Whiskey Business Masculine Blog Hop

Happy Blog Hop Day!  Today's hop is part of the Crafty Blog Hops group of Demonstrators from all over the world.  This time we are bringing you projects that we ALL seem to struggle with - MASCULINE!  WHY do we struggle so much???  They SHOULD be easy!  According to my husband, no bling, no buttons, no ribbon, no layers ... so REALLY just stamping Happy Birthday on a card base should do it! lol ... ya, right!  Any self respecting card-maker CAN'T leave it at that!  (Mostly because we need to justify all those bling, button, ribbon and paper purchases we made, am I right??  lol)

This one was SO fun for me to make.  Yes, I struggle with "Masculine" too but last week I needed to make a birthday card for my Dad, who turned 82.  It seems when I have a particular person in MIND for my cards they come together really easily.  Dad is always easy to create for.  He like golf, fishing, wildlife and a good bottle of Whiskey!  🥃 NO problem finding ALL of those items in my stash!  I settled on "Whiskey Business" from our Annual Catalogue.  Here's what I came up with ...

I LOVE it!  It's not terribly obvious from the picture that the card isn't your standard fold - it has a mini card on top ... like this ...

Fun, right??

This picture shows all the layers and dimension ...

... and this one shows off the gorgeous (or should I say "handsome"??) antique corner that is part of the "World of Good Suite".  I just LOVE it!

Let look at the card front again and break it down ...

• Early Espresso Card "base" - 5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
• Card Base layer - World of Good DSP - 5 1/4" x 4"
• Early Espresso "Mini Card" base - 8 1/2" x 3", scored at 4 1/4"
• Mini card layer - World of Good DSP - 4" x 3"
• Early Espresso Stitched Rectangle layer - 3 1/2" x 2 1/4"
• Top Very Vanilla layer - 3 1/4" x 2"
• Very Vanilla piece for sentiment -2 1/4" x 1"
• Inside Vanilla layer 4" x 3"

1. Attach the large DSP layer to the base
2. Fold the Espresso Mini Card in half and attach to the base.
3. Attache the small DSP layer to the Mini Card
4. Stamp the bottle in Early Espresso Ink on Very Vanilla layer.  Use Light Crumb Cake Blend to colour the shaded areas of the bottle and to shade under the bottle, to ground it.
5. Attach the Very Vanilla layer to the Stitched Rectangle layer
6. Attached the stitched Rectangle layer to the mini card using dimensionals
7. Colour the liquid with your Ivory Blend Marker
8. Stamp two of the glass images, fussy cut with your paper snips.  Colour as above, using Light Crumb Cake and Ivory.
9. Stamp the lemon twist and fussy cut.  Colour it with your Light So Saffron Blend Marker.
10. Attached the glasses with glue dots and/or Stampin' Seal.  Attach the lemon twist with multipurpose Adhesive Glue
11. Attached the Antique Corner with Glue Dots
12. Attached the Very Vanilla layer to the inside of the mini card.  Decorate the inside as desired.

Sounds complicated but, once you have all the layers cut it's really easy!

My full list of products used are at the bottom of this post.  If you are in Canada, click on any of the images and you will be taken to my store, should you wish to purchase them.

I hope you like my projects - my Dad sure did!

Now hop along and see what my friends have for you in the "Masculine" theme.  Thanks for popping in, have a stampy day!

Tam

Product List

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