I went completely off my normal path for this week's color challenge sample. Mary gave us some of my favorite colors and ones that are great in combination together: Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist and Early Espresso and our dessert is to make a masculine card. I had a first plan with a nautical theme and I'll probably put that one together later, but I had borrowed this cute set of cars/trucks from a friend and thought the colors would look great for a little boy birthday card. I used my cloud template to sponge a Marina Mist sky onto a card base in the same color. I tore my Early Espresso hills and glued them to the bottom. I inked my sentiment stamp with markers and stamped onto Whisper White framed with Cherry Cobbler and added ticket corners to both. I added two ribbon accents and a staple. My truck is stamped in Cherry on White and fussy cut. I traced and cut my wheels from Basic Black that had been embossed in the Chevron ef. I punched a small hole through the tires and added a screw brad for my hubcap. The truck is popped on dimensionals onto my dirt hills. I used a scrap of torn Espresso to add a load of dirt in the back of the truck.
Date: Monday, May 20, 2013 GMT Views: 2988
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37094
Tue, May 21, 2013 @ 9:10 AM
How cute is this?!!! I always like that sentiment set for guys' cards and just came across mine a couple days ago when rummaging for a lost stamp. Must get it out and use if for some Father's Day cards!
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Registered: March 13, 2012 Location: Southern Florida Posts: 5253
Tue, May 21, 2013 @ 12:13 PM
Perfect for a little boy! Love your torn paper work and that sentiment looks terrific inked in all the colors! Sweet!
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Registered: May 9, 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 8703
Tue, May 21, 2013 @ 2:27 PM
Perfection Gail! Love you interpreted the challenge into a "little guy" masculine card!!
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Registered: January 7, 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 42853
Tue, May 21, 2013 @ 5:38 PM
This makes an adorable card for a boy, Gail. I love those torn layers of mud! I smiled to see the alphabet soup sentiment. Think I still have that one around somewhere. Somehow, it's just perfect with the design.
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