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Beachy Birthday and a HOP

Hi friends!  It's the 5th of the month, and that means I'm kicking off the July Diva Inspirations Hop!  I just love seeing what each of the designers chooses to use from the Verve archives.  So pull up a chair and your favorite treat and lets go to the hop!!!

There's a little prize hidden along today's hop, so be sure to leave some comment love as you hop about to the blogs listed at the bottom of this post.  For all the blog hop prize detail and deadlines, head on over to the Verve Blog.


When I was strolling through the craft store a month or so ago, this Key Lime Collection by BoBunny literally screamed my name from across the aisle.  {grin}  It was instant love... retro, masculine and colorful and it immediately made me think of our Relax set.  So that was the inspiration I started with for a masculine birthday card I need this month.  I wanted a beachy feel so I paired the colorful papers with soft sky and crumb cake.  The surfboards from Relax are stamped onto patterned paper and then cut out.  I stamped the wave onto soft sky, then cut out and layered behind the flag, which is simply a section of the background paper.  I just loved the Live Love Surf text on the paper, so I made sure to cut the flag so it would stand out.  I wrapped a little twine around it  for emphasis, then added some Frosted Lace stickles to both the waves and the twine.

The soft sky banner is stamped in Soft Sky with the solid accent from Relax, then over stamped in white ink with the matching outlined accent for a frosty look.  Not sure if it shows in the picture, but it's pretty cool in real life.  I added to large jumbo eyelets to the top and tied some twine around them for a little interest.   The sentiment is from the Borderline set and stamped onto cream paper which I spritzed with a pool party marker and the air art tool.  Lots of distressing to the edges of everything, and you can see a bit of the embossed Rays texture fades peeking out  on the crumb cake layer.

The layout of the card is my masculine take on this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  Have you been playing along with the Mojo Monday 300 celebration?  There are oodles of prizes to be won and you have until Sunday night to get your entries in, so don't delay!

Alrighty, I've probably talked your ear off enough.  Time to hit the next stop on the hop... the amazing Amy Kolling!


1. Julee7. Sankari
2. Amy8. Sarah
3. Anya9. Sony
4. Betty10. Susan
5. Jessica11. Tiffany
6. Karen

Enabler's List
Stamps:  Relax, Borderline (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Key Lime Collection (BoBunny), crumb cake, soft sky (SU!), cream
Ink: Soft Sky, Pool Party (SU!), Jasmine (Mix'd Media), black
Accesories:  Classic Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), jumbo eyelets, Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger), paper distresser, Rays Texture Fades (Tim Holtz), linen thread, air art tool (SU!)

64 comments

Heidi said...

Beautiful - masculine cards are tough, and you nailed it! Love the distressed edges.

Shelly said...

Oh, WOW! So cool!! Love it! :)

Tricia T said...

I love going through these hops to see which sets I 've missed that I need to add to my wish list. :) Great card today! Another great take on the Mojo sketch!!

Tricia

scrappingnana said...

Great masculine card. Love the papers and details.

Cindi said...

Gorgeous card! I love the papers and the wave is so cool!

MackieMade Paper Creations said...

Great card! Love the papers with this stamp set! He is gonna love it!

Anonymous said...

I love beach themed cards... especially paired up with a distressed look. Where's the closest beach!? LOL!

Mary Ann said...

WOW!Great card!Awesome!!!

Mary Marsh said...

this is a fabulous beach birthday card Julee-love the surfer theme

Rachel V said...

Great masculine card! Love the distressing on it!

Stacey Schafer said...

fantastic card, Julee! the Key Lime collection was a great find:)

Clarissa said...

Awesome card! I love inspiration for masculine cards.

Karen said...

This absolutely screams summer! Very nice.

Cheryl said...

Way cool! Love the colors, dimension and layout...awesome job!

Unknown said...

So cute! Love the paper!

Marsha said...

Incredible card. Love all the elements. Paper is great. Awesome eyelets.

Marisa said...

Fun, fun, fun!! I want to go to Hawaii now! Great surfing/summer theme!

GiGi said...

Nice masculine card - love the colors. Thanks for sharing.

Kerian said...

Awesome card, love everything about it...sketch, paper, color, and all the little details.....

D- said...

I love what you did with the BoBunny collectton. What a great card idea for a birthday card. TFS.
D~
designsbydragonfly.blogspot

BonnieC said...

So many neat elements to your card - love it!

Teresa Zuehls said...

Very cool card and would be great for a guy!

sbg said...

What fun summer colors, love the card

Jean Bullock said...

Very beachy feel to the card. Teresa Z is right. This is a great guy card.

Sabrina said...

What a fabulous Masculine and beachy card!

Miriam Prantner said...

How fun! I love the grommets, the disgressing, the sparkle on the waves, great card!

Andrea said...

What an amazing card wonderful for a male - a lot of great work A

Janet's Joy said...

I love all the distressing!

@JoyceCasaldi said...

Great card and fun paper line! I love the enablers list, what a great way to list the products.

Christine said...

You have created a fabulous union with the images, papers and the layout. Love the eyelets!!!

Indy's Designs said...

Love the masculine shabbiness of this!

Elizabeth S. said...

Love this!! Perfect masculine card and love the details.

Rosemary said...

your cards are always soo cool... love all the distressing!

craftymom205 said...

Great masculine card.

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Sue D said...

I like the masculine beach look!

Kris B said...

Fantastic card! Glad I'm not the only one who hears those voices in the craft store!! Great papers! TFS

Heather said...

This is awesome!! A fabulous mix of pattern and distressing and I love that wave peeking out from behind the banner.

Maria said...

Fab masculine card...love it!!!

cm said...

Certainly a "handsome" card! Love the layout, the paper and especially the VERVE! Thanks for sharing and inspiring!!
c

Sparkly Engineer said...

What do you call this style, retro grunge? What ever it is it's great.

Carole said...

Totally awesome! I love all the elements and the layout is fabulous!

Janis said...

Am I the only one who sees kind of a robot face or totem face in this card?? Great guy patterns and colors!!
<3 J

Laurie said...

I love it! So many fantastic details!

Amy Johnson said...

what a fun card!

Heidi said...

Oh Julee- this is an awesome card, I love the masculinity of the card.

Lisa Lynn said...

What a fun summer card.

loulou said...

Fantastic card. Love the retro grunge style.

Andrea said...

Oh I love it!

Mary-Anne V said...

Wonderful masculine card...love those jumbo eyelets.

Sarah Gough said...

oh I LOVE this Julee!

Papercrafting Princess said...

It's so pretty....Love the vibrant paper!

Mayras Designs said...

Awesome card love that it is masculine and the theme is perfect !!

Mayra
MayrasDesigns.blogspot.com/

Lucy E. said...

Great masculine card! 😀

kanatanewf said...

What a gorgeous combo of papers - and love that little wave accent.

kReN said...

Awesome layers and fabulous card. Screams summer!

Come and see what I've done lately! kren@
http://afourthlife.blogspot.com

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

What a fun summer card! Makes me want to go to the beach!

Lillian Child said...

So many layers of FUN!! Delightful creativity!

Dori Shelton said...

what a cool card! Love the distressing and all the great colors and patterns.

Kavitha Vadhri said...

lovely card, beautiful summery colors and loved the stamps.

Betty Wright said...

Fun papers and patterns! Love the theme and the sparkly water!

Darlene Gabriel said...

I love this masculine beach card. Such wonderful papers and so many fun details. Those big eyelets are great here.

Darlene Gabriel said...

I love this masculine beach card. Such wonderful papers and so many fun details. Those big eyelets are great here.

Darlene Gabriel said...

I love this masculine beach card. Such wonderful papers and so many fun details. Those big eyelets are great here.

Darlene Gabriel said...

I love this masculine beach card. Such wonderful papers and so many fun details. Those big eyelets are great here.