Saturday, February 2, 2013

STAMPIN' UP!'S THE OPEN SEA FOR STB #4

Over at Seize the Birthday, this week it's all about male birthday cards, using this sketch:


 
 
 
I've used one of my all-time favourite masculine stamp sets from Stampin' Up! to make this card:
 
 
 
Stamps: The Open Sea; Bring on the Cake; Up, Up & Away
Card: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Island Indigo
DSP: Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper stack (retired)
Ink: Crumb Cake stampin' pad, Island Indigo stampin' pad and marker, Early Espresso stampin' pad and marker, Bashful Blue marker
Other: Apothecary Accents framelits, 1 1/4" Circle punch, Argyle embossing folder, sponge daubers, Linen Thread,  Naturals Designer Buttons, Natural Trim ribbon, glue dots, Stampin' Dimensionals, banner die (not SU!),, Color Spritzer tool
 
 
 
 

9 comments:

  1. Christine, you are the absolute queen of masculine cards, love this!

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  2. OH MY WORD, what an AWESOME card!! This is one of my all-time favorite stamp sets, and I just love the colors, embossing and distressing details! You absolutely ROCKED this sketch challenge! I'm going to have to PIN this card to my Pinterest boards :)

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  3. This is such a striking card- love the colours you have used and all the little details on the card.

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  4. What a great masculine card using a great set! Very clever way to lay out the images on the main panel.

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  5. You certainly rock the masculine look Christine. Another fab male card and l love that you have used Open Sea, l'm always looking for ideas for that set.xxx

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  6. Fabulous masculine card!!! Love the striped paper behind image!

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  7. Ditto what Carol said! You definitely ROCK the man cards, Christine. Hugs :)

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  8. This is a fab card, Christine. Love that embossed background (better drag that one out!)and the striped DSP really makes pop.

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  9. Wow wow wow! I HAD to have this stamp set when it was released, but it has been quite hard to find a variety of different ways to use it. Thanks for the great inspiration, it is a beautiful card :)

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