SF May Blog Hop - Masculine Theme

Well - Mom's day is over - so now it's all about the men lol!   Welcome to the Stampin' Friends Blog Hop for May - check out my blog post below, and then be sure to hop through all the rest (links at the bottom) to see all the amazing masculine projects and ideas.

For the cards above I used the Guy Greetings set - and let me tell you - it is killing me to see this set retired.  I have a hubby, brother-in-law, and a ton of brothers - and this has been my go to set!  It is especially great because it has a ton of images and sentiments.  So you can use it over and over again without repeating your card design.  These cards are for birthday's - but they could easily be transformed into Father's day with a change of the cover sentiment.

Guy Greetings Photopolymer - 137178 - $26.00

Below you can see how I added the 'to a classic' sentiment - and repeated the image from the front of the card.

Then to finish it off - I made these little Hershey nugget packages - so it can be given as a gift with the card.  I don't know about you - but the men in my life like chocolate - but all are watching their 'sweets' intake.  So these little nuggets are just the perfect size for a one a day treat.

They are covered with coordinating colors of cardstock, and then finished with a cute little tag to match the card.  How cute is that!

Hope you enjoyed my projects - now continue to hop on through the other blogs for more inspiration!  ~Maureen


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Guy Greetings Photopolymer Stamp Set

$26.00

Hardwood Wood-Mount Stamp

$20.00

Linen Thread

$4.50

Dapper Denim 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

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Stampin' Dimensionals

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Another fun sweet treat!

Sharing another fun and easy Valentine treat holder today.  NOTE: the nugget bags are not Stampin' Up's because nuggets don't fit in ours :(  These are contraband -but it is such a rarity that I use something non-SU that I don't feel too guilty. 

I just covered nuggets with the great DSP from Stampin' Up! - put them in the cello and tied with two of the ribbons/trims from the Occasions catalog.  Added a little "Be Mine" tag and a heart with some cute little pearls.

Isn't it adorbs?!?  Gonna make a bunch of these to hand out.  Love them!! ~Maureen

Adorable little purse CASE

So I found this adorable little purse on Brenda Quintana's blog - www.qbeesquest.blogspot.com - and fell in love with it.  I really love covering nuggets with DSP - is such a great presentation - but I also love SU's New Scalloped Tag Topper punch - and here I got to do both.  You can find the full tutorial on her blog - and it is easy to follow - so I we made this as one of our projects at my last Downline meeting. 

 The picture above is a bit dark, but below you can see it from the side with the nuggets inside.

This design could be changed up with other DSP for any holiday - think I'll come up with something for St. Patty's for my student workers.  Check back soon to see what else we did at the downline meeting.  Here are the ladies in the midst of their creating and chatting.  Nothing better than stamping with friends.

See you soon!! ~Maureen