It's a Man's World

Hi, and welcome to another What If? Wednesday Challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This is the second challenge of the month, so that means it is Designer's Choice and this week, Shirley chose: It's a Man's World.  So, create something masculine and you can join in with our challenge; it's as easy as that!  This was perfect timing for me because we are going to celebrate our neighbor's 80th birthday this week.

I started out by stenciling the stripes on the left side of the base layer with a nice chocolate brown.  (I know, it looks black in the picture).  Then, on a slightly smaller layer, I stamped the compass rose image in the same dark brown, stamping off once first on scrap paper to lighten it up a bit.  Then I used SU!'s Creamy Caramel ink to stamp the metro map image and also sponged it on the edges to give it a more vintage look.  I masked and stamped the image so the words were side by side, sponged the edges of the sentiment panel with the caramel and matted it on dark brown card stock.  A single button and we're good to go.
I hope you get a chance to play along with us.  Stop by The House Blog for all the details and to see how the rest of the DT interpreted the challenge.  And if you NEED one of the stamps I used, there is a discount coupon off your ENTIRE order over on my left side bar.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Compass", "Metro Map" and "Birthday"
MFT "Diagonal Stripes" Stencil

Challenges:
Sweet Stamps--anything goes
Crafting With an Attitude--anything goes
Crafty Creations #319--CAS
ART Impressions #188--anything goes
Brown Sugar #206--monochrome
Addicted To CAS #92--stripes
Sweet Stampin--sentiment as the focus
Come And Get It--Make your own background (I made the stripes and the stamped background)
Fresh Brewed Designs--birthdays