Happy Birthday Stamp Simply

Sharon is celebrating over at No Time to Stamp because the Friday Stamp Simply  challenge is turning 100.  The 100th challenge is to make a birthday card.   Sharon  invited a bunch of guests to celebrate and I was happy  to be included.  There is quite a line up of talented stampers with all sorts of birthday projects and blog candy galore!

My parents are staying with me at present and asked whether I could make a card for a 21 year old young man.   As you know I make very few masculine cards but I have a few new stamps which should change that a bit.  I bought three of the new SU Extreme stamps with my son, his friends and my nephews in mind.  This is my first effort with the Extreme Surfer stamp.

I began by flicking embossing fluid on watercolour paper with a paintbrush.  I then embossed in white and soaked the watercolour paper with water.  I used three reinkers to create the surf and then waited for it to dry before embossing the surfer.  Actually that is not quite true, I should have waited until it was totally dry because a couple of wet patches did retain a bit of black embossing powder.  In Australia your twenty-first birthday is considered a milestone so my parents thought it would be appropriate to have 21 on the front of the card.  None of my numeral stamps looked right so I wrote the words on with a black fineliner.  I then fiddled around with the mattes and split the scene in three panels.  Inside is a repeat of the surfer on a Not quite navy splodge.

Edited to add: A few people have asked what embossing fluid is.  It is a fluid for re-inking a clear embossing pad, I bought it quite a long time ago,  I wonder if the versamark pad refill in the SU catalog  is the same sort of thing.

Thanks for dropping in, make sure you check out the great projects completed by the other birthday guests.

1. Pat Adam – Christmas Gift Tags with BLOG CANDY

2. AJ – 1 Card Done 3 Ways

3. Janine – A Stress Free Summer Menu with BLOG CANDY

4. Tammy – Birthday Reminder Book with BLOG CANDY

5. Jennifer – Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

6. Julie – Card Set in Tote with Directions

7. Barbara–  Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

8. Deb– Tutorial on Dying Silk Ribbon Using Copics and Refills

9. Jenny– Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

10. Jerri – Birthday Card and Tutorial on Hand Embossing with Light Box

11. Joan– Birthday Card and Etched Glass with BLOG CANDY

12. LeAnne – Birthday Card with Glitter

13. Barb– Birthday Cake 3-D Gift Item with BLOG CANDY

14. Darlene – Birthday Card with Special Recipe

15. Rose Ann– Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

16. Leslie – Gift Tin of Soaps with Coordinating Card

17. Heather – Birthday Card  (that’s me!)

18. Sabrina– Birthday Card with BLOG CANDY

19. Sharon– Monogrammed Birthday Gift Set with BLOG CANDY

Supplies:

Stamps: Extreme Surfboard
Inks: Versamark, Not quite Navy, Night of Navy, Buckaroo Blue, Basic Black
Cardstock: Not quite Navy, Basic Black, Whisper White
Also:  White e.p., clear e.p., Pilot fineliner

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