I couldn’t resist, I had to enter the 2 sketches 4 you ultimate card showdown (every time I hear that name I think of the monster truck show announcer “This Sunday, Sunday, SUNDAY it the Ultimate Card Showdown! Get your tickets, Kid’s seats are still $5!!!” what, is it only me?) even though the competition is huge. The grand prize winner gets $500 worth of scrapping/stamping supplies including (what I am really in this for) a beautiful pink Bind it All!!! OK enough Jibber-Jabbering, here is my card:
The base is one sheet of SU! kraft paper folded in half. I score some decorative lines on the edge and inked it. I stamp the paisley and birthday definition on color gloss lazer paper. Tip: Gloss Lazer paper (from the office supply store, I used Hammermill color lazer gloss) is great for detail stamping and a lot cheaper than glossy cardstock, you get 300 sheets for less then $10! then I sprinkled green, brown and gold powder on it to give it a patina look. I also stamped bolts down the side to up the “manly” factor and I “borrowed” some washers form hubby’s workshop and altered them with rust embossing powder. I added screw top eyelets to the flowers cut form map paper and the scallop boarder was cut from fiberglass window screening then painted brown and stapled on. I added a bit of die cut felt for texture and I made the transparency banner by printing a banner form the DB boho banner font onto a transparency and typed “happy birthday” on it before printing. Tip: I printed a whole sheet of banners while I was at it so I didn’t waste the transparency sheet, see:
Well, there you have it, I’ll let you know next week weather I made the top 30 or not;) Thanks for stopping by and till next time happy crafting!
Great card!!
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I like your card it’s divine.
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Holy CROW dude – THIS IS AWESOME! I was going to enter, but now I don’t know if I should bother… I’m just speechless. Spectacular dude. I bow before your greatness.
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WOW! WOW! WOW! This is incredibly beautiful.
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This is beautiful!
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Great job with the stamping!! Such wonderful flowers! TFP!
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Wow – this is so cool!
Thanks so much for taking part in the UCS
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I love reading all your hints and tips. Love the card and all the gorgeous details. Thanks for playing along with us this week.
🙂 Kazan & Laura
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wow, this is awesome !!!
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Oh my gosh, Lindsay, this is unbelieveably creative–I am absolutely going to do the print-on-a-transparency thing–I have a ton of transparencies left over that I don’t use at school anymore…..
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Awesome…love this!
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Oh, I love the card you have made for this challenge!!
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Just stunning!
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Amazing card you created! Love the intro to this post! I will be hearing that man’s voice in my head all day repeating the Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! 😉 LOL! Good luck!
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This is absolutely amazing. Good Luck!!!
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This is a stunner, Lindsay!! Good luck on the showdown! I have my card finished, but won’t post it until tomorrow.
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Lindsay,
This is a beautiful manly card! I’m hoping you win because you deserve it!
Carmen
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gorgeous card! love the masculine feel!!
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very cute card! love the sentiment!
Clouds 😀
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Lindsay this is GORGEOUS!!! I love all the candy there is to gaze at with this card!!! I also wanted to THANK YOU for stopping by my blog!!!! I’m thrilled there were items there you can use!!! Have a very blessed day!!!
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WOW!! these are gorgeous!!! beautiful job!! I just love everything about them! all the elements balance and work so well together. TFS!
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