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You can check it out HERE.
The drawing is open until 11:59 p.m. EDT tonight.***
It's time for a new challenge from the Stampin' B's DT! This week the challenge is to make a masculine birthday card. What a good challenge--that's one area of my stash that always seems to be lacking.
I was intrigued by the Cityscapes Are On the Rise Challenge in the Moxie Fab World when it was issued two weeks ago. I had to think and think of how to approach it, having nothing in my stash that was remotely city-related. I finally heat embossed some white dot patterns on dark card stock and clipped the buildings of my city skyline from that.
I'm playing along with a few more challenges, too.
- My color scheme comes from this week's ColourQ Challenge:
- Papertrey Ink's Make It Monday Challenge #7: Adding Color to Non-Neutral Card Stock with markers or colored pencils. I chose this adorable airplane and banner combo from PTI's Fly Away set. I added some subtle shading with my Prismacolor pencils.
- Paper Sundaes: Embossing. The Happy Birthday sentiment and dots on the buildings were all heat-embossed in white.
I hope you've been inspired to play along with the Stampin' B's!! If you do make a card, post it on your blog or SCS gallery, and link it up to the Inlinkz tool on the Stampin' B's blog. We'd love to see what you create!! :)
Thanks so much for stopping by to check out my little slice of bliss for today!
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Fly Away; {ippity} Love in Return (dot patterns)
Paper: SU bashful blue CS, SU kiwi kiss CS, SU bermuda bay textured CS, dark purple CS from The Paper Company, MFP white storm CS
Ink: Palette noir black, Versamark
Accessories: white EP, heat tool, Prismacolor pencils, scissors, foam tape, Caribbean baker's twine from The Twinery
Techniques: embossing
this is a perfect masculine card emily-and a great take on the moxie challenge-your design is really creative-love it!!
ReplyDeleteBrilliantly done, Emily! Great card :)
ReplyDeleteYour buildings look great Emily! And what a cute plane image! Perfect for the guys!!
ReplyDeletePam
Emily, what a fabulous, guy card. I adore your buildings and how you made them with the embossed dots..good thinking. The plane is adorable and the card is sure to be loved by your nephew.
ReplyDeleteWhat a different idea for a challenge, I would be stumped.. But you rocked it.. It look great!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Linda
Ingenius Emily - The embossing TOTALLY looks like patterned paper of a cityscape. Love the colors you used as well. I am always lacking in masculine birthday cards as well.
ReplyDelete~Meredith
Love your take on the cityscape challenge!
ReplyDeleteTHIS is fabulous! wow! love everything about this. great card.
ReplyDeleteGreat card Emily! Very masculine indeed! adore the twine...
ReplyDeleteEmily, this is amazing! I love how you created your own cityscape. You also used those colours beautifully. This card is clean and simple but it's packed with tons of goodness!!
ReplyDeleteSuper cute card Emily! Love the little airplane and twine bow!
ReplyDeletelove your creativity...that cityscape is fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! Who needs a cityscape stamp when you can make one that this fantastic?!?! I love how you incorporated all the color challenge colors with that striped background!
ReplyDeleteFAB. YOU!!!! LOUS.
This is awesome!!! Very fresh & funky!!! Thanks for playing the CQC!
ReplyDeleteOh! Cuteness!!
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous Emily. I love the colors and I think your buildings turned out great! I'm sure your nephew will love it.
ReplyDeleteOh Emily, this is so FAB! LOVE how you created your own city! WOW! LOVE the plane with the banner! FAB card!
ReplyDeleteLOVE, LOVE, LOVE this card, Emily! :)
ReplyDeletethis is a really funky and modern card Emily, I love it
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant! Great work!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea to cut out your buildings! I was stumped by that challenge too! Thanks for joining us at CQC, I love the way you used the palette:)
ReplyDeleteThe skyline looks great silhouetted against the horizontal strips of c/s.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of our colors, Emily! Lovey birthday card, love your buildings! Thanks so much for joining us at the ColourQ again this week!
ReplyDeleteI left a comment on SCS about this one, but was glad to take another look...it is so creatively done....wonderful work, my friend
ReplyDeleteHey Emily! Thanks for entering the Cityscapes Are on the Rise challenge in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)
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