A Cute Christmas Card for a Boy with a New Penny Black Stamp

Hello and welcome! 

A  new theme starts today at Allsorts challenge and this week it's Tracy's turn to host. She picked the theme of "From Boys to Men" and as always we hope you'll join us and share your new crafty makes with us for a chance to be entered into the prize drawing! We have two prizes this week, a digi prize of winner's choice  from Ruth Hamilton Designs as well as a prize of 2 stamps from Craft Stash.

It's another Christmas card from me, I just recently got this cute stamp set - Christmas Cycling from Penny Black's newest release and I think this set is perfect for masculine Christmas cards, in fact, I think this particular stamp works well for birthday cards too especially for fall or winter themed birthday cards :)

This is my first PB set featuring this dog, I think I heard Jill Foster of Penny Black refer to him as Buster, but please do let me know if I am wrong! I think he's so cute!! And I love the other large stamp from the set even more!!

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I stamped the image using Versafine Onyx ink on Bristol Vellum paper then colored with my Zig Clean Color markers and some diluted Distress inks. I want to note that I think Candied Apples Distress ink is a perfect red for masculine cards. All others I find are always too bright or tend to have a hint of pink. 

Before assembling my card, I ran the white plain card front through my Big Shot machine using the large Wonky Stitches die by Avery Elle. Then I followed this week's sketch from the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge. 

To make the paper strips I used a Tim Holtz stencil from  this Stampers Anonymous set and Scattered Straw Distress ink, cut into strips and adhered to the card. 

The image has been fussy cut using my Cutterbee scissors and I used foam tape to adhere to the card. Once again I used the adorable sentiment set Dear Santa. And the small Christmas tree is part of the set Christmas Cycling. 

Most embellishments in my stash tend to be a bit feminine but I think a few staples work well to add a little more interest to a masculine themed card. But maybe I should have skipped the Wonky Stitches die...

I forgot to mention, before adhering the image I flicked some diluted ink onto the background using my Tim Holtz splatter brush. 

Many of the items I used are available from Amazon so here is a handy list for those of you interested. Remember, these and some of the links above are affiliate links meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links, as always this is at no additional cost to you.

 

Year in Review Hop Sign Up Reminder:

PS: I wanted to share the linkup again for my Year in Review Hop I am hoping to host in the last week of the year (starting December 29th). I hope there is enough interest. Maybe 5- 15 or 20 bloggers. The linky is open until the end of the month, but I may close it early or extend the sign up period. 

Quick Details:

• Create a blog post featuring YOUR OWN favorite creations of 2021 to be posted on your blogs starting on Wednesday December 29th. This is when the linky tool will be open.
• I will provide the html code for the linky tool to each person signing up. Please include this in your post on your own blogs and all participants will link up their posts using this linky tool directly on  their blogs. 
• You must have a blog to participate - new bloggers are welcome!
• The linky tool will remain open for 1 week. Your blog followers are welcome to link up their own "Year in Review" post during that time period (even if they haven't signed up as participants).
• This will be a blog hop, so please plan on visiting and commenting on each participant's "Year in Review 2021 posts". 
• This sign up is for any papercrafter with a blog (from anywhere in the world). You don't have to have a papercraft only blog - as long as you have some favorite handmade cards/papercrafts to share in your review post you are welcome to sign up!

Thanks so much for visiting!

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Challenges:

My Favorite Things - Sketch (see above) // Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Use PB Stamps // River of Creativity - The Gift - Hope it's ok that I didn't make  gift but instead my image includes lots of gifts // ABC Christmas - W for Whimsical // Creative Moments - AG // Fab n Funky - Christmas // Paper Shelter - Christmas // Unicorn Challenge - Christmas // Critter Crazy Challenges - Critters // Bastel-Traum - Christmas // Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Starting with U, V or W (Wonky Stitches) // Creatalicious Challenges - AG // Digi Doodle Studios Challenge Blog - Christmas or Winter // Happy Little Stampers - Lovable Pets // Happy Little Stampers Stencils - AG w/Stencils // Let's Craft & Create Challenge - AG // Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - Christmas // Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Christmas // Sparkles Forum Christmas // The Crafting Challenge - Stitching real of faux // Incy Wincy Designs - Creatures // 

Always AG and Link Parties: 

Taylor Made Cards 4 U // Crafter's Castle // 613 Avenue Create opt. twist watercolor // Crafty Creations // Creative Moments // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // The Corrosive Challenges // A Bit More Time to Craft // A Perfect Time To Craft // Classic Design  Challenge * // Crafts Galore Encore // DL.Art Linky Challenge // Love to Craft // QKR Stampede // The Creative Crafters // World Wide Open Design Team Challenge // 

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