PPPR Just for Him Blog Hop

YAY!!! It's Saturday!!!  Welcome to the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Blog Hop.  My amazing design team and I will be serving up all sorts of MANLY inspiration today using Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons (PPPR) files.  Be sure to stop by each and every blog...you don't want to miss any of the awesome projects, and we've got some fun blog candy to share, also.  

For my project, I decided to use the cute little wrench from the new PPPR Tool Time Cutting Files set to create a masculine birthday card. He didn't look quite manly enough for me, traded in his happy face for a mustache from the new PPPR Old Chap Cutting Files set.  Here's my card:

The shape for the card base came from the PPPR Graduates Cutting Files set...the Hurray Title one.  I just used the "mirror above" function in Silhouette Studio and welded the two shapes together to create a card base.  By the way, I always make an extra copy of the base layer so the fold of the card doesn't show.  So, I always have a card base with the full base shape layered on top.  I hope that makes sense...it's hard to explain.  This card measures 8.25" x 3.65", so it fits nicely in a #10 legal-sized envelope.

I embossed the orange layer with my Cuttlebug Diamond Plate embossing folder and inked it up with charcoal-colored fluid chalk ink.  I added some green ribbon, a sentiment from Pink by Design's Tool Time Stamp Set (which I stamped on a banner from the PPPR Sentiment Spots Cutting Files set), and a few white gel pen doodles, and my masculine birthday card was all done.

I also want to share this week's Friday Freebie with you, just in case you haven't seen it yet.  It's a tool box-shaped gift card holder...perfect for that handyman in your life!

Now, how about some Blog Candy???

One lucky hopper will win a $15 Gift Certificate to PPPR and this set of MANLY embellishments.  YAY!  Here's what you need to do for a chance to win:

1.  Be a follower of EVERY BLOG in our little hop.  There are just 10 of us, so that shouldn't be too hard.  You won't be sorry...I'm super lucky to have such talented ladies on my Design Team.

AND

2.  Leave a comment at EACH blog along the hop.  Be sure to let us know you are a follower and leave us your e-mail address.

That's all you have to do.  If you would like EXTRA entries, you can also do one or more of the following:

3.  Like the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Facebook Page.  Leave me a separate comment on this blog telling me you did.  Don't forget to leave your e-mail address.

4.  Sign up for the Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons Newsletter and leave a comment on this blog telling me you did.  You'll get a weekly e-mail telling you about new files, coupon codes/sales, and freebies. Don't forget to leave me the e-mail address you signed up with. :)

Please only US and Canadian mailing addresses....sorry.  I will randomly choose a winner of the hop candy on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Your next stop on the hop is Melisa.

Here's the entire hop lineup, just in case you get lost along the way:

Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/

Melisa ~ http://melisascraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Candace ~ http://www.scrappin2littleprincesses.blogspot.com/

Brianna ~ http://www.Bloeffelbein.blogspot.com/

Barb ~ http://www.bugbites411.blogspot.com/

Tanya ~ http://nonnascraftcorner.blogspot.com/

Ana Maria ~ http://www.shortycreations.com/

Nicole ~ http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/

Shannon ~ http://designsofapaddymack.typepad.com/