Trusty Toolbox for Paper Players 698

It's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players! Jaydee has given us an interesting colour palette to work with this week. 

To me, the colours had a masculine feel. I turned to my go-to masculine set, Trusty Tools stamps and dies.

I'll admit that most of the men in my life are absolutely NOT handymen in any way but this set is just so much fun to play with! I'm enjoying putting together the tools and colouring the images plus I love those tiny nuts, bolt and screw die cuts.

My favourite thing is probably the peg-board die cut. It just calls out the have tools arranged over it!

I used some Basic Gray DSP from the Neutrals 6"x6" DSP pack as a background and paired it with my favourite red, Cherry Cobbler. After stamping the images in Tuxedo Black, I coloured them with Stampin' Blends: Cherry Cobbler and Smoky Slate. 

The sentiment is  from the Trusty Tools set but the label is from Everyday Details dies. In keeping with the masculine vibe I was going for, I resisted adding bling and instead added some of those dinky little die cut nuts and bolts in Smoky Slate. 

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
5. Please be considerate of our requests; entries that do not follow any of these rules will be deleted without notification.
6. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier - You are here

Stef Perry

Eliz Stewart

Cynthia Stevenson

Jolanda Johnstone

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You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand here.

Trusty Toolbox for AYSI 317

Welcome to Recipe Challenge week at As You See It. This week, your mission is to take the five given ingredients and see what you can concoct with them. Team member Jane was thinking of Robbie Burns' Night when she popped some plaid into the mix for this one!

For some reason, plaid makes me think of masculine, so that's where I went. Curiously, this card used no stamps at all!

I used the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks to create the plaid background - tick for PLAID.

I used the Metal Plate 3D Embossing Folder for the Lost Lagoon tag - tick for EMBOSSING FOLDER.

I used Tailor Made Tags dies to create the two tags and the Mini Alphabet dies for 'DAD' - tick for DIE CUTS.

I used 2023-2025 In Color Dots in Copper Clay - tick for DOTS

I used the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack for the Gray Granite twine that ties the tags - tick for TWINE.

The tools are not stamps at all but are fussy cut from the Trusty Toolbox DSP, which is one of the Sale-a-bration items - free with qualifying purchase until the end of February. While this DSP does coordinate with a fantastic masculine tool kit bundle, it works a treat all on its own.

For details on how to make this card, you can view the tutorial below.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking here. 

Orders placed with me can earn free tutorials. 

• Any order of $90 or more will receive the Creativity Abounds Tutorial Bundle, with 13 projects, as a thank you gift. The current theme is 'Birthdays'.
• And if you purchase the Gorgeous Garden dies or the Hooray for Surprises bundle, you'll also receive a project bundle from 'Join in with Joanne and Jan' which will give you two project tutorials from me and two from my buddy Joanne James, aka The Crafty Owl.