MISTI Layered Stamping

There is no better way to spend New Year's Eve than getting inky with my MISTI. 

Since the theme at the Impression Obsession Challenge is Anything Goes, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to create a masculine birthday card I need to get in the mail.

I started by stamping Impression Obsession Gentlemen Silhouette in Gina K. design Kraft ink on Watercolor Paper and clear embossed.

Next I created layered stamping with three colors of Distress Ink (Mustard Seed, Antique Linen & Crushed Olive) and Seth Apter's Solar System Stamps.

Impression Obsession Cover-A-Card Birthday Words Background was inked with Brushed Corduroy, Crushed Olive & Gathered Twigs Distress Inks and stamped on top.  I wiped some of the text away from my embossed Gentlemen, but left some of it intact.

After I finished, I realized I needed to stamp one more image to help ground my Gentlemen, so I added a line of ovals from Impression Obsession's Primatives  … the MISTI makes this so easy to do.

I trimmed down my image to around 5" square and mounted on a bronze metallic cardstock base.  I finished with a row of Eyelet Outlet Champagne Gems along the edge.

I believe they look quite dapper … I imagine them singing a rousing happy birthday to the recipient.

I'm also linking-up at Creatalicious Challenge where the theme is also Anything Goes.