For The Birthday {Buck}

Stopping in to share a funny birthday card I made for my husband, the deer hunter, for his birthday last week. Everything here is from My Favorite Things with the exception of the antlers, which were cut with my Silhouette Cameo. I was so tickled that I could mix and match MFT stamps and Die-namics to make this theme-card even though none of the products used are specifically for husbands-who-love-to-deer-hunt! Never doubt your stash!

I started with a Primitive Cream A2 base and layered it with an Olive layer die cut with the largest rectangle from Blueprints 6. Keeping with the outdoors-y theme, I stamped the barn board stamp from Western Backgrounds using Factory Green ink to give it that outdoors-y look. The upper sentiment from Birthday Sentiments was stamped in Olive to stand out over the stamped background.

Holding the antlers in place is a strip of Fuse Green stamped with Steel Blue targets from Right on Target and 'buck' in Olive using the Vanity License Plate alphabet. A strip of Barbed Wire Fence borders the Fuse Green layer.

I used Birthday Sentiments again on the inside in Olive and Fuse Green inks with the same target from Right on Target in Orange Fizz this time. Down below is the same look as the card front with an arrow in Steel Blue from Right on Target, and 'deer' in Olive from Vanity License Plate, stamped on a partial rounded rectangle in Fuse Green card stock using a rectangle from Blueprints 6.

I hope I've inspired you to go digging in your stash to find just the right elements to mix and match for a one of a kind birthday card for your someone special! Thanks for stopping by to take a closer look today.
~Amy

Here are the MFT products used on today's card:

Birthday Sentiments	LLD Document It - Right on Target	Die-namics Vanity License Plate Die & Stamp Set	LJD Western Backgrounds
Die-namics Barbed Wire Fence	Die-namics Blueprints 6	Heavyweight Card Stock Fuse Green	Heavyweight Card Stock Olive
Premium Dye Ink Pad Factory Green	Premium Dye Ink Pad Steel Blue	Premium Dye Ink Pad Fuse Green	Premium Dye Ink Pad Olive
Premium Dye Ink Pad Orange Fizz

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June Creative Challenge: Make It Masculine!

It's time for MFT's monthly Creative Challenge, and this month's theme is Make it Masculine! The MFT Blog has a complete list of participating designers, so stop by to see who's on deck. I've come up with a couple of fun 'guy' cards to share with you, so let's get started!

 

First up is a fun surfer-dude birthday card using the new Die-namics Palm Tree, High-Rise Alphabet Lowercase, Sea Charms and stamps from Hello My Name Is. I stamped the name tag in white pigment ink onto my Black Licorice card base and then added a layer of corrugated 'beach sand' using the Snow Drifts Die-namics.

 

The bottom of each of the Blu Raspberry letters in 'dude' was die cut into the sand layer and then accented with an Orange Fizz surf board from the Die-namics Sea Charms set. The Steel Blue Palm Tree is tucked behind the sandy beach, and holding it all together is a double string of Hemp Cord, knotted several times to resemble one of those hemp bracelets that all the cool surfer dudes wear around their wrist or ankle, wink!

 

The inside of the card is finished off with a Die-namics Speech Bubble in Steel Blue, stamped with sentiments from Hello My Name Is and Playlist.  I die cut another Speech Bubble in Blu Raspberry , tore off a smidge of the lower edge, dragged the torn edge across my white pigment ink pad to resemble foamy ocean waves and accented it with Hemp Cord and another Orange Fizz surf board.

It's Your Birthday, Dude!

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I had a lot of fun making this card which started with only the strip where you see 'it's hammer TIME', until I started singing MC Hammer's U Can't Touch This over and over in my head until it dawned on me (duh) to add some of the sentiments from  Playlist and Rock On. Another one of those ah-ha moments where these MFT stamps work so well together to make a fun card even funnier!

The main sentiment strip was made using the new Max Alphabet in Steel Blue ink with a Black Licorice hammer from Die-namics Tool Charms. The word IT'S is a partial sentiment from Playlist. Each of the sentiments above and below the Steel Blue strip is stamped in watermark ink.

Inside is another Steel Blue strip stamped with sentiments from Playlist and single star from Rock On.

It's Hammer Time

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Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope I've inspired you with my Creative Challenge: Make it Masculine projects today! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for Wednesday Stamp Club and have a great day!
~Amy

Wednesday Stamp Club #120

Welcome to this week's Wednesday Stamp Club sketch #120 from My Favorite Things! You can see the original sketch along with links to the design team members playing along with this week's sketch over at the MFT blog.

 When I first saw the sketch I was so excited with the open canvas it provides, but as soon as I started working on my card, all of that wide-open space was giving me too many options, and you know what happens with too many options, don't you?! Brain freeze! So, the card that you're seeing today is probably my 3rd or 4th idea and I have to admit that I'm happy with it. My creative determination gave me time to remember all the trendy things I've been wanting to incorporate...woodgrain and gold embossing powder, whee!

I started with a black panel and then temporarily layered my woodgrain Die-namics InstaFrame so I could audition the perfectly sized sentiment without further trial and error, wink. This particular sentiment from Birthday Sentiments fit perfectly and went along with the trendy look I was aiming for. Before stamping the sentiment in watermark ink, I swiped my anti-static embossing buddy across the black layer. Trust me on that one, it's worth the extra effort to dig the embossing buddy out of hiding to get a nice clean embossed image, free of stray bits of powder here and there.

After the embossed image was finished, I mounted my woodgrain InstaFrame onto the black layer with foam tape to give the card front a bit more dimension. I opted for Die-namics Stacked Stars in lieu of the banner sections called for in the original sketch to continue on with the (hopefully) trendy-modern look and feel. This card is going out to my oldest brother for his birthday next week, and I think this look works for big brother!

Lastly, a peek at the inside finished with a strip of black across the bottom, stamped and embossed with another sentiment from the Birthday Sentiments set and row of stars from Rock On.

There you have it, another friendly sketch from My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamps Club! Hope you get a chance to play along this week. Head on over the MFT blog for more details!
~Amy

Here are the My Favorite Things products used on today's card:

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