Happy Friday!!! It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog. This week, the challenge is: One for the Boys (Man/Men)
Here is my card for your inspiration:
This is the birthday card for my soon to be son-in-law. He just turned 20 and he is all about his TRUCK (and my daughter, of course!) I have a really fun pickup truck die set that I used to make a truck as similar to his as I could. Obviously, I was limited by the die set, but I customized it as much as I could. I even had to create my own mirrors, because he has these giant towing mirrors! I believe he was quite pleased with it. I wanted to create a scene to go along with the truck, so I pulled out the "Landscape Silhouettes" stamp set from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps (which I believe has another name now, but I'm not sure what it is.) I started by stamping the mountains (we live in Rhode Island, so we don't really have mountains, but both he and I come from New Hampshire where there are plenty of mountains). All of the silhouette stamps were too narrow to fit the width of the card, so I had to do some selective masking to make them look continuous. Also, the mountains were too short for what I was looking to do, so I used the direct ink to paper technique to give them a taller look. It left some streaking, but that actually adds depth to the mountains by looking like I added highlights! Then I stamped the trees. I masked off the bank and ink blended in the river before stamping the grass in the foreground. I finished off the bottom by inking in a road, and I added a bit of blue ink to the sky. I stamped the sentiment (which was from a set I had won and had actually arrived that day, so perfect timing!) I wanted to make it interactive so I created a slider element at the bottom for the truck to "drive" along.
As usual, I forgot to plan it out first, so had to do some adjustments on the fly, but no one except you knows that! I used a slider die to cut the slot, but had to create my own pull tab to go along with it. Overall, I was pleased with how it turned out and I think he thought it was quite fun!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you will hop over to the
Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.
Supplies:
Stamps: Sweet n' Sassy Stamp "Landscape Silhouettes"; MFT "Essential Sentiments" sentiment inside the slider; ? unknown name for the main sentiment set
Dies: unbranded truck die set from Amazon; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and "Launch Party" for the slider slot.
Challenges:
Cards Galore Challenge #148--anything goes
Die Cut Divas--anything goes
Crafty Calendar--All about the men/boys
We Love Stamping--sports/hobbies OR anything goes (his hobby is working on his truck; does that count? Or I can go with anything goes)
Craft Rockets #137--birthday
613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: crafty or hobby (working on his truck is his hobby)
Sweet Stampin'--something for the boys
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #279--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--masculine
Double Trouble Challenge #218--My Guy (Things #1: 3 washi tape/paper scraps (all the truck parts were cut from scraps of card stock/specialty paper), 2 die cuts, 1 sentiment; #3: his favorite hobby/activity/sport--he enjoys working on his truck--though maybe not right now; it's broken!)
Word Art Wednesday #756--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--add a sentiment
Little Red Wagon #862--O is for outdoor
Crafty Catz #715--anything goes
