Sometimes a card is born completely from challenges … like the card for this post. It started with needing a masculine birthday card for a Co-Worker.
The first stop was the Worth Repeating Challenge at Unity Stamp Company. I wanted a Beverage Theme for the Shopping Our Stash Get Your Drink On Challenge, so I went with my Memory MISTI and the beer mug from Unity Stamp Company Itty Bitty Keep Calm, have a BEER … the Memory MISTI allowed me to keep the stamp in place and move my paper to line-up the mugs vertically.
I went with tone-on-tone stamping on kraft cardstock, which then I realized got me 2 of the 3 things needed to participate in the Retro Rubber Challenge (the Keep Calm stamp is from 2013), so I went back through my Unity Stash looking for a cake.
I found a birthday cake in Unity's Another Year Older … only one problem … it said Hugs and Kisses, which wouldn't work for a Co-Worker card … so I had to get creative again.
I covered the text with a tiny strip of chocolate cardstock and added a tiny Good Times sticker as a layer. I finished with a beer mug brad from Eyelet Outlet. After I got the card assembled, I realized my focal mug of beer needed some beer in it … so I stamped the mug again on kraft cardstock, colored it with a Spectrum Noir Marker, detail cut the mug part only, and attached it on top of my stamped mug.
And we just got back from having our own ice cold beer with some excellent Thai Cuisine from Nara Thai … I could eat there every day.
Love, love your beer mug card, what an awesome stamp and you really created a fun and fabulous birthday card with it.
So glad you went back and “filled” your beer mug, LOL!!
I really need to get me a stamp set with some beer mugs and wine bottles and glasses!!!
Thank you for sharing with us at SHOPPING OUR STASH and RETRO RUBBER, I hope you come and play again with us next time.
Hugs.
Totally thought that was a suitcase stamp and not a beer stein lol
So true that sometimes cards are built from challenges – they’re a great source of inspiration! So glad you found some with us! I loved reading the story of how you created the card. I think that the filled tankard really does finish off the card wonderfully. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber Challenge.
Love your card! Jo x
What a fab way to create a background!!
Very nicely done!!
Thanks for getting your drink on with the crew from SHOPPING OUR STASH!!
This is AMAZING!! And I don’t even drink beer, and I love this card! That little brad is the icing on the cake, LOL! Thanks for playing with our Retro Rubber challenge this week!
This is such a clever card Stef, I love how you adapted the things you found in your stash.. Thanks for joining us again at Retro Rubber this time. Claire DT
What a fun birthday card for a co-worker. Thanks for joining us at Retro Rubber for our Tic Tac Toe challenge.
this would be a brilliant card under any circumstances, but the fact that it also meets all of those challenges soooooo perfectly takes it to the NEXT LEVEL!!! yowza! thanks for SHOPPING YOUR (beverage!) STASH with us this fortnight! ♥
Great card and a lovely technique. I will have to try this! Thanks for playing and sharing with us at Shopping Our Stash!
Hugz,
Chana, DT