Life's A Journey - Masculine Birthday Card FMS#681

Hey everyone.  Welcome to my blog and thanks for taking a look at my entry for this week's Freshly Made Sketch #681 hosted by the very talented Amy O'Neil. 

This sketch is so simple, yet so great.  If you haven't attempted to do a sketch challenge before this would be a perfect starter.  Remember to make it your own design.  And, while the sketch has a pocket shape for its focal, you can substitute any shape you want.  This sketch is open until Monday April 14th 3pm EST so if you've got a minute why not join the fun and play along.

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 Here is My Card:

I'm always on the lookout for sketches that have a masculine appeal. This sketch with it's clean lines and the pocket instantly conjured up the badge in the "One Wild Ride" stamp set.  So, with that image in mind, I began to design my card.

While looking through my stash of masculine papers I found the remainder of a kit called Easy Rider, by Reminisce. A piece of grey dsp with motorcycle treads across it caught my eye so I paired it up with a basic black card base. I stamped the motorcycle from One Wild Ride in Momento black ink across the bottom of the dsp. I also found a silver cardstock die cut from a bundle called Geared Up Garage, added some texture to the card front.

The next step was to stamp the badge in Momento Black ink on a scrap of Whisper White and punch it out with a coordinating punch.  The badge was mounted with dimensionals to the pocket die cut.  I used one of the medium sized dies from the Stitched Nested Labels dies to create the basic grey pocket.  To get the pocket shape I merely measured a 1/4" past the badge and cut across the die cut with my scissors. It worked perfectly. In this photo you can see a little more of the card's detail including the splotches, gears and the black stud embellishments I added.

I kept the inside of the card fairly clean, only adding the sentiment from another biker themed set called Legendary Ride #160754 and a few dark grey splotches using the very old Grunge stamp set. 

For the base mat I cut an additional piece of the Easy Rider dsp. Using dsp instead of cardstock is a great way to not only use up your paper stash, but it reduces the overall weight of the card for mailing.

Supplies:

Stamps and Dies:

• One Wild Ride (R) #141724 - badge and motorcycle
• Legendary Ride #160754 - sentiment for inside 
• Geared Up Garage (R) dies #148590 - gear image in silver cardstock
• Gorgeous Grunge (R) #130517 - splotches on card front
• Stitched Nested Label Framelit Dies #149638 - pocket

Cardstock and DSP:

• Card Base Basic Black - 4 1/4" x 11" scored at 5 1/2"
• Cut two DSP mattes 4" x 5 1/4" for front and inside from Easy Rider Kit - Reminiscence Designer Paper
• 3" x 3" Basic Grey for Badge
• 2" x 2" Basic White for Badge
• 3 3/4" x 5" Basic White matte for inside
• 4" x 3 1/2" flat silver scrap for gear die cut

Ink:

• Momento Black ink
• Basic Grey for splotches 

Accessories:  

• Dimensionals
• Adhesive Backed Studs black #160767

I'm really happy with the way this card turned out.  All in all once I located the supplies in my stash the rest of the card came together pretty quickly.  I love that.  

How about you, do you keep a stash of materials that work for your masculine cards?  I'd love to hear if you do and how you keep those materials together.  I have one of those 12 x 12 plastic  containers from  the big box store and keep my dsp, neutral cardstock and masculine style stamps and dies in it.  This works really well for me.  

Okay that's it for this week.  Don't forget to leave me a comment before you move on, and come back again.  I love having visitors and I so appreciate your feedback on my cards.  Cheers and happy week ahead!

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