justBstamping.blogspot.ca: Stampin' Friends Celebrating Men Blog Hop

We are celebrating men this month on the Stampin' Friends blog hop. Masculine projects are so tough for me, since I love everything flowery and pastel! But the new He's The Man Suite makes it so easy to make amazing cards for the men in your life.

There is such a variety of themed paper in the He's The Man Specialty DSP pack that you can choose the perfect fit for the person you are celebrating. My husband is a big BBQ guy, so I created my projects around this pattern from the pack:

The He's The Man DSP also comes with two sheets of die cuts--which are perfect to quickly and easily decorate your card front.

For my card, I started with a top-folding card base of Cajun Craze cardstock (4.25" x 11" scored at 5.5").

I dry embossed piece of Basic White cardstock with the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder, which gives such amazing texture to the background.

I layered a 2" x 5.5" strip of the Sahara Sand print onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock, leaving a narrow border on each side. I used the same technique with a 1.75" wide piece of the Cajun Craze striped DSP onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock.

Using the largest pierced square from the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut a piece of the BBQ paper, and I added a piece of Early Espresso cardstock behind the DSP to give it some more stability. I added the square to my project with dimensionals.

The "Holy Smokes You're The Best" label was punched from the die cut sheet in the DSP, and adds a great pop of colour to my card. I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso ink on Basic White cardstock and then die cut it with a label from the coordinating All That Dies. I am definitely getting lots of use out of the labels in this die set! I added some texture to my sentiment label with a small image from the Rainbow of Happiness stamp set....I think it adds just the right touch to all that empty white space. For the final touch I added three Rustic Metallic Dots which I think look like rivets!

The inside of my card uses another sentiment from the He's All That stamp set in Early Espresso, and a 0.75" strip of the BBQ paper.

My 3D project this month is a tag for the BBQ items I am gifting my husband this Father's Day (shh, don't tell!).

I cut a large Cajun Craze tag from the Tailor Made Tags die set, as well as one size smaller from the BBQ paper in the He's The Man DSP pack. I popped the DSP up on dimensionals and then added it to the cardstock tag, lining up the pre-cut holes. I grabbed another die cut from the DSP sheet, layered it onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock and fussy cut a narrow border around it.

This was popped up on dimensionals too and added to the tag. I used some more Rustic Metallic Dots to decorate the tag, and tied it onto the tool caddy with some new Sahara Sand Twill Ribbon.