Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop!

This month’s theme is “Male Room.” The Pals hope to inspire you with their masculine card ideas and paper craft creations using Stampin’ Up! products. Links to the participant’s blogs can be found at the end of each post to help you “hop” along!

The best way I’ve found to appeal to a guy is with food, so for my card today I’ve put donuts on the front!

The More Than Autumn Bundle is not just for autumn, it can be used all year long. It has cups that can be used for coffee, tea or hot chocolate, and donuts and other goodies…yummm!

Guys don’t like bows, so for me personally that’s quite a problem (!). I know they like browns and blues and black. Here I used the Timeless Plaid 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper (guys like plaid) with some Early Espresso ink.

This is a fun fold card – it’s called a joy fold card. It’s one of my favorite fun folds to make! The card base is 5-1/2″ x 7-1/4″ and scored at 4-1/4.” There’s a second, mini card, that’s 4-1/4″ tall x 3-3/4″ wide, and scored at 3-1/4.” You glue the folded 1/2″ on the right side of the card base, at the right edge positioned evenly between the top and the bottom. Then cut a 4″ x 5-1/4″ piece of the designer series paper and adhere it to the inside of the card, over that 1/2″ piece. And it looks like the mini card is coming out from the right side of the card base!

The front of the mini card is decorated with donuts (!) and words cut from dies from the More Than Autumn Bundle. The stamped Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Spring Corners Stamp Set. It just fit in there perfectly! I think almost any guy would love this “yummy” card!

We have more inspiration to share, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. Don’t miss out next month as we create for the “Flowers in Bloom” theme.

Until then, have fun in your craft space.

Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
3. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
4. Rae Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
5. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
6. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
7. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
8. Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
9. Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
10. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
11. Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
12. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
13. Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping