Cosmopolitan Birthday

This week's SCS Inspiration Challenge site was suggested by Jenna Barber who thought Wild Wings was filled with inspiration possibilities.  I fell in love with this Cosmopolitan Area Rug … the pattern reminded me of some new Basic Grey Hero Arts Sweet Threads stamps that had arrived in the mail this week, so I was happy to ink them up.

I also loved the color palette, so I tried to stay true.  I started with a brown cardstock background that I stamped multiple times with Hero Arts Envelope Pattern in Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to add a bit of interest.

I stamped the open flower multiple times in Versamark on a dark ivory cardstock & clear embossed.  I cut the flowers into the shapes on the rug, and added distress ink (Brushed Corduroy, Rusty Hinge & Spiced Marmalade) to create a resist on all but the ivory, which I left plain.  This makes this card perfect for The Stamp Man Challenge to use a resist technique in your design.

After assembling my card, I stamped the Hero Arts Today & Always birthday sentiment in dark brown and attached the sentiment piece with foam tape for a little dimension.  Even though the underlying design is a flower, I think this card would work great for a masculine birthday.

I hope you find Inspiration.