Watercooler Wednesday Challenges #107

This week Penny is hosting our Masculine "Anything Goes" Challenge at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges.  For my card, I decided to do little stamping and more die-cutting.  I'm a huge Downton Abbey fan and used some of my Crafter's Companion product for this design.

The card base is Naturals White to which I added a layer of Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack.  First I cut a strip of Tip Top Taupe.  I ran it through the Big Shot using the Brick Wall Embossing Folder and attached it to the card front.  The silhouette is cut from Basic Black using the Downton Abbey Die.  Then, I ran it through the Big Shot using the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  I placed it right on top of the Tip Top Taupe wall.

The car is from the Downton Abbey Collection.  It's stamped using Basic Black Archival ink.  I did fussy cut it out and popped it up with Stampin' Dimensionals.  What you cannot see well in the photo, is that I covered it with Clear Wink of Stella to give it a shimmer.  That stuff is hard to photograph.  The sentiment is from the Sprinkles of Life stamp set and stamped in Basic Black Archival ink.  A few silver sequins and it was all done.

Most of the Stampin' Up!® is retired but I still love to go back and play with some of my favorites. 

For all the challenge details and to share your project, visit Watercooler Wednesday Challenges by clicking the image below.  We'd love to have you join us.  You have until Monday, February 27th at 6:00 p.m. Central Time to link your project.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

A Masculine Birthday Card

Masculine birthday cards are not something I get to make very often.  Rather surprising when you factor in I have three sons and seven grandsons.  I think that's because of the three sons two birthdays are in October and one is in December.  Of the seven grandsons three are in January, one is in February, one is in July, one is in October and one is in November. That bunches most of them together so I don't get to stretch them out throughout the year.  Now that I'm volunteering to make sure each resident in my building gets a birthday card, I'll get to make more masculine ones.  I'm looking forward to it.

Stamp Sets:  Simply Sketched - sentiment (retired), Traveler; Inks:  Pear Pizzazz, Tuxedo Black Memento; Card Stock:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Stack (retired), Whisper White; Accessories & Tools:  1/8" Silver Mini Brads, Ticket Corner Punch (retired), SNAIL Adhesive, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin' Trimmer

The colors I used are from the current Colour Me...! Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha Reed

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