Another month gone by already? Yup...and that means time for the monthly Blast from the Past Blog Hop from Taylored Expressions! The theme this month was to use an older TE stamp set and make a project that was masculine. That is HARD for me! All my stuff is so girly and fru fru! I decided to make a birthday card for a guy using the "Make a Wish" stamp set!
I used a 'masculine' color scheme of gold, teal blue and black as my foundation. Found my Copic markers to match my paper and started coloring!
Here is the awesome stamp set. You can see I combined two sentiment stamps to make my focal image and then added a bunch of extra stars to it. I stamped extra stars to color and put on the card later.
I consulted with the DH to make sure it was okay to add some glitter to the stars! My resident male opinion said it would be fine. Not too much though...
I used this sketch for my layout. I was having a block on how to do my card design. Did you know that on Taylor's Blog she has a link to all of her sketches? I use them all the time. If you click on her blog and look on the right side bar you'll see the links. I thought this one below was great!
This Blog Hop is a customer Blog Hop and I hope you will join in one of these times if you haven't already! So much fun to see what everyone comes up with. See below for the list of projects this time around. Have a fab day!
Such a FUN card, Wanda! Love all the stars and the popped ones for added dimension!
Posted by: Stephanie Kraft | 05/19/2011 at 01:22 PM
This is so bright and cheery Wanda, I always have a hard time making masculine cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Maylee | 05/19/2011 at 09:40 AM
What neat ideas for "man" cards! Love it!!
Posted by: Fnda Jo | 05/19/2011 at 08:19 AM
Very cool card Wanda and I love your blog. Congrats on being the TE DT. I'm not doing some iCopic DT work.
Posted by: Cindy Coutts | 05/19/2011 at 06:53 AM
Fabulous card, Wanda! The colors and those cute stars are fantastic! Love it!
Posted by: Rachel ♥ (Gingerbread Gal) | 05/19/2011 at 06:35 AM
Look at all those stars!!!! LOVE IT!!!!
Posted by: Michelle Single | 05/19/2011 at 05:02 AM
I've been looking forward to your blog hop card, Wanda! This is fantastic! Really great masculine design. I love the combined sentiment and the stars. The color combo is just perfect. And your coloring.....well that really makes this card. Love the little bits of glitter, too. Glad the DH said a little was ok. :)
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 05/19/2011 at 04:30 AM
A very happy and cheery man card!
Love the colors.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 05/19/2011 at 02:03 AM
This is so bright and cheery, Wanda! I love how you glittered and cut and popped up all of those stars!
Posted by: taylor | 05/18/2011 at 06:17 PM
What a cheery and fun birthday card, Wanda! The blue and yellow are wonderful together! You did a terrific job with the sketch! Hope that you are having a great week! :D
Posted by: Kimberly Gajewski | 05/18/2011 at 05:22 PM
What a pretty card Wanda. Love the cut out stars and great lay-out. :o)
Posted by: Monika/buzsy | 05/18/2011 at 02:50 PM
Never a disappointment to visit here, love the card and all the design work! Fabulous.
Posted by: Natalie | 05/18/2011 at 02:30 PM
Nice presentation. It speaks boy. Very cute.
Posted by: Niema | 05/18/2011 at 02:15 PM
Fabulous card. I love how you popped up the glittery stars and used a torn edge. I also love your coloring and the color combination you used.
Posted by: Kathi R | 05/18/2011 at 11:04 AM
Great masculine card. Love the blues and yellows - so bright.
Posted by: Kelly Collins | 05/18/2011 at 09:39 AM
SO bright and happy Wanda! LOVE your coloring, the colors and all the sparkly stars!!!
Posted by: Jodi | 05/18/2011 at 09:34 AM
That IS an awesome sketch! Love all the stars (they are like masculine bows, aren't they?) and the sparkle you added. A wonderful colorful masculine birthday card!
Posted by: Crafty Math Chick | 05/18/2011 at 09:29 AM
Look at all of those delicious stars! LOVE the colors and the layout, everything!
Posted by: Karen Giron | 05/18/2011 at 08:28 AM