Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Gentlemen, Let's Offer Our Congratulations...

That's what I think Tim's stately gents are saying on this card.  J

We're letting you choose your own theme this week at Card A Day Blog, so as today's featured designer, I'm sharing a card created for my nephew's high school graduation in June.  It needed to be masculine, yet celebratory, so I turned to a bold yellow, black and grey color scheme and a Tim Holtz stamp.  His school colors are gold and brown, so I thought this was a nice nod in that direction as well.

Some Details:
  • The bright yellow base was toned down just a touch with my new favorite technique of swiping white acrylic paint along the edges.
  • I love the combination of the modern graphic polka dot paper with the vintage gentlemen stamped in black on soft grey stock.  To give the grey a little pop and dimension, I dragged a black ink pad along the edges.  This gave it just the thinnest black edge.
  • The bold banner diecut adds to add to that celebratory feel.  This was a straight border diecut that I gently curved and glued into place.  Some black and white baker's twine finishes  off the banner / bunting look.

Although I find I only make them when necessary, I really enjoy the challenge of creating masculine cards.  It's a great re-set to the creative juices!

Challenges:

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! ‘Yo-Yo Yellow', ‘Sahara Sand’, ‘Confetti White’
Patterned Paper:  Authentique ‘Blissful’ 6x6
Stamps: Tim Holtz ‘Curious Possibility’; SU! ‘Warmest Regards’
Inks: Archival ‘Jet Black’; Adirondack paint dabber ‘Snow Cap’
Embellishments: Bazzill Just the Edge cardstock strip ‘Beetle Black’; Darice baker’s twine ‘Black / White’
Tools:  Stamp-a-ma-jig; Memory Maker’s ribbon glue; decorative edge scissors

7 comments:

  1. OMGosh this is a wonderful card! He's gonna really enjoy getting that one. Great color combination too

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  2. This is one very striking card, thank you so much sharing with us at Stamping Sensations challenge.

    B x

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  3. What a neat card! I really like the design of this! Very cool! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

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  4. Ooooh I love this card, so stylish...great design. Thank you for joining us at Eclectic Ellapu this week - Andria, EE - DT.

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  5. This is really class!! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations.
    Pinky

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  6. Fab creation, thanks for joining Stamping Sensations, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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