Bench Fold BBQ Masculine Card - SUO Challenge #201

With Father's Day approaching it seems appropriate to make a masculine related card, which is the current challenge with this week's SUO Challenges 

BBQ season is in full swing, and just the other day I could smell my neighbour making supper using his BBQ. Unfortunately I need to make a trip to the store to buy some propane. I'd  better do it soon because a heat wave is predicted for my part of the world tomorrow - 41 degrees C

So, instead of barbequing I made a BBQ card using the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers here

It's  a bench fold card, the base of which is Sahara Sand embossed with the Brick Embossing folder.  The strip in front and the table is one of  the new Neutral colors : Merry Merlot.  I used the same colors to make the apron and part of the oven mitts.
The feet were made using the Decorative Label punch.

On the back of the center portion, were adhered 3 silver foil rectangles were adhered to basic black card stock,

The heat elements were made using 1 1/4, 1and 3/4" circle punches using Basic Black and silver foil card stock.  The coffee pot and cup were fussy cut from retired DSP( I left a tail on the end of each item, bent it and adhered the pot and cup to the BBQ top with the little fold only)

The on/off knobs were made using the same punches.

The oven mitts were die cut using the Apron Builder framelits with some black Baker's twine added to each one.

The sentiment is from the May Paper Pumpkin kit.

On the left side the die cut utensils were hung on a black rolling pin, but I left a few to put in the pocket of the apron.

The remainder of the utensils are stored on the right wall.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  May Paper Pumpkin stamp

Inks:  Merry Merlot

Papers:  Sahara Sand, Merry Merlot, Basic Black, Silver Foil, Retired DSP

Accessories:  Brick Embossing Folder, Apron Builder framelits, 3/4", 1", and 1 1/4" circle punches, Decorative Label Punch, Black Baker's twine

A Bench Fold Barbeque card

I've made a Bench fold card before (sometimes this fold is referred to as a U-fold), but for other occasions.  Because the versatility of this card fold lends itself to decorating for almost any occasions I had previously used this fold to create a wedding card  here; a Christmas card here and even a Halloween card here

For today, I wanted to make a masculine BBQ card using the Apron Love and it's coordinating Apron Builder framelits.  Because I have used up the True Gentleman DSP I have used the Coffee Specialty DSP.

I used the bench fold tutorial on Splitcoaststampers here

The base card is 4 1/4 by 11 3/4" piece of Crumb Cake card stock scored at 2, and 3 7/8" at each end and then folded in to form a bench.
I added DSP to each of these areas.
The feet for the BBQ were die cut using the smaller die of the Lots of labels framelits.

For the back wall, I mounted some rectangular pieces of silver foil on Basic Black card stock  and attached it to the wall.

For the BBQ cook top, I die cut some small foil circles and mounted them on a larger Basic Black circle and attached them to the table top.  I also added a foil "warming" tray and placed some utensils around it.

A coffee pot and mug were cut from the DSP leaving a 1/2" strip of DSP at the bottom of each.  The pot and mug were adhered to each of the burners by this extra piece of DSP.

Finally  I die cut an apron, added a pocked and some utensils, and the meat is ready to put on the burners.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Apron of Love

Inks:  Black Memento

Papers:  Crumb Cake, Coffee Break DSP, Early Espresso, Silver Foil, Basic Black

Accessories:  Layering Circle Framelits, Lots of Labels Framelits, Apron Builder Framelits

Apron Pop Up Card

To make this card I used the tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers here

On the front flap of a 4 1/4 by 11 top fold card, I due cut a circle using the Layering Circle Framelits.

The pop up was made by  folding a piece of Whole Lot of Lovely DSP into 3 and die cutting all 3 layers at once using the Apron Framelit.  Two of the aprons were folded in half and then adhered to the back of the unfolded one.

The apron was decorated with an apron, cooking tools, as well as the neck and other ties.

After applying adhesive on the back of the apron it was positioned through the front of the circle and adhered to the back of the card.

Open the card and the apron stays adhered to the inside of the card.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Apron of Love

Ink:  Tranquil Tide

Papers:  Thick Whisper White, Whole Lot of Lovely DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black

Accessories:  Layering Circles framelits, Apron Builder Framelits

Apron of Love Team Meeting Card Swap

My team meets tomorrow and in preparation I have made 7 cards to swap with my team meets.  I used the Apron of Love stamp set with it's coordinating Apron Builder Framelits.

Each card has a Melon Mambo base, layered with Whisper white embossed with the Quilt embossing folder

The strip of "designer" paper was made by using two of the smaller stamps in the set - one a stem and leaves (stamped in Old Olive) and the second flowers (stamped in Melon Mambo) that fit perfectly over the leaves.

This strip is matted with Melon mambo and added to the card front on the left side.

The apron is die cut in Melon Mambo, with a white apron with "I love stamping" stamped on it.  The apron ties and neck are die cut in Basic Black, with the tools in silver foil. The completed apron is adhered to an Old Olive rectangle before adding it to the card front at an angle.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Apron of Love
Inks:  Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Silver Foil, Basic Black
Accessories:  Apron Builder framelits, Quilt embossing folder, dimensionals.
Papers:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Old Olive

Apron of Love - a CASE - SUO Challenge # 194

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!

I CASE'd this card from page 47 of the Occasions Catalogue for the challenge with SUO here

The challenge was to make a card featured on one of 3 Stampin' Up catalogues currently available .  My card is not an exact copy but it provided the inspiration for the card I made.

The Apron of Love stamp set is a very versatile stamp set, and for this card I chose to make a masculine card with tools in his pocket because he was barbecuing for Valentine's Day. The inspiration for this card was featured on page 47 of the Occasions Catalogue.

The base card is a top fold Dapper Denim card layered with Whisper White embossed with the Simple Stripes Embossing Folder.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, the image of the oven mitt was stamped randomly using Dapper Denim ink.  A 1 1/4" piece of this DSP was layered with Silver Foil,wrapped 4 times with Old Olive Baker's twine and then added to the left side of the card.

The apron was die cut with Dapper Denim, and the pocket in Old Olive card stock  A Calypso Coral banner stamped with the sentiment, notched at the bottom end, was added to the top of the pocket.

The BBQ tools were die cut with silver foil and added to the pocket of the apron.  Old Olive was also used to die cut the neck of the apron.

The completed apron was added to a piece of  crumb cake card stock, the edge of which was sponged with Soft Suede ink.  This was added to the card front at an angle.

Supplies Used;

Stamp:  Apron of Love 

Inks:  Black Memento, Dapper Denim, Soft Suede

Papers:  Dapper Denim, Whisper White, Silver Foil, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Calypso Coral

Accessories:  Apron Builder Framelit Dies, Green Baker's Twine, Simple Stripes Embossing Folder, Dimensionals.