Birthday Boy

Good Morning

I needed a card for a young man and this is what I came up with.

My starting point was this great silhouette from Flonz Stamps and my favourite blue Distress Oxide inks.

So onto my card.

I wanted to create a collage style background in a monochromatic style, leaving the image to be the star of the show.  So I inked up a piece of acetate with some Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed it onto my white cardstock, letting it drip and run.  I find it helpful to dry the colours as it helps to layer them when using this technique.

To see my picture tutorial go here.

When that was all dry, I placed the inky piece inside my Misti and stamped the Graffiti along the one side and down along the bottom using some of the same colour I used for the bkg.  It gave me a nice edging and added interest.  I added some circles using a plastic cup I had sitting on my workspace and a small checked design to resemble a flag at a race.  

When I was happy with it all, I stamped the image and the sentiment with some Tuxedo black Meemnto ink and heat embossed them with some black embossing powder.  

I simply mounted it onto a white card base.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

The Male Room- ANYTHING GOES

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING STAMPED GOES

2 Sisters on the Blog- NUMBERS

Supplies

Stamps- Silhouettes (Flonz); Happy Birthday (Studio G); Graffiti (Kaisercraft); 

Texture Mini (Carabelle)

Inks- Memento Black; DOX- Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon (TH)

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); plastic cup; black EB powder; heat tool;

acetate sheet; Mister (TH)