Camouflage Grunge

Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  I have a 'camouflage' birthday card to share with you today.  In my attempt to create a masculine card without any camouflage stamps, Gorgeous Grunge fit the bill.  I used several different colors of ink and stamped them onto Crumb Cake card stock. The sentiment from You're Amazing was stamped onto Crumb Cake and cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits. I used my piercing tool and pierced two holes and threaded Linen Thread through them and mounted the layer onto a Soft Suede card base.

We had made a birthday cake to go with the card.  It was frosted with white frosting and decorated with blue frosting.  It was only fitting the 'icing on the cake' on the inside of the card should be the same as the frosting on the real cake. I stamped the cake from the Sketched Birthday stamp set onto a scrap of Whisper White with Black Stazon, colored it in with Marina Mist, Crushed Curry, and Smokey Slate, added Crystal Effects to the flame and edge of the plate. I cut the image out using the Apothecary Accent framelits; left the white card stock in the framelit, placed it on a scrap of Crumb Cake, traced around it, removed the framelit, cut the base layer out and adhered the two layer together. The added sentiments were stamped with Soft Suede ink.
           Here's the inside:

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Gorgeous Grunge, You're Amazing, Sketched Birthday
Card Stock: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Ink: Crumb Cake, Sahara Sand, Old Olive, Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Marina Mist, Smokey Slate, Soft Suede marker for the hand written words

Big Shot, Magnetic Plate, Apothecary Accents framelits, linen thread, crystal effects, Tombow Liquid glue

Please feel free to leave a comment and if you have questions, please ask.

Blessings ~ RaeDeen

Amazing Postcard

Hi there, Stampin' Friends.  I bet you are just blown away to see that I have used the Postcard stamp...AGAIN! It has definitely climbed to the top of my favorite list and a stamp I do not plan on parting with.  Today's card is for a very special man in my life whom I love with all my heart. 

This is not my 'usual style' but I really enjoyed creating it.  The elephant is stamped 3 times: once on the card base and twice on a scrap. I colored the elephant, cut it out, shaped it with a stylus, and glued it on the card base. I then colored the hat, cut it out and glued it onto the elephant.  Once again, there is dimension here that is not picked up by the camera.

                                                      The Front of the Card:

                                             
                                                        The Inside of the Card:

Supply List:
Stamp Sets: Postcard, Amazing Family, You're Amazing, Postage Collection, Pursuit of Happiness (retired)
Card Stock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red
Ink: Stazon, Basic Gray, Smokey Slate, Real Red Marker, Basic Black Marker
Framed Tulip Folder, Postage Stamp Punch, White Gel Pen