Happy Birthday to my wonderful hubby today!
This is the card I made for him. I put it off all week lol…but procrastination can be a good thing sometimes. I picked out my stamp earlier this week and was going to color him but then decided to paper piece him in a New York Yankees outfit. I never thought I would willingly draw a NYY logo or make something NYY themed but I love my husband dearly so I overcame it LOL. (P.S. Go Red Sox!!)
I started by stamping the MFT Pinstripe background in Nightshift Blue onto Sweet Tooth paper. Then I stamped the image on top of it, cutting out the top and pants. I couldn’t stop there with the paper piecing though! I inked up my MFT Wood Plank background stamp with Natural ink onto Natural cardstock and cut that out. I colored up the adorable MFT Baseball Boy and added the paper pieced elements. I attempted to add red stitching to the ball but it does not show up well at all in the picture. I guarantee this card looks so much better in person!
The layout is based on MFT’s sketch this week, I left off the little flag on the front and stamped the inside with a sentiment from the set that says “Slidin’ by with a Birthday Hi”. Mike loved the card and was surprised by the theme 🙂
I would also like to enter my card into the Sports challenge at Crafty Boots.
Here is the sketch~
Thanks for stopping by today!
~Kristie
Supplies~
Stamps: MFT PI Baseball Boy, Pinstripe background, Wood Plank background
Ink: MFT Nightshift Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black
CS: MFT Grout Gray, Nightshift Blue
PP: Echo Park Grand Slam
Other: copics, Basic Grey candy buttons

Barbara Greenberg
Happy Birthday Mike. What an absolutely fantastic special themed birthday card for Mike. I’m sure he did love it and surprised all the NY extras from a Red Sox fan.
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Maxine D
Great card Krisite – well done to overcome your bias and produce such a wonderful card!!
Blessings
Maxine
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Danni
You rocked this card!! so super fun!! Happy Birthday Mike!
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Tania
Happy birthday to him! Great card! I’d never have known you disliked the Yankees had you not told us.
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Lisette
Great design and I love your colour palette. Thanks for joining in at Crafty Boots Challenges this time.
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Mike
Thanks for the Birthday wishes
Kelly S
You did it! The card came out wonderful! My dh’s would have soccer on it – LOL! Love the take on the sketch – happy bday to your hubby!
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Dionne
Great card, the image is so sweet and the backing papers are just perfect. Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.
Dionne