Best Ever Masculine Project

Happy Wednesday!  

I'm not sure how we are halfway through this week already, but wahoo for the upcoming weekend!  

Hope you are all having a great week, and have some fun things planned for the weekend.

So, I was sneaking around looking at blogs a few weeks ago, and I came across Lorri Heiling's blog.  When I did, the first thing that caught my eye was this fabulous project.  Masculine cards are difficult for me, as I love ribbon and bling, and I was in need of a man's birthday card/project for the 28th, so I decided to take the plunge.  It looks rather difficult, but this lady has a wonderful tutorial, that has dimensions and photos for every single step.  It was easy peasy.  The toughest thing was not having any 'tool' stamps.  Had to draw and improvise.

I want to give you a bit of info about the recipient of this project.  My friend, Shirley, has a DH with lots of tools and know-how.  When we gals say, "Wayne, could you make this"? he jumps on it so fast that our heads spin........as was the case with this fabulous bow-maker.  

Shirley and I had seen some ideas on You-Tube, of how to tie bows using dowel rods, pins in styrofoam, etc.  So, we asked, and he created.  I used my uber fabulous Kraft cardstock (have I ever mentioned how much I totally LOVE Kraft?), and created a bench for him, complete with a little bow maker just like ours!  

The 'birthday card' is in the drawer, where a gift card is supposed to go.  

Since I have a little 'something' for him all wrapped up already, I made a little accordian fold card instead. The "Little Black Book" on the front of the card opens to list Dr.'s for all sorts of masculine ailments that you can probably imagine and smile about....

The stamps I used for this little card are from Skipping Stones.  I thought they'd be perfect for a humorous card.

I am entering this project at Craft Your Passion.  Challenge #81 is to use Kraft.
I'm also linking it up to Inspire Me Friday's on Maria's blog!

Well, that's all I have for today.  I'm planning to enter this in the challenge at The Kraft Journal.  Then it's on to the laundry!  

Thanks for dropping by - have a good day!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Food for thought:  The best way to make yourself happy is to make someone else happy.

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Hi there!

Sorry I don't have anything to share yet this morning, hope to have something finished by this afternoon and will post as soon as I can.  I'm actually working on some challenges!!

In the meantime, if you love Kraft like I love Kraft, you need to go check out The Kraft Journal!  You can shop there, you can look at fabulous creations there, and you can win prizes!  Woot woot, or in this case, Hoot hoot!!!

Hope to see you back here later today!

I will have something REALLY fun to share tomorrow!  My bestest ever stamping friend and I created something together and are posting together tomorrow!!! 

Take care,
Patti J.


Food for thought: The secret of being content is knowing how to enjoy what you already have!  (Ouch, that is a tough one with all of the fabulous designers out there designing new stamps and digi's every day!)