Howdy, Birthday Boy

Card A Day Blog's theme this week is "Teens" which just happened to work perfectly with the family birthday calendar...one of my nephews turns 18 in a few days.  (Ugh, these kids are making me feel old!)  I found this printed cowboy image in my stash and thought it would make a casual "boy card" that's not too young, not too old.

The Details:

• As usual, I used Kraft cardstock as the base...it just always seems to be the perfect choice for masculine cards.
• Journeyman tissue tape borders the left edge with some twine wrapped around a couple of times and a "lasso" tied neared the top. 

• Metal accent not exactly the right color?  Never fear, alcohol inks are here!  These brads started out BRIGHT copper.  Not good for my rustic cowboy.  I dipped them in Latte and Gold Mixative AI and now they're perfectly patina-ed.

• As a final touch, I colored a portion of a Kraft paper star border with Vintage Photo Distress Stickles.  The old penny copper color is perfect and the stars remind me of spurs.

Challenge:

CCEE Stampers: CCEE 1225 - Masculine Cards

Forever Friends Challenge Blog: #39 - Inspired by the USA (wild west)

Cooking It Up With Katie: #97 - Texture a Metal Man!

Crafts and Me Challenges: #89 - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges: #62 - About Boys

Supplies:

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Cardstock:	Papertrey Ink ‘Kraft’
Patterned Paper:	My Mind’s Eye Lost & Found ‘Portobello Road’ 6x6
Image:	Unknown
Inks:	Alcohol Ink ‘Latte’, ‘Gold Mixative’
Embellishments:	Tim Holtz tissue tape ‘Journeyman’; Stampin’ Up! brads; PTI rustic button twine; Distress Stickles ‘Vintage Photo’;
Tools:	TH paper distresser