October already, and I’ve been rather lax at blogging lately, but alas, I’m back!

The theme for this months bloghop is ‘For the Men’ and I decided on an almost monochromatic style for this card.

The ‘He’s All That’ stamp set and the co coordinating ‘All That dies’, all part of the ‘He’s The Man suite’ in the 2022/23 annual catalogue, seemed perfect for my idea. My original idea was to not stamp on the card front, but as the card evolved, I decided to add some stamping too.

I had a basic black layer and die cut shapes from the ‘All That’ dies in basic gray, Smoky Slate and Gray Granite card stock. I played around with the shapes, layering some on top of each other until I was happy with the layout. But then I thought it all a little ‘flat’, so I embossed the Black layer with the ‘Brick and Mortar’ embossing folder and one of the circles with the retired ‘Painted textures’ embossing folder. This added some depth to the card but felt it still needed more.

I stamped the ‘no1’ stamp from the ‘He’s All That’ stamp set onto one the hexagons and the ‘compass’ shape onto a fresh piece of paper. I then die cut the compass with a circle from the ‘All That’ dies.

As I was putting fairly dark card onto a black background, I used the black dimensionals (check them out here if you haven’t seen them), as I really don’t like seeing white dimensionals on a dark background!

I layered it all onto a Gray Granite card base, added the ‘hooray’ from the co coordinating paper pack (already die cut and ready to use) and then popped a few Matt Black Dots

When it came to inside the card, I used a layer of Smoky Slate and masked off some of the words on one of the ‘He’s All That’ stamps and then added on ‘Happy Birthday from the ‘Go to Greetings’ stamps. I layered this onto a piece of Basic Black before adhering it into the card.

Its fun to play with just the dies….why don’t you give it a try and then add a few extra embellishments as need to finish off?

Want to see more ‘For The Men’ cards…don’t forget to click on the links below to see other fabulous ideas!

If you’d like to make a card like this one, below you will also find the ingredients needed, which you can order from my shop by clicking on the products listed. Don’t forget to use the ‘host code’ for this month…you can find that below or in the side bar!

Happy Hopping

Barbara

He’s All That Cling Stamp Set (English) [159071] £21.00	All That Dies [159078] £27.00	He’s The Man 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159068] £14.00	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £8.75	Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008] £8.75
Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate [131291] £8.75	Basic Gray A4 Card Stock [121689] £8.75	Matte Black Dots [154284] £6.75	Go To Greetings Cling Stamp Set (English) [158763] £23.00	Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder [149643] £9.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.75	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] £3.75	Black Stampin’ Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] £5.75