Keepin' it Reel

 I have a really fun card to share with you today!  I borrowed this stamp set "Keepin' It Real" from my friend Margaret.  It is from the Your Next Stamp company which is a company I'm not very familiar with, but you know I'll be checking it out!  This stamp in particular is probably not a stamp set I would have purchased to keep in my own collection, but it was fun enough to borrow to make a great masculine themed card.  Here I combined it with Sunny Studios "Froggy Friends" and the Lawn Fawn Bayou Backdrop die.  I have been enjoying creating "scenes" with my stamps and I find that you can pair so many different brands together and they work seamlessly.

Card details:

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The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.  Using the Lawn Fawn Bayou Backdrop die I cut the leafy background from Garden green cardstock.  I brushed Squeezed Lemonade and Walnut Stain Distress Oxide inks over the white background to create a marshy/sunset background.  Using the Lawn Fawn grass border cut, I cut a grass border out of Granny Apple Green cardstock.  I cut the pond using the Bayou Backdrop additional pieces and some blue scrap paper.  I stamped all images in Tuxedo Memento Black ink and colored them with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink markers.  I die cut all the images and began placing them as a scene using 3M foam adhesive onto the card.  Lastly I added a coat of Clear Wink of Stella to the images for added sparkle. 

Here are the two stamp sets I used to create this card:

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

XO, Crystal

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