The Challenge #62

This week over on The Challenge blog, we have a Masculine Challenge Inspiration picture.

My eye was immediately drawn to the map on the wall. I based the rest of my card off of that image.

I stamped the map image from Concord and 9th's Map Love onto a light blue piece of cardstock using a soft brown ink. I wanted to replicate the look of the map for this piece. In order to highlight it, I cut a card panel from white cardstock and then cut focal point using a circle die. I adhered my original map piece behind the panel to draw more attention to it. I heat embossed the sentiment at the bottom in gold in an echo of the hinges on the trunk in the front of the picture. Keeping with the more masculine look, I tied some hemp twine around the card to break up the white space left on the panel. I adhered the whole thing with some craft foam to a navy blue card base (again echoing the trunk). I decided to skip any other embellishments for this one. I always feel like adding to many sparkly items like sequins or pearls makes a card feel more feminine. I left it simple with the gold sentiment and that's enough sparkle for me for once!

I think this card would make a great Graduation card. Too bad all the boys in my family are still in Elementary School!

Map Love	Stitched Rectangles	Stitched Circles	Neenah Solar White 80 lb	Soft Sky	Night of Navy	Doe	Versamark
Wow Rich Gold Embossing Powder	Misti Stamping Tool

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