Welcome to a Special ODBD Birthday Blog Hop! Today we are saying HAPPY BIRTHDAY to RICK!
If you’ve been to one of the Stamp Shows or conventions, then you’ve probably seen Rick in the ODBD booth. Rick is Kelley’s husband and number one fan and today is his birthday!
Rick at the Lawrenceville, GA Convention 2012
For my birthday card, I used the new Special Boy set. I figured this set was about as masculine as they get and works well for big boys as well as little boys. I made the background for the largest layer and truck image by swiping various colors of Copic markers across a piece of vanilla card stock. Then the truck image and tire tracks were stamped on top of these using the dk brown chalk ink. I fussy cut the truck and attached it to a deckled rectangle of vanilla to give it a bit of separation. The metallic bronze layer was embossed w/ a Sizzix folder and the sentiment was die cut and attached to a leftover strip of the background with small bronze brads. Since I wanted to have crossed checkered flags, I stamped one as usual and stamped one again on the plastic sheet of my SAMJ (stamp-a-ma-jig) then quickly pressed a piece of vanilla c/s on top to get the reverse image.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Birthday, Rick!
This is also for the Sketch Challenge (SC418) on Splitcoast today. As usual, I rearranged it a bit and turned it on its side.
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A cool guy card, Julie! Love the tire bg! Great pic of Rick too!
I just love your card with the unique coloring, the embossing folder and layout. Fun Masculine card!! Great picture of Rick too!! Rick will love your card!!
hugs,
Chris
Wonderful card!! I love all the elements and it’s perfectly masculine!!
Wow love how you did the background, that is a really neat idea!
A wonderful card for Rick!
What a wonderful card. That embossing is perfect with this image.
julie this is just so cool! I love how you made your bg using the tire track stamp! Love the ef too…. the minute I saw this set I was wishing I had that one! LOL! Awesome card, and Rick will love it!!!
hugs,
Grace
Excellent card Julie!!! He is gonna love it!!! Cool background and colors you created!!!
I love all the creative techniques you used to make this card. thanks for sharing the how-to of it all.
Love the card and hope your honey has a Happy Birthday
Very spiffy card, that diamond plate is really eyecatching and sets off the truck nicely.
Love the total masculine look – even diamond plate background! Very impressive.
Happy Birthday Rick. May God continue to work in your life and with ODBD. I met you at the Collinsville show in IL. last summer. I check your website all the time and love your cards. They make the most beautiful cards and dyour bows are outstandding. So again may God grant you many more years.
Julie … thank you for always taking the time to give details about your creative process! I just love the Copic background you created … Rick will surely love this tribute to his birthday!
Love the colors!
I like how the “steel like paper” adds that extra touch to this special cards. Any way , Happy Birthday, again Rick!
Happy birthday Rick. The card is just right! It all goes together so well. Thanks for sharing. Blessings, Lisa
Cool card. Really like the tire prints for the background.
What a great take on this stamp set. My guys would love this.
What a fun birthday card with the multi-colors and the embossing folder.
Great colors and I like the embossed background.
THIS IS SUCH A FUN CARD. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
Great card. Love the embossed layer.
Happy Birthday to Rick
Thank you for sharing your wonderful card!
“Happy Birthday, Rick!”
That ef is perfect with this stamp set. And great job on reverse stamping the flag. Awesome masculine card!
Nice man card
very cool, love the embossed backgound, neat having the sentiment on a flag and great idea with your stamping to get the double flags!
A great male card. I love how you did the flags!!!
I love the colors in this card and the textures. It makes for a fun card.
That background “tiretrack” embossing is an eye popper! Very cool.
Neat layout, love the treads background and the embossed panel!
Really cool background. Kaybee
I especially like your back ground layer. Very inventive and then makes it so easy to coordinate the truck image. Great work.
funky masculine card!
Love your card. The stamp set is great for guys!
Love your monster truck card. Christine
Cool card! Love the monster truck and the diamond plate embossing! Thanks for sharing.
Happy Birthday to Rick card is great!
That diamond plate texture sure adds a terrif touch to the card. Love it!
Another monster truck lady – love it!
Iam so happy to see some Manley cards not much out. you have done a great job. love the embossing and the layering. thanks for sharing your amazing card
Love this coloring on Rick’s card – the tire tracks on the BG, the diamond plate embossing, the flags – all so manly – the perfect card for Kelley’s sweet DH!! AWESOME CARD, Julie!
Great masqueline card, colorful and fun! I’m sure Rick will love it. Happy Birthday Rick
Wonderful guy cards!! Thank you for sharing.
Love the texture! Great masculine card
Love this male card.
The birthday banner is so much fun – but after that I was totally fascinated by the background you created, and the way you had the same colours on the image panel!
Such a great card. Love the design and the colors. Tell Rick Happy Birthday from me too. Edna
WOW JULIE!!!!!!! COLORFUL AND RUGGED!!!!!!! PERFECT MASCULINE CARD!!!!!!!!! 🙂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK!!!!!!!! 🙂
What a neat, neat masculine card. Thanks for the recipe.
Jean McGee
what a cool embossed background. looks just like the truck belongs there. also love the color scheme.
this is a super card. I love the tire tread background.
How cool! Love the embossed background and how you created the colored paper! HUGS!!
Wow Julie…what an awesome big/little boy card…I’m sure Rick will love it!! I like the treads BG..as well as the big truck!!
Hugs
Lots of cool stuff on this card. I love the multicolored background, with the bronze-like tones. Tire tracks really make this special!
Wonderful malu card…my 2 boys would love this!!
Such a fun card!Super cute,love your coloring…
Very nice I love the tire tracks!
Your background paper is very catchy & clever.
Karen L1020 at gmail dot com
Nice card, like the embossed plate background.
Love the card.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
Love the way you used the colors and the background paper matches so well. Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous card! Love how you created the main BG and the added coloring to the truck!
Julie, what a fantastic technique for such a great image. Love everything about this, and the copper addition. I also put on
the pinterest site.
Love, love, love the background.
What a great card, thanks for the tip about stamping the reverse image! Hugs, antonella 🙂
So many colors! Thank you for sharing!
Love the colorful background paper and the embossed panel. They are perfect for this image!
Wonderful card! I love the tire tracks! Happy Birthday Rick!
What’s not to love about this card. Great job!
Hope Rick is loving this blog hop in his honor. I know I am!!!
Love your oolors and embossing!!
Another great card of a big guy or a little guy.
I like everything about this card.
The colorful background & the embossed background.
Thanks for sharing
& Happy B.D. Rick.
mary l.
pretty cool guy card!!
Awesome card! The embossing really adds the perfect touch!