Masculine Happy Birthday

I am still playing with some of my new JustRite stamps.  The stamps I used today are from the "Anchors Away" clear stamps set.  I had a lot of fun creating the background for this card.  I wanted a masculine looking background so decided to create the background using torn pieces of masking tape.  Have you ever done this?  It is a little work, but I love the look, especially for masculine cards.

My card is 5.5" x 6".  I cut a piece of navy blue card stock 6" square for my base.  I then used a "cheap" masking tape and tore off small pieces about the size you see under the roll of tape above. I started at one corner and filled the card stock with lots of little pieces to cover the entire thing.  When I put the tape down, I kind of "scrunched" it up so it had some texture. In lots of areas I layered additional pieces to help with the texture.  Once I was satisfied with the coverage, I sponged on "Chipped Sapphire" Distress Ink over the entire surface.  Because Distress Ink stays "wet" I was able to cover the surface with clear embossing powder without covering it with VersaMark Ink.  As soon as I had all the embossing powder melted, using the heat gun, I added more "Chipped Sapphire" ink to make all the edges of the torn masking take show up even better.  I dried the ink with the heat gun.  

The JustRite Ship was black embossed and cut out with a  Spellbinders circle die and sponged with "Tea Dye" Distress Ink.  The Medallion from the same set was black embossed, cut out with the matching JustRite Spellbinders medallion die and also sponged.     The ship was attached to the medallion with dimensional dots, then the medallion was also attached with dimensional dots to the background.  

The tag was cut using one of the Spellbinders "Fancy Tags" dies.  It was sponged with "Tea Dye" Distress Ink before taking it out of the die.  Next I stamped the sentiment from the same JustRite stamp set, then lightly sponged on more "Tea Dye" Distress Ink.  I used a wide piece of "ScorTape" along the bottom of the card and layered pieces of black and tan twine across before attaching the tag.  To complete the card, I used a few black Dew Drops.  

JustRite "Anchor's Away" stamp set (CR03710)  (This item can be ordered)

Spellbinders "Fancy Tags"

Distress Ink "Chipped Sapphire" and "Tea Dye"

ScorTape