He's All That and Here's a Brew(ed) for You Too

Hi, Stamping Friends, and Hello June! Welcome and thank you for joining me for another Stamping with Friends Blog Hop! If you are new to my blog, Stamping with Friends is a group of Stampin' Up! demonstrators who share our love of card making with you through monthly blog hops with various themes. If you are following the hop, then you'll have just popped over from Candi Suriano of Stamp with Candi's blog. I hope you took a minute to leave a comment for her as I'm sure she'll appreciate it just as much as I will. If you are starting the hop with me, thank you so much and I hope you enjoy what I and the other hoppers have prepared for you today!

I just got back from a visit with my family in St. Thomas, USVI for nine glorious days but I'm totally going through withdrawals because I forgot my project kits right on the kitchen counter...go figure! But this was a good thing! It meant I got to be present and in the moments with family...amazing! This hop was right on time so that I could get my much-needed stamp fix. Moving on...

The theme for today's hop is "Masculine". I can't speak for anyone else, but making masculine cards can be a little tricky...my natural tendancy is to add bling to everything, maybe brighter colors...you know that kind of thing. So I relish the opportunity to test myself...be sure to tell me how I did.

So my creative process involved color selection; stamp set/bundle selection and then technique or fold. For color selection, I turned to SplitCoastStampers and though CC895 fit the masculine theme perfectly. Soft Seafoam, Garden Green, and Soft Suede....ok that taken care of...on to Stamp Set.

In the current annual catalog, there are 2 "masculine-specific" sets that I chose to work with: He's All That (suite) and Brewed for You! I used the Brewed for you to create the hand-stamped background paper and the beer stein and the DSP and sentiments from the He's All That Suite. Lastly, I decided on going with a fancy-fold that I'd recently seen and couldn't wait to play with.

I settled on a double gatefold card because I wanted to incorporate Designer Series paper, give the recipient of this card a "surprise" when they opened it and thought a gatefold would do just that.

I hope you enjoy it and will take a moment to create your own card(s) using either the color palette or the fold or better yet, both.

Measurements:

Base: 5 1/2" x 11"

Designer Series Paper:

(2) 1" x 5 1/4"

*(2) 1 7/8" x 5 1/4" (I chose to create my own DSP but you can use a piece from the DSP pack)

Mat Layers:

DSP (2) 1 1/8" x 5 3/8"

*(2) 2" x 5 3/8" (Optional)

Belly Band: 1/12" x 9 1/2"

Here are the products I used to create this card.

Product List

He's All That Bundle (English) [159079] $45.00	Brewed For You Bundle (English) [159093] $37.75	Soft Sea Foam 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146988] $9.25	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $9.25	Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $10.25
He's The Man 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159068] $15.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Foam Adhesive Sheets [152815] $8.00	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $8.00	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $8.00	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $8.00
Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $8.00	Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109130] $6.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $30.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $25.00	Bone Folder [102300] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $63.00

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