K and R Designs: Stamped Pattern Masculine Birthday

Thursday, March 8, 2018

One thing I never have enough of is birthday cards. That is hands down the type of card I use the most. I send them to friends and family and also try to put one in my co-workers' mailboxes at work. Working in a high school, I work with a lot of people. Even if I go to my stash and find that I do have a birthday card on hand, it's almost always not appropriate for a male recipient. I really hate trying to throw together a card at the last minute. It's stressful, I don't enjoy it and most of the time I don't end up loving the result. So from time to time I try to remember to make a few masculine birthday cards and tuck them away for when I need them.

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I made this one using the Happy Harlequin mini stamp set from Papertrey Ink. This set is right up my alley because I love stamping patterns. For this design I chose just one diamond stamp and stamped it repeatedly alternating between 4 different colors. I used Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal and Ocean Tides. That's something I really love about PTI dye inks, you can quickly change from one color to the next with a simple wipe of the stamp. The colors don't become contaminated or altered due to ink residue left on the stamp!

I die cut a window in the center using the Mat Stack 5 die and stamped a sentiment from the Offbeat Birthday stamp set in Smokey Shadow ink.

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