Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Before I formed you.......



Hi, Friends......

I am here with an encouraging masculine birthday card to share. I had this card partially put together with this background for a long time and didn't know whether to add more things or not. It's a large format card and has lots of room for lots of stuff, but I finally decided for a guy card....keep it simple and let this interesting background using Walnut Ink Crystals take center stage. (These crystals are super-fun to play with...kind of like Brushos or ColorBursts, only chunkier.) So I tied some twine and added the focal panel and said....finished. :) Now that it is done, I am still not sure if I should go back and add something else or not! Ha.




Here's a close up of the focal panel......

"Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.  Before you were born, I set you apart." Jeremiah 1:5


And here's a shot of the fun variations you get with these Walnut Ink Crystals. I stamped over the background also with a MFP Crackle stamp.



Products used include:
Clear Dollar Stamps - Set Apart stamp set (discontinued)
Tsukineko - Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa
DCWV Burlap Paper Stack
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain and Rusty Hinge
Sizzix - Fancy Labels die set
Mark's Finest Papers - Background Fun stamp set (discontinued)
Tsukineko - Walnut Ink Crystals
Canson - Mixed Media Paper Spiral Bound Notebook
Core'dinations cardstock
Twine from my stash

Hope you enjoyed this card. Thank you so much for stopping by!!

<3
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Creative Knockouts Challenge #260 - Use Twine
2.
Penny Black and More August Challenge - Begins with a "B" (I chose Browns, Burlap, and Birthday)
3. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Fall/Autumn
4. Word Art Wednesday Week #350-351 - Anything Goes
5. The Cat's Pajamas Challenge #349 - Birthday
6. Craft Stamper TIMI August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
7. Artistic Stamper August Challenge - Anything Goes with Stamping
8. Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge #17 - Blast from the Past (play any of their 2018 challenges) (I chose Challenge #15 - Machine Die-cutting.)

6 comments:

  1. A great design and B for Burlap is a great one, many thanks for joining us again at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  2. Lovely masculine card, Janis, super background. xx

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  3. What a perfect masculine card Janis. The background looks amazing!
    Thanks so much for joining in again at Penny Black and More challenge!

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  4. Looks great--you don't need to do anything to it.

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  5. Lovely and very elegant card.
    Thanks for playing with us at Creative Knockouts.
    Good luck!! Michelle (DT)

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THANK YOU so much for taking the time to leave a comment. Your kind words encourage me so very much!!!

Have a lovely day!
<3
Janis