Happy Birthday MVP!!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a masculine card using Touchdown Trevor - R027 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and Happy Birthday MVP - G174 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Both of my brothers were All Stars when they played Football in High-School a long time ago. Sports were always a big part of our lives growing up and for a lot of our family, they still are!!!

To make my card this week, the image and sentiment were both stamped using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. I used my Brother Scan and Cut to die cut the image and then I coloured it in with Copic markers. For the background, I used my Cricut Explore to die cut the football and goal post using Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. paper with an image from 3 Birds - Life's a A Party. Using pre-cut stencils for clouds, I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean and a Picket Fence - Blending Brush to create them. I added in the grass with a Picket Fence - Blending Brush, finger dauber and Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn. Black, brown and yellow cardstock were added behind the cut-out. The sentiment was cut with my cutter and the corners were snipped off with scissors. To give it an edge, I went around the cut sentiment with Copic marker - E23.

To assemble the card, I used The Paper Studio - Primary Simply Solids (4.25" x 5.5") for the base. 2-sided tape was applied to the back of the coloured background image and it was attached directly to the base. 3M VHB - 2 sided tape was attached to the back of the coloured image and back of sentiment and applied to the top of the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Touchdown Trevor - R027 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Happy Birthday MVP - G174 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean and Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., The Paper Studio - Primary Simply Solids (4.25" x 5.5"), Yellow Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Brown Cardstock

Cricut Die Cuts: 3 Birds - Life's a A Party

Stencil: Avery Elle - Custom Steel Dies - Made in the USA - D-05-01 PiercedCloudsDie , Whimsy Stamps - Grass and Cloud Edger Die Set (Used both to create stencils)

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Picket Fence - Blending Brush, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Brother Scan and Cut, Cricut Explore

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R30, R20 (Eyes: Sakura Glaze - Black)

Hair: E47, E44, E43, E40

Browns: E29, E27, E25, E23

Gold: E15, Y35, Y108, YR24

Pants: C1, C0, C00, Colorless Blender

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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