Wild Mallard.....

Hello everyone: With Father's Day approaching I decided to create a Dad's Day card to add to my little stash of Masculine cards to send out to my family and friends near and far.

The image is from "The Wilderness Awaits" stamp set, (2015-2016 Stampin' Up! catalog, retired), one of my most favorite sets for Masculine cards, all the images are beautifully detailed, I love them.

I stamped this one on a piece of watercolor paper with Stazon black ink and colored it with Stampin' Up! markers and Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from the set.  The pattern paper is from my stash and so is the ribbon detail. I sponged the sky and water with distress inks.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from my stash and can't recall where I got it😕, the image on the corner is from SU "Wetlands" (2013-2014 catalog, retired).

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Stampin' Up! Only Challenges

#224 "Masculine"

Addicted to Stamps Challenge

#175 "For a Boy or a Man"

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge

"For a Man or a Boy"

2 Crafty Critter Crazies
Anything Goes with a Critter


2 Sisters on the Blog
Challenge #28 "Things with Wings"

Thank you for stopping by, your comments always make my day.
Hugs.
Maria.

Wetlands Twofer.....

Hello everyone: I have another TWOFER to share today, I'm really having fun with this challenge.  I decided to make a couple of masculine cards, I realized I only have like 3 in my stash and that is bad, I think I don't often make this type of cards because guy cards are hard for me to create and that is why I'm so happy to own the retired "Wetlands" stamp set by Stampin' Up!, which is just perfect for masculine cards, all the images and the sentiments are beautiful and not girly at all.

Simple and with few embellishments, I'm very happy with the way these two cards came out.

With a bit of sponging on the left card and some watercolors on the right card, I was able to create two different scenes using the same image of this cute Sandpipers.

I took the pictures of the cards together on top of my work desk, they don't fit in the little cube I use all the time to photograph them. Here are the individual shots.

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Here is the picture of the inside of both cards, finishing the inside saves me time when I mail them.

The sentiment on the left card is from a set by Power Poppy called Dynamic Duos: Foxglove and Ranunculus, which happens to be on sale today, 😉

The sentiment on the right card is from a retired Flourishes set called "Gerbera Daisies"

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Oddball Art Stamps Blog Challenge January "Feature a Creature"

2 Crafty Critter Crazies

DL.ART Challenge #220 "Winter" optional theme "Thank You"

Crafty Animals Challenge #10 "Anything Goes"

Thank you for stopping by, I always read every single comment you so kindly leave on my posts, I want you to know I appreciate them more than words can express.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.