Masculine cards

Hello Stampers

Often I get asked to make Masculine Cards at my Classes.  They always seem to be a little tricky for everyone.

Recently I had two male birthdays in January to make cards for and I chose stamp sets that, ordinarily,  you would chose for your female friends 😉  So I thought let's see if I can use these sets for both Genders???

First set is the Perennial Birthday Stamp Set and has mostly flowers.  I looked at the leaves in this set and thought Men like their gardens so let's go with the leaves 😃😃😃

 I also chose the new "Happiness Blooms" Designer Series Paper in the latest Occasions Catalogue.  This paper also has a lot of flowers featured but on the reverse sides has some masculine designs as I have chosen above.  So try and think outside the box when looking at all your stamp sets and papers.  I added a couple of leaves from the "Seasonal Layers" Thinlits Dies and walah!!!!  Done 😀

The next card is using the new "Amazing Life" Stamp Set and the same Designer Series Paper.  I also decorated the envelope flap with the DSP to give it that little bit extra.  I stamped the 3-tier cake, coloured it in with Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends and fussy cut it out to add to the Stitched Shape Square to break up the plainness.

So I hope these examples help you out when it comes to making those "Tricky" masculine cards 😉

Happy Stamping

Janette

Perennial Birthday Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Seasonal Layers Thinlits Dies

Amazing Life Photopolymer Stamp Set

Happiness Blooms 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

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Happy stamping

Janette

Welcome to 2019!

Hello Stampers

Happy New Year to you all 🎆🎆

I do hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas spent with Family and Friends.  I was on a Cruise Ship sailing around New Zealand with 2 beautiful friends who let me tag along on the same cruise with them 💓💜😁 and what a very special way to celebrate Christmas and the beginning of 2019.

We had a fabulous time but am now suffering some withdrawal symptoms from not being in my craft room for over 2 weeks!!!

Here is the Cruise Ship - Royal Caribbean "Ovation of the Seas" docked in the Bay of Islands and taken from a smaller boat that I did a Lunch Cruise on all around the Bay.  What a gorgeous part of New Zealand this is and I just loved the little township of Russell where I wandered around the cute little streets and even found a Craft Market 😁

Did the scariest thing and stepped out of my comfort zone to go up in the NorthStar Ride on the ship which goes up 92 meters above sea level!!!  The views were great and I even managed to look out over the side to get the view below.

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Happy Stamping
Janette

Christmas is nearly here!!!

Hello Stampers

Just 21 days till Christmas Day!!!!  That will go just so fast 😲🎄🎅 and you are thinking you would like to make your own Christmas Crackers or Bon Bons as we call them here in Australia??

They really are so easy and so much fun as you can fill them with anything you like to suit the receiver.

I made them for all my Class Attendees last Saturday and they were a hit.

The baubles on the backs of the chairs were a design from last year.

I found lots of Youtube videos on How to Make Christmas Crackers but they were all American, and very good I may add, but the measurements were 6 1/2" x 10 1/2".
You could only get one Christmas Cracker out of each 12" x 12" piece of Designer Series Paper.
As I am a "frugal" crafter and don't like too much wastage.  I changed the measurements to get 2 x Christmas Crackers from each piece of 12" x 12" Designer Series Paper 😁  The Cracker is still large enough to fill with substantial little gifts.  I added a $1.00 scratchie + a Favourites Chocolate + a small packet of sticky page tabs for my Ladies to use in the upcoming new Occasions Catalogue for 2019.

So we start with a piece of Designer Series Paper 10 1/2" x 5 3/4"

• Score on the short 5 3/4" side at 7/8"; 1 3/4"; 2 5/8"; 3 1/2"; 4 3/8" and 5 1/4"
• Score on one long 10 1/2" side at 1 1/2"; 2" and 2 1/2"
• Rotate to other long side and score the same

 I have made a template using Photocopy paper so that you can see the score lines etc easier.  However this paper is a little too flimsy for the Envelope Punch Board so you will see it does not cut cleanly.  The Stampin' Up! ® Designer Series Paper is a heavier quality so you will get a much cleaner cut with the DSP.

• Starting with the small tab edge facing towards you place the paper into the Envelope Punch Board with the pointer at the middle score line.  The left hand edge of the paper will also be at the 2 mark across the top.  Punch only.  No scoring required here
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Fold along first long scoreline and repeat punching process

• Repeat folding along each long fold line and punching till the end but do not punch the end small tab

• Repeat other side
  
  
  
  
   
  

• Place small amount of Multi-purpose Liquid Glue along the tab edge

• Fold over other side to match up and press down to secure
  
  
  
• Tie ribbon around one end and gently fold Cracker into shape.  Fill Cracker from open end and then tie up with ribbon the same.
  
  I did add the Cracker snap with a small glue dot at each end to prevent from falling out as well.
  
  The Cracker snaps I just bought off EBay.
  
  Have fun with your Christmas Crackers and would really love to see what you create in the comments 😊😊😊
  
  Happy and safe Christmas everyone and 
  Happy Stamping
  Janette