What's New at SU Blog Hop Masculine

It's time to hop with the What's New at SU Blog Hop and this month our theme is Masculine cards for the men in our lives. With events like Father's Day and Graduation just around the corner, I hope that our projects will help to inspire you to create your own creations for the special guys in your life.

 For my card design, I chose to use the Geared Up Garage Bundle (item #150610) from the 2019 Occasions Catalog. I love the versatility of this bundle and the stamps and dies are wonderful for creating fun card designs. For the background, I chose one of the pattern papers from the Best Route Designer Series Paper (item #146897) available in the 2018-2019 Annual Catalog as the designs are perfect for masculine projects. Sadly, this beautiful paper is retiring, so I would suggest ordering it soon before it disappears. 

 I chose to use Gray Granite cardstock for the card base as a nice contrast with the Blueberry Bushel designer series paper. Th street design on the paper works great with the car image from the Geared Up Garage stamp set (item #148590) and I was able to die cut it using the coordinating die from the Garage Gear Dies (item #148521). Did you know that if you order this stamp set and coordinating dies as a bundle you can save 10%? This bundle price ends June 3rd, 2019 if you wish to take advantage of the savings. 

The car image was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the car image with Stampin' Blends Markers and attached it to the card front with Snail Adhesive. The sentiment was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock with Versamark ink and I heat embossed it with Silver embossing powder. I punched out the sentiment using the Tailored Tag Punch (item #145667) and then created a matte from Real Red cardstock using the Everyday Label Punch (item #144668). I attached the label to the card front using the Stampin' Dimensionals. I added Silver Metallic Pearls to embellish the sentiment label. 

Using several of the dies from the Garage Gears Dies, I die cut the gears from Silver Foil and distressed them using a tissue and Stazon Jet Black ink, to create a worn, dirty look. I attached them to the card front with Snail Adhesive.

This clean and simple masculine card design would work great for a variety of occasions and for a wide range of ages. I like the idea of using it as a non-traditional Graduation card or teenage birthday but it would also make a great Father's Day card. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today. I hope that my card design helps provide you with inspiration. If you live in the U.S. and do not already have a demonstrator, please contact me and I would be happy to help you.

Now it's time to visit Margriet's blog and see what she has to share with us this month. Just click the Next button below to visit her blog. You can also click the Previous button to visit Pia's blog to see her project. I hope that you enjoy the rest of our blog hop this month. 

Margriet

Pia

 Pia Gerhardt

Tricia Butts
Margriet Siekman
Cheryl Hamilton
Loni Spendlove
Diane Browning
Linda A Moore
Anke Heim
Judi Anderson

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Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts

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Paper Pumpkin Pop Up Blog Hop You Are My Anchor

Welcome to another Paper Pumpkin Pop Up Blog Hop as we feature the April Paper Pumpkin Kit, You are My Anchor. This kit is truly amazing and I am so excited to share with you all the projects that we have created. I hope they will inspire you to get creative with your own kit. 

May is a busy month for my family with the end of the school year which means I am often looking for Graduation cards for Seniors or a Retirement card for a favorite teacher. When I saw this month's kit, I just new I wanted to create a card design that would work for both of these occasions. I love creating masculine cards and the supplies in this kit are perfect and I just love the color combinations provided.

I decided to start with a Island Indigo cardstock card base and I added a layer of Soft Suede cardstock that I embossed with the Pinewood Planks Dynamic Embossing Folder (item #143708). To create an aged, worn look to the wood grain, I rubbed Crumb Cake Classic ink onto the cardstock with a Sponge dauber to bring out the texture of the embossing.

I created a frame from Soft Suede cardstock using the two largest square dies from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The background square was created by cutting one of the Island Indigo small cards in half and I attached the frame to it using the Foam Adhesive Strips (item #141825). 

To create the copper anchor, I took one of the Calypso Coral anchor die cuts and covered the front with Versamark ink and the coated it with Copper embossing powder, then heated it with my heat tool. As you can see, it created a wonderful metallic finish to the anchor. I took a piece of the rope twine that was included in the kit and tied a knot through the hole at the top of the anchor and then attached the anchor to the center of the frame with Mini Dimensionals, included in the kit. Using Snail adhesive, I attached the Island Indigo patterned square to the card. 

For the inside of the card, I wanted to add a pocket to hold a gift card or cash, so I attached one of the small Pool Party envelopes from the kit to the inside front cover with Snail adhesive. To embellish the envelope, I took the square of Soft Suede cardstock that was left over from the frame and punched out a circle of Island Indigo cardstock with the 1 3/4" Circle punch. I embossed the circle with the Seaside Textured Impressions embossing folder (item #141481) to add some dimension. The sentiment was stamped with one of the stamps from the stamp set in the kit onto one of the small banners using Island Indigo Classic ink. 

I like to decorate the inside of my cards for a more finished look. I took a piece of Pool Party cardstock and added a layer of Whisper White cardstock to provide an area to write a personal message. I stamped the large anchor image with Versamark in and heat embossed it with Copper embossing powder to coordinate with the anchor on the front of the card. 

I hope that my card has inspired you to think outside the box and create fun and amazing masculine cards for the men in your life. There are so many wonderful possibilities with this kit and I look forward to creating more projects with it soon. 

Now it's time to visit Lisa's blog and see what she has created with this month's kit. Just click the next button below to visit her blog or use the Blog Hop List below if you get lost along the way. I hope that our projects will inspire you to create your own amazing projects.

Lisa

Blog Hop Roll Call List

1. Janey Backer
2. Deb Naylor 
3. Karie Beglau
4. Shirley Merker
5. Twila Mooneyham
6. Debbi Beal Green
7. Anastasia Radloff
8. Joni Metras
9. Tricia Butts
10. Lisa Kmiec
11. Melissa Tennison
12. Janet Wakeland
13. Cynthia McQueen
14. Sharon Burkert

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Until Next Time.

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Tricia Butts

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