Masculine Bday Cards

Today, I am posting birthday cards for two of my nephews. It's always hard to make masculine cards, but using navy and olive colors helped set the tone. I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks on both. The first card was made using some photo paper I had lying around, the second one was made with The Good Stuff: Ranger's Speciality Stamping Paper (which is a matte coated cardstock). It was great to work with that special paper!

Supplies: 

Paper: 3bugsinarug, 

Best Creation Inc. Die Cut

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Other: Fiskars Bubble Edger Punch, 

The Paper Studio Number Stickers

Inside of Rock and Roll Card

Supplies:

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Stamps: Hero Arts Brush Strokes, 

Imaginisce Live Loud, 

Stampabilities Rock Star, 

KI Memories Live Large Verbology

Supplies:

Paper: Olive, Navy, Whirlpool cardstock

Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper (matte coated cardstock)

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans, and Broken China, 

Memento Paris Dusk

Stamps: Hero Arts Brush Strokes

Other: Sizzix Embossing Folder: Happy Birthday, 

Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Eleven, 

Teresa Collins Enamel Dots

I popped up the sentiment using American Crafts pop dots. I love the way the distress inks reacted on the Specialty Paper. I even inked up the paint splatter stamp with distress ink, sprayed some water on the stamp, then stamped to get a more watered-down image so as not to overpower the sentiment. I ended up using the Memento Paris Dusk ink on the olive card base, though, because I wanted a bolder look there. And I finally got to use some of those cool enamel dots!

Inside stamped with more Paint Splatters from Hero Arts Brush Strokes as well as a sentiment from Stampabilities. Thanks so much for looking!