Holy moly. My life has been one big whirlwind for the last month. Between soccer tournaments, starting my masters, work stuff, and a social life, I don't seem to have any downtime recently. After a couple of hours reading up on the brain and its crazy abilities, I made an appearance in my craftroom.
At the beginning of the month I received several new sets that I've had my eye on for some time, and I pulled one of them out today. I knew that I wanted to have a masculine themed workshop next month but hadn't really thought about the cards for it much. Extreme Elements was one of the sets that I hadn't played with yet, so that was a match. Then for colour scheme. I have a bunch of More Mustard Scallop Dots ribbon that's been sitting there for months that I decided needed to be used. I love Not Quite Navy with More Mustard, and Always Artichoke rounded things out nicely.
Now, I must admit that my Stampin' Wheel has been sitting in a basket unused for more than a year. It's just too fussy for me and I don't want to buy 40 uninked cartridges and refills. However, I recently purchased the Speckles wheel and LOVE it. It makes a really nice understated background. I can see myself using it on lots of things in the future.
Apparently I was in the mood for grunge since I roughed up and distressed all of my layers on this one. The ribbon even got a bit of ink smeared on it. I don't usually use ribbon on masculine cards, but I like the effect of having the ends showing. I think it makes it less girly. I wanted to add some brads as well, but I couldn't find the container.
Inside I used the footprints from the set, as well as the Father's Day sentiment from Delightful Dozen. My stamp shifted on my block before I stamped the image, but I actually like the crookedness for this card so I left it.
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