Birthday Blessings Guy Card for September's Anything Goes Challenge #62 at Love to Craft

 Happy Hump Day AND September 1st! Well, I've had a stress-y morning, I got locked out of my blog! Everything was frozen, including my scheduled posts, but just a few moments ago it's working again so I'm quickly publishing this. Fingers crossed it was just a blip! 🙏

It's time to share my design team make for September's Anything Goes Challenge #62 at Love to Craft Challenge Blog. Check out the link to find out more and come play with us!

One of Honey's work buds became a very good friend of ours over the years along with his wife, and I always send both of them birthday cards. They retired to a house on a lake a couple of hours away where he fishes a lot, often with his grandkids. So, I thought he'd like this scene. There's no lighthouse or rocky cliffs where he is, but he knows by now that I use what I have...

   

I was inspired by Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC56 for my layout, including the 4x9" card dimensions. A little factoid: this sketch was created in 2006, proving that the current fad of Slimline cards is nothing new. 😁

The card base was cut from a sheet of Recollections white heavyweight card. I used Colorbok Marble card for the next layer, wonking it a tad. Before adding the top Springhill Digital card layer, I inked a sky on it using Distress inks and a blending brush, then I stamped my scene using Creative Expressions Gone Fishing slimline stamp and Nocturne Versafine Clair ink. Once dry, I blended a bit more ink to accent the horizon line, edged all around it with a black Promarker and then adhered it to my card front, again wonking it. The last thing I did was to stamp the Clear Dollar Stamps sentiment with Nocturne Versafine Clair. Then I was done. I kept it flat for mailing. 

Inside I've stamped a mashup of Hero Arts sentiments from 2 different sets...

...and on the back, I kinda went to town using Tutti Designs Slimline Torn Edge nesting dies and papers from my summer-themed scraps. It's all inlaid and one layer. And yes, a bit tedious since I used thinner papers and not card, but I had fun doing it. The recipient already let us know it reminds him of a big aquarium and he liked it. And that is why I did it. 😎

And a final view. Thanks so much for visiting - Stay Well and Craft On! XOX

MY CHALLENGES PLAYLIST:

1.   Splitcoaststampers Sketch SC56

2.   Lemon Shortbread #153: AG -- #2/3

3.   The Creative Crafters Challenge #43: AAG -- #3/3

4.   More Mixed Media Challenge: AG + Opt. Brights -- #5/xx Option played!

5.   Cute Card Thursday #691: AG -- #5/xx

6.   Allsorts Week 639: CAS -- #2/3

7.   WL2C Mixed Media Challenge #9: AMMG -- #3/xx Distress ink blending, stamping   

8.   Classic Design Challenge #9 September: AAG -- #1/xx

9.   Sheepski Designs Challenge #54: Boys & Girls Got Out to Play -- #1/3

10. The Male Room #154: Nature's Bounty -- #1/xx  

11. Pearly Sparkles #66: Pink/Pearls/Sparkles-At Least One -- #1/xx PINK