While I LOVE stamping, I usually struggle with items for the men in my life. I naturally gravitate toward flowers and pretty things, which my men probably do not want to see. I almost always end up using fall colors for my masculine projects, but this time I didn’t! Since I was giving a gift card to a restaurant that serves hamburgers, I decided to make a hamburger using SU punches. I’ve seen numerous examples of how to make “make” a burger with punches on YouTube, but really liked the size of this one by Dawn Griffith using the Extra-Large Oval punch (119859).
It also uses the 1-3/4″ scallop circle(119854), 1-3/8″ circle (119860) and 1-1/4″ square (119865) punches. The hamburger is attached to the front of a gift card holder created with the Top Note die (113463), idea again from Dawn Griffith. I did put a piece of striped ribbon around the gift card holder to add some texture for the front of the card (this ribbon was on the clearance rack for a terrific price so check there often for some awesome deals!).
But unlike Dawn’s card, I used velcro to close the gift card holder rather than a bow since this was for a man 
. The word window punch (119857) was used to make the opening for the gift card. I’m sorry, but I did use several retired items including the Well Scripted stamp set, Creamy Caramel and Barely Banana card stock, and Cheesecloth background stamp because I have them and try to use what I have. I encourage you all to always use whatever you have on hand prior to purchasing something new, although I would love for you to place an order! I also recommend that you use your embellishments. I tend to hoard (treasure is a kinder term) my ribbons and embellishments rather than use them and am trying hard to change that. So USE what you have!
