Time for Love to Craft November Challenge #52!

It's November 1st and that means it's time to share my design for Love to Craft Challenge #52! 

I've made a birthday card for one of my many nephews, again using more of the Junkitz papers, circa 2005. I also used a Power Poppy digital image Layer Cake and their challenge sketch as well as their embossing challenge! You could say it's a Triple Power (Poppy) Play, lol.

  

I resized the sketch to A7 and then turned it 90 degrees. Aside from those modifications, I followed it almost exactly.

Since it was for a nephew who is in the high school band, I chose a musical embossing folder. I also chose a clockwork folder to use as well. I embossed two different collection papers and then carefully inked the raised portions with a Pear Tart Memento dewdrop ink pad with the paper still in the folder. 

I wanted to show you the paper collection I am using. Also, the impromptu little color chart I made of my markers to color match. I will keep it with the papers. These already have a distressed look which helps it look more masculine in my opinion. I started out with the full collection so I've used quite a bit of this over the years. But I looked recently and have 3 more Junkitz collections left! Ack it never ends!

I really like how embossing the patterned papers looks! I also like the edge-distressing I did to my layers with my tool and with ink. I cut the circles behind the image with a Spellbinders die on top of a checkered "faux ribbon" border sticker I found in my Black Hole of Stash. 

I colored my image with the Promarkers I'd matched to the papers. In my attempt to color this "masculine", I ended up with quite a unique and colorful cake! Had to have chocolate icing, though. 

I printed out one of the sentiments that came with the digital stamp set, adding "and creamy". I used a Spellbinders die to cut it.

The back has a piece of SU card stock and a leftover scrap from the front with a hand-stamped siggie.

And a final view. Thanks for visiting and we welcome you to come join this month's challenge at Love to Craft. Have a great first day of November! XXO

MY CHALLENGE PLAYLIST:

1.   Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge: Happy Birthday, Emboss Like a Boss and Sketch It Out -- I used Power Poppy's Layer Cake digi stamp for a birthday card, used the sketch and heat-and-dry-embossed. 

 

2.   Arty Divas #30: ATG - final entry #5/5

3.   Crafty Creations #414: AAG 

4.   The Creative Crafters #33: AG

5.   Cardz4Guys #256: Colors of Autumn/ Fall

7.   Scrapping4Fun #178: Autumn

8.   Sparkles Monthly #133: Hello Autumn

9.   The Male Room #143 -- I used Autumn Colors and a clockworks embossing folder on this card for an Autumn birthday boy.

10. Colour Crazy Craft Challenge Week 42 -- Layer cake is colored with Promarkers

11. Outlawz Festive Fridays 10/30-11/13 -- Birthday theme