The colors for the ColourQ are, well, a bit odd to me! For one thing, I never liked dusty durango that much. It seemed almost tragic to combine it with my beloved baja breeze! LOL! However, when I looked at the Paper Players, challenging us to make a masculine card, I decided that would be the way to use these colors.
The colors make this card appear to have a lot going on, but it really is clean and simple! All of my products are from Stampin' Up! I started with a dusty durango card base. I only have a few sheets left, and I really wondered if I'd ever use them! I made my own pattern paper using the challenge colors (dusty durango, lucky limeade, baja breeze, and basc gray) with the Extreme Elements stamp set on very vanilla. Next, I stamped the Extreme Guitar guy with basic gray ink, which I "swiped" across the image to give more grundgy look. I layered it on baja breeze, and added cajun craze brads (from the regal brad collection.) My star and oval punches came in handy, and I added a sentiment from On Your Birthday, popped up with dimensionls. That's it!
I stamped the images inside as well, plus added a belated birthday sentiment from the same On Your Birthday set. This stamp gets way too much use! LOL! Time to send it to my nephew-in-law. I'll add a DQ gift card; who cares that the card is late, right?
Be sure to check out the ColourQ challenge here.
Be sure to check out the ColourQ challenge here.
The Paper Players challenge blog has a design team call out right now. Looks fun, but too much happening at work in March and April for me. I'll have to stick around as a fan!
Inky {{{HUGS}}}
Wow! I love these colors together! What a fun masculine card! Thanks for playing with The Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteGreat card, Kim, I don't think it looks busy at all. Thanks for joining us this week at the ColourQ.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely FABULOUS!! Love that grungy background, the colours are perfect. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at ColourQ!
Great job on the colors. Your card reminds me of my son in his high school days...playing along (louldly!) on his electric guitar to Led Zepplin!!
ReplyDeleteI just love this--collage stamping is so cool, especially done with these grungy images! Very, very cool guy card! Thanks for playing with the Paper Players this week, as well as the ColourQ colors!
ReplyDeleteI love this set and how you used it Kim! You "rocked" (ahem :D) the colours and the CAS look!!! Thanks for joining us at the Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteOh I love this! Awesome collage stamping and those colors are great for a guy card! The swipe across the guitar hero is such a great detail and really adds to the grunge factor! So glad you joined us at The Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteoh wow, I LOVE all that fabulous stamping! Cool "grungy" card, I know my oldest son would LOVE it!! :) Thanks so much for playing at the ColourQ this week!
ReplyDeleteHi Kim! All i can say is WOW! This is one rocking card, indeed! Love how you mixed the colors with the stamped images. Perfect masculine card. Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)
ReplyDeleteLove that grungy card. Great colours.
ReplyDeleteGREAT guy card, Kim! I felt the same way about Dusty Durango - LOL! Thank you so much for joining us at colourQ this week!
ReplyDeleteFantastic stamped background for your masculine card, Kim! I love the way you finished the inside, too. Thanks for joining us this week at the ColourQ!
ReplyDeleteI really like the "swiped" rocker image! Great job! I'm following your blog and look forward to seeing more
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