CAS Masculine Birthday for the Paper Players

Before I share this week’s project for The Paper Players, I want to thank Ann Schach for selecting my Midnight Muse, Pool Party and Whisper White Hanukkah card as A Cut Above on the Paper Players last week.  I think my supply of pearls convinced her to choose my card.  🙂  Thanks, Ann!

I couldn’t have been happier when I saw that this week’s challenge from The Paper Players!  Not only is the challenge Clean and Simple [that’s totally up my alley], but it’s also a birthday card [who doesn’t love to celebrate birthdays?] for a man [yippee doodle dee!].  As you know, I have been on a mission to change the way we make cards for men.  They CAN have color and shapes and be beautiful.  Here’s my card:

And here’s the challenge badge from LeAnne Pugliese:Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• DSP, DSP, Done.  This card is primarily Designer Series Paper.  A quick and easy layout, this card can be reproduced with almost any DSP for almost any occasion.  I chose to use Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper, marking my first (that’s right, I said first) time I’ve used this gorgeous paper in a project.  I knew I wanted to incorporate two not-matched patterns.  Once I started cutting the Island Indigo page, I realized I could just cut a smaller piece from the same page and use the pattern on the opposite side.  That’s the complicated process by which I selected the Pumpkin Pie pattern to go with the Island Indigo one.  🙂
• A simple, white border.  I really love the combination of colors and patterns on this card, but I think the thin white borders around the layers make those colors and patterns pop.  Without the white border, the colors and patterns would really fight with each other, and the Island Indigo paper would blend right into the Island Indigo card stock.  That simple, white border does a lot of work on this card.
• Dimensions.  I don’t always share the dimensions of cards because I often snip away at the pieces to get the size I want.  These were cropped with simple measurements, so I want to share them with you:  Island Indigo background (8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″), Island Indigo DSP (5″ x 3-3/4″), Pumpkin Pie DSP (3-3/4″ x 2-1/2″).  The white pieces are cropped at 1/8″ larger than each of the DSP pieces – simple line up your paper and then slide it 1/8″ longer.  Woo hoo!

Stamp sets:  Four You  Papers:  Island Indigo, Whisper White, Quatrefancy Specialty Designer Series Paper  Inks:  Island Indigo  Accessories:  Candy Dots, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by my blog today,

Brian

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