of blue patterned paper with sticky foam pads. Stick this to the front of your blue card blank.

Step 2

Click below to download your brand new set of exclusive Glad You're My Dad papers - fresh from issue 87 of PaperCraft inspirations! It's in shops from 11th May to 7th June – and inside you'll also find lovely ideas for cards to make with them plus lovely high quality printed versions of these designs for you to cut out and play with... happy crafting everyone!

Click on the links below to download these papers…

Glad You're My Dad jpgs

This sweet character card is great for men's birthdays and is a fun way to show off your favourite patterned papers. We've got a step-by-step guide plus a handy template, so you can make this design yourself!

Click below to download your brand new set of exclusive Out of This World papers - fresh from issue 81 of PaperCraft inspirations! It's in shops from 24th November to 22nd December – and inside you'll also find lovely ideas for cards to make with them plus lovely high quality printed versions of these designs for you to cut out and play with... happy crafting everyone!

Click on the links below to download these papers…

Out of This World jpgs

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✿ 2. Space Odyssey.jpg (261KB)