papertrey april blog hop challenge

The theme for this month's blog hop challenge at Papertrey Ink is "Boys to Men," meaning that we should focus on masculine themes, colors, etc. I made a card for my dad, who is just the best guy on earth for too many reasons. Here's a photo of him from my wedding day:

And here is my card for him:

I remember a card that Carly Robertson made once with Star Prints, and I think that she used a top note die as her layer; that was the inspiration for using the Nestie die as my own layer, but a smaller one so you can see the "headline" of the newsprint.

 

The woodgrain and newsprint backgrounds were both stamped in Versamark, and then I stamped over the woodgrain with the splat image in terracotta tile, trying to angle the splats in the direction of the star that's mounted on the bottle cap, which I stuck to the paper by layering several layers of foam top on top of one another.

Can I just say how HARD it was for me to not add ANY ribbon to this project? VERY! :-)

Happy Blog Hoppin'!

Supplies {by PTI unless otherwise noted}: Stamps: Star Prints, Background Basics: Newprint, Background Basics: Woodgrain, Splat (Recollections); Paper: Terracotta Tile, Kraft, Rustic Cream; Ink: Versamark, Terracotta Tile, Dark Chocolate; Other: Star punch, double-ended banner die, Nesties die, bottle cap