Sending Good Vibes

Hallo there, hope your Monday went well! Mine surprised me. Thought it was going to be worse. I had to fast and then go have bloodwork done without any morning coffee  - UGH! Luckily I survived to work on making this 5x7 "guy" card for a friend's birthday.

 I took my paper color cues from my focal image, which is a Technique Junkies background stamp called Tropics. I stamped it on white card stock with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink and clear-heat-embossed it, then colored it up with my ProMarkers. I stamped the Avery Elle sentiments with the same ink on Avery Elle flag dies, and the blue base mat was embossed using Seth Apter's Gridiron folder by Spellbinders. I used my trusty old Tonic and Marvy corner punches on the mat before embossing. Under the image is a scrap strip of Flair Designs beach patterned paper and a length of woven sisal ribbon on top. I attached the ribbon with Scor-tape and then brushed gold Perfect Pearls powder down into the weave to give it a sheen but also to cover the stickiness of the exposed tape. So... glitter on a guy card? Yes, kinda sorta. :-) It looks pretty cool!

I used the same Flair patterned paper inside my card, cut with a Spellbinder Distressed Edge Nestabilities die. On the left side I stamped sentiments by Avery Elle and Lawn Fawn. On the right side all the sentiments are Casual Fridays.

The back of my card is matted with the same blue embossed card stock as the front, along with a strip of orange scrap on which I've stamped My Favorite Things and Sweet Stamp Shop siggies. The stamped frame is Clear Dollar Stamps. I love orange and blue together, don't you?

A close-up attempting to show the glittery sheen of the Perfect Pearls in the ribbon...

And a final view of my card. Hope you enjoyed! I loved how it turned out, you know I love intense colors and this stamp is a fave.

CHALLENGES:
1.  Through the Craft Room Door Week July 23-29: Always AG
2.  Outlawz Color Tuesdays July 16-29:Tic-Tac-Toe - I chose left-to-right diagonal Masculine / Ribbon / Blue.

3.  Moo Mania #195: Summer Holidays
4.  Scrapping 4 Fun #145: Tic-Tac-Toe - I chose middle row across Die Cuts / Pattern Paper / Blue.

5.  Moving Along with the Times #102: Splish Splash
6.  Your Scrapbook Place July: Always AG
7.  Time Out Challenges #140: Home Sweet Home Photo Challenge - the BEACH sign inspired me as my card is a beach scene.

8.  Outlawz Paper Saturdays July 20 - Aug 2: At the Beach
9.  Stamplorations Theme and Sketch Summer Challenge: Stamps + AG

10.  Colour Crazy Wk. 27: AG with Colouring - I used ProMarkers on my focal image.

That's all I've got for now. Until next time -- Stay crafty, my friends! XOX