Scrap N' Stamp For the Boys Inspiration Hop | Masculine Cards

Hello Crafters! 

Welcome to the Scrap N' Stamp For The Boys Hop! I'm so excited to share these 6 cards that I made with a masculine influence, using stamping foam and layered stencils. You can see I snuck in a not-so-conventional masculine coloured card, but I was dying to try a sunset coloured scene and some could argue that this could work as a masculine card too. I mean, who am I to say purple, orange and yellow are not masculine colours! 😜

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I created 4 quick cards using Simon Hurley's Stamping Foam. This item has been around for a while now but if you've never heard of it, this tool is ingenious!! You simply heat the foam to make it pliable, apply it to whatever pattern you want (for example, a stamp, stencil, embossing folder or any physical item), add ink and then stamp it out. It's easy to clean and the best part is that it's reusable!! All you have to do is reheat the foam and it loses the previous pattern returning to a flat foam, ready to be imprinted with another pattern. And better yet, these foam pads are available in the Scrap N' Stamp shop in packs of 4 (links below)! So even if you make some sort of error with one foam, there are more to use!

I chose to make 4 backgrounds using 4 different items to show you the range of use of these foams!

1) Embossing Folder

I used the We Are Memory Keepers Geometric embossing folder for this method (unfortunately I think this item is discontinued but this will work with any folder). I left the folder open and used my heat tool to heat the foam. I heat the entire area of the foam for 10-15 seconds. Then I put the foam, heated side down, and used my MISTI to apply even pressure while pushing the foam into the folder for 10 seconds. I removed my foam and it took on the imprint of the folder. I then added Oxide inks in Broken China and Prize Ribbon and stamped the foam onto the center of an A2 sized white cardstock panel. Then I used a water mist bottle and towel to wipe away the ink from the foam.

2) Dies

Again, I heated my foam after placing the various gears from the Spellbinders Gear Die Set in the arrangement I wanted them flat on my table top. I pressed the heated foam into the gears using my MISTI and lifted it to reveal the imprint, which was incredibly detailed to my amazement! I added Oxide inks in Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness and Pine Needles and stamped it onto an A2 sized white cardstock panel. I cleaned the foam just like before.

3) Foil Plate

I heated my foam and pressed the heated foam into the Pinkfresh Studio Abstract Triangles foil plate using my MISTI and lifted it to reveal the imprint. I added Oxide inks in Cracked Pistachio and Blueprint Sketch and stamped it onto an A2 sized white cardstock panel. I cleaned the foam just like before.

4) Mesh/Wire Craft Drawer

Finally, I heated my foam and pressed it into the mesh wire of my craft drawer which I thought had a neat pattern. Again, I used my MISTI to apply equal pressure and lifted it to reveal the imprint. I added Oxide inks in Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire and stamped it onto an A2 sized white cardstock panel. And I cleaned the foam and reheated it to remove the imprint before storing it back in the resealable bag it comes in.

This process quite literally took me 10-15 at most and I was left with 4 quick backgrounds that I just needed to cut down and finish with sentiments. For 3 cards I added sentiments that I had pre-foiled in Spellbinders Polished Brass, Gold and Aura Foil, and cut using the Pinkfresh Studio Perfect Sentiments plate and die. For the background made from the craft drawer, I used the Lawnfawn Father's Day Line Border die with Sizzix Opulent Silver Mirror Cardstock. I also added frames that I had cut from Sizzix Opulent Gold and Silver cardstocks using the Altenew Fancy Rectangles dies and Pinkfresh Studio Scalloped Rectangles dies.

For the last two cards, I used the Pinkfresh Studio Wintry Forest layering stencils. This set creates a wintry forest scene, made especially for Christmas, but if you skip the snow stencil (which is the last stencil) you get a nice forest scene. Then you can choose masculine colours to create your forest. 

I created one card with obvious masculine colours - greens. There are 6 stencils in this set, so without the snow stencil, you need 5 colours. I used Oxide inks in Salvaged Patina, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough, Rustic Wilderness and Pine Needles. I finished off this card by stamping out "Dad" in Versafine Clair Nocturne ink using the Concord & 9th Bold and Brushy Lowercase and Uppercase Stamp sets. For the second card, I was itching to make a sunset which I thought would also make a relaxing masculine card (which can be argued - you can stick to more conventional masculine colours if you see fit). I made it the same way as the first card but this time I used Oxide inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Seedless Preserves. I finished this card off with the "celebrate" sentiment that I had pre-foiled in Spellbinders Polished Brass Foil and cut using the Pinkfresh Studio Perfect Sentiments plate and die. 

 Finally, I adhered the cut and stamped panels onto Blue and Green cardstocks. I embellished all of these cards using the enamel dots from Altenew sets: Green Meadows, Glacier Caves and Tea Party. 

To be accurate, these cards only took me 2 hours and that's why I was able to make so many to share with you today! Thanks again for stopping by and please remember to comment for your chance to win! 

Here is the full hop list! Have fun hopping along!

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Lindsey 

Karen 

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Meghan 👈Next Stop!

Allison 

Susan 

Tara

Tracey 

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Thanh

Emily 

Jessica 

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