Rugged Outdoors with Not 2 Shabby

Hi friends! Today I'm popping in with a card I created for my brother with the Rugged Outdoors Cardmaking Kit from N2S. This kit sold out right away when it released, but is back in stock, but only a handful left right now.

I love the grungy papers and the fun scenes of ephemera in the kit. I went with a simple design, with a 3.75" x 5" back panel and a  3.75" x 2" cross strip of coordinating paper.  I blended the edges of each panel, plus the ephemera piece with brushed corduroy ink and then matted each layer with brown cardstock.  The sentiment is from Abstract Florals (a retired set). I finished off with a kraft card base also inked with brushed corduroy. 

So simple and quick. I just love how it turned out and now know what my go to kit will be for masculine birthdays!

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Sunshine Shoes with Not 2 Shabby

Hello friends! Can you believe it's already April? The days are flying by! A new month brings new goodies at Not 2 Shabby and this month I'm playing with the Paper Pad Club and the Stamp of the Month.

I love blues, so I was super happy to see the papers in this month's Paper Pad Club. The Flowers: The Music of Spring pad has beautiful papers and cut aparts in yellows and blues that perfectly coordinate with the Sunshine & Petals PET Tape.  The Denim Spring paper pad coordinates with the Blue Spring Awakening PET Tape.

I hadn't watercolored in a while, so I pulled out my Gansai Tambi watercolors and got to work. The shoe image is from the Stamp of the Month, embossed in black onto watercolor cardstock. I colored with blues and yellows, and greens to coordinate with the background paper I chose.  Once I was done coloring, I added a bit of splatter in blue and yellow to the panel. I love how splatter makes all your messiness look planned! LOL I fussy cut one of the denim blues ephemera pieces, since I didn't want a white border and added it to the card to finish off my focal panel.

The sentiment and the smaller butterflies are from the Sunshine & Petals PET Tape. See what I mean about perfect coordination? Love it! Some sunny yellow crinkled seam binding and sparkly enamel dots finish things off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic day. If you have a bit of time, be sure to check out the Not 2 Shabby shop to see all of this month's new goodies!

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