Welcome to week 21 of our 2021-22 Colour Creations blog hop! Tonight we are showcasing Gray Granite, a really versatile gray from the Neutrals colour collection.
This week I didn’t have a lot of time to craft so I opened up one of my Stampin’ Up! kits: the For the Guys All-Inclusive Card Kit. For $33 this kit is incredible value as you get all the materials you need to make 10 cards with 10 matching envelopes.
After you’ve made your 10 cards you still have leftover adhesives as well as an acrylic block, a Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Spot and a fantastic stamp set full of stamps to suit virtually any man in your life!
You could simply make these cards up as instructed or make your own variations. These are how the cards look when they are made up per the enclosed instructions.
Here’s my first variation. I trimmed and mounted one of the card bases to a layer of Gray Granite cardstock onto a Basic White card base. The mountain scene was layered up as per the card design but It was adhered to the a layer of Basic White and cut into 5 strips before mounting onto the card base using dimensionals.
This card uses the lovely woodgrain pattern from one of the envelopes in this kit as the base layer on the Basic White card base – I’ll simply use another envelope instead for this card. The largest layering circle die cut this scene.
I did make up this card as per the kit instructions, but as I would not use this as a Father’s Day card (as suggested in the instructions) I substituted the Father’s Day sentiment for the birthday one instead.
Now it’s time to hop on over to our next participant, the lovely Kate Morgan – I can’t wait to see what she’s made this week!
If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the the full list of participants below:
Catherine Proctor – you are here!
Kate Morgan
Diane Furniss
Andrea Sargent
Rachel Palmieri
Claire Daly
Theresa Gerrard
Rachel Woollard
Christine Blain
Michele Taylor
Tina Gillespie
Caroline Manwaring
If you live in Australia, you can find and purchase all these products in my Stampin’ Up! Online Store.
I’ll be back with another Christmas card next Monday. In the meantime, wherever you are in the world, stay safe, stay calm … and keep on crafting xxx
Catherine, I don’t take a lot of notice of the kits as the designs rarely jump out at me. I do however, absolutely love what you have done to the cards and would most definitely CASE your designs and be tempted to buy the kit for this very reason. I love all three. xx
Oh wow, what amazing masculine cards, Cathy! I love them all, especially the first two; the split panels look awesome and then the next one that you’ve die cut in a circle and added to the woodgrain paper. Such wonderful use of this kit!
Great alternative cards Catherine. I have this kit sitting unloved somewhere in my craft room. You have certainly inspired me to dig it out and get creating.
Love these alternatives Catherine – I have some of these card pieces still to play with and your clever layouts have really inspired me!
Your cards are fabulous!! I was lucky enough to receive this kit as a gift after touring Home Office several years ago. I loved it then, but I absolutely adore what you’ve done with it. I wish I had some left so that I could CASE your cards!
I agree, that Gray Granite goes so nicely with the other neutrals and muted colours. I love the way you cut vertical strips for your first card, Cathy; it makes for a really interesting layout. Great masculine cards, to have in your stash. 🙂
I love your variations on this card kit Catherine, wonderful masculine cards.