Sailing Birthday Card - For the Men

I will be the first person to admit:  Masculine cards are simply not my forte.  At all.  I hope I have improved with my DH's help.... but still....

As most of the men in my family are boating and fishing fans, I tend to gravitate towards masculine cards of that nature.

This birthday card plays in the following challenges:

1) One Stop Craft Challenge #83 (DT) {Make your own Designed Paper}

2) Simon Says Stamp {Masculine Card}

3) Stamptacular {Life's a Beach}

(Okay, maybe a sailing theme is stretching it a little... but you decide....)
4) SoArtful Challenge {One for the Guys}

Here's the card:

Materials used on this card:

Cardstock: {Papertrey Ink and The Paper Studio} - TPS makes a darker Kraft and rougher than PTI; I like using both

Guidelines 2 stamp set {Papertrey Ink}

Sailing Ship stamp {Museum Stamps - product of Bowne & Co. Stationers at the South Street Seaport Museum}

"Soleil" sun stamp {Rubber Stampede}

Metallic brads {Spare Parts}

X-Acto Blade

Ink: {Tim Holtz Distress Ink}

Colors: {Brushed Corduroy, Faded Jeans, Antique Linen}

Look for my tutorial on masking multiple images a little later this morning :)

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Have a great day everyone,

--Kathryn