Krafty Chicks challenge #787 - Masculine

Good morning lovely friends. I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week so far. It's time for a new challenge over at Krafty Chicks challenge and this week we are on Week 4; as always the theme is 'masculine' and Lori is our hostess (although she is currently taking a short break). I know masculine makes can be difficult but we always need them so why not join our challenge and get ahead. We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

I started with a totally different vision of what my card was going to be - does this ever happen to you?  I stamped the notepaper background and was looking through my stash for my notebook edge die when I came across these fun stamps from Clearly Besotted and as I don't think I've ever used them, I changed my original idea and used these instead.  My card is 5" x 7" in size.  I love how it turned out and I hope you do too!

Here is my card:

A closer look at the details:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the note paper background onto white card using a light blue ink pad.  I cut it out using a stitched rectangle.  I stamped the images onto white card; the phone was originally grey but I thought I looked a little drab so stamped over it with the same light blue ink that I used for the background which gave it more a teal colour.  I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.  I also stamped the emojis but there wasn't a die for those (luckily I found a die from Spellbinders that cut the exact circle that I needed even though it was supposed to cut some dancing legs lol!).  I cut a stitched blue panel and black mat panel from a slightly larger die set and adhered them together with liquid glue.  The note paper background was adhered with double sided tape at a wonky angle for a bit of interest.  I added the images with foam squares.  I added some scrap white card behind the panel and then adhered it to the card base with double sided tape.  At the last moment I decided to stamp the two extra sentiments with black ink, which was a little scary but thankfully it turned out ok. For the inside I cut a white stitched panel and black mat layer and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I had a small piece of the background left so I adhered that to the bottom of the white panel with liquid glue, adding a small strip of the blue card above it.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre with black ink and finished with another two emojis.  A fun card that I think any male would appreciate.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Color Dare challenge - #670 use at least 3 colours (I used 2 different blues and yellow)

Colorful Options challenge - ATG

Craft Rocket challenge - dots and/or stripes

Double D challenge - make your own background (I used a stamp to make my note paper BG)

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - happy birthday

The Neglected Stuff challenge - must use at least one old neglected product (my stamp set has never been used and is at least 10 years old!)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - ATG

Sweet Stampin' challenge - use die cuts

The Male Room challenge - create your own background (I used a stamp to make my note paper BG)

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge - birthdays

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'masculine' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky. Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori.

Thank you so much for stopping by; I appreciate your lovely comments.

Love and hugs,

card supplies:

Clearly Besotted - text me stamp & die set - retired

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 8 (for larger panels)

Gina K Designs - Master Layouts 17 (for smaller stitched panel)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - blue sky and wild dandelion

MFT - writing tablet background stamp

Spellbinders - I dance die set (for circle to cut my emojis) - retired

Limetree Crafts - 280gsm silky smooth white card

Limetree Crafts - 220gsm black card

Versafine Clair - nocturne ink pad

blue card from my stash