{ "VPC" : { "Type" : "AWS::EC2::VPC", "Properties" : { "CidrBlock" : {"Fn::Join" : [ ".", [{"Ref" : "VPCPrefix"}, "0.0/16"] ]}, "Tags" : [ {"Key" : "Application", "Value" : { "Ref" : "AWS::StackName"} }, {"Key" : "Network", "Value" : "Public" } ] } } }