Pick of the Week

Happy 2020!!  It's my turn to share my Pick of the Week project for The House That Stamps Built.  Continuing in my Inspired by Pinterest theme, I was inspired by this card:

I have a whole Pinterest board full of cards that caught my eye because I could reproduce them using Repeat Impressions stamps.  I thought this card would look beautiful using either the Flower Power Background stamp or some of the individual flowers from the Flower Power Separates collection.  But as I was thinking about what I wanted to do for my Pick of the Week, I decided to create a masculine card inspired by this very feminine card.  Here is what I came up with:

As you can see, I kept the layout the same and even used some ribbon (yes, you can use ribbon on masculine cards), but the result is very different because of the colors and image I used.  First, I die cut my cream panel with a stitched rectangle die.  Then, I masked off the top of the panel and stamped the "African Post Collage (lg)" image across the bottom of the panel.  It didn't quite cover the whole panel, so I inked it up a second time and just stamped part of the stamp along the bottom edge.  I used a blending brush to blend on some Antique Linen Distress ink along the edges and stamped my sentiment, "it's your birthday!" (from the Holy Crap series) on the top in a dark brown ink.  Adhered the ribbon across the top of the stamped portion of the panel and added the star brad to finish a very quick and easy card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope this inspires you to create some cards based on your Pinterest finds, and I hope it reminds you that you can be inspired by something even if it turns out looking quite different from the original.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "African Post Collage (lg)", "it's your birthday!"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
MFT Birthday Challenge--CAS
Crafty Creations #405--anything goes
Mod Squad--make your own patterned paper
Little Red Wagon #529--use your NBUS (never before used stuff) I got this collage stamp back in May and this is the first time I've inked it up.
Cute Card Thursday #615--anything goes
Krafty Chicks--stamp act (use a stamped image)
Crafts Galore #71--anything goes
Kat Scrappiness--no patterned paper
STAMPlorations CAS Challenge--anything goes with the optional twist: anything metallic (I used a metal brad)