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Guys & Dads - Stampin' Friends May Blog Hop

5/21/2020

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If you're following the Stampin' Friends Blog Hop, you've reached me from Anne Marie Hile's wonderful blog. I hope after looking at my projects, you'll continue on to Melissa Thomas's and all the way through the rest of the hop. 

This month's theme for the Stampin' Friends Blog Hop is Masculine or My Guy. The Rooted in Nature stamp set from Stampin' Up! has the perfect stamps for some more masculine looking cards, and with Father's Day coming up in a month, it's the perfect time to get started on some gifts for Dad. So, on y go! Let's get stamping.
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Finding gifts for guys always seems to be a challenge, but I know for my guy, I can't go wrong with some beer. (He's pretty easy to please!) So, to make this six-pack extra special, I added some personalized decoration. To go with the six-pack, I created a card to tell him just how wonderful he is to me and the kids. 

For both of these projects, I created my own patterned paper with the different leaf images from the Rooted in Nature stamp set. I started by stamping the tree rings with Crumb Cake ink. I stamped it off first on a piece of scratch paper to make it a little lighter, and then, I stamped it twice on my paper. I stamped these fairly close together all over a piece of 8 1/2" x 11" Very Vanilla cardstock.

After my page was filled with tree rings, I stamped the various leaves in Granny Apple Green, Mellow Moss, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake inks. I overlapped images and stamped multiple times before re-inking. When creating your own background paper, it is very important to get the images to really cover the page. Since you will be cutting the paper apart into smaller sections, you often need to place the images closer together than you normally would. Once you trim the pieces of cardstock into the sizes you want, you may need to go back and stamp a few more partial images around the edge. 

For the six-pack, I started with an old six-pack holder from our recycling bin. I painted it first with white acrylic craft paint. After two coats of white, I added two additional coats of olive green craft paint. When it was completely dry, I stamped pine tree images using Mossy Meadow ink.

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I layered a piece of my handmade patterned paper on Granny Apple Green and Mossy Meadow cardstock. I added layered circles of each of these colors as well. On top of that, I added a tree image from the stamp set that I had stamped in Soft Suede ink. I colored over the needles of the tree with a Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blend. Then I fussy cut the tree and adhered it on top of the circles. 

The words were cut with the Well Written dies and stamped with the Well Said stamp set. To create the outline for happy, I traced around the outside of the die on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and very carefully cut just within my pencil mark. Then, I layered the cut "happy" pieces on top of the vanilla piece I had cut. 
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One of the really awesome things about the Nature's Roots dies is that they include leaf dies that only emboss your paper without cutting it. These embossing dies also fit the stamped leaves that can be cut with other dies. So many leaf possibilities!

I started by embossing a number of leaves tumbling down a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock. To this, I adhered a strip of my handmade patterned paper. 

I heat embossed the tree ring image with copper embossing powder on a piece of Soft Suede cardstock and fussy cut it out. This became the base behind another tree image. This image was stamped and colored in the same manner as the one for the six-pack holder.
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I stamped the greeting with Granny Apple Green ink on Very Vanilla cardstock and cut it out with a Stitched Rectangle die. To let the "f" flow out of the rectangle, I trimmed out just the very bottom of the "f" before die-cutting the sentiment. When I placed my rectangle die, I lifted the tail of the edge so that it rested on top of the die instead of underneath it. This way, the bottom of the "f" was not cut with the rest of the rectangle.

To finish the card, I added some linen thread and a few Gold Metallic Pearls. The greeting is mounted on Soft Suede cardstock and adhered with Stampin' Dimensionals. Likewise, the entire card front is attached to a Soft Suede card base with Stampin' Dimensionals. This special card is filled with texture and dimension. The perfect gift for a wonderful guy!

Thanks again for visiting the On Y Go! Stamping blog. I hope you will continue on to Melissa Thomas's amazing blog and then on through the rest of the blog. Here's a complete list of bloggers:

1. Jean Bolen Beaulieu
2. Teri Pocock
3. Katja Ettig
4. Steph Jandrow
5. Tiziana Milano
6. Kim Quade - US
7. Kim Lamos
8. Maureen Rauchfuss - US
9. Anne Marie Hile - US
10. Heidi Collins <--- YOU ARE HERE
11. Melissa Thomas
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12. Rachael Rife
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Product List
Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set
Rooted In Nature Cling-Mount Stamp Set
[148217]
$42.00
Nature's Roots Dies
Nature's Roots Dies
[146341]
$39.00
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[115318]
$8.75
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad
[147115]
$7.50
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad
[147095]
$7.50
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[146990]
$8.75
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad
[147116]
$7.50
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[133676]
$8.75
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad
Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad
[147111]
$7.50
Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder
Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder
[141636]
$6.00
Versamark Pad
Versamark Pad
[102283]
$9.50
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
[129053]
$30.00
Embossing Buddy
Embossing Buddy
[103083]
$6.00
Linen Thread
Linen Thread
[104199]
$5.00
Metallic Pearls
Metallic Pearls
[146282]
$7.00
Stitched Rectangle Dies
Stitched Rectangle Dies
[148551]
$35.00
Stitched Shapes Dies
Stitched Shapes Dies
[152323]
$30.00
Layering Circles Dies
Layering Circles Dies
[151770]
$35.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack
[147274]
$9.00
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
[101650]
$9.75
Stampin' Dimensionals
Stampin' Dimensionals
[104430]
$4.00
10 Comments
Steph
5/21/2020 09:40:19

WOW WOW WOW this is just awesome!!! SO creative and you've inspired me to use this set again!! Thanks so much for sharing!

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Jean Beaulieu
5/21/2020 11:25:59

I recognize that tree! Love the way you have reused the beer container. I am glad this set is included in the new catalog.

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Maureen Rauchfuss link
5/21/2020 17:56:20

OMG - I LOVE this - what a great presentation for the beer - going to case it for sure. Love your projects - TFS

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Teri link
5/22/2020 02:19:29

Great projects. Your 6-pack holder is absolutely amazing - genius idea! xx

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Kim Quade link
5/22/2020 09:50:17

Clever idea to decorate the beer holder! This would be perfect for my husband, too!

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Rachael Rife link
5/23/2020 01:32:50

What a great way to dress up a beverage! I love all the colors you chose!

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Anne Marie Hile link
5/24/2020 16:40:58

Love your projects, Heidi! Dressing up that 6-pack holder is such a fun idea and I love the coordinating card. Love the mix of colors, too. Thanks for the awesome inspiration this month, yet again!

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Melissa Thomas
5/24/2020 17:47:17

Well done! This set reminds me of my hubby too! The trees look like the ones at Pebble Beach, a place we have been several times... So peaceful! And I love the fonts in that set.

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Kim link
5/24/2020 20:30:51

I love these. I love the colors and the trees. Thanks for sharing.

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Katja link
6/4/2020 03:11:01

Oh wow the six-pack is just gorgeous and the card perfect next to it. Thank you so much for sharing!

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