Masculine – Page 4 – A Stamping Journey

I just have to share these cards I made yesterday. I am not great at making male cards. Aren’t they hard to make??? The new Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stacks in the Occasions Catalogue makes creating them so much easier. Actually there are a lot of great “male” sets in this catalogue.

The prints in the stack are beautiful. You really don’t need too much more with them on your cards. I have used the new ‘Hello You’ Thinlets and the ‘Crazy About You’ stamp set with them and kept the embellishments very simple. I was thinking of putting Candy Dots on them but didn’t get around to it. I don’t think it needs them really. I like the clean look.

Here they are individually.

The Adventure Bound Stacks are great value at $11.95. (p 40 of the Occasions Catalogue). You get 48 sheets – 4 each of 12 double-sided designs. Sized right for the front of your cards.

You can get the Thinlets and Crazy About You set as a Bundle. (p 31). For Bundle price W $112.95 C $94.25 Photopolymer $72.95. They are available individually too.

So if you have a hard time with cards for the boys then grab one of these stacks.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Jenny

3D projects, Masculine

RECTANGULAR GIFT BOX!

September 7, 2014September 9, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I was playing around the other day and created this Rectangular style box. I was inspired by some packaging we received on something we bought. I liked the design so I tweaked it to fit our Australian size cardstock. Here are the boxes I made. Keep reading too for the tutorial to make your own.

A Cherry Cobbler box ready for Christmas. I used the ‘Bright and Beautiful’ Stamp set and embossed one of the gorgeous stars with Gold Embossing Powder. I cut this out and one in Gold card with the Star Framelits. I coloured a Rhinestone with the Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities. BEFORE assembling make sure you stamp the cardstock. So much easier! The greeting on this box is from the ‘Good Greetings’ stamp set. This is the Free set you can get this month when your party sales reach a minimum or $300. This set is very useful with greetings for all occasions.

The Island Indigo box might suit the men in your life. On this one I stamped the seaweed from ‘By The Tide’ with White Craft Ink. The shell was stamped in Pool Party and the Seahorse in Calypso Coral. I stamped the verse on each side of the box with Island Indigo ink. For the Burlap trim I cut a length and cut off the sewn edges. I then frayed the edges by pulling out some of the thread. I used one of the threads to tie off on the Silver button.

Here they both are individually.

Here you can see how the end flaps fold in.

So do you want to know how to make one yourself. Here you go.

RECTANGULAR GIFT BOX TUTORIAL

(Finished size is 10cm x 4cm x 7cm)

1. Cut cardstock METRIC: 24cm x 20cm. On the 24cm side score and 4cm, 11cm, 15cm and 22cm. On the 20cm side score at 1cm, 5cm, 15cm and 19cm.

IMPERIAL: 9 1/2″ x 8″. On the long side score at 1 1/2″, 4 5/16″, 5 7/8″ and 8 5/8″. On the 8″ side score at 3/8″, 2″, 6″ and 7 1/2″ (NOTE: I haven’t tested these measurements yet so I do hope they are correct! Let me know if I am wrong. There are some odd measurements!)

Here is the template. (This has now been updated).

2. Cut off all the shaded areas. Cut up on the tab lines (filled in line). Where I have marked “Trim Down” I cut these tabs down shorter. These are the tabs you fold in on the ends and then I angled the tabs to fold in more neatly. I hope that makes sense??

3. Fold on all the scored lines. Stamp the cardstock as you like before assembling.

4. Add Sticky Strip along the narrow tab on the right hand end (the underside).

5. Assemble by lining up the edge of the tab with the Sticky Strip to the other end. Then fold in the flaps on each of the ends.

Hope this all makes sense. Please ask if you are unsure. Enjoy making them.

Jenny

cards, Masculine, My DIgital Studio

“ON THE GO” FOR A 5 YEAR OLD!

August 5, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Another Great Nephew’s Birthday….yesterday. Again I left it until the last minute, and again I realised I don’t have any suitable stamps for a young little boy since the new Catalogue came out! So I turned to MDS (My Digital Studio). I love how MDS extends your card and paper supply. Here is the card I made.

I printed off some Designer Series Paper to card size. I used the ‘On The Go’ paper. Then I created a ‘5’ using the “Schoolbook Serif” Digital brush set, resized it and recoloured it to Island Indigo. I chose a little car from the ‘On The Go’ Brush set and recoloured it Real Red. Once these were all done I printed them off. I did have to go back and resize the car to fit the 1 1/4″ circle punch (a couple of times). A circle was punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle punch from Crushed Curry to layer underneath it. I cut the ‘5’ out leaving a white border around it. After adhering the Designer Series Paper to the Island Indigo card base I then raised up the 5 and the car with dimensionals.

MDS to the rescue again – and you can still have dimension and layers by creating a Hybrid card.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jenny

3D projects, cards, Masculine

MONEY HOLDER FOR THE BOYS!

July 19, 2014July 19, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Hope life is going well in your corner of the world?? Here it is cold and windy – but I guess you have to expect that for this time of year. Yesterday was my gorgeous boy’s 18th Birthday. I can’t believe how the time has flown. I thought I would show you the card and gift I made for him.

You might recognise the card???

I used this card for my Convention swap a few month’s ago. Josh loves vinyl records so thought this idea would be really cool for him. I used the Circle Thinlets Die to cut the Smoky Slate card base. I used the Music Notes wheel (now retired) to run over the card in Black Stazon. The black circle was punched with the 2 1/2″ circle Punch and the white inner circle was punched out with the 1 1/4″ circle. The small black circle was punched with the 2 step Owl Punch. The ‘YAY’ is cut from Real Red card using the little extras in the Circle Thinlets set. I could have used the Chevrons in the set too but these ones were punched with the Chevron Border punch. The ’18’ is cut using the ‘Timeless Type’ Die (now retired). I stamped the streaks in Smoky Slate from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ too.

Here is a close-up. Josh thought it was pretty cool and even at 18 had fun flipping it! 😉

Here is the inside with just a simple “Happy Birthday” from ‘Fabulous Phrases’.

I forgot to take a photo of the Money Holder on it’s own but you can see it in the photo at the top. For this I followed the theme of the Vinyl Record. I stamped over the front of the card using the streaks and splodges from ‘Gorgeous Grunge’. The stars were punched from the new ‘Itty Bitty Accents’ pack and the greeting is from ‘Label Love’. Here is the inside of the Money Holder. I added some more streaks and stars.

I will give you directions so you can make your own Money Holder. They can just add a little extra to the gift rather than just adding it inside the card. I didn’t take step-by-step photos but I think it is fairly straight forward – I hope 🙂

MONEY HOLDER (The finished pocket is 16cm long)

METRIC

Cut you card 21cm x 16cm. Score on the short side at 8cm.

On the long side score at 5cm. Cut off the Top Left Hand section. (This will be the smaller tab section)

Add adhesive along the top and bottom of the lower Left Hand section and fold over to create a pocket.

IMPERIAL (These are approximate. Check your card size – and your money size).

Cut your card to 8 1/2″ (ie the width of the card) x 6 1/2″. Score on the short side at 3 1/4″.

On the long side score at 2″. Cut off the Top Left Hand section. (This will be the smaller tab section)

Add adhesive along the top and bottom of the lower Left Hand section and fold over to create a pocket.

Have a happy day. I hope to go and create today.

cards, Masculine

HEXAGON HIVE SOCCER INSPIRED CARD!

July 17, 2014July 17, 2014 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post as I race out the door to get this in the mail. I made this card up for one of my Great Nephew’s 9th Birthday. I have to get it in the post TODAY!

I realised I didn’t have a lot of stamps for the young boys, but Hey! with the World Cup Soccer that has been around this would work the trick.

I cut Black card with the Hexagon Hive Die and layered it on some Whisper White card. This was adhered to the Pacific Point Card Base. The greeting is from the ‘Hip, Hip, Hooray’ card kit and stamped in Pacific Point and cut with the 2 1/2″ Circle Punch. I cut a Real Red Starburst with the Starburst Framelits. The little yellow flags are punched with the Petite Pennants Punch.

I am sure the inside money would be more appreciated than the outside card so no need to go to too much trouble!! Hope you like it though??

Gotta run, Have a great day 🙂

cards, Masculine

GORGEOUS GRUNGE THANK YOU!

February 26, 2014 Jenny Hayward

I made a special Thank You card on the weekend. My husband had a really bad Mountain Bike accident 2 weeks ago. Fortunately there were no broken bones but a few other injuries and stitches. This Thank You card is for his mate who he was riding with. I am so thankful for all he did on the day and continually does for us. I added a Gift Card with the card but this “Thank You” doesn’t seem enough.

The card had to be manly and I was careful with the colour choices. No red was to be seen!! I used Gorgeous Grunge and Chalk Talk. It was finished off with a ‘Hung Up Cute Clip’ (p 170 of the Annual Catalogue).

The last couple of weeks have been crazy. I have just now managed to get to my stamp room again to create. It is such a good feeling to escape and stamp!!!

See you again soon,

Jenny

cards, Masculine

TAG-IT CONGRATULATIONS!!

December 20, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I know that we are in the Christmas season but I had to show you this card. Yesterday Josh received his HSC marks. For my overseas readers this is the mark achieved from the final exams at High School. The mark determines the University courses they can apply for. Josh achieved an awesome result and we are very proud of him. He worked really hard. So I wanted to let him know. This is the card I made for him yesterday.

I have used the stamp set ‘Tag-it”. Did you know that Stampin’ Up! will donate $3 from the sale of this stamp set to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Isn’t that great! I stamped it first in Island Indigo and then with Versamark and embossed it in silver. Then cut the trophy out and adhered it on to the stamped image. I added a small Rhinestone in the middle. I think it is still OK to have bling on a boys card, don’t you think??

Once this was done it was all layered on a Silver Glimmer circle punched with the 2 1/2″ circle punch. I embossed a strip of Pool Party card with the ‘Alphabet Press’ Embossing Folder and layered a strip of silver glimmer paper underneath. I stamped the base card with ‘Gorgeous Grunge’ before assembling it all together.

Here is a close-up.

OK, back to Christmas preparations. We have only just got the tree up, there is still shopping to be done and presents to wrap. Better get back to it!

Jenny

cards, Masculine

“BLUE RIBBON CONGRATS”

August 14, 2013August 14, 2013 Jenny Hayward

One of my Nephew’s recently graduated from University so I wanted to make a card congratulating him. I didn’t think I had a ‘Grad’ stamp but then I remembered the Blue Ribbon stamp set.

It is a hard to tell by the photo but I clear embossed the ‘Congrats Grad’ after I stamped it in Black. So it has a nice shine to it. This was punched out with the 1 3/8″ circle. The Scallop was stamped in Pacific Point and punched out with the 2 3/8″ Scallop Circle. The tail outlines were stamped in Pacific Point and then I stamped the words over it with Black. The Whisper White card was embossed with the Chevron Embossing Folder. This was layered on a Basic Black mat and then a Pacific Point card base. I have added some Black Taffeta ribbon. It doesn’t hurt to add a little bling on a boy’s card either does it???

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you can visit me again soon.

Jenny

Masculine, Personal Ramblings, Punch Art

FOR A BIRTHDAY BOY!!!

July 18, 2013July 18, 2013 Jenny Hayward

I wanted to show you a special card today for my gorgeous big boy. I have probably bored you enough about his Football pursuits BUT well it is his 17th birthday today so I have to show you the card I made for him. I have had a number of people share this idea with me over the last few months. Thanks so much my friends. So I only just remembered to use this idea for his card. This idea originally came from the blogosphere somewhere (sorry I can’t remember where) but recently it was on Pinterest.

I used Cherry Cobbler which is close to his club colours since I don’t have Bravo Burgundy anymore. The ‘Fence’ was created by brayering the inside of the Stripes Embossing Folder with Soft Suede and running Whisper White Card through it. The card was too wide to fit so I cut it in half before embossing it and then joined it together on my Old Olive Card base. (See you don’t even notice do you???). I added a strip of Soft Suede card along the top of the fence.

Punches I used for the Football Dude:

1 3/8″ circle, 1 1/4″ circle, 1″ circle, 3/4″ circle, Word Window and 2-step Owl Punch. I did a little cutting of some of the circles to adapt them to what I wanted. The Helmet cage took the most work. It is not quite right but it is OK, although Glenn and Josh thought it was a cool beard!!!!!????? The stamp sets I have used are ‘Great Sport’ for the football and ‘Itty Bitty Banners’ for the greeting.

I hope you like my cool dude anyway.

HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY JOSH!! xx

Here are my gorgeous two this morning. Love you both xx

Masculine, My DIgital Studio

MDS CARD FOR THE LITTLE BOYS!!!

May 9, 2013May 9, 2013 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post today. I thought I would show you this card I made with ‘My Digital Studio’ last week. This is a fun card for a young boy. I am sure I have a few young nephews that would like a card like this.

This is using ‘On The Go’ Brush Set. I added a digital eyelet to the centre of the wheels.

See the curve ‘Beep! Beep’ Text. I thought I would tell you how I did that. This can work with any shape, embellishment or text. When you click on the shape it comes up with a shape highlighted with dots marking each corner and side points. If you hover over one of these corner points a directional arrow shows up which enables you to enlarge or shrink the shape. Notice if you click on a corner there is also a circular arrow that shows up. If you click or move this shape it will rotate the shape. You can bend the shape to any angle. I hope I have explained it clearly enough. One day I will get clever and be able to show pictures to give you a better idea. It is a really cool application anyway so have a play around yourself.

Thanks for stopping by. More “Paper” projects next time.

Jenny