Happy Birthday - Masculine


Today's card is a birthday card for my father-in-law and it combines two of my favorite stamps.  With Handsome Hunter retiring, I wanted to use it as my card base - I think it's a great color for masculine cards.  This will be one of the colors I will definitely miss!

This card uses one of the new colors - Crumb Cake - which is the new name for Kraft.  The new Color Coach recommended a dynamic duo of Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip (this is making me hungry...), so I chose to do a variation on the "rock 'n' roll" technique.  Since the Medallion stamp is so big, it's tough to roll the edges onto an ink pad, so I brought the ink pad to the stamp and I love the effect.  I stamped the Medallion again in Handsome Hunter and punched out the center using one of the circle punches and popped it up on dimensionals.  The card needed a little bit more, so I decided to add eyelets and thread the ribbon through the eyelets.  Let me know what you think!

Happy Birthday, Bill!

Stamp Sets Medallion, On Your Birthday
Ink Crumb Cake, Handsome Hunter, Chocolate Chip
Paper Handsome Hunter, Kraft (Crumb Cake), Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Accessories Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, Stamping Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals

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