Time To Coast Masculine Birthday Card

Hello Crafters! I made this card for my nephews birthday. It was out of my comfort zone - I rarely make masculine cards!

I am also entering this card on the Seize the Birthday Challenge - #221 By the Sea! 

So here is my masculine birthday card!

I don't make too many masculine cards so when I need them I struggle with creating them. But I recently bought a new stamp set from Gina K Designs called Time to Coast and it is perfect for so many occasions including masculine cards.

This card is for my "little" nephew. Not really! Even though I am his Aunt, I am younger — by six months! So we grew up almost like brother & sister. 

I stamped the sailboat on a piece of white cardstock that is 5.5" x 4.25". I like to start with my cardstock a little bit bigger than I need because I will be die cutting it down later. I also stamped another sailboat onto a piece of GKD masking magic masking paper that I fussy cut out. I carefully placed my masking paper sailboat over the stamped one on the cardstock. With the masked boat in place, I take a piece of scratch paper and place the straight edge on the cardstock where the 'horizon' would be and hold it in place. Using my blending brush I ink the bottom half with GKD Sea Glass, Blue Lagoon and Tranquil Teal. After I was satisfied with my 'water' I replaced the scratch paper to the bottom and lined up the straight edge with the top of the blue 'water' to start working on the sky.

I used the Cloud Edger Stencil from A Colorful Life Designs and GKD Ocean Mist to create billowing clouds. I then used the Sunshine Stencil from GKD and Lemon Drop ink to create the sun and sun rays. After the sky and water are finished I carefully peel the sailboat mask off. Now it doesn't have any of the inks on it and I can color it in with another coloring medium.

I used GKD Master Layout #1 to die cut the panel out and a piece of Tranquil Teal. I stamped the sentiment onto the bottom of the front panel but made a little mistake. Instead of starting all over, I re-stamped part of the sentiment onto a piece of Tranquil Teal Cardstock and die cut it out with a banner from GKD Master Layout #3 and adhered it over the 'mistake'! I stamped a few birds in black ink in the sky and used a Sakura white Gelly Roll pen to draw in some whitecaps into the blue water. I asked my nephew what his favorite colors are and that's what I choose to color the sailboat. I used my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. 

Now that the coloring and inking are done, I adhered the layers together and put them onto a Kraft top folding card base. 

I even continued the theme to the inside of the card and on the outside of the envelope (which I forgot to photograph). This stamp is also from the Time to Coast stamp set.

Hop on over to the Seize the Birthday Challenge and have a little fun with their challenges!

I hope that he enjoys it and you do as well! Thank you for visiting and until next time,

Happy Crafting!