Krafty Chicks challenge #745 - Stamps

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. This week we are back to Week 1 and as always the theme is 'Stamps' and Leanne is our hostess. We want you to use your clear, wooden or even digital stamps this week.  We hope you will come over and join in the fun with us.

It was my son's birthday last week (I can't believe my baby is now 28 lol!) so this challenge was just perfect timing.  I know the card is very similar to the one I made my niece but I stepped it up a little as it was for my little boy.  I hope you like it.

Here is my card:

Here is a full view of the front:

A closer look at the dies:

Plus I decorated the inside:

I decided to make a 5" x 7" easel card.  I cut one piece of white card 5" x 7" and scored it in half and one piece white card 5" x 8" and scored it at 1".  I then glued them together to make my card base.  I also cut an extra 5" x 7" piece to attach to the front of the half panel to create the easel part of the card.  I hope you understand my ramblings.  I then cut a white panel 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and using some geometric background stamps randomly stamped them all over (I did first and second generation stamping so that I would have a light and dark version of the blue colour ink).  I cut a black mat slightly larger than the panel and adhered them together with double sided tape.  I die cut the headphones and games controller, mostly using card from my scraps bin, and added them together with liquid glue.  They were added to the card with foam squares.  I die cut the word SON from black card 4 times and adhered them together with liquid glue.  I also die cut the number 28 4 times and again used liquid glue to stack them together.  They were both added to the panel with liquid glue.  I stamped the sentiment in black ink and used the matching die to cut it out.  I added it to the panel with foam squares.  As the background was quite busy I didn't feel the need to add any further embellishments.  For the inside I cut another white panel 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" and masked the bottom so that I could stamp a border to match the outside panel.  I also die cut the smaller games controller and added that above the border with foam squares (this also acts as the stopper that holds the easel card open).  I stamped the sentiment in the upper centre in black ink.  I cut another black mat and adhered them together with double sided tape.  The panel was then added to my card base with double sided tape.  I love the funky stamped background and it would look cool in lots of colours I think.  Thankfully my son loved his card.  

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

Creative Creases challenge - ATG with a fun fold

Halloween & Other Occasions challenge - always birthday

Seize the Birthday challenge - ATG birthday optional topping: masculine

Sweet Stampin' challenge - it's our birthday

The Male Room challenge - ATG

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Stamps' 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 ingredients:

MFT - headphones die set

MFT - game controller die set

Uniko Stamps - background builders: squared clear stamp

Uniko Stamps - background builders: round in circles clear stamp

Simon Says Stamp - birthday basics clear stamp & die set

Spellbinders - simply perfect alphabet dies

MFT - little letters die set - retired

Honey Bee Stamps - inside: birthday sentiments

Gina K Designs - ink pads - slate, soft stone, blue raspberry

Versafine - onyx black ink pad

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card - currently not available

Hobbycraft - A4 black card

Krafty Chicks challenge #706 Stamps

Good morning lovely friends; I hope you're all doing ok and having a great week.  I'm here today to share my card for this week's Krafty Chicks challenge.  We are back around to Week 1 which is 'Stamps' so grab your rubber stamps, clear stamps or even your digital images and join in the fun.  

It was my mother-in-law's birthday recently so used this opportunity to make her a card from my boys.  I had just received this stamp and die set so was eager to try it out.  Here is my card:

A closer look at the beautiful image:

I also decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the gorgeous image, coloured it with Promarkers and used the matching die to cut it out.  I took a panel of peach card and used the die to cut an aperture from the centre.  I wanted the image to have some dimension and stability so cut it another 3 times from white card and adhered them together with liquid glue before adding it to the aperture, again with liquid glue.  I've had a piece of vellum sitting on my desk for months so decided to put it to good use and added it behind the aperture (I could have made a shaker card but thought the vellum would make a nice change).  I was debating what to put behind the vellum and found a small piece of this green gingham paper and thought that would co-ordinate with the green in the image and also the vellum would soften it so placed that behind.  I added foam tape behind the peach panel and added it to my card base.  The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto white card and cut it out with a rectangle die.  I added this with foam squares, overlapping the image, on the lower right side. I finished off with a few gold sequins.  The finished card is 6" square.  I don't make square cards very often these days so it was a nice change.  For the inside I cut a white panel, stamped my greeting in black ink and adhered it to a panel of peach card with double sided tape.  I found another thin strip of the patterned paper and added that to the very bottom of the panel.  This was then added to the card base with double sided tape.  

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

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

As You Like It challenge - monochrome or colourful (I love all the colours so very rarely create a monochrome card)

Color Throwdown challenge - peach, sage green & cream

Craft Rocket challenge - for the girls

I love Promarkers challenge - ATG option love/romance

Incy Wincy Designs challenge - birthday and/or funny, humourous

Inkspirational challenge - mood board (I was inspired by the colours)

Pearly Sparkles challenge - celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge - bright and cheerful

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - add a sentiment

The Paper Funday challenge - ATG option the DIES have it

Tic Tac Toe challenge - floral, free, metallic (my sequins are gold)

Triple B challenge - include at least one bird, butterfly or bloom

We Love Stamping challenge - feminine

I hope you will be able to join us for our 'Stamps' challenge and I cannot wait to see your creations in our linky.  Please leave some love for my fellow chicks - Leanne, Diane and Lori and also our guest designer Shirley, who is joining us for March. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

Love and hugs, 

Card ingredients:

Spellbinders - Lily Arch stamp & dies (CSOM Feb 24)

Spellbinders - color essential sequins gold smooth discs

Spellbinders - Essential rectangles (to cut out sentiment)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - Simply Said stamp set

Clearly Besotted Stamps - happy birthday all (retired)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - mini calligraphy (retired)

Stampin' Up - card stock vellum

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Craft UK - 250gsm 12x12 white card (to make card base)

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Promarkers

peach card from stash