There is a lot of great inspiration out there right now for masculine cards. I'm playing along with several challenges today for another Father's Day card. The colors are from TGIF Challenges, the layout is from Sketch-n-Scrap and the general theme of masculine is from The Paper Players.
You might be looking at the title of this post and wondering where the Balloon Festoon bundle comes in...not a balloon in sight right?! The only stamping on this card besides the sentiment are the stars stamped on the Smoky Slate card base, those come from the Balloon Festoon bundle. You don't have to use a traditionally masculine stamp set to make an effective guy card! And a sentiment can be the focal image!
On the other side of the stamping I used a panel of Nature Walk DSP in a distressed Night of Navy pattern. To bring in a pop of the Granny Apple Green from the color palette I added a band of retired Dandy Designs DSP.
The next elements are the skinny strips going horizontal. I used a piece of retired Country Lace DSP in a subtle Smoky Slate striped pattern. I topped it with a length of retired Denim ribbon with the end trimmed to match the DSP.
The sentiment from a retired Paper Pumpkin set is stamped in Night of Navy and trimmed down. I adhered the strips with dimensionals to a Stitched Shape die cut square and then backed it with a larger die cut square.
Next, to jazz it up and add some sparkle I punched out 2 sizes of stars from Granny Apple Green glimmer paper and arranged them around the sentiment.
Thanks for looking! Did you stamp today?
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Stamps: Balloon Festoon, Many Manly Occasions (retired Paper Pumpkin)
Ink: Night of Navy, Smoky Slate
Paper: Smoky Slate, Basic White, Nature Walk DSP, Dandy Designs DSP (retired), Country Lace DSP (retired), Granny Apple Green Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Stitched Shapes dies, dimensionals, star punches (retired), Denim ribbon (retired)
There are so many good things about your design, Amanda! Thinking outside the box and using the star stamps accompanied by the green glitter stars, which gives it a little pizazz. The dsp designs go great together and with the stars. Terrific Father's Day card! Thanks so much for playing along with my PP challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteGreat Father's Day card, Amanda! I like how you mixed the two different DSPs and made the greeting the focal point of the card. Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Players!
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