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A Card for Dad

Hello! Today I have a fun card using a floral set to make a masculine card. Yep, you heard that right. You can use florals on your cards for men, too!

Dad, You’re in a league of your own

I used the Flowers from the May 2019 Hedgehog Hollow Kit (sold out) and paired it with a sentiment and a Dad die from the June 2018 Hedgehog Hollow Kit. This kit was a favorite of mine, packed with dies and stamps for masculine cards…including a “jeans pocket” stamp & die. There are currently only THREE left (at the time of writing this post). Check it out here.

I used the Dad die cut to cut some chipboard and then I heat embossed it three times with Nuvo Copper Blush embossing powder. This is a beautiful coppery metallic color!

I chose a paper from my stash that had both teal and copper and looked a little bit like watercolor. You could also achieve this look yourself with a watercolor wash, but sometimes patterned paper is such an easy way to go!

Then I heat embossed the floral stripe on the bottom of the card using a softer embossing powder in Ranger metallic.

I finished it off with some Nuvo Jewel drops. Such a great card and I think it still looks masculine. Anyway, my Dad DOES like flowers! Lol.

Thanks for stopping by!

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For the Men in our Lives

Hello again! I’m here to share some fun cards for Dad and Grandpa! These are made with the June 2018 Hedgehog Hollow box (which I believe are now sold out!)

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I couldn’t resist using the tissue paper from the box….yes: the tissue paper that all the goodies were wrapped up in! It was the cutest mustache tissue wrap and I just knew it needed to be the card panel background for my grandfather. So, I turned it into this card:

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I used Stick It to adhere to the tissue paper and then I smoothed it out with my Teflon bone folder and was able to get all the wrinkles out! That made it so easy to attach to my 110# card base.

My grandfather would really get a kick out of this. But let me explain that mustache in the bottom corner…it is on an ACTION WOBBLE so it moves!! He would laugh and laugh because he really liked the “Groucho Marx” look and I can just see him wobbling that mustache for hours. This is for you, Grandpa!

My second card features the awesome background stamp that looks like a metal tool box…I thought it would look stunning on a kraft background heat embossed with silver.

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The silver embossing is just the thing to make it shine! I cut the large “dad” die cut out of blue glitter paper (blue is, in fact, my Dad’s favorite color!) I know that Father’s Day has already passed, but this could make a fun Birthday card or Congratulations card. And the black adds just another masculine touch.

I have really enjoyed making some cards for the men in my life. I hope you have enjoyed these projects, too. And I’m super excited to share the next ideas I have for this box…that’s coming up next week! Until then, I hope you get some crafty time in. 😉

To see what boxes are still available, visit the Hedgehog Hollow page.

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