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!!)

 

Card 9-June 2014 MFT Baseball Boy

 

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~

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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